,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dehj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bj1 #bjba,mr4 
,ruiz 7for himself and ,mr4 ,austin     
,scott of ,georgia7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,specialty ,crops 
,competitiveness ,act of #bjjd to       
provide recovery payments to seasonal   
and perishable crop growers who         
experienced low prices caused by        
imports1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,american ,seasonal and ,perishable 
,crop ,support ,act4  #b4 ,seasonal and 
perishable insurance programs ,the      
,specialty ,crops ,competitiveness ,act 
of #bjjd 7,public ,law #ajh-dfe7 is     
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  ,v ,seasonal and ,perishable
 ,insurance ,programs  #eja4 ,seasonal  
and perishable crop loss program  7a7   
,seasonal and perishable crop loss  7#a7
 ,in general ,beginning with marketing  

year #bjbb1 with respect to a producer  
of a seasonal and perishable crop in    
geographic region described in paragraph
 7#b71 the ,secretary shall make crop   
loss payments in accordance with this   
section for a marketing year if the     
,secretary determines that-- 7,a7 the   
effective price for the seasonal and    
perishable crop for such marketing year 
is less than the reference price for    
such crop2 and  7,b7 the crop loss      
described in subparagraph 7,a7 is caused
 by imports of the seasonal and         
perishable crop4  7#b7 ,geographic      
coverage ,a geographic region described 
in this paragraph is a geographic region
 for which at least #ej percent of the  
producers that produce at least one     
seasonal and perishable crops make a    
one-time election to participate in the 
seasonal perishable crop loss payment   
program under this section with respect 
to a marketing year4  7#c7 ,election    
,for each marketing year1 the ,secretary
 shall allow producers of seasonal and  

perishable crops to make a one-time     
election to participate in the seasonal 
and perishable crop loss program under  
this section with respect to such       
marketing year4  7b7 ,effective price   
,the effective price for a seasonal and 
perishable crop for a marketing year    
shall be the national average market    
price for the seasonal and perishable   
crop4  7c7 ,payment rate ,a payment     
under subsection 7a7 shall be equal to  
the difference between-- 7#a7 the       
reference price for the covered seasonal
 and perishable crop2 and  7#b7 the     
effective price determined under        
subsection 7b7 for the seasonal and     
perishable crop4  7d7 ,payment amount   
,if seasonal perishable crop loss       
program payments are required to be     
provided under this section for the last
 seasonal marketing year for a covered  
seasonal and perishable crop1 the amount
 of the seasonal perishable crop loss   
program payment to be paid to the       
producers on a farm for the seasonal    

marketing year shall be equal to the    
product obtained by multiplying-- 7#a7  
the payment rate for the covered        
seasonal and perishable crop under      
subsection 7c72 and  7#b7 the previous  
three-year average production for the   
seasonal and perishable crop4  7e7      
,eligibility ,no producer may be        
eligible for a payment under this       
section unless such producer-- 7#a7 has 
an average adjusted gross income of less
 than #ijj1jjj for the #c tax years     
preceding the most recent tax year2 and 
7#b7 derives at least #ge percent of    
their adjusted gross income from        
farming1 ranching1 or forestry4  7f7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,marketing season ,the term marketing   
season means1 with respect to a seasonal
 and perishable crop1 the season-- 7,a7 
in which such crop is normally marketed2
 and  7,b7 that concludes on the date   
that is not later than four weeks after 
the last day on which such crops are    
harvested during a marketing year4  7#b7

 ,marketing year ,the term marketing    
year means1 with respect to a seasonal  
and perishable crop1 the period         
beginning on the date the seasonal and  
perishable crop is first harvested and  
ending on the last day on which such    
crop is marketed4  7#c7 ,reference price
 ,the term reference price means        
regional average market price received  
by producers during the marketing season
 for a seasonal and perishable crop for 
the period of the most recent three     
marketing years4  7#d7 ,seasonal and    
perishable crop ,the term seasonal and  
perishable crop means a crop that is--  
7,a7 a fresh or chilled specialty crop2 
7,b7 marketed in raw form for           
consumption without further processing2 
and  7,c7 normally marketed not later   
than #d weeks after harvesting4  7#e7   
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture4  4