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HR5716Referred to Committee

FARM SAFE Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-10-08
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

April McClain Delaney
April McClain Delaney
Democrat · MD · Representative
Votes with party: 96.6% (654 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M001232

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (8)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

8 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

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

2025-12-02

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-10-08

Plain-English Summary

Federal Agricultural Relief Maintained during Shutdowns And Federal Emergencies Act or the FARM SAFE Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue activities related to agricultural disaster assistance programs during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown). Specifically, the bill provides that any USDA employee necessary to carry out an agricultural disaster assistance program (1) must be treated as an excepted employee who is required to perform work during a lapse in appropriations, and (2) may not be removed under a reduction in force.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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