To establish highly erodible land and wetland conservation compliance requirements for the Federal crop insurance program.

SA 2438. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 3240, to reauthorize agricultural programs
through 2017, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title II, add the following:

SEC. 2609. HIGHLY ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION FOR
CROP INSURANCE.

(a) Highly Erodible Land Program Ineligibility.--
(1) In general.--Section 1211(a)(1) of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811(a)(1)) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ``or'' at the end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) any portion of premium paid by the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation for a plan or policy of insurance under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.);''.
(2) Exemptions.--Section 1212(a)(2) of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3812(a)(2)) is amended--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ``(2) If,'' and
inserting the following:
``(2) Eligibility based on compliance with conservation
plan.--
``(A) In general.--If,'';
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ``In carrying'' and
inserting the following:
``(B) Minimization of documentation.--In carrying''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Crop insurance.--In the case of payments that are
subject to section 1211 for the first time due to the
amendment made by section 2609(a) of the Agriculture Reform,
Food, and Jobs Act of 2012, any person who produces an
agricultural commodity on the land that is the basis of the
payments shall have until January 1 of the fifth year after
the date on which the payments became subject to section 1211
to develop and comply with an approved conservation plan.''.
(b) Wetland Conservation Program Ineligibility.--Section
1221(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3821) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Any portion of premium paid by the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation for a plan or policy of insurance under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).''.

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