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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1613 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the research and |
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| 6 | 6 | | development of a policy to insure the production of mushrooms. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | OULAHAN(for herself and Mr. MEUSER) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the |
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| 14 | 14 | | research and development of a policy to insure the pro- |
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| 15 | 15 | | duction of mushrooms. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Mushroom 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Farmers Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON MUSHROOMS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | lowing: 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ‘‘(20) M |
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| 26 | 26 | | USHROOMS.— 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | carry out research and development, or offer to 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | qualified persons to carry out research and de-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | velopment, regarding a policy to insure— 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(i) the production of mushroom 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | growing media; and 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(ii) the production of mushrooms. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 39 | 39 | | VAILABILITY OF POLICY.—Notwith-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | standing the second sentence of section 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 508(a)(1), and section 508(a)(2), the Corpora-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tion shall make a policy described in subpara-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | graph (A) available if the requirements of sec-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tion 508(h) are met. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(C) R |
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| 46 | 46 | | ESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DE -15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SCRIBED.—Research and development described 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | in subparagraph (A) shall evaluate the effective-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ness of policies described in that subparagraph, 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | including policies that— 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(i) are based on the risk of— 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(I) pests, including mushroom 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | phorid flies and sciarid flies; 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(II) fungal pathogens; and 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(III) viral pathogens; 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(ii) consider other causes of loss ap-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | plicable to mushroom compost and mush-2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | room production, such as— 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(I) a loss of electricity due to 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | weather; and 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(II) loss of growing media due 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | to excessive 5-year, 10-year, or 20- 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | year rainfall events; 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(iii) consider appropriate best prac-9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | tices to minimize the risk of loss; 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(iv) consider whether to provide cov-11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | erage for mushrooms under 1 policy or to 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | provide coverage for various phases of pro-13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | duction; 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘(v) have streamlined reporting and 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | paperwork requirements that take into ac-16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | count short propagation schedules, variable 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | crop years, and the variety of mushrooms 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | that may be produced in a single facility; 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | and 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(vi) provide protection for revenue 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | losses. 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(D) R |
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| 82 | 82 | | EPORT.—Not later than 2 years 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | the Corporation shall submit to the Committee 25 |
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| 87 | 87 | | •HR 1613 IH |
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| 88 | 88 | | on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | and Forestry of the Senate a report that de-3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | scribes— 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(i) the results of the research and 5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | development carried out under subpara-6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | graph (A); and 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(ii) any recommendations with re-8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | spect to those results.’’. 9 |
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