Pub. L. 115-123, div. B, subdiv. 1, tit. I, sec. 20101

Sec. 20101. (a) Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(b)) is amended—(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter before subparagraph (A), by inserting “sold livestock for a reduced sale price, or both” after “normal mortality,”;(2) in paragraph (2), by striking “applicable livestock on the day before the date of death of the livestock, as determined by the Secretary.” and inserting the following:“affected livestock, as determined by the Secretary, on, as applicable—132 STAT. 69“(A) the day before the date of death of the livestock; or“(B) the day before the date of the event that caused the harm to the livestock that resulted in a reduced sale price.”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(4) A payment made under paragraph (1) to an eligible producer on a farm that sold livestock for a reduced sale price shall—“(A) be made if the sale occurs within a reasonable period following the event, as determined by the Secretary; and“(B) be reduced by the amount that the producer received for the sale.”.(b) Section 1501(d)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(d)(1)) is amended by striking “not more than $20,000,000 of”.(c) Section 1501(e)(4)(C) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(e)(4)(C)) is amended by striking “500 acres” and inserting “1,000 acres”.(d) Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081) is amended—(1) in subsection (e)(4)—(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C), as amended by subsection (c), as subparagraph (B); and(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking “subsection (e)” and inserting “subsections (b) and (e)”.(e) Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081), as amended by this section, shall apply with respect to losses described in such section 1501 incurred on or after January 1, 2017.(f) The amounts provided by subsections (a) through (e) for fiscal year 2018 are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.