H.R. 7462

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7462 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7462

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to use certain data sets when determining eligibility 
related to indemnity payments under the Hurricane Insurance Protection-
Wind Index endorsement, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 10, 2026

Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Bishop, and Mr. Allen) 
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 direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to use certain data sets when determining eligibility 
related to indemnity payments under the Hurricane Insurance Protection-
Wind Index endorsement, 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 ``Farmers' Assistance and Immediate 
Disaster Relief Act'' or the ``Farmers' AID Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. HURRICANE INSURANCE PROTECTION-WIND INDEX ENDORSEMENT.

(a) In General.--Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1508) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(q) Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index Endorsement.--
``(1) Determination of payment eligibility.--
``(A) In general.--Beginning with crop year 2027, 
in determining whether a county is eligible with 
respect to a hurricane weather event for an indemnity 
payment under HIP-WI, the Secretary shall--
``(i) use the IBTrACS data set; or
``(ii) subject to subparagraph (B), use the 
alternative data set compiled pursuant to 
paragraph (2).
``(B) Condition for use of alternative data set.--
For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary may 
only use the alternative data set compiled pursuant to 
paragraph (2) if--
``(i) the data set specified in 
subparagraph (A)(i) is incomplete, as 
determined by the Secretary; and
``(ii) one of the following conditions is 
met:
``(I) A weather station operated by 
National Weather Service in the county 
subject to the determination of 
eligibility in subparagraph (A), or an 
adjacent county, was damaged.
``(II) Any other source of data for 
making such determination in such 
county or an adjacent county was 
damaged.
``(III) Any such station or other 
source provided incomplete data, as 
determined by the Secretary.
``(2) Compilation of alternative data set.--For purposes of 
determining eligibility under paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the 
Secretary shall compile, and make available to the public on 
the website of the Department related to HIP-WI, an alternative 
data set for the hurricane weather event prompting such 
determination using data that--
``(A) is collected for a specified time period 
during such weather event, as determined by the 
Secretary;
``(B) contains the same types of data contained in 
the IBTrACS data set; and
``(C) is consistent with the form of such types of 
data, as determined by the Secretary.
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) HIP-WI.--The term `HIP-WI' means the 
Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index endorsement 
established in 2020 by the Risk Management Agency of 
the Department.
``(B) IBTrACS data set.--The term `IBTrACS data 
set' means the International Best Track Archive for 
Climate Stewardship data set from the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, including the season, 
name, time, location in latitude and longitude, maximum 
sustained winds, hurricane category, and wind extents 
data associated with a hurricane weather event.
``(C) Alternative data set.--The term `alternative 
data set' means data collected by a weather station 
that is--
``(i) operated by a land-grant college or 
university (as defined in section 1404 of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); 
and
``(ii) certified, at the time data is 
collected for purposes of paragraph (2), as 
compliant with standards issued by the National 
Weather Service, including the standards 
described in the directive issued on November 
9, 2023, entitled `National Weather Service 
Instruction 10-1302' (or successor 
directives).''.
(b) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
(1) issue such rules as may be necessary to implement the 
amendment made by this section; and
(2) revise any guidance relating to the Hurricane Insurance 
Protection-Wind Index endorsement established in 2020 by the 
Risk Management Agency of the Department of Agriculture.
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