H.R. 7947 · 119th Congress

Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026

Introduced on Mar 16, 2026 by Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1). Latest action (Apr 3, 2026): Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 16, 2026
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 16, 2026). Public domain.

Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026

This bill expands and revises the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) programs, which help agricultural producers manage financial risk through diversification, marketing, or natural resource conservation practices. (AMA is available in 16 designated states where participation in the Federal Crop Insurance Program is historically low.)

Specifically, the bill expands the eligible uses for financial assistance funds for producers to include

  • soil health improvements,
  • the development of sustainable water sources and irrigation,
  • composting,
  • and other conservation practices determined to reduce the risk to a farm of financial loss due to the regional impacts of climate change.

The bill also specifies that funds provided to mitigate financial risk through production or marketing diversification may be used for food safety certification.

The bill provides additional funding for the program and changes the payment limitation for farmers to $200,000 over five years (currently $50,000 per year).

The bill also expands those eligible for assistance under AMA programs to include federal crop insurance providers, in particular providers of Whole-Farm Revenue Protection plans.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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Chellie PingreeD-ME-1Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Mar 16, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Mar 16, 2026Introduced in House
  3. Mar 16, 2026 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  4. Apr 3, 2026 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  5. Apr 3, 2026 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.