,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bgjg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #aj1   
#bjba,mr4 ,hoeven 7for himself and ,mr4 
,tester7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1
 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,agricultural ,act of #bjad to improve 
a program that provides livestock       
disaster assistance1 and for other      
purposes  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,livestock ,disaster
 ,relief ,act4  #b4 ,supplemental       
agricultural disaster assistance  7a7   
,definitions ,section #aeja7;a77#d77;,a7
 of the ,agricultural ,act of #bjad 7#g 
,u4,s4,c4 #ijha7;a77#d77;,a77 is amended
 by inserting and unweaned cattle after 
dairy cattle4  7b7 ,livestock forage    
disaster program ,section #aeja7;c77#c7 
of the ,agricultural ,act of #bjad 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #ijha7;c77#c77 is amended--   
7#a7 in subparagraph 7,c77iii77,i7--    
7,a7 in item 7aa71 by striking or at the

 end2  7,b7 in item 7bb71 by striking by
 at the end and inserting or2 and  7,c7 
by adding at the end the following3     
7cc7 the national average corn price per
 bushel for the #c-month period         
immediately preceding that ,march #a2 by
  2 and  7#b7 in subparagraph           
7,d77ii77,,ii7-- 7,a7 in item 7aa71 by  
striking #c and inserting #d2  7,b7 in  
item 7bb71 by striking #d monthly and   
inserting #f monthly2 and  7,c7 in item 
7cc71 by striking an amount equal to and
 all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting the following3 8an
 amount equal to-- 7,,aa7 in the case of
 a county with a normal grazing period  
of not less than #h months1 #h monthly  
payments using the monthly payment rate 
determined under subparagraph 7,b72 or  
7,,bb7 in the case of a county with a   
normal grazing period of less than #h   
months1 #a monthly payment for each     
month of the normal grazing period for  
that county1 using the monthly payment  
rate determined under that subparagraph4

 4  7c7 ,emergency ,assistance for      
,livestock1 ,honey ,bees1 and           
,farm-,raised ,fish ,section #aeja7;d7  
of the ,agricultural ,act of #bjad 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #ijha7;d77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by inserting   
7including drought7 after adverse       
weather2 and  7,b7 by striking 1 that   
are not covered under subsection 7b7 or 
7c72 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by    
inserting 7including transportation     
costs7 after shortages4