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HR 8790 116th Congress House Agriculture and Food Appropriations Disaster relief and insurance Fires Natural disasters

2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act

Introduced: November 19, 2020 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act

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.

What's happening now November 19, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 5 Republican 1
Blumenauer, Earl
· Dec 7, 2020
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Dec 7, 2020
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Dec 7, 2020
Eshoo, Anna
· Dec 7, 2020
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Dec 7, 2020
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Dec 7, 2020
Lowenthal, Alan
· Dec 7, 2020
Schrader, Kurt
· Dec 7, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Nov 19, 2020
Lee, Barbara
· Nov 19, 2020
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Nov 19, 2020
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Nov 19, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8790: 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8790/
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"H.R. 8790: 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8790/.
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H.R. 8790, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8790/.
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