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7 U.S.C. § 1516 — Funding
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations**
(1) **Discretionary expenses** — There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1999 and each subsequent fiscal year such sums as are necessary to cover the salaries and expenses of the Corporation.
(2) **Mandatory expenses** — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to cover for each of the 1999 and subsequent reinsurance years the following:
(A) The administrative and operating expenses of the Corporation for the sales commissions of agents.
(B) Premium subsidies, including the administrative and operating expenses of an approved insurance provider for the delivery of policies with additional coverage.
(C) Costs associated with the conduct of livestock and wild salmon pilot programs carried out under [section 1523 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1523&num=0&edition=prelim), subject to the limitations in subsection (a)(3)(E)(ii) of that section.
(D) Costs associated with the reimbursement, contracting, and partnerships for research and development under [section 1522 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1522&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Payment of Corporation expenses from insurance fund**
(1) **Expenses generally** — For each of the 1999 and subsequent reinsurance years, the Corporation may pay from the insurance fund established under subsection (c) all expenses of the Corporation (other than expenses covered by subsection (a)(1) and expenses covered by paragraph (2)(A)), including the following:
(A) Premium subsidies and indemnities.
(B) Administrative and operating expenses of the Corporation necessary to pay the sales commissions of agents.
(C) All administ
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations**
(1) **Discretionary expenses** — There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1999 and each subsequent fiscal year such sums as are necessary to cover the salaries and expenses of the Corporation.
(2) **Mandatory expenses** — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to cover for each of the 1999 and subsequent reinsurance years the following:
(A) The administrative and operating expenses of the Corporation for the sales commissions of agents.
(B) Premium subsidies, including the administrative and operating expenses of an approved insurance provider for the delivery of policies with additional coverage.
(C) Costs associated with the conduct of livestock and wild salmon pilot programs carried out under [section 1523 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1523&num=0&edition=prelim), subject to the limitations in subsection (a)(3)(E)(ii) of that section.
(D) Costs associated with the reimbursement, contracting, and partnerships for research and development under [section 1522 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1522&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Payment of Corporation expenses from insurance fund**
(1) **Expenses generally** — For each of the 1999 and subsequent reinsurance years, the Corporation may pay from the insurance fund established under subsection (c) all expenses of the Corporation (other than expenses covered by subsection (a)(1) and expenses covered by paragraph (2)(A)), including the following:
(A) Premium subsidies and indemnities.
(B) Administrative and operating expenses of the Corporation necessary to pay the sales commissions of agents.
(C) All administrative and operating expense reimbursements due under a reinsurance agreement with an approved insurance provider.
(D) Costs associated with the conduct of livestock and wild salmon pilot programs carried out under [section 1523 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1523&num=0&edition=prelim), subject to the limitations in subsection (a)(3)(E)(ii) of that section.
(E) Costs associated with the reimbursement, contracting, and partnerships for research and development under [section 1522 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1522&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Policy consideration and implementation**
(A) *In general* — For each of the 1999 and subsequent reinsurance years, the Corporation may use the insurance fund established under subsection (c), but not to exceed $3,500,000 for each fiscal year, to pay the following:
(i) Costs associated with the consideration and implementation of policies, plans of insurance, and related materials submitted under [section 1508(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1508/h&num=0&edition=prelim) or developed under section 1522 or 1523 of this title.
(ii) Costs to contract for the review of policies, plans of insurance, and related materials under [section 1505(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1505/e&num=0&edition=prelim) and to contract for other assistance in considering policies, plans of insurance, and related materials.
(B) *Dairy options pilot program* — Amounts necessary to carry out the dairy options pilot program shall not be counted toward the limitation on expenses specified in subparagraph (A).
(C) *Reviews, compliance, and integrity*
(i) *In general* — For each of the 2014 and subsequent reinsurance years, the Corporation may use the insurance fund established under subsection (c), but not to exceed $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2025 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to pay costs—
(I) to reimburse expenses incurred for the operations and review of policies, plans of insurance, and related materials (including actuarial and related information); and
(II) to assist the Corporation in maintaining program actuarial soundness and financial integrity.
(ii) *Secretarial action* — For the purposes described in clause (i), the Secretary may, without further appropriation—
(I) merge some or all of the funds made available under this subparagraph into the accounts of the Risk Management Agency; and
(II) obligate those funds.
