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
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
Section 10606 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 6523) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting (referred to in this section as the program) after cost-share program;
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking Not and inserting the following:
(1) Annual report. Not
; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
(2) GAO assessment
(A) Efficacy study. The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to assess the impact that the program has had on the rising cost of organic certification.
(B) Report. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report that summarizes the findings of the study conducted under subparagraph (A).
; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
(e) Discretionary funding. In addition to amounts made available under subsection (d), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section not more than $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
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