,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dffj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #b1      
#bjbf,mr4 ,schiff introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide appropriations to
 the ,secretary of ,agriculture to make 
payments to producers of specialty      
crops4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,economic ,relief for   
,specialty ,crops ,act4  #b4 ,specialty 
crop farmers assistance  7a7 ,in general
 ,notwithstanding any other provision of
 law1 for fiscal year #bjbg1 there is   
appropriated to the ,secretary of       
,agriculture #e1jjj1jjj1jjj1 to remain  
available until expended1 to make       
payments to producers of a specialty    
crop 7as defined in section #c of the   
,specialty ,crops ,competitiveness ,act 
of #bjjd 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #afba note2      
,public ,law #ajh-dfe77 under the       
,assistance for ,specialty ,crop        

,farmers program of the ,department of  
,agriculture 7as announced on ,february 
#ac1 #bjbf2 ,release ,no43 #jjca4bf7 or 
any substantially similar subsequent    
assistance program initiated by the     
,secretary of ,agriculture under the    
authority of the ,commodity ,credit     
,corporation ,charter ,act 7#ae         
,u4,s4,c4 #gad et seq474  7b7 ,terms and
 conditions ,payments under subsection  
7a7 shall be made in a manner consistent
 with the terms and conditions specified
 in the notice entitled ,notice2        
,marketing ,assistance for ,specialty   
,crops 7#ij ,fed4 ,reg4 #adcd 7,january 
#h1 #bjbe774