119th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 9094: Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026
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Summary
This bill provides $3.5 billion in emergency funding for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide block grants to certain states for losses of revenue, quality, or production of crops (including crops prevented from planting), trees, bushes, and vines as a consequence of a freeze or cold weather conditions.
The bill specifies that the funding may only be made available for losses occurring in counties that received a disaster designation for freeze and related cold weather conditions issued by USDA on March 4, 2026. (This includes certain counties in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.)
The bill requires the assistance provided by the bill to include compensation to producers for losses of multi-year crops.
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The funds provided by this bill must be made available upon the request of a state department of agriculture or other appropriate state agency.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Gus Bilirakis R-FLOriginal
- Vern Buchanan R-FLOriginal
- Katherine Cammack R-FLOriginal
- Kathy Castor D-FLOriginal
- Byron Donalds R-FLOriginal
- Neal Dunn R-FLOriginal
- Lois Frankel D-FLOriginal
- Maxwell Frost D-FLOriginal
- Randall Fine R-FLOriginal
- Carlos Gimenez R-FLOriginal
- Mike Haridopolos R-FLOriginal
- Anna Luna R-FLOriginal
- Laurel Lee R-FLOriginal
- Cory Mills R-FLOriginal
- Jared Moskowitz D-FLOriginal
- Jimmy Patronis R-FLOriginal
- John Rutherford R-FLOriginal
- Maria Salazar R-FLOriginal
- Darren Soto D-FLOriginal
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FLOriginal
- Daniel Webster R-FLOriginal
- Frederica Wilson D-FLOriginal
- Brian Mast R-FL
Who scored on this bill
- 1C. Franklin SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by C. Franklin.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.