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‘‘(p) COVERAGE LEVELS BY PRACTICE.—Beginning 
with the 2015 crop year, a producer that produces an agri-
cultural commodity on both dry land and irrigated land 
may elect a different coverage level for each production 
practice.’’. 
SEC. 11015. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER PROVI-
SIONS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 502(b) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) 
as paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) BEGINNING
FARMER
OR
RANCHER.—The 
term ‘beginning farmer or rancher’ means a farmer 
or rancher who has not actively operated and man-
aged a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable in-
terest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, 
landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 5 
crop years, as determined by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) PREMIUM ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 508 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(5)(E), by inserting ‘‘and be-
ginning farmers or ranchers’’ after ‘‘limited resource 
farmers’’; 
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(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) PREMIUM
FOR
BEGINNING
FARMERS
OR 
RANCHERS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this subsection regarding payment of a portion of pre-
miums, a beginning farmer or rancher shall receive 
premium assistance that is 10 percentage points 
greater than premium assistance that would otherwise 
be available under paragraphs (2) (except for sub-
paragraph (A) of that paragraph), (5), (6), and (7) 
for the applicable policy, plan of insurance, and cov-
erage level selected by the beginning farmer or ranch-
er.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii)(III), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) if the producer is a beginning 
farmer or rancher who was previously in-
volved in a farming or ranching operation, 
including involvement in the decision-
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making or physical involvement in the pro-
duction of the crop or livestock on the farm, 
for any acreage obtained by the beginning 
farmer or rancher, a yield that is the higher 
of— 
‘‘(I) the actual production history 
of the previous producer of the crop or 
livestock on the acreage determined 
under subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(II) a yield of the producer, as 
determined in clause (i).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii) (as amended by 
section 11009)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(ii)’’; 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(II) in the case of beginning farmers 
or ranchers, replace each excluded yield 
with a yield equal to 80 percent of the ap-
plicable transitional yield.’’. 
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SEC. 11016. STACKED INCOME PROTECTION PLAN FOR PRO-
DUCERS OF UPLAND COTTON. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF STACKED INCOME PROTECTION 
PLAN FOR PRODUCERS OF UPLAND COTTON.—The Federal 
Crop Insurance Act is amended by inserting after section 
508A (7 U.S.C. 1508a) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 508B. STACKED INCOME PROTECTION PLAN FOR PRO-
DUCERS OF UPLAND COTTON. 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY.—Beginning not later than the 
2014 crop of upland cotton, the Corporation shall make 
available to producers of upland cotton an additional policy 
(to be known as the ‘Stacked Income Protection Plan’), 
which shall provide coverage consistent with the Group Risk 
Income Protection Plan (and the associated Harvest Rev-
enue Option Endorsement) offered by the Corporation for 
the 2011 crop year. 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED TERMS.—The Corporation may mod-
ify the Stacked Income Protection Plan on a program-wide 
basis, except that the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall 
comply with the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) Provide coverage for revenue loss of not less 
than 10 percent and not more than 30 percent of ex-
pected county revenue, specified in increments of 5 
percent. The deductible is the minimum percent of 
revenue loss at which indemnities are triggered under 
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the plan, not to be less than 10 percent of the expected 
county revenue. 
‘‘(2) Be offered to producers of upland cotton in 
all counties with upland cotton production— 
‘‘(A) at a county-wide level to the fullest ex-
tent practicable; or 
‘‘(B) in counties that lack sufficient data, 
on the basis of such larger geographical area as 
the Corporation determines to provide sufficient 
data for purposes of providing the coverage. 
‘‘(3) Be purchased in addition to any other indi-
vidual or area coverage in effect on the producer’s 
acreage or as a stand-alone policy, except that if a 
producer has an individual or area coverage for the 
same acreage, the maximum coverage available under 
the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall not exceed 
the deductible for the individual or area coverage. 
‘‘(4) Establish coverage based on— 
‘‘(A) the expected price established under ex-
isting Group Risk Income Protection or area 
wide policy offered by the Corporation for the 
applicable county (or area) and crop year; and 
‘‘(B) an expected county yield that is the 
higher of— 
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‘‘(i) the expected county yield estab-
lished for the existing area-wide plans of-
fered by the Corporation for the applicable 
county (or area) and crop year (or, in geo-
graphic areas where area-wide plans are 
not offered, an expected yield determined in 
a manner consistent with those of area-wide 
plans); or 
‘‘(ii) the average of the applicable yield 
data for the county (or area) for the most 
recent 5 years, excluding the highest and 
lowest observations, from the Risk Manage-
ment Agency or the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service (or both) or, if sufficient 
county data is not available, such other 
data considered appropriate by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(5) Use a multiplier factor to establish max-
imum protection per acre (referred to as a ‘protection 
factor’) of not less than the higher of the level estab-
lished on a program wide basis or 120 percent. 
