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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7030
To provide emergency assistance to covered producers for market-ready swine
losses due to the COVID–19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 2020
Mr. HAGEDORN (for himself and Mr. EMMER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To provide emergency assistance to covered producers for
market-ready swine losses due to the COVID–19 pan-
demic, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MARKET-READY
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SWINE LOSSES.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Commodity
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Credit
Corporation,
the
Secretary
shall
use
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$1,200,000,000 to provide emergency relief to covered
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producers to aid in the reduction of intentional depopula-
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tion losses of swine due to the closure or the reduction
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in processing capacity of a processing plant related to the
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COVID–19 pandemic.
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(b) VALUATION.—In determining the amount of
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losses for purposes of the payment rates under subsection
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(a), the Secretary shall use the average sales price, as de-
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termined by the Secretary in collaboration with the Chief
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Economist of the Department of Agriculture and the Ad-
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ministrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, for
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market-ready swine on April 19, 2020. In no case shall
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the payment made under subsection (a) with respect to
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the losses of a covered producer exceed the actual market
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value of market-ready livestock on the day on which the
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covered producer began to suffer such losses.
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(c) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.—A covered producer shall be
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eligible for losses described in subsection (a) incurred on
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or after April 19, 2020.
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) COVERED PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘covered
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producer’’ means a person or legal entity that as-
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sumes the production and market risks associated
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with the agricultural production of swine (as such
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terms are defined in section 2(a) of the Packers and
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Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 183(a))).
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
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the Secretary of Agriculture.
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