12 2 STA T . 21 50PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 ‘ ‘ (C)RES E ARCH A ND DE V E LOPM EN T.— R es e arch a nd de v e lopm en t descr ib edins u bpara g raph ( B ) shall evaluate the e f fectiveness of ris k management tools for the produc - tion of poultr y, including policies and plans of insurance that provide protection for production or revenue losses, or both, w hile the poultry is in production. ‘‘( 14 ) A P I AR Y POLICIES.— T he Corporation shall offer to enter into a contract with a q ualified entity to carry out research and development regarding insurance policies that cover loss of bees. ‘‘(1 5 )AD JU STED G ROSS REVENUE POLICIES F OR B EGINNING PRODUCERS.—The Corporation shall offer to enter into a con- tract with a qualified entity to carry out research and develop- ment into needed modifications of ad j usted gross revenue insur- ance policies, consistent with principles of actuarial sufficiency, to permit coverage for beginning producers with no previous production history, including permitting those producers to have production and premium rates based on information with similar farming operations. ‘‘(1 6 ) SK IPRO W CROPPING PRACTICES.— ‘‘(A) I N GENERAL.—The Corporation shall offer to enter into a contract with a qualified entity to carry out research into needed modifications of policies to insure corn and sorghum produced in the Central G reat P lains (as deter- mined by the Agricultural Research Service) through use of skiprow cropping practices. ‘‘(B) RESEARCH.—Research described in subparagraph (A) shall— ‘‘(i) review e x isting research on skiprow cropping practices and actual production history of producers using skiprow cropping practices
and ‘‘(ii) evaluate the effectiveness of risk management tools for producers using skiprow cropping practices, including— ‘‘(I) the appropriateness of rules in existence as of the date of enactment of this paragraph relating to the determination of acreage planted in skiprow patterns; and ‘‘(II) whether policies for crops produced through skiprow cropping practices reflect actual production capabilities. ’ ’. SEC.120 2 4 . FUNDI N G F ROM INSUR A NCE FUND. Section 5 2 2(e) of the F ederal Crop Insurance Act ( 7U .S.C. 1522(e)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘ $ 1 0 ,000,000’’ and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘$7,500,000 for fiscal year 200 8 and each subsequent fiscal year’’; (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘$20,000,000 for’’ and all that follows through ‘‘year 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,500,000 for fiscal year 2008’’; and ( 3 ) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the Corporation may use’’ and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘the Corporation may use— ‘‘(A) not more than $5,000,000 for each fiscal year to improve program integrity, including by—
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