3.0.0 7562 2026-09-01T08:05:32Z 2026-09-01T08:05:32Z House H HR 2026-02-12 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7562 [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 30 (Thursday, February 12, 2026)][House][Pages H2220-H2221]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. STRICKLAND:H.R. 7562.[[Page H2221]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag16 General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee Referred to 2026-03-20T19:31:16Z Referred To 2026-02-12T14:02:20Z Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026 119 3860 S 2026-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2026-03-20 hsag16 General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. Committee 2026-02-12 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2026-02-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2026-02-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001159 Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] Marilyn Strickland D WA 10 N A000370 Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] Alma Adams D NC S. 12 2026-02-12 True M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] James McGovern D MA P. 2 2026-02-12 True W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 24 2026-03-03 False V000138 Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] Eugene Vindman D VA Simon 7 2026-08-31 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2026-03-09T22:51:51Z 00 2026-02-12 Introduced in House 2026-08-24T16:10:05Z Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Office of Small Farms within the farm production and conservation mission area. 

The office must coordinate, review, and implement various programs and activities related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations. Under the bill, a small farm, ranch, or forest operation (1) is less than 180 acres or meets another USDA-determined, acreage-based definition of small; and (2) has an annual gross cash farm income of less than $350,000.

Among other things, the activities of the office related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations must include

  • coordinating USDA efforts to improve support for these operators;
  • providing or coordinating technical assistance for these operators for USDA grant, cost-share, and loan programs; and
  • providing grants of not more than $25,000 to these operators directly or through cooperative agreements with other entities for areas including equipment and infrastructure repairs and upgrades, uninsured losses, business planning, and conservation practice adoption.

In addition, the Office of Small Farms must designate a small farms coordinator in each state.

]]> Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026 Display Title 45 Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026 2026-03-06T08:08:28Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026 2026-03-06T08:08:27Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish an Office of Small Farms, and for other purposes. 2026-03-06T08:03:28Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2026-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7562ih/xml/BILLS-119hr7562ih.xml 2026-03-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.