Bill > S141

This bill provides supplemental agricultural disaster assistance for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, aiming to help farmers and ranchers recover from losses. Key provisions include livestock indemnity payments for death losses exceeding normal mortality due to attacks by protected animals or adverse weather, and a livestock forage disaster program to compensate for weather-related forage losses from drought, flood, or fire. The bill also establishes emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish, and a tree assistance program to help eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers replant or salvage trees lost due to natural disasters like disease, insect infestation, or extreme weather. Additionally, it modifies the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program, which provides coverage for crops that lack federal crop insurance, by offering payments equivalent to additional coverage and adjusting premium structures, with specific provisions for limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged farmers, and for losses to annual fruit crops from frost or freeze in 2012. The bill also sets payment limitations for disaster assistance received by individuals or legal entities.