HR 4496 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019

Introduced Sep 25, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Austin Scott R-GA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 11, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 25, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019

This bill 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.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 25, 2019 to Oct 18, 2019, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NCDavid RouzerOriginalSep 25, 2019
R-AKDon YoungOriginalSep 25, 2019
D-CAJosh HarderOriginalSep 25, 2019
R-ALMartha RobyOriginalSep 25, 2019
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalSep 25, 2019
R-FLTed S. YohoOriginalSep 25, 2019
R-SCTom RiceOriginalSep 25, 2019
R-TXBrian BabinSep 27, 2019
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordSep 27, 2019
D-HITulsi GabbardSep 27, 2019
R-ALBradley ByrneOct 18, 2019
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOct 18, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 11, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
  2. Sep 25, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Sep 25, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2019Introduced in House

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