US Congress House Bill 4496 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)
Status: Introduced on September 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019

Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]
Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
2019-09-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2019-09-25	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4496/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4496/BILLS-116hr4496ih.pdf