Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025

House Bill

H.R. 5790

119th Congress

Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Oct 17, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Representative

Republican

AR-1

Cosponsors

21

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary

This bill aims to help American farmers by setting up a task force to identify and address trade barriers that prevent U.S. agricultural exports from being sold overseas. The task force would develop strategies to enforce trade agreements and work with other countries to file disputes against unfair trade practices that hurt American farmers.

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

SponsorEric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR)

Introduced10/17/2025

StatusReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

ChamberHouse

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Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025

This bill aims to help American farmers by setting up a task force to identify and address trade barriers that prevent U.S. agricultural exports from being sold overseas. The task force would develop strategies to enforce trade agreements and work with other c

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This bill aims to help American farmers by setting up a task force to identify and address trade barriers that prevent U.S. agricultural exports from being sold overseas. The task force would develop strategies to enforce trade agreements and work with other countries to file disputes against unfair trade practices that hurt American farmers.

Bill Number: 5790
Sponsor: Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR)
Introduced: 10/17/2025
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Policy Area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

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Fact Sheet

Title: Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025
Bill Number: 5790
Sponsor: Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR)
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced: 10/17/2025
Summary: This bill aims to help American farmers by setting up a task force to identify and address trade barriers that prevent U.S. agricultural exports from being sold overseas. The task force would develop strategies to enforce trade agreements and work with other countries to file disputes against unfair

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill aims to help American farmers by setting up a task force to identify and address trade barriers that prevent U.S. agricultural exports from being sold overseas. The task force would develop strategies to enforce trade agreements and work with other countries to file disputes against unfair trade practices that hurt American farmers.

Last updated: 12/29/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement ActThis bill establishes a joint task force to identify and address trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports.Specifically, the bill directs the President to establish the Agricultural Trade Enforcement Task Force. Members of this task force include employees of the Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.The bill requires the task force to (1) identify trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports that are vulnerable to dispute settlement under the World Trade Organization (WTO) or other trade agreements, (2) develop and implement a strategy for enforcing violations of trade agreements related to those trade barriers, (3) identify like-minded trading partners for specific trade barriers that could act as complainants on disputes that are systemically or economically important to the United States, and (4) submit periodic reports to Congress.In its initial report, the task force must include a plan for filing a request under the WTO dispute settlement process for consultations to address India's minimum price supports.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Establishes an Agricultural Trade Enforcement Task Force to identify trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports
Requires the task force to develop strategies for enforcing violations of trade agreements related to those barriers
Directs the task force to identify potential partner countries that could join the U.S. in filing trade disputes
The task force's first priority is to address India's minimum price supports for agricultural products

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

If passed, this bill would likely benefit American farmers and agricultural exporters by giving them more tools to combat unfair trade practices in foreign markets. The task force's actions could lead to the removal of trade barriers, opening up new export opportunities for U.S. farm products. However, the bill may also strain diplomatic relations with countries like India that are targeted for their trade policies.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

5790, 119th Congress (2025). "Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-5790

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