S4453-119

In Committee

LINK Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 30, 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, LINK Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Agriculture, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services 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, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id782db968343044d39d23ec62f4a9602f: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the USDA–DOI Linking Information Networks for Knowledge-sharing Act or the LINK Act.
  • Section id8f084c1590e24b16994cd7c9640bd25a: 2. Interoperability of information technology and cybersecurity and information security systems of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of 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, LINK Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Agriculture, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, LINK Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Agriculture Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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technology companies and users of digital services:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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federal implementing agencies:
technology companies and users of digital services:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 30, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …

Apr 30, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 30, 2026

Mr. Schiff (for himself and Mr. Ricketts) introduced the following …

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
Technology Agriculture Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

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