I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Whole Farm Crop In-
surance Improvement Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. NONINSURED CROP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
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(A) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) INCLUSION
OF
BEGINNING
FARM-
ERS.—The term ‘eligible crop’ shall include 
each commercial crop or other agricultural com-
modity (except livestock) produced by a begin-
ning farmer that is ineligible for a whole farm 
diversified risk management insurance plan 
under section 522(c)(19) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(19)) due to 
lack of production or revenue history.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘In’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subpara-
graph (D), in’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(m) ADDITIONAL
BEGINNING
FARMER
PROVI-
SIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provisions of this section, the following additional 
coverage shall be made available to any beginning 
farmer for up to the greater of the following: 
‘‘(A) Four years. 
‘‘(B) The number of years of revenue his-
tory required for the farmer to qualify for the 
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whole farm diversified risk management insur-
ance plan under section 522(c)(19) of the Fed-
eral 
Crop 
Insurance 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1522(c)(19)). 
‘‘(2) COVERAGE.—Additional coverage shall be 
available to beginning farmers under this subsection 
up to 75 percent, as elected by the farmer and speci-
fied in 5-percent increments.’’. 
SEC. 3. WHOLE FARM DIVERSIFIED MANAGEMENT INSUR-
ANCE PLAN. 
Section 522(c)(19) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) ADMINISTRATIVE
AND
OPERATING 
EXPENSES.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this Act, the Corporation may allow ap-
proved insurance providers to use an alternate 
compensation structure for the administration 
of plans under this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) that compensates agents based 
solely on the amount of time necessary to 
write and administer such plans; 
‘‘(ii) that proportionally compensates 
agents for the time necessary to write and 
administer such a plan; or 
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