RESTORE Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1692 To extend and expand the Wildfire Hurricane Indemnity Program to cover losses due to high winds, polar vortexes, and hailstorms. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 9, 2021 Mr. JACKSON (for himself, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. BRADY, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. BABIN, and Mr. FALLON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To extend and expand the Wildfire Hurricane Indemnity Program to cover losses due to high winds, polar vortexes, and hailstorms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rehabilitating Eco- 4 nomic Success Through Overcoming Rural Emergencies 5 Act’’ or the ‘‘RESTORE Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:06 May 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1692.IH H1692 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1692 IH SEC. 2. USDA WILDFIRE HURRICANE INDEMNITY PROGRAM 1 EXTENSION AND EXPANSION. 2 The Secretary of Agriculture shall make payments 3 for necessary expenses related to losses of crops (including 4 losses due to high winds or derechos, polar vortexes (in- 5 cluding losses to dairy cooperatives due to power outages 6 or curtailments), hailstorms, freeze, and all losses eligible 7 for assistance under subpart O of part 760 of title 7, Code 8 of Federal Regulations, including any drought losses in 9 2020 and 2021, notwithstanding the limitations of section 10 791(b) of title VII of division B of the Further Consoli- 11 dated Appropriations Act, 2020) pursuant to title I of the 12 Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Re- 13 lief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–20), as amended by sec- 14 tion 116 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 15 (Public Law 116–59) and as further amended by sub- 16 section (c) of section 791 of the Further Consolidated Ap- 17 propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) for crop 18 losses in calendar year 2020 and calendar year 2021, ex- 19 cept that payments for losses incurred in 2020 and 2021 20 shall be— 21 (1) in the case of producers, subject only to the 22 limitations provided under section 760.1507 of title 23 7, Code of Federal Regulations; and 24 (2) in the case of dairy cooperatives, shall be 25 paid in the same manner and subject to the same 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:06 May 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1692.IH H1692 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1692 IH limitations as cooperative processors under section 1 791(c) of title VII of division B of the Further Con- 2 solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 3 116–94). 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:06 May 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1692.IH H1692 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS