Bridge the Gap for Rural Communities Act

This bill would suspend the federal limits on how much a person or legal entity can receive in farm program payments for crop year 2025. It would let farm producers who sign up by December 1, 2025 receive an early partial payment under the price loss coverage program by December 31, 2025. The early payment would equal 50 percent of the projected payment for each covered crop, based on recent government price estimates. Producers would later receive the rest of what they are owed, or repay any amount they were overpaid, without interest.

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Sponsors

• Eric A. "Rick" Crawford Republican sponsor
• 30 cosponsors