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H.R. 3698

Referred to Committee

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to limit the overall rate of return for crop insurance providers and remove the requirement of budget neutrality in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement.

Introduced 9/7/2017•115th Congress•House

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

9/15/2017 • House

Summary

This bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify the requirements for the federal crop insurance program. The bill: (1) limits the average rate of return for reinsured companies for the 2018 reinsurance year and each subsequent reinsurance year to 9.6% of retained premiums, and (2) eliminates the requirement that any renegotiated Standard Insurance Agreement (SRA) be budget-neutral.

(The SRA is an agreement between the Department of Agriculture [USDA] and the private companies that administer the federal crop insurance program that specifies details such as administrative and operating expense reimbursements and risk sharing. Eliminating the budget neutrality requirement permits USDA to use the renegotiation of the SRA to achieve savings.)

Introduced in House • 9/7/2017

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Agricultural insuranceInsurance industry and regulation

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Party Breakdown

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Sponsor

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Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]

Republican • TN-2

Sponsored 9/7/2017

Cosponsors (1)

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Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]

D-WI-3

Joined 9/7/2017

Bill Journey

Originated in the House

Introduced

September 7, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Introduced in House9/7/2017

Details

Bill TypeHR
Current StatusReferred to Committee
Cosponsors1