[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1789 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1789

   To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require advance public 
notice of any modification to be made in the terms or conditions of any 
          policy or plan of insurance offered under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2013

   Mr. Barr 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 require advance public 
notice of any modification to be made in the terms or conditions of any 
          policy or plan of insurance offered under such Act.

    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 ``Creating Crop Insurance Certainty 
for Farmers Act''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCE PUBLIC NOTICE OF CROP INSURANCE POLICY AND PLAN 
              CHANGES.

    Section 505(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1505(e)) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs 
        (6) and (7); respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
        paragraph (5):
            ``(5) Advance notice of modification before 
        implementation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Any modification to be made in 
                the terms or conditions of any policy or plan of 
                insurance offered under this subtitle shall not take 
                effect for a crop year unless the Secretary publishes 
                the modification in the Federal Register and on the 
                website of the Corporation and provides for a 
                subsequent period of public comment--
                            ``(i) with respect to fall-planted crops, 
                        not later than 60 days before June 30 during 
                        the preceding crop year; and
                            ``(ii) with respect to spring-planted 
                        crops, not later than 60 days before November 
                        30 during the preceding crop year.
                    ``(B) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the 
                application of subparagraph (A) in an emergency 
                situation declared by the Secretary upon notice to 
                Congress of the nature of the emergency and the need 
                for immediate implementation of the policy or plan 
                modification referred to in such subparagraph.''.
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