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H.R. 7088House115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

Crop Insurance Fairness Act of 2018

Sponsored by Michelle Lujan GrishamRep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
Introduced October 23, 2018

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The Crop Insurance Fairness Act of 2018 changes the 1996 Farm Bill to make sure farmers get advance notice before the USDA changes how "assigned yields" are calculated for the non‑insured crop disaster assistance program. It requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish any new method and to wait at least one crop year before applying it, unless the change would raise a farmer’s payment.

Key Provisions

  • Adds a new rule that the Secretary must give public notice before modifying the method used to determine assigned yields for disaster assistance.
  • The new method cannot be used for a producer until at least one full crop year after the notice is issued, unless the change would increase the producer’s payment amount.
  • Clarifies that the notice requirement applies only when the Secretary changes the assigned‑yield calculation method.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

December 12, 2018

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Introduced in House

October 23, 2018

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Agriculture Committee

October 23, 2018

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Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

December 12, 2018

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Introduced in HouseIssued October 23, 2018

I

115th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 7088

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 23, 2018

Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to require that the Secretary of Agriculture to require a notice period with respect to certain modifications of assigned yields under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Crop Insurance Fairness Act of 2018.

2.

Assigned yield notifications

Section 196(e) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333(e)) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (3), by striking If and inserting Subject to paragraph (7), if; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following:

(7)

Modification of method of determining assigned yield

If the Secretary modifies the method of determining assigned yield under paragraph (3), such method may not apply to the determination of assigned yield with respect to a producer under such paragraph unless—

(A)

the Secretary—

(i)

provides public notice of such modified method; and

(ii)

such modified method applies to a crop year not earlier than the first crop year that is at least 1 crop year after the notice described in clause (i) is made; or

(B)

such modified method will increase the payment amount such producer receives under this section.

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