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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026Section 5002 › Proposal

The authorities of the 2018 farm law continue

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, section 5002, Sec. 5002. Written by .

The authorities of the 2018 farm law continue

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 5002 in the PDF
What the document says

“the authorities (including any limitations on such authorities) provided by each provision of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334; 132 Stat. 4490) and each provision of law amended by that Act (and for mandatory programs at such funding levels)”

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5002

Subsection (a) carries the whole of the 2018 farm law forward as it stood on September 30, 2025, including the funding levels of its mandatory programs, and says those authorities shall continue and be carried out until the date specified in paragraph (2). Programs funded by discretionary appropriations remain subject to the availability of appropriations.

What the document actually says

“the authorities (including any limitations on such authorities) provided by each provision of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334; 132 Stat. 4490) and each provision of law amended by that Act (and for mandatory programs at such funding levels)”

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5002
That sentence, in plain words

The powers given by the farm law of 2018 keep going. So do the limits that came with them.

What this is about

A farm law is written to last about five years. This one ran out. Rather than write a new one, Congress kept the old one going.

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