§ 1501. Short title; application of other
laws.
§ 1502. Purpose and definitions.
(a) Purpose.
(b) Definitions.
§ 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) Establishment,
composition, and appointment of Board.
(b) Vacancies.
(c) Compensation.
(d) Manager
of Corporation.
§ 1506. General powers.
(a) Succession.
(b) Corporate
seal.
(c) Property.
(d) Suit.
(e) Bylaws and
regulations.
(f) Mails.
(g) Assistance.
(h) Data collection.
(i) Expenditures.
(j) Settling
claims.
(k) Other powers.
(l) Contracts.
(m) Submission
of certain information.
(n) Penalties.
(o) Actuarial
soundness.
(p) Regulations.
(q) Program
compliance.
(r) Purchase
of American-made equipment and products.
§ 1506 note. Required terms and
conditions of standard reinsurance agreements.
§ 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) Research.
(n) Limitation
on multiple benefits for same loss.
§ 1508a. Repealed.
§ 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(a) to (e) Repealed.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. Advisory Committee for Federal
Crop Insurance.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Primary
responsibility.
(c) Membership.
(d) Administrative
provisions.
(e) Reports.
(f) Termination
of authority.
§ 1516. Funding.
(a) Authorization
of appropriations.
(b) Payment
of expenses.
(c) Insurance
fund.
§ 1517. Separability.
§ 1518. ''Agricultural commodity'' defined.
§ 1519. Repealed.
§ 1520. Producer eligibility.
§ 1521. Ineligibility for catastrophic
risk and noninsured assistance payments.
Stand-Alone Provisions of P.L. 104-127
Affecting the Crop Insurance Program
§ 535 Crop Insurance Study
§ 192 Risk Management education
(7 U.S.C. 7332)
§ 194 Establishment of Office of
Risk Management