A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Farm Freedom to Repair Act," seeks to amend title 17 of the United States Code. It aims to provide for the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic agricultural equipment. The legislation defines this equipment as any agricultural product that depends, in whole or in part, on attached or embedded digital electronics to function. It allows people to circumvent technological measures that control access to protected works for repair purposes. Additionally, it permits the manufacturing, importing, and trafficking of certain technologies or parts related to these repairs.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +7
Would farmers be better off under this?
The bill empowers farmers by allowing them to diagnose, maintain, and repair their own digital electronic agricultural equipment without violating copyright laws.
- Scored +6
Would business owners be better off under this?
The bill reduces potential barriers to maintaining and repairing expensive digital agricultural equipment used in business operations.
- Scored +6
Does this make it easier to run a small business?
The bill facilitates easier maintenance and repair of essential agricultural equipment by allowing the circumvention of technological locks.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Allows for equipment upkeep: The bill permits a person to circumvent a technological measure that controls access to a protected work specifically for the purpose of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of digital electronic agricultural equipment (Section 2, subsection (l)(1)).
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Enables the trade of repair items: It allows people to manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in specific technologies, products, services, devices, components, or parts used for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of digital electronic agricultural equipment (Section 2, subsection (l)(2) and (l)(3)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly stated in the text provided.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would farmers be better off under this? — The bill empowers farmers by allowing them to diagnose, maintain, and repair their own digital electronic agricultural equipment without violating copyright laws. Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill reduces potential barriers to maintaining and repairing expensive digital agricultural equipment used in business operations.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill facilitates easier maintenance and repair of essential agricultural equipment by allowing the circumvention of technological locks.
- Education And Technology
- Does this make patent and copyright rules fairer? — The bill creates an exception to copyright protections to allow for the necessary repair and maintenance of agricultural technology.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this invest in rural communities? — By allowing independent repair of digital electronic agricultural equipment, the bill supports the operational efficiency of rural agricultural businesses.
- 3/5/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in House