Bridge the Gap for Rural Communities Act
Latest action · Dec 2, 2025 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.
- IntroducedOct 8, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 8, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Julia Letlow | Original | Oct 8, 2025 |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Dec 2, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| R-MO | Mark Alford | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Jan 23, 2026 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Jan 23, 2026 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Jan 27, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Jan 27, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Jan 27, 2026 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Feb 17, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Mar 16, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Mar 30, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Oct 8, 2025 |
| General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee | Referred Dec 2, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
- Oct 8, 2025Introduced in House
- Oct 8, 2025Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 166, October 8, 2025, page H4528.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-17 | MEMBER DAY513 pages | Agriculture Committee | Dec 10, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To suspend certain payment limitations relating to agricultural risk coverage and price loss coverage for crop year 2025 and to make advance partial payments under such coverages for such crop year.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Bridge the Gap for Rural Communities Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
