To make payments for certain losses of crops, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3821
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-11
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides funding to expand the Department of Agriculture's Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) to include coverage for losses of crops (including losses due to high winds or derechos) occurring in 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 2018 and 2019. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3821 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2021 Mr. Feenstra introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To make payments for certain losses of crops, and for other purposes.

1. Extension of WHIP payments To make payments for necessary expenses related to losses of crops (including losses due to high winds or derechos) pursuant to title I of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 ( Public Law 116–20 ), as amended by section 116 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–59 ) and as further amended by subsection (c) of section 791 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 ) for crop losses in crop year 2020 there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary.