Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4496
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2019-09-25
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance

Disaster relief and insurance

Fires

Natural disasters
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill extends the Department of Agriculture 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program. (Under current law, the program provides disaster payments to agricultural producers who suffered crop, tree, bush, and vine losses resulting from hurricanes and wildfires that occurred in the 2017 calendar year.)</p> <p>The bill extends the availability of the funding for the program through December 31, 2021, and expands the program to include losses resulting from hurricanes and wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018 or 2019.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4496 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2019 Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Dunn , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Young , Mrs. Roby , and Mr. Harder of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To extend indemnity for wildfires and hurricanes, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019 . 2. Extension Title I of subdivision 1 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–123 ) is amended under the heading Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary — (1) by striking December 31, 2019 and inserting December 31, 2021 ; (2) by inserting Florence, Michael, after Maria, ; (3) by inserting , 2018, or 2019 after occurring in calendar year 2017 ; and (4) by inserting , including disasters occurring in calendar year 2017, 2018, or 2019, after such losses .