Disaster farms can get more federal money for land and water work.
S. 5115 — Farmers Lifeline Options for Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act · Filed by Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
Your members of Congress
Enter a ZIP to see where your representative and both senators stood on this bill.
Looked up on this device — your ZIP is never stored on our servers.
What it does
This bill changes a federal law about farming and land care. It lets two programs work together. One program helps farms after floods and soil damage. Now farms hit by disasters can use both programs to get federal money for land and water work.
Who it affects
Farmers and rural communities hit by floods and soil damage gain access to more federal money. The bill does not take away any rights or protections.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money will be spent. Real help depends on Congress giving money to the program later.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (348 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
“Disaster farms can get more federal money for land and water work.” QuorumCivic. https://share.quorumcivic.app/bill/119/s5115/simple Report an error