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S 1172 · in committee · significant

Honor Farmer Contracts Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires USDA to release frozen funding for farm agreements and contracts and pay back amounts owed.
  • Farmers and agricultural service providers are affected, along with rural communities served by USDA offices.
  • The bill takes effect upon enactment and requires 60-day Congressional notice before any USDA office closures.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    What specific farm agreements and contracts does this bill consider 'frozen,' and how long have farmers been waiting for these payments?

  2. 02

    How would the 60-day notice requirement for USDA office closures affect rural communities that depend on these local agricultural services?

  3. 03

    What caused the funding freeze in the first place, and does releasing it now address the underlying issue or create other budget pressures?

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Sponsor · D-NJ

Cory A. Booker

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Introduced 2025-03-27

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-03-27 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  2. 2025-03-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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