May 8, 2025
Mr. Finstad (for himself, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Jackson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide premium support for certain plans of crop insurance, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience Act
or the FARMER Act
.
Sec. 2. Premium support for certain plans of crop insurance
Section 508(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9);
(2)
in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated) by striking and (7)
and inserting (7), and (8)
; and
(3)
by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
(8) Premium support for certain plans of insurance
Notwithstanding subparagraphs (F) and (G) of paragraph (2), in the case of an individual farm-based revenue protection or yield protection plan of insurance, when a producer elects such a plan of insurance based upon enterprise units or whole farm units, the Corporation shall pay a part of the premium as provided under those subparagraphs except that the applicable factor shall be—
(A)
77 percent in the case of the coverage level described in paragraph (2)(F); and
(B)
68 percent in the case of the coverage level described in paragraph (2)(G).
Sec. 3. Coverage level and premium subsidy under supplemental coverage option
(a) Coverage level
Section 508(c)(4)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)(4)(C)) is amended—
(1)
in clause (ii), by striking 14
and inserting 10
; and
(2)
in clause (iii)(I), by striking 86
and inserting 90
.
(b) Premium subsidy
Section 508(e)(2)(H)(i) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(2)(H)(i)) is amended by striking 65
and inserting 80
.
Sec. 4. Study
Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(20) Study on supplemental coverage option
(A) In general
The Corporation shall carry out a study, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out a study, to determine the feasibility of modifying the supplemental coverage option described in section 508(c)(4)(C) to provide coverage for counties larger than 1,400 square miles—
(i)
at a level smaller than county-wide; and
(ii)
at a level greater than individual coverage.
(B) Report
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 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)
the results of the study carried out under subparagraph (A); and
(ii)
any recommendations with respect to those results.