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HR 5280 119th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act of 2025

Introduced: September 10, 2025 Introduced by: Nunn, Zachary Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jan 13, 2026
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Jan 13, 2026
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Sep 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 10, 2025
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Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act of 2025

This bill amends the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to allow the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for certain restoration activities. The EWP Program offers technical and financial assistance, including the purchase of floodplain easements, to safeguard people and property from floods, drought, fires, windstorms, and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.

Under the bill, USDA may allow restoration above pre-disaster conditions if that restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and protection of the watershed.

What's happening now January 13, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

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 Cosponsors 2
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Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Dec 18, 2025
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Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Sep 10, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5280: Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5280/
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"H.R. 5280: Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5280/.
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