Strategic Fertilizer Reserve Act of 2026

This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to study whether the United States should create a Strategic Fertilizer Reserve to store fertilizer and the materials used to make it. The study would look at domestic supply, storage, size, locations, costs, security, and when releases could help stabilize prices, with a report to Congress due within 180 days after funding is provided. If the Secretary approves based on the study, the bill would create an independent Strategic Fertilizer Reserve Agency led by a 9-member board, the Reserve itself, and a Treasury fund to pay for it. It would also bar the President, Vice President, board members, agency staff, and their immediate family from holding financial interests in companies that contract with the Reserve, and require annual reports and a federal audit review.

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Sponsors

• Charles E. Schumer Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors