S 3843 ยท TEMP Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Introduced
- Feb 11, 2026
- Latest action
- Feb 11, 2026
- Sponsor
- Sen. Ashley Moody [R-FL]
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Cosponsors
- 1
Summary
Temperature Event Mitigation Policy Act or the TEMP Act This bill directs the federal crop insurance program to provide for research and development regarding a temperature-based index policy to insure crops (including tomatoes, peppers, sugarcane, strawberries, melons, citrus, peaches, and blueberries) on a nationally-available basis against losses due to a frost or cold weather event. The research and development must (1) evaluate the effectiveness of risk management tools with respect to low frequency and catastrophic loss weather events, and (2) result in a policy that provides protection for production loss or revenue loss. The term policy means an insurance policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials. Under an index policy, claim payments are generally triggered based on a predetermined index that is entirely independent of the individual farm operation (e.g., temperature level). Under such a policy, the payments are automatically triggered when the index reaches a certain level rather than when an insured farmer files a claim.
Recent actions
- Feb 11, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Feb 11, 2026 Introduced in Senate
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.