I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1240 
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify prevented planting 
coverage. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2021 
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself and Ms. CRAIG) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify 
prevented planting coverage. 
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 ‘‘Feed Emergency En-
hancement During Disasters with Cover Crops Act of 
2021’’ or the ‘‘FEEDD Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. SECOND CROP PLANTED. 
Section 508A(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508a(c)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 
(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) SECOND CROP PLANTED.—The pro-
ducer may— 
‘‘(i) plant a second crop on the same 
acreage for harvest in the same crop year; 
and 
‘‘(ii) collect, subject to paragraphs (4) 
and (5)— 
‘‘(I) an indemnity payment estab-
lished by the Corporation for the first 
crop, but not to exceed 35 percent of 
the prevented planting guarantee for 
the acreage for the first crop; or 
‘‘(II) an indemnity payment that 
is equal to 100 percent of the pre-
vented planting guarantee for the 
acreage for the first crop, if the sec-
ond crop— 
‘‘(aa) is a cover crop, as de-
termined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(bb) is planted in an area 
with low hay or forage supplies 
due to widespread excessive mois-
ture, flood, drought, or other fac-
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tors, as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(cc) is planted with an in-
tended use of animal feed that is 
hayed, grazed, or chopped; and 
‘‘(dd) will be donated or 
used by the producer.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Except’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except in the case of a second crop planted 
as described in subitems (aa) through (dd) of para-
graph (1)(B)(ii)(II) or double cropping described in 
subsection (d), if a producer makes an election 
under paragraph (1)(B)(ii)(I)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) INDEMNITY
PAYMENTS
DURING
HAYING, 
GRAZING, OR CHOPPING.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF HARVEST DATE.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘harvest date’ means 
a date— 
‘‘(i) determined by the Secretary for 
purposes of subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(ii) that may differ based on the re-
gion of the United States for which the 
date is established. 
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‘‘(B) ANNUAL
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
HAR-
VEST DATE.—The Secretary shall establish a 
harvest date for each region of the United 
States by crop year, taking into account current 
and regularly updated forward-looking meteoro-
logical data. 
‘‘(C) NO REDUCTION IN INDEMNITY PAY-
MENTS.—For 
the 
purposes 
of 
paragraph 
(1)(B)(ii)(I), the Secretary shall not reduce the 
amount of an indemnity payment collected by a 
producer that hays, grazes, or chops cover 
crops, as determined by the Secretary, on pre-
vented planting acres after the harvest date ap-
plicable to the region in which the prevented 
planting acres are located.’’. 
Æ 
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