S. 5526
Agricultural Act of 2026
Sponsor: John Boozman · 0 cosponsors
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I Commodities
A Commodity Policy
B Dairy
C Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance
D Administration
II Conservation
A Conservation Reserve Program
B Environmental Quality Incentives Program
C Conservation Stewardship Program
D Funding and administration
E Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
F Regional Conservation Partnership Program
G Forest Conservation Easement Program
H Other Conservation programs
III Trade
A Food for Peace Act
B Agricultural Trade Act of 1978
C Other agricultural trade laws
D Reports
(a) In general. The Secretary, in coordination with the United States Trade Representative and the United States International Trade Commission, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report analyzing the competitiveness of agricultural commodities produced in the United States in the domestic market.
(b) Elements. The report required under subsection (a) shall—
(1) identify agricultural commodities produced in the United States that experience injury from competition with increased imports of foreign-produced agricultural commodities, including an analysis of domestic market share trends;
(2) identify and analyze acts, policies, or practices of foreign countries that unfairly enhance the competitiveness of imported agricultural commodities against domestically produced agricultural commodities, including—
(A) the subsidization of exports from the producing country; and
(B) the lack or circumvention of labor and environmental laws or protections in the producing country;
(3) if feasible, make an estimate of—
(A) the injury to domestic producers and United States industry, including the extent to which United States production—
(i) is displaced;
(ii) declines in profitability; or
(iii) experiences impacts to its long-term viability; and
(B) the value of commodities identified under paragraph (1) that would, during the year preceding submission of the report, have been sold in the United States if each act, policy, or practice of foreign countries identified under paragraph (2) did not exist;
(4) assess the extent to which each act, policy, or practice identified under paragraph (2) is subject to 1 or more international agreements to which the United States is a party;
(5) include information, provided by the United States Trade Representative, with respect to any action taken by the executive branch during the year preceding submission of the report to enhance the domestic competitiveness of agricultural commodities identified in paragraph (1) and counter any act, policy, or practice identified under paragraph (2), including—
(A) any action under section 201 or 301 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5621, 5652); and
(B) action under a trade agreement, including at the World Trade Organization (such as engagement through committees, negotiations, consultations, and dispute settlement actions); and
(6) include recommendations for administrative, regulatory, or legislative actions to promote the competitiveness of United States-produced agricultural commodities in the domestic market against imports of foreign-produced agricultural commodities.
(c) Form of report. The report required under subsection (a) shall be made available to the public in machine-readable format.
(d) Congressional briefing. Not later than 30 days after a report is made publicly available under subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide a briefing on any classified information not included in the public report to—
(1) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;
(3) the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and
(4) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.
IV Nutrition
A Supplemental nutrition assistance program
B Commodity distribution programs
C Miscellaneous
V Credit
A Farm Credit System
B Farm ownership and operating loans
C Administrative provisions
VI Rural Development
A Rural Electrification Act of 1936
I Rural broadband access
II Additional amendments
B Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
C Miscellaneous
I Rural care economy
II Other miscellaneous provisions
VII Research, Extension, and Related Matters
A National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
B Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
C Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
D Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
I Agricultural security
II Miscellaneous provisions
E Other Matters
VIII Forestry
A Forest data modernization
B Forest health and management
I Forest Service management
II State and private partnerships
III Timber innovation
C Forest conservation
D Land designations
E White oak resilience
F Other matters
IX Energy
X Horticulture
A Horticulture marketing and information
B Regulatory reform
XI Crop insurance
XII Miscellaneous
A Livestock
B National security
C Fertilizer
D United States grain standards reauthorization
E Year-Round E15 and RFS reform
F Other miscellaneous provisions