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Cutting COSTS Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
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Summary
Pays 100% of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) audit costs for eligible small and beginning producers. The Cutting COSTS Act of 2025 funds full-cost GAP audit reimbursements through the Commodity Credit Corporation, requires annual reports to agriculture committees, and ends after five years.
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- Small and beginning producers: Covers the full cost of GAP audits for farms with average adjusted gross income under $350,000 per year and for beginning farmers, removing a direct audit expense.
- Retail market access: Requires annual reporting on how payments affect each producer's access to retail food stores that require GAP audits as a condition for selling.
- USDA and Congress: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to run the program, use CCC funds to pay claims, and report to the House and Senate agriculture committees each year for four years after the first report.
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Full GAP audit payments for farmers
This bill would create a program to pay covered producers the full cost of a Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) audit. You would be eligible if you run a small farm with average adjusted gross income under $350,000 per year or if you are a beginning farmer or rancher. Payments would equal the exact dollar amount you paid for the audit. The Agriculture Secretary would use Commodity Credit Corporation funds to make payments. The Secretary would report to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees within 1 year and then annually for four years. Reports would list who got payments and whether payments improved access to retail food stores that require a GAP audit. The program authority would end five years after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 12/2/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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