Rural Recovery Act of 2025

Sponsor: April McClain Delaney (Democratic-MD)December 4, 2025

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Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Creates a program to help small towns recover from major disasters with expert advice and support.

This bill would create a new program within the Department of Agriculture to offer technical assistance to rural communities after a major disaster. This help would include planning, finding funding, and applying for aid. The bill authorizes $50,000,000 to be appropriated each government's budget year to pay for this program.

What Would Change

Currently, there is no specific program within the Department of Agriculture dedicated to providing technical assistance to rural communities for disaster recovery, nor is there explicit funding authorized for such a program. If this bill passes, the Secretary of Agriculture would establish a new program to offer this technical help, with $50,000,000 authorized to be appropriated each government's budget year to pay for it.

Key Provisions

Creates a new program within the Department of Agriculture to give technical help to rural communities recovering from major disasters.
Says that a "disaster" means a major disaster officially declared by the President.
Defines an "eligible rural community" as any rural community, or part of one, located in an area hit by a disaster.
Sets the general definition of a "rural community" as a census-designated place with fewer than 20,000 people, but lets the Secretary of Agriculture change this if needed.
Provides technical assistance for planning, finding money, preparing applications for federal and state aid, dealing with application denials, and using funds for recovery.

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Rural Recovery Act of 2025

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