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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7206 
To provide for economic assistance to agricultural producers, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2026 
Ms. CRAIG (for herself, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. COSTA, Ms. 
ADAMS, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. BROWN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. 
BUDZINSKI, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. VASQUEZ, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. 
THANEDAR, Mr. GRAY, Ms. MCDONALD RIVET, Mr. FIGURES, Mr. 
VINDMAN, Mr. RILEY of New York, Mr. MANNION, Mrs. MCCLAIN 
DELANEY, and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for economic assistance to agricultural producers, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm and Family Re-
lief Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES. 
(a) 
BENEFIT
COST-SHIFT
DELAY.—Section 
4(a)(2)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2013(a)(2)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘2028’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2032’’; 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2028’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘2032’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2025 or 2026’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2029 or 2030’’; and 
(B) in subclause (II) by striking ‘‘2029’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2033’’; and 
(3) by striking clause (iii). 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COST-SHIFT DELAY.—Section 
16(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2025(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘through fiscal year 
2026, 50 percent, and for fiscal year 2027’’ and inserting 
‘‘through fiscal year 2028, 50 percent, and for fiscal year 
2029’’. 
SEC. 3. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS OF ELIGI-
BLE COMMODITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.—With 
respect to the 2025 crop year, if the Secretary deter-
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mines that the expected gross return per acre for an 
eligible commodity determined under paragraph (2) 
is less than the expected cost of production per acre 
for that eligible commodity determined under para-
graph (3), the Secretary shall, not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, make 
a 1-time economic assistance payment to each pro-
ducer of that eligible commodity during that crop 
year. 
(2) EXPECTED
GROSS
RETURN
PER
ACRE.— 
The expected gross return per acre for an eligible 
commodity referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
equal to— 
(A) in the case of wheat, corn, grain sor-
ghum, barley, oats, cotton, rice, and soybeans, 
the product obtained by multiplying— 
(i) the projected average farm price 
for the applicable eligible commodity for 
the 2025–2026 marketing year contained 
in the December 2025 World Agricultural 
Supply and Demand Estimates published 
by the World Agricultural Outlook Board 
on December 9, 2025; and 
(ii) the national average harvested 
yield per acre for the applicable eligible 
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commodity for the most recent 10 crop 
years, as determined by the Secretary; and 
(B) in the case of each eligible commodity 
not specified in subparagraph (A), a com-
parable estimate of gross returns, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(3) EXPECTED COST OF PRODUCTION.—The ex-
pected cost of production per acre for an eligible 
commodity referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
equal to— 
(A) in the case of wheat, corn, grain sor-
ghum, barley, oats, cotton, rice, and soybeans, 
the total costs listed for the 2025 crop year 
with respect to the applicable eligible com-
modity contained in the data product relating 
to such commodity and crop year entitled ‘‘U.S. 
Commodity Costs and Returns by Region and 
by Commodity’’ published by the Economic Re-
search Service; and 
(4) PAYMENT AMOUNTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount of an eco-
nomic assistance payment to a producer for an 
eligible commodity under paragraph (1) shall be 
equal to the difference between— 
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(i) the amount equal to 65 percent of 
the product obtained by multiplying— 
(I) the economic loss for that eli-
gible commodity determined under 
subparagraph (B); and 
(II) the eligible acres of that eli-
gible commodity on the farm deter-
mined under subparagraph (C); and 
(ii) the amount of any payment issued 
by the Secretary to such producer with re-
spect to crop year 2025 for such eligible 
commodity or such eligible acres on the 
farm under the Farmer Bridge Assistance 
Program of the Department of Agriculture 
as described in the press release of the De-
partment of Agriculture on December 8, 
2025 (Release No. 0239.25). 
(B) ECONOMIC
LOSS.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A)(i), the economic loss for an 
eligible commodity shall be equal to the dif-
ference between— 
(i) the expected cost of production per 
acre for that eligible commodity, as deter-
mined under paragraph (3); and 
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(ii) the expected gross return per acre 
for that eligible commodity, as determined 
under paragraph (2). 
(C) ELIGIBLE
ACRES.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A)(i)(II), the eligible acres of an 
eligible commodity on a farm shall be equal to 
the sum obtained by adding— 
(i) the acreage planted on the farm to 
that eligible commodity for harvest, graz-
ing, haying, silage, or other similar pur-
poses for the 2025 crop year; and 
(ii) an amount equal to 100 percent of 
the acreage on the farm that was pre-
vented from being planted during the 2025 
crop year to that eligible commodity be-
cause of drought, flood, or other natural 
disaster, or other condition beyond the con-
trol of the producers on the farm, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(D) ACREAGE PLANTED.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (C)(i), the Secretary shall con-
sider acreage planted to include any land de-
voted to planted acres for accepted skip-row 
planting patterns, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
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(E) DATA.—If the Secretary determines 
there is insufficient data to determine the com-
parable estimate of gross returns with respect 
to an eligible commodity under paragraph 
(2)(B) or a comparable total estimated cost-of- 
production with respect to an eligible com-
modity under paragraph (3)(B), the Secretary 
shall use data related to a similarly situated 
commodity for purposes of determining the pay-
ment amount under this paragraph. 
(b) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), sections 1001, 1001A, 1001B, and 1001C 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308, 
1308–1, 1308–2, 1308–3) shall apply with respect 
to assistance provided under this section. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The total amount of pay-
ments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or 
legal entity (except a joint venture or general part-
nership) under this section may not exceed— 
(A) $125,000, if less than 75 percent of 
the average gross income of the person or legal 
entity for the 2021, 2022, and 2023 tax years 
is 
derived 
from 
farming, 
ranching, 
or 
silviculture activities; and 
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(B) $250,000, if not less than 75 percent 
of the average gross income of the person or 
legal entity for the 2021, 2022, and 2023 tax 
years is derived from farming, ranching, or 
silviculture activities. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘extra-long staple cotton’’ and 
‘‘producer’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9011). 
(2) The term ‘‘cotton’’ means extra-long staple 
cotton and upland cotton. 
(3)(A) The term ‘‘eligible commodity’’ means a 
loan commodity (as defined in section 1201(a) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9031(a))). 
(B) The term ‘‘eligible commodity’’ does not in-
clude graded wool, nongraded wool, mohair, or 
honey. 
(4) The terms ‘‘legal entity’’ and ‘‘person’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 1001(a) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308(a)). 
(5) The term ‘‘rice’’ means long grain rice and 
medium grain rice. 
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(6) The payment limitations under paragraph 
(2) shall be separate from annual payment limita-
tions under any other program. 
SEC. 4. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR SUGAR BEET PRO-
DUCERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) BLOCK GRANTS.—From the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall 
make block grants to sugar beet cooperatives to 
carry out economic assistance payments in accord-
ance with paragraph (2). 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A sugar beet cooperative 
that receives a block grant under paragraph (1) may 
only use the grant funds to make payments to mem-
bers of such cooperative that are sugar beet pro-
ducers for the economic losses incurred by such pro-
ducers during the 2025 crop year for sugar beets. 
(b) PAYMENTS.—In carrying out the block grants 
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall— 
(1) establish, in consultation with sugar beet coopera-
tives, a per-acre payment rate for purposes of determining 
the amount and allocation of such block grants; and 
(2) reduce from the amount of a block grant to a 
sugar beet cooperative, as determined under paragraph 
(1), the total amount of assistance each member of such 
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