[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1644 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1644

To impose a limitation on the maximum amount of crop insurance premiums 
paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, to repeal the authority 
to provide direct payments for producers of certain major agricultural 
commodities and peanuts, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from 
   making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2013

  Mr. Kind (for himself and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced the following 
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To impose a limitation on the maximum amount of crop insurance premiums 
paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, to repeal the authority 
to provide direct payments for producers of certain major agricultural 
commodities and peanuts, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from 
   making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute, 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. PERCENTAGE LIMITATION ON MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CROP INSURANCE 
              PREMIUMS PAID BY FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION.

    Section 508(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Additional limitation on portion of premiums paid by 
        corporation.--Notwithstanding any provision of this title to 
        the contrary, the Corporation shall not pay, under any 
        circumstances, more than 70 percent of the premium for any 
        coverage or policy or plan of insurance under this title.''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR PRODUCERS OF CERTAIN MAJOR 
              AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND PEANUTS.

    (a) Repeal.--Sections 1103 and 1303 of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 8753) are repealed.
    (b) Continued Application for 2013 Crop Year.--Consistent with 
section 701 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112-240; 126 Stat. 2362; 7 U.S.C. 8701 note), sections 1103 and 1303 of 
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 8753), 
as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall 
continue to apply through the 2013 crop year with respect to all 
covered commodities (as defined in section 1001 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 
8702)) and peanuts on a farm.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS TO BRAZILIAN COTTON INSTITUTE.

    The Secretary of Agriculture may not directly, or through the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, make payments to the Brazilian Cotton 
Institute.
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