A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to allow for the separation of enterprise units by continuous and fallow cropping systems.

Bill: 118-s-2104
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-06-22
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill allows for the separation of enterprise units (EUs) for fallow and continuous acreage of crops in counties under the Federal Crop Insurance Program. An&nbsp;EU is an insurance unit structure that consists of all insurable acreage of the same insured crop in the county in which a farmer has a share on the date coverage begins for the crop year. Separate EUs may be selected for a crop based on certain irrigation or cropping practices.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2104 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 22, 2023 Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Bennet ) 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 allow for the separation of enterprise units by continuous and fallow cropping systems.

1. Enterprise units for continuous and fallow cropping systems Section 508(e)(5) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(5) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Fallow cropping systems Beginning with the 2024 crop year, the Corporation shall make available separate enterprise units for fallow and continuous acreage of crops in counties. .