H.R. 7562 · 119th Congress

Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026

Introduced on Feb 12, 2026 by Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10). 5 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Mar 20, 2026): Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 12, 2026
Cosponsors
5
0 from the other party
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish an Office of Small Farms, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 12, 2026). Public domain.

Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Office of Small Farms within the farm production and conservation mission area.

The office must coordinate, review, and implement various programs and activities related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations. Under the bill, a small farm, ranch, or forest operation (1) is less than 180 acres or meets another USDA-determined, acreage-based definition of small; and (2) has an annual gross cash farm income of less than $350,000.

Among other things, the activities of the office related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations must include

  • coordinating USDA efforts to improve support for these operators;
  • providing or coordinating technical assistance for these operators for USDA grant, cost-share, and loan programs; and
  • providing grants of not more than $25,000 to these operators directly or through cooperative agreements with other entities for areas including equipment and infrastructure repairs and upgrades, uninsured losses, business planning, and conservation practice adoption.

In addition, the Office of Small Farms must designate a small farms coordinator in each state.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Marilyn StricklandD-WA-10Sponsor

Democrats · 5

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History

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  1. Feb 12, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Feb 12, 2026Introduced in House
  3. Feb 12, 2026 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  4. Mar 20, 2026 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
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