HR5551-119

In Committee

Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency Act

119th Congress Introduced Sep 23, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require a one-time update of base acres for covered commodities to ensure base acres reflect recent planting history, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses. The main policy domain is Agriculture, Transportation, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H45D6CADF036A4E5BA4C98A49E3A7CEFF: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency Act.
  • Section H35B24A4963C943E5A60842C7C699539C: 2. Mandatory base acres Section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9011) is amended— by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: The...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require a one-time update of base acres for covered commodities to ensure base acres reflect recent planting history, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.

Key Policy Areas

Agriculture, Transportation, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require a one-time update of base acres for covered commodities to ensure base acres reflect recent planting history, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.

Policy Domains

Agriculture Transportation Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
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farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
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federal implementing agencies:
farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 2, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and …

Sep 23, 2025

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself and Ms. Budzinski) …

Sep 23, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Sep 23, 2025

Introduced in House

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Agriculture Transportation Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"base acres, with respect to a covered commodity on a farm," §H35B24A4963C943E5A60842C7C699539C

the number of acres determined for a farm under section 1112

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