# 119-hr-7850: Farm Freedom to Repair Act

119-hr-7850, Farm Freedom to Repair Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7850
- Congress: 119
- Title: Farm Freedom to Repair Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates a limited safe harbor in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for diagnosing, maintaining, and repairing digital farm equipment.** The bill would add a new subsection to 17 U.S.C. 1201 to allow circumvention of technological locks and the manufacture or distribution of repair tools when the sole purpose is diagnosing, maintaining, or repairing covered agricultural equipment. - Farmers and equipment owners: Could bypass embedded software locks to diagnose and repair machines without running afoul of anti-circumvention rules. - Independent technicians and repair shops: Could make, import, sell, or provide tools, devices, parts, or software needed for repair without triggering trafficking prohibitions when used for diagnosis or repair. - Product scope: Covers "digital electronic agricultural equipment," defined as agricultural products that depend in whole or in part on attached or embedded digital electronics to function.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Easier repairs for farm equipment: benefit, medium. This bill would let owners and repairers bypass some digital locks on qualifying farm machines to diagnose, maintain, or repair them. It would also let people make, sell, import, or provide repair tools, devices, parts, or services for that purpose without violating certain anti‑circumvention rules…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-hr-3222: SMART Health Care Act
- 119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1357: Susan Muffley Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3184: PFAS Alternatives Act
- 119-hr-10463: Combat Veterans Retirement Restoration Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7850 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7850)

## Related
- [119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5582)
- [119-hr-3222: SMART Health Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3222)
- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
- [119-hr-1357: Susan Muffley Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1357)
- [119-hr-3184: PFAS Alternatives Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3184)
- [119-hr-10463: Combat Veterans Retirement Restoration Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10463)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7850 (as of 2026-04-21).