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S.3860 - Emergency Wildfire and Farm Relief Act of 2006109th Congress (2005-2006)

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Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] (Introduced 09/06/2006)
Committees: Senate - Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Action: Senate - 09/06/2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.  (All Actions)

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Summary: S.3860 — 109th Congress (2005-2006)All Information (Except Text)

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Introduced in Senate (09/06/2006)

Emergency Wildfire and Farm Relief Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use specified additional funds for emergency measures under: (1) the emergency conservation program, with a set-aside for wildfire control in Montana; (2) the environmental quality incentives program, with a set-aside for wildfire control in Montana; and (3) the livestock assistance grant program, with eligibility for counties adversely impacted by wildfires.

Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance for: (1) crop disaster assistance for qualifying quantity or quality losses for the 2005 or 2006 crop due to weather or related conditions (including disease, insects, and delayed harvest; (2) livestock assistance for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses; (3) livestock indemnity payments for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses (including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and anthrax); (4) ewe lamb replacement and retention; (5) sugar beet disaster assistance for crop year 2005; and (6) bovine tuberculosis indemnification.

Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance for: (1) state grants to promote agriculture; and (2) grants for value of production. Requires a recipient state to give priority for livestock and specialty crops.

Directs the Secretary to make supplemental economic loss payments to: (1) producers on a farm who received a crop year 2005 direct payment; and (2) dairy producers eligible to receive a 2005 national dairy market loss payment.

Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to: (1) carry out emergency measures under the emergency watershed protection program; and (2) hire additional state and county Farm Service Agency personnel to expedite the delivery of agricultural disaster and economic assistance.