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HR 2396 · in committee · significant

Honor Farmer Contracts Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires USDA to release frozen funding for farm agreements and contracts made before enactment.
  • Farmers and agricultural service entities are affected, along with rural communities relying on USDA offices.
  • USDA must pay overdue amounts quickly and cannot close farm service offices without 60 days' notice to Congress.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    What are the specific farm agreements or contracts that have had funding frozen, and how long have they been waiting for payment?

  2. 02

    How would requiring USDA to maintain farm service offices for 60 days before closure affect rural communities that depend on those offices?

  3. 03

    What prevented USDA from releasing this frozen funding previously, and what safeguards does the bill include to prevent future funding delays?

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Sponsor · D-NM-2

Gabe Vasquez

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Introduced 2025-04-18

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-18 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

  2. 2025-03-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

  3. 2025-03-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-03-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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