[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1322 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1322

     To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the public 
   disclosure of crop insurance premium subsidies made on behalf of 
 Members of Congress and their immediate families, Cabinet Secretaries 
and their immediate families, and entities of which any such individual 
 or combination of such individuals is a majority shareholder, and to 
   require the public disclosure of the underwriting gains earned by 
 private insurance providers and the business expenses covered by the 
                          Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2015

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Kind, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Connolly, and Mr. 
  Grijalva) 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 the public 
   disclosure of crop insurance premium subsidies made on behalf of 
 Members of Congress and their immediate families, Cabinet Secretaries 
and their immediate families, and entities of which any such individual 
 or combination of such individuals is a majority shareholder, and to 
   require the public disclosure of the underwriting gains earned by 
 private insurance providers and the business expenses covered by the 
                          Federal Government.

    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 ``Stop Hiding Congressional Farm 
Subsidies Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM SUBSIDIES MADE ON BEHALF 
              OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CERTAIN OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND 
              ENTITIES.

    Section 502(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following 
        new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Disclosure of subsidies made on behalf of 
                members of congress and cabinet secretaries.--
                            ``(i) Disclosure required.--The Secretary 
                        shall make available to the public, on an 
                        annual basis, the following information 
                        regarding each individual or entity specified 
                        in clause (ii) who obtained a federally 
                        subsidized crop insurance, livestock, or forage 
                        policy or plan of insurance (other than a 
                        catastrophic risk protection plan offered under 
                        section 508(b)) during the previous fiscal 
                        year:
                                    ``(I) The name of the individual or 
                                entity.
                                    ``(II) The amount of premium 
                                subsidy received by the individual or 
                                entity from the Corporation for such 
                                policy or plan of insurance.
                                    ``(III) The amount of any Federal 
                                portion of indemnities paid to the 
                                individual or entity in the event of a 
                                loss during that fiscal year under the 
                                policy or plan of insurance.
                            ``(ii) Covered individuals.--This 
                        subparagraph applies with respect to the 
                        following:
                                    ``(I) Members of Congress and their 
                                immediate families.
                                    ``(II) Cabinet Secretaries and 
                                their immediate families.
                                    ``(III) Entities of which any 
                                individual described in clause (i) or 
                                (ii), or a combination of such 
                                individuals, is a majority 
                                shareholder.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Disclosure of benefits for private insurance 
        providers.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other 
        provision of law, the Secretary shall make available to the 
        public, on an annual basis, the following information regarding 
        each private insurance provider, by name:
                    ``(A) The underwriting gains earned through 
                participation in the federally subsidized crop 
                insurance program.
                    ``(B) The amount paid under this subtitle for 
                administrative and operating expenses, any Federal 
                portion of indemnities and reinsurance, and any other 
                purpose.''.
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