HR 8611 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Save Our Small Farms Act of 2024

Introduced Jun 4, 2024 Originated House Sponsor Jahana Hayes D-CT

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 3, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 4, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 4, 2024 to Aug 27, 2024; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-MIElissa SlotkinJun 12, 2024
D-RIGabe AmoJun 12, 2024
D-MALori TrahanJun 18, 2024
D-HIJill N. TokudaJun 25, 2024
D-MAStephen F. LynchJun 25, 2024
D-RISeth MagazinerJul 2, 2024
D-MAAyanna PressleyAug 27, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Jun 4, 2024
General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee
Referred Sep 3, 2024

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 3, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
  2. Jun 4, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Jun 4, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To improve safety net programs, disaster relief, and crop insurance access coverage for small farmers who have historically struggled to participate in them.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 95, June 4, 2024, page H3656.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 118-23FINANCIAL CONDITIONS IN FARM COUNTRY104 pagesAgriculture CommitteeJul 23, 2024

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R48245The Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)ReportOct 24, 2024

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2598Whole Farm Revenue Protection Program Improvement Act of 2023Related billJul 27, 2023
S 3401WEATHER Act of 2023Related billDec 5, 2023
S 4472Save Our Small Farms Act of 2024Related billJun 5, 2024

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 and the Federal Crop Insurance Act with respect to transitioning producers from the noninsurance crop assistance program to whole farm revenue insurance.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Save Our Small Farms Act of 2024

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 4, 2024Introduced in House

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