March 26, 2025
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—March 26, 2025
This Week: Fri. Mar. 28, 2025, Understanding the Basics of the Clean Water Act & Ag: Impaired Waters & TMDL Process
National Agricultural Policy: USDA Announces $10 Billion for Direct ECAP Payments 🌾
On March 18, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced (PDF) that the agency “is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year” to “help agricultural producers mitigate the impacts of increased input costs . . . falling commodity prices . . . and ‘market uncertainty.’” According to the announcement, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) “will begin sending pre-filled applications to producers who submitted acreage reports to FSA for 2024 eligible ECAP commodities.” ECAP applications are open March 19 through August 15, 2025.
Avian Influenza: USDA Announces HPAI Biosecurity Assessment Programs, Vaccine Funds
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced two biosecurity assessment programs available to commercial poultry producers not affected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)—Wildlife Biosecurity Assessments and Biosecurity Incentives-Focused Assessments. According to the announcement, “APHIS will prioritize assessments at commercial egg-laying facilities in the highest egg-producing states” and, if HPAI risks are identified, “USDA will share up to 75% of the costs to fix the highest risk biosecurity concerns.” Additionally, on March 20, USDA also announced that the agency will spend up to $100 million “to explore prevention, therapeutics, research, and potential vaccine candidates” for HPAI.
Agricultural Labor: USDA Directs FSIS to Issue Pork, Poultry Line Speed Waivers
On March 17, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the Agriculture Secretary had directed USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to “extend waivers allowing pork and poultry facilities to maintain higher line speeds” and immediately begin a “rulemaking to formalize th[e] speed increases.” Additionally, USDA states that “FSIS will no longer require plants to submit redundant worker safety data, as extensive research has confirmed no direct link between processing speeds and workplace injuries.” See also ALWR—Jan. 21, 2025, “FSIS Publishes Swine, Poultry Processing Line Speed Evaluation Studies.”
Food Safety: FDA to Extend ‘Food Traceability Rule’ Compliance Date Until July 2028
On March 20, 2025, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced “its intention to extend the compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule by 30 months”—from January 20, 2026 to July 2028. The Food Traceability Rule, which became effective in January 2023, establishes recordkeeping requirements for those who “manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods the Agency has designated for inclusion on the Food Traceability List.” FDA states that it “remains committed to successful implementation of the full requirements of the final rule” and, as such, “the compliance date extension does not amend, nor do[es] . . . [FDA] intend to amend, the requirements of the final rule.” See also ALWR—Dec. 15, 2023, “FDA Publishes Food Traceability Rule Compliance Resources, Inspections to Begin in 2027” and ALWR—Nov. 25, 2022, “FDA Publishes Food Traceability Records Final Rule.”
Animal Welfare: USDA Delays Horse Protection Act Final Rule Until February 2026
On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published in the Federal Register a rule (90 FR 13273) further delaying the effective date of the agency’s May 2024 Horse Protection Act final rule (89 FR 39194), which transferred authority solely to APHIS-authorized inspectors to detect and diagnose soring at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions. The current action delays the effective date of the final rule until February 1, 2026, and is available for comment until May 20, 2025. See also ALWR—May 24, 2024, “USDA Publishes Horse Protection Act Soring and Inspecting Final Rule.”
Agricultural Labor: DOL Publishes Notice Increasing Employer Meal Charge for H-2A Workers
On March 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration published in the Federal Register a notice (90 FR 13500) updating the allowable monetary charges for H-2A employers. According to the notice, the updated maximum allowable amount that employers may charge H-2A workers for providing them with three meals per day is $16.28, up from $15.88, unless otherwise authorized by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Additionally, the notice states that the “maximum daily amount an employer is required to reimburse workers for travel-related subsistence . . . is $68.00 per day for 2025.” See also ALWR—Feb. 20, 2024, “DOL Publishes Notice Updating H-2A Meal Charge and Travel Reimbursement Rates.”
Biotechnology: Mississippi Passes Law Prohibiting Production, Sale of Cultivated Meat
On March 12, 2025, the Mississippi State Legislature enrolled HB 1006 (PDF), which, in accordance with the state’s constitution (Art. 4, Sec. 72), became law without the governor’s approval on March 21, 2025. The bill, which passed unanimously through both chambers, defines “cultivated meat” as “any food product produced from cultured animal cells” and prohibits the “manufacture . . . sale or distribut[ion] [of] any cultivated food product in th[e] state.” Under the law, violators are guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a $500 fine or up to three months imprisonment in the county jail. The law becomes effective July 1, 2025. See also the Center’s Cell-Cultured Food Regulations Issue Tracker.
