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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3283 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3283
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide premium support for
certain plans of crop insurance, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 8, 2025
Mr. Finstad (for himself, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr.
Van Orden, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Jackson of Texas)
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 provide premium support for
certain plans of crop insurance, 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 ``Federal Agriculture Risk Management
Enhancement and Resilience Act'' or the ``FARMER Act''.
SEC. 2. PREMIUM SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN PLANS OF CROP INSURANCE.
Section 508(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e))
is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9);
(2) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated) by striking ``and
(7)'' and inserting ``(7), and (8)''; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
``(8) Premium support for certain plans of insurance.--
Notwithstanding subparagraphs (F) and (G) of paragraph (2), in
the case of an individual farm-based revenue protection or
yield protection plan of insurance, when a producer elects such
a plan of insurance based upon enterprise units or whole farm
units, the Corporation shall pay a part of the premium as
provided under those subparagraphs except that the applicable
factor shall be--
``(A) 77 percent in the case of the coverage level
described in paragraph (2)(F); and
``(B) 68 percent in the case of the coverage level
described in paragraph (2)(G).''.
SEC. 3. COVERAGE LEVEL AND PREMIUM SUBSIDY UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE
OPTION.
(a) Coverage Level.--Section 508(c)(4)(C) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)(4)(C)) is amended--
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ``14'' and inserting
``10''; and
(2) in clause (iii)(I), by striking ``86'' and inserting
``90''.
(b) Premium Subsidy.--Section 508(e)(2)(H)(i) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(2)(H)(i)) is amended by striking ``65''
and inserting ``80''.
SEC. 4. STUDY.
Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(20) Study on supplemental coverage option.--
``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall carry out
a study, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts
with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out a study,
to determine the feasibility of modifying the
supplemental coverage option described in section
508(c)(4)(C) to provide coverage for counties larger
than 1,400 square miles--
``(i) at a level smaller than county-wide;
and
``(ii) at a level greater than individual
coverage.
``(B) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall
submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture
of the House of Representatives a report that
describes--
``(i) the results of the study carried out
under subparagraph (A); and
``(ii) any recommendations with respect to
those results.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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