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
(a) Cost sharing payments. Section 1234(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking establishing water and inserting the following: “establishing—
(A) water
(B) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
(B) grazing infrastructure and water infrastructure under each contract, for all practices, if grazing is included in the conservation plan and addresses a resource concern.
; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
(B) Management payments. The Secretary shall make cost sharing payments to an owner or operator under this subchapter for any management activity described in section 1232(a)(5), except for those management activities relating to haying or grazing.
(b) Annual rental payments. Section 1234(d)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(d)(1)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
(2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking the Secretary shall consider— and inserting the following: “the Secretary—
(A) shall determine for a tract of land a rental rate based on the 3 predominant soils of cropland on that tract, and apply that rental rate to any land within that tract that is enrolled in the conservation reserve under this subchapter;
(B) subject to subparagraph (A), shall consider—
(3) in subparagraph (B)(iii) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
(C) notwithstanding clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (B), shall not apply an adjustment based on the rate of inflation to any payment, overall rental payment, or other payment that an owner or operator receives under this subchapter.
(c) Payment limitation for rental payments. Section 1234(g)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(g)(1)) is amended by striking $50,000 and inserting $125,000.
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
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