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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4472 

To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

with respect to transitioning producers from the noninsured crop assistance program to the whole farm revenue insurance plan. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 5, 2024 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. MURPHY) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 

Act of 1996 with respect to transitioning producers from 

the noninsured crop assistance program to the whole 

farm revenue insurance plan. 

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 ‘‘Save Our Small Farms 

5 Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF NON2 INSURED CROP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

3 Section 196 of the of the Federal Agriculture Im4 provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

8 inserting ‘‘best facilitates’’ after ‘‘assistance 

9 program that’’; 

10 (B) in clause (i)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘best facilitates the use 

12 of that’’ and inserting ‘‘the use of those’’; 

13 and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (C) in clause (ii)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘ensures the avail17 ability of that’’ and inserting ‘‘the avail18 ability of those’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

20 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

22 ‘‘(iii) the expansion of crops listed on 

23 the national crop table of the Agency with 

24 a local average market price; and 

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1 enue insurance plan developed under sec2 tion 522(c)(7) of the Federal Crop Insur3 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(7)).’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (4) 

5 and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) STREAMLINED APPLICATION PROCESS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF WHOLE FARM REV8 ENUE INSURANCE PLAN.—In this paragraph, 

9 the term ‘whole farm revenue insurance plan’ 

10 means the whole farm revenue insurance plan 

11 developed under section 522(c)(7) of the Fed12 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(7)). 

13 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

15 shall establish a streamlined process for 

16 the submission of records and acreage re17 ports under paragraphs (2) and (3), re18 spectively, for— 

19 ‘‘(I) diverse production systems, 

20 such as those typical of urban produc21 tion systems; 

22 ‘‘(II) other small-scale production 

23 systems; and 

24 ‘‘(III) direct-to-consumer produc25 tion systems. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) INCLUSIONS.—The streamlined 

2 process established under clause (i) shall 

3 include— 

4 ‘‘(I) reduced acreage report re5 quirements; and 

6 ‘‘(II) allowing the submission to 

7 the Secretary of 2 reports per year so 

8 as to accommodate later acreage re9 porting. 

10 ‘‘(C) ON-RAMP TO WHOLE FARM REVENUE

11 INSURANCE PLAN.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 

13 producer using diverse production systems 

14 described in subparagraph (B)(i) that may 

15 be eligible for the whole farm revenue in16 surance plan, the Secretary, acting through 

17 the Administrator of the Agency, shall es18 tablish a streamlined revenue-based option 

19 under the noninsured crop disaster assist20 ance program under this section to assist 

21 the producer to transition, on a voluntary 

22 basis, from the noninsured crop disaster 

23 assistance program under this section to 

24 the whole farm revenue insurance plan. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The stream2 lined revenue-based option established 

3 under clause (i) shall offer a premium dis4 count of— 

5 ‘‘(I) 25 percent for the first crop 

6 year for which a producer— 

7 ‘‘(aa) certifies that the pro8 ducer will transition from the 

9 noninsured crop disaster assist10 ance program under this section 

11 to the whole farm revenue insur12 ance plan not later than 3 years 

13 after the date of the certification; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(bb) provides revenue his16 tory with respect to that crop 

17 year; 

18 ‘‘(II) 50 percent for the crop 

19 year following the crop year described 

20 in subclause (I) if the producer— 

21 ‘‘(aa) certifies that the pro22 ducer will transition from the 

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1 ance plan not later than 2 years 

2 after the date of the certification; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(bb) provides revenue his5 tory with respect to that crop 

6 year; and 

7 ‘‘(III) 50 percent for the crop 

8 year following the crop year described 

9 in subclause (II) if the producer— 

10 ‘‘(aa) purchases insurance 

11 under the whole farm revenue in12 surance plan not later than 1 

13 year after the date of the certifi14 cation; and 

15 ‘‘(bb) provides revenue his16 tory with respect to that crop 

17 year. 

18 ‘‘(iii) TAX FORM SCHEDULE F.—The 

19 Secretary shall accept the Internal Rev20 enue Service Tax Form Schedule F (or a 

21 successor form) with respect to a producer 

22 for purposes of establishing revenue history 

23 under clause (ii). 

24 ‘‘(iv) REVENUE HISTORY SHARING.— 

25 The Secretary shall submit to the Federal 


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1 Crop Insurance Corporation the revenue 

2 history submitted to the Secretary pursu3 ant to clause (ii). 

4 ‘‘(D) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 90 

5 days after the date of enactment of the Save 

6 Our Small Farms Act of 2024, the Secretary 

7 shall issue regulations to ensure that premium 

8 discounts under this paragraph are only avail9 able to producers described in subparagraph 

10 (C)(i) that comply with this paragraph.’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(5) NOTICE OF CERTAIN LOSSES.—A producer 

14 of a hand-harvested or rapidly deteriorating crop 

15 may submit to the Secretary evidence of a loss of 

16 that crop at any time after the 120-hour period fol17 lowing the loss in order to be eligible for assistance 

18 under this section. 

19 ‘‘(6) APPRAISAL OF LOSS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which 

21 an appraisal of crop acreage is requested by a 

22 producer or determined to be necessary by a 

23 State agricultural official or a State executive 

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1 ticularly in any case in which a loss adjuster is 

2 not available within 72 hours of the notice, Sec3 retary shall permit the following alternatives to 

4 an in-person appraisal by a loss adjuster: 

5 ‘‘(i) Remote appraisal, including time6 stamped photographs, drone footage, and 

7 other technology applications. 

8 ‘‘(ii) Appraisal by field office staff of 

9 the Agency with requisite training, in con10 junction with a remote appraisal under 

11 clause (i). 

12 ‘‘(B) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall re13 quire field office staff to attend noninsured crop 

14 disaster assistance appraisal training for pur15 poses of subparagraph (A)(ii).’’; 

16 (4) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘65 per17 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘100 percent’’; 

18 (5) in subsection (i)(2)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

20 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

22 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) 

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1 ginning, or socially disadvantaged farmer, as 

2 determined by the Secretary, a veteran farmer 

3 or rancher (as defined in section 2501(a) of the 

4 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 

5 of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))), or a producer par6 ticipating in the streamlined revenue-based op7 tion pursuant to subsection (b)(4)(C), 

8 $600,000.’’; 

9 (6) in subsection (k)(2)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘defined by the Secretary, 

11 or a veteran’’ and inserting ‘‘determined by the 

12 Secretary, a veteran’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or a producer partici14 pating in the streamlined revenue-based option 

15 pursuant to subsection (b)(4)(C)’’ before the 

16 period at the end; 

17 (7) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (3) 

18 and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(3) PREMIUM DISCOUNT.—The coverage made 

20 available under this subsection shall be available to 

21 limited resource, beginning, or socially disadvan22 taged farmers, as determined by the Secretary, vet23 eran farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 

24 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

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1 ducers participating in the streamlined revenue2 based option pursuant to subsection (b)(4)(C), in ex3 change for a premium that is 25 percent of the pre4 mium determined under paragraph (2).’’; and 

5 (8) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(m) DELIVERY.—The Secretary shall collaborate 

7 with outreach and technical assistance providers, exten8 sion offices, and State departments of agriculture to ad9 vertise the noninsured crop disaster assistance program 

10 under this section, particularly to limited resource, begin11 ning, or socially disadvantaged farmers, as determined by 

12 the Secretary, veteran farmers or ranchers (as defined in 

13 section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 

14 and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))), and pro15 ducers eligible to participate in the streamlined revenue16 based option pursuant to subsection (b)(4)(C).’’. 

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