119-hr1613

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1613 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1613

 To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the research and 
 development of a policy to insure the production of mushrooms.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 26, 2025

 Ms. Houlahan (for herself and Mr. Meuser) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the research and 
 development of a policy to insure the production of mushrooms.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON MUSHROOMS.

 

Section 522
            (c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522
            (c) ) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (20) Mushrooms.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The Corporation shall carry out 
 research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or 
 more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to 
 carry out research and development, regarding a policy 
 to insure--
 ``
            (i) the production of mushroom growing 
 media; and
 ``
            (ii) the production of mushrooms.
 ``
        (B) Availability of 

=== policy ===
-Notwithstanding the 
 second sentence of 

section 508

    (a)

    (1) , and 

section 508

    (a)

    (2) , the Corporation shall make a policy 
 described in subparagraph
        (A) available if the 
 requirements of 

section 508

    (h) are met.
 ``
            (C) Research and development described.--Research 
 and development described in subparagraph
        (A) shall 
 evaluate the effectiveness of policies described in 
 that subparagraph, including policies that--
 ``
            (i) are based on the risk of--
 ``
            (I) pests, including mushroom 
 phorid flies and sciarid flies;
 ``
            (II) fungal pathogens; and
 ``
            (III) viral pathogens;
 ``
            (ii) consider other causes of loss 
 applicable to mushroom compost and mushroom 
 production, such as--
 ``
            (I) a loss of electricity due to 
 weather; and
 ``
            (II) loss of growing media due to 
 excessive 5-year, 10-year, or 20-year 
 rainfall events;
 ``
            (iii) consider appropriate best practices 
 to minimize the risk of loss;
 ``
            (iv) consider whether to provide coverage 
 for mushrooms under 1 policy or to provide 
 coverage for various phases of production;
 ``
            (v) have streamlined reporting and 
 paperwork requirements that take into account 
 short propagation schedules, variable crop 
 years, and the variety of mushrooms that may be 
 produced in a single facility; and
 ``
            (vi) provide protection for revenue 
 losses.
 ``
            (D) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the 
 date of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation 
 shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
 House of Representatives and the Committee on 
 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 
 report that describes--
 ``
            (i) the results of the research and 
 development carried out under subparagraph
        (A) ; 
 and
 ``
            (ii) any recommendations with respect to 
 those results.''.
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