Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 3.djvu/781

 PUBLIC LAW 100-546—OCT. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 2733

program, including the yields used to establish insurance coverage; (D) the effects of the crop insurance premiums charged such producers on the level of participation in, and the cost of, the prc^ram, and the actuarisd soundness of such premiums; (E) the nature and extent of all government subsidies associated with the program; (F) whether the sales commission rates and Federal payments for services performed by crop insurance companies and agencies are at the proper levels, taking into consideration, among other things, commission rates and payment levels charged in other property insurance programs in which the Federal Government participates; (G) the efficiency of sales and claims adjustment services provided to such producers who purchase insurance under the program, and the effectiveness of the educational efforts to inform such producers about the program; (H) the ways in which the provision of Federal crop insurance information and the procedures for obtaining such insurance may be made simpler, more uniform, and stable; (I) the adequacy of compliance efforts by insurance companies, agencies, and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to ensure program integrity; (J) the extent to which financial institutions require such producers to purchase crop insurance as a prerequisite to making credit available to such producers; (K) the effect of the crop insurance requirements imposed under section 207 of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note) on participation in the program; (L) the feasibility of adopting "premium pools" that would set a single, nationwide "group" premium for each agricultural commodity, including the impact of such pools on the premiums paid by such producers and on government subsidies of premiums charged under the program; and (M) any other aspect of the program that the Commission determines has an impact on participation in, or the effectiveness of, the pn^ram. G>) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 1989, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") an interim report containing findings and recommendations for immediate administrative improvement in the program, aimed at improving the program in the 1990 sales year. (c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than July 1, 1989, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary a report that shall include— (1) recommendations for legislation including alternative methods for achieving the desired goals; (2) a status report on the improvement of program administration by the Secretary based on the recommendations contained in the interim report and subsequent findings; and

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