H.R. 10749
RAISE Act of 2026
Sponsor: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
3 cosponsors
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Restore Agricultural Investment, Stability, and Expansion Act of 2026 or the RAISE Act of 2026
This bill allows the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide payments to producers of high-value crops (including citrus) for revenue losses or losses of crop quality or production that are a consequence of specific events. These events include a drought, wildfire, hurricane, flood, tornado, winter storm, and smoke exposure. USDA may implement this program by providing block grants to states and territories.
Text of the bill
This Act may be cited as the Restore Agricultural Investment, Stability, and Expansion Act of 2026 or the RAISE Act of 2026.
Subtitle E of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
1502. Emergency assistance for high value crop losses
(a) In general. The Secretary may carry out a program to make payments to producers of high value crops (including citrus) for losses of revenue or losses of quality or production of such crops as a consequence of a drought, wildfire, hurricane, flood, derecho, excessive heat, tornado, winter storm, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, or excessive moisture.
(b) Block grants. The program established pursuant to subsection (a) may be carried out through block grants to States and territories.