Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§7034 Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Risk Management Agency

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 98— - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - FREEDOM TO E-FILE › § 7034

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and the Risk Management Agency must, by December 1, 2000, send the House and Senate Agriculture Committees a plan to let farmers get program forms and information online from approved insurance providers and to file all required paperwork electronically. The plan must follow sections 7031(c) and 7032(b) of this title. It must say what data will be available and where, where farmers can file online, and who (farmers, the Agency, the Corporation, approved providers, agents, and brokers) must do what. The plan must be fully in place by December 1, 2001.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §7034

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(a)Not later than December 1, 2000, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and the Risk Management Agency shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a plan, that is consistent with this subchapter, to allow agricultural producers to—

(1)obtain, over the Internet, from approved insurance providers all forms and other information concerning the program under the jurisdiction of the Corporation and Agency in which the agricultural producer is a participant; and

(2)file electronically all paperwork required for participation in the program.

(b)The plan shall—

(1)conform to section 7031(c) and 7032(b) of this title; and

(2)prescribe—

(A)the location and type of data to be made available to agricultural producers;

(B)the location where agricultural producers can electronically file their paperwork; and

(C)the responsibilities of the applicable parties, including agricultural producers, the Risk Management Agency, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, approved insurance providers, crop insurance agents, and brokers.

(c)Not later than December 1, 2001, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and the Risk Management Agency shall complete implementation of the plan submitted under subsection (a).

Reference

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 7034

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73