,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #g1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,bennet 7for himself and ,mr4      
,udall of ,colorado7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide assistance for   
watersheds adversely affected by        
qualifying natural disasters4  #a4      
,agricultural assistance  7a7           
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,disaster county ,the term disaster     
county means--  7,a7 a county included  
in the geographical area covered by a   
qualifying natural disaster declaration2
 and  7,b7 each county contiguous to a  
county described in subparagraph 7,a71  
when appropriate as determined by the   
,secretary4  7#b7 ,qualifying natural   
disaster declaration ,the term          
qualifying natural disaster declaration 
means a major disaster or emergency     
designated by the ,president under the  

,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq474  7#c7         
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture4  7b7    
,assistance  7#a7 ,in general ,out of   
any funds in the ,treasury not otherwise
 appropriated1 the ,secretary of the    
,treasury shall transfer to the account 
used to carry out the emergency         
watershed protection program established
 under section #djc of the ,agricultural
 ,credit ,act of #aigh 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
#bbjc7 #fa1icj1beg1 which the ,secretary
 shall use to provide financial and     
technical assistance in disaster        
counties to project sponsors to address 
impaired watersheds under that program4 
7#b7 ,receipt and acceptance ,the       
account described in paragraph 7#a7     
shall be entitled to receive1 shall     
accept1 and shall be used to carry out  
this section the funds transferred under
 paragraph 7#a71 without further        
appropriation4