H.R. 6338 – Reading Mode

111th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6338

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 29, 2010

Ms. Herseth Sandlin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to permit certain livestock owners to plant a secondary crop for the use of the producer as emergency feed.

Emergency exception for prevented planting

Section 508A(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508a(c)) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1), by inserting paragraph (6) or before subsections (d) and (e);

(2)

in paragraph (3), by inserting an emergency described in paragraph (6) or after in the case of ; and

(3)

by adding at the end the following:

(6)

Emergency exception

(A)

In general

A producer may plant a second crop on the same acreage for harvest in the same crop year as a first crop and receive full prevented planting indemnity payments under this subsection, if, as determined by the Corporation—

(i)

the producer owns livestock;

(ii)

the affected agricultural operation of the producer is located in an area that experienced excessive precipitation that prevented the producer from planting the first crop by the final planting date for the crop established by the Risk Management Agency; and

(iii)

the producer uses the second crop solely for emergency feed of the livestock of the producer.

(B)

Effect on actual production history

In the case of a producer described in subparagraph (A)—

(i)

the adjustment in actual production history described in paragraph (3) shall be 100 percent of the producer’s actual production history for the agricultural commodity; and

(ii)

the second crop shall not be considered the crop of record unless the producer so elects.