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H.R. 267: 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Ac

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H.R. 267: 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Ac

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-11 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Ac

Plain summary

2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act This bill expands disaster indemnity programs through which the Department of Agriculture provides payments to agricultural producers for crop and milk losses resulting from hurricanes, wildfires, and other qualifying natural disasters. In particular, the bill extends the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+), the On-Farm Storage Loss Program, and the Milk Loss Program to make losses that occurred in the 2021 and 2022 calendar years eligible for payments. Under current law, these programs provide disaster payments to agricultural producers with crop and milk losses resulting from qualifying natural disasters that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years.

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Official text

2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Ac

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] · 61 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 267, 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act (2022-12-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Barry Moore (R-AL), David Rouzer (R-NC), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Ami Bera (D-CA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and 1 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] reported raising $5.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr267 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117