Food Labeling: Utah Passes Cultivated, Plant-Based ‘Meat Substitute’ Labeling Bill
On March 19, 2025, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law HB 138 (PDF), which regulates labeling of “cultivated meat products” and “plant or insect-based meat substitutes.” The law defines both products and specifies that “a food that contains a plant or insect based meat substitute . . . shall bear a term or phrase on a label in a place on the packaging that is reasonably certain to notify a consumer that the food contains a plant or insect based meat substitute.” The law becomes effective May 7, 2025, although it prohibits enforcement of the new labeling requirements before October 31, 2025. See also the Center’s Cell-Cultured Food Regulations Issue Tracker.
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Resources of Interest
Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr., Who Gets to Say? Agency Deference in a Post-Chevron World—Skidmore v. Swift, Brigit Rollins (Mar. 18, 2025)
Ohio St. Univ. Ext. Farm Off. Blog, Principles of Government: Federal Agencies, Tyler Zimpfer—Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr. (Mar. 18, 2025)
Ohio St. Univ. Ext. Farm Off. Blog, Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act: To Be or Not To Be?, Jeffrey K. Lewis (Mar. 21, 2025)
Agric. Law & Tax’n Blog, WOTUS Update, Roger A. McEowen (Mar. 17, 2025)
Southern Ag Today, Rethinking Tariffs: Tequila Shows There’s More to Imports Than Competition, Andrew Muhammad—Univ. Tenn. Institute of Agric. (Mar. 20, 2025)
Agric. Law & Tax’n Blog, Trade or Business; Income Tax Basis; Cropper; and Like-Kind Exchanges, Roger A. McEowen (Mar. 23, 2025)
Iowa St. Univ. Ctr. Agric. Law & Tax’n, Considering the Residual Fertility Deduction, Kristine A. Tidgren (Mar. 21, 2025)
Southern Ag Today, Understanding Patronage Distribution of Farm Credit System Association, Heather Gladney and Kevin Kim—Miss. State Univ. Ext (Mar. 17, 2025)
Southern Ag Today, Developing Rural Economic Opportunities Through Agritourism, Kofi Britwum—Univ. Delaware (Mar. 21, 2025)
Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr., Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments—Part Six (Mar. 20, 2025)
STATE ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PRESS RELEASES
PENNSYLVANIA EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
(Pa. Bulletin Vol. 55, No. 12: Mar. 22, 2025)
Department of Environmental Protection
55 Pa.B. 2281 “The Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law And The Federal Clean Water Act Applications For National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits And Water Quality Management (WQM) Permits Under The Clean Streams Law And Federal Clean Water Act”
55 Pa.B. 2392 “Bond Rate Guidelines for the Calculation of Land Reclamation Bonds on Coal Mining Operations”
55 Pa.B. 2394 “Federal Consistency under the Coastal Zone Management Act; Erie Western Pennsylvania Port Authority Proposed Maintenance Dredging along Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie”
55 Pa.B. 2395 “Household Hazardous Waste Education Grant Awards under Section 901 of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, Act 101 of 1988”
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
SB 508 “An Act prohibiting solar radiation modification or sunlight reflection methods, cloud seeding and polluting atmospheric interventions within this Commonwealth; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania State Police and sheriffs; and imposing penalties.” Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs. (Mar. 21, 2025)
SB 611 “An Act amending . . . the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions.” Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy. (Mar. 21, 2025)
HB 589 “An Act establishing the Landslide and Sinkhole Insurance Program and the Landslide and Sinkhole Insurance Fund; establishing and providing for the powers and duties of the Landslide and Sinkhole Insurance Board; providing for duties of the Auditor General; imposing a penalty; and making transfers.” Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection. (Mar. 20, 2025)
HB 985 “An Act providing for an annual revenue-sharing program for municipalities relating to tax-exempt real property; establishing the Tax-exempt Property Municipal Assistance Fund; imposing powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development; and making a repeal.” Referred to Local Government. (Mar. 20, 2025)
HB 994 “An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in game or wildlife protection, prohibiting the purchase, sale, offer for sale or possession with intent to sell covered animal parts or products; and imposing penalties.” Referred to Judiciary. (Mar. 20, 2025)
HB 157 “An Act providing for grant awards to entities in rural counties and designated medically underserved areas to pay for the education debt of practitioners employed at the entity.” Remarks see House Journal Page. (Mar. 19, 2025)
