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
C Fertilizer
D United States grain standards reauthorization
E Year-Round E15 and RFS reform
F Other miscellaneous provisions
(a) Study. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall conduct a study to evaluate methods to facilitate more domestic processing of United States-caught seafood in coastal communities, including—
(1) an identification of coastal communities in which—
(A) commercial fishing is a significant economic driver;
(B) current processing infrastructure is not sufficient to meet the needs of the seafood industry; and
(C) there exists a need and a voiced community desire for the creation of new, or the rehabilitation of existing, seafood processing infrastructure to allow the coastal community to process caught seafood and provide seafood to local, national, and international markets; and
(2) an extensive evaluation of all potential Federal and State programs for facilitating the expanded processing of seafood, including recommendations to improve the access of seafood producers to those programs.
(b) Report. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available, a report describing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).