[Congressional Bills 115th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2833 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2833 To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve the calculation of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 10, 2018 Mr. Hoeven introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve the calculation of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE. Section 1117(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(e)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (2) by striking ``If agriculture'' and inserting the following: ``(1) In general.--If agriculture''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) Calculation for county coverage.--In the case of county coverage, the agriculture risk coverage payment shall be calculated-- ``(A) using county data of the National Agricultural Statistics Service; or ``(B) if the data described in subparagraph (A) is unavailable, using county data comparable to the data described in subparagraph (A), as determined by the applicable State office of the Farm Service Agency.''. <all>