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
Section 1265A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3865a) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in clause (i)—
(I) by striking an eligible entity the first place it appears and inserting one or more eligible entities; and
(II) by striking an eligible entity owns or is and inserting one or more of those eligible entities own or are;
(ii) in clause (ii)—
(I) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking the eligible entity certifies to the Secretary that the and inserting each eligible entity certifies to the Secretary that an;
(II) in subclause (I)—
(aa) by striking the subclause designation and all that follows through hold in item (bb) and inserting the following:
(I) hold
(bb) by striking transfer ownership of the land and inserting ownership of the land will be transferred; and
(cc) by striking and at the end;
(III) in subclause (II), by inserting that owns the land subject to the agricultural land easement held by another eligible entity after eligible entity; and
(IV) by adding at the end the following:
(III) at no time hold both an agricultural land easement and ownership of the land subject to that agricultural land easement; and
; and
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking by the eligible entity and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting by one or more eligible entities if such an eligible entity fails to transfer ownership under clause (ii).; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking (A)(ii)(I)(bb) and inserting (A)(ii)(I); and
(2) in paragraph (4)(A)(i)(I), by inserting , including a transaction in which the land is owned by an eligible entity but ownership of the land will be transferred to a farmer or rancher that is not an eligible entity prior to or on acquisition of the agricultural land easement after eligible entity.
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