Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters with Cover Crops Act of 2021
Bill: S.359 | Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John (R-ND)
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters with Cover Crops Act of 2021 or the FEEDD Act of 2021
This bill expands relief under the federal crop insurance program for agricultural producers that harvest second crops as a result of a prevented planting.
Specifically, a producer may collect 100% of the prevented planting guarantee for the acreage of the first crop if (1) the acres planted are in an area with low hay or forage supplies due to widespread excessive moisture, flood, or drought; (2) the second crop will be planted with an intended use of animal feed that is hayed, gazed, or chopped; and (3) the second crop will be donated or used by the producer.
Additionally, the Department of Agriculture may not reduce the amount of a payment collected by a producer that hays, grazes, or chops over crops on prevented planting acres after the harvest date that it establishes for each region of the United States.

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify prevented planting 
                               coverage.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Feed Emergency Enhancement 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--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (B) and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Second crop planted.--The producer 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 
                                established 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 prevented 
                                planting guarantee for the acreage for 
                                the first crop, if the second crop--
                                            ``(aa) is a cover crop, as 
                                        determined by the Secretary;
                                            ``(bb) is planted in an 
                                        area with low hay or forage 
                                        supplies due to widespread 
                                        excessive moisture, flood, 
                                        drought, or other factors, as 
                                        determined by the Secretary;
                                            ``(cc) is planted with an 
                                        intended 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 inserting ``Except in 
        the case of a second crop planted as described in subitems (aa) 
        through (dd) of paragraph (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 region 
                        of the United States for which the date is 
                        established.
                    ``(B) Annual establishment of harvest 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 
                meteorological data.
                    ``(C) No reduction in indemnity payments.--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 
                prevented planting acres after the harvest date 
                applicable to the region in which the prevented 
                planting acres are located.''.
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