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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2117 
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to promote crop insurance support 
for beginning farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2025 
Mr. FEENSTRA (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 promote crop 
insurance support for beginning farmers and ranchers 
and veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Crop Insurance for 
Future Farmers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CROP INSURANCE SUPPORT FOR BEGINNING FARM-
ERS AND RANCHERS AND VETERAN FARMERS 
AND RANCHERS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF BEGINNING FARMER OR RANCH-
ER.—Section 502(b)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘5 crop 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 crop years’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF VETERAN FARMERS AND RANCH-
ERS.—Section 502(b)(14)(B) of the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(14)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘10 crop years’’; and 
(2) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘5-year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘10-year’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN ASSISTANCE.—Section 508(e)(8) of 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(8)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘is 10 percentage points greater 
than’’ and inserting ‘‘is the number of percentage 
points specified in subparagraph (B) greater than’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(B) 
PERCENTAGE
POINTS
ADJUST-
MENTS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
the percentage points specified in this subpara-
graph are as follows: 
‘‘(i) For each of the first and second 
reinsurance years that a beginning farmer 
or rancher or veteran farmer or rancher 
participates as a beginning farmer or 
rancher or veteran farmer or rancher in 
the applicable policy or plan of insurance, 
15 percentage points, respectively. 
‘‘(ii) For the third reinsurance year 
that a beginning farmer or rancher or vet-
eran farmer or rancher participates as a 
beginning farmer or rancher or veteran 
farmer or rancher in the applicable policy 
or plan of insurance, 13 percentage points, 
respectively. 
‘‘(iii) For the fourth reinsurance year 
that a beginning farmer or rancher or vet-
eran farmer or rancher participates as a 
beginning farmer or rancher or veteran 
farmer or rancher in the applicable policy 
or plan of insurance, 11 percentage points, 
respectively. 
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‘‘(iv) For each of the fifth through 
tenth reinsurance years that a beginning 
farmer or rancher or veteran farmer or 
rancher participates as a beginning farmer 
or rancher or veteran farmer or rancher in 
the applicable policy or plan of insurance, 
10 percentage points, respectively.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 522(c)(7) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(7)) 
is amended by striking subparagraph (F). 
Æ 
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