# 119-s-2442: O DAIRY Act of 2025

119-s-2442, O DAIRY Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2442
- Congress: 119
- Title: O DAIRY Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-24
- Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Creates a tailored safety net and market support for organic dairy farmers.** The bill would expand emergency aid, require new organic milk data, and fund regional processing and marketing help to stabilize organic milk markets. - Organic dairy farmers would gain expanded ELAP emergency assistance for losses not covered by other USDA disaster programs and for input-cost-driven income declines over 10 percent. The bill would also direct a simpler, streamlined ELAP payment process. - Small organic dairy operations would be explicitly eligible for a new organic dairy safety net pathway and would receive priority access based on the Small Business Administration size standard. - Regional processors, markets, and researchers would get targeted support. The bill would create an Infrastructure Investment Funding Program for regional processing, on-farm storage, aggregation, and institutional purchasing. It would also fund Regional Organic Dairy Market Specialists and research teams to study prices, costs, marketing, and insurance options. *Would authorize $20.0 million for infrastructure and $5.0 million for regional market specialist activities for 2025–2029, a total of $25.0 million in potential new federal spending, subject to appropriation.*

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Regional grants for organic dairy plants: benefit, high. If enacted, the Secretary would set up a grant program within 180 days to fund regional organic milkshed infrastructure. Grants could pay to build regional organic processing plants, buy on-farm processing and storage, improve transport and aggregation, and support business plans and processor star…
- More disaster help for organic dairy: benefit, medium. If enacted, ELAP would be expanded to cover organic dairy losses that other USDA disaster programs do not cover. You would be eligible if your net income falls more than 10% in one calendar year because of higher organic feed or input costs. The Secretary would also be required to streamline ELAP p…
- Organic milk data and market support: benefit, medium. If enacted, USDA would start an "Organic All Milk Prices Survey" within 90 days to publish monthly national and regional organic milk price and payment data for the six largest organic regions. The Secretary would publish periodic organic milk reports within 180 days and must publish a Federal Regi…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2442 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2442)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2442 (as of 2025-12-21).