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To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would reauthorize and expand the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, a program that provides mental health and substance use support to farmers and ranchers. The bill increases the program's annual funding from $10 million to $15 million for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. The bill also adds crisis lines to the types of assistance the program can offer and allows grant recipients to establish referral relationships with various health providers, including certified community behavioral health clinics, health centers, rural health clinics, Federally qualified health centers, and critical access hospitals. These changes would broaden the scope of mental health and substance use services available to farmers and ranchers experiencing stress.
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Sponsor (1)
17 cosponsors
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA)
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL)
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN)
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA)
- Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] (R-AR)
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI)
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large] (D-PR)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Randy Feenstra’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $38,384
- MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC. $21,800
- BGR GROUP $15,800
- DOLL DISTRIBUTING $13,700
- FRONTIER BANK $13,450
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Randy Feenstra → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jul 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Jul 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 15, 2025
Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Ms. Craig, Mr. Bost, Mr. Costa, and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, 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 “Farmers First Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. FARM AND RANCH STRESS ASSISTANCE NETWORK.
Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting “, including crisis lines” before the semicolon at the end;
(2) in subsection (d), by striking “$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023” and inserting “$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030”; and
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
“(e) Referrals to Providers.—As part of the efforts of the recipient of a grant under subsection (a) to connect individuals to behavioral health counseling and wellness support and to ensure individuals have access to a comprehensive scope of mental health and substance use treatments and supports, when applicable, the grant recipient may establish referral relationships with—
“(1) certified community behavioral health clinics described in section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note; Public Law 113-93);
“(2) health centers (as defined in section 330(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(a)));
“(3) rural health clinics (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)));
“(4) Federally qualified health centers (as defined in that section); and
“(5) critical access hospitals (as defined in section 1861(mm) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm))).”. <all>
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