WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson (PA-15) has yet to pass a Farm Bill since becoming chair of the House Agriculture Committee in 2023, but his latest attempt moved a step closer Wednesday.

Thompson’s latest iteration of the Farm Bill — the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567) — cleared the House in a bipartisan 224-200 vote.

The measure was supported by Thompson and 208 fellow Republicans, along with 14 Democrats and one independent. Three of Thompson’s Republican colleagues joined most Democrats in opposing it.

The sweeping, multiyear law governing federal agricultural and food programs is typically renewed every five years but has faced repeated delays since the last one was signed in 2018. The current framework has been extended three times, most recently through Sept. 30, 2026.

In conversations around the district, Thompson has called passage of the legislation his top priority. He lauded the vote in a statement released after the bill’s passage.

“Working in Congress on behalf of our nation’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities is an honor,” Thompson said. “I was proud to lead the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026, and I am extremely pleased to see this bill pass with a strong bipartisan vote. An updated farm bill that meets the current needs of our farmers and ranchers is long overdue, and this is a significant step toward getting farm country back on track.”

The Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 reauthorizes key U.S. Department of Agriculture programs through 2031. According to Thompson, the bill updates farm policy to strengthen supply chains, expand credit access for producers and enhance crop insurance. The legislation also includes investments in rural broadband and infrastructure, which he said address modern challenges facing farmers, ranchers and foresters.

Some key provisions of the massive bill include increased funding for the USDA Market Access Program and for agricultural education and research, a ban on Chinese Communist Party ownership of U.S. farmland, efforts to improve farmer mental health and reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), among other measures.

In a statement released by her office, Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) claims the SNAP reforms, which include expanded work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents and restrictions on SNAP eligibility for immigrants living in the country illegally, will save taxpayers nearly $200 billion over the next decade.

The bill will now move to the Senate, where Arkansas Republican Senator John Boozman, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has pledged to take it up.

“House passage of a bipartisan Farm Bill 2.0 is a testament to Chairman GT Thompson’s strong leadership, and I congratulate him on this significant achievement,” Boozman said. “This is an important step toward updating long-overdue policies that support our farm families and strengthen rural communities. We’ve put more farm in the farm bill through the Working Families Tax Cuts, and this legislation builds on that success. I remain committed to working with my colleagues in the Senate to continue this momentum and deliver Farm Bill 2.0 to the president’s desk to be signed into law. I look forward to releasing legislative text in the coming weeks.”

According to the House Agriculture Committee, over 500 stakeholder organizations support the legislation.

To view H.R. 7567 in full, visit www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567.