Agricultural Disaster Assistance

Chite, Ralph M.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Emergency management;    Agriculture;    Finance;    Agricultural insurance;    Agricultural credit;   

RP-ID  :  RS21212
RP-ID  :  RS21212_2006May08

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers several permanently authorized programs to help farmers recover financially from a natural disaster, including federal crop insurance, the noninsured assistance program, and emergency disaster loans. Since 1988, Congress regularly has made supplemental financial assistance available to farmers and ranchers, primarily in the form of crop disaster payments and emergency livestock assistance. The Senate-passed version of a pending FY2006 supplemental appropriations bill (H.R. 4939) contains an adopted committee amendment that would provide an estimated additional $3.9 billion in various forms of farm assistance, including payments for major crop and livestock losses caused by any 2005 disaster, such as the drought in portions of the Midwest and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf.