HR 2559 · 106th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000

Introduced 1999-07-20· Sponsored by Rep. Combest, Larry [R-TX-19]· House

Bill Progress

1
Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
Enacted
Latest: Became Public Law No: 106-224.(2000-06-22)

Recorded Votes

PassedSenate · 2000-05-25
Roll #115
Yea 91Nay 4
PassedSenate · 2000-05-25
Roll #115
Yea 91Nay 4

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Strengthening the Farm Safety Net Title II: Improving Program Efficiencies Title III: Administration Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 1999 - Title I: Strengthening the Farm Safety Net - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to revise the crop insurance premium schedule for additional coverage, including elimination of the separate coverage-based premium criteria. Requires plans to disclose premium amounts paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. (Sec. 102) Establishes a premium schedule for other insurance plans based upon a percentage of the total premium used to define loss ratio and certain dollar amounts to be paid by the Corporation. (Sec. 103) States that if the Corporation uses actual production history to determine insurable yields for a commodity, a producer may elect to exclude certain years of production history depending upon whether the producer has a ten or five year consecutive production history. (Sec. 104) Directs the Corporation to periodically review crop insurance plan rating methodologies. (Sec. 105) Repeals authority for the cost of production risk protection and the assigned yield for new producer pilot programs. Authoriz…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 1999

Aug 9, 1999

Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on August 5, 1999

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H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000

Jun 23, 2000

Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 25, 2000, and signed by the President on June 20, 2000

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Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (12)

12 Republicans