HB 362 “An Act amending . . . The Administrative Code of 1929, in Energy Development Authority and emergency powers, providing for Federal money for Solar for All Program.” Remarks see House Journal Page. (Mar. 19, 2025)
HB 369 “An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in land banks, further providing for definitions.” Removed from table. (Mar. 19, 2025)
HB 958 “An Act amending . . . the Storm Water Management Act, further providing for powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Resources; and making editorial changes.” Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection. (Mar. 18, 2025)
HB 441 “An Act amending . . . the Wild Resource Conservation Act, further providing for legislative finding and declaration of policy and for definitions; and providing for wild native terrestrial invertebrate management.” Laid on the table. (Mar. 18, 2025)
HB 913 “An Act amending . . . the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, in renaming Department of Environmental Resources and defining rulemaking authority of Department of Environmental Protection, repealing provisions relating to Department of Environmental Protection and providing for Department of Environmental Services; and making editorial changes.” Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection. (Mar. 17, 2025)
HB 33 “An Act amending . . . the Medical Marijuana Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in practitioners, further providing for practitioner registration; in medical marijuana controls, further providing for electronic tracking and for laboratory; and, in Medical Marijuana Advisory Board, further providing for advisory board.” Referred to Law & Justice. (Mar. 17, 2025)
HB 587 “An Act establishing the hauler or broker of food processing residuals certification program; providing for the transportation of food processing residuals; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture and the State Conservation Commission; and imposing penalties.” Vote To Table – 26 YES Votes, 0 NO Votes. (Mar. 17, 2025)
HB 764 “An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the Fresh Food Financing Initiative; establishing the Fresh Food Financing Initiative Restricted Account; and imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture.” Laid on the table. (Mar. 17, 2025)
FEDERAL ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) PRESS RELEASES
USDA Announces New FPAC Leadership to Better Serve Farmers and Ranchers (Mar. 21, 2025)
USDA Announces Dr. Jaye L. Hamby as NIFA Director (Mar. 20, 2025)
USDA Update on Progress of Five-Pronged Strategy to Combat Avian Flu and Lower Egg Prices (Mar. 20, 2025)
USDA Announces $280 Million Grant Agreement to Support Rio Grande Valley Agricultural Producers Amid Severe Water Shortages (Mar. 19, 2025)
Secretary Rollins Highlights President Trump’s Proclamation on National Agriculture (Mar. 18, 2025)
USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers (Mar. 18, 2025)
Secretary Rollins Celebrates Farmers and Ranchers on National Agriculture Day (Mar. 18, 2025)
Secretary Rollins Takes Action to Streamline U.S. Pork and Poultry Processing (Mar. 17, 2025)
USDA Assists Farmers, Ranchers, and Communities Affected by Weekend Windstorms (Mar. 17, 2025)
USDA AGENCY PRESS RELEASES
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA Announces Next Steps in the Effort to Support the Fight Against Avian Influenza (Mar. 20, 2025)
USDA Announces Biosecurity Assessments and Audits to Support Avian Influenza Prevention (Mar. 19, 2025)
Economic Research Service
European Agri-Food Trade and Brexit: The First 3 Years of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (Mar. 20, 2025)
Farm Service Agency
Dairy Producers in New Jersey Reminded to Obtain 2025 Dairy Margin Coverage by March 31 (Mar. 20, 2025)
Dairy Producers in Pennsylvania Reminded to Obtain 2025 Dairy Margin Coverage by March 31 (Mar. 20, 2025)
Dairy Producers in West Virginia Reminded to Obtain 2025 Dairy Margin Coverage by March 31 (Mar. 20, 2025)
Dairy Producers in Ohio Reminded to Obtain 2025 Dairy Margin Coverage by March 31 (Mar. 20, 2025)
Dairy Producers in New York Reminded to Obtain 2025 Dairy Margin Coverage by March 31 (Mar. 19, 2025)
Dairy Producers in Virginia Reminded to Obtain 2025 Dairy Margin Coverage by March 31 (Mar. 19, 2025)
USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers (Mar. 18, 2025)
Loan Deficiency Payments Now Available for Cotton Producers in New Mexico (Mar. 17, 2025)
USDA Issues Quarantine Designation for Contiguous Counties of Chisago and Pine in Minnesota (Mar. 17, 2025)
Two Illinois counties affected by Quarantine Designation for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) (Mar. 17, 2025)
Food and Nutrition Service
USDA Assists Farmers, Ranchers, and Communities Affected by Weekend Windstorms (Mar. 17, 2025)
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Constituent Update—March 21, 2025 (Mar. 21, 2025)
Residue Repeat Violators List (Mar. 20, 2025)
