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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1816 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require research and |
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| 6 | 6 | | development regarding a policy to insure the production of mushrooms. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JUNE6, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. F |
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| 10 | 10 | | ETTERMAN(for himself and Mr. CASEY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- |
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| 12 | 12 | | trition, and Forestry |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require re- |
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| 15 | 15 | | search and development regarding a policy to insure the |
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| 16 | 16 | | production of mushrooms. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Mushroom 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Farmers Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | lowing: 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 1816 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘(20) MUSHROOMS.— 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | N GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | carry out research and development, or offer to 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | qualified persons to carry out research and de-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | velopment, regarding a policy to insure the pro-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | duction of mushrooms or revenue derived from 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the production of mushrooms. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 39 | 39 | | EPORT.—Not later than 1 year 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the Corporation shall submit to the Committee 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and Forestry of the Senate a report that de-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | scribes— 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(i) the results of the research and 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | development carried out under subpara-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | graph (A); and 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(ii) any recommendations with re-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | spect to those results.’’. 20 |
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