Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026
A Democratic bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026 seeks to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act. It focuses on improving education and technical assistance for agricultural producers and crop insurance providers. The bill expands the scope of technical assistance to include language translation services. It also introduces new risk management areas such as soil health, sustainable water sources, and organic farming. Additionally, the act modifies funding limits and authorization levels for these programs.
Yes· 3 of 8
- Scored +8
Would farmers be better off under this?
The bill significantly expands the scope of technical assistance and increases funding for agricultural risk management.
- Scored +7
Would business owners be better off under this?
The bill increases funding limits for technical assistance and provides new risk management areas for agricultural businesses.
- Scored +7
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The bill provides assistance for soil health, sustainable water sources, and climate change resilience.
The opposite
- Scored -1
Does this make it easier to use public money at a school other than the local one?
The bill shifts the focus of technical assistance toward agricultural education rather than traditional schooling.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Accessibility for Producers: By including language translation services, the bill aims to provide education and technical assistance more effectively to various agricultural producers and approved crop insurance providers (Section 2, subsection (a)).
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Enhanced Risk Mitigation Strategies: The bill expands the types of technical assistance available to include soil health improvements, development of sustainable water sources and irrigation, perennial crop establishment (including agroforestry), integration of livestock, and aerobic composting (Section 2, subsection (b), paragraph 2, subparagraph (C)).
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Support for Diversification and Market Opportunities: The act provides for mitigating financial risk through production or marketing diversification, which includes creating marketing opportunities through value-added processing, establishing market infrastructure like drying and storage facilities, organic farming, and food safety certification (Section 2, subsection (b), paragraph 2, subparagraph (D)).
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Climate Change Resilience: The bill includes provisions for conservation practices determined by the Secretary to reduce the risk of financial loss caused by the regional impacts of climate change (Section 2, subsection (b), paragraph 2, subparagraph (C), clause (ix)).
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Increased Funding for Programs: The bill increases the funding limit for certain activities from $10,000,000 to $30,000,000 (Section 2, subsection (b), paragraph 4, subparagraph (B), clause (i)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Changes to Payment Limitations: The bill alters the payment structure for certain persons, changing the limit from $50,000 for any year to $200,000 for any 5-year period (Section 2, subsection (b), paragraph 3, subparagraph (A)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would farmers be better off under this? — The bill significantly expands the scope of technical assistance and increases funding for agricultural risk management. Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill increases funding limits for technical assistance and provides new risk management areas for agricultural businesses. Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The bill invests in market infrastructure and sustainable water sources vital to rural agricultural economies. Would Hispanic Americans be better off under this? — The bill expands technical assistance to include language translation services which benefits non-English speaking producers. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — The bill supports production diversification and food safety, which can stabilize local food supplies.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill provides assistance for soil health, sustainable water sources, and climate change resilience. Does this invest in rural communities? — The bill supports the establishment of market infrastructure like drying and storage facilities for producers.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill expands technical assistance for producers to include market infrastructure, value-added processing, and organic farming.
- Education And Technology
- Does this make it easier to use public money at a school other than the local one? — The bill shifts the focus of technical assistance toward agricultural education rather than traditional schooling.
- 4/3/2026
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
- 3/16/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.