[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 795 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 795
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve education and risk
management assistance, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 14, 2023
Mr. Murphy (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. King) 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 improve education and risk
management assistance, and for other purposes.
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 ``Agricultural Management Assistance
Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. EDUCATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.
Section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``for the
purpose of educating agricultural producers and
providing technical assistance to agricultural
producers'' and inserting ``for the purpose of
educating and providing technical assistance to
agricultural producers and approved crop insurance
providers, including language translation services as
appropriate,'';
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``education, and outreach''
and inserting ``education, outreach, and
language translation'';
(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking
``and'' at the end after the semicolon;
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as
subparagraph (G); and
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph (E)
the following:
``(F) Federal crop insurance providers, especially
with respect to the whole farm diversified risk
management insurance plan developed under section
522(c)(7); and''; and
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``paragraph
(3)(E)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3) with respect to
the entities described in subparagraphs (E) and (F) of
that paragraph''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``subsection to--'' and
inserting ``subsection--'';
(ii) in each of subparagraphs (A) through
(F), by inserting ``to'' before the first word
of the subparagraph;
(iii) in subparagraph (C)--
(I) in the matter preceding clause
(i), by striking ``production or
marketing diversification or'';
(II) in clause (ii), by inserting
``areawide'' before ``integrated'';
(III) in clause (iii), by striking
``or'' at the end after the semicolon;
and
(IV) by striking clause (iv) and
inserting the following:
``(iv) soil health improvements;
``(v) development of sustainable water
sources and irrigation;
``(vi) perennial crop establishment,
including establishment of agroforestry
systems;
``(vii) integration of livestock;
``(viii) aerobic composting of crop and
livestock waste; or
``(ix) other conservation practices
determined by the Secretary to reduce the risk
to a farm of financial loss due to the regional
impacts of climate change;'';
(iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (D)
through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G),
respectively;
(v) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the
following:
``(D) to mitigate financial risk through production
or marketing diversification, including through--
``(i) developing or implementing a plan to
create marketing opportunities for the
producer, including through value-added
processing;
``(ii) developing or implementing a plan to
establish market infrastructure for the
producer to support enterprise diversification,
including drying and storage facilities for
small grains from resource-conserving crop
rotations;
``(iii) organic farming; and
``(iv) food safety certification;''; and
(vi) in subparagraph (G) (as so
redesignated), by striking ``(E)'' and
inserting ``(F)'';
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by striking ``The total amount'' and
inserting the following:
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
total amount'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A) (as so
designated), by striking ``for any year may not
exceed $50,000'' and inserting ``for any 5-year
period may not exceed $200,000''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Exclusion of other federal funds.--Any
payments made to a person described in subparagraph (A)
for carrying out activities described in paragraph (2)
that are not made pursuant to this subsection shall not
count for purposes of the payment limitation
established under that subparagraph.'';
(C) in paragraph (4)--
(i) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) in clause (i), by striking
``$10,000,000'' and inserting
``$30,000,000'';
(II) by striking clause (ii); and
(III) by striking the subparagraph
designation and heading and all that
follows through ``Except as provided in
clause (ii), the'' in clause (i) and
inserting the following:
``(B) Funding.--The''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C)--
(I) in clause (ii), by striking
``to provide'' and inserting ``to carry
out paragraph (2)(D), including
providing''; and
(II) in clause (iii), by striking
``(F)'' and inserting ``(G)''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to
amounts made available under paragraph (4), there is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for
fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain
available until expended.''.
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