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GAO-10-398R 1 (2010-02-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwzv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I im T I M Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-319271 February 4, 2010 The Honorable Blanche Lincoln Chairman The Honorable Saxby Chambliss Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Collin C. Peterson Chairman The Honorable Frank D. Lucas Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department ofAgriculture, Farm Service Agency. Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA), entitled Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (RIN: 0560- AH90). We received the rule on January 20, 2010. It was published in the Federal Registeras a final rule on December 28, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 68,480. The final rule implements specific requirements for the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill. SURE provides disaster assistance to eligible participants who have experienced qualifying crop production losses, or crop quality losses, or both, occurring in crop year 2008 through September 30, 2011. All crops for which crop insurance or noninsured crop disaster assistance program coverage is available for eligible crops for SURE. To be eligible for SURE payments, participants must meet a risk management purchase requirement, with some exceptions, and have suffered a qualifying loss due to disaster. A qualifying loss is defined as a loss of at least 10 percent of a crop of economic significance on a participant's farm in a disaster county, or on a participant's farm with an overall loss greater than 50 percent of normal production (normal revenue for all crops on the farm) due to disaster. The final rule specifies how a qualifying loss is determined, how SURE payments are calculated, and how and when participants may apply for payment. GAO-10-398R

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