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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5203
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 7, 2018Mr. Duncan of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require producers to elect to receive price loss coverage
or agriculture risk coverage under that Act or Federal crop insurance
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
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Producer election to receive price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage or Federal crop
insurance
Section 1115 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9015) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
(f)
Election To receive price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage or Federal crop insurance
For the 2018 crop year, all of the producers on a farm shall elect to receive—
(1) price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage, as determined by the election of the producers on the farm under this section for the 2014 through 2018 crop years; or
(2) Federal crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
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