Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
The bill directs substantial new support and multi‑year funding to farmers, rural infrastructure, conservation, nutrition, and research—improving access to credit, broadband, and technical assistance—while creating sizable new federal spending, added administrative complexity, and tradeoffs that could favor larger operators and reduce some environmental and state regulatory safeguards.
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
The bill speeds and standardizes larger up-front disaster-related advance payments so producers and private forest owners can recover faster, while increasing federal fiscal exposure, administrative overhead, and risks of repayment or valuation disputes for recipients.
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
This package delivers sizable tax relief, defense/industrial and targeted domestic investments while tightening immigration and benefit rules and expanding fossil fuel development — producing near‑term financial and program gains for many Americans at the cost of higher federal spending, greater compliance burdens, and increased risks to climate, coverage, and immigrant access.
Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as "National Beef Month" to recognize the important role cattle play in the United States, and to consumers.
The resolution spotlights beef's economic and nutritional importance—benefiting producers and informing consumers—while creating risks of policy bias toward the cattle industry and potential environmental harms if it encourages expanded production.
Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act
The bill protects payment eligibility and reduces paperwork for farm-dependent and small/diversified agricultural operators, at the cost of higher program spending and greater risk of inconsistent rules or benefit concentration favoring larger entities.
Chesapeake Bay Conservation Acceleration Act of 2025
The bill directs targeted conservation funding, program changes, and workforce investments to speed water‑quality and habitat improvements and support agricultural training, but does so at the cost of higher federal spending, new administrative and technical burdens (especially for small producers), potential geographic inequities, and some transitional regulatory and hiring risks.
United States Citrus Protection Act
The bill protects domestic citrus producers and aims to reduce perceived supply‑chain risks by banning Chinese citrus imports, but it does so at the cost of higher consumer prices, lost revenue for U.S. importers/wholesalers, and new enforcement expenses.
Farm Ownership Improvement Act
The bill uses a pilot to speed and broaden access to farm credit for beginning and other farmers through pre‑qualification and alternative underwriting, trading increased access and transparency against higher program costs, potential default risk, and possible inconsistencies in applicant treatment.
Livestock Disaster Assistance Improvement Act of 2025
The bill broadens and accelerates drought and disaster assistance and coordination—benefiting many producers and water managers with more payments, clearer drought signals, and infrastructure eligibility—at the cost of higher federal spending, added administrative burdens, potential delays in local benefit access, and reduced public/environmental review safeguards.
Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement Act of 2025
The bill expands and modernizes FSA lending capacity—giving many farmers easier access to larger, market‑aligned credit and rescue options—while increasing taxpayer exposure, risking advantages for larger operations, and creating legal and administrative uncertainties that could disrupt small‑scale lending.
FARMLAND Act of 2025
The bill boosts transparency, enforcement, and interagency coordination to protect U.S. farmland, food security, and program integrity, but it raises compliance costs, privacy and reputational risks, significant penalty exposure, and added taxpayer and administrative burdens.
Farmland Security Act of 2025
The bill strengthens detection and enforcement to protect U.S. agricultural land through funding, audits, and steep penalties, but that protection comes with risks of heavy financial penalties, compliance burdens, potential deterrence of foreign investment, and added administrative costs.
Farmers Freedom Act of 2025
The bill reduces permitting burdens and clarifies land status to protect agricultural uses, but it narrows federal oversight in ways that may increase wetland loss, downstream pollution and flood risks — shifting potential environmental and fiscal costs onto local communities and taxpayers.
Ag Disputes Act
The bill pushes for faster, more coordinated U.S. trade enforcement to help farmers regain export ground, but that approach risks costly, lengthy legal fights, potential retaliation, diplomatic strain, and uncertain near-term benefits for producers and consumers.
Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act
The bill seeks to create federally supported insurance for mushroom producers to reduce financial risk and spur investment, but benefits may be delayed, could raise administrative costs or premiums, and risk leaving small or niche growers insufficiently represented.
