H.R. 7947

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7947 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7947

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve education and risk 
management assistance, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 16, 2026

Ms. Pingree introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture

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A BILL

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve education and risk 
management assistance, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Management Assistance 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 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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