{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-7562","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":7562,"title":"Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2026-02-12","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"S001159","fullName":"Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]","party":"D","state":"WA","district":10}],"cosponsorsCount":3,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-03-20","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit."},"policyArea":"Agriculture and Food","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2026-03-20","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-12","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-12","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-12","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Office of Small Farms within the farm production and conservation mission area.&nbsp;</p><p>The office must coordinate, review, and implement various programs and activities related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations. Under the bill, a <em>small </em>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.</p><p>Among other things, the activities of the office related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations must include</p><ul><li>coordinating USDA efforts to improve support for these operators;</li><li>providing or coordinating technical assistance for these operators for USDA grant, cost-share, and loan programs; and</li><li>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.</li></ul><p>In addition, the Office of Small Farms must designate a&nbsp;small farms coordinator in each state.</p>","updateDate":"2026-08-24T16:11:36Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":313,"ts":"2026-08-28T10:47:42.305Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Office%20of%20Small%20Farms%20Establishment%20Act%20of%202026"}]}}