COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses. The main policy domain is Agriculture, Social Welfare.
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 H4D2CF7D7F9B648D085895A46A2672CAC: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026.
- Section H0909C33709D94E7391D6AFDCDD4C42DD: 2. Exclusion from income Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(d)) is amended— in paragraph (12), by striking July 1 and inserting...
- Section H6E6B3D0636E145DEAB88645FD2F9139B: 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2027.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
This bill, COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, Mr. Padilla, …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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