2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-8790
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2020-11-19
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Appropriations

Disaster relief and insurance

Fires

Natural disasters
Latest action: action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-11-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands the Department of Agriculture's Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) to include coverage for losses of crops (including smoke-tainted wine grapes) due to wildfires occurring in calendar year 2020. Under current law, the program provides disaster payments to agricultural producers who suffered crop, tree, bush, and vine losses resulting from hurricanes, wildfires, and other qualifying natural disasters that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8790 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2020 Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Panetta , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. DeFazio , and Mr. Newhouse ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To extend the wildfire and hurricane indemnity program to cover certain crop losses in calendar year 2020, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act . 2. Crop losses occurring in calendar year 2020 Amounts appropriated by section 791(d) of division B of Public Law 116–94 shall also be made available for necessary expenses related to losses of crops (including smoke-tainted wine grapes) as a consequence of wildfires occurring in calendar year 2020 in the same manner as other crop losses under the heading Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary in title I of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 ( Public Law 116–20 ).