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the information in accordance with paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(C) SHARING.—Nothing in this section 
prohibits the sharing of the information of a pro-
ducer pursuant to subparagraph (A) between the 
agent and the approved insurance provider of the 
producer.’’. 
SEC. 11002. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION ON VIOLA-
TIONS OF PROHIBITION ON PREMIUM AD-
JUSTMENTS. 
Section 508(a)(9) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(9)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) PUBLICATION OF VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) PUBLICATION REQUIRED.—Subject 
to clause (ii), the Corporation shall publish 
in a timely manner on the website of the 
Risk Management Agency information re-
garding each violation of this paragraph, 
including any sanctions imposed in re-
sponse to the violation, in sufficient detail 
so that the information may serve as effec-
tive guidance to approved insurance pro-
viders, agents, and producers. 
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‘‘(ii) PROTECTION
OF
PRIVACY.—In 
providing information under clause (i) re-
garding violations of this paragraph, the 
Corporation shall redact the identity of the 
persons and entities committing the viola-
tions in order to protect their privacy.’’. 
SEC. 11003. SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE OPTION. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE OP-
TION.—Paragraph (3) of section 508(c) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) YIELD AND LOSS BASIS OPTIONS.—A pro-
ducer shall have the option of purchasing additional 
coverage based on— 
‘‘(A)(i) an individual yield and loss basis; 
or 
‘‘(ii) an area yield and loss basis; 
‘‘(B) an individual yield and loss basis, 
supplemented with coverage based on an area 
yield and loss basis to cover a part of the deduct-
ible under the individual yield and loss policy, 
as described in paragraph (4)(C); or 
‘‘(C) a margin basis alone or in combina-
tion with the coverages available in subpara-
graph (A) or (B).’’. 
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(b) LEVEL OF COVERAGE.—Paragraph (4) of section 
508(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) LEVEL OF COVERAGE.— 
‘‘(A) DOLLAR
DENOMINATION
AND
PER-
CENTAGE OF YIELD.—Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (C), the level of coverage— 
‘‘(i) shall be dollar denominated; and 
‘‘(ii) may be purchased at any level 
not to exceed 85 percent of the individual 
yield or 95 percent of the area yield (as de-
termined by the Corporation). 
‘‘(B) INFORMATION.—The Corporation shall 
provide producers with information on cata-
strophic risk and additional coverage in terms of 
dollar coverage (within the allowable limits of 
coverage provided in this paragraph). 
‘‘(C) SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE OPTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), in the case of the supple-
mental coverage option described in para-
graph (3)(B), the Corporation shall offer 
producers the opportunity to purchase cov-
erage in combination with a policy or plan 
of insurance offered under this subtitle that 
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would allow indemnities to be paid to a 
producer equal to a part of the deductible 
under the policy or plan of insurance— 
‘‘(I) at a county-wide level to the 
fullest extent practicable; or 
‘‘(II) in counties that lack suffi-
cient data, on the basis of such larger 
geographical area as the Corporation 
determines to provide sufficient data 
for purposes of providing the coverage. 
‘‘(ii) 
TRIGGER.—Coverage 
offered 
under paragraph (3)(B) and clause (i) shall 
be triggered only if the losses in the area ex-
ceed 10 percent of normal levels (as deter-
mined by the Corporation). 
‘‘(iii) COVERAGE.—Subject to the trig-
ger described in clause (ii), coverage offered 
under paragraph (3)(B) and clause (i) shall 
not exceed the difference between— 
‘‘(I) 90 percent; and 
‘‘(II) the coverage level selected by 
the producer for the underlying policy 
or plan of insurance. 
‘‘(iv) INELIGIBLE CROPS AND ACRES.— 
Crops for which the producer has elected 
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under section 1107(c)(1) of the Federal Ag-
riculture Reform and Risk Management Act 
of 2013 to receive revenue loss coverage and 
acres that are enrolled in the stacked income 
protection plan under section 508B shall 
not be eligible for supplemental coverage 
under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(v) CALCULATION OF PREMIUM.—Not-
withstanding subsection (d), the premium 
for coverage offered under paragraph (3)(B) 
and clause (i) shall— 
‘‘(I) be sufficient to cover antici-
pated losses and a reasonable reserve; 
and 
‘‘(II) include an amount for oper-
ating and administrative expenses es-
tablished in accordance with subsection 
(k)(4)(F).’’. 
(c) PAYMENT OF PORTION OF PREMIUM BY CORPORA-
TION.—Section 508(e)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) In the case of the supplemental cov-
erage option authorized in subsection (c)(4)(C), 
the amount shall be equal to the sum of— 
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‘‘(i) 65 percent of the additional pre-
mium associated with the coverage; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount determined under 
subsection (c)(4)(C)(vi)(II), subject to sub-
section (k)(4)(F), for the coverage to cover 
operating and administrative expenses.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation shall begin to provide additional coverage 
based on an individual yield and loss basis, supplemented 
with coverage based on an area yield and loss basis, not 
later than for the 2014 crop year. 
