James Comer would support and modernize federal agriculture programs that help farmers operate, compete, and succeed.

James Comer · Kentucky · Republican

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Occurrences

We must support and modernize programs that have proven effective in helping our nation's hard-working farmers to operate, compete and succeed.

On his congressional issues page, Comer says federal agriculture programs should be supported and modernized to help farmers.

Issues | Congressman James Comer
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Evidence

The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 658 on H.R. 6363, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024. The vote passed 336-95, and the roll call lists Comer, Republican, Kentucky, as voting Yea.

Comer voted for the 2023 stopgap law that included a farm bill extension and related agricultural program changes.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 658, H.R. 6363
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Congress.gov records H.R.6363 as passed by the House on November 14, 2023, passed by the Senate on November 15, 2023, and became Public Law No. 118-22 on November 17, 2023.

The bill Comer supported became law during the term tied to the 2022 election.

partial same_term A for effort

Congress.gov - Actions: H.R.6363, Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024
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Section 102 is titled Extension of Agricultural Programs and continued authorities from the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 through at least September 30, 2024. The text also extended commodity, dairy, conservation, research, energy, horticulture, organic certification, and agricultural trade technology provisions.

Public Law 118-22 kept major federal farm bill programs operating and included targeted updates, supporting the promise to back federal agriculture programs, though it was an extension rather than a comprehensive modernization.

partial same_term A for effort

Congress.gov - Text: H.R.6363, Public Law No. 118-22
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The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 517 on H.R. 10545, the American Relief Act, 2025. The vote passed 366-34 with 1 present, and the roll call lists Comer, Republican, Kentucky, as voting Yea.

Comer voted for the enacted 2024 relief and continuing appropriations bill that included USDA disaster aid, commodity producer economic assistance, and another agriculture program extension.

delivered same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 517, H.R. 10545
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Congress.gov records H.R.10545 as becoming Public Law No. 118-158 on December 21, 2024. The CRS summary says the act provides disaster relief appropriations and extends expiring programs and authorities, including agriculture programs.

The bill Comer supported became law and directly addressed federal agriculture programs and farmer relief during the same House term.

delivered same_term A for effort

Congress.gov - H.R.10545, American Relief Act, 2025
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The enacted text appropriated $30.78 billion to USDA for crop, milk, livestock, timber, citrus, pecan, poultry, and related producer losses from 2023 and 2024 disasters; reserved $10 billion for economic assistance under section 2102; and extended Agriculture Improvement Act authorities through at least September 30, 2025.

This is strong delivery evidence: Comer voted for a law providing large-scale farmer relief, economic assistance, and continued federal agriculture programs.

delivered same_term A for effort

Congress.gov - Text: H.R.10545, Public Law No. 118-158
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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Congress.gov records H.R.1 as becoming Public Law No. 119-21 on July 4, 2025. Its public law summary says Title I addresses USDA programs, extends 2018 farm bill programs, extends ARC, PLC, and Dairy Margin Coverage through crop year 2031, increases reference prices, expands base acres, reauthorizes research and specialty crop programs, and funds modernization of international trade technology systems and organic imports data collection.

Later federal service produced a broader agriculture-program modernization law, though this item by itself documents the law and provisions rather than Comer's individual vote.

partial later_term

Congress.gov - H.R.1, Public Law No. 119-21
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Assessments

delivered same_term A for effort

Comer promised broadly to support and modernize federal agriculture programs. During the House term following his 2022 reelection, he voted Yea on H.R.6363, enacted as Public Law 118-22, which extended major farm bill agriculture programs, and on H.R.10545, enacted as Public Law 118-158, which provided substantial USDA disaster and producer assistance and extended agriculture authorities. Those enacted same-term laws directly support farmers and continued federal agriculture programs. Later 2025 farm-program modernization evidence reinforces the policy direction, but same-term enacted support is sufficient for delivery.

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