,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ceeb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bj1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,tester1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,ms4 ,smith1    
,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,mrs4       
,fischer1 ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4      
,cramer1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture to provide payments to    
cattle producers to offset losses due to
 the ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai        
7,,covid-#ai71 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,cattle producer payments to offset 
losses due to ,,covid-#ai  7a7 ,in      
general ,the ,secretary of ,agriculture1
 acting through the ,administrator of   
the ,farm ,service ,agency 7referred to 
in this section as the ,secretary71     
shall make payments to producers that   
sold feeder cattle or live cattle during
 any month in calendar year #bjbj if the

 ,secretary determines that-- 7#a7 in   
the case of feeder cattle1 the average  
national sale price per hundredweight   
for feeder cattle for that month is less
 than #aej2 and  7#b7 in the case of    
live cattle1 the average national sale  
price per hundredweight for live cattle 
for that month is less than #aba4  7b7  
,payment amount ,the amount of a payment
 provided under subsection 7a7 shall be 
equal to-- 7#a7 in the case of feeder   
cattle1 the product obtained by         
multiplying-- 7,a7 the difference       
between-- 7i7 #aej2 and  7ii7 the       
average national sale price per         
hundredweight for feeder cattle for the 
applicable month2 and  7,b7 the quantity
 of feeder cattle sold by the applicable
 producer during the applicable month1  
expressed in hundredweight2 and  7#b7 in
 the case of live cattle1 the product   
obtained by multiplying-- 7,a7 the      
difference between-- 7i7 #aba2 and  7ii7
 the average national sale price per    
hundredweight for live cattle for the   

applicable month2 and  7,b7 the quantity
 of live cattle sold by the applicable  
producer during the applicable month1   
expressed in hundredweight4  7c7        
,limitations  7#a7 ,payment limitation  
,a producer may receive payments under  
subsection 7a7 for not more than #aj1jjj
 head of cattle in calendar year #bjbj4 
7#b7 ,ownership requirement ,to be      
eligible to receive a payment under     
subsection 7a71 a producer shall have   
owned the cattle described in that      
subsection for not less than #cj days   
before the date on which the cattle were
 sold4  7d7 ,funding ,of the funds of   
the ,commodity ,credit ,corporation1 the
 ,secretary shall use such sums as are  
necessary to carry out this section4