# 119-hr-5551: Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency Act

119-hr-5551, Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-05).

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- As of: 2026-06-05
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5551
- Congress: 119
- Title: Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-05

## Summary

**One-time, formula-driven update of farm base acres using 2020–2024 planting history.** This bill would require the Secretary to recalculate each farm's base acres for covered commodities for the 2025 crop year, remove prior base-acre categories like generic base acres, and change related program references so calculations line up with the new base-acre framework. - Farmers and owners: Base acres for covered commodities would be reset based on each farm's 2020–2024 planting and prevented planting averages, which changes how base-acre–dependent calculations like payment yields and payment acres are determined. - Producers hit by disasters: Acres prevented from planting due to drought, flood, or other conditions beyond a producer's control are explicitly included in the 5-year averages that determine updated base acres. - USDA administration and programs: The Secretary must implement the update as soon as practicable for the 2025 crop year, may make adjustments when specified circumstances occur, and conforming amendments update cross-references in Price Loss Coverage and other program rules.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Farm base acres reset for 2025: mixed, medium. If enacted, your farm's base acres would be reset for the 2025 crop year. The Secretary would do a one-time update as soon as practicable after enactment. The update would use each commodity's 5-year average acres for 2020–2024, counting acres you planted and acres you were prevented from planting…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act
- 119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5551 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5551)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10421)
- [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5551 (as of 2026-06-05).