,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ai1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new    
,york 7for himself and ,mr4 ,gibson7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,federal ,crop ,insurance ,act to       
support crop insurance for specialty    
crops1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,creating ,reliability for ,our     
,producers ,act or ,,crop ,act4  #b4    
,advance payments for underserved       
regions and crops ,section #ebb7;b77#b7 
of the ,federal ,crop ,insurance ,act   
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #aebb7;b77#b77 is amended 
by striking subparagraph 7,e7 and       
inserting the following3  7,e7 ,approval
  7i7 ,in general ,the ,board may       
approve up to #ge percent of the        
projected total research and development
 costs to be paid in advance to an      
applicant1 in accordance with the       

procedures developed by the ,board for  
the making of the payments1 if1 after   
consideration of the reviewer reports   
described in subparagraph 7,d7 and such 
other information as the ,board         
determines appropriate1 the ,board      
determines--  7,i7 the concept1 in good 
faith1 will likely result in a viable   
and marketable policy consistent with   
section #ejh7;h72  7,,ii7 in the sole   
opinion of the ,board1 the concept1 if  
developed into a policy and approved by 
the ,board1 would provide crop insurance
 coverage--  7aa7 in a significantly    
improved form2  7bb7 to a crop or region
 not traditionally served by the        
,federal crop insurance program2 or     
7cc7 in a form that addresses a         
recognized flaw or problem in the       
program2  7,,iii7 the applicant agrees  
to provide such reports as the          
,corporation determines are necessary to
 monitor the development effort2  7,,iv7
 the proposed budget and timetable are  
reasonable2 and  7,v7 the concept       

proposal meets any other requirements   
that the ,board determines appropriate4 
7ii7 ,waiver ,the ,board may waive the  
cap specified in clause 7i7 on the      
advance payment of costs and pay more of
 the projected total research and       
development costs in advance if1 in the 
sole discretion of the ,board1 the      
,board determines that the concept      
proposal provides coverage for a region 
or crop that is underserved by the      
,federal crop insurance program1        
including specialty crops4  4  #c4      
,authority to conduct research and      
development  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#ebb7;c7 of the ,federal ,crop          
,insurance ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #aebb7;c77
 is amended--  7#a7 in the subsection   
heading by striking contracting2  7#b7  
in paragraph 7#a71 in the matter        
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 may enter into contracts to carry out  
research and development to and         
inserting may conduct activities or     
enter into contracts to carry out       

research and development to maintain or 
improve existing policies or develop new
 policies to2  7#c7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 
7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting 
conduct research and development or     
after ,the ,corporation may2 and  7,b7  
in subparagraph 7,b71 by inserting      
conducting research and development or  
after ,before2  7#d7 in paragraph 7#e71 
by inserting after expert review in     
accordance with section #eje7;e7 after  
approved by the ,board2 and  7#e7 in    
paragraph 7#f71 by striking a pasture1  
range1 and forage program and inserting 
policies that increase participation by 
producers of underserved agricultural   
commodities1 including specialty crops4 
7b7 ,funding ,section #ebb7;e7 of the   
,federal ,crop ,insurance ,act 7#g      
,u4,s4,c4 #aebb7;e77 is amended--  7#a7 
in paragraph 7#b7--  7,a7 by striking   
7,a7 ,authority4-- and inserting 7,a7   
,conducting and contracting for research
 and development4--2  7,b7 in           
subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting conduct 

research and development and after the  
,corporation may use to2 and  7,c7 in   
subparagraph 7,b71 by inserting conduct 
research and development and after for  
the fiscal year to2  7#b7 in paragraph  
7#c71 by striking to provide either     
reimbursement payments or contract      
payments2 and  7#c7 by striking         
paragraph 7#d74