Title: FEEDD Act
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters Act or the FEEDD Act
This bill modifies the federal crop insurance program to authorize agricultural producers who harvest second crops as a result of a prevented planting to be eligible for specific crop insurance if certain conditions are met.
Specifically, a producer may collect an indemnity that is equal to 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.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3183 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3183

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to allow certain producers who 
   harvest or graze covered crops planted as a result of a prevented 
   planting to be eligible for certain crop insurance, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2019

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mrs. Craig, Mr. Thompson of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Peterson, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Bustos, 
  Mr. Armstrong, Ms. Finkenauer, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Baird, Mr. Rodney 
 Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Bost) introduced the following bill; which 
              was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to allow certain producers who 
   harvest or graze covered crops planted as a result of a prevented 
   planting to be eligible for certain crop insurance, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 Act'' or the ``FEEDD Act''.

SEC. 2. COVER CROPS PLANTED DUE TO PREVENTED PLANTING.

    Section 508A(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
U.S.C. 1508a(c)) is amended--
            (1) by amending subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) to read 
        as follows:
                    ``(B) Second crop planted.--The producer may plant 
                a second crop on the same acreage for harvest in the 
                same crop year and collect one of the following:
                            ``(i) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), 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.
                            ``(ii) An indemnity that is equal to 100 
                        percent of the prevented planting guarantee for 
                        the acreage for the first crop, if each of the 
                        following conditions are met:
                                    ``(I) The Secretary determines that 
                                the acres planted are in an area with 
                                low hay or forage supplies due to 
                                widespread excessive moisture, flood, 
                                drought, or other factors.
                                    ``(II) The second crop will be 
                                planted with an intended use of animal 
                                feed that is hayed, grazed, or chopped.
                                    ``(III) The second crop will be 
                                donated or used by the producer.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``a second crop planted as 
                described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) or'' before ``double 
                cropping''; and
                    (B) by striking ``make an election under paragraph 
                (1)(B)'' and inserting ``makes an election under 
                paragraph (1)(B)(i)''.
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