7 USC Ch. 36: Front Matter
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 36-CROP INSURANCE
CHAPTER 36-CROP INSURANCE
Sec.
1501.
Short title; application of other laws.
1502.
Purpose; definitions; protection of information; relation to other laws.
(a)
Purpose.
(b)
Definitions.
(c)
Protection of confidential information.
(d)
Relation to other laws.
1503.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; creation; offices.
1504.
Capital stock of Corporation.
(a)
Subscription by United States.
(b)
Appropriations.
(c)
Issuance of stock to Secretary of the Treasury.
(d)
Cancellation of receipts; nonliability of Corporation.
1504a.
Capitalization of Corporation.
1505.
Management of Corporation.
(a)
Board of Directors.
(b)
Vacancies.
(c)
Compensation.
(d)
Manager of Corporation.
(e)
Expert review of policies, plans of insurance, and related material.
1506.
General powers.
(a)
Succession.
(b)
Corporate seal.
(c)
Property.
(d)
Suit.
(e)
Bylaws and regulations.
(f)
Mails.
(g)
Assistance.
(h)
Collection and sharing of information.
(i)
Expenditures.
(j)
Settling claims.
(k)
Other powers.
(l)
Contracts.
(m)
Submission of certain information.
(n)
Penalties.
(o)
Actuarial soundness.
(p)
Regulations.
(q)
Purchase of American-made equipment and products.
(r)
Procedures for responding to certain inquiries.
1506a, 1506b. Omitted.
1507.
Personnel of Corporation.
(a)
Appointment; civil service exemption; compensation.
(b)
Application of employees' compensation law.
(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.
(d)
Allotment of funds to Federal and State agencies.
(e)
Utilization of producer cooperative associations.
(f)
Use of resources, data, boards, and committees of Federal agencies.
(g)
Specialty Crops Coordinator.
1508.
Crop insurance.
(a)
Authority to offer insurance.
(b)
Catastrophic risk protection.
(c)
General coverage levels.
(d)
Premiums.
(e)
Payment of portion of premium by Corporation.
(f)
Eligibility.
(g)
Yield determinations.
(h)
Submission of policies and materials to Board.
(i)
Adoption of rates and coverages.
(j)
Claims for losses.
(k)
Reinsurance.
(l)
Optional coverages.
(m)
Quality loss adjustment coverage.
(n)
Limitation on multiple benefits for same loss.
1508a.
Double insurance and prevented planting.
(a)
Definitions.
(b)
Double insurance.
(c)
Prevented planting coverage.
(d)
Exception for established double cropping practices.
(e)
Subsequent crops.
1509.
Exemption of indemnities from levy.
1510.
Deposit and investment of funds; Federal Reserve banks as fiscal agents.
1511.
Tax exemption.
1512.
Corporation as fiscal agent of Government.
1513.
Books of account and annual reports of Corporation.
1514.
Crimes and offenses.
(a)
to (e) Repealed.
(f)
Application of laws on interest of Members of Congress in contracts.
1515.
Program compliance and integrity.
(a)
Purpose.
(b)
Notification of compliance problems.
(c)
Reconciling producer information.
(d)
Identification and elimination of fraud, waste, and abuse.
(e)
Consultation with State FSA committees.
(f)
Detection of disparate performance.
(g)
Submission of information to Corporation to support compliance efforts.
(h)
Sanctions for program noncompliance and fraud.
(i)
Annual report on program compliance and integrity efforts.
(j)
Information management.
(k)
Funding.
1516.
Funding.
(a)
Authorization of appropriations.
(b)
Payment of Corporation expenses from insurance fund.
(c)
Insurance fund.
1517.
Separability.
1518.
"Agricultural commodity" defined.
1519.
Repealed.
1520.
Producer eligibility.
1521.
Ineligibility for catastrophic risk and noninsured assistance payments.
1522.
Research and development.
(a)
Definition of policy.
(b)
Reimbursement of research, development, and maintenance costs.
(c)
Research and development contracting authority.
(d)
Partnerships for risk management development and implementation.
(e)
Funding.
1523.
Pilot programs.
(a)
General provisions.
(b)
Livestock pilot programs.
(c)
Revenue insurance pilot program.
(d)
Premium rate reduction pilot program.
1524.
Education and risk management assistance.
(a)
Education assistance.
(b)
Agricultural management assistance.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in sections 1301, 1391, 6933 of this title; title 12 section 1150a; title 21 section 889; title 26 section 6109; title 42 section 405.