[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3467 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3467

   To amend the adjusted gross income limitation on participation in 
conservation programs administered by the Department of Agriculture to 
           exempt producers operating in the State of Hawaii.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2005

   Mr. Case introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the adjusted gross income limitation on participation in 
conservation programs administered by the Department of Agriculture to 
           exempt producers operating in the State of Hawaii.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN 
              CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.

    Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 
1604 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107-171; 116 Stat. 215; 7 U.S.C. 1308-3a), is amended by adding at the 
end of subsection (b) the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Exception.--Paragraph (1) does not apply to a payment 
        described in paragraph (2)(C) if the payment is made to an 
        individual or entity in connection with any farming, ranching, 
        or forestry operation carried out in the State of Hawaii.''.
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