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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 795 

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve education and risk 

management assistance, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 14, 2023 

Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve education and risk management assistance, and for other 

purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural Manage5 ment Assistance Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EDUCATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. 

7 Section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 

8 U.S.C. 1524) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘for 

2 the purpose of educating agricultural producers 

3 and providing technical assistance to agricul4 tural producers’’ and inserting ‘‘for the purpose 

5 of educating and providing technical assistance 

6 to agricultural producers and approved crop in7 surance providers, including language trans8 lation services as appropriate,’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

10 (i) in the matter preceding subpara11 graph (A), by striking ‘‘education, and out12 reach’’ and inserting ‘‘education, outreach, 

13 and language translation’’; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end after the semicolon; 

16 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

17 (F) as subparagraph (G); and 

18 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

19 (E) the following: 

20 ‘‘(F) Federal crop insurance providers, es21 pecially with respect to the whole farm diversi22 fied risk management insurance plan developed 

23 under section 522(c)(7); and’’; and 

24 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘para25 graph (3)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3) 


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1 with respect to the entities described in sub2 paragraphs (E) and (F) of that paragraph’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in the matter preceding subpara7 graph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection to—’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘subsection—’’; 

9 (ii) in each of subparagraphs (A) 

10 through (F), by inserting ‘‘to’’ before the 

11 first word of the subparagraph; 

12 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

13 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

14 (i), by striking ‘‘production or mar15 keting diversification or’’; 

16 (II) in clause (ii), by inserting 

17 ‘‘areawide’’ before ‘‘integrated’’; 

18 (III) in clause (iii), by striking 

19 ‘‘or’’ at the end after the semicolon; 

20 and 

21 (IV) by striking clause (iv) and 

22 inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(iv) soil health improvements; 

24 ‘‘(v) development of sustainable water 

25 sources and irrigation; 


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1 ‘‘(vi) perennial crop establishment, in2 cluding establishment of agroforestry sys3 tems; 

4 ‘‘(vii) integration of livestock; 

5 ‘‘(viii) aerobic composting of crop and 

6 livestock waste; or 

7 ‘‘(ix) other conservation practices de8 termined by the Secretary to reduce the 

9 risk to a farm of financial loss due to the 

10 regional impacts of climate change;’’; 

11 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

12 (D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) 

13 through (G), respectively; 

14 (v) by inserting after subparagraph 

15 (C) the following: 

16 ‘‘(D) to mitigate financial risk through 

17 production or marketing diversification, includ18 ing through— 

19 ‘‘(i) developing or implementing a 

20 plan to create marketing opportunities for 

21 the producer, including through value22 added processing; 

23 ‘‘(ii) developing or implementing a 

24 plan to establish market infrastructure for 

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1 sification, including drying and storage fa2 cilities for small grains from resource-con3 serving crop rotations; 

4 ‘‘(iii) organic farming; and 

5 ‘‘(iv) food safety certification;’’; and 

6 (vi) in subparagraph (G) (as so redes7 ignated), by striking ‘‘(E)’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘(F)’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘The total amount’’ 

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara13 graph (B), the total amount’’; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (A) (as so des15 ignated), by striking ‘‘for any year may 

16 not exceed $50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘for 

17 any 5-year period may not exceed 

18 $200,000’’; and 

19 (iii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION OF OTHER FEDERAL

22 FUNDS.—Any payments made to a person de23 scribed in subparagraph (A) for carrying out 

24 activities described in paragraph (2) that are 

25 not made pursuant to this subsection shall not 


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1 count for purposes of the payment limitation es2 tablished under that subparagraph.’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (I) in clause (i), by striking 

6 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$30,000,000’’; 

8 (II) by striking clause (ii); and 

9 (III) by striking the subpara10 graph designation and heading and all 

11 that follows through ‘‘Except as pro12 vided in clause (ii), the’’ in clause (i) 

13 and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—The’’; and 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

16 (I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘to 

17 provide’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out 

18 paragraph (2)(D), including pro19 viding’’; and 

20 (II) in clause (iii), by striking 

21 ‘‘(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘(G)’’; and 

22 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

24 addition to amounts made available under paragraph 

25 (4), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry 


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1 out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 

2 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available 

3 until expended.’’. 

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