,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aghi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,barr introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend the ,federal ,crop ,insurance 
,act to require advance public notice of
 any modification to be made in the     
terms or conditions of any policy or    
plan of insurance offered under such    
,act4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  
be cited as the ,creating ,crop         
,insurance ,certainty for ,farmers ,act4
  #b4 ,advance public notice of crop    
insurance policy and plan changes       
,section #eje7;e7 of the ,federal ,crop 
,insurance ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #aeje7;e77
 is amended--  7#a7 by redesignating    
paragraphs 7#e7 and 7#f7 as paragraphs  
7#f7 and 7#g72 respectively2 and  7#b7  
by inserting after paragraph 7#d7 the   
following new paragraph 7#e73  7#e7     
,advance notice of modification before  
implementation  7,a7 ,in general ,any   

modification to be made in the terms or 
conditions of any policy or plan of     
insurance offered under this subtitle   
shall not take effect for a crop year   
unless the ,secretary publishes the     
modification in the ,federal ,register  
and on the website of the ,corporation  
and provides for a subsequent period of 
public comment--  7i7 with respect to   
fall-planted crops1 not later than #fj  
days before ,june #cj during the        
preceding crop year2 and  7ii7 with     
respect to spring-planted crops1 not    
later than #fj days before ,november #cj
 during the preceding crop year4  7,b7  
,waiver ,the ,secretary may waive the   
application of subparagraph 7,a7 in an  
emergency situation declared by the     
,secretary upon notice to ,congress of  
the nature of the emergency and the need
 for immediate implementation of the    
policy or plan modification referred to 
in such subparagraph4  4