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HR 7562 - 119

Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026

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

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Bill Text Stats

7
Analyzed sections
$25.4M
Detected dollar total
0
Tax signals
0
Deadlines

Signal counts

Tax density 0.0%
Spending density 85.7%
Agency 6
Spending 6
Statutory Reference 4
Amendments 3
Studies 1

Top agencies

Administrator of the Agricultural 1
Administrator of the Economic Research 1
Administrator of the Farm Service Agency 1
Administrator of the National 1
Administrator of the Risk Management 1
Secretary of Agriculture for Rural 1

Statutory references

7 U.S.C. 6925 1
7 U.S.C. 6931 1
7 U.S.C. 6934a 1
7 U.S.C. 7014 1

House Votes

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Timeline

Mar 20, 2026

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

Feb 12, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 12, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 12, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Agriculture
47 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 92%

Agriculture and Food

Agriculture and Food

Agriculture Committee Standing House

Finance and banking
1 evidence matches
Impact 77% Confidence 72%

Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. Agriculture and Food

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Agency sample by amount

Where the local sample is concentrated

$82.7B
Department of Agriculture $82.7B
500 sampled awards

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Largest sampled awards

Award records in this context

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $3.9B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $2.9B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $2.8B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.6B
grants · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.6B
grants · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.5B
grants · Department of Agriculture

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Agency spending context

Department of Agriculture

Matched bill text signal: Secretary of Agriculture for Rural
Sampled awards500
Award amount in local sample$82,689,702,291
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Summary

00 Introduced in House Aug 24, 2026

Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Office of Small Farms within the farm production and conservation mission area. The office must coordinate, review, and implement various programs and activities related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations. Under the bill, a small farm, ranch, or forest operation (1) is less than 180 acres or meets another USDA-determined, acreage-based definition of small; and (2) has an annual gross cash farm income of less than $350,000. Among other things, the activities of the office related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations must include coordinating USDA efforts to improve support for these operators; providing or coordinating technical assistance for these operators for USDA grant, cost-share, and loan programs; and providing grants of not more than $25,000 to these operators directly or through cooperative agreements with other entities for areas including equipment and infrastructure repairs and upgrades, uninsured losses, business planning, and conservation practice adoption. In addition, the Office of Small Farms must designate a small farms coordinator in each state.

Sponsors

Adams, Alma S.
Cosponsor

Adams, Alma S.

Democratic · NC-12 · A000370

Joined Feb 12, 2026
Website
N/A
Office
2436 Rayburn House Office Building

Amendments

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