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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION S. 4018 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Commission on Farm Transitions–Needs for 2050, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH21, 2024 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | ALDWIN(for herself and Mr. BRAUN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- |
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| 12 | 12 | | trition, and Forestry |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reau- |
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| 15 | 15 | | thorize the Commission on Farm Transitions–Needs for |
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| 16 | 16 | | 2050, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm Transitions Act 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | of 2024’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 4018 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. COMMISSION ON FARM TRANSITIONS—NEEDS FOR 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2050. 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 12609 of the Agriculture Improvement Act 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | of 2018 (Public Law 115–334; 132 Stat. 5009) is amend-4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ed— 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘There is es-6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tablished’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 60 days 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | after the date of enactment of the Farm Transitions 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act of 2024, the Secretary shall establish’’; 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) in subsection (b)— 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘ |
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| 37 | 37 | | ANDRECOMMENDATIONS ’’ after ‘‘STUDY’’; 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | by inserting ‘‘, and make recommendations re-14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | lating to,’’ after ‘‘study on’’; 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (C) in paragraph (1)— 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘and timely’’ after ‘‘affordable’’; and 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | inserting the following: 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(D) apprenticeships, mentoring programs, 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | business training, and technical assistance pro-22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | grams;’’; 23 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (D) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘this 24 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the Farm Transitions Act 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | of 2024’’; 26 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (E) in paragraph (3)— 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (i) in the matter preceding subpara-2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | graph (A), by striking ‘‘existing and new 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Federal tax policies’’ and inserting ‘‘exist-4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ing and new State and Federal policies, in-5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | cluding tax policies’’; and 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘or impede’’ after ‘‘facilitate’’; 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (F) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the end; 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (G) in paragraph (5)— 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (i) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and insert-12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ing ‘‘the Farm Transitions Act of 2024’’; 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | and 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (ii) by striking the period at the end 15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | and inserting a semicolon; and 16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (H) by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(6) heirs’ property and succession of agricul-18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | tural land; 19 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(7) any unique barriers faced by farmers and 20 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ranchers in the ability to transfer, inherit, or pur-21 |
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| 76 | 76 | | chase agricultural assets, including land; and 22 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(8) leasing and ownership trends, including 23 |
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| 78 | 78 | | leasing and ownership trends by foreign persons or 24 |
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| 79 | 79 | | entities.’’; 25 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 1 |
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| 84 | 84 | | and inserting ‘‘the Farm Transitions Act of 2024’’; 2 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘1 year after 3 |
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| 86 | 86 | | the date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘2 4 |
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| 87 | 87 | | years after the date of enactment of the Farm Tran-5 |
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| 88 | 88 | | sitions Act of 2024’’; 6 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (5) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘Sections 9 7 |
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| 90 | 90 | | and 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 8 |
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| 91 | 91 | | U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Sections 1008 and 9 |
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| 92 | 92 | | 1013 of title 5, United States Code,’’; and 10 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (6) in subsection (m), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 11 |
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| 94 | 94 | | inserting ‘‘2028’’. 12 |
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