HR 790 · 105th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1997

Introduced 1997-02-13· Sponsored by Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.(1997-02-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to define "designated disaster area" to include an area: (1) declared a major disaster area by the President; or (2) determined to be a disaster area by the Secretary of Agriculture. Prohibits the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation from: (1) listing a producer with disaster-area crop losses on the nonstandard classification list; and (2) considering such losses in yield determinations.…

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Cosponsors (5)

3 Democrats2 Republicans
Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]MS
Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-6]OK
Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]NY
Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24]TX
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]MS