Crop Insurance Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7088
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2018-10-23
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance

Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-10-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Crop Insurance Fairness Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from modifying the method of determining assigned yields for the noninsured crop disaster assistance program unless: (1) USDA provides public notice of the modified method and the method does not apply earlier than the first crop year that is one year after the notice is provided; or (2) the modified method will increase the payment amount of the producer. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7088 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2018 Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to require that the Secretary of Agriculture to require a notice period with respect to certain modifications of assigned yields under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Crop Insurance Fairness Act of 2018 . 2. Assigned yield notifications Section 196(e) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 ( 7 U.S.C. 7333(e) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking If and inserting Subject to paragraph (7), if ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (7) Modification of method of determining assigned yield If the Secretary modifies the method of determining assigned yield under paragraph (3), such method may not apply to the determination of assigned yield with respect to a producer under such paragraph unless— (A) the Secretary— (i) provides public notice of such modified method; and (ii) such modified method applies to a crop year not earlier than the first crop year that is at least 1 crop year after the notice described in clause (i) is made; or (B) such modified method will increase the payment amount such producer receives under this section. .