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HR 5280 · in committee · significant

Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill expands the Emergency Watershed Protection Program to allow restoration beyond pre-disaster conditions when it improves long-term watershed health.
  • Farmers and agricultural communities affected by floods, droughts, fires, and windstorms benefit from expanded USDA technical and financial assistance.
  • The bill modifies existing program rules; no new funding authorization is mentioned.

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  1. 01

    How should federal assistance balance restoring farmland to its previous state versus investing in longer-term watershed improvements that might look different?

  2. 02

    Which agricultural communities or farm sizes do you think would benefit most from expanded disaster assistance, and who might face barriers to accessing it?

  3. 03

    What evidence would help determine whether modifying disaster recovery rules without new funding actually improves outcomes for farmers facing natural disasters?

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Zachary Nunn

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Introduced 2025-09-10

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-09-10 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

  2. 2025-09-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-09-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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