Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/1262

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118 STAT. 1232 PUBLIC LAW 108–324—OCT. 13, 2004 housing repair, made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and of which $5,000,000 shall be for domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1486: Provided, That of the funds made available for domestic farm labor housing grants, the Secretary may use up to $3,000,000 to provide grants authorized under 42 U.S.C. 5177a(a): Provided further, That such grants and contracts under this heading shall only be available for projects in communities affected by hurricanes and tropical storms in calendar year 2003 or 2004: Provided further, That the amounts provided under this heading are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made applicable to the House of Representa tives by H. Res. 649 (108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007 of Public Law 108–287. GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER SEC. 101. AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE. (a) CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.— (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: (A) ADDITIONAL COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘additional cov erage’’ has the meaning given the term in section 502(b)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)). (B) INSURABLE COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘insurable com modity’’ means an agricultural commodity (excluding live stock) for which the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). (C) NONINSURABLE COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘noninsur able commodity’’ means an eligible crop for which the pro ducers on a farm are eligible to obtain assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). (2) EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding section 508(b)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(7)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance authorized under this subsection available to producers on a farm (other than pro ducers of cottonseed or sugar cane) that have incurred quali fying crop or quality losses for the 2003, 2004, or 2005 crop (as elected by a producer), but limited to only one of the crop years listed, due to damaging weather or related condition, as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That qualifying crop losses for the 2005 crop are limited to only those losses caused by a hurricane or tropical storm of the 2004 hurricane season in counties declared disaster areas by the President of the United States: Provided further, That notwithstanding the crop year election limitation in this paragraph, $53,000,000 shall be provided to the Secretary of Agriculture, of which $50,000,000 shall be for crop losses in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and of which $3,000,000 shall be for fruit and vege table losses in the State of North Carolina: Provided further, That these losses resulted from hurricanes, tropical storms, and other weather related disasters that occurred during cal endar year 2003, to remain available until expended.