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‘‘(n) INFORMATION COLLECTION ON CROP INSUR-
ANCE.—The Corporation shall make available to produc-
ers through local offices of the Department of Agri-
culture—
‘‘(1) current and complete information on all
aspects of Federal crop insurance; and
‘‘(2) a listing of insurance agents.’’.
(e) Section 508A of title V of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1508A) is repealed.
(f) Section 511 of title V of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1511) is amended by inserting
‘‘its contracts of insurance and premium thereon, whether
insured directly or reinsured by the Corporation,’’ after
‘‘The Corporation, including’’.
(g) Title V of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938 is amended by striking section 516 and inserting the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 516. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are hereby authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, includ-
ing funds collected as administrative fees, to cover the ad-
ministrative and operating expenses of the Corporation.
‘‘(b) INSURANCE FUND.—There shall be established
an insurance fund for deposit of premium income, income
from reinsurance operations, and appropriations provided
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by this Act. The Corporation will pay amounts due under
its reinsurance agreements with private insurance provid-
ers, including premium subsidies, from the fund.’’.
(h) Title V of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938 is amended by striking section 520 and inserting the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 520. PRODUCER ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this title, no pro-
ducer shall be denied insurance under this title if—
‘‘(1) for purposes of catastrophic risk protection
coverage, the producer meets the definition of per-
son, as defined by the Secretary; and
‘‘(2) for purposes of any other plan of insur-
ance, the producer is eighteen years of age and has
a bona fide insurable interest in a crop as an owner-
operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper.’’.
SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Title V of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
is amended by adding the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 521. ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR FEDERAL CROP IN-
SURANCE.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may establish
within the Department of Agriculture a committee to be
known as the Advisory Committee for Federal Crop Insur-
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ance which shall remain in existence until September 30,
1998.
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee shall
be composed of the Manager of the Corporation, the Sec-
retary or his designee, and not less than ten representa-
tives of organizations or agencies involved with the Fed-
eral crop insurance program, which may include the fol-
lowing: insurance companies; insurance agents; farm pro-
ducer organizations; experts on agronomic practices; and
banking and lending institutions.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) TERMS.—Members of the Advisory Com-
mittee shall be appointed by the Secretary for a
term of up to two years from nominations made by
the participating organizations. The terms of the
members shall be staggered.
‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Advisory Committee
shall be chaired by the Manager of the Corporation.
‘‘(3) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee
shall meet at least annually. The meetings of the
Advisory Committee shall be publicly announced in
advance and shall be open to the public. Appropriate
records of the activities of the Advisory Committee
shall be kept and made available to the public on re-
quest.
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‘‘(d) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.—The primary re-
sponsibility of the Advisory Committee shall be to advise
the Secretary on the implementation of this title and on
other issues related to crop insurance, as determined by
the Manager.
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Not later than June 30 of each year,
the Advisory Committee shall prepare, and submit to the
Secretary, a report specifying its conclusions on—
‘‘(1) the progress toward implementation of the
provisions of this title;
‘‘(2) the actuarial soundness of the Federal
crop insurance program; and
‘‘(3) the rate of participation in both the cata-
strophic and the additional coverage programs.’’.
SEC. 4. NONINSURED ASSISTANCE.
Title V of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
is amended by adding the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 522. NONINSURED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) A noninsured assistance program is estab-
lished to provide coverage equivalent to the cata-
strophic risk protection insurance for crops for
which catastrophic risk protection insurance is not
available. Crops covered include all commercial crops
and commodities for which catastrophic risk protec-
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tion coverage is not available and that are produced
for food or fiber on a commercial basis but shall not
include livestock. Noninsured assistance shall not
cover losses due to—
‘‘(i) the neglect or malfeasance of the pro-
ducer;
‘‘(ii) the failure of the producer to reseed
to the same crop in those areas and under such
circumstances where it is customary to so re-
seed; or
‘‘(iii) the failure of the producer to follow
good farming practices, as determined by the
Corporation.
‘‘(2) Producers shall make a timely application
for noninsured assistance at the United States De-
partment of Agriculture office.
‘‘(3) Producers shall provide records, acceptable
to the Corporation, of previous crop acreage and
production or the producers shall accept a yield as
determined by the Corporation.
‘‘(4) Producers shall report acreage planted and
prevented from being planted by the designated
acreage reporting date for that crop and location as
established by the Corporation.
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‘‘(5) Producers of non-program crops shall not
be eligible for noninsured assistance unless the area,
as determined by the Corporation, average yield, or
an equivalent measure in the event yield data are
not available, for that crop falls below 65 percent of
the expected area yield as established by the Cor-
poration.
‘‘(6) The Corporation shall make a prevented
planting noninsured assistance payment if the pro-
ducer is prevented from planting more than 35 per-
cent of the acreage intended for the crop because of
drought, flood, or other natural disaster as deter-
mined by the Secretary.
‘‘(7) If, because of drought, flood, or other nat-
ural disaster as determined by the Secretary, the
total quantity of the crop that a producer is able to
harvest on any farm is less than 50 percent of the
expected area yield for the crop, as determined by
the Corporation, factored for the producer’s interest
for the crop, the Corporation shall make a reduced
yield noninsured assistance payment.
‘‘(8) A person who has qualifying gross reve-
nues in excess of $2,000,000 annually, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, shall not be eligible to re-
ceive any noninsured assistance payments. For pur-
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the yield of the farm shall be based on such proven
yield.
‘‘(3) If the producer does not submit adequate
documentation of such history for the crop, the pro-
ducer shall be assigned as the producer’s farm pro-
gram yield not less than 65 percent of the transi-
tional yield (adjusted to reflect actual experience), as
specified in regulations issued by the Corporation
based on production history requirements.
‘‘(d) 
PAYMENT
OF
LOSSES.—Payments 
for
noninsured assistance losses under this section shall be
made from the insurance fund and shall be reimbursed
from appropriations provided under this Act. Such losses
shall not be included in calculating the premiums charged
to producers for insurance.
‘‘(e) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) The total amount of payments that a per-
son shall be entitled to receive annually under this
section may not exceed $100,000.
‘‘(2) The Corporation shall issue regulations de-
fining the term ‘person’ that shall conform, to the
extent practicable, to the regulations defining ‘per-
son’ issued under section 1001 of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308).’’.
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SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) The Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended—
(1) in section 101B (7 U.S.C. 1441–2)—
(A) by striking subsection (c)(1)(F); and
(B) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph
(2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(2) CROP INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.—As a
condition of receiving any benefits (including pay-
ments) under this section, the producer must, if of-
fered by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
obtain at least the catastrophic risk protection insur-
ance coverage for the crop and crop year in which
the benefit is sought.’’;
(2) in section 103(h) (7 U.S.C. 1444), by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(17) As a condition of receiving any benefits
(including payments) under this section, the pro-
ducer must, if offered by the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Corporation, obtain at least the catastrophic
risk protection insurance coverage for the crop and
crop year in which the benefit is sought.’’;
(3) in section 103B (7 U.S.C. 1444–2)—
(A) by striking subsection (c)(1)(F); and
(B) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph
(2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
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‘‘(2) CROP INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.—As a
condition of receiving any benefits (including pay-
ments) under this section, the producer must, if of-
fered by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
obtain at least the catastrophic risk protection insur-
ance coverage for the crop and crop year in which
the benefit is sought.’’;
(4) in section 105B (7 U.S.C. 1444f)—
(A) by striking subsection (c)(1)(G); and
(B) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph
(2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(2) CROP INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.—As a
condition of receiving any benefits (including pay-
ments) under this section, the producer must, if of-
fered by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
obtain at least the catastrophic risk protection insur-
ance coverage for the crop and crop year in which
the benefit is sought.’’;
(5) in section 107B (7 U.S.C. 1444b–3a)—
(A) by striking subsection (c)(1)(G); and
(B) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph
(2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(2) CROP INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.—As a
condition of receiving any benefits (including pay-
ments) under this section, the producer must, if of-
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fered by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
obtain at least the catastrophic risk protection insur-
ance coverage for the crop and crop year in which
the benefit is sought.’’;
(6) in section 108B (7 U.S.C. 1445c–3), by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) CROP INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.—As a condi-
tion of receiving any benefits (including payments) under
this section, the producer must, if offered by the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation, obtain at least the cata-
strophic risk protection insurance coverage for the crop
and crop year in which the benefit is sought.’’;
(7) in section 205 (7 U.S.C. 1446f), by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(o) CROP INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.—As a condi-
tion of receiving any benefits (including payments) under
this section, the producer must, if offered by the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation, obtain at least the cata-
strophic risk protection insurance coverage for the crop
and crop year in which the benefit is sought.’’;
(8) in section 206 (7 U.S.C. 1446g), by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(k) CROP INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.—As a condi-
tion of receiving any benefits under this section, the pro-
ducer must, if offered by the Federal Crop Insurance Cor-
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poration, obtain at least the catastrophic risk protection
insurance coverage for the crop and crop year in which
the benefit is sought.’’;
(9) in section 207 (7 U.S.C. 1446h), by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(k) CROP INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.—As a condi-
tion of receiving any benefits (including payments) under
this section, the producer must, if offered by the Federal
Corp Insurance Corporation, obtain at least the cata-
strophic risk protection insurance coverage for the crop
and crop year in which the benefit is sought.’’; and
(10) by repealing section 208 (7 U.S.C. 1446i).
(b) The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990 is amended by striking chapters 1, 2, and
3 of subtitle B of title XXII.
(c) Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2)(D)), is amended effective July 1, 1995, by strik-
ing subparagraph (i) and inserting the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(i) If, for any fiscal year, appropriations for discre-
tionary accounts are enacted that the President designates
as emergency requirements and that Congress so des-
ignates in statute, the adjustment shall be the total of
such appropriations in discretionary accounts designated
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as emergency requirements and the outlays flowing in all
years from such appropriations: Provided, That this provi-
sion shall not apply to appropriations to cover agricultural
crop disaster assistance.’’.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in section
5(c), this Act shall become effective beginning with the
crop year immediately following the date of enactment.
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