,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bg1 #bjbj,mr4  
,hagedorn 7for himself and ,mr4 ,emmer7 
introduced the following bill2 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-#ai pandemic1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,emergency        
assistance for market-ready swine losses
  7a7 ,in general ,of the funds of the  
,commodity ,credit ,corporation1 the    
,secretary shall use #a1bjj1jjj1jjj to  
provide emergency relief to covered     
producers to aid in the reduction of    
intentional depopulation losses of swine
 due to the closure or the reduction in 
processing capacity of a processing     
plant related to the ,,covid-#ai        
pandemic4  7b7 ,valuation ,in           
determining the amount of losses for    
purposes of the payment rates under     
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall use

 the average sales price1 as determined 
by the ,secretary in collaboration with 
the ,chief ,economist of the ,department
 of ,agriculture and the ,administrator 
of the ,agricultural ,marketing         
,service1 for market-ready swine on     
,april #ai1 #bjbj4 ,in no case shall the
 payment made under subsection 7a7 with 
respect to the losses of a covered      
producer exceed the actual market value 
of market-ready livestock on the day on 
which the covered producer began to     
suffer such losses4  7c7 ,eligible      
losses ,a covered producer shall be     
eligible for losses described in        
subsection 7a7 incurred on or after     
,april #ai1 #bjbj4  7d7 ,definitions ,in
 this section3 7#a7 ,covered producer   
,the term covered producer means a      
person or legal entity that assumes the 
production and market risks associated  
with the agricultural production of     
swine 7as such terms are defined in     
section #b7;a7 of the ,packers and      
,stockyards ,act1 #aiba 7#g ,u4,s4,c4   

#ahc7;a7774  7#b7 ,secretary ,the term  
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,agriculture4