Salmonella Verification Testing: February 25, 2024 through February 22, 2025 (Mar. 20, 2025)
Foreign Agricultural Service
USDA Accepting Applications for Agribusiness Trade Mission to Dominican Republic (Mar. 19, 2025)
Forest Service
Statement from Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on Wildland Firefighter Pay Reform (Mar. 15, 2025)
National Agricultural Statistics Service
NASS reinstates select data collection programs and reports (Mar. 19, 2025)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
USDA Announces Dr. Jaye L. Hamby as NIFA Director (Mar. 21, 2025)
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Funding Available for Cecil and Kent County Landowners to Protect Working Lands and Wildlife Habitat (Mar. 21, 2025)
NRCS Texas announces batching period deadline for FY25 National Water Quality Initiative applications (Mar. 20, 2025)
USDA Offers Renewal Options for Expiring Conservation Stewardship Program Contracts (Mar. 20, 2025)
WaterSMART Initiative collaborative effort to target EQIP funding for water quantity (Mar. 19, 2025)
NRCS Invites Public Review of Piney Run Watershed Study (Mar. 19, 2025)
Reviving Rural Roots: How One Farmer is Bringing Innovation to Sheyenne Valley (Mar. 18, 2025)
USDA Departmental Administration
USDA Announces New FPAC Leadership to Better Serve Farmers and Ranchers (Mar. 21, 2025)
U.S. ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
EPA continues cleanup work this March at the Walton and Lonsbury Superfund Site in Attleboro, Mass. (Mar. 21, 2025)
EPA Announces Completion of Flood Response Efforts in Eastern Kentucky
(Mar. 21, 2025)
EPA conditionally approves GE’s plans for the Upland Disposal Facility, an important part of the Housatonic River Cleanup (Mar. 20, 2025)
EPA Administrator Zeldin Visits Arizona, Meets with AZ Elected Officials and Ak-Chin Indian Community (Mar. 20, 2025)
Court Sentences Hino Motors Ltd., a Toyota Subsidiary, and Imposes Over $1.6B in Penalties for Emissions Fraud Scheme (Mar. 19, 2025)
EPA Administrator Zeldin Travels to St. Louis, Missouri, to Discuss Radioactive Waste Cleanup Efforts and Celebrate AG Day (Mar. 19, 2025)
ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in WSJ: “EPA Ends the ‘Green New Deal’” (Mar. 17, 2025)
EPA proposes a new cleanup plan for a portion of the Mississippi Phosphate Superfund Site (Mar. 17, 2025)
FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AGENCIES (Federal Register: Mar. 15–22, 2025)
Agricultural Marketing Service
90 FR 12523 Notice—Extension of Comment Period: “United States Classes, Standards, and Grades for Poultry” (Mar. 18, 2025)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
90 FR 13272 Final Rule—Delay of Effective Date: “User Fees: Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services; Delay of Effective Date and Request for Information” (Mar. 21, 2025)
90 FR 13273 Final Rule—Further Delay of Effective Date: “Horse Protection Amendments; Further Delay of Effective Date, and Request for Comment” (Mar. 21, 2025)
Farm Service Agency
90 FR 13133 Notice—Comment Period: “Information Collection Request; Measurement Service Record” (Mar. 20, 2025)
90 FR 12696 Notice: “Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA); Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP)” (Mar. 19, 2025)
Forest Service
90 FR 13338 Notice: “Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee” (Mar. 21, 2025)
90 FR 13338 Notice—Withdrawal: “Dakota Prairie Grasslands; North Dakota; Environmental Impact Statement for the Greater Sage-Grouse Grasslands Plan Amendment; Withdrawal” (Mar. 21, 2025)
90 FR 12523 Notice—Withdrawal: “Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District; Deschutes National Forest; Deschutes County Oregon; Twin Vegetation Management and Restoration Project; Withdrawal” (Mar. 18, 2025)
Environmental Protection Agency
90 FR 13359 Notice: “Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability” (Mar. 21, 2025)
90 FR 13289 Final Rule: “Pyridate; Pesticide Tolerances” (Mar. 21, 2025)
90 FR 13084 Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule: “Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments; Correction; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule” (Mar. 20, 2025)
90 FR 13093 Final Rule: “Extension of Effective Date for Removal of Gasoline Volatility Waiver for Ohio and Nine Counties in South Dakota” (Mar. 20, 2025)
90 FR 13085 Final Rule: “Extending the Reporting Deadline Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for 2024 Data” (Mar. 20, 2025)
90 FR 13089 Final Rule: “Potassium Polyaspartate in Pesticide Formulations; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance” (Mar. 20, 2025)
90 FR 13116 Proposed Rule—Extension of Public Comment Period: “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources Technology Review; Comment Period Extension” (Mar. 20, 2025)
U.S. HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
