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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5747 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5747

 To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to increase transparency with 
           respect to crop insurance, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2023

 Mr. Blumenauer (for himself and Mr. Norman) introduced the following 
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to increase transparency with 
           respect to crop insurance, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Crop Insurance Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM SUBSIDIES DISCLOSURE IN THE PUBLIC 
              INTEREST.

    Section 502(c)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1502(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
        subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as so 
        redesignated) the following:
                    ``(A) Disclosure in the public interest.--
                Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other provision of 
                law, except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary shall on an annual basis make available to 
                the public--
                            ``(i)(I) the name of each individual or 
                        entity that obtained a federally subsidized 
                        crop insurance, livestock, or forage policy or 
                        plan of insurance during the previous 
                        reinsurance year;
                            ``(II) the amount of premium subsidy 
                        received by the individual or entity from the 
                        Corporation; and
                            ``(III) the amount of any Federal portion 
                        of indemnities paid in the event of a loss for 
                        that reinsurance year for each policy 
                        associated with that individual or entity; and
                            ``(ii) for each private insurance provider, 
                        a description by the name of the private 
                        insurance provider of--
                                    ``(I) the underwriting gains earned 
                                through participation in the federally 
                                subsidized crop insurance program; and
                                    ``(II) the amount paid under this 
                                subtitle for--
                                            ``(aa) administrative and 
                                        operating expenses;
                                            ``(bb) any Federal portion 
                                        of indemnities and reinsurance; 
                                        and
                                            ``(cc) any other purpose.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not disclose 
                under subparagraph (A) information relating to 
                individuals and entities covered by a catastrophic risk 
                protection plan offered under section 508(b).''.
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