House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FARM Act
Official title: To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prevent harm and disruption to the United States agriculture industry by protecting against foreign influence over agriculture production and supply chains, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ronny Jackson R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 620.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JACKSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 13, January 22, 2025, Page H300):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 620, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 April 9, 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
29 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 29 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Donald Davis (D-NC), Ron Estes (R-KS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Michael Guest (R-MS), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Mary Miller (R-IL), James Moylan (R-GU), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), August Pfluger (R-TX), John Rose (R-TN), Keith Self (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), David Taylor (R-OH), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Randy Weber (R-TX), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ronny Jackson.
- H.R. 1316 (119th) Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
- H.R. 6444 (119th) Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act
- H.R. 2633 (119th) U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act of 2025
- H.R. 7616 (119th) Transatlantic Academic Security and Risk Mitigation Act
- H.R. 7540 (119th) United States-Israel FUTURES Act of 2026
- H.R. 943 (119th) No User Fees for Gun Owners Act
Related bills
- S. 179 (119th) FARM ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.