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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 bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve how crop insurance quality loss adjustments are reviewed and managed. Beginning in 2025 and every five years thereafter, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation must contract with an independent qualified person to review its quality loss adjustment procedures, with each review completed within one year. The bill requires that these reviews include engagement with regionally diverse industry stakeholders for each agricultural commodity covered. The Corporation must report to Congress on each review's findings, any changes to procedures, and details of stakeholder engagement. The bill also establishes that the Corporation must create state or regional discount factors for soybeans during disasters or when a salvage market occurs, reflecting local quality discounts in market prices.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] (R-LA)
Actions (2)
- Mar 25, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Mar 25, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 25, 2025
Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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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