Agriculture Committee, General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies or the TEMP Act This bill directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to conduct or enter into contracts to carry out 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, including research to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management tools with respect to low frequency and catastrophic loss weather events.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural insuranceAgricultural researchAtmospheric science and weatherCongressional oversight
TEMP Act
USA117th CongressHR-7498| House
| Updated: 5/5/2022
Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies or the TEMP Act This bill directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to conduct or enter into contracts to carry out 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, including research to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management tools with respect to low frequency and catastrophic loss weather events.