| Shorttitle: | Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000 |
| Othershorttitles: | Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 1999 |
| Longtitle: | An Act to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers by providing greater access to more affordable risk management tools and improved protection from production and income loss, to improve the efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program. |
| Enacted By: | 106th |
| Effective Date: | June 22, 2000 |
| Public Law Url: | http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-114/pdf/STATUTE-114-Pg358.pdf |
| Cite Public Law: | 106-224 |
| Leghisturl: | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:HR02559:@@@S |
| Introducedin: | House |
| Introducedby: | Larry Combest (R–TX) |
| Introduceddate: | July 20, 1999 |
| Committees: | House Agriculture, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
| Passedbody1: | House |
| Passeddate1: | September 29, 1999 |
| Passedvote1: | 422-1 |
| Passedbody2: | Senate |
| Passeddate2: | March 23, 2000 |
| Passedvote2: | 95-5 |
| Conferencedate: | May 25, 2000 |
| Passedbody3: | House |
| Passeddate3: | May 25, 2000 |
| Passedvote3: | agreed to |
| Passedbody4: | Senate |
| Passeddate4: | May 25, 2000 |
| Passedvote4: | 91-4 |
| Signedpresident: | Bill Clinton |
| Signeddate: | June 22, 2000 |
The Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000 made major revisions to the United States' federal crop insurance program and provided emergency agricultural assistance. The crop insurance provisions significantly increased the program's government subsidy; improved coverage for farmers affected by multiple years of natural disasters; and authorized pilot insurance programs for livestock farmers and growers of other farm commodities that were not served by crop insurance, among many other provisions. The emergency provisions made available a total of $7.14 billion in emergency farm assistance, mostly in direct payments (called market loss payments) to growers of various commodities to compensate for low farm commodity prices.