General Administrative Regulations; Food Security Act of 1985, Implementation; Denial of Benefits; Correcting Amendment

AGENCY:

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.

ACTION:

Correcting Amendment.

SUMMARY:

This document contains a technical correction to subpart F of the General Administrative Regulations, concerning the denial of crop insurance when a person is ineligible due to a conviction of a controlled substance violation.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

May 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bill Smith, Supervisory Insurance Management Specialist, Research and Development, Product Development Division, FCIC, at 9435 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO 64131, telephone (816) 926-7743 (not a toll-free call).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The provision contained in 7 CFR part 400.47(a)(2) states that the application and policy of insurance will be canceled when a person becomes ineligible for crop insurance as a result of a conviction for planting, cultivating, growing, producing, harvesting or storing a controlled substance and that a person may submit a new application to obtain crop insurance coverage following the period of ineligibility. As published, the final regulation was not clear regarding the requirement to submit a new application.

Need for Correction

As published, the regulation is not clear and has proven to be misleading. Clarification of the requirement to submit a new application for crop insurance coverage following ineligibility is needed.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 400

• Crop insurance

Accordingly, 7 CFR part 400 is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:

PART 400—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS

Subpart F—Food Security Act of 1985, Implementation; Denial of Benefits

1. The authority citation for subpart F continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs, 1506, 1516, Pub.L. 75-430, 52 Stat. 73,77, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); sec. 1244, Pub.L. 99-198.

2. In § 400.47, paragraph (a)(2), is revised to read as follows: