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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4226 

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide relief for agricultural 

producers adversely impacted by the Oriental fruit fly. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2015 

Mr. CURBELO of Florida (for himself and Ms. GRAHAM) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide relief 

for agricultural producers adversely impacted by the Oriental fruit fly. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSSES TO COMPLY 

4 WITH GOVERNMENT-IMPOSED ORIENTAL 

5 FRUIT FLY QUARANTINE. 

6 Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 

7 U.S.C. 9081) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub9 section (g); and 


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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol2 lowing new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(f) REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSSES TO COMPLY

4 WITH GOVERNMENT-IMPOSED ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY

5 QUARANTINE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORIZED.—The Sec7 retary shall use such sums as are necessary of the 

8 funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to reim9 burse eligible producers on farms that have incurred 

10 losses because of an inability to ship a crop to mar11 ket, or by being prevented from planting or growing 

12 a crop, due to a Federal Government or a State gov13 ernment quarantine to control the Oriental fruit fly 

14 (Bactrocera dorsalis) imposed during the period be15 ginning on August 15, 2015, and ending on March 

16 31, 2016, or such later date as the Secretary con17 siders necessary. 

18 ‘‘(2) PAYMENT RATE.—Payments to an eligible 

19 producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be 

20 made at a rate not to exceed 70 percent of the mar21 ket value of the affected crop. The market value 

22 shall be determined using the average market value 

23 of the affected crop in the quarantine area during 

24 the preceding five crop years, as determined by the 

25 Secretary, excluding any crop year in which such a 


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1 quarantine was in effect and excluding the crop year 

2 in which the market value was highest and the crop 

3 year in which the market value was lowest. 

4 ‘‘(3) DURATION.—Payments to an eligible pro5 ducer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall cease as 

6 soon as possible once the eligible producer on a farm 

7 is able to resume marketing a crop after the quar8 antine is lifted. 

9 ‘‘(4) CROP INSURANCE.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 

11 (5), in carrying out this subsection, the Sec12 retary shall not discriminate against or penalize 

13 an eligible producer on a farm that obtained, or 

14 did not obtain, crop insurance under the Fed15 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 

16 seq.), noninsured crop disaster assistance under 

17 section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improve18 ment and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333), 

19 or similar risk protection for that same type of 

20 crop. 

21 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN INSUR22 ANCE.—As a condition on the receipt of a pay23 ment under this subsection for a crop, an eligi24 ble producer on a farm shall agree to obtain 

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1 ance, or similar risk protection for that same 

2 type of crop for at least the next two crop 

3 years, if such insurance, assistance, or protec4 tion is available. 

5 ‘‘(5) EFFECT OF OTHER ASSISTANCE.—The 

6 payment that an eligible producer on a farm would 

7 otherwise receive under this subsection shall be re8 duced by the amount of assistance provided to the 

9 producer for losses described in paragraph (1) under 

10 any other Federal law, including the Federal Crop 

11 Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and section 

12 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 

13 Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).’’. 

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