Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2020
Latest action · Mar 12, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1743)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2020
This bill modifies the federal crop insurance program to address the planting of cover crops following prevented planting.
Specifically, the bill allows a producer that is prevented from planting its first crop to plant a second crop and receive an indemnity equal to the full guarantee for the first crop if the second crop (1) is an approved cover crop, and (2) cannot be harvested for grain or other uses unrelated to livestock forage or conservation. Under current law, if a producer plants a second crop it can only get an indemnity worth at most 35% of the prevented planting guarantee for the first crop.
For a producer planting a cover crop following prevented planting, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) may provide separate prevented planting coverage factors that include preplanting costs, the cost of cover crop seed, and the cost of fencing and supplying water to livestock.
Further, the FCIC must conduct research and development regarding a policy to insure crops on fields that regularly utilize cover crops, including research to examine the extent that cover crops reduce risks of prevented planting and other crop insurance losses.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2020 to Jun 17, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Mar 12, 2020 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Jun 17, 2020 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jun 17, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jun 17, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Jun 17, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Mar 12, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1743)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2020Introduced in Senate
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