HR 6186 · 118th Congress · Agriculture and Food

TEMP Act

Introduced 2023-11-02· Sponsored by Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.(2024-03-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies Act or the TEMP Act This bill directs the federal crop insurance program to provide for 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. The research and development must (1) evaluate the effectiveness of risk management tools with respect to low frequency and catastrophic loss weather events, and (2) result in a policy that provides protection for production loss or revenue loss.  (The term  policy means an insurance policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.)  …

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Cosponsors (5)

1 Democrat4 Republicans