119-hr2156

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2156 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2156

 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish an exception to 
certain payment limitations in the case of person or legal entity that 
 derives income from agriculture, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 14, 2025

 Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mrs. Cammack, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. Austin 
Scott of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish an exception to 
certain payment limitations in the case of person or legal entity that 
 derives income from agriculture, 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 ``Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster 
Programs Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION FOR INCOME DERIVED FROM AGRICULTURE.

 

Section 1001D

    (b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-
3a

    (b) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``paragraph

    (3) '' and 
 inserting ``paragraphs

    (3) and

    (4) ''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) Exception.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--In the case of an excepted 
 payment or benefit, the limitation established by 
 paragraph

    (1) shall not apply to a person or legal 
 entity during a crop, fiscal, or program year, as 
 appropriate, if greater than or equal to 75 percent of 
 the average adjusted gross income of the person or 
 legal entity is derived from farming, ranching, or 
 silviculture activities (including agri-tourism, 
 direct-to-consumer marketing of agricultural products, 
 the sale of agricultural equipment owned by such person 
 or entity, and other agricultural related activities, 
 as determined by the Secretary).
 ``
        (B) Excepted payment or benefit.-- For purposes 
 of this paragraph, the term `excepted payment or 
 benefit' means--
 ``
            (i) a payment or benefit under subtitle E 
 of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
 U.S.C. 9081 et seq.); and
 ``
            (ii) a payment or benefit under 

section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
 Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).''.
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