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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 984 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish an exception to |
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| 6 | 6 | | certain payment limitations in the case of person or legal entity that |
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| 7 | 7 | | derives income from agriculture, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH12, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. P |
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| 11 | 11 | | ADILLA(for himself and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Forestry |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish an |
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| 16 | 16 | | exception to certain payment limitations in the case of |
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| 17 | 17 | | person or legal entity that derives income from agri- |
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| 18 | 18 | | culture, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Access to Agri-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | culture Disaster Programs Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 984 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. EXCEPTION FOR INCOME DERIVED FROM AGRI-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | CULTURE. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 1001D(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)) is amended— 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4)’’; and 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(4) E |
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| 35 | 35 | | XCEPTION.— 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | N GENERAL.—In the case of a pay-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ment or benefit described in subparagraph (B), 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the limitation established by paragraph (1) 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | shall not apply to a person or legal entity dur-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ing a crop, fiscal, or program year, as appro-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | priate, if not less than 75 percent of the aver-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | age adjusted gross income of the person or legal 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | entity derives from farming, ranching, or 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | silviculture activities, including agritourism, di-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | rect-to-consumer marketing of agricultural 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | products, the sale of agricultural equipment 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | owned by such person or entity, and other agri-20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | culture-related activities, as determined by the 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Secretary. 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 52 | 52 | | AYMENT OR BENEFIT DE -23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SCRIBED.—A payment or benefit referred to in 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | subparagraph (A) is— 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •S 984 IS |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(i) a payment or benefit under sub-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | title E of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081); or 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(ii) a payment or benefit under sec-4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | tion 196 of the Federal Agriculture Im-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | U.S.C. 7333).’’. 7 |
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