RESTORE Act
- Last Action
- 5/21/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-21Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
- 2021-03-09Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2021-03-09Introduced in House
- 2021-03-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-09 (00)
Rehabilitating Economic Success Through Overcoming Rural Emergencies Act or the RESTORE Act
This bill expands the Department of Agriculture's Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) to include coverage for losses of crops due to high winds or derechos, polar vortexes (including losses to dairy cooperatives due to power outages or curtailments), hailstorms, freeze, and droughts occurring in the 2020 and 2021 calendar years, with specified limitations. 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.
Cosponsors (15)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- KEVIN BRADY (R-TX)
- Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
- Michael Burgess (R-TX)
- PETE SESSIONS (R-TX)
- Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
- Randy Weber (R-TX)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)
- August Pfluger (R-TX)
- Tony Gonzales (R-TX)
- Brian Babin (R-TX)
- Pat Fallon (R-TX)
- Michael Cloud (R-TX)
- Tom Cole (R-OK)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Agricultural insurance
- Appropriations
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Department of Agriculture
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Fires
- Natural disasters
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