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HR 2117 119th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act

Introduced: March 24, 2025 Introduced by: Feenstra, Randy Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Apr 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Mar 14, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 14, 2025
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Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act

This bill amends the federal crop insurance program (FCIP) to increase the premium assistance rate for beginning and veteran farmers or ranchers. (FCIP offers subsidized crop insurance policies that producers can purchase to cover a wide variety of crops and livestock.)

Specifically, the bill amends the amount of percentage points that are added to the premium assistance rate for beginning farmers or ranchers and veteran farmers or ranchers for an applicable insurance policy or plan (currently 10 percentage points) to provide

  • 15 percentage points in each of the 1st and 2nd reinsurance years,
  • 13 percentage points in the 3rd year,
  • 11 percentage points in the 4th year, and
  • 10 percentage points in each of the 5th through the 10th reinsurance years.

Under the bill, farmers and ranchers, and veteran farmers and ranchers, are eligible to qualify for the program for 10 years, an increase from 5 years under current law. Specifically, to be considered a beginning farmer or rancher, a person must not have actively operated and managed a farm or ranch for more than 10 crop years. To be considered a veteran farmer or rancher, a veteran must have (1) not operated a farm or ranch for more than 10 crop years, or (2) first obtained veteran status in the past 10 years.

What's happening now April 4, 2025

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1073 Related bill Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act
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 Lobbying activity 13

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 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 9 Republican 5
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Vindman, Eugene Simon
Virginia · Aug 8, 2025
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McClain Delaney, April
Maryland · May 29, 2025
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LaHood, Darin
Illinois · May 19, 2025
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Thanedar, Shri
Michigan · May 19, 2025
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McDonald Rivet, Kristen
Michigan · May 8, 2025
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Apr 28, 2025
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Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Apr 28, 2025
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Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Apr 28, 2025
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Budzinski, Nikki
Illinois · Apr 24, 2025
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Nunn, Zachary
Iowa · Apr 21, 2025
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Panetta, Jimmy
California · Apr 21, 2025
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Harder, Josh
California · Apr 7, 2025
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Finstad, Brad
Minnesota · Mar 24, 2025
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Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Mar 14, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2117: Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2117/
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"H.R. 2117: Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2117/.
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H.R. 2117, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2117/.
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