H.R. 5551

119 HR 5551 IH: Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-23
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5551  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 23, 2025   Mr. Johnson of South Dakota  (for himself and  Ms. Budzinski ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Agriculture    A 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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency Act  .
2.
Mandatory base acres
(a)
Definitions
Section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9011 ) is amended—
(1)
by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
(4)
Base acres
The term  base acres , with respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means the number of acres determined for a farm under section 1112.
 ;
(2)
by striking paragraph (10); and
(3)
by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (26) as paragraphs (10) through (25), respectively.
(b)
Base acres
Section 1112 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9012 ) is amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
(a)
Mandatory one-Time update of base acres
(1)
In general
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of the Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency Act, the Secretary shall update the base acres on a farm, as in effect under this title on the day before the date of enactment of that Act, for the 2025 crop year in accordance with this section.
(2)
Mandatory update
For the purpose of applying this title to covered commodities, the Secretary shall determine the base acres on a farm by updating all of the base acres for covered commodities on the farm among those covered commodities planted on the farm at any time during the 2020 through 2024 crop years.
(3)
Update formula
The updated base acres among covered commodities on a farm shall be the proportion that—
(A)
the 5-year average of—
(i)
the acreage planted on the farm to each covered commodity for harvest, grazing, haying, silage, or other similar purposes for the 2020 through 2024 crop years; and
(ii)
any acreage on the farm that the producers were prevented from planting during the 2020 through 2024 crop years to that covered commodity because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary; bears to
(B)
the 5-year average of—
(i)
the acreage planted on the farm to all covered commodities for harvest, grazing, haying, silage, or other similar purposes for the 2020 through 2024 crop years; and
(ii)
any acreage on the farm that the producers were prevented from planting during the 2020 through 2024 crop years to covered commodities because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary.
(4)
Inclusion of all 5 years in average
For the purpose of determining a 5-year acreage average under paragraph (3) for a farm, the Secretary shall not exclude any crop year in which a covered commodity was not planted.
(5)
Treatment of multiple planting or prevented planting
For the purpose of determining under paragraph (3) the acreage on a farm that producers planted or were prevented from planting during the 2020 through 2024 crop years to covered commodities, if the acreage that was planted or prevented from being planted was devoted to another covered commodity in the same crop year (other than a covered commodity produced under an established practice of double cropping), the owner—
(A)
may elect the commodity to be used for that crop year in determining the 5-year average; but
(B)
may not include both the initial commodity and the subsequent commodity.
 ;
(2)
in subsection (b)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking  Notwithstanding the election  and all that follows through  circumstances occur:  and inserting the following:  Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres for covered commodities for a farm whenever any of the following circumstances occur: ;
(3)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
by striking  the election made under ;
(ii)
by striking  , including generic base acres  each place it appears; and
(iii)
by striking  or generic base acres ; and
(B)
in paragraph (3), by striking  or generic base acres ; and
(4)
in subsection (d)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)(A), by striking  or generic base acres ; and
(B)
in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking  , including any generic base acres, .
(c)
Conforming amendments
(1)
Payment yields
Section 1113(c)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9013(c)(l)) is amended by striking  established or that is planted on generic base acres,  and inserting  established, .
(2)
Payment acres
Section 1114 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9014 ) is amended—
(A)
in subsection (a)—
(i)
in paragraph (1), by striking  subsection (e)  and inserting  subsection (d) ; and
(ii)
in paragraph (2), by striking  subsection (e)  and inserting  subsection (d) ;
(B)
by striking subsections (b) and (f); and
(C)
by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.
(3)
Price loss coverage
Section 1116(g) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9016(g) ) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking  (19)  and inserting  (18) .