# 119-hr-1604: Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2025

119-hr-1604, Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1604
- Congress: 119
- Title: Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regular cybersecurity risk assessments and run cross-sector crisis simulation exercises to **strengthen cybersecurity and resilience** in the agriculture and food critical infrastructure sector. It focuses on biennial risk assessments of cyber threats and a set of annual, multi-agency food-related emergency exercises over a 5-year period. - Farmers and food companies would receive federal risk assessments and recommendations aimed at protecting production, processing, distribution, and food safety from cyber incidents. - State, Tribal, local, territorial, Federal emergency planners, and private-sector partners would participate in annual simulation exercises for a 5-year period to identify coordination gaps and improve response capabilities. - Congress and the cybersecurity community would get biennial risk reports and post-exercise findings summarizing threats, readiness gaps, and recommended legislative or administrative actions. *Would authorize $1.0 million annually for fiscal years 2026–2030, totaling $5.0 million and increasing federal spending over that period.*

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2026-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Cyber checks and drills for food supply: benefit, high. If enacted, USDA would run yearly, cross-sector food emergency drills for five years, with $1 million each year from FY2026 to FY2030. USDA would also deliver a cyber risk report for the farm and food sector within one year, then every two years. The work would involve DHS, HHS, intelligence agenci…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1604 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1604)

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- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1604 (as of 2026-09-21).