Ways and Means Committee, Agriculture Committee, Budget Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
The Farm and Family Relief Act aims to provide comprehensive economic assistance to agricultural producers across several sectors and support food security. It begins by amending the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to delay the implementation of benefit and administrative cost shifts for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from 2028 to 2032 and from 2027 to 2029, respectively. For producers of eligible commodities such as wheat, corn, and cotton, the bill mandates one-time economic assistance payments for the 2025 crop year. These payments are triggered if the expected gross return per acre is less than the expected cost of production, with amounts calculated as 65 percent of the economic loss, reduced by any other federal assistance received. Payment limitations are set at $125,000 or $250,000, depending on the percentage of income derived from farming activities. The bill allocates $330,000,000 for block grants to sugar beet cooperatives, enabling them to compensate members for 2025 economic losses. Furthermore, it establishes a $5,000,000,000 program for one-time payments to specialty crop producers, including new producers, to aid in expanding or developing domestic markets, with a maximum payment of $900,000 per producer. Financial assistance is also provided for qualified timber losses, offering one-time payments or grants up to $40,000, or loans/loan guarantees up to $5,000,000, with a total appropriation of $500,000,000. The bill also establishes a Forest Service Office of Technology Transfer and a Technology Transfer Working Group to enhance the commercial impact of Forest Service research, funded with $5,000,000 annually through fiscal year 2031. Finally, the Act amends the International Forestry Cooperation Act of 1990 to create a Domestic Market Assistance Program, funded with $15,000,000, to access and expand international markets for U.S. agricultural timber products. It also mandates the termination of duties imposed by several specified Executive Orders, effectively removing certain tariffs. All funds provided under this Act are designated as an emergency requirement by Congress.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Agriculture and Food
Farm and Family Relief Act
USA119th CongressHR-7206| House
| Updated: 1/22/2026
The Farm and Family Relief Act aims to provide comprehensive economic assistance to agricultural producers across several sectors and support food security. It begins by amending the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to delay the implementation of benefit and administrative cost shifts for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from 2028 to 2032 and from 2027 to 2029, respectively. For producers of eligible commodities such as wheat, corn, and cotton, the bill mandates one-time economic assistance payments for the 2025 crop year. These payments are triggered if the expected gross return per acre is less than the expected cost of production, with amounts calculated as 65 percent of the economic loss, reduced by any other federal assistance received. Payment limitations are set at $125,000 or $250,000, depending on the percentage of income derived from farming activities. The bill allocates $330,000,000 for block grants to sugar beet cooperatives, enabling them to compensate members for 2025 economic losses. Furthermore, it establishes a $5,000,000,000 program for one-time payments to specialty crop producers, including new producers, to aid in expanding or developing domestic markets, with a maximum payment of $900,000 per producer. Financial assistance is also provided for qualified timber losses, offering one-time payments or grants up to $40,000, or loans/loan guarantees up to $5,000,000, with a total appropriation of $500,000,000. The bill also establishes a Forest Service Office of Technology Transfer and a Technology Transfer Working Group to enhance the commercial impact of Forest Service research, funded with $5,000,000 annually through fiscal year 2031. Finally, the Act amends the International Forestry Cooperation Act of 1990 to create a Domestic Market Assistance Program, funded with $15,000,000, to access and expand international markets for U.S. agricultural timber products. It also mandates the termination of duties imposed by several specified Executive Orders, effectively removing certain tariffs. All funds provided under this Act are designated as an emergency requirement by Congress.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.