H.R.2258 “To designate the Maine Forest and Logging Museum, located in Bradley, Maine, as the National Museum of Forestry and Logging History.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 21, 2025)
H.R.2253 “To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for the humane treatment of dogs, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 21, 2025)
H.R.1596 “To designate the U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, as the ‘Abit Massey Poultry Research Center’.” Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (Mar. 20, 2025)
H.R.1459 “Protect the West Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. (Mar. 20, 2025)
H.R.1452 “Ending the Cycle of Dependency Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Mar. 20, 2025)
H.R.1398 “Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Mar. 20, 2025)
H.R.1380 “Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (Mar. 20, 2025)
H.R.1376 “Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (Mar. 20, 2025)
H.R.1302 “GRAIN DRY Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. (Mar. 20, 2025)
H.R.1246 “Investing in Rural America Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. (Mar. 20, 2025)
H.R.1230 “AG VETS Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. (Mar. 20, 2025)
H.R.2238 “To allow holders of certain grazing permits to make minor range improvements and to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior respond to requests for range improvements within 30 days, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture. (Mar. 18, 2025)
H.R.2236 “To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a demonstration project to allow Tribal entities to purchase agricultural commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 18, 2025)
H.R.2235 “To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve wildlife habitat connectivity and wildlife migration corridors, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 18, 2025)
H.R.2227 “To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide emergency relief to producers of livestock with herds adversely affected by Mexican gray wolves, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 18, 2025)
H.R.2195 “To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of disabled veterans to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 18, 2025)
H.R.2185 “To protect public health and human safety by prohibiting the farming of mink for their fur, to compensate farmers as they transition out of the industry, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Committees on Agriculture and Budget. (Mar. 18, 2025)
H.Res.227 “Expressing support for the designation of March 18, 2025, as ‘National Agriculture Day’ and celebrating the importance of agriculture as one of the most impactful industries in the United States.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 18, 2025)
H.R.2156 “To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish an exception to certain payment limitations in the case of person or legal entity that derives income from agriculture, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 14, 2025)
H.R.2124 “To require that a foreign purchaser of agricultural land be subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to United States citizens and nationals in the home country of such foreign purchaser.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 14, 2025)
H.R.2117 “To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to promote crop insurance support for beginning farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 14, 2025)
H.R.2109 “To include cybersecurity technical assistance in the national rural water and wastewater circuit rider program of Department of Agriculture.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar. 14, 2025)
H.R.1326 “DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. (Mar. 14, 2025)
H.R.1198 “Let’s Get to Work Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (Mar. 14, 2025)
H.R.1116 “REAL Meat Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. (Mar. 14, 2025)
H.R.1045 “Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025” Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture. (Mar. 14, 2025)
H.R.985 “To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the dairy business innovation initiatives.” Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (Mar. 14, 2025)
H.R.185 “Responsible Legislating Act” Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (Mar. 14, 2025)
U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
S.1073 “A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to promote crop insurance support for beginning farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Mar. 14, 2025)
Agriculture-Related Legislative Hearings & Reports
House Agriculture Committee Hearing: “The CFTC at 50: Examining the Past and Future of Commodity Markets” (Tuesday March 25, 2025, 10:00 AM)
Contributors:
Audry Thompson—Staff Attorney
Riley Amdor—Research Assistant
Victoria Dutterer—Research Assistant
