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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1214

To create an emergency relief fund for agricultural producers.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 13, 1993

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. DURENBERGER, and Mr. PRESSLER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To create an emergency relief fund for agricultural

producers.

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 ‘‘Emergency Relief

5 Fund Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY DISASTER RELIEF.

7 The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, in the ad8 ministration of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.

9 1501 et seq.) with respect to the 1993 crop year, shall—
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1 (1) extend the planting date to July 5 for soy2 beans;

3 (2) provide an indemnity to agricultural produc4 ers who purchased crop insurance but were unable,

5 because of any natural disaster, to plant soybeans by

6 such date, in an amount equal to 40 percent cov7 erage at either—

8 (A) actual production history; or

9 (B) 85 percent of Agricultural Stabiliza10 tion and Conservation Service county yield;

11 (3) provide special disaster benefits, consisting

12 of 40 percent coverage for unplanted areas, to agri13 cultural producers who, because of any natural dis14 asters, were unable to plant anything for this crop

15 year and did not purchase the prevented planting

16 rider;

17 (4) provide the difference between the amount

18 agricultural producers who—

19 (A) insured for corn; and

20 (B) because of any natural disaster,

21 switched to soybeans;

22 get for their soybean crop and the insured rate they

23 would have gotten for corn; and

24 (5) provide to agricultural producers who had

25 no crop insurance but who suffered losses because of
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1 any natural disaster, opportunity for a retroactive

2 sign up for a 35 percent crop insurance policy, con3 ditioned on the producers’ purchase of crop insur4 ance for the next three years at 50 percent level at

5 the highest market price election.

6 SEC. 3. FUNDING.

7 All expenses, including administrative expenses, that

8 arise by reason of section 2 shall be paid from an emer9 gency relief fund, which the Federal Crop Insurance Cor10 poration shall establish using the authority to borrow from

11 the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 516(c)

12 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516(c)) or

13 to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the

14 Treasury under section 516(d) of the Federal Crop Insur15 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516(d)).

16 SEC. 4. POLICY REVIEW.

17 Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7

18 U.S.C. 1508) is amended by adding after the second sen19 tence the following: ‘‘Beginning with the spring of 1994

20 crop year, the Corporation shall include within any insur21 ance offered under this section protection against the in22 ability to plant a crop due to an insurable cause as defined

23 in the preceding sentence, reduced according to proper in24 surance practices, for crops planted within a period speci-
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1 fied by the Corporation after the final planting date estab2 lished for the crop’’.

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