# 119-hr-91: Freedom for Farmers Act of 2025

119-hr-91, Freedom for Farmers Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-91
- Congress: 119
- Title: Freedom for Farmers Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Abolish the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.** The bill would transfer ATSDR's authority over national disease and toxic-exposure registries and allow HHS to move related assets, personnel, and records to another HHS agency such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with abolition effective 1 year after enactment. - Communities and households near hazardous sites: The national registries that track serious diseases and persons exposed to toxic substances would be moved to another HHS entity, changing which agency holds registry authority and oversight. - ATSDR employees and programs: The Secretary may transfer ATSDR assets, funds, personnel, records, and other property within HHS during the wind-up, affecting staff placement and program resources over the 1-year wind-up period. - HHS agencies and statutes: The Secretary must wind up terminated ATSDR functions and obligations during the wind-up, and the bill makes broad conforming amendments across many environmental and health statutes to reassign ATSDR roles to HHS or CDC.

## Provisions PRIA read

- ATSDR would end after one year: cost, high. If enacted, this bill would abolish the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry one year after enactment. From enactment until that date, the HHS Secretary would wind down ATSDR programs and settle federal obligations. Most ATSDR functions would end on the closure date unless they are move…
- Disease and exposure registries move to HHS: mixed, high. Before ATSDR closes, the HHS Secretary would move the national disease and toxic‑exposure registries to another HHS agency. The Secretary could move related staff, funds, records, and property to keep them running. HHS, working with states, would maintain the registries going forward. One year afte…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026
- 119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-91 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/91)

## Related
- [119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-25)
- [119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9200)
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6225)
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-91 (as of 2025-12-21).