H.R. 4308: Smoke Exposure Crop Insurance Act of 2023

118th Congress · introduced 2023-06-22 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-06-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Smoke Exposure Crop Insurance Act of 2023

Plain summary

Smoke Exposure Crop Insurance Act of 2023 This bill requires the federal crop insurance program (FCIP) to provide for the research and development of a policy to insure wine grapes (including wine grapes produced in California, Oregon, and Washington) against losses due to wildfire smoke exposure. (The term policy means an insurance policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.) The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, the agency that finances FCIP operations, must make any resulting policy available that meets specified FCIP requirements. The FCIP must also submit a report to Congress on the research and any resulting policy. The report must include the feasibility of a policy that allows producers to claim an indemnity through post-harvest, post-vinification testing if such testing demonstrates smoke damage that was not detectable prior to harvest.

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Smoke Exposure Crop Insurance Act of 2023

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · 11 cosponsors

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Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] 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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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr4308.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr4308 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118