118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 5992Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify eligibility for prevented planting insurance under certain drought conditions, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Oct 19, 2023
Last action Jan 18, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Oct 19, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Jan 18, 2024
Agriculture
Step 3
Committee
Step 4
House floor
Step 5
Senate
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Jan 18, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Oct 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 19, 2023
Introduced in House