Union Calendar No. 352 
103D CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4217 
[Report No. 103–649] 
A BILL 
To reform the Federal crop insurance program, and 
for other purposes. 
AUGUST 1, 1994 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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Union Calendar No. 352 
103D CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4217 
[Report No. 103–649] 
To reform the Federal crop insurance program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 1994 
Mr. DE LA GARZA (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, and Mr. 
MINGE) (all by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Agriculture 
AUGUST 1, 1994 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 14, 1994] 
A BILL 
To reform the Federal crop insurance program, and for 
other purposes. 
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND DEFI-
NITIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title, table of contents, and definitions. 
Sec. 2. Members of Board of Directors of Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. 
Sec. 3. General powers of Corporation. 
Sec. 4. Personnel. 
Sec. 5. General authority to offer crop insurance. 
Sec. 6. Catastrophic risk protection, buy-up levels, premiums, and yield deter-
minations. 
Sec. 7. Preparation of policies, claims, and reinsurance. 
Sec. 8. Authorization of appropriations and crop insurance fund. 
Sec. 9. Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 10. Noninsured crop disaster assistance. 
Sec. 11. Crop insurance requirements under price support programs. 
Sec. 12. Elimination of gender references. 
Sec. 13. Prevented planting. 
Sec. 14. Effective date. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 502 of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and ‘‘SEC. 
502.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 502. PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this title: 
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
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‘‘(2) CORPORATION.—The term ‘Corporation’ 
means the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation estab-
lished under section 503. 
‘‘(3) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the 
Board of Directors of the Corporation established 
under section 505(a). 
‘‘(4) LOSS RATIO.—The term ‘loss ratio’ means 
the ratio of all sums paid by the Corporation as in-
demnities under all crop insurance policies to that of 
the premiums designated for anticipated losses and a 
reasonable reserve, not including the portion of the 
premiums designated for operating and administra-
tive expenses. 
‘‘(5) TRANSITIONAL
YIELD.—The term ‘transi-
tional yield’ means the maximum average production 
per acre or equivalent measure that is assigned to 
acreage for a crop year by the Corporation in accord-
ance with its regulations whenever the producer 
fails— 
‘‘(A) to certify that acceptable documenta-
tion of production and acreage for that crop year 
is in the producer’s possession; or 
‘‘(B) to present such acceptable documenta-
tion upon the demand of the Corporation or an 
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