Bridge the Gap for Rural Communities Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5710 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5710 To suspend certain payment limitations relating to agricultural risk coverage and price loss coverage for crop year 2025 and to make advance partial payments under such coverages for such crop year. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 8, 2025 Mr. Crawford (for himself and Ms. Letlow) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To suspend certain payment limitations relating to agricultural risk coverage and price loss coverage for crop year 2025 and to make advance partial payments under such coverages for such crop year. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Bridge the Gap for Rural Communities Act''. SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENT LIMITATIONS FOR CROP YEAR 2025. Section 1001(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(10) Suspension of payment limitations for crop year 2025.--Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to a person or legal entity for crop year 2025.''. SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF ADVANCE PARTIAL PAYMENTS FOR CROP YEAR 2025. Section 1115 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9015) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(j) Availability of Advance Partial Payments for Crop Year 2025.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2025, the Secretary shall provide to producers on a farm that make an election under paragraph (2) a partial payment with respect to each payment to such producer for the payment acres for each covered commodity on the farm under subsection (i). ``(2) Option to receive partial paym