Farmer Flexibility Act

Bill: 114-hr-1580
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2015-03-24
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance

Atmospheric science and weather

Grain
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Farmer Flexibility Act </b></p> <p>This bill extends the final planting date established by the Risk Management Agency for certain federal crop insurance policies covering grain sorghum. To account for extreme weather conditions, the final planting date for policies with an existing date of April 5, 2015, is extended to April 26, 2015. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1580 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2015 Mr. Farenthold introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To extend the final planting date for grain sorghum under Federal crop insurance policies because of extreme weather conditions that have adversely affected field conditions for planting, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Farmer Flexibility Act . 2. Weather-related extension of final planting date for grain sorghum under Federal crop insurance policies (a) Extension In recognition of the extreme weather conditions that have adversely affected field conditions for planting grain sorghum, the final planting date established by the Risk Management Agency for any Federal crop insurance policy covering grain sorghum with a current final planting date of April 5, 2015, is hereby extended to April 26, 2015. (b) Inclusion in contracts The extension of the final planting date provided by subsection (a) applies to all contracts for a Federal crop insurance policy covering grain sorghum with a current final planting date of April 5, 2015, whether entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.