Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act
This bill waives the adjusted gross income limitations for payments or benefits under specific Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance programs for a person or legal entity that derives a portion of their income from agriculture. Currently, a person or entity is not eligible to receive certain benefits during a crop, fiscal, or program year if their average gross income exceeds $900,000.
Specifically, in the case of an excepted payment or benefit, the adjusted gross income limitation is waived if 75% or more of the average adjusted gross income for the person or entity is derived from farming, ranching, or silviculture activities. These activities include agritourism, direct-to-consumer marketing of agricultural products, and the sale of agricultural equipment owned by such person or entity.
The bill applies to the USDA
[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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
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