S4663Referred to Committee

Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act

Share:
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-06-02
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
S
ⓘ
Type

Sponsor

Rick Scott
Rick Scott
Republican · FL · Senator
Votes with party: 33.2% (322 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001217

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (1)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

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

2026-06-02

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

Plain-English Summary

The federal government would give money directly to states to help them recover from revenue losses caused by freezes or cold weather that damaged crops or agricultural operations. States would receive these funds as block grants, meaning they'd have flexibility in how to distribute the money to affected farmers and agricultural businesses in their regions. This would help agricultural communities recover from weather-related economic damage without having to wait for individual disaster relief programs.

AI-assisted summary generated from the official bill metadata (title, subjects, actions) sourced from Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed. Always verify against the official text linked below.

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4663 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4663 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 2, 2026 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mrs. Moody) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ 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''. 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 ``Agricultural Programs--Office of the Secretary'', $3,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') 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 shall 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 shall 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 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 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). <all>
Open clean-text viewRead on Congress.gov →

Related legislation

Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.