(iii) *Maintenance of funding* — Funds made available under this subparagraph shall be in addition to other funds made available for costs incurred by the Corporation or the Risk Management Agency.
**(c) Insurance fund**
(1) **In general** — There is established an insurance fund, for the deposit of premium income, amounts made available under subsection (a)(2), and civil fines collected under [section 1515(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1515/h&num=0&edition=prelim), to be available without fiscal year limitation.
(2) **Commodity Credit Corporation funds** — If at any time the amounts in the insurance fund are insufficient to enable the Corporation to carry out subsection (b), to the extent the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation are available—
(A) the Corporation may request the Secretary to use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out subsection (b); and
(B) the Secretary may use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out subsection (b).
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**(a) Succession** The Corporation shall have succession in its corporate name.
**(b) Corporate seal** The Corporation may adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed.
**(c) Property** The Corporation may purchase or lease and hold such real and personal property as it deems necessary or convenient in the transaction of its business, and may dispose of such property held by it upon such terms as it deems appropriate.
**(d) Suit** Subject to [section 1508(j)(2)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1508/j/2/A&num=0&edition=prelim), the Corporation, subject to the provisions of [section 1508(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1508/j&num=0&edition=prelim),11 So in original. may sue and be sued in its corporate name, but no attachment, injunction, garnishment, or other similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against the Corporation or its property. The district courts of the United States, including the district courts of the District of Columbia and of any territory or possession, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, of all suits brought by or against the Corporation. The Corporation may intervene in any court in any suit, action, or proceeding in which it has an interest. Any suit against the Corporation shall be brought in the District of Columbia, or in the district wherein the plaintiff resides or is engaged in business.
**(e) Bylaws and regulations** The Corporation may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations governing the manner in which its business may be conducted and the powers granted to it by law may be exercised and enjoyed.
**(f) Mails**
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**(a) General provisions**
(1) **Authority** — Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Corporation may, at the sole discretion of the Corporation, conduct a pilot program submitted to and approved by the Board under [section 1508(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1508/h&num=0&edition=prelim), or that is developed under subsection (b) or [section 1522 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1522&num=0&edition=prelim), to evaluate whether a proposal or new risk management tool tested by the pilot program is suitable for the marketplace and addresses the needs of producers of agricultural commodities.
(2) **Private coverage** — Under this section, the Corporation shall not conduct any pilot program that provides insurance protection against a risk if insurance protection against the risk is generally available from private companies.
(3) **Covered activities** — The pilot programs described in paragraph (1) may include pilot programs providing insurance protection against losses involving—
(A) reduced forage on rangeland caused by drought or insect infestation;
(B) livestock poisoning and disease;
(C) destruction of bees due to the use of pesticides;
(D) unique special risks related to fruits, nuts, vegetables, and specialty crops in general, aquacultural species, and forest industry needs (including appreciation);
(E) after October 1, 2001, wild salmon, except that—
(i) any pilot program with regard to wild salmon may be carried out without regard to the limitations of this subchapter; and
(ii) the Corporation shall conduct all wild salmon programs under this subchapter so that, to the maximum extent practicable, all costs asso
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To carry out the purposes of this subchapter, there is hereby created as an agency of and within the Department a body corporate with the name “Federal Crop Insurance Corporation”. The principal office of the Corporation shall be located in the District of Columbia, but there may be established agencies or branch offices elsewhere in the United States under rules and regulations prescribed by the Board.
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**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the national welfare by improving the economic stability of agriculture through a sound system of crop insurance and providing the means for the research and experience helpful in devising and establishing such insurance.
**(b) Definitions** As used in this subchapter:
(1) **Additional coverage** — The term “additional coverage” means a plan of crop insurance coverage providing a level of coverage greater than the level available under catastrophic risk protection.
(2) **Approved insurance provider** — The term “approved insurance provider” means a private insurance provider that has been approved by the Corporation to provide insurance coverage to producers participating in the Federal crop insurance program established under this subchapter.
(3) **Beginning farmer or rancher** — The term “beginning farmer or rancher” means a farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 10 crop years, as determined by the Secretary.
(4) **Board** — The term “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation established under [section 1505(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1505/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Corporation** — The term “Corporation” means the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation established under [section 1503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1503&num=0&edition=prelim).
