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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2134 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require research and develop- |
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| 6 | 6 | | ment regarding a policy to insure wine grapes against losses due to |
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| 7 | 7 | | smoke exposure, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JUNE22, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. P |
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| 11 | 11 | | ADILLA(for himself, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. WYDEN) |
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| 12 | 12 | | introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require re- |
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| 16 | 16 | | search and development regarding a policy to insure wine |
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| 17 | 17 | | grapes against losses due to smoke exposure, and for |
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| 18 | 18 | | other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smoke Exposure Crop 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Insurance Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 2134 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. POLICY TO INSURE WINE GRAPES AGAINST LOSSES 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | DUE TO SMOKE EXPOSURE. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | lowing: 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(20) W |
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| 33 | 33 | | INE GRAPES.— 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the Corporation shall carry out research and 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | development, or offer to enter into 1 or more 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | carry out research and development, regarding 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | a policy to insure wine grapes (including wine 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | grapes produced in the States of California, Or-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | egon, and Washington) against losses due to 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | wildfire smoke exposure. 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 46 | 46 | | VAILABILITY OF POLICY.—Notwith-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | standing the second sentence of section 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 508(a)(1), and section 508(a)(2), not later than 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18 months after the date of enactment of this 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | paragraph, the Corporation shall make available 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | a policy described in subparagraph (A) if the 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | requirements of section 508(h) are met with re-23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | spect to that policy. 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(C) R |
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| 55 | 55 | | EPORT.—Not later than 2 years 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •S 2134 IS |
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| 60 | 60 | | the Corporation shall submit to the Committees 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | on Appropriations and Agriculture of the House 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | of Representatives and the Committees on Ap-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | propriations and Agriculture, Nutrition, and 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Forestry of the Senate a report that includes— 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(i) the results of the research carried 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | out under subparagraph (A); 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(ii) a description of the policy made 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | available under subparagraph (B); and 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(iii) an evaluation of the feasibility of 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | a policy that allows producers to claim an 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | indemnity through post-harvest, post- 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | vinification testing, if such testing dem-13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | onstrates smoke damage that was not de-14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | tectable prior to harvest.’’. 15 |
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