[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4308 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4308

  To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Federal Crop 
Insurance Corporation to carry out research and development regarding a 
policy to insure wine grapes against losses due to smoke exposure, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2023

  Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Panetta, 
   Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. 
   Huffman, Mr. Costa, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. 
 Blumenauer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Federal Crop 
Insurance Corporation to carry out research and development regarding a 
policy to insure wine grapes against losses due to smoke exposure, 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 ``Smoke Exposure Crop Insurance Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. POLICY TO INSURE WINE GRAPES AGAINST LOSSES DUE TO SMOKE 
              EXPOSURE.

    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) Wine grapes.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of the enactment of this paragraph, 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 a policy to insure wine grapes 
                (including wine grapes produced in the States of 
                California, Oregon, and Washington) against losses due 
                to wildfire smoke exposure.
                    ``(B) Availability of policy.--Notwithstanding the 
                last sentence of section 508(a)(1), and section 
                508(a)(2), not later than 18 months after the date of 
                the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall 
                make available a policy described in subparagraph (A) 
                if the requirements of section 508(h) are met.
                    ``(C) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the 
                date of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation 
                shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and 
                Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committees on Appropriations and Agriculture, 
                Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that 
                includes--
                            ``(i) the results of the research conducted 
                        under subparagraph (A);
                            ``(ii) a description of the policies made 
                        available under this paragraph; and
                            ``(iii) the feasibility of a product that 
                        allows producers to claim an indemnity through 
                        post-harvest, post-vinification testing, if 
                        such testing demonstrates smoke damage that was 
                        not detectable prior to harvest.''.
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