Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Enhancement Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Mike Rounds
Introduced
Summary
This bill would expand the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program to cover crops and grasses used for grazing. It would let producers of non-insurable forage and grazing crops claim NAP payments after natural disasters and would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations to implement the change within 90 days after enactment.
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- Ranchers and livestock producers: Would become eligible for disaster payments when grazing crops or grasses suffer losses or reduced yields from natural disasters.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Farm Service Agency: Would need to update rules and implement the expanded eligibility, with regulations due within 90 days after enactment.
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More disaster help for grazing crops
If enacted, you could get Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for crops and grasses used for grazing. This would help ranchers and livestock producers who grow forage or pasture. The bill would remove the current statutory exclusion that barred grazing crops. The Agriculture Secretary would have to issue regulations within 90 days after enactment. Actual coverage and payments would depend on those rules and on having eligible losses.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mike Rounds
SD • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
WY • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
ND • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
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