Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 741 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 741

    To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require research and 
 development regarding a policy to insure the production of mushrooms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2025

Mr. Fetterman (for himself and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require research and 
 development regarding a policy to insure the production of mushrooms.

    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 ``Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

    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) Mushrooms.--
                    ``(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 a policy 
                to insure the production of mushrooms or revenue 
                derived from the production of mushrooms.
                    ``(B) 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 subparagraph (A); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) any recommendations with respect to 
                        those results.''.
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