,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hebe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bg1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,ruiz 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 for seasonal and    
perishable programs1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,seasonal and perishable 
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 ,programs  #eja4 ,seasonal 
and perishable crop loss program  7a7   
,seasonal and perishable crop loss  7#a7
 ,in general ,beginning with marketing  
year #bjbg1 and each year thereafter1   
with respect to a producer of a seasonal
 and perishable crop in a geographic    
region described in paragraph 7#b71 the 
,secretary shall make annual crop loss  
payments in accordance with this section
 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 ,geographic        
coverage described in this paragraph    
refers to coverage of a geographic      
region in the ,united ,states-- 7,a7 in 
which a seasonable and perishable       
commodity is grown within a seasonal    
marketing window2 and  7,b7 for which an
 annual normal harvest and shipment of  
such seasonal and perishable crop       
occurs4  7b7 ,effective price ,the      
effective price for a seasonal and      
perishable crop shall be the national   
average market price for the seasonal   
and perishable crop during the seasonal 
marketing window4  7c7 ,payment amount  
,if seasonal perishable crop loss       
program payments are required to be     
provided under this section for the last

 seasonal marketing window for a covered
 seasonal and perishable crop1 the      
amount of the seasonal perishable crop  
loss program payment to be paid to      
producers on a farm for the seasonal    
marketing window shall be equal to the  
product obtained by multiplying-- 7#a7  
the payment rate for the covered        
seasonal and perishable crop which 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 crop2 and  7#b7 the previous 
three-year average production for the   
covered seasonal and perishable crop    
during the same seasonal marketing      
window4  7d7 ,eligibility ,a producer   
may only be eligible for a payment under
 this section if such producer--  7#a7  
has an average adjusted gross income of 
less than #e1jjj1jjj for the #c tax     
years preceding the most recent tax     
year2 or  7#b7 derives at least #ge     

percent of the adjusted gross income of 
such producer from farming1 ranching1 or
 forestry for the tax year for which    
payment under this section is sought4   
7e7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,seasonal marketing window ,the term    
seasonal marketing window means1 with   
respect to a seasonal and perishable    
crop--  7,a7 the season of a crop year  
in which such crop is normally marketed 
within a geographic region described in 
subsection 7a77#b72 and  7,b7 the season
 that concludes on the date that is not 
later than #h weeks after the last day  
on which such crops are harvested during
 a normal marketing window4  7#b7       
,reference price ,the term reference    
price means the national average market 
price received by producers for         
domestically produced seasonal and      
perishable crop for the period of the   
most recent three marketing seasons4    
7#c7 ,seasonal and perishable crop ,the 
term seasonal and perishable crop means 
a crop that is--  7,a7 a fresh or       

chilled specialty crop that1 if         
imported1 would be classified under     
,,hs#bjbj tariff codes #jgja1 #jgjb1    
#jgjc1 #jgjd1 #jgje1 #jgjf1 #jgjg1      
#jgjh1 #jgji1 #jhjc1 #jhjd1 #jhje1      
#jhjf1 #jhjg1 #jhjh1 #jhji1 or #jhaj 7or
 such successor codes1 as determined by 
the ,secretary72  7,b7 marketed in raw  
form for consumption without further    
processing2 and  7,c7 normally marketed 
not later than #h weeks after           
harvesting4  7#d7 ,secretary ,the term  
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,agriculture4  4