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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5473

Farm Rescue Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-09-18Topic: agriculture food · economy jobs · budget

Summary

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This bill changes federal farm law so that farmers can get part of their 2025 price loss coverage payments early. Within 90 days of the law taking effect, if the Secretary of Agriculture projects that these payments will be owed for a crop, farmers could choose to receive a one-time advance payment of 40 to 50 percent of the projected amount. After the crop's marketing year ends, farmers would receive the rest of the payment they are owed, minus the advance. If an advance turns out not to have been owed, the Secretary may take the money back.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-12-02HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.refer
2025-09-18HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.refer
2025-09-18Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-09-18Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.