This bill changes how the Department of Agriculture decides if a farmer should receive a hurricane insurance payment. It focuses on a specific type of coverage that pays out based on wind speeds in a county during a storm rather than just individual crop damage.
Currently, if official weather stations are damaged or stop working during a hurricane, it can be difficult to prove that wind speeds were high enough to trigger a payment. This bill allows the government to use backup data from local land-grant universities to fill in those gaps and ensure farmers get paid.
The new rules would require the government to use a specific global database of storm tracks as the primary source of information. If that data is missing or incomplete because of equipment damage, the backup university data can be used to make sure farmers don't lose out on money they are owed.
These changes would start with the 2027 growing season. The goal is to make the insurance process more reliable so that farmers in hurricane-prone areas can get financial help faster after a disaster, even if the local weather equipment is destroyed by the storm.
Milestones
2 milestones2 actions
Feb 10, 2026House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 10, 2026
Introduced in House
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Farmers’ AID Relief Act
Bill NumberHR 7462
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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