Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill creates a USDA grant program for states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Tribes to address PFAS contamination affecting farmland, farm products, and agricultural communities, requires reporting and a USDA task force, and authorizes $500 million.
Who Benefits and How
PFAS-affected farmers and agricultural communities could gain testing, compensation, remediation, research, marketing, and technical support through grants administered by eligible governments.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA and eligible government agriculture agencies would need to administer grants, prioritize direct producer assistance, report annually, and expand capacity to address PFAS contamination.
Key Provisions
- Creates a USDA grant program for eligible governments whose agricultural land or water contains unsafe PFAS levels.
- Allows grant funds to cover testing, health monitoring, compensation, infrastructure changes, research, education, and marketing assistance related to PFAS contamination.
- Requires annual reports, creates a USDA task force on PFAS contamination, and authorizes $500 million over fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill creates a USDA grant program for states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Tribes to address PFAS contamination affecting farmland, farm products, and agricultural communities, requires reporting and a USDA task force, and authorizes $500 million.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Environment, Government Administration
Primary Purpose
This bill creates a USDA grant program for states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Tribes to address PFAS contamination affecting farmland, farm products, and agricultural communities, requires reporting and a USDA task force, and authorizes $500 million.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- PFAS-affected farmers and agricultural communities receiving testing, compensation, and transition support
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- USDA and eligible government agriculture agencies administering the grant program and related oversight
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Collins (for herself, Mr. King, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Eligible government agriculture agencies that can receive federal PFAS-response grants, Eligible government agriculture agencies that must produce annual grant reports, Eligible governments administering testing, research, and compensation activities under the grant program
Positive-direction: Eligible government agriculture agencies that can receive federal PFAS-response grants
Negative-direction: Eligible government agriculture agencies that must produce annual grant reports, Eligible governments administering testing, research, and compensation activities under the grant program, Federal budget resources committed to the PFAS farmer-relief program, USDA officials responsible for staffing the task force and providing technical assistance
Eligible governments and PFAS-affected farmers that can benefit from funded relief and remediation activities, PFAS-affected farmers and agricultural communities that can receive direct and indirect assistance, PFAS-affected farmers and landowners who may receive help through the new grant program
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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