In committee
Farm and Family Relief Act
This bill provides direct financial assistance to agricultural and timber producers recovering from production costs and market losses in 2025, including crop farmers, specialty growers, sugar beet cooperatives, and forestry businesses. It also repeals import tariffs imposed by several recent executive orders and invests in international timber export promotion and forestry technology commercialization. Additionally, the measure postpones upcoming deadlines that would have required state governments to cover a larger portion of food stamp (SNAP) benefit and administrative expenses.
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; applies broadly to eligible US agricultural producers, timber operators, sugar beet cooperative members, and SNAP-participating state agencies, but total counts are not specified.
Fiscal magnitude—no CBO estimate published
Reach66provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Spending vs. restraint+55Farm policy & subsidies+60Trade & tariffs+55SNAP & nutrition+40
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- State SNAP administrative agenciesSpares state governments from absorbing scheduled SNAP benefit and administrative cost-share increases by postponing those shifts until 2029 and 2032 (Sec. 2(a), Sec. 2(b)).
- Eligible crop producersReceive one-time economic assistance payments of up to $125,000 or $250,000 to cover 2025 crop losses where production costs exceeded market returns (Sec. 3(a), Sec. 3(b)).
- Sugar beet cooperatives and member producersReceive $330 million in block grant funding to distribute direct relief payments to member farmers for 2025 crop losses (Sec. 4(a)-(c)).
- Specialty crop producersReceive one-time payments of up to $900,000 funded by a $5 billion appropriation to develop new markets or expand domestic sales (Sec. 5(a)-(e)).
- Timber, lumber, and paper businessesEligible for direct grants of up to $40,000 and loans or loan guarantees up to $5 million to cover 2025 market losses and operating expenses, alongside a $15 million export promotion initiative (Sec. 6(a)-(d), Sec. 8).
- Importers of goods subject to terminated tariffsRelieved from paying customs duties and tariffs previously imposed under Executive Orders 14257, 14193, 14194, and 14195 (Sec. 9).
Who backs it
- Commodity Credit CorporationRequired to provide $5 million annually from fiscal year 2026 through fiscal year 2031 to fund the Forest Service's new Office of Technology Transfer (Sec. 7(e)).