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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5825 

To expand crop insurance available to beginning farmers and ranchers, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2018 

Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To expand crop insurance available to beginning farmers 

and ranchers, 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 ‘‘Whole Farm Crop In5 surance Improvement Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NONINSURED CROP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

7 Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 

8 and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 


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1 (A) by adding at the end the following new 

2 subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(D) INCLUSION OF BEGINNING FARM4 ERS.—The term ‘eligible crop’ shall include 

5 each commercial crop or other agricultural com6 modity (except livestock) produced by a begin7 ning farmer that is ineligible for a whole farm 

8 diversified risk management insurance plan 

9 under section 522(c)(19) of the Federal Crop 

10 Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(19)) due to 

11 lack of production or revenue history.’’; and 

12 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘In’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subpara14 graph (D), in’’; 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub16 section: 

17 ‘‘(m) ADDITIONAL BEGINNING FARMER PROVI18 SIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding any other 

20 provisions of this section, the following additional 

21 coverage shall be made available to any beginning 

22 farmer for up to the greater of the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) Four years. 

24 ‘‘(B) The number of years of revenue his25 tory required for the farmer to qualify for the 


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1 whole farm diversified risk management insur2 ance plan under section 522(c)(19) of the Fed3 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

4 1522(c)(19)). 

5 ‘‘(2) COVERAGE.—Additional coverage shall be 

6 available to beginning farmers under this subsection 

7 up to 75 percent, as elected by the farmer and speci8 fied in 5-percent increments.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. WHOLE FARM DIVERSIFIED MANAGEMENT INSUR10 ANCE PLAN. 

11 Section 522(c)(19) of the Federal Crop Insurance 

12 Act is amended by adding at the end the following new 

13 subparagraph: 

14 ‘‘(E) ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING

15 EXPENSES.—Notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of this Act, the Corporation may allow ap17 proved insurance providers to use an alternate 

18 compensation structure for the administration 

19 of plans under this paragraph— 

20 ‘‘(i) that compensates agents based 

21 solely on the amount of time necessary to 

22 write and administer such plans; 

23 ‘‘(ii) that proportionally compensates 

24 agents for the time necessary to write and 

25 administer such a plan; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) for crop adjustment claims. 

2 ‘‘(F) PAPERWORK REDUCTION.—The Cor3 poration shall seek to ensure that the paper4 work requirements of agents and producers as5 sociated with the plan under this paragraph 

6 are— 

7 ‘‘(i) minimized to the maximum extent 

8 possible; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) actuarially sound. 

10 ‘‘(G) EXPANDING OPERATIONS.—To the 

11 maximum extent possible, the Corporation shall 

12 ensure that all producers, including producers 

13 with an expected revenue from an operation 

14 that is greater than 35 percent of the revenue 

15 for the previous year, are able to obtain cov16 erage under the plan under this paragraph. 

17 ‘‘(H) COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRI18 CULTURE REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

19 after the date of the enactment of this subpara20 graph, the Risk Management Agency shall sub21 mit to Congress a report on the extent to which 

22 it would be practicable to offer plans under this 

23 paragraph to producers using community-sup24 ported agriculture for sales. 


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1 ‘‘(I) PAPERWORK REDUCTION.—The Cor2 poration shall conduct activities or enter into 

3 contracts to carry out research and development 

4 to develop a paperwork reduction policy that— 

5 ‘‘(i) is only available to operations 

6 with less than $1,000,000 in revenue; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) streamlines the purchase and ap8 proval process to the maximum extent pos9 sible while maintaining actuarial sound10 ness. 

11 ‘‘(J) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

12 the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, 

13 the Risk Management Agency shall submit a re14 port to Congress on the feasibility of allowing 

15 producers, with respect to claims for such 

16 year— 

17 ‘‘(i) to exclude crop year revenue for 

18 such year; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) use— 

20 ‘‘(I) an average of previous crop 

21 years revenues; or 

22 ‘‘(II) 60 percent of the county 

23 average revenue.’’. 

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