Rural Recovery Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
Introduced
Summary
A USDA technical-assistance program for rural disaster recovery. This bill would create a Rural Development Disaster Recovery Technical Assistance Program to help communities hit by presidentially declared major disasters plan, apply for funds, and rebuild.
Show full summary
- Small towns and households: Communities with fewer than 20,000 residents could receive up to 3 years of technical assistance after a major disaster to plan recovery and access funding.
- State and local officials and nonprofits: The program would run through USDA State rural development offices and use contracts with eligible public bodies and nonprofit corporations, with priority for certain entities identified in federal rural development law.
- Projects and funding: Assistance would cover planning, identifying solutions, applying to FEMA, the Economic Development Administration, and USDA, and implementing awards for telecom, water, housing, energy, community facilities, business infrastructure, and local government infrastructure. The Secretary would make funds available to State offices without a separate application and allocate amounts by a formula based on the population affected using the most recent decennial census.
*Would authorize $50.0 million per year in new appropriations for the program, increasing federal spending accordingly.*
Your PRIA Score
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More disaster help for rural communities
If enacted, the bill would direct the Agriculture Secretary to set up a Rural Development Disaster Recovery Technical Assistance Program. The program would give technical help to rural communities that are all or partly inside a Presidential major disaster area. It would authorize $50,000,000 to be appropriated each fiscal year. Help would be available for 3 years after the disaster, with a case-by-case 3-year extension. The Secretary would make money available to State rural development offices without a separate State application, then allocate funds to affected communities by a formula using the most recent decennial census. State rural development offices or approved public bodies and nonprofit contractors would provide help, with priority to certain entities under current law. Technical assistance would cover planning, finding funding, preparing and appealing federal and state recovery applications (for example FEMA and EDA), and implementing projects such as water, housing, energy, telecom, community facilities, business infrastructure, and local government infrastructure.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Cosponsors
Evans (CO)
CO • R
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Thompson (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
VI • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
View on Congress.gov