SECTION 1. Short title.

SEC. 2. Administration and operation of noninsured crop assistance program.

(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C)—

(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “best facilitates” after “assistance program that”;

(B) in clause (i)—

(i) by striking “best facilitates”; and

(ii) by striking “and” at the end;

(C) in clause (ii)—

(i) by striking “ensures”; and

(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

(D) by adding at the end the following:

“(iii) the expansion of crops listed on the National Crop Table of the Farm Service Agency with a local average market price; and

“(iv) the voluntary graduation of program participants to the whole farm revenue insurance plan established under the section 522(c)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(7)).”;

(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:

“(4) STREAMLINED APPLICATION PROCESS.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a streamlined process for the submission of records and acreage reports under paragraphs (2) and (3) for—

“(i) diverse production systems, such as those typical of urban production systems;

“(ii) other small-scale production systems; and

“(iii) direct-to-consumer production systems, including—

“(I) reduced acreage report requirements; and

“(II) allowing 2 reports so as to accommodate a second, later acreage reporting date.

“(B) ON-RAMP TO WHOLE FARM REVENUE INSURANCE PLAN.—

“(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a producer of diverse production systems described in subparagraph (A)(i) that may be eligible for the whole farm revenue insurance plan established under section 522(c)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(7)), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Farm Service Agency, shall establish a streamlined revenue-based option, designed to assist such producer to, on a voluntary basis, transition from the noninsured crop disaster assistance under this section to the whole farm revenue insurance plan.

“(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The streamlined revenue-based option established under clause (i) shall—

“(I) offer a premium discount of 25 percent for the first crop year that a producer—

“(aa) certifies that the producer will transition from noninsured crop disaster assistance under this section to the whole farm revenue insurance plan established under section 522(c)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(7)) not later than 3 years after the date of the certification; and

“(bb) provides revenue history with respect to such crop year;

“(II) offer a premium discount of 50 percent in the crop year succeeding the crop year described in subclause (I) if the producer—

“(aa) certifies that the producer will transition from noninsured crop disaster assistance under this section to the whole farm revenue insurance plan established under section 522(c)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(7)) not later than 2 years after the date of the certification; and

“(bb) provides revenue history with respect to such crop year; and

“(III) offer a premium discount of 50 percent in the crop year succeeding the crop year described in subclause (II) if the producer—

“(aa) purchases insurance under the whole farm revenue insurance plan established under section 522(c)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(7)) not later than 1 year after the date of the certification; and

“(bb) provides revenue history with respect to such crop year.

“(iii) TAX FORM SCHEDULE F.—The Secretary shall accept the Internal Revenue Service Tax Form Schedule F with respect to a producer for purposes of establishing revenue history under clause (ii).

“(iv) REVENUE HISTORY SHARING.—The Secretary shall submit to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation the revenue history submitted to the Secretary pursuant to clause (ii).

“(C) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Save our Small Farms Act of 2024, the Secretary shall issue regulations to ensure that premium discounts under this paragraph are only available to producers that comply with this paragraph.”;

(3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:

“(5) NOTICE OF LOSS.—Producers of hand-harvested or rapidly-deteriorating crops may submit losses of such crops to the Secretary after the 120-hour period following such losses and be eligible for assistance under this section.

“(6) APPRAISAL OF LOSS.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall permit, when an appraisal of crop acreage is requested (by a producer or determined necessary by a State agricultural official or Farm Service Agency State executive director) in a year that a notice of loss is filed, particularly in cases where a loss adjuster is not available within 72 hours of the notice, the following alternatives to an in-person appraisal by a loss adjuster:

“(i) Remote appraisal, including time-stamped photographs, drone footage, or other technology applications.

“(ii) Appraisal by field office staff of the Farm Service Agency with requisite training, in conjunction with remote appraisal.

