PUBLIC LAW 105-174—MAY 1, 1998 112 STAT. 69 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $30,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further. That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act. For an additional amount for the "Emergency Conservation Program" to provide cost-sharing assistance to maple producers to replace taps and tubing that were damaged by ice storms in northeastern States in 1998, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $4,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act. TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM An amount of $14,000,000 is provided for assistance to replace or rehabilitate trees, excluding trees used for pulp and/or timber, and vineyards damaged by natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $14,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further. That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND LIVESTOCK DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Effective only for losses incurred beginning on November 27, Effective date. 1997, through the date of enactment of this Act, $4,000,000 to implement a livestock indemnity program to compensate producers for losses of livestock (including ratites) due to natural disasters designated pursuant to a Presidential or Secretarial declaration requested during such a period in a manner similar to catastrophic loss coverage available for other commodities under 7 U.S.C. 1508(b): Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $4,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
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