[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4800 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4800

  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

                             July 20, 2023

  Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Duarte, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. 
 Costa, Mr. Edwards, and Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer) 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 ``Growing Access To Environmental 
Sustainability Act'' or the ``GATES 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 each 
                individual comprising the legal entity derives from 
                farming, ranching, or forestry activities and the 
                person or legal entity provides to the Secretary 
                documentation demonstrating such average adjusted gross 
                income.
                    ``(B) Excepted payment or benefit.-- For purposes 
                of this paragraph, the term `excepted payment or 
                benefit' means a payment or benefit described in 
                paragraph (2)(C).''.
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