H.R. 8706 – Reading Mode

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 8706

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 12, 2022

Mr. Kahele (for himself and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act with respect to education and risk management assistance, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Management Assistance Modernization Act of 2022.

Education and risk management assistance

Section 524 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1524) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)—

(A)

in paragraph (2)(A)—

(i)

by striking and colleges or universities and inserting colleges or universities, and nonprofit organizations;

(ii)

by inserting and approved crop insurance providers after educating agricultural producers;

(iii)

by inserting , including language translation services when appropriate, after technical assistance; and

(iv)

by inserting food safety, after production diversification,;

(B)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking and outreach and inserting outreach, and language translation;

(ii)

in subparagraph (E), by striking and at the end;

(iii)

in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(iv)

by adding at the end the following:

(G)

Federal crop insurance providers, especially with respect to the availability of whole farm insurance plans under section 522(c)(7).

; and

(C)

in paragraph (4), by striking paragraph (3)(E) and inserting subparagraphs (E) and (G) of paragraph (3); and

(2)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in subparagraph (C)—

(I)

in the matter before clause (i), by striking production or marketing diversification or;

(II)

in clause (ii), by inserting areawide before integrated;

(III)

in clause (iii), by striking or at the end;

(IV)

by striking clause (iv); and

(V)

by inserting after clause (iii) the following:

(iv)

soil health improvements;

(v)

perennial crop establishment, including establishment of agroforestry systems;

(vi)

integration of livestock;

(vii)

aerobic composting of crop and livestock waste; or

(viii)

other conservation practices determined by the Secretary to reduce farms’ risk of financial loss due to the regional impacts of climate change;

;

(ii)

by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively;

(iii)

by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:

(D)

mitigate financial risk through production or marketing diversification, including—

(i)

developing or implementing a plan to create marketing opportunities for the producer, including through value-added processing;

(ii)

developing or implementing a plan to establish market infrastructure for the producer to support enterprise diversification, including drying and storage facilities for small grains from resource-conserving crop rotations;

(iii)

organic farming; and

(iv)

food safety certification;

; and

(iv)

in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, by striking through (E) and inserting through (F);

(B)

in paragraph (3), by striking any year may not exceed $50,000 and insert any 5-year period may not exceed $200,000;

(C)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:

(B)

Funding

The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available to carry out this subsection not less than $30,000,000 for each fiscal year.

; and

(ii)

in subparagraph (C)—

(I)

in clause (ii), by striking provide and inserting carry out subparagraph (D), including providing; and

(II)

in clause (iii), by striking subparagraph and inserting subparagraphs (E) and; and

(D)

by adding at the end the following:

(5)

Authorization of appropriations

In addition to the funds made available under paragraph (4)(B), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.