[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4127 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4127

  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

                             June 14, 2023

 Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, 
 Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Duarte, Mr. Langworthy, and Mr. Edwards) 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 derives 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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