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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4226 
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide relief for agricultural 
producers adversely impacted by the Oriental fruit fly. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2015 
Mr. CURBELO of Florida (for himself and Ms. GRAHAM) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide relief 
for agricultural producers adversely impacted by the Ori-
ental fruit fly. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSSES TO COMPLY 
WITH 
GOVERNMENT-IMPOSED 
ORIENTAL 
FRUIT FLY QUARANTINE. 
Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9081) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR LOSSES TO COMPLY 
WITH GOVERNMENT-IMPOSED ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY 
QUARANTINE.— 
‘‘(1) REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary shall use such sums as are necessary of the 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to reim-
burse eligible producers on farms that have incurred 
losses because of an inability to ship a crop to mar-
ket, or by being prevented from planting or growing 
a crop, due to a Federal Government or a State gov-
ernment quarantine to control the Oriental fruit fly 
(Bactrocera dorsalis) imposed during the period be-
ginning on August 15, 2015, and ending on March 
31, 2016, or such later date as the Secretary con-
siders necessary. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT RATE.—Payments to an eligible 
producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be 
made at a rate not to exceed 70 percent of the mar-
ket value of the affected crop. The market value 
shall be determined using the average market value 
of the affected crop in the quarantine area during 
the preceding five crop years, as determined by the 
Secretary, excluding any crop year in which such a 
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quarantine was in effect and excluding the crop year 
in which the market value was highest and the crop 
year in which the market value was lowest. 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—Payments to an eligible pro-
ducer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall cease as 
soon as possible once the eligible producer on a farm 
is able to resume marketing a crop after the quar-
antine is lifted. 
‘‘(4) CROP INSURANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 
(5), in carrying out this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall not discriminate against or penalize 
an eligible producer on a farm that obtained, or 
did not obtain, crop insurance under the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 
seq.), noninsured crop disaster assistance under 
section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333), 
or similar risk protection for that same type of 
crop. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT
TO
OBTAIN
INSUR-
ANCE.—As a condition on the receipt of a pay-
ment under this subsection for a crop, an eligi-
ble producer on a farm shall agree to obtain 
crop insurance, noninsured crop disaster assist-
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ance, or similar risk protection for that same 
type of crop for at least the next two crop 
years, if such insurance, assistance, or protec-
tion is available. 
‘‘(5) EFFECT
OF
OTHER
ASSISTANCE.—The 
payment that an eligible producer on a farm would 
otherwise receive under this subsection shall be re-
duced by the amount of assistance provided to the 
producer for losses described in paragraph (1) under 
any other Federal law, including the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and section 
196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).’’. 
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