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Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026

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Introduced
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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-06-02
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Scott Franklin
Scott Franklin
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 98.8% (603 recorded votes)

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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

2026-06-02

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Plain-English Summary

Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026 This bill provides $3.5 billion in emergency funding for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide block grants to certain states for losses of revenue, quality, or production of crops (including crops prevented from planting), trees, bushes, and vines as a consequence of a freeze or cold weather conditions. The bill specifies that the funding may only be made available for losses occurring in counties that received a disaster designation for freeze and related cold weather conditions issued by USDA on March 4, 2026. (This includes certain counties in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.) The bill requires the assistance provided by the bill to include compensation to producers for losses of multi-year crops. The funds provided by this bill must be made available upon the request of a state department of agriculture or other appropriate state agency.

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Agriculture and Food

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9094 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9094 To appropriate sums for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide block grants to States for losses of revenue as a consequence of certain freezes or cold weather conditions. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 2, 2026 Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Patronis, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Fine, Mr. Mills, Mr. Haridopolos, Mr. Soto, Mr. Frost, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. Luna, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Donalds, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Salazar, and Mr. Gimenez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To appropriate sums for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide block grants to States for losses of revenue as a consequence of certain freezes or cold weather conditions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Section 1. This Act may be cited as the ``Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026''. Sec. 2. The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, for an additional amount for ``Office of the Secretary'' of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, $3,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance in the form of block grants to States for losses of revenue, quality, or production of crops (including crops prevented from planting), trees, bushes, and vines, as a consequence of a freeze or cold weather condition: Provided, That such assistance shall include compensation to producers for losses of multi-year crops: Provided further, That such funds be made available exclusively for losses occurring in counties that received a disaster designation for freeze and related cold weather conditions issued by the Secretary on March 4, 2026: Provided further, That such funds be made available upon the request of a State department of agriculture, or other appropriate State agency as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and for each fiscal quarter thereafter until the amounts provided under this section are expended, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate describing the implementation of assistance provided pursuant to this section: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. <all>
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