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 PUBLIC LAW 106-224^^JUNE 20, 2000 114 STAT. 367 "(ii) replace each excluded yield with a yield equal to 60 percent of the applicable treinsitional yield. "(C) PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of a producer that makes an election under subparagraph (B), the Corporation shall adjust the premium to reflect the risk associated with the adjustment made in the actual production history of the producer. "(5) ADJUSTMENT TO REFLECT INCREASED YIELDS FROM SUCCESSFUL PEST CONTROL EFFORTS.— "(A) SITUATIONS JUSTIFYING ADJUSTMENT.—The Corporation shall develop a methodology for adjusting the actual production history of a producer when each of the following apply: "(i) The producer's farm is located in an area where systematic, area-wide efforts have been undertaken using certain operations or measures, or the producer's farm is a location at which certain operations or measures have been undertaken, to detect, eradicate, suppress, or control, or at least to prevent or retard the spread of, a plant disease or plant pest, including a plant pest (as defined in section 102 of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 147a)). "(ii) The presence of the plant disease or plant pest has been found to adversely affect the yield of the agricultural commodity for which the producer is applying for insurance. "(iii) The efforts described in clause (i) have been effective. "(B) ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT.— The amount by which the Corporation adjusts the actual production history of a producer of an agricultural commodity shall reflect the degree to which the success of the systematic, area-wide efforts described in subparagraph (A), on average, increases the yield of the commodity on the producer's farm, as determined by the Corporation.". SEC. 106. REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT IN RATING METHODOLOGIES, Section 508(i) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(i)) is amended— (1) by striking "The Corporation" and inserting the following: "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Corporation"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(2) REVIEW OF RATING METHODOLOGIES. — To maximize participation in the Federal crop insurance program and to ensure equity for producers, the Corporation shall periodically review the methodologies employed for rating plans of insurance under this title consistent with section 507(c)(2). "(3) ANALYSIS OF RATING AND LOSS HISTORY.—The Corporation shall analyze the rating and loss history of approved policies and plans of insurance for agricultural commodities by area. "(4) PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT.— If the Corporation makes a determination that premium rates are excessive for an agricultural commodity in an area relative to the requirements of subsection (d)(2) for that area, then, for the 2002 crop year (and as necessary thereafter), the Corporation shall make

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