PURPOSES OF DISASTER PAYMENTS.

SEC. 241. PURPOSES OF DISASTER PAYMENTS. It is the sense of Congress that disaster payments made to producers under subtitle A are intended to preserve each producer’s livelihood and farming operation, to enable the producer to meet preexisting commitments and obligations, to protect the infrastructure of the United States agricultural production input, supply, 102 STAT. 945marketing, and distribution systems, and to preserve the vitality and financial health of rural communities.