“(B) TRAININGS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall require field office staff to attend a noninsured crop disaster assistance appraisal training.”;

(4) in subsection (e)(3), by striking “65 percent” and inserting “100 percent”;

(5) in subsection (i)(2)—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “and” at the end;

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(C) in the case of a limited resource, beginning, veteran, or socially disadvantaged farmers or rancher, or a farmer or rancher participating in the revenue-based option established by subsection (b)(4)(B), $600,000.”;

(6) in subsection (k)(2)—

(A) by striking “or a veteran” and inserting “a veteran”; and

(B) by inserting “, or a farmer or rancher participating in the revenue-based option established by subsection (b)(4)(B)” before the period at the end;

(7) in subsection (l), by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:

“(3) PREMIUM DISCOUNT.—The coverage made available under this subsection shall be available to limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged farmers, as determined by the Secretary, and veteran farmers or ranchers, and a farmer or rancher participating in the revenue-based option established by subsection (b)(4)(B), in exchange for a premium that is 25 percent of the premium determined under paragraph (2).”; and

(8) by adding at the end the following:

“(m) Delivery.—The Secretary shall work with outreach and technical assistance providers, extension offices, and State departments of agriculture to advertise noninsured crop disaster assistance, particularly to limited resource, beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and farmers and ranchers of diverse production systems eligible to participate in the revenue-based option established by subsection (b)(4)(B).”.

SEC. 3. Whole farm revenue protection.

(1) in paragraph (1)—

(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking “and” at the end;

(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(D) increase participation by producers—

“(i) marketing direct-to-consumers;

“(ii) marketing through intermediated sales in local and regional markets; or

“(iii) using farm identity-preserved marketing.”; and

(2) in paragraph (7)—

(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “or in combination with” after “in lieu of”;

(B) in subparagraph (C)—

(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “may” and inserting “shall”;

(ii) in clause (i), by striking “or” at the end;

(iii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and

(iv) by inserting after clause (i) the following:

“(ii) utilize a resource-conserving crop rotation; or”;

(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking “may” and inserting “shall”;

(D) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (H); and

(E) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:

“(F) MODIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS FOR SPECIALTY CROPS AND DIVERSIFIED FARMS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Save Our Small Farms Act of 2024, the Corporation shall implement the following modifications to the plan developed under subparagraph (A):

“(i) Establish that Internal Revenue Service Tax Form Schedule F shall be sufficient for the establishment of historical adjusted revenue, subject to the condition that approved insurance providers may request additional verifiable records in cases where there is documented evidence that the farm tax records of the applicant are incomplete.

“(ii) Prohibit an approved insurance provider from adjusting the revenue guarantee after the approved insurance provider accepts the revised farm operation report, unless the approved insurance provider, in coordination with the Risk Management Agency, identifies indicators of potential fraud.

“(iii) Expand the option for significantly less paperwork and recordkeeping to producers with not less than $1,000,000 in gross revenue.

“(iv) Raise the limit on growth expansion for all producers to the lower of—

“(I) 100 percent of historic revenue; and

“(II) $500,000.

“(v) Expand the diversification premium discount to apply to not fewer than 10 commodities.

“(vi) Moderate the impact of disaster years by—

“(I) counting payments made under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program established by section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); or

“(II) using an assigned yield floor similar to the limitation described in section 508(g)(6)(A)(i), as determined by the Secretary.

“(vii) Increase agent incentives to market whole farm revenue protection by—

“(I) providing annual additional administration and operating subsidies, at a rate determined by the Secretary, to approved insurance providers for any new whole farm revenue policies written in a given year; and

“(II) with respect to a whole farm revenue protection policy, requiring approved insurance providers to pay to the agent who sold that policy an amount equal to the total administration and operating subsidy earned on that policy.

“(viii) Provide for additional educational and training opportunities to approved insurance providers and insurance agents.

“(G) TRANSITION FROM NONINSURED CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.—

“(i) PREVIOUS NAP-PURCHASES.—In the case of a producer that participated in noninsured crop disaster assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) in each of the 3 crop years preceding the date of the enactment of this subparagraph that enrolls in a whole farm insurance plan under this paragraph for the first crop year beginning after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, the Corporation shall provide a premium discount of 35 percent with respect to such first crop year.

“(ii) ON-RAMP PARTICIPANTS.—In the case of a producer that meets the requirements of subsection (b)(4)(B) of section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) and enrolls in a whole farm insurance plan under this paragraph, the Corporation shall provide a premium discount of 30 percent with respect to the first year in which such producer is so enrolled.”.

SEC. 4. Single index insurance policy.