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7 U.S.C. § 1518 — “Agricultural commodity” defined
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“Agricultural commodity”, as used in this subchapter, means wheat, cotton, flax, corn, dry beans, oats, barley, rye, tobacco, rice, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, potatoes, timber and forests, nursery crops, citrus, and other fruits and vegetables, nuts, tame hay, native grass, hemp, aquacultural species (including, but not limited to, any species of finfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other aquatic invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, or aquatic plant propagated or reared in a controlled or selected environment), or any other agricultural commodity, excluding stored grain, determined by the Board, or any one or more of such commodities, as the context may indicate.
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“Agricultural commodity”, as used in this subchapter, means wheat, cotton, flax, corn, dry beans, oats, barley, rye, tobacco, rice, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, potatoes, timber and forests, nursery crops, citrus, and other fruits and vegetables, nuts, tame hay, native grass, hemp, aquacultural species (including, but not limited to, any species of finfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other aquatic invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, or aquatic plant propagated or reared in a controlled or selected environment), or any other agricultural commodity, excluding stored grain, determined by the Board, or any one or more of such commodities, as the context may indicate.
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**(a) Subscription by United States** The Corporation shall have a capital stock of $500,000,000 subscribed by the United States of America, payment for which shall, with the approval of the Secretary, be subject to call in whole or in part by the Board.
**(b) Appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for the purpose of subscribing to the capital stock of the Corporation.
**(c) Issuance of stock to Secretary of the Treasury** Receipts for payments by the United States of America for or on account of such stock shall be issued by the Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury and shall be evidence of the stock ownership by the United States of America.
**(d) Cancellation of receipts; nonliability of Corporation** Within thirty days after September 26, 1980, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cancel, without consideration, receipts for payments for or on account of the stock of the Corporation outstanding on September 26, 1980, and such receipts shall cease to be liabilities of the Corporation.
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**(a) Authority to offer insurance**
(1) **In general** — If sufficient actuarial data are available (as determined by the Corporation), the Corporation may insure, or provide reinsurance for insurers of, producers of agricultural commodities grown in the United States under 1 or more plans of insurance determined by the Corporation to be adapted to the agricultural commodity concerned. To qualify for coverage under a plan of insurance, the losses of the insured commodity must be due to drought, flood, or other natural disaster (as determined by the Secretary).
(2) **Period** — Except in the cases of tobacco, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and hemp, insurance shall not extend beyond the period during which the insured commodity is in the field. As used in the preceding sentence, in the case of an aquacultural species, the term “field” means the environment in which the commodity is produced.
(3) **Exclusion of losses due to certain actions of producer**
(A) *Exclusions* — Insurance provided under this subsection shall not cover losses due to—
(i) the neglect or malfeasance of the producer;
(ii) the failure of the producer to reseed to the same crop in such areas and under such circumstances as it is customary to reseed; or
(iii) the failure of the producer to follow good farming practices, including scientifically sound sustainable and organic farming practices.
(B) *Good farming practices determination review*
(i) *Informal administrative process* — A producer shall have the right to a review of a determination regarding good farming practices made under subparagraph (A)(iii) in accordance with an informal administrative process to be established by the Corporation.
(ii) *Administrative review*
(I) *No adverse decision* — The determi
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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) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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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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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1517
1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 501, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R.
7877, 60 Stat. 1100. See note set out under section 1503
of this title.
Wartime consolidation of Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation into Agricultural Conservation and Ad-
justment Administration, see note set out under sec-
tion 1503 of this title.
§ 1517. Separability
The sections of this subchapter and subdivi-
sions of sections are declared to be separable,
and in the event any one or more sections or
parts of the same of this subchapter be held to
be unconstitutional, the same shall not affect
the validity of other sections or parts of sec-
tions of this subchapter.
(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 517, 52 Stat. 77;
Pub. L. 110–234, title XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B), May 22,
2008, 122 Stat. 1405; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title
XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664,
2167.)
Editorial Notes
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.
AMENDMENTS
2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 12033(c)(2)(B), substituted ‘‘this
subchapter’’ for ‘‘this chapter’’ wherever appearing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L.
110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the
date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of
Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 8701 of this title.
§ 1518. ‘‘Agricultural commodity’’ defined
‘‘Agricultural commodity’’, as used in this
subchapter, means wheat, cotton, flax, corn, dry
beans, oats, barley, rye, tobacco, rice, peanuts,
soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, tomatoes,
grain so
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