S. 3843

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3843 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3843

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Federal Crop 
Insurance Corporation to conduct research and development on frost or 
cold weather insurance, and for other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 11, 2026

Mrs. Moody 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 direct the Federal Crop 
Insurance Corporation to conduct research and development on frost or 
cold weather insurance, 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 ``Temperature Event Mitigation Policy 
Act'' or the ``TEMP Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON FROST OR COLD WEATHER INSURANCE.

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) Frost or cold weather insurance.--
``(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 an index-
based policy to insure crops (including tomatoes, 
peppers, sugarcane, strawberries, melons, citrus, 
peaches, blueberries, and any other crop) on a 
nationally available basis against losses due to a 
frost or cold weather event.
``(B) Research and development.--Research and 
development under subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) evaluate the effectiveness of risk 
management tools, such as the use of an index, 
with respect to low frequency and catastrophic 
loss weather events; and
``(ii) result in a policy that provides 
protection for at least 1 of the following:
``(I) Production loss.
``(II) Revenue loss.
``(C) 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 this paragraph; 
and
``(ii) any recommendations with respect to 
those results.''.
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