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.
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Introduction
Feb 2026
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Introduced Feb 10, 2026
Last action Mar 20, 2026
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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.
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Feb 10, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Party
State
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Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
RRepublican
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Rick W. Allen
RRepublican
Co
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
DDemocratic
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