Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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AFFIRM Act of 2026

The bill aims to reduce federal crop insurance costs and boost transparency, but does so by limiting subsidies and insurer returns and by making individual payments public — saving taxpayers while increasing costs, privacy loss, and market strain for many farmers and some insurers.

Jeanne Shaheen (D)

70%

S-4192

Referred

Nat'l Security

PLOT Act of 2026

The bill increases transparency and agency ability to detect and prioritize foreign-adversary risks to U.S. agriculture and critical sites, but it does so at the cost of greater compliance burdens, privacy and legal concerns, potential delays in transactions, and a risk of reduced foreign investment in farmland.

John Peter Ricketts (R)

70%

S-4172

Referred

AFTER Act of 2026

The bill strengthens and standardizes retirement and placement protections for many federal research animals—notably nonhuman primates—and channels placements to accredited sanctuaries and nonprofits, but it raises costs and administrative burdens, risks placement delays if sanctuary capacity is limited, and specifically excludes mice and rats so the majority of lab animals remain uncovered.

Susan Margaret Collins (R)

70%

S-4226

Referred

STOP Corrupt Bets Act of 2026

The bill aims to preserve legitimate commercial hedging and improve market integrity by restricting certain event‑based contracts and requiring a rapid study, but does so at the cost of reduced product variety, lower liquidity and revenue for trading firms, potential job disruption, and regulatory uncertainty that may push activity into less‑regulated venues.

Jeff Merkley (D)

65%

S-4234

Referred

Healthy Watersheds, Healthy Communities Act of 2026

The bill directs more funding, faster approvals, and broader eligibility toward multibenefit watershed projects—improving rural water resilience and environmental outcomes—but shifts more upfront cost, administrative responsibility, and some project risk onto local sponsors while introducing legal, prioritization, and oversight trade‑offs.

Michael F. Bennet (D)

50%

S-4160

Referred

Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act

The bill protects consumers and reduces potential systemic risk by keeping sports- and casino‑linked speculative contracts off registered exchanges and preserving state control, but it also restricts market opportunities, pushes activity off‑exchange (increasing counterparty risk), and creates fragmented regulatory burdens for interstate market participants.

Adam Schiff (D)

50%

S-4152

Referred

Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026

The bill increases fertilizer market transparency and gives farmers and policymakers better, more frequent price and supply information, but it creates compliance costs, potential competition/privacy risks, and may leave reporting gaps due to exemptions.

John Thune (R)

50%

S-4045

Referred

Food and Nutrition Delivery Safety Act of 2026

The bill increases safety, privacy, and worker protections for SNAP online/mobile delivery but risks reducing access and raising costs for small or rural retailers and the low-income people who rely on them.

John Karl Fetterman (D)

50%

S-4148

Referred

Homegrown Fertilizer Act

The bill directs immediate, CCC‑funded grants and loans to expand domestic fertilizer production, lower import reliance, and support rural jobs and cleaner production, but it requires local matching, limits participation by large incumbents, and increases federal borrowing and fiscal exposure—which may block some small applicants and constrain rapid scale-up.

Amy Klobuchar (D)

40%

S-4101

Referred

$50M

Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026

The bill creates a $50 million-backed program to stabilize worker-representing organizations after disasters—boosting organizational resilience and transparency—but channels aid to organizations (not individuals), leaves award decisions to Secretary discretion, and adds federal spending.

Ben Ray Luján (D)

40%

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Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade

Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology

Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research

Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety

Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit

Meeting Videos

Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Hearings to examine the nomination of Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, Stella Herrell, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary, and John Walk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, all of the Department of Agriculture.

Hearing Records

Legislative Hearing To Review S. 1462, Fix Our Forests Act

Perspectives From The Field, Part 4: Conservation

Nomination Of Glen Smith To Be Under Secretary Of Agriculture For Rural Development

Nomination Of Michael Selig To Be Chairman And Commissioner Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Nomination Of Brooke Rollins To Be Secretary Of Agriculture

Stakeholder Perspectives On Federal Oversight Of Digital Commodities