(6) **Cover crop termination** — The term “cover crop termination” means a practice that historically and under reasonable circumstances results in the terminatio
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 519, formerly § 518, 52 Stat. 77; renumbered § 519, June 21, 1941, ch. 214, § 9, 55 Stat. 256; amended Oct. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103–354, title I, §§ 111, 112, 108 Stat. 3199, 3202, related to noninsured crop disaster assistance program. See [section 7333 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7333&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Definition of policy** In this section, the term “policy” means a policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.
**(b) Reimbursement of research, development, and maintenance costs**
(1) **Research and development payment**
(A) *In general* — The Corporation shall provide a payment to an applicant for research and development costs in accordance with this subsection.
(B) *Reimbursement*
(i) *In general* — An applicant who submits a policy under [section 1508(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1508/h&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be eligible for the reimbursement of reasonable research and development costs if the policy is approved by the Board for sale to producers.
(ii) *Reasonable costs* — For the purpose of reimbursing research and development and maintenance costs under this section, costs of the applicant shall be considered reasonable costs if the costs are based on—
(I) for any employees or contracted personnel, wage rates equal to not more than 2 times the hourly wage rate plus benefits, as provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year in which such costs are incurred, calculated using the formula applied to an applicant by the Corporation in reviewing proposed project budgets under this section on October 1, 2016; and
(II) other actual documented costs incurred by the applicant.
(2) **Advance payments**
(A) *In general* — Subject to the other provisions of this paragraph, the Board may approve the request of an applicant for advance payment of a portion of reasonable research and development costs prior to submission and approval of the policy by the Board under [section 1508(h) of this title](https://uscode
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Federal Crop Insurance Act”. Except as otherwise expressly provided the provisions in titles I to IV, inclusive, shall not apply with respect to this subchapter, and the term “Act” wherever it appears in such titles shall not be construed to include this subchapter.
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**(a) Appointment; civil service exemption; compensation** The Secretary shall appoint such officers and employees as may be necessary for the transaction of the business of the Corporation pursuant to civil-service laws and regulations, fix their compensation in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, define their authority and duties, and delegate to them such of the powers vested in the Corporation as the Secretary may determine appropriate. However, personnel paid by the hour, day, or month when actually employed may be appointed without regard to civil-service laws and regulations.
**(b) Application of employees’ compensation law** Insofar as applicable, the benefits of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this subchapter, including the employees of the committees and associations referred to in subsection (c) of this section and the members of such committees.
**(c) Use of associations of producers and private insurance companies; payment of administrative and program expenses; sale of crop insurance through private agents and brokers: renewals, exclusion of compensation from premium rates, indemnification for errors or omissions of Commission or its contractors** In the administration of this subchapter, the Board shall, to the maximum extent possible, (1) establish or use committees or associations of producers and make payments to them to cover the administrative and program expenses, as determined by the Board, incurred by them in cooperating in carrying out this subchapter, (2) contract with private insurance companies, private rating bureaus, and other organizations as appropriate for actuarial services, services relating to loss adjustment
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1516
The Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in subsec.
(h)(3)(B)(vi), is Pub. L. 99–198, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1354.
Title XII of the Act is classified principally to chapter
58 (§ 3801 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of
1985 Amendment note set out under section 1281 of this
title and Tables.
The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
referred to in subsec. (h)(3)(B)(vii), is title III of Pub. L.
87–128, Aug. 8, 1961, 75 Stat. 307, which is classified prin-
cipally to chapter 50 (§ 1921 et seq.) of this title. For
complete classification of the Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 1921 of this title
and Tables.
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (k)(2)(A), was
in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning the Federal Crop
Insurance Act, which is subtitle A of title V of act Feb.
16, 1938, ch. 30.
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical
amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub.
L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L.
110–246.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1515, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V,
§ 515, 52 Stat. 77, provided for appointment and com-
pensation of an advisory committee, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 96–365, title I, § 108, Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1317.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Subsec. (d)(1)(D). Pub. L. 115–334, § 11115(1),
added subpar. (D).
Subsec. (f)(2)(A). Pub. L. 115–334, § 11115(2), substituted
‘‘under paragraph’’ for ‘‘pursuant to paragraph’’ in two
places.
Subsec. (g)(1)(D). Pub. L. 115–334, § 11116(1), added sub-
par. (D).
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 11116(2), designated
existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading,
substituted
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