House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Farmers First Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 13, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6379.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FEENSTRA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 187, November 13, 2023, Page H5730):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To reauthorize the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 147 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6379, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6379
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 9 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Feenstra.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.