HR 7498
117th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural research
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
TEMP Act
Introduced: April 11, 2022
Introduced by:
Steube, W. Gregory
Republican
· Florida
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 5, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Apr 11, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 11, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies or the TEMP Act
This bill directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to conduct or enter into contracts to carry out research and development regarding a temperature-based index policy to insure crops on a nationally-available basis against losses due to a frost or cold weather event, including research to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management tools with respect to low frequency and catastrophic loss weather events.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1