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H.R. 4425 115th Congress House

Food and Farm Act

Official title: To reform the safety net for farmers and ranchers, enhance soil, water, and habitat conservation, encourage beginning farmers and ranchers, strengthen nutritio… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To reform the safety net for farmers and ranchers, enhance soil, water, and habitat conservation, encourage beginning farmers and ranchers, strengthen nutrition for Americans, support agriculture research and innovation, reduce food waste, improve animal welfare, and invest in regional food systems, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 12, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Nov 16, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Nov 16, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1581)
Nov 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Food and Farm Act

This bill reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address:

  • commodity support,
  • crop insurance,
  • conservation,
  • food assistance,
  • nutrition,
  • farm credit,
  • beginning farmers and ranchers,
  • food waste,
  • research and educational programs,
  • animal welfare, and
  • regional food systems.

The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to:

  • repeal the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program and the Price Loss Coverage Program,
  • impose additional limits on farm subsidies,
  • extend crop insurance premium subsidies to farmers who plant crops to reduce erosion,
  • require recipients of farm subsidies to comply with additional conservation requirements,
  • authorize increased funding for conservation programs,
  • authorize additional assistance under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for organic farmers,
  • establish a loan program for conservation-based structural improvements,
  • increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits,
  • authorize additional assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers,
  • establish the Office of Food Waste within USDA,
  • authorize additional funding for research and education programs,
  • require USDA to comply with certain animal welfare standards at federal agricultural research centers,
  • require USDA to reinstate online posting of Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act enforcement records, and
  • expand grant and loan programs for local and regional food systems.
 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 2436 Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017
  • HR 1276 Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2017
  • HR 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017
  • HR 3809 Sustainable Farmland for the Future Act
  • HR 5627 Farmers CARE Act
  • HR 5849 Food Security Improvement Act of 2018
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · May 16, 2018
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 12, 2018
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Apr 12, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4425: Food and Farm Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4425/
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