Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4496 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4496

    To extend indemnity for wildfires and hurricanes, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2019

 Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Rice of South 
Carolina, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Young, Mrs. Roby, and Mr. Harder of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To extend indemnity for wildfires and hurricanes, 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 ``Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity 
Program Extension Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION.

    Title I of subdivision 1 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) is amended under the heading ``Department 
of Agriculture--Agricultural Programs--Processing, Research and 
Marketing--Office of the Secretary''--
            (1) by striking ``December 31, 2019'' and inserting 
        ``December 31, 2021'';
            (2) by inserting ``Florence, Michael,'' after ``Maria,'';
            (3) by inserting ``, 2018, or 2019'' after ``occurring in 
        calendar year 2017''; and
            (4) by inserting ``, including disasters occurring in 
        calendar year 2017, 2018, or 2019,'' after ``such losses''.
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