Farmers who buy hurricane insurance would get clearer payment rules.
This bill would make it clearer how farmers get paid if their crops are damaged by a hurricane and they have special insurance. Starting in crop year 2027, the government would have to use specific weather data to decide if a county qualifies for payments. This could mean more consistent decisions for farmers.
Today, the rules for deciding county eligibility for Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index (HIP-WI) payments don't specifically name which weather data sets must be used. After this bill, starting with the 2027 crop year, the Department of Agriculture would be required to use the IBTrACS data set as the primary source, or a newly defined alternative data set under specific conditions, for these eligibility decisions.
HR 7462 · 119th Congress · February 10, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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