SEC. 11004. PREMIUM AMOUNTS FOR CATASTROPHIC RISK 
PROTECTION. 
Subparagraph (A) of section 508(d)(2) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(2)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) In the case of catastrophic risk protec-
tion, the amount of the premium established by 
the Corporation for each crop for which cata-
strophic risk protection is available shall be re-
duced by the percentage equal to the difference 
between the average loss ratio for the crop and 
100 percent, plus a reasonable reserve.’’. 
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SEC. 11005. REPEAL OF PERFORMANCE-BASED DISCOUNT. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 508(d) of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 508(a)(9)(B) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(9)(B)) 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i); 
(2) by striking clause (ii); and 
(3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii). 
SEC. 11006. PERMANENT ENTERPRISE UNIT SUBSIDY. 
Subparagraph (A) of section 508(e)(5) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(5)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may 
pay a portion of the premiums for plans or poli-
cies of insurance for which the insurable unit is 
defined on a whole farm or enterprise unit basis 
that is higher than would otherwise be paid in 
accordance with paragraph (2).’’. 
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SEC. 11007. ENTERPRISE UNITS FOR IRRIGATED AND NON-
IRRIGATED CROPS. 
Section 508(e)(5) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) NONIRRIGATED
CROPS.—Beginning 
with the 2014 crop year, the Corporation shall 
make available separate enterprise units for irri-
gated and nonirrigated acreage of crops in coun-
ties.’’. 
SEC. 11008. DATA COLLECTION. 
Section 508(g)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) SOURCES OF YIELD DATA.—To deter-
mine yields under this paragraph, the Corpora-
tion— 
‘‘(i) shall use county data collected by 
the Risk Management Agency or the Na-
tional Agricultural Statistics Service, or 
both; or 
‘‘(ii) if sufficient county data is not 
available, may use other data considered 
appropriate by the Secretary.’’. 
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SEC. 11009. ADJUSTMENT IN ACTUAL PRODUCTION HIS-
TORY TO ESTABLISH INSURABLE YIELDS. 
Section 508(g)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(g)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘60’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘70’’. 
SEC. 11010. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF POLICIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(h)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 
indenting appropriately; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addi-
tion’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) REVIEW
AND
SUBMISSION
BY
COR-
PORATION.—The Corporation shall review any 
policy developed under section 522(c) or any 
pilot program developed under section 523 and 
submit the policy or program to the Board under 
this subsection if the Corporation, at the sole dis-
cretion of the Corporation, finds that the policy 
or program— 
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‘‘(i) will likely result in a viable and 
marketable policy consistent with this sub-
section; 
‘‘(ii) would provide crop insurance 
coverage in a significantly improved form; 
and 
‘‘(iii) adequately protects the interests 
of producers.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘A policy’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A policy’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIED
REVIEW
AND
APPROVAL 
PRIORITIES.—In reviewing policies and other 
materials submitted to the Board under this sub-
section for approval, the Board— 
‘‘(i) shall make the development and 
approval of a revenue policy for peanut 
producers a priority so that a revenue pol-
icy is available to peanut producers in time 
for the 2014 crop year; 
‘‘(ii) shall make the development and 
approval of a margin coverage policy for 
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rice producers a priority so that a margin 
coverage policy is available to rice pro-
ducers in time for the 2014 crop year; and 
‘‘(iii) may approve a submission that 
is made pursuant to this subsection that 
would, beginning with the 2014 crop year, 
allow producers that purchase policies in 
accordance with subsection (e)(5)(A) to sep-
arate enterprise units by risk rating for 
acreage of crops in counties.’’. 
(b) ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—Section 522(b)(2)(E) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(b)(2)(E)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 per-
cent’’. 
SEC. 11011. EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR SPECIALTY CROP POLI-
CIES. 
Section 508(k)(8)(E) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(8)(E)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) EQUITABLE
RELIEF
FOR
SPE-
CIALTY CROP POLICIES.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—For each of 
the 2011 through 2015 reinsurance 
years, in addition to the total amount 
of funding for reimbursement of ad-
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ministrative and operating costs that 
is otherwise required to be made avail-
able in each such reinsurance year 
pursuant to an agreement entered into 
by the Corporation, the Corporation 
shall use $41,000,000 to provide addi-
tional reimbursement with respect to 
eligible insurance contracts for any ag-
ricultural commodity that is not eligi-
ble for a benefit under subtitles A, B or 
C of title I of the Federal Agriculture 
Reform and Risk Management Act of 
2013. 
