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Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify a provision relating to quality loss adjustment coverage.
Summary
This act amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify quality loss adjustment coverage procedures and requirements. Beginning in 2025 and every five years thereafter, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation must contract with a qualified person to conduct reviews of its quality loss adjustment procedures, with each review completed within one year and including engagement from regionally diverse industry stakeholders. The Corporation must submit a report to Congress describing the review findings, any changes to procedures, and stakeholder engagement conducted. The act also requires the Corporation to establish state or regional discount factors for soybeans following disaster declarations or when salvage markets occur, to reflect average quality discounts applied to soybean crop prices in those areas.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5] (R-LA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Julia Letlow’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $94,850
- MMR GROUP $29,400
- RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $27,300
- CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $27,250
- RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES $18,750
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Actions (3)
- Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. · house
- Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Jan 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2025
Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify a provision relating to quality loss adjustment coverage.
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 “Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act”.
SEC. 2. QUALITY LOSS ADJUSTMENT COVERAGE.
Section 508(m) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(m)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
“(A) Periodic review.—Beginning in calendar year 2025, and once every 5 years thereafter, the Corporation shall contract with a qualified person to conduct a review of the quality loss adjustment procedures of the Corporation, each of which shall be completed not later than 1 year after the date of commencement of the review.”;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “Effective beginning not later than the 2004 reinsurance year, based on the review, the Corporation” and inserting “Based on each review conducted under subparagraph
(A), the Corporation”;
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
“(B) Stakeholder engagement.—Each review under subparagraph (A) shall include engagement from regionally diverse industry stakeholders for each agricultural commodity for which a quality loss adjustment is offered.”; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
“(D) Report.—On the completion of each review under subparagraph (A), the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report that describes—
“(i) findings from that review;
“(ii) changes to the quality loss adjustment procedures; and
“(iii) the stakeholder engagement for that review pursuant to subparagraph (B).”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(7) Regional discount factors for soybeans.—
“(A) Definition of covered declaration.—In this paragraph, the term ‘covered declaration’ means—
“(i) a disaster declaration by the Secretary;
“(ii) a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); or
“(iii) an emergency declared by the President under section 501 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 5191).
“(B) Discount factor.—In the event of a covered declaration for a State or region, or the occurrence of a salvage market for soybeans in a State or region, the Corporation shall establish a State or regional discount factor, as applicable, to reflect the average quality discounts applied to the local or regional market prices of the soybean crop.
“(C) Reporting requirement.—Any State or regional discount factor established under subparagraph (B) shall be included in—
“(i) the applicable periodic review conducted under paragraph (3)(A); and
“(ii) the report described in paragraph
(3)(D).”. <all>
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