3.0.0 1486 2023-01-11T16:47:39Z 2023-01-11T16:47:39Z Senate S S 2007-05-24 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-24T19:07:41Z 2007-05-24 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2007-05-24 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural credit Agricultural subsidies Crime and Law Enforcement Disaster relief Emergency Management Finance and Financial Sector Fraud Marketing of farm produce Agriculture and Food 00 2007-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-26T17:04:42Z Rural America Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reduce maximum annual direct and counter-cyclical commodity payments to $20,000 and $30,000, respectively. Revises limitation provisions for marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and commodity certificate transactions, and establishes an annual combined limitation of $75,000 for such payments. Doubles payment limitations for single farming operations. Limits an individual to a combined annual payment of $250,000.

Makes a person who commits fraud in connection with a scheme or device to evade certain program limitations (multiple entities, citizenship) ineligible for farm benefits for six years.

Revises provisions respecting limitation of benefits to active farmers.

Makes foreign entities ineligible for agricultural program benefits.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that any savings achieved by this Act should be used to establish a permanent agricultural disaster relief program.

]]> Rural America Preservation Act of 2007 Display Title Rural America Preservation Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural America Preservation Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1486is/xml/BILLS-110s1486is.xml 2007-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.