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Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-2643| Senate 
| Updated: 7/27/2023
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (2)
Roger Marshall (Republican)Laphonza R. Butler (Democratic)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • 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
Introduced in Senate
Jul 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jan 18, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5992
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
  • July 27, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 27, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


  • January 18, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5992
    Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5992: Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023
Agricultural insuranceDisaster relief and insurance

Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-2643| Senate 
| Updated: 7/27/2023
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
Introduced in Senate
Jul 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jan 18, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5992
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
  • July 27, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 27, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


  • January 18, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5992
    Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (2)
Roger Marshall (Republican)Laphonza R. Butler (Democratic)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5992: Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural insuranceDisaster relief and insurance