[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1319 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1319

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand coverage under plans 
 of insurance available under such Act to include losses to an insured 
  commodity when, as a result of a federally-imposed quarantine, the 
          commodity must be destroyed, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2013

  Mr. McNerney (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Negrete McLeod, and Mr. 
   Vargas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand coverage under plans 
 of insurance available under such Act to include losses to an insured 
  commodity when, as a result of a federally-imposed quarantine, the 
          commodity must be destroyed, 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 ``Containing Risk, Offering Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF QUARANTINE LOSSES TO INSURED COMMODITIES UNDER THE 
              FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE ACT.

    (a) Expansion To Include Quarantine Losses.--Section 508(a)(1) of 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(1)) is amended in the 
second sentence--
            (1) by striking ``be due to drought'' and inserting ``be 
        due--
                    ``(A) to drought'';
            (2) by striking ``Secretary).'' and inserting ``Secretary); 
        or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) to a quarantine imposed under Federal law, 
                pursuant to the terms of which the commodity is 
                destroyed or otherwise unable to be marketed or 
                otherwise utilized for its intended purpose (as 
                determined by the Secretary).''.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--Subparagraph (B) of section 
508(a)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(1)), as 
added by subsection (a)(3), shall apply beginning with the 2015 
reinsurance year.
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