Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Farmers Lifeline to Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act
A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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 is titled the Farmers Lifeline to Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act. It seeks to amend the Food Security Act of 1985. The primary purpose is to add the emergency watershed program as a covered program for the regional conservation partnership program. This change specifically incorporates the emergency watershed protection measures described in section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +6
Would farmers be better off under this?
The bill expands available conservation and emergency watershed protection resources available to farmers.
- Scored +5
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The bill expands the regional conservation partnership program to include emergency watershed protection measures.
- Scored +4
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?
The bill incorporates emergency watershed protection measures to help mitigate the impacts of water-related disasters.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Expansion of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program: By adding the emergency watershed program to the list of covered programs, the bill expands the scope of the existing regional conservation partnership program (Section 2).
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Integration of Watershed Protection: The bill incorporates emergency watershed protection measures described in section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 into the regional conservation partnership program (Section 2).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
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.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill expands the regional conservation partnership program to include emergency watershed protection measures. Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster? — The bill incorporates emergency watershed protection measures to help mitigate the impacts of water-related disasters. Does this invest in rural communities? — By integrating emergency watershed protection into conservation programs, it provides better resource management for rural agricultural areas.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would farmers be better off under this? — The bill expands available conservation and emergency watershed protection resources available to farmers. Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The expansion of watershed protection programs benefits rural areas prone to water-related environmental issues.
- 7/23/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Randy FeenstraRepublican · Iowa