Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6369

Cutting COSTS Act of 2025

Small Farm Support: Paying for Food Safety Audits

Jan 13·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A house committeeNo action in 6 months

The Cutting COSTS Act of 2025 is currently in the early stages of the legislative process within the House Committee on Agriculture. It has been sent to two subcommittees for further review and is considered actively moving. There are no upcoming votes scheduled at this time.

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The bill has support from both parties and helps small businesses, but it is currently in the early stages of the committee process.

Key Points

This bill would require the Department of Agriculture to pay the full cost of food safety audits for small farms and people who are new to farming.
To be eligible, a farm must earn less than $350,000 a year or be operated by a beginning farmer or rancher.
Many grocery stores require these specific audits before they will buy from a farm, but the costs can be too high for small operations to afford.
The program would run for five years and use money from the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay for the audits.
The government would track how many farmers use the program and whether it helps them sell their products in more retail stores.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Jan 13, 2026House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Jan 13, 2026House

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

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Dec 2, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Dec 2, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes, news coverage, or related bills recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Cutting COSTS Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 6369

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

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