# 119-hr-4354: Agricultural Emergency Relief Act of 2025

119-hr-4354, Agricultural Emergency Relief Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4354
- Congress: 119
- Title: Agricultural Emergency Relief Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-04

## Summary

**Creates a new USDA Emergency Relief Program to pay crop producers for defined disaster losses.** It pairs insurance-based indemnities with a revenue-based fallback for uninsured producers and sets income-linked payment caps and post-payment insurance requirements.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gallagher, James [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Emergency crop loss payments: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create an Emergency Relief Program to pay producers for crop, tree, bush, or vine losses caused by listed disasters. For producers with Federal Crop Insurance or NC-DAP payments, payments may be based on indemnities and coverage with a factor not more than 90 percent. For…
- Funding and admin limit: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize such sums as are necessary to carry out the program for fiscal years 2025 through 2030. The Secretary of Agriculture could use up to 1% of each year's money for administrative costs. The actual program cost would depend on how much Congress appropriates each yea…
- Who and what counts for relief: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would define which disasters and losses qualify for payments and who is a "producer." Disasters listed include drought, wildfire, hurricane, flood, derecho, excessive heat, excessive moisture, winter storm, and freeze (including polar vortex). A county meets the drought test if…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1105: Disaster Resiliency and Coverage Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4354 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4354)

## Related
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-1105: Disaster Resiliency and Coverage Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1105)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4354 (as of 2026-10-04).