HR8104-119

In Committee

Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Mar 26, 2026

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, Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Government Operations, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

importers, exporters, and commercial firms 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, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA678E0AB77C741498CD1EBA10F092A88: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026.
  • Section H21BA4DCA4ABD4F23A7FAF19AEB1E7A27: 2. Fertilizer mandatory reporting Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section HCCCE26CAF3904F92A5300E461B48BF9C: 210B. Fertilizer mandatory reporting In this section: The term affiliate means, with respect to a manufacturer or wholesaler (excluding a cooperative), a...

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, Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Key Policy Areas

Trade, Government Operations, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Policy Domains

Trade Government Operations Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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importers, exporters, and commercial firms: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: ,
importers, exporters, and commercial firms: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 26, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Mar 26, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 26, 2026

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Ms. Craig, Mr. …

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
Trade Government Operations Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"marketed" §H21BA4DCA4ABD4F23A7FAF19AEB1E7A27

the sale or other disposition in commerce of— nitrogen, phosphorous, or potassium for use as fertilizer

"marketed" §HCCCE26CAF3904F92A5300E461B48BF9C

the sale or other disposition in commerce of— nitrogen, phosphorous, or potassium for use as fertilizer

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