[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 359 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 359
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify prevented planting
coverage.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 23, 2021
Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify prevented planting
coverage.
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 ``Feed Emergency Enhancement During
Disasters with Cover Crops Act of 2021'' or the ``FEEDD Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. SECOND CROP PLANTED.
Section 508A(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1508a(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
``(B) Second crop planted.--The producer may--
``(i) plant a second crop on the same
acreage for harvest in the same crop year; and
``(ii) collect, subject to paragraphs (4)
and (5)--
``(I) an indemnity payment
established by the Corporation for the
first crop, but not to exceed 35
percent of the prevented planting
guarantee for the acreage for the first
crop; or
``(II) an indemnity payment that is
equal to 100 percent of the prevented
planting guarantee for the acreage for
the first crop, if the second crop--
``(aa) is a cover crop, as
determined by the Secretary;
``(bb) is planted in an
area with low hay or forage
supplies due to widespread
excessive moisture, flood,
drought, or other factors, as
determined by the Secretary;
``(cc) is planted with an
intended use of animal feed
that is hayed, grazed, or
chopped; and
``(dd) will be donated or
used by the producer.'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Except'' and all that
follows through ``paragraph (1)(B)'' and inserting ``Except in
the case of a second crop planted as described in subitems (aa)
through (dd) of paragraph (1)(B)(ii)(II) or double cropping
described in subsection (d), if a producer makes an election
under paragraph (1)(B)(ii)(I)''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Indemnity payments during haying, grazing, or
chopping.--
``(A) Definition of harvest date.--In this
paragraph, the term `harvest date' means a date--
``(i) determined by the Secretary for
purposes of subparagraph (C); and
``(ii) that may differ based on the region
of the United States for which the date is
established.
``(B) Annual establishment of harvest date.--The
Secretary shall establish a harvest date for each
region of the United States by crop year, taking into
account current and regularly updated forward-looking
meteorological data.
``(C) No reduction in indemnity payments.--For the
purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(ii)(I), the Secretary
shall not reduce the amount of an indemnity payment
collected by a producer that hays, grazes, or chops
cover crops, as determined by the Secretary, on
prevented planting acres after the harvest date
applicable to the region in which the prevented
planting acres are located.''.
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