,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eiib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ai1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,harder of ,california 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,mann7 introduced the  
following bill  ,october #be1           
#bjbc,referred to the ,committee on     
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,federal ,crop ,insurance ,act to modify
 eligibility for prevented planting     
insurance under certain drought         
conditions1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,protecting ,farmers from ,drought 
,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,eligibility for    
prevented planting insurance under      
certain drought conditions ,section     
#ejh;,a7c7 of the ,federal ,crop        
,insurance ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4           
#aejh;a7c77 is amended by adding at the 
end the following3  7#f7 #a-;in-#e rule 
for certain drought conditions  7,a7    
,definitions ,in this paragraph3 7i7    
,covered county ,the term covered county
 means a county that experienced1 in    

each of #c consecutive years1 extreme   
drought 7,d#c or worse intensity71 as   
measured by1 and indicated in a report  
of1 the ,united ,states ,drought        
,monitor1 in any area of the county at  
any time during the normal planting     
period4  7ii7 ,covered rule ,the term   
covered rule means the eligibility      
requirement for prevented planting      
insurance1 described in section         
#ag7;f77#h7 of the most recent version  
of the ,common ,crop ,insurance ,policy 
,basic ,provisions1 under which planting
 of a crop must have occurred once in   
the #d most recent crop years preceding 
the current crop year 7commonly referred
 to as the #a in #d rule74  7,b7        
#a-;in-#e rule ,the covered rule shall  
be modified for a covered county to     
require the planting of a crop once in  
the #e most recent crop years preceding 
the current crop year4  4