H.R. 4400: Farmers First Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-07-15 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Farmers First Act of 2025

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Farmers First Act of 2025 This bill extends through FY2030 and revises the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN). This Department of Agriculture program provides competitive grants to states, Indian tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations to provide stress assistance programs (i.e., professional agricultural behavioral health counseling, helplines, and resources) to individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and agriculture-related occupations. The bill specifies that the grant funding for farm telephone helplines and websites may also be used for crisis lines. Further, FRSAN grant recipients may establish referral relationships with providers, including Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, health centers, rural health clinics, and critical access hospitals.

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Farmers First Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] · 17 cosponsors

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Angie Craig (D-MN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI), Adam Gray (D-CA), Pablo José Hernández (D-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Joe Neguse (D-CO), J. French Hill (R-AR), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Paul Tonko (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr4400.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr4400 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills