Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9094 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9094

 To appropriate sums for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide block
  grants to States for losses of revenue as a consequence of certain
                  freezes or cold weather conditions.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 2, 2026

Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Patronis,
     Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Fine, Mr. Mills, Mr.
     Haridopolos, Mr. Soto, Mr. Frost, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr.
 Bilirakis, Mrs. Luna, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr.
Buchanan, Mr. Donalds, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms.
Wilson of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Salazar, and Mr. Gimenez)
 introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL

 To appropriate sums for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide block
  grants to States for losses of revenue as a consequence of certain
                  freezes or cold weather conditions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 1. This Act may be cited as the ``Florida Freeze Disaster
Assistance Act of 2026''.
    Sec. 2.  The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2027, for an additional amount for ``Office of the
Secretary'' of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, $3,500,000,000, to
remain available until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to
provide assistance in the form of block grants to 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 condition: Provided, That such assistance shall include
compensation to producers for losses of multi-year crops: Provided
further, That such funds be made available exclusively for losses
occurring in counties that received a disaster designation for freeze
and related cold weather conditions issued by the Secretary on March 4,
2026: Provided further, That such funds be made available upon the
request of a State department of agriculture, or other appropriate
State agency as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That not
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and for
each fiscal quarter thereafter until the amounts provided under this
section are expended, the Secretary shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate describing the implementation of assistance provided pursuant to
this section: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.
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