Farmers First Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, and for other purposes.
| Date | Chamber | What was voted on | Result | Yes–No | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1998 | Senate · vote #190 | On Passage of the Bill S. 2282 | Passed | 98–0 | See who voted → |
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Farmers First Act of 2025
This bill extends through FY2030 and revises the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN). This Department of Agriculture program provides competitive grants to states, Indian tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations to provide stress assistance programs (i.e., professional agricultural behavioral health counseling, helplines, and resources) to individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and agriculture-related occupations.
The bill specifies that the grant funding for farm telephone helplines and websites may also be used for crisis lines.
Further, FRSAN grant recipients may establish referral relationships with providers, including Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, health centers, rural health clinics, and critical access hospitals.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- FARMERS EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA
- AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN
- NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
- FARMERS EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2282: Farmers First Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2282/
"S. 2282: Farmers First Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2282/.
S. 2282, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2282/.
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