# 119-hr-4428: Strong Farms, Strong Future Act

119-hr-4428, Strong Farms, Strong Future Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4428
- Congress: 119
- Title: Strong Farms, Strong Future Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expand and intensify the Conservation Stewardship Program** to push soil health, carbon sequestration, and greenhouse gas reductions across working farms. The bill would add new eligible practices, score contracts on climate outcomes, and create Climate Change Mitigation Bundles to group activities for measurable greenhouse gas cuts and soil carbon gains. - Farmers and producers: Would add and define perennial production systems such as agroforestry, perennial grains and oilseeds, perennial forages, alley cropping, windbreaks, and silvopasture as eligible activities. It would boost contract flexibility by allowing earlier renewals, automatic renewal when perennial systems are installed or improved, and adjust CSP payments for inflation during a contract. - Climate and land benefits: Would change how contract offers are evaluated to prioritize soil health improvements, carbon sequestration, and greenhouse gas reductions and to account for full operation‑wide benefits from active management of conservation practices. - Program access and oversight: Would establish Climate Change Mitigation Bundles that must be available to organic and conventional producers, require outreach, and mandate reporting with producer feedback, barriers to adoption, disaggregated data by gender, race, age, and district, and estimated greenhouse gas mitigation per bundle.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New climate bundles for farmers: benefit, medium. This bill would create climate bundles of conservation actions for farms, ranches, and forest land. Bundles would be state or region specific and include options for cropland, pasture, rangeland, and forest land. USDA would offer at least one bundle for perennials, soil health systems, advanced gra…
- Perennial bonuses and CSP inflation adjustments: benefit, medium. If enacted, CSP supplemental payments would also cover eligible perennial production systems, not just crop rotations or advanced grazing. Your perennial system would need to meet CSP rules to qualify for the extra payment. Planned CSP payments would be adjusted for inflation over the contract life…
- New CSP scoring and easier renewals: mixed, medium. The bill would update CSP ranking rules to give equal weight to listed factors and to focus on soil health, carbon storage, and cutting greenhouse gases. This could change which offers get funded. USDA could offer renewal in the first half of year five of a 5‑year CSP contract if you are in complia…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3184: PFAS Alternatives Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4428 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4428)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3184: PFAS Alternatives Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3184)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4428 (as of 2026-04-21).