,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bh1 #bjbj,mr4  
,king of ,iowa introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to provide ,federal relief to hog      
producers1 especially family farmers and
 independent producers1 who have been   
forced to euthanize hogs due to the     
,,covid-#ai pandemic1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,emergency assistance for
 market-ready hog losses  7a7 ,in       
general ,the ,secretary shall use the   
funds of the ,commodity ,credit         
,corporation to provide emergency relief
 to covered producers to aid in the     
reduction of intentional depopulation   
losses of market-ready hogs due to the  
closure or the reduction in processing  
capacity of a processing plant related  
to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic4  7b7       
,payment rate for covered producers ,in 
the case of a closure or the reduction  
in processing capacity of a processing  

plant related to the ,,covid-#ai        
pandemic1 with respect to the losses of 
market-ready hogs due to such closure or
 reduction incurred by a covered        
producer1 the ,secretary shall          
reimburse-- 7#a7 for the first #ej1jjj  
hogs of such covered producer1 #gj      
percent of the cost of such losses of   
such covered producer2  7#b7 for up to  
#ej1jjj hogs in addition to paragraph   
7#a71 #ee percent of the cost of such   
losses of such covered producer2  7#c7  
for up to #ajj1jjj hogs in addition to  
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b71 #de percent of
 the cost of such losses of such covered
 producer2 and  7#d7 for any amount of  
hogs in addition to paragraphs 7#a71    
7#b71 and 7#c71 #ce percent of the cost 
of such losses of such covered producer4
  7c7 ,valuation ,in determining the    
amount of losses for purposes of the    
payment rates under subsection 7b71 the 
,secretary shall use the average weekly 
price 7as determined by the ,secretary7 
for a market-ready hog1 as determined by

 the ,secretary4 ,in no case shall the  
payments made under subsection 7b7 with 
respect to the losses of a covered      
producer exceed the actual market value 
of market-ready hogs on the day on which
 the covered producer began to suffer   
such losses4  7d7 ,verification ,the    
,secretary may not make a payment for   
the losses of market-ready hogs of a    
covered producer under subsection 7b7   
unless a veterinarian certifies-- 7#a7  
that such hogs are market-ready hogs2   
and  7#b7 the number of such hogs for   
which the covered producer claims a     
loss4  7e7 ,packer-,owned and           
foreign-,owned hogs excluded ,the       
,secretary may not make payments under  
subsection 7b7 for-- 7#a7 any hog losses
 for which the covered producer does not
 provide sufficient documentation of    
ownership2  7#b7 the losses of          
packer-owned hogs2 or  7#c7 the losses  
of hogs of a producer that is owned1 in 
whole or in part1 by any person who is  
not a ,united ,states citizen1 lawful   

permanent resident1 or entity4  7f7     
,applicability ,this section shall apply
 for the period beginning on ,april #a1 
#bjbj1 and ending on the date that      
national processing capacity of hog     
processing plants is equal to or greater
 than such capacity on ,february #a1    
#bjbj1 as determined by the ,secretary4 
7g7 ,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 hogs 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            
,market-ready ,the term market-ready    
means1 with respect to a hog1 a hog that
 is at least #cjj pounds and ready for  
market1 as determined by the ,secretary4
  7#c7 ,packer ,the term packer has the 
meaning given the term in section #bja  
of the ,packers and ,stockyards ,act1   
#aiba 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #aia7 except such   

term does not include a packer with     
invested shares of less than or equal to
 #aj percent in a facility that         
slaughters less than or equal to #e     
million hogs a year4  7#d7 ,secretary   
,the term ,secretary means the          
,secretary of ,agriculture4