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S. 5115Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Farmers Lifeline Options for Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act

Sponsored by Lisa Blunt RochesterSen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Introduced July 23, 2026

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The Farmers Lifeline Options for Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to include the emergency watershed program as a covered program for the regional conservation partnership program. By doing so, it allows the USDA to use emergency watershed protection measures—originally defined in the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978—when carrying out regional conservation projects. The change primarily affects federal conservation funding and the agencies and landowners that participate in those programs.

Key Provisions

  • Amends Section 1271A(1) of the Food Security Act to add a new sub‑paragraph (G) that lists the emergency watershed protection measures from the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 as a covered program.
  • Designates the bill’s short title as the “Farmers Lifeline Options for Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act.”

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

July 23, 2026

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Introduced in Senate

July 23, 2026

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

July 23, 2026

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Introduced in SenateIssued July 23, 2026

II

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 5115

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 23, 2026

Ms. Blunt Rochester (for herself and Mr. Justice) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to add the emergency watershed program as a covered program for purposes of carrying out the regional conservation partnership program, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Farmers Lifeline Options for Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act.

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Emergency watershed program

Section 1271A(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871a(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(G)

The emergency watershed protection measures described in section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203).

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