Protecting America’s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act of 2025
The bill tightens and clarifies restrictions and reporting on foreign interests in U.S. agricultural land to protect national security and local food systems, while trading off reduced foreign investment, increased compliance and administrative costs, privacy risks, and legal uncertainty for affected owners and institutions.
Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025
The bill offers timely, formulaic federal income replacement for poultry producers when APHIS restricts flock production, but payments can be reduced or withheld because of state aid or statutory exceptions and do not cover other large outbreak-related expenses, leaving some owners financially exposed.
EGG SAVE Act of 2026
The bill offers a time‑limited tax credit to make in‑ovo sexing technology financially attainable—promoting automation and better animal welfare—but its nonrefundable structure, short window, accounting rules, and U.S.-use limitation constrain who benefits and may limit broader uptake.
COWS Act of 2026
The bill directs substantial federal support, standards, and technical assistance to help farmers adopt composting and alternative manure-management practices that can cut greenhouse gases and improve soil and water, but it substantially raises federal costs and administrative complexity and creates implementation and equity risks that must be managed.
RANCH Act
The bill offers meaningful payments and cost-share incentives to encourage conversion of cropland to perennial forage with environmental and local‑supply benefits, but does so at the cost of long multi‑year land‑use commitments, potential loss of future crop-program benefits, and constrained program access and payments for some producers.
American Food for American Schools Act of 2026
The bill shifts school meal purchasing toward domestic suppliers and increases transparency and enforcement—supporting U.S. producers and returning misspent federal funds—while raising costs and administrative burdens for schools and some suppliers and risking reduced menu variety.
Wildfire Victim Tax Relief and Recovery Act
The bill delivers targeted, time-limited tax relief and clearer tax rules for specific fire victims and agricultural producers to speed recovery and reduce uncertainty, while imposing revenue costs, leaving similarly affected people outside the narrow scope, and adding compliance complexity and potential fairness concerns.
Opening Programs to Organic Farms Act
The bill increases transparency, accountability, and targeted support for organic and transitioning farms to improve program access, while imposing some reporting burdens, potential implementation costs, and short-term USDA staffing strain.
Home Market Restoration Act of 2026
The bill increases protection and predictability for domestic producers and Customs administration through quotas, TRQs, and clearer definitions, but does so at the cost of higher prices, supply constraints, administrative burdens, and disruption risks for importers, downstream businesses, and consumers.
BUFFER Act
The bill clarifies CRP eligibility and expands access for lands not already covered by local/State/Tribal mandates, but it excludes owners subject to non‑federal requirements (reducing payments for some), risks weakening non‑federal conservation incentives, and reduces USDA flexibility to tailor program decisions.
Milk From Family Dairies Act of 2026
The bill increases support, transparency, and targeted investments for the U.S. dairy sector—benefiting many small producers and local processors—but does so by consolidating and suspending existing supports, raising federal spending and import controls that could increase costs for consumers, burden implementers, and reduce policy flexibility in market shocks.
Small Farm Conservation Act
The bill redirects significant EQIP resources and raises baseline payments to boost income, technical help, and program access for small farms—improving support and incentives for regenerative practices while concentrating funds for small operations and potentially reducing flexibility and support for larger or mid-sized producers.
Farmers’ Market Local Revitalization Act of 2026
The bill substantially expands and modernizes farmers' market nutrition programs to increase access to fresh food for low-income people and support local producers, but does so at higher federal cost and with transitional technology and administrative burdens that could shift funds or reduce flexibility for some participants and vendors.
Direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes.
The bill makes program eligibility and payments more responsive to actual irrigation failures—helping farmers through short-term water shortages with phased payments and clearer rules—but phases out support for chronically water-limited acres, risks excluding some newer or changing producers, may discourage long-term investment, and adds administrative burden.
CHILE Act of 2026
The bill provides targeted, sizable federal aid to specialty crop producers for quicker, better-matched disaster relief, but it shifts $5.0 billion in costs to taxpayers and risks uneven distribution or concentration of payments without strict limits or guidance.