HR 4496
116th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural insurance
Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Natural disasters
Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019
Introduced: September 25, 2019
Introduced by:
Scott, Austin
Republican
· Georgia
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Sep 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 25, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019
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.)
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Committees of jurisdiction
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