[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29941-29942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9598]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

7 CFR Part 400


General Administrative Regulations; Food Security Act of 1985, 
Implementation; Denial of Benefits; Correcting Amendment

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Correcting Amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a technical correction to subpart F of 
the General Administrative Regulations, concerning the denial of crop 
insurance when a person is ineligible due to a conviction of a 
controlled substance violation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Smith, Supervisory Insurance 
Management Specialist, Research and Development, Product Development 
Division, FCIC, at 9435 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO 64131, telephone 
(816) 926-7743 (not a toll-free call).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The provision contained in 7 CFR part 400.47(a)(2) states that the 
application and policy of insurance will be canceled when a person 
becomes ineligible for crop insurance as a result of a conviction for 
planting, cultivating, growing, producing, harvesting or storing a 
controlled substance and that a person may submit a new application to 
obtain crop insurance coverage following the period of ineligibility. 
As published, the final regulation was not clear regarding the 
requirement to submit a new application.

Need for Correction

    As published, the regulation is not clear and has proven to be 
misleading. Clarification of the requirement to submit a new 
application for crop insurance coverage following ineligibility is 
needed.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 400

    Crop insurance.

    Accordingly, 7 CFR part 400 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 400--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS

Subpart F--Food Security Act of 1985, Implementation; Denial of 
Benefits

    1. The authority citation for subpart F continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Secs, 1506, 1516, Pub.L. 75-430, 52 Stat. 73,77, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); sec. 1244, Pub.L. 99-198.


    2. In Sec. 400.47, paragraph (a)(2), is revised to read as follows:

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Sec. 400.47  Denial of crop insurance.

    (a) *  *  *
    (2) The application and policy of insurance will be voided, or the 
person will be removed from the policy and the policyholder share 
reduced in accordance with 7 CFR 400.681(b), when any person becomes 
ineligible for crop insurance under the provisions of paragraph (a) of 
this section. To obtain crop insurance coverage following the period of 
ineligibility, the person must submit a new application for crop 
insurance.
* * * * *

    Signed in Washington D.C., on April 11, 2000.
Kenneth D. Ackerman,
Manage, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 00-9598 Filed 5-9-00; 8:45 am]
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