,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dffa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #b1      
#bjbf,mr4 ,schiff 7for himself and ,mr4 
,padilla7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1         
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,federal ,agriculture     
,improvement and ,reform ,act of #aiif  
to provide permanent disaster assistance
 for specialty crops1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ensuring ,disaster 
,recovery and ,resilience for ,specialty
 ,crops ,act4  #b4 ,specialty crop      
emergency assistance framework  7a7 ,in 
general ,the ,federal ,agriculture      
,improvement and ,reform ,act of #aiif  
is amended by inserting after section   
#aif 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #gccc7 the following3
  #aig4 ,specialty crop emergency       
assistance framework  7a7 ,in general   
,the ,secretary shall establish a       
framework to provide direct assistance  

to producers of specialty crops the     
production of which is impacted by an   
adverse event 7including an economic    
crisis or market disruption71 as        
determined by the ,secretary1 in        
accordance with this section4  7b7      
,payment calculation ,in determining a  
payment calculation for purposes of     
direct assistance to a producer of      
specialty crops under subsection 7a71   
the ,secretary shall calculate payments 
based on-- 7#a7 the producer's sales of 
specialty crops for a calendar year that
 precedes the year in which the adverse 
event described in such subsection      
occurred or the average of such sales   
over a set of consecutive calendar years
 that precedes the year in which such   
adverse event occurred1 as determined by
 the ,secretary2 multiplied by  7#b7 a  
payment factor the ,secretary           
determines1 subject to the availability 
of funds1 to address losses of such     
specialty crops from such adverse event4
  7c7 ,special rules ,subject to        

subsection 7d71 in providing direct     
assistance pursuant to this section1 the
 ,secretary shall consider-- 7#a7 the   
higher value of specialty crops relative
 to other crops2  7#b7 the greater input
 costs required to grow specialty crops 
relative to other crops2 and  7#c7      
diverse types of legal entities and     
structures used by specialty crop       
producers4  7d7 ,limitations  7#a7      
,total amount  7,a7 ,in general ,except 
as provided in subparagraph 7,b71 the   
total amount of payments received1      
directly or indirectly1 by a person or  
legal entity 7except a qualified        
pass-through entity7 7as such terms are 
defined in section #ajja7;a7 of the     
,food ,security ,act of #aihe 7#g       
,u4,s4,c4 #acjh7;a777 for any crop year 
under this section may not exceed the   
amount specified in subsection 7b7 of   
section #ajja of the ,food ,security    
,act of #aihe 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #acjh71 as  
adjusted pursuant to subsection 7i7 of  
such section4  7,b7 ,exception ,in the  

case of a person or legal entity with an
 average gross income 7as calculated    
under subparagraph 7,b7 of section      
#ajja;,d7b77#d7 of the ,food ,security  
,act of #aihe 7#g ,u4,s4,c4             
#acjh-c;a7b77#d777 for which greater    
than or equal to #ge percent of the     
average derives from farming1 ranching1 
or silviculture activities 7as defined  
in subparagraph 7,a7 of that section7-- 
7i7 subparagraph 7,a7 of this paragraph 
shall not apply2 and  7ii7 the total    
maximum amount of payments received1    
directly or indirectly1 by such person  
or legal entity for any crop year under 
this section shall be set by the        
,secretary1 except such amount may not  
be less than #ejj1jjj4  7#b7            
,notification of interests2 eligibility2
 denials ,sections #ajja;,a7a71         
#ajja;,b1 and #ajja;,c of the ,food     
,security ,act of #aihe 7#g ,u4,s4,c4   
#acjh-a7;a72 #acjh-b2 #acjh-c7 shall    
apply to a producer of a specialty crop 
under this section in the same manner as

 such sections apply to a person or     
legal entity with respect to a covered  
commodity1 except to the extent such    
sections relate to the application of   
subsections 7b7 through 7d7 of section  
#ajja;,a of that ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4     
#acjh-a74  4  7b7 ,payment limitation   
conforming amendment ,section           
#ajja;,d7b7 of the ,food ,security ,act 
of #aihe 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #acjh-c;a7b77 is 
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#b77;,e71  
by inserting or section #aig of that    
,act before the period at the end2 and  
7#b7 in paragraph 7#d77;,a77i77,,ii71 by
 inserting or section #aig of that ,act 
before the semicolon4