Introduce legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Agricultural Management Assistance program, including increasing funding and expanding eligible uses.

Angus S. King, Jr. · Maine · Independent

policy impact 3.20 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

have introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) programs

King introduced the Agriculture Management Assistance Act to boost AMA funding, raise limits, and expand eligible uses.

Press Releases
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

unverified · Source version 29888 · locator unknown

The official Angus King legislation page search returned no matching text for "Agricultural" or "Agricultural Management Assistance". The visible recent sponsored/cosponsored items run through 2026-04-30 and are unrelated to this claim, so this page provides no direct sign that King introduced AMA-specific legislation in the lookback window.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): No AMA-specific bill is visible on King's official legislation page; the accessible recent list shows unrelated legislation only.

unresolved unknown

Legislation
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 47%

unverified · Source version 29818 · locator unknown

The official Angus King press-release page search returned no matching text for "Agricultural Management Assistance". The visible June 2026 releases concern rural hospitals, veterans, tax filing oversight, and other topics, with no announcement of an AMA reauthorization bill in the lookback window.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): No official press release found announcing an AMA bill during the lookback period.

unresolved unknown

Press Releases
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 42%

verified · Source version 95374 · locator 397

Mr. Murphy (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following bill;

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text establishes that Murphy introduced S. 4088 with King as an original cosponsor. Section 2 proposes increasing AMA funding from $10 million to $30 million, expanding eligible conservation and diversification activities, and authorizing additional appropriations. This supports delivery of the specific commitment to introduce legislation; it does not establish enactment. The campaign date is unavailable, so term timing remains unknown.

delivered unknown A for effort

S. 4088 — Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026, introduced bill text
primary · model gpt-6.1-sol · confidence 98%

verified · Source version 95376 · locator 1374

have introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) programs

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): King's official announcement directly confirms the promised legislative introduction and describes proposed funding of $30 million, a $200,000 payment limit over five years, and expanded eligible uses including soil health, composting, organic farming, processing, and food safety certification. The congressional bill record dates formal introduction to March 12, one day after this announcement.

delivered unknown A for effort

King, Murphy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Small Farmers from Financial Risk
primary · model gpt-6.1-sol · confidence 97%

verified · Source version 95378 · locator 396

Mr. Murphy (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. King) introduced the following bill;

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): An earlier official bill establishes that King also joined introduction of the Agricultural Management Assistance Act in 2023. Its provisions proposed increased funding, additional appropriations, and expanded eligible conservation and marketing activities. This corrects the previous assessment's inability to identify AMA-specific legislation, although the missing campaign date prevents determining its timing relative to the commitment.

delivered unknown A for effort

S. 795 — Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2023, introduced bill text
primary · model gpt-6.1-sol · confidence 97%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown

Available primary evidence does not show that Sen. Angus King introduced AMA-specific legislation. His official press-release page and official legislation page show no matching Agricultural Management Assistance item in the accessible record, but those negative results are not a definitive congressional bill search and do not conclusively prove the legislation was never introduced in another Congress or under a broader farm-bill vehicle. Because the promise is specifically to introduce legislation, and the current record here is insufficient to confirm either introduction or non-introduction, the most defensible judgment is unresolved.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 37%