House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FARM SAFE Act
Official title: To provide for the continuation of agricultural disaster assistance programs in the event of a Government shutdown.
Sponsor: Rep. April McClain Delaney D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5716.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN DELANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 166, October 8, 2025, Page H4528):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5716, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5716
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
89e80ad28472a378084cf1035205f5ae04e6c15824e1f8d77c11064c1e63ca3c
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 June 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5716, last updated June 4, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Tony Wied (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. April McClain Delaney.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.