To provide to agricultural producers emergency livestock assistance and assistance for control of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets, with offsets.

To provide to agricultural producers emergency livestock assistance and assistance for control of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets, with offsets.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Emergency Livestock Assistance Act of 2002'.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS.

(a) IN GENERAL- Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in an amount equal to $620,000,000 to make and administer payments for livestock losses using the criteria established to carry out the 1999 Livestock Assistance Program (except for application of the national percentage reduction factor) to producers for 2001 and 2002 losses in a county that has received an emergency designation by the President or the Secretary in calendar year 2001 or 2002.

(b) PREVENTION OF DOUBLE PAYMENTS- If a producer is on a farm located in a county that received an emergency designation described in subsection (a) in each of calendar years 2001 and 2002, the producer may receive payments under this section for losses associated with the declaration in either calendar year 2001 or calendar year 2002, but not both.

SEC. 3. CONTROL OF GRASSHOPPERS AND MORMON CRICKETS.

(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall use $14,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to control grasshoppers and Mormon crickets on Federal, State, and private land during fiscal years 2002 and 2003, in accordance with section 417 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7717).

(b) FEDERAL COST SHARE OF TREATMENT- Section 417(d) of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7717(d)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting `(or, in the case of costs incurred during fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 66.67 percent)' after `50 percent'; and

(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting `(or, in the case of costs incurred during fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 66.67 percent)' after `33.3 percent'.

SEC. 4. OFFSETS.

(a) LOAN RATES- Section 1202 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7932) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a), by striking `2002 AND 2003 CROP YEARS- For purposes of the 2002 and 2003 crop years,' and inserting `2002 CROP YEAR- For purposes of the 2002 crop year,'; and

(2) in subsection (b), by striking `2004 THROUGH 2007 CROP YEARS- For purposes of the 2004 through 2007 crop years,' and inserting `2003 THROUGH 2007 CROP YEARS- For purposes of the 2003 through 2007 crop years,'.

(b) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM-

(1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING- Section 1240B(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-2(g)) is amended by striking `For each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007, 60 percent' and inserting `For fiscal year 2002 and each of fiscal years 2004 through 2007, 60 percent, and for fiscal year 2003, 100 percent,'.

(2) FISCAL YEAR 2003 FUNDING- Section 1241(a)(6)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(B)) is amended by striking `$700,000,000' and inserting `$420,000,000'.

(c) DESERT TERMINAL LAKES-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 2507 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (43 U.S.C. 2211 note; Public Law 107-171) is repealed.

(2) RESCISSION- Funds transferred under that section (as in effect before the amendment made by paragraph (1)) are rescinded.

SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary may promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

(b) PROCEDURE- The promulgation of the regulations and administration of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall be made without regard to--

(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code;

(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and

(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the `Paperwork Reduction Act').

(c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULEMAKING- In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.