,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1        
#bjbe,ms4 ,letlow introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,crop    
,insurance ,act to modify a provision   
relating to quality loss adjustment     
coverage4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,quality ,loss      
,adjustment ,improvement for ,farmers   
,act4  #b4 ,quality loss adjustment     
coverage ,section #ejh7m7 of the        
,federal ,crop ,insurance ,act 7#g      
,u4,s4,c4 #aejh7m77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 paragraph 7#c7-- 7,a7 by striking      
subparagraph 7,a7 and inserting the     
following3  7,a7 ,periodic review       
,beginning in calendar year #bjbe1 and  
once every #e years thereafter1 the     
,corporation shall contract with a      
qualified person to conduct a review of 
the quality loss adjustment procedures  
of the ,corporation1 each of which shall

 be completed not later than #a year    
after the date of commencement of the   
review4  2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71  
by striking ,effective beginning not    
later than the #bjjd reinsurance year1  
based on the review1 the ,corporation   
and inserting ,based on each review     
conducted under subparagraph 7,a71 the  
,corporation2  7,c7 by redesignating    
subparagraph 7,b7 as subparagraph 7,c72 
7,d7 by inserting after subparagraph    
7,a7 the following3  7,b7 ,stakeholder  
engagement ,each review under           
subparagraph 7,a7 shall include         
engagement from regionally diverse      
industry stakeholders for each          
agricultural commodity for which a      
quality loss adjustment is offered4  2  
and  7,e7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,d7 ,report ,on the        
completion of each review under         
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,corporation     
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
of the ,senate and the ,committee on    

,agriculture of the ,house of           
,representatives a report that          
describes-- 7i7 findings from that      
review2  7ii7 changes to the quality    
loss adjustment procedures2 and  7iii7  
the stakeholder engagement for that     
review pursuant to subparagraph 7,b74  2
 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7#g7 ,regional discount     
factors for soybeans  7,a7 ,definition  
of covered declaration ,in this         
paragraph1 the term covered declaration 
means-- 7i7 a disaster declaration by   
the ,secretary2  7ii7 a major disaster  
declared by the ,president under section
 #dja of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford      
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj72 
or  7iii7 an emergency declared by the  
,president under section #eja of that   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaia74  7,b7       
,discount factor ,in the event of a     
covered declaration for a ,state or     
region1 or the occurrence of a salvage  
market for soybeans in a ,state or      

region1 the ,corporation shall establish
 a ,state or regional discount factor1  
as applicable1 to reflect the average   
quality discounts applied to the local  
or regional market prices of the soybean
 crop4  7,c7 ,reporting requirement ,any
 ,state or regional discount factor     
established under subparagraph 7,b7     
shall be included in-- 7i7 the          
applicable periodic review conducted    
under paragraph 7#c77;,a72 and  7ii7 the
 report described in paragraph          
7#c77;,d74  4