HB10411: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes.

What the bill says

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes.

From the introduced text, September 16, 2026:

A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Eligibility of acreage not planted due to lack of irrigation water (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered program The term covered program means a program to which section 718.103 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), applies. (2) Irrigation water The term irrigation water means any water that-- (A) a landowner has access to, through appropriation, allocation, open access, or other availability, for the use of irrigating crops; and (B) is sourced through snowmelt, runoff, stream flow, reservoir, groundwater aquifer, or another similar source. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency. (b) Eligibility In carrying out any covered program, the Secretary shall consider acreage on a farm to be prevented from planting for a crop year if-- (1) the producers on the farm did not plant those acres based on a reasonable expectation that there would be insufficient irrigation water available for that crop year to irrigate those acres; (2) the infrastructure to irrigate those acres is installed and functional for that crop year; (3) those acres have been …

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Sponsors

• Jeff Hurd (R, HD-003) · primary sponsor
• Gabe Evans (R, HD-CO-8)

Latest actions

1. September 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2. September 16, 2026: Introduced in House

Common questions

What is HB10411?

HB10411 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes.

What does HB10411 do?

In its own words: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes.

What is the status of HB10411?

In committee as of September 16, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (September 16, 2026).

Who sponsored HB10411?

Jeff Hurd (R, HD-003), with 1 co-sponsor.

Where is the official record for HB10411?

On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10411