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USDA Field Office Stability Act
To prohibit the closure or relocation of certain Department of Agriculture offices, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from closing or relocating county and field offices of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, Rural Development areas, and county service centers
- Allows an office to close or relocate only if another similar office is located within 20 miles in the same state, or if an office relocates within the same county for routine leasing operations
- Requires the Secretary to maintain minimum staffing levels at local service centers to keep them open and accessible to the public during standard business hours
- Applies restrictions to NRCS, Farm Service Agency, Rural Development, and all Department of Agriculture county service centers
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Sharice Davids’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $243,550
- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS $13,893
- DENTONS US LLP $12,650
- BYRNE PELOFSKY + ASSOCIATES LLC $11,350
- BARKLEY $10,700
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Sharice Davids → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 18, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Jun 18, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 18, 2026
Ms. Davids of Kansas (for herself, Mr. Schmidt, and Mr. Vasquez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To prohibit the closure or relocation of certain Department of Agriculture offices, 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 “USDA Field Office Stability Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CLOSURE OR RELOCATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICES.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) may not close or relocate a county or field office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Farm Service Agency, a Rural Development area, or any county service center of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) Exceptions.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to—
(1) an office that is located not more than 20 miles from another office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Farm Service Agency, a Rural Development area, or any county service center, unless such other office is in another State; or
(2) the relocation of an office within the same county in the course of routine leasing operations.
(c) Minimum Staffing Levels for Local Service Centers.—The Secretary shall maintain, at a minimum, staffing levels at Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, and Rural Development local service centers that keep all such centers open and accessible to the public during standard business hours. <all>
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