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
IV Nutrition
A Supplemental nutrition assistance program
B Commodity distribution programs
C Miscellaneous
V Credit
A Farm Credit System
Title IV of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2153 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
H Support for rural and Tribal essential community facilities projects
4.40. Essential community facilities
(a) Definitions. In this section:
(1) Administration. The term Administration means the Farm Credit Administration.
(2) Essential community facility
(A) In general. The term essential community facility has the same meaning as in section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)).
(B) Inclusions
(i) In general. The term essential community facility includes a community center, a library, a firehouse, a healthcare facility, a senior living facility, a childcare facility, an education facility, and a transportation facility.
(ii) Services. The term essential community facility includes any services provided at the applicable facility to rural residents, rural businesses, or members of an Indian Tribe, including healthcare services, senior living services, childcare services, education services, and transportation services.
(3) Indian Tribe. The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
(4) Rural area. The term rural area means each of the following:
(A) A rural city, town, or equivalent jurisdiction, as determined by the Administration.
(B) A rural area (as defined in section 343(a)(13)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(A))).
(5) Tribal area. The term Tribal area means an area under the jurisdiction of an Indian Tribe.
(b) Financing and technical assistance. In order to make available private capital to develop, build, maintain, improve, or provide other support for essential community facilities in rural areas or Tribal areas, Farm Credit System institutions chartered and operating under title I, II, or III may provide financing and technical assistance for essential community facilities.
(c) Limitations
(1) Eligibility. Only an entity eligible for financing under section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) may receive financing or any other assistance under this section.
(2) Amount of financing. A Farm Credit System institution shall not provide financing under this section in an amount that exceeds 15 percent of the total assets of the Farm Credit System institution.
(3) Offer requirement. A Farm Credit System institution shall not provide financing under this section unless the Farm Credit System institution has—
(A) offered in writing, under reasonable terms and conditions acceptable to the applicable sponsor, owner, or operator of the essential community facility involved, an interest in the financing to at least 1 domestic nongovernmental lending institution that is not chartered and operating under this Act; and
(B) reported that offer, including the terms and conditions of the offer, to the Administration.
(4) Rural community bank priority. In offering an interest in financing under this section to domestic nongovermental lending institutions described in paragraph (3)(A), a Farm Credit System institution shall give priority to community banks located in the service area of the essential community facility being financed.
(d) Report to Congress
(1) In general. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Administration shall submit to Congress a report on the activities undertaken pursuant to this section by Farm Credit System institutions during the period covered by the report, including activities undertaken through partnerships between Farm Credit System institutions and other nongovernmental lending institutions.
(2) Publication. A copy of each report submitted to Congress under paragraph (1) shall be published on the website of the Administration.
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