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119-hr-7947119th CongressWALLET

Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

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Summary

Broadened risk-management education and funding. This bill would expand who can receive and deliver farm risk-management education, add language translation and outreach, widen the set of conservation and market-diversification topics taught, and change payment and funding rules for the program.

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  • Farmers and producers: Receive training on a larger set of practices such as soil health, sustainable water and irrigation, perennial crops and agroforestry, livestock integration, aerobic composting, organic farming, food-safety certification, and market or value-added development. Payment limits shift to a $200,000 cap per recipient for any 5-year period.
  • Approved crop insurance providers: Become eligible partners to get and deliver education and technical assistance tied to whole-farm diversified risk-management plans.
  • Non-English speakers and underserved communities: Outreach explicitly includes language translation and areawide planning to increase accessibility across regions and populations.
  • Program funding and administration: Raises annual program funding authority to up to $30.0 million and authorizes a separate continuing appropriation of $20.0 million for each fiscal year starting in 2026, with funds to remain available until expended.

*Would authorize $20.0 million per year and raise program funding to $30.0 million, increasing federal spending authority for this program.*

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Bill Overview

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More farm help, $200,000 cap

If enacted, this bill would expand the Education and Risk Management Assistance program. It would add conservation, diversification, market development, areawide planning, and language translation services. Approved crop insurance providers could be partners to deliver whole-farm risk management help. The paragraph funding level would be $30,000,000. $20,000,000 would be authorized each year starting in FY2026. Those yearly funds would remain available until spent. However, payments to any person under this subsection would be capped at $200,000 per five-year period. Payments for covered activities not paid under this subsection would not count toward that cap.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

ME • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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