‘‘(6) Pay an indemnity based on the amount 
that the expected county revenue exceeds the actual 
county revenue, as applied to the individual coverage 
of the producer. Indemnities under the Stacked In-
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come Protection Plan shall not include or overlap the 
amount of the deductible selected under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(7) In all counties for which data are available, 
establish separate coverage levels for irrigated and 
non-irrigated practices. 
‘‘(c) PREMIUM.—Notwithstanding section 508(d), the 
premium for the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall— 
‘‘(1) be sufficient to cover anticipated losses and 
a reasonable reserve; and 
‘‘(2) include an amount for operating and ad-
ministrative expenses established in accordance with 
section 508(k)(4)(F). 
‘‘(d) PAYMENT OF PORTION OF PREMIUM BY COR-
PORATION.—Subject to section 508(e)(4), the amount of pre-
mium paid by the Corporation for all qualifying coverage 
levels of the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall be— 
‘‘(1) 80 percent of the amount of the premium es-
tablished under subsection (c) for the coverage level se-
lected; and 
‘‘(2) the amount determined under subsection 
(c)(2), subject to section 508(k)(4)(F), for the coverage 
to cover administrative and operating expenses. 
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‘‘(e) RELATION TO OTHER COVERAGES.—The Stacked 
Income Protection Plan is in addition to all other coverages 
available to producers of upland cotton.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 508(k)(4)(F) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(4)(F)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or authorized under subsection 
(c)(4)(C) or section 508B’’ after ‘‘of this subparagraph’’. 
SEC. 11017. PEANUT REVENUE CROP INSURANCE. 
The Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended by insert-
ing after section 508B, as added by the previous section, 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 508C. PEANUT REVENUE CROP INSURANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning with the 2014 
crop year, the Risk Management Agency and the Corpora-
tion shall make available to producers of peanuts a revenue 
crop insurance program for peanuts. 
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE PRICE.—Subject to subsection (c), for 
purposes of the revenue crop insurance program and the 
multiperil crop insurance program under this Act, the effec-
tive price for peanuts shall be equal to the Rotterdam price 
index for peanuts, as adjusted to reflect the farmer stock 
price of peanuts in the United States. 
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The effective price for pea-
nuts established under subsection (b) may be adjusted 
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by the Risk Management Agency and the Corporation 
to correct distortions. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—If an adjustment is 
made under paragraph (1), the Risk Management 
Agency and the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(A) make the adjustment in an open and 
transparent manner; and 
‘‘(B) submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry of the Senate a report that describes the 
reasons for the adjustment.’’. 
SEC. 11018. AUTHORITY TO CORRECT ERRORS. 
Section 515(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1515(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Begin-
ning with’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) FREQUENCY.—Beginning with’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) CORRECTIONS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the cor-
rections permitted by the Corporation as of the 
date of enactment of the Federal Agriculture Re-
form and Risk Management Act of 2013, the 
Corporation shall allow an agent or an approved 
insurance provider, subject to subparagraph 
(B)— 
‘‘(i) within a reasonable amount of 
time following the applicable sales closing 
date, to correct unintentional errors in in-
formation that is provided by a producer 
for the purpose of obtaining coverage under 
any policy or plan of insurance made avail-
able under this subtitle to ensure that the 
eligibility information is correct; 
‘‘(ii) within a reasonable amount of 
time following— 
‘‘(I) the acreage reporting date, to 
correct unintentional errors in factual 
information that is provided by a pro-
ducer after the sales closing date to rec-
oncile the information with the infor-
mation reported by the producer to the 
Farm Service Agency; or 
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‘‘(II) the date of any subsequent 
correction of data by the Farm Service 
Agency made as a result of the 
verification of information; and 
‘‘(iii) at any time, to correct uninten-
tional errors that were made by the Farm 
Service Agency or an agent or approved in-
surance provider in transmitting the infor-
mation provided by the producer to the ap-
proved insurance provider or the Corpora-
tion. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In accordance with the 
procedures of the Corporation, correction to the 
information described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
subparagraph (A) may only be made if the cor-
rections do not allow the producer— 
‘‘(i) to avoid ineligibility requirements 
for insurance; 
‘‘(ii) to obtain, enhance, or increase an 
insurance guarantee or indemnity, or avoid 
premium owed, if a cause of loss exists or 
has occurred before any correction has been 
made; or 
‘‘(iii) to avoid an obligation or re-
quirement under any Federal or State law. 
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‘‘(C) EXCEPTION
TO
LATE
FILING
SANC-
TIONS.—Any corrections made pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not be subject to any late filing 
sanctions authorized in the reinsurance agree-
ment with the Corporation.’’. 
SEC. 11019. IMPLEMENTATION. 
Section 515 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1515) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
maintain and upgrade the information manage-
ment systems of the Corporation used in the ad-
ministration and enforcement of this subtitle. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In maintaining 
and upgrading the systems, the Secretary 
shall ensure that new hardware and soft-
ware are compatible with the hardware and 
software used by other agencies of the De-
partment to maximize data sharing and 
promote the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(ii) ACREAGE REPORT STREAMLINING 
INITIATIVE
PROJECT.—As soon as prac-
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