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Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-5992| House 
| Updated: 1/18/2024
Josh Harder

Josh Harder

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (3)
Donald G. Davis (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Tracey Mann (Republican)

Agriculture Committee, General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023 This bill modifies insurance coverage for prevented planting under the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) to create a special rule for counties experiencing extreme drought. (The FCIP provides coverage for prevented planting due to insured causes of loss, such as adverse weather conditions, drought, floods, and other natural events. Prevented planting is the inability to plant an insured crop by the final planting date or during the late planting period.) Under this bill, the FCIP must modify eligibility requirements for prevented planting coverage for a county that experienced extreme drought (per the U.S. Drought Monitor) at any time during the normal planting period over the course of three consecutive years. For counties experiencing an extreme drought, the bill requires the planting of a crop once in the five most recent crop years (i.e., the 1 in 5 rule). Currently, in order to be eligible for prevented planting payments, the insured acres must have been planted, insured, and harvested at least once in the previous four crop years (i.e., the 1 in 4 rule).
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Timeline
Jul 27, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-2643
Introduced in Senate
Oct 19, 2023
Introduced in House
Oct 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 18, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
  • July 27, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-2643
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 19, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • October 25, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.


  • January 18, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • S 118-2643: Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023
Agricultural insuranceDisaster relief and insurance

Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-5992| House 
| Updated: 1/18/2024
Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023 This bill modifies insurance coverage for prevented planting under the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) to create a special rule for counties experiencing extreme drought. (The FCIP provides coverage for prevented planting due to insured causes of loss, such as adverse weather conditions, drought, floods, and other natural events. Prevented planting is the inability to plant an insured crop by the final planting date or during the late planting period.) Under this bill, the FCIP must modify eligibility requirements for prevented planting coverage for a county that experienced extreme drought (per the U.S. Drought Monitor) at any time during the normal planting period over the course of three consecutive years. For counties experiencing an extreme drought, the bill requires the planting of a crop once in the five most recent crop years (i.e., the 1 in 5 rule). Currently, in order to be eligible for prevented planting payments, the insured acres must have been planted, insured, and harvested at least once in the previous four crop years (i.e., the 1 in 4 rule).
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Timeline
Jul 27, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-2643
Introduced in Senate
Oct 19, 2023
Introduced in House
Oct 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 18, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
  • July 27, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-2643
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 19, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • October 25, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.


  • January 18, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Josh Harder

Josh Harder

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (3)
Donald G. Davis (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Tracey Mann (Republican)

Agriculture Committee, General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • S 118-2643: Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural insuranceDisaster relief and insurance