,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aj1       
#bjbf,mr4 ,scott ,franklin of ,florida  
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4      
,soto1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,georgia1 ,ms4   
,lee of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,steube1 ,mr4    
,patronis1 ,mr4 ,mills1 ,mr4 ,fine1 ,ms4
 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,rutherford1 
,mrs4 ,cammack1 ,mr4 ,subramanyam1 and  
,mr4 ,buchanan7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,agriculture  ,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 insurance1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,temperature ,event 
,mitigation ,policy ,act or the ,,temp  
,act4  #b4 ,research and development on 
frost or cold weather insurance ,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 ,frost or cold weather
 insurance  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 an           
index-based policy to insure crops      
7including tomatoes1 peppers1 sugarcane1
 strawberries1 melons1 citrus1 peaches1 
blueberries1 and any other crop7 on a   
nationally-available basis against      
losses due to a frost or cold weather   
event4  7,b7 ,research and development  
,research and development under         
subparagraph 7,a7 shall-- 7i7 evaluate  
the effectiveness of risk management    
tools1 such as the use of an index1 with
 respect to low frequency and           
catastrophic loss weather events2 and   
7ii7 result in a policy that provides   
protection for at least #a of the       
following3 7,i7 ,production loss4       
7,,ii7 ,revenue loss4  7,c7 ,report ,not

 later than #a year 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 this paragraph2 and  7ii7 any     
recommendations with respect to those   
results4  4