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To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to conduct research and development on frost or cold weather insurance, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to conduct research and development on an index-based frost or cold weather insurance policy for crops. The research would evaluate risk management tools for protecting crops including tomatoes, peppers, sugarcane, strawberries, melons, citrus, peaches, blueberries, and other crops against losses from frost or cold weather events on a nationally-available basis. The resulting insurance policy would provide protection against either production loss or revenue loss from these low-frequency, catastrophic weather events. The Corporation may conduct this research directly or contract with qualified persons to carry it out. The Corporation must submit a report to Congress within one year of enactment describing the research results and any recommendations regarding the frost or cold weather insurance policy.
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Sponsor (1)
20 cosponsors
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL)
- Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] (R-FL)
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA)
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL)
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC)
- Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6] (R-FL)
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL)
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL)
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] (R-FL)
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL)
- Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] (R-FL)
- Rep. Patronis, Jimmy [R-FL-1] (R-FL)
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL)
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL)
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL)
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA)
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL)
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Actions (3)
- Mar 20, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. · house
- Feb 10, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Feb 10, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 10, 2026
Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Soto, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Steube, Mr. Patronis, Mr. Mills, Mr. Fine, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Rutherford, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Subramanyam, and Mr. Buchanan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to conduct research and development on frost or cold weather insurance, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Temperature Event Mitigation Policy Act” or the “TEMP Act”.
SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON FROST OR COLD WEATHER INSURANCE.
Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(20) Frost or cold weather insurance.—
“(A) In general.—The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research and development, regarding an index- based policy to insure crops (including tomatoes, peppers, sugarcane, strawberries, melons, citrus, peaches, blueberries, and any other crop) on a nationally-available basis against losses due to a frost or cold weather event.
“(B) Research and development.—Research and development under subparagraph (A) shall—
“(i) evaluate the effectiveness of risk management tools, such as the use of an index, with respect to low frequency and catastrophic loss weather events; and
“(ii) result in a policy that provides protection for at least 1 of the following:
“(I) Production loss.
“(II) Revenue loss.
“(C) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—
“(i) the results of the research and development carried out under this paragraph; and
“(ii) any recommendations with respect to those results.”. <all>
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