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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Sep 25, 2019
Introduced in House
Sep 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 October 11, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 1 Republican 5
Byrne, Bradley
· Oct 18, 2019
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Oct 18, 2019
 R
Babin, Brian
Texas · Sep 27, 2019
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Sep 27, 2019
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Sep 27, 2019
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Sep 25, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Sep 25, 2019
Rice, Tom
· Sep 25, 2019
Roby, Martha
· Sep 25, 2019
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Sep 25, 2019
Yoho, Ted
· Sep 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4496: Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4496/
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