text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``American Livestock Protection and 
  Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014''.
  
  SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING.
  
      It is the sense of Congress that--
              (1) the overwhelming majority of consumers in the United 
          States want to know where animals used to produce the meat 
          eaten by the consumers is born, raised, and slaughtered;
              (2) country-of-origin labeling provides information that 
          consumers in the United States have a right to know; and
              (3) country-of-origin labeling facilitates supply chain 
          information critical for food safety.
  
  SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF FRESH MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS FROM 
                COUNTRIES WITH FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE.
  
      Section 10404 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8303) 
  is amended by adding at the end the following:
      ``(d) Prohibition on Importation of Fresh Meat and Meat Products 
  From Countries With Foot-and-Mouth Disease.--Notwithstanding any other 
  provision of law, until the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture 
  certifies to Congress that a country is free of foot-and-mouth disease 
  without vaccination, the Secretary may not--
              ``(1) allow the importation of fresh meat or meat products 
          from that country; or
              ``(2) initiate, administer, finalize, or enforce any 
          rulemaking allowing for the new importation of any fresh meat 
          or meat product from that country.''.
  
  SEC. 4. BRUCELLOSIS RESEARCH AND COMPENSATION.
  
      (a) Livestock Disease Initiative.--Title IV of the Agricultural 
  Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624 et 
  seq.) is amended by inserting after the title heading the following:
  
  ``SEC. 401. LIVESTOCK DISEASE INITIATIVE.
  
      ``(a) In General.--There is established in the Department a 
  livestock disease initiative under which the Secretary shall provide to 
  eligible entities competitive grants for research and development 
  described in subsection (d).
      ``(b) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
  this section, an entity shall be--
              ``(1) a Federal agency;
              ``(2) a National Laboratory;
              ``(3) an institution of higher education;
              ``(4) a research institution; or
              ``(5) a State agricultural experiment station.
      ``(c) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
  Secretary shall give priority to research and development relating to 
  bovine brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis, and other zoonotic diseases in 
  livestock that are covered by a high-priority research and extension 
  initiative authorized under section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, 
  Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925).
      ``(d) Use of Grants.--An entity that receives a grant under this 
  section shall use the grant to conduct research and development 
  relating to surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery 
  systems, or diagnostic tests for diseases in domestic livestock that 
  present a potential concern to public health and safety, as determined 
  by the Secretary.
      ``(e) Matching Funds.--
              ``(1) In general.--In awarding grants under this section, 
          the Secretary may give priority to proposals from eligible 
          entities that provide matching funds for the grants in a manner 
          as determined by the Secretary, but shall not require eligible 
          entities to have matching funds as a requirement of being 
          awarded a grant.
              ``(2) Exemption.--The matching funds requirement under 
          section 1492 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
          and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3371) shall not apply 
          in the case of a grant awarded under this section.
      ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
  appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
  years 2015 through 2018.''.
      (b) Assistance for Losses Due to Brucellosis.--Section 1501(c) of 
  the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(c)) is amended--
              (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``or brucellosis'' 
          after ``fire condition'' both places it appears;
              (2) in paragraph (2)--
                      (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the 
                  end;
                      (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                  the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                      (C) by adding at the end the following:
                      ``(C) brucellosis, as described in paragraph 
                  (6).''; and
              (3) by adding at the end the following:
              ``(6) Assistance for losses due to brucellosis.--
                      ``(A) In general.--An eligible livestock producer 
                  may receive assistance under this paragraph only if the 
                  grazing losses occur due to quarantine of livestock 
                  under section 10407 of the Farm Security and Rural 
                  Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8306) due to 
                  brucellosis infection in the Greater Yellowstone 
                  Designated Surveillance Area, as determined by the 
                  Secretary.
                      ``(B) Payment rate.--The payment rate for 
                  assistance under this paragraph shall be equal to 60 
                  percent of the monthly feed cost (as determined under 
                  paragraph (3)(C)) for the total number of livestock of 
                  the eligible livestock producer subject to 
                  quarantine.''.
  
  SEC. 5. LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.
  
      Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(b)) 
  is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
              ``(2) Payment rates.--Indemnity payments to an eligible 
          producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be made at a rate 
          of 75 percent of the higher of, as determined by the 
          Secretary--
                      ``(A) the market value of the applicable livestock 
                  on the earliest day that information is available to 
                  the Secretary; or
                      ``(B) the applicable nationwide price of the 
                  applicable livestock for the previous calendar year.''.
  
  SEC. 6. LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM.
  
      Section 1501(c)(3)(C) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
  9081(c)(3)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                              ``(iv) High-value forage.--The Secretary 
                          may provide for a price adjustment in the 
                          monthly feed cost in the case of high-value 
                          forage, as determined by the Secretary.''.
target: American Livestock Protection and Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: the majority of consumers in the United States want to know where animals used to produce the meat eaten are born, raised, and slaughtered; country-of-origin labeling provides information that consumers have a right to know; and country-of-origin labeling facilitates supply chain information critical for food safety. Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from allowing or advancing regulations that allow the importation of fresh meat and meat products from a country until the Secretary certifies to Congress that a country is free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination. Amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish a USDA livestock disease initiative to provide competitive grants for research and development related to surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery systems, or diagnostic tests for diseases in domestic livestock that present a potential concern to public health and safety. Makes federal agencies, national laboratories, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and state agricultural experiment stations eligible for grants.  Amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide eligible livestock producers with assistance for losses due to brucellosis and to alter the payment rates USDA uses to provide agricultural disaster assistance under the Livestock Indemnity Program and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program.  
feat_title: American Livestock Protection and Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014