HR 3982 · in committee · significant
To establish a Tariff Response and Damages to Exports fund, and for other purposes.
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill creates a fund to collect tariff revenues on agricultural imports and use them to help farmers.
- Agricultural producers affected by trade disputes, export losses, or increased production costs receive payments.
- USDA administers the fund through 2030, then unspent money is returned to the Treasury.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should the government decide which farmers receive payments from tariff revenues, and what criteria would be fairest?
- 02
If tariff revenues decline or prove insufficient, should the fund be supplemented with general tax dollars or left underfunded?
- 03
What evidence suggests that direct payments to farmers are more effective than other approaches like trade negotiation or crop insurance expansion?
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Sponsor · R-LA-5
Julia Letlow
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Introduced 2025-06-12
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Legislative timeline
2025-06-12 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2025-06-12 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2025-06-12 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-06-12 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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