HR 7462 United States House · 119th Congress

Farmers’ AID Relief Act

This bill amends federal crop insurance rules to create a new "Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index endorsement" (HIP-WI) for farmers. It requires the Agriculture Secretary to use NOAA's hurricane data (IBTrACS) as the primary method to determine if a county qualifies for insurance payments after a hurricane, starting in 2027. If that data is incomplete due to damaged weather stations or data sources, the Secretary may use an alternative dataset collected by NWS-certified weather stations at land-grant universities. The bill also mandates the Secretary to issue implementing regulations within 180 days of enactment. This directly affects farmers in hurricane-impacted counties seeking crop insurance payments.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 10, 2026 Last action Mar 20, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Mar 20, 2026
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors