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‘‘(C) in the case of producers of sugar beets,
sugarcane, peanuts, or tobacco, the payment level
for 
the 
commodity 
established 
under 
section
2243(a)(3); and
‘‘(D) in the case of producers of oilseeds or a
nonprogram crop (as defined in section 2244(d)(1)),
the simple average price received by producers of the
commodity, as determined by the Secretary, during
the marketing years for the immediately preceding
five crops of the commodity, excluding the year in
which the average price was the highest and the year
in which the average price was the lowest in such pe-
riod.
‘‘SEC. 2247. CROP INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR NEXT CROP
YEAR.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to receive for a
crop year a disaster payment under this subchapter, an
emergency loan under subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.) for
crop losses due to damaging weather or related condition,
or forgiveness of the repayment of advance deficiency pay-
ments under section 2241(b), the producers on a farm
shall agree to obtain multiperil crop insurance under the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for
the first crop year that begins after the producer receives
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the payment, loan, or forgiveness for the crop of the com-
modity for which such payments, loans, or forgiveness are
sought.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a),
producers on a farm shall not be required to agree to ob-
tain crop insurance under subsection (a) for a commod-
ity—
‘‘(1) unless such producers’ deficiency in pro-
duction, with respect to the crop for which a disaster
payment under this chapter otherwise may be made,
exceeds 65 percent;
‘‘(2) where, or if, crop insurance coverage is not
available to the producers for the commodity for
which the payment, loan, or forgiveness is sought;
‘‘(3) if the producers’ annual premium rate for
such crop insurance is an amount greater than 125
percent of the average premium rate for insurance
on that commodity for the preceding crop year in
the county in which the producers are located;
‘‘(4) in any case in which the producers’ annual
premium for such crop insurance is an amount
greater than 25 percent of the amount of the pay-
ment, loan, or forgiveness received; or
‘‘(5) if the producers can establish by appeal to
the county committee established under section 8(b)
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of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment
Act (16 U.S.C. 590(b)), or to the county committee
established under section 332 of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (17 U.S.C.
1982), as appropriate, that the purchase of crop in-
surance would impose an undue financial hardship
on such producers and that a waiver of the require-
ment to obtain crop insurance should, in the discre-
tion of the county committee, be granted.
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—
‘‘(1) COUNTY COMMITTEES.—The Secretary of
Agriculture shall ensure (acting through the county
committees established under section 8(b) of the Soil
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and lo-
cated in the counties in which the assistance pro-
grams provided for under sections 2241 through
2245 are implemented, and through the county com-
mittees established under section 332 of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act in counties
in which emergency loans, as described in subsection
(a), are made available) that producers who apply
for assistance, as described in subsection (a), obtain
multiperil crop insurance as required under this sec-
tion.