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<dc:title>119 HR 9927 IH: Farmers Lifeline to Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-07-23</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 9927</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260723">July 23, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="P000613">Mr. Panetta</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="F000446">Mr. Feenstra</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HAG00">Committee on Agriculture</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to add the emergency watershed program as a covered program for purposes of carrying out the regional conservation partnership program, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H3445E77D2E4141B2A580B621DDE06318" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HFD9746D052E64D36A94F89875018A61E" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Farmers Lifeline to Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HCC308B932C0D4B7CB81D162E5A6B2D6C"><enum>2.</enum><header>Emergency watershed program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1271A(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871a">16 U.S.C. 3871a(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<subparagraph id="HC76DB638F4654262BB46E69F94D32552"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The emergency watershed protection measures described in section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2203">16 U.S.C. 2203</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> </legis-body></bill>

