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Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1997

Introduced: February 13, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Feb 25, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.
Feb 25, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Feb 13, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 13, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E277-278)
Feb 13, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to define "designated disaster area" to include an area: (1) declared a major disaster area by the President; or (2) determined to be a disaster area by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Prohibits the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation from: (1) listing a producer with disaster-area crop losses on the nonstandard classification list; and (2) considering such losses in yield determinations.

What's happening now February 25, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 27, 1998
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · May 7, 1997
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