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Honor Farmer Contracts Act

To unfreeze funding for contracts of the Department of Agriculture, to prohibit Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service office closures, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 27, 2025

Latest action (Apr 18, 2025) Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

Referred to
Agriculture Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Issues
Labor & Wages

Summary
  • Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately unfreeze funding for and implement all written agreements and contracts entered into before the bill's enactment.
  • Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to pay all past due amounts owed under Department of Agriculture agreements and contracts.
  • Prohibits cancellation of signed agreements or contracts with farmers or entities providing agricultural assistance unless they have failed to comply with contract terms.
  • Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide written notice and justification to Congress at least 60 days before closing any Farm Service Agency county office, NRCS field office, or Rural Development Local Service Center.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
13 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Gabe Vasquez’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $84,794
  • SINGLETON SCHREIBER $36,300
  • MCGINN, MONTOYA, LOVE & CURRY $24,500
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO $24,028
  • NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY $13,625

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Gabe Vasquez → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Apr 18, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. · house
  2. Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
  3. Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 1172 — Honor Farmer Contracts Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 2392 — To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into building leasing agreements. · Introduced Jun 30, 2011 · Cong. 112 66%
  • HR 5150 — Protecting Agricultural Borrower Information Act · Introduced Sep 8, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 1629 — Farmland Security Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 8533 — Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 1995 — Securing American Agriculture Act · Introduced Mar 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 27, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 27, 2025

Mr. Vasquez (for himself, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Riley of New York, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To unfreeze funding for contracts of the Department of Agriculture, to prohibit Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service office closures, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Honor Farmer Contracts Act”.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FUNDING AND OFFICES.

The Secretary of Agriculture shall—

(1) immediately after the enactment of this Act, unfreeze funding for and implement all written agreements and contracts entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture prior to the date of enactment of this Act;

(2) as rapidly as possible after the enactment of this Act, pay all past due amounts owed by the Secretary of Agriculture under agreements and contracts described in paragraph (1);

(3) not cancel any signed agreement or contract with a farmer or an entity providing assistance to farmers, unless the farmer or entity has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the contract; and

(4) not close any Farm Service Agency county office, Natural Resources Conservation Service field office, or Rural Development Local Service Center without providing written notice and justification to Congress not later than 60 days before the date on which the applicable office or center is intended to be closed. <all>

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