GRAPE Act

This bill tells the federal crop insurance program to create insurance to protect grape growers from freeze damage. It covers table grapes, wine grapes, and juice grapes. The agency must research and develop this kind of insurance and then offer it if it meets program rules.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Farmers who grow table, wine, and juice grapes.
• What changes: The agency must research and develop a freeze-damage insurance policy and make it available if it meets requirements; it must also send a report to Congress on what it did and the policies offered.
• When: Research and development must start and be done within 1 year of the law taking effect; the policy must be available within 18 months if it qualifies; the report is due within 2 years.