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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1613
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the research and
development of a policy to insure the production of mushrooms.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY26, 2025
Ms. H
OULAHAN(for herself and Mr. MEUSER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the
research and development of a policy to insure the pro-
duction of mushrooms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Mushroom 4
Farmers Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON MUSHROOMS. 6
Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 7
U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-8
lowing: 9
‘‘(20) M
USHROOMS.— 10
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 1
carry out research and development, or offer to 2
enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more 3
qualified persons to carry out research and de-4
velopment, regarding a policy to insure— 5
‘‘(i) the production of mushroom 6
growing media; and 7
‘‘(ii) the production of mushrooms. 8
‘‘(B) A
VAILABILITY OF POLICY.—Notwith-9
standing the second sentence of section 10
508(a)(1), and section 508(a)(2), the Corpora-11
tion shall make a policy described in subpara-12
graph (A) available if the requirements of sec-13
tion 508(h) are met. 14
‘‘(C) R
ESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DE -15
SCRIBED.—Research and development described 16
in subparagraph (A) shall evaluate the effective-17
ness of policies described in that subparagraph, 18
including policies that— 19
‘‘(i) are based on the risk of— 20
‘‘(I) pests, including mushroom 21
phorid flies and sciarid flies; 22
‘‘(II) fungal pathogens; and 23
‘‘(III) viral pathogens; 24
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‘‘(ii) consider other causes of loss ap-1
plicable to mushroom compost and mush-2
room production, such as— 3
‘‘(I) a loss of electricity due to 4
weather; and 5
‘‘(II) loss of growing media due 6
to excessive 5-year, 10-year, or 20- 7
year rainfall events; 8
‘‘(iii) consider appropriate best prac-9
tices to minimize the risk of loss; 10
‘‘(iv) consider whether to provide cov-11
erage for mushrooms under 1 policy or to 12
provide coverage for various phases of pro-13
duction; 14
‘‘(v) have streamlined reporting and 15
paperwork requirements that take into ac-16
count short propagation schedules, variable 17
crop years, and the variety of mushrooms 18
that may be produced in a single facility; 19
and 20
‘‘(vi) provide protection for revenue 21
losses. 22
‘‘(D) R
EPORT.—Not later than 2 years 23
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 24
the Corporation shall submit to the Committee 25
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on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 1
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 2
and Forestry of the Senate a report that de-3
scribes— 4
‘‘(i) the results of the research and 5
development carried out under subpara-6
graph (A); and 7
‘‘(ii) any recommendations with re-8
spect to those results.’’. 9
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