# 119-hr-3283: FARMER Act

119-hr-3283, FARMER Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3283
- Congress: 119
- Title: FARMER Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Boosts premium subsidies for enterprise-unit and whole-farm crop insurance.** This bill would lower insurance costs for farms that use enterprise or whole-farm revenue or yield protection and would raise support for the Supplemental Coverage Option while directing a study on expanding SCO coverage options. - Producers who choose enterprise-unit or whole-farm revenue or yield protection would receive set premium subsidy factors of 77% for the higher coverage level and 68% for the lower coverage level, cutting their premium share. - Farmers who buy the Supplemental Coverage Option would see its premium subsidy increase from 65% to 80%, reducing how much they pay for that coverage. - The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation would study whether SCO can cover counties larger than 1,400 square miles and whether to offer coverage smaller than county-wide or larger than individual coverage, and must report findings and recommendations to agriculture committees within one year.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2025-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Bigger supplemental coverage help for farmers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the federal share of Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) premiums would rise from 65% to 80%. Farmers who buy SCO would pay 15 percentage points less out of pocket. The bill would also change two SCO cutoffs: 14 would become 10, and 86 would become 90. These shifts could change how much…
- More subsidy for enterprise and whole-farm insurance: benefit, medium. If enacted, the government would pay more of your premium for certain plans. It would apply to individual revenue or yield protection plans on enterprise or whole-farm units. At coverage level F, the government would pay 77% of the premium. At coverage level G, it would pay 68%. Your out-of-pocket…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1041: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
- 119-hr-4398: Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3283 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3283)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1041: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1041)
- [119-hr-4398: Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4398)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3283 (as of 2026-04-21).