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S 3167 102th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural economics Agricultural insurance Disaster relief

Federal Crop Insurance Fairness Act

Introduced: August 11, 1992 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 27, 1992
Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.
Aug 11, 1992
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 11, 1992
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Crop Insurance Fairness Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act with respect to crop insurance yield coverage to: (1) base coverage on a producer's crop yields for a commodity over four-to-ten crop years; (2) establish a minimum yield coverage floor of not less than entry level coverage; (3) limit transitional yield data use to not more than four years; and (4) permit the use of previous yield or transitional yield data for new land.

States that late planting coverage shall: (1) extend for up to 25 days after the final planting date; and (2) reduce yield guarantee by one percent per day for the first ten days and two percent per day for the next 15 days.

Includes prevented planting coverage (with substitute crop option) as part of the basic crop insurance policy. Provides 50 percent coverage for a natural disaster-caused prevented planting.

States that the insured producers shall not have their indemnity payment reduced because of a de minimis yield.

What's happening now August 27, 1992

Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.

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