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level selected to cover operating and ad-
ministrative expenses. 
‘‘(7) PREMIUM
SUBSIDY
FOR
AREA
YIELD 
PLANS.—Subject to paragraph (4), in the case of a 
policy or plan of insurance that covers losses due to 
a loss of yield or prevented planting in an area, the 
amount of the premium paid by the Corporation 
shall be as follows: 
‘‘(A) In the case of additional area cov-
erage equal to or greater than 70 percent, but 
less than 80 percent, of the recorded county 
yield indemnified at not greater than 100 per-
cent of the expected market price, the amount 
shall be equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(i) 59 percent of the amount of the 
premium 
established 
under 
subsection 
(d)(2)(B)(i) for the coverage level selected; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the amount determined under 
subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii) for the coverage 
level selected to cover operating and ad-
ministrative expenses. 
‘‘(B) In the case of additional area cov-
erage equal to or greater than 80 percent, but 
less than 90 percent, of the recorded county
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yield indemnified at not greater than 100 per-
cent of the expected market price, the amount 
shall be equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(i) 55 percent of the amount of the 
premium 
established 
under 
subsection 
(d)(2)(B)(i) for the coverage level selected; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the amount determined under 
subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii) for the coverage 
level selected to cover operating and ad-
ministrative expenses. 
‘‘(C) In the case of additional area cov-
erage equal to or greater than 90 percent, of 
the recorded county yield indemnified at not 
greater than 100 percent of the expected mar-
ket price, the amount shall be equal to the sum 
of— 
‘‘(i) 51 percent of the amount of the 
premium 
established 
under 
subsection 
(d)(2)(B)(i) for the coverage level selected; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the amount determined under 
subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii) for the coverage 
level selected to cover operating and ad-
ministrative expenses.’’.
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SEC. 11014. SHARE OF RISK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 508(k)(3) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘require the’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
quire— 
‘‘(A) the’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) the cumulative underwriting gain 
or loss, and the associated premium and losses 
with such amount, calculated under any rein-
surance agreement (except livestock) ceded to 
the Corporation by each approved insurance 
provider to be not less than 12.5 percent; and 
‘‘(ii) the Corporation to pay a ceding com-
mission to reinsured companies of 2 percent of 
the premium used to define the loss ratio for 
the approved insurance provider’s book of busi-
ness that is described in clause (i).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 516(a)(2) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516(a)(2)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) Costs associated with the ceding com-
missions described in section 508(k)(3)(B)(ii).’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the first June 30th after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 11015. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the pur-
chase of a Non-insured Assistance Program policy shall 
not be a requirement to receive any Federal livestock dis-
aster assistance. 
SEC. 11016. DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN SWEET POTATO 
PRODUCTION. 
In the case of sweet potatoes, Risk Management 
Agency Pilot Program data shall not be considered for 
purposes of determining production for the 2005–2006 
Farm Service Agency Crop Disaster Program. 
Subtitle B—Livestock and Poultry 
SEC. 
11101. 
SENSE 
OF 
CONGRESS 
REGARDING 
PSEUDORABIES ERADICATION PROGRAM. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Secretary should recognize the threat 
feral swine pose to the domestic swine population; 
(2) keeping the United States commercial swine 
herd free of pseudorabies is essential to maintaining 
and growing pork export markets; 
(3) the establishment of a swine surveillance 
system will assist the swine industry in the moni-
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toring, surveillance, and eradication of pseudorabies; 
and 
(4) pseudorabies eradication is a high priority 
that the Secretary should carry out under the au-
thorities of the Animal Health Protection Act. 
SEC. 11102. ARBITRATION OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
CONTRACTS. 
The Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 416 as section 417; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 415 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 416. ARBITRATION OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
CONTRACTS. 
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall promulgate regulations to establish 
standards related to the inclusion of arbitration provisions 
in livestock and poultry production contracts. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT.—Such regulations shall— 
‘‘(1) establish permissible agreements with re-
spect to venue of arbitration, allocation of arbitra-
tion costs, number and appointment of arbitrators, 
and any other element of an arbitration agreement 
that the Secretary determines to be necessary;