Creating Reliability for Our Producers Act or CROP Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to revise crop insurance provisions regarding approval of advance payments for a portion of specialty crop research and development costs.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1247 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1247
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to support crop insurance for
specialty crops, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 19, 2013
Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York (for himself and Mr. Gibson)
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 support crop insurance for
specialty crops, 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 ``Creating Reliability for Our
Producers Act'' or ``CROP Act''.
SEC. 2. ADVANCE PAYMENTS FOR UNDERSERVED REGIONS AND CROPS.
Section 522(b)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1522(b)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the
following:
``(E) Approval.--
``(i) In general.--The Board may approve up
to 75 percent of the projected total research
and development costs to be paid in advance to
an applicant, in accordance with the procedures
developed by the Board for the making of the
payments, if, after consideration of the
reviewer reports described in subparagraph (D)
and such other information as the Board
determines appropriate, the Board determines--
``(I) the concept, in good faith,
will likely result in a viable and
marketable policy consistent with
section 508(h);
``(II) in the sole opinion of the
Board, the concept, if developed into a
policy and approved by the Board, would
provide crop insurance coverage--
``(aa) in a significantly
improved form;
``(bb) to a crop or region
not traditionally served by the
Federal crop insurance program;
or
``(cc) in a form that
addresses a recognized flaw or
problem in the program;
``(III) the applicant agrees to
provide such reports as the Corporation
determines are necessary to monitor the
development effort;
``(IV) the proposed budget and
timetable are reasonable; and
``(V) the concept proposal meets
any other requirements that the Board
determines appropriate.
``(ii) Waiver.--The Board may waive the cap
specified in clause (i) on the advance payment
of costs and pay more of the projected total
research and development costs in advance if,
in the sole discretion of the Board, the Board
determines that the concept proposal provides
coverage for a region or crop that is
underserved by the Federal crop insurance
program, including specialty crops.''.
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
(a) In General.--Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act
(7 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ``Contracting'';
(2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``may enter into contracts to carry out
research and development to'' and inserting ``may conduct
activities or enter into contracts to carry out research and
development to maintain or improve existing policies or develop
new policies to'';
(3) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``conduct
research and development or'' after ``The Corporation
may''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``conducting
research and development or'' after ``Before'';
(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``after expert review in
accordance with section 505(e)'' after ``approved by the
Board''; and
(5) in paragraph (6), by striking ``a pasture, range, and
forage program'' and inserting ``policies that increase
participation by producers of underserved agricultural
commodities, including specialty crops''.
(b) Funding.--Section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
U.S.C. 1522(e)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``(A) Authority.--'' and inserting
``(A) Conducting and contracting for research and
development.--'';
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``conduct
research and development and'' after ``the Corporation
may use to''; and
(C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``conduct
research and development and'' after ``for the fiscal
year to'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``to provide either
reimbursement payments or contract payments''; and
(3) by striking paragraph (4).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
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