,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bf1       
#bjbe,ms4 ,houlahan 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,meuser7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend the ,federal ,crop ,insurance 
,act to require the research and        
development of a policy to insure the   
production of mushrooms4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protecting ,mushroom ,farmers ,act4    
#b4 ,research and development on        
mushrooms ,section #ebb7;c7 of the      
,federal ,crop ,insurance ,act 7#g      
,u4,s4,c4 #aebb7;c77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7#bj7 
,mushrooms  7,a7 ,in general ,the       
,corporation shall carry out research   
and development1 or offer to enter into 
#a or more contracts with #a or more    
qualified persons to carry out research 
and development1 regarding a policy to  
insure-- 7i7 the production of mushroom 

growing media2 and  7ii7 the production 
of mushrooms4  7,b7 ,availability of    
policy ,notwithstanding the second      
sentence of section #ejh7;a77#a71 and   
section #ejh7;a77#b71 the ,corporation  
shall make a policy described in        
subparagraph 7,a7 available if the      
requirements of section #ejh7;h7 are    
met4  7,c7 ,research and development    
described ,research and development     
described in subparagraph 7,a7 shall    
evaluate the effectiveness of policies  
described in that subparagraph1         
including policies that-- 7i7 are based 
on the risk of-- 7,i7 pests1 including  
mushroom phorid flies and sciarid flies2
  7,,ii7 fungal pathogens2 and  7,,iii7 
viral pathogens2  7ii7 consider other   
causes of loss applicable to mushroom   
compost and mushroom production1 such   
as-- 7,i7 a loss of electricity due to  
weather2 and  7,,ii7 loss of growing    
media due to excessive #e-year1         
#aj-year1 or #bj-year rainfall events2  
7iii7 consider appropriate best         

practices to minimize the risk of loss2 
7iv7 consider whether to provide        
coverage for mushrooms under #a policy  
or to provide coverage for various      
phases of production2  7v7 have         
streamlined reporting and paperwork     
requirements that take into account     
short propagation schedules1 variable   
crop years1 and the variety of mushrooms
 that may be produced in a single       
facility2 and  7vi7 provide protection  
for revenue losses4  7,d7 ,report ,not  
later than #b years after the date of   
enactment of this paragraph1 the        
,corporation shall submit to the        
,committee on ,agriculture of the ,house
 of ,representatives and the ,committee 
on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and        
,forestry of the ,senate a report that  
describes-- 7i7 the results of the      
research and development carried out    
under subparagraph 7,a72 and  7ii7 any  
recommendations with respect to those   
results4  4