[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2244 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2244

   To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to require 
 specific congressional authorization for use of the Commodity Credit 
                  Corporation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 2023

Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Braun) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to require 
 specific congressional authorization for use of the Commodity Credit 
                  Corporation, 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 ``USDA Spending Accountability Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED FOR USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT 
              CORPORATION.

    Section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 
U.S.C. 714c) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5. SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED FOR USE OF GENERAL POWERS.

    ``(a) In General.--In the fulfillment of the purposes of the 
Corporation and in carrying out the annual budget programs of the 
Corporation submitted to and approved by Congress pursuant to chapter 
91 of title 31, United States Code, the Corporation may use the general 
powers and funds of the Corporation only to carry out such operations 
as Congress may specifically authorize or provide for.
    ``(b) Reimbursement Required.--If on or after the date of enactment 
of the USDA Spending Accountability Act of 2023, the Corporation, the 
Department of Agriculture, or the Secretary holds or transfers any 
unobligated funds of the Corporation that are designated for carrying 
out, or committed to carry out, operations that Congress has not 
specifically authorized or provided for--
            ``(1) the Corporation or the Secretary shall transfer those 
        unobligated funds to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit 
        in the general fund of the Treasury; and
            ``(2) those amounts shall be permanently rescinded.''.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTION TO BORROWING AUTHORITY.

    Section 4(i) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 
U.S.C. 714b(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The 
Corporation may not borrow money pursuant to this subsection to 
reimburse the Corporation for, or carry out, any operations that 
Congress has not specifically authorized or provided for.''.
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