Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023”.
Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023
A BILL
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify eligibility for prevented planting insurance under certain drought conditions, and for other purposes.
Sec. 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.”