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Texas Agricultural Producers Assistance Act
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit to Congress a report on available assistance to agricultural producers in the State of Texas that have suffered economic losses due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report to Congress within 180 days identifying all available assistance programs and authorities within the Department of Agriculture that could help Texas agricultural producers who have suffered economic losses. The losses stem from Mexico's failure to deliver water to the United States in accordance with a 1944 treaty governing the Colorado, Tijuana, and Rio Grande rivers. The report must catalog existing USDA programs and their potential applicability to assist affected Texas farmers. The bill does not create new programs or authorize new assistance, but directs an inventory of existing tools that could be deployed to help affected producers.
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Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Monica De La Cruz’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SELF EMPLOYED $88,998
- NULL $50,988
- RIO FRESH INC $14,200
- ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT $13,200
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Monica De La Cruz → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. · house
- Jan 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Jan 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 14, 2025
Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Fallon, and Mr. Arrington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit to Congress a report on available assistance to agricultural producers in the State of Texas that have suffered economic losses due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water.
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 “Texas Agricultural Producers Assistance Act”.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON AVAILABLE ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE SUFFERED ECONOMIC LOSSES DUE TO THE FAILURE OF MEXICO TO DELIVER WATER.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that lists all existing authorities of the Secretary and programs within the Department of Agriculture that are or could be made available to provide assistance to agricultural producers in the State of Texas that have suffered economic losses due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water to the United States in accordance with the Treaty Relating to the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande signed at Washington on February 3, 1944, and the Supplementary Protocol signed at Washington on November 14, 1944. <all>
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