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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3253 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3253

    To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require research and 
development on frost or cold weather insurance, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 8, 2023

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL

 
    To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require research and 
development on frost or cold weather insurance, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Temperature Endorsement for 
Multiperil Policies Act of 2023'' or the ``TEMP Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON FROST OR COLD WEATHER INSURANCE.

    Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) Frost or cold weather insurance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall carry out 
                research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or 
                more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to 
                carry out research and development, regarding an index-
                based policy to insure crops (including tomatoes, 
                peppers, sugarcane, strawberries, melons, citrus, 
                peaches, blueberries, and any other crop) on a 
                nationally available basis against losses due to a 
                frost or cold weather event.
                    ``(B) Research and development.--Research and 
                development under subparagraph (A) shall--
                            ``(i) evaluate the effectiveness of risk 
                        management tools, such as the use of an index, 
                        with respect to low frequency and catastrophic 
                        loss weather events; and
                            ``(ii) result in a policy that provides 
                        protection for at least 1 of the following:
                                    ``(I) Production loss.
                                    ``(II) Revenue loss.
                    ``(C) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
                of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall 
                submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture 
                of the House of Representatives a report that 
                describes--
                            ``(i) the results of the research and 
                        development carried out under this paragraph; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) any recommendations with respect to 
                        those results.''.
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