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Title II — Crop insurance and disaster assistance

S. 923 · 113th Congress · May 9, 2013 · Lineage

II Crop insurance and disaster assistance

Sec. 2001 Ineligibility for Federal crop insurance, noninsured crop disaster assistance, and certain payments because of crop production on native sod

(a)
Federal crop insurance Act amendment— Section 508(o) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(o)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting “, or the producer cannot substantiate that the ground has ever been tilled,” after “tilled”;
(2)
in paragraph (2)(A), by striking “for benefits under—” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting

“(i) a portion of crop insurance premium subsidies under this subtitle in accordance with paragraph (3);

“(ii) benefits under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); and

“(iii) payments described in subsection (b) of section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308).”

(3)
by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraphs:

“(3) Administration

“(A) In general—During the first 4 crop years of planting on native sod acreage by a producer described in paragraph (2)—

“(i) paragraph (2) shall apply to 65 percent of the transitional yield of the producer; and

“(ii) the crop insurance premium subsidy provided for the producer under this subtitle shall be 50 percentage points less than the premium subsidy that would otherwise apply.

“(B) Yield substitution—During the period native sod acreage is covered by this subsection, a producer may not substitute yields for the native sod acreage.”

(b)
Noninsured crop disaster assistance amendment— Section 196(a)(4) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333(a)(4)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting “, or the producer cannot substantiate that the ground has ever been tilled,” after “tilled”;
(2)
in subparagraph (B)—
(A)
in the subparagraph heading, by striking “Ineligibility” and inserting “Reduction in”; and
(B)
in clause (i), by striking “for benefits under—” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting

“(I) benefits under this section;

“(II) a portion of crop insurance premium subsidies under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) in accordance with subparagraph (C); and

“(III) payments described in subsection (b) of section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308).”

(3)
by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:

“(C) Administration

“(i) In general—During the first 4 crop years of planting on native sod acreage by a producer described in subparagraph (B)—

“(I) subparagraph (B) shall apply to 65 percent of the transitional yield of the producer; and

“(II) the crop insurance premium subsidy provided for the producer under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) shall be 50 percentage points less than the premium subsidy that would otherwise apply.

“(ii) Yield substitution—During the period native sod acreage is covered by this paragraph, a producer may not substitute yields for the native sod acreage.”