January 15, 2025
Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify a provision relating to quality loss adjustment coverage.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act
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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).