119th Congress Agriculture and Food
S. 231: WEATHER Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill requires the federal crop insurance program (FCIP) to provide for the research and development of a single index insurance policy to insure against agricultural income losses due to covered weather conditions.
Specifically, the FCIP must develop a single index policy that is available in every state, each U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia to insure against agricultural income losses due to one or more covered weather conditions. Covered weather conditions are those found to be closely correlated with agricultural income losses, including high winds, excessive moisture and flooding, extreme heat, abnormal freeze conditions, wildfire, hail, drought, and any other severe weather or growing conditions applicable to small-scale farmers.
Under an index policy, claim payments are generally triggered based on a predetermined index that is entirely independent of the individual farm operation (e.g., rainfall level). Under such a policy, the payments are automatically triggered when the index reaches a certain level rather than when an insured farmer files a claim.
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In carrying out the research and development, the FCIP must hold stakeholder meetings to solicit producer and agent feedback.
In addition, the FCIP must make publicly available a report on the results of the research and development, and any recommendations to Congress with respect to those results.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Richard Blumenthal D-CTOriginal
- Christopher Murphy D-CTOriginal
- Alejandro Padilla D-CAOriginal
- Bernard Sanders I-VTOriginal
- Chris Van Hollen D-MDOriginal
- Elizabeth Warren D-MAOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Peter Welch SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Peter Welch.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.