Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Enhancement Act of 2023

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2035 To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make additional coverage under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assist- ance Program available for crops and grasses used for grazing, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 15, 2023 Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. CRAMER, and Ms. LUMMIS) in- troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make additional coverage under the Non- insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program available for crops and grasses used for grazing, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Noninsured Crop Dis- 4 aster Assistance Program Enhancement Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Jul 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2035.IS S2035 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2035 IS SEC. 2. NONINSURED CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE PRO- 1 GRAM. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 196 of the Federal Agri- 3 culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 4 7333) is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘ex- 6 cept in the case of crops and grasses used for graz- 7 ing,’’; and 8 (2) in subsection (l)(1), in the matter preceding 9 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(other than for crops 10 and grasses used for grazing)’’. 11 (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 12 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 13 shall promulgate regulations to carry out the amendments 14 made by subsection (a). 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Jul 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2035.IS S2035 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS