{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-6186","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":6186,"title":"TEMP Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2023-11-02","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"F000472","fullName":"Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18]","party":"R","state":"FL","district":18}],"cosponsorsCount":5,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2024-03-01","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit."},"policyArea":"Agriculture and Food","subjects":["Agricultural insurance","Agricultural research","Atmospheric science and weather","Congressional oversight"],"actions":[{"date":"2024-03-01","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-11-02","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-11-02","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-11-02","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies Act or the</strong> <strong>TEMP Act </strong></p><p>This bill directs the federal crop insurance program to provide for research and development regarding a temperature-based index policy to insure crops on a nationally-available basis against losses due to a frost or cold weather event.</p><p>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.&nbsp;</p><p>(The term&nbsp;<em>policy</em> means an insurance policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->","updateDate":"2025-12-05T08:36:47Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":312,"ts":"2026-04-15T03:44:23.116Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=TEMP%20Act"}]}}