# 119-hr-1613: Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act

119-hr-1613, Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1613
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

This bill would create a time-limited federal research program to design and test a crop insurance policy for mushroom growing media and mushroom production. **Mushroom crop insurance research** would focus on pest and disease risks, weather-driven losses, streamlined reporting, and revenue protection. - Mushroom farmers: Would aim to produce insurance options that cover production and growing-media losses and revenue shortfalls. Research must consider pests (mushroom phorid flies and sciarid flies), fungal and viral pathogens, electricity loss from weather, and excessive rainfall events over 5-, 10-, or 20-year periods. - Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and contractors: Would authorize the Corporation to conduct R&D and enter contracts with qualified parties to develop policy designs. The Corporation must evaluate single-policy versus phased coverage, identify best practices and simplified paperwork for short propagation cycles, and report results and recommendations to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees within two years.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Path to crop insurance for mushroom farms: benefit, medium. If enacted, the government would study and help build a crop insurance policy for mushroom growing media and mushrooms. The study would test coverage for pests (like phorid and sciarid flies), fungal and viral disease, power loss from weather, and heavy rain that destroys growing media. It would al…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1613 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1613)

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- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-1505: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1505)
- [119-hr-1254: Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1254)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1613 (as of 2026-04-21).