# 119-hr-442: Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act

119-hr-442, Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5] (R-LA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-442
- Congress: 119
- Title: Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a formal, recurring review framework for Federal Crop Insurance Act quality loss adjustment procedures.** It pairs five-year reviews starting in 2025 with new regional soybean discount factors and required stakeholder input. - Farmers, especially soybean growers, would see State or regional discount factors after a disaster declaration or if a salvage market appears, so local quality discounts are reflected in market pricing. - USDA and private crop-insurance providers would be subject to a periodic review cycle that must begin in calendar year 2025 and repeat every five years, with each review contracted to a qualified person and completed within one year, and future QLA changes tied to those reviews rather than a prior fixed trigger. - Regional industry stakeholders would be engaged for each commodity during reviews, and the Corporation must report findings, procedure changes, and stakeholder engagement to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees after each review.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Five-year crop quality reviews with farmer input: benefit, low. Starting in 2025, the crop insurer would hire a qualified reviewer every 5 years to examine quality loss rules. Each review would finish within one year. Reviews would include regionally diverse industry stakeholders for every crop that offers a quality loss adjustment. After each review, the insur…
- Regional soybean discounts after disasters: mixed, medium. If a state or region has a USDA disaster or a President-declared disaster or emergency, the crop insurer would set a soybean discount for that area. The same would happen if a soybean salvage market occurs. The discount would reflect average local quality price cuts. This could raise or lower insur…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-3089: More Paid Leave for More Americans Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-4154: Employee Rights Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-442 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/442)

## Related
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-3089: More Paid Leave for More Americans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3089)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-4154: Employee Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4154)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-442 (as of 2026-09-21).