To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a subsidy program to make payments to eligible producers for certain revenue losses associated with direct-to-market sales of beef, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8960 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8960 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a subsidy program to make payments to eligible producers for certain revenue losses associated with direct-to-market sales of beef, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2026 Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a subsidy program to make payments to eligible producers for certain revenue losses associated with direct-to-market sales of beef, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Local Beef Marketing Incentive Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL BEEF MARKETING SUBSIDY PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency, (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall, with respect to each year determined to be a subsidy year under subsection (b), make payments to eligible producers for revenue losses associated with direct-to-market sales of beef. (b) Determination of Subsidy Year.-- (1) In general.--Not later than March 1 of each calendar year, the Secretary shall determine the percent decrease, if any, in direct-to-market sales of beef for the preceding calendar year compared to the average direct-to-market sales of beef for the 5-year period preceding such calendar year, excluding the year with the highest and the year with