This bill provides funding to expand the Department of Agriculture's Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) to include coverage for losses of crops (including losses due to high winds or derechos) occurring in 2020. 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 2018 and 2019.
To make payments for certain losses of crops, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF WHIP PAYMENTS.

    To make payments for necessary expenses related to losses of crops 
(including losses due to high winds or derechos) pursuant to title I of 
the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 
2019 (Public Law 116-20), as amended by section 116 of the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-59) and as further amended by 
subsection (c) of section 791 of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94) for crop losses in crop 
year 2020 there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary.
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To make payments for certain losses of crops, and for other purposes.
To make payments for certain losses of crops, and for other purposes.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To make payments for certain losses of crops, and for other purposes.
Rep. Feenstra, Randy