SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 11, 2021] 
A BILL 
To extend the wildfire and hurricane indemnity program 
to cover certain crop losses in calendar year 2020, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘2020 WHIP+ Reauthor-
ization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISASTER INDEMNITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, with respect to the coverage period, the Sec-
retary shall carry out— 
(1) a disaster indemnity program in the same 
manner as the WHIP+ program is carried out under 
subpart O of part 760 of title 7, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
this section); 
(2) an on-farm storage loss program in the same 
manner as the program carried out under subpart P 
of part 760 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
in effect on the date of the enactment of this section); 
and 
(3) a milk loss program in the same manner as 
the program carried out under subpart Q of part 760 
of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 
the date of the enactment of this section). 
(b) COVERED LOSSES.—In carrying out the programs 
under this section, the Secretary shall make payments to 
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producers in accordance with subsection (c) for qualified 
losses of covered crops, including milk, that occurred during 
the coverage period. 
(c) PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Payments to producers for 
qualified losses of covered crops, including milk, 
under the programs under this section shall be ad-
ministered, except as provided in paragraph (2), in 
the same manner as payments under the relevant pro-
grams in subsection (a). 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) DIRECT
PAYMENTS
REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary shall make payments under the pro-
grams under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sub-
section (a) as direct payments to producers or 
processors, at the election of the processor. 
(B) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
UNHARVESTED 
ACRES.—The Secretary shall make payments 
under this section with respect to qualified losses 
of unharvested acres of a covered crop in the 
same manner as payments are made with respect 
to eligible crop losses under the noninsured crop 
assistance program under section 196 of the Fed-
eral Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). 
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(C) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), the Sec-
retary shall impose payment limitations 
consistent with section 760.1507 of title 7, 
Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 
the date of the enactment of this section). 
(ii) EXCEPTION FOR SPECIALTY CROPS 
OR HIGH VALUE CROPS.—In the case of spe-
cialty crops or high value crops, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall 
impose payment limitations consistent with 
section 760.1507(a)(2) of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on Janu-
ary 1, 2019). 
(iii) TAX
YEAR
BASIS.—In applying 
the payment limitations under this sub-
paragraph, the Secretary shall determine a 
person or legal entity’s average adjusted 
gross income and average adjusted gross 
farm income based on the 2017, 2018, and 
2019 tax years. 
(iv) ANNUAL RENEWAL.—With respect 
to the payment limitations described under 
this subparagraph, the Secretary shall 
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apply separate payment limits for each of 
the years under the covered period. 
(v) ENTITY
RULES.—With respect to 
payments to a corporation, limited liability 
company, limited partnership, trust, or es-
tate under this section, the Secretary 
shall— 
(I) determine average adjusted 
gross income and average adjusted 
gross farm income in accordance with 
clause (iii); and 
(II) apply rules in the same man-
ner as subsections (d) and (e) of section 
9.7 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(D) NET
INDEMNITIES.—In calculating 
payments under the programs under paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall net out crop insurance indemnities, less 
any insurance premiums paid by the producer. 
(E) PAYMENTS TO SUGAR AND DAIRY PROC-
ESSORS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—At the election of a 
processor eligible for a loan under section 
156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
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and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) or 
a cooperative processor of dairy, in lieu of 
payments to producers provided under a 
program described in subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall make payments to a proc-
essor to be paid to producer members, as de-
termined by such processors under the same 
terms and conditions as payments made to 
processors pursuant to section 791(c) of title 
VII of division B of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 
Law 116–94). 
(ii) NON-ELECTION.—Notwithstanding 
section 760.1503(j) of title 7 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, in the event that a 
processor described in clause (i) does not 
elect to receive payments under such clause, 
the Secretary shall make direct payments to 
producers under a program described in 
subsection (a). 
(F) BLOCK
GRANTS.—The Secretary may 
provide payments in the form of block grants to 
States and processors described in subparagraph 
(E). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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