Cutting COSTS Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
Introduced
Summary
Reimburses the full cost of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) audits for small and beginning farmers. This bill would create a Commodity Credit Corporation-funded program that reimburses eligible producers for GAP audit costs, runs for 5 years, and requires annual reporting on whether payments increase market access to retail food stores.
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- Small and beginning producers would get payments equal to the full cost of a GAP audit if they have average adjusted gross income under $350,000 or meet the Secretary's criteria. These payments are funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
- USDA must report to the House and Senate agriculture committees starting within one year and annually for the following four years on who received payments and how those payments affected each producer's access to retail food stores that require a GAP audit.
- The program's authority would expire 5 years after enactment, creating a time-limited reimbursement program and a short-term data stream on market access for covered producers.
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Full payback for small farm Good Agricultural Practices audits
This bill would set up a USDA program to repay small farms for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) audits. You would get a payment equal to the full cost of the audit. To qualify, you must run a small farm with average adjusted gross income under $350,000, or be a beginning farmer or rancher, and meet any other USDA rules. Payments would use Commodity Credit Corporation funds. The program would start when enacted and end five years later.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 12/2/2025
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No roll call votes available for this bill.
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