I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1322 
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the public disclosure 
of crop insurance premium subsidies made on behalf of Members of 
Congress and their immediate families, Cabinet Secretaries and their 
immediate families, and entities of which any such individual or combina-
tion of such individuals is a majority shareholder, and to require the 
public disclosure of the underwriting gains earned by private insurance 
providers and the business expenses covered by the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2015 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. KIND, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CONNOLLY, and 
Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the 
public disclosure of crop insurance premium subsidies 
made on behalf of Members of Congress and their imme-
diate families, Cabinet Secretaries and their immediate 
families, and entities of which any such individual or 
combination of such individuals is a majority shareholder, 
and to require the public disclosure of the underwriting 
gains earned by private insurance providers and the busi-
ness expenses covered by the Federal Government. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Hiding Congres-
sional Farm Subsidies Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM SUB-
SIDIES MADE ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS AND CERTAIN OTHER INDIVID-
UALS AND ENTITIES. 
Section 502(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1502(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE OF SUBSIDIES MADE ON 
BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CABI-
NET SECRETARIES.— 
‘‘(i) DISCLOSURE
REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary shall make available to the pub-
lic, on an annual basis, the following infor-
mation regarding each individual or entity 
specified in clause (ii) who obtained a fed-
erally subsidized crop insurance, livestock, 
or forage policy or plan of insurance (other 
than a catastrophic risk protection plan of-
fered under section 508(b)) during the pre-
vious fiscal year: 
‘‘(I) The name of the individual 
or entity. 
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‘‘(II) The amount of premium 
subsidy received by the individual or 
entity from the Corporation for such 
policy or plan of insurance. 
‘‘(III) The amount of any Fed-
eral portion of indemnities paid to the 
individual or entity in the event of a 
loss during that fiscal year under the 
policy or plan of insurance. 
‘‘(ii) COVERED
INDIVIDUALS.—This 
subparagraph applies with respect to the 
following: 
‘‘(I) Members of Congress and 
their immediate families. 
‘‘(II) Cabinet Secretaries and 
their immediate families. 
‘‘(III) Entities of which any indi-
vidual described in clause (i) or (ii), 
or a combination of such individuals, 
is a majority shareholder.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) DISCLOSURE OF BENEFITS FOR PRIVATE 
INSURANCE
PROVIDERS.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graph (1) or any other provision of law, the Sec-
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