H.R. 3107 (112th): Crop Risk Options Plan Act of 2011

Introduced:
Oct 05, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX19]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 1606 on Apr 17, 2013. See H.R. 1606 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on October 5, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Oct 05, 2011
Referred to Committee Oct 05, 2011
Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Agriculture

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Full Title

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide producers with the opportunity to purchase crop insurance coverage based on both an individual yield and loss basis and an area yield and loss basis in order to allow producers to cover all or a portion of their deductible under the individual yield and loss policy, to improve the accuracy of actual production history determinations, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Oct 05, 2011.
6 pages

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10/5/2011--Introduced.
Crop Risk Options Plan Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to:
(1) provide an agricultural producer with the option of purchasing additional crop insurance coverage (total coverage option) based on an area yield and loss basis instead of an individual yield and loss basis,
(2) trigger additional coverage when area losses reach 10% of normal levels,
(3) limit indemnities to the amount of the deductible under the underlying individual policy, and
(4) set premium subsidies for the additional coverage at not less than 60%.
Revises actual production history deteminations from a 10-year average to a 7-year average with the highest and lowest production year dropped from the average.

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