To provide coverage under the Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program to certain crop, tree, bush, and vine losses due to flooding occurring in Iowa in calendar year 2019.

Bill: 116-hr-2125
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2019-04-08
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance

Disaster relief and insurance

Iowa

Natural disasters
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill expands the Department of Agriculture 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program to include coverage for certain crop, tree, bush, and vine losses due to flooding occurring in Iowa in 2019. (Under current law, the program provides disaster payments for certain losses resulting from hurricanes and wildfires during 2017.) </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2125 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 2019 Mrs. Axne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To provide coverage under the Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program to certain crop, tree, bush, and vine losses due to flooding occurring in Iowa in calendar year 2019.

1. WHIP coverage for flooding in Iowa Amounts made available under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–123 ) under the heading Department of Agriculture Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary for necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes and wildfires occurring in calendar year 2017 are authorized to be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for necessary expenses related to crop, tree, bush, and vine losses due to flooding occurring in Iowa in calendar year 2019 under such terms and conditions as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.