House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5280.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NUNN of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 287 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5280, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.