We must support and modernize programs that have proven effective in helping our nation's hard-working farmers to operate, compete and succeed.
James Comer would support and modernize federal agriculture programs that help farmers operate, compete, and succeed.
Occurrences
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Assessments
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.