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Congress·In Committee·about 1 month ago

Congress Proposes $5.8 Billion Relief Package for Farmers and Food Assistance Programs

Also known as: Farm and Family Relief Act

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Impact Analysis

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Key Points

  • This bill provides billions of dollars in one-time payments to farmers who lost money in 2025. These payments are meant to help growers of major crops like corn, wheat, and cotton if their production costs were higher than the money they made selling their harvest.
  • The plan includes $5 billion specifically for specialty crops, which covers a wide range of products including fruits, vegetables, honey, and even Christmas trees. This money is intended to help these growers find new customers and expand their businesses.
  • To help families, the bill delays changes to food assistance programs. It ensures the federal government continues to pay its current share of costs for several more years instead of shifting those expenses to state governments.
  • The logging and sugar industries would receive targeted support, including $500 million for timber businesses and $330 million for sugar beet cooperatives to help them recover from recent financial struggles.
  • The bill would cancel several recent executive orders that added taxes, known as tariffs, on certain imported goods. This move is designed to change how those products are traded and priced.
  • A new office would be created within the Forest Service to help turn government research into new products and technologies that businesses can use, with $5 million in annual funding through 2031.
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Milestones

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Jan 22, 2026House

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced in House

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Agri-Pulse·about 1 month ago

Top House Ag Democrat files bill to provide $17 billion more farm aid

Rep. Angie Craig introduced the Farm and Family Relief Act, proposing $17 billion in new aid for farmers and a rollback of President Trump’s tariffs. The bill includes $5 billion for specialty crops and delays SNAP cost-shifts to states by four years to protect food assistance benefits.

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Politico·about 2 months ago

House Ag Dems launch $17B farm aid plan

House Agriculture Committee Democrats are pushing a $17 billion economic aid package for farmers, combined with new nutrition and tariff policies. Spearheaded by Rep. Angie Craig, the proposal seeks to delay state responsibility for food aid and return tariff authority to Congress.

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RFD-TV·about 2 months ago

Farm And Family Relief Act Targets Tariffs, SNAP

Rep. Angie Craig unveiled a framework for the Farm and Family Relief Act, a three-pronged response to farm income losses and rising food prices. The bill proposes $29 billion in total assistance, including aid for specialty crop growers, foresters, and a delay in federal SNAP cost-shifts.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Farm and Family Relief Act

Bill NumberHR 7206
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.

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