Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2643
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-07-27
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance

Disaster relief and insurance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill modifies insurance coverage for prevented planting under the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) to create a special rule for counties experiencing extreme drought.&nbsp;(The FCIP provides coverage for prevented planting due to insured causes of loss, such as adverse weather conditions, drought, floods, and other natural events. <em>Prevented planting</em> is the inability to plant an insured crop by the final planting date or during the late planting period.)</p><p>Under this bill, the FCIP must modify eligibility requirements for prevented planting coverage for a county that experienced extreme drought (per the U.S. Drought Monitor) at any time during the normal planting period over the course of three consecutive years. For counties experiencing an extreme drought, the bill requires the planting of a crop once in the five most recent crop years (i.e., the 1 in 5 rule).&nbsp; Currently,&nbsp;in order to be eligible for prevented planting payments, the insured acres must have been planted, insured, and harvested at least once in the previous four crop years (i.e., the 1 in 4 rule).&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2643 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 27, 2023 Mr. Luján (for himself and Mr. Marshall ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify eligibility for prevented planting insurance under certain drought conditions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023 . 2. Eligibility for prevented planting insurance under certain drought conditions Section 508A(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1508a(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) 1-in-5 rule for certain drought conditions (A) Definitions In this paragraph: (i) Covered county The term covered county means a county that experienced, in each of 3 consecutive years, extreme drought (D3 or worse intensity), as measured by, and indicated in a report of, the United States Drought Monitor, in any area of the county at any time during the normal planting period. (ii) Covered rule The term covered rule means the eligibility requirement for prevented planting insurance, described in section 17(f)(8) of the most recent version of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, under which planting of a crop must have occurred once in the 4 most recent crop years preceding the current crop year (commonly referred to as the 1 in 4 rule ). (B) 1-in-5 rule The covered rule shall be modified for a covered county to require the planting of a crop once in the 5 most recent crop years preceding the current crop year. .