H.R. 7947

119 HR 7947 IH: Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-03-16
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7947  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 16, 2026   Ms. Pingree  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Agriculture    A BILL
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve education and risk management assistance, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026  .
2.
Education and risk management assistance
Section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1524 ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (2)(A), by striking  for the purpose of educating agricultural producers and providing technical assistance to agricultural producers  and inserting  for the purpose of educating and providing technical assistance to agricultural producers and approved crop insurance providers, including language translation services as appropriate, ;
(B)
in paragraph (3)—
(i)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking  education, and outreach  and inserting  education, outreach, and language translation ;
(ii)
in subparagraph (E), by striking  and  at the end after the semicolon;
(iii)
by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and
(iv)
by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
(F)
Federal crop insurance providers, especially with respect to the whole farm diversified risk management insurance plan developed under section 522(c)(7); and
 ; and
(C)
in paragraph (4), by striking  paragraph (3)(E)  and inserting  paragraph (3) with respect to the entities described in subparagraphs (E) and (F) of that paragraph ; and
(2)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
in paragraph (2)—
(i)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking  subsection to—  and inserting  subsection— ;
(ii)
in each of subparagraphs (A) through (F), by inserting  to  before the first word of the subparagraph;
(iii)
in subparagraph (C)—
(I)
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking  production or marketing diversification or ;
(II)
in clause (ii), by inserting  areawide  before  integrated ;
(III)
in clause (iii), by striking  or  at the end after the semicolon; and
(IV)
by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following:
(iv)
soil health improvements;
(v)
development of sustainable water sources and irrigation;
(vi)
perennial crop establishment, including establishment of agroforestry systems;
(vii)
integration of livestock;
(viii)
aerobic composting of crop and livestock waste; or
(ix)
other conservation practices determined by the Secretary to reduce the risk to a farm of financial loss due to the regional impacts of climate change;
 ;
(iv)
by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively;
(v)
by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
(D)
to mitigate financial risk through production or marketing diversification, including through—
(i)
developing or implementing a plan to create marketing opportunities for the producer, including through value-added processing;
(ii)
developing or implementing a plan to establish market infrastructure for the producer to support enterprise diversification, including drying and storage facilities for small grains from resource-conserving crop rotations;
(iii)
organic farming; and
(iv)
food safety certification;
 ; and
(vi)
in subparagraph (G) (as so redesignated), by striking  (E)  and inserting  (F) ;
(B)
in paragraph (3)—
(i)
by striking  The total amount  and inserting the following:
(A)
In general
Subject to subparagraph (B), the total amount
 ;
(ii)
in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking  for any year may not exceed $50,000  and inserting  for any 5-year period may not exceed $200,000 ; and
(iii)
by adding at the end the following:
(B)
Exclusion of other Federal funds
Any payments made to a person described in subparagraph (A) for carrying out activities described in paragraph (2) that are not made pursuant to this subsection shall not count for purposes of the payment limitation established under that subparagraph.
 ;
(C)
in paragraph (4)—
(i)
in subparagraph (B)—
(I)
in clause (i), by striking  $10,000,000  and inserting  $30,000,000 ;
(II)
by striking clause (ii); and
(III)
by striking the subparagraph designation and heading and all that follows through  Except as provided in clause (ii), the  in clause (i) and inserting the following:
(B)
Funding
The
 ; and
(ii)
in subparagraph (C)—
(I)
in clause (ii), by striking  to provide  and inserting  to carry out paragraph (2)(D), including providing ; and
(II)
in clause (iii), by striking  (F)  and inserting  (G) ; and
(D)
by adding at the end the following:
(5)
Authorization of appropriations
In addition to amounts made available under paragraph (4), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.
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