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

B Regulatory reform

XI Crop insurance

XII Miscellaneous

A Livestock

B National security

Sec. 12204. Investigative actions

Section 5 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (as redesignated and amended by section 12201(b)) is amended—

(1) by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through compliance and inserting the following:

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5. Investigative actions

(a) In general. The Secretary may take such actions as the Secretary considers necessary to promote and monitor compliance

; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

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(b) Audit. The Secretary shall conduct an annual compliance audit of not less than 10 percent of the reports submitted under section 3 for the year covered by the audit to ensure the completeness and accuracy of those reports.

(c) Training. The Secretary shall provide annual training to State- and county-level personnel relating to identifying agricultural land for which—

(1) a report is required to be submitted under section 3; but

(2) no report has been submitted by the applicable foreign person.

(d) Outreach. Using existing resources and efforts, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall carry out a nationwide outreach program for landlords, owners, operators, persons, producers, and tenants (as those terms are defined in section 718.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2026)) of agricultural land, county property appraiser offices, land appraisal companies, and real estate auction companies to increase public awareness and provide education regarding the reporting requirements under this Act.

C Fertilizer

D United States grain standards reauthorization

E Year-Round E15 and RFS reform

F Other miscellaneous provisions