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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3678
To provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency operating loan
relief for agricultural producers in certain counties in the States of
North Dakota and Minnesota that have been repeatedly designated as
Federal disaster areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 1, 1998
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota (for himself and Mr. POMEROY) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
operating loan relief for agricultural producers in certain
counties in the States of North Dakota and Minnesota
that have been repeatedly designated as Federal disaster
areas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) COVERED
COUNTY.—The term ‘‘covered
county’’ means a county in the State of North Da-
kota or the State of Minnesota that, with respect to
a particular crop year during the period specified in
section 5, was included in whole or in part in a des-
ignated disaster area in at least three out of the pre-
ceding five crop years.
(2) DESIGNATED DISASTER AREA.—The term
‘‘designated disaster area’’ means an area—
(A) covered by a Presidential declaration
of major disaster issued under section 401 of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) on
account of damaging weather or a related con-
dition in the area; or
(B) determined to be a disaster area by
the Secretary of Agriculture under subpart A of
part 1945 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, on account of damaging weather or a re-
lated condition in the area.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL CROP INSURANCE RULES FOR COVERED
COUNTIES.
(a) MULTI-PERIL CROP INSURANCE.—For purposes
of administering the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for producers operating in a covered
county, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation may
not—
(1) include the producer in any nonstandard
classification list; and
(2) determine, without the consent of the pro-
ducer, the actual production history of the producer
using production records of any crop year during
which the covered county was included in a des-
ignated disaster area.
(b) FARM REVENUE COVERAGE PILOT PROGRAM.—
In addition to the revenue insurance pilot program under
section 508(h)(9) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
U.S.C. 1508(h)(9)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall
provide producers operating in a covered county with the
option of procuring insurance against loss of revenue. The
revenue insurance provided shall be based on one or both
of the following actuarially sound proposals:
(1) Production area revenue.
(2) Per acre input coverage.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply be-
ginning with the 1999 crop year for each commodity that
is grown in a covered county and for which multi-peril
crop insurance is generally available in the United States.
SEC. 3. SPECIAL MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOAN RULES
FOR COVERED COUNTIES.
(a) LOAN RATES.—For purposes of determining the
loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under section
131 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C.
7231) for wheat, a feed grain, or an oilseed grown in a
covered 
county, 
subsection 
(a)(1)(B), 
subsection
(b)(1)(B), and the upper limits specified in paragraphs
(1)(B) and (2)(B) of subsection (f) of section 132 of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 7232) shall not apply.
(b) EXTENSION OF LOANS.—Notwithstanding section
133 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C.
7233), the Secretary of Agriculture may extend, for a pe-
riod not to exceed 6 months, the term of a marketing as-
sistance loan made under section 131 of such Act (7
U.S.C. 7231) to a producer operating in a covered county.
SEC. 4. SPECIAL EMERGENCY OPERATING LOAN RULES
FOR COVERED COUNTIES.
For purposes of applying section 329 of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1970)
to determine the eligibility of a producer operating in a
covered county for an emergency loan under subtitle C of
such Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not determine
normal per acre or per animal production using any crop
year during which the covered county was included in a
designated disaster area.