HR 292
119th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
GRAPE Act
Introduced: January 9, 2025
Introduced by:
Langworthy, Nicholas A.
Republican
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Jan 9, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 9, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Grape Research And Protection Expansion Act or the GRAPE Act
This bill requires the federal crop insurance program (FCIP) to provide for the research and development of a policy to insure table, wine, and juice grapes against losses due to a freeze event. (Under current law, the term policy means an insurance policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.) The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, the agency that finances FCIP operations, must make any resulting policy available that meets specified FCIP requirements.
The FCIP must also submit a report to Congress on the research and any resulting policy.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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