‘‘(II) 
TREATMENT.—Additional 
reimbursements made under this clause 
shall be included as part of the base 
level of administrative and operating 
expense reimbursement to which any 
limit on compensation to persons in-
volved in the direct sale and service of 
any eligible crop insurance contract re-
quired under an agreement entered 
into by the Corporation is applied. 
‘‘(III) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this clause shall be con-
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strued as statutory assent to the limit 
described in subclause (II).’’. 
SEC. 11012. BUDGET LIMITATIONS ON RENEGOTIATION OF 
THE STANDARD REINSURANCE AGREEMENT. 
Section 508(k)(8) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(8)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) BUDGET.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Board shall 
ensure that any Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement negotiated under subparagraph 
(A)(ii), as compared to the previous Stand-
ard Reinsurance Agreement— 
‘‘(I) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, shall be budget neutral; and 
‘‘(II) in no event, may signifi-
cantly depart from budget neutrality. 
‘‘(ii) USE OF SAVINGS.—To the extent 
that any budget savings is realized in the 
renegotiation of a Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement under subparagraph (A)(ii), and 
the savings are determined not to be a sig-
nificant departure from budget neutrality 
under clause (i), the savings shall be used to 
increase the obligations of the Corporation 
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under subsections (e)(2) or (k)(4) or section 
523.’’. 
SEC. 11013. CROP PRODUCTION ON NATIVE SOD. 
(a) FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE.—Section 508(o) of 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(o)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
producer cannot substantiate that the ground has ever 
been tilled,’’ after ‘‘tilled’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘INELIGIBILITY FOR’’ and inserting ‘‘REDUCTION 
IN’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 
benefits under—’’ and all that follows through 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘for— 
‘‘(i) a portion of crop insurance pre-
mium subsidies under this subtitle in ac-
cordance with paragraph (3); 
‘‘(ii) benefits under section 196 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re-
form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); and 
‘‘(iii) payments described in subsection 
(b) or (c) of section 1001 of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308).’’; and 
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(3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the first 4 crop 
years of planting on native sod acreage by a pro-
ducer described in paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(i) paragraph (2) shall apply to 65 
percent of the transitional yield of the pro-
ducer; and 
‘‘(ii) the crop insurance premium sub-
sidy provided for the producer under this 
subtitle shall be 50 percentage points less 
than the premium subsidy that would other-
wise apply. 
‘‘(B) YIELD
SUBSTITUTION.—During the 
period native sod acreage is covered by this sub-
section, a producer may not substitute yields for 
the native sod acreage. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall only 
apply to native sod in the Prairie Pothole National 
Priority Area.’’. 
(b) NONINSURED CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 196(a)(4) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333(a)(4)) is amended— 
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(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘IN-
ELIGIBILITY’’ and inserting ‘‘BENEFIT REDUCTION’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘, or 
the producer cannot substantiate that the ground has 
ever been tilled,’’ after ‘‘tilled’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘INELIGIBILITY’’ and inserting ‘‘REDUCTION 
IN’’; and 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘for benefits 
under—’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘for— 
‘‘(I) benefits under this section; 
‘‘(II) a portion of crop insurance 
premium subsidies under the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 
seq.) in accordance with subparagraph 
(C); and 
‘‘(III) payments described in sub-
section (b) or (c) of section 1001 of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308).’’; and 
(4) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—During the first 4 
crop years of planting on native sod acreage 
by a producer described in subparagraph 
(B)— 
‘‘(I) subparagraph (B) shall apply 
to 65 percent of the transitional yield 
of the producer; and 
‘‘(II) the crop insurance premium 
subsidy provided for the producer 
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) shall be 50 per-
centage points less than the premium 
subsidy that would otherwise apply. 
‘‘(ii) YIELD
SUBSTITUTION.—During 
the period native sod acreage is covered by 
this paragraph, a producer may not sub-
stitute yields for the native sod acreage. 
‘‘(D) APPLICATION.—This paragraph shall 
only apply to native sod in the Prairie Pothole 
National Priority Area.’’. 
(c) CROPLAND REPORT.— 
(1) BASELINE.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the Com-
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mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate a report that describes the cropland acreage in 
each applicable county and State, and the change in 
cropland acreage from the preceding year in each ap-
plicable county and State, beginning with calendar 
year 2000 and including that information for the 
most recent year for which that information is avail-
able. 
(2) ANNUAL UPDATES.—Not later than January 
1, 2015, and each January 1 thereafter through Janu-
ary 1, 2018, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit 
to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate a report that de-
scribes— 
(A) the cropland acreage in each applicable 
county and State as of the date of submission of 
the report; and 
(B) the change in cropland acreage from the 
preceding year in each applicable county and 
State. 
SEC. 11014. COVERAGE LEVELS BY PRACTICE. 
Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 
(7 U.S.C. 1508) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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