[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2610 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2610

  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify payment and other 
      limitations for commodity programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Brown) 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 Food Security Act of 1985 to modify payment and other 
      limitations for commodity programs, 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 ``Farm Program Integrity Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. GENERAL COMMODITY PROVISIONS.

    (a) Payment Limitations.--Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(1) Active personal management.--The term `active 
        personal management' means management activities personally 
        performed on a farming operation--
                    ``(A) by a person with a direct or indirect 
                ownership interest in that farming operation; and
                    ``(B) on a regular, continuous, and substantial 
                basis.'';
            (2) by striking subsections (b) through (d) and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(b) Limitation on Marketing Loan Gains and Loan Deficiency 
Payments for Covered Commodities.--The total amount of payments 
received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity for any 
crop year as marketing loan gains or loan deficiency payments under 
subtitle B of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9031 et 
seq.) may not exceed $75,000.
    ``(c) Limitation on Payments for Covered Commodities Received With 
Respect to a Farming Operation.--The total amount of payments received 
for any crop year under sections 1116 and 1117 of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9016, 9017) with respect to a farming operation--
            ``(1) in which 2 or more persons or legal entities are 
        determined to be actively engaged in farming under subsection 
        (b) or (c) of section 1001A may not exceed $250,000; or
            ``(2) in which less than 2 persons or legal entities are 
        determined to be actively engaged in farming under subsection 
        (b) or (c) of section 1001A may not exceed $125,000.'';
            (3) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as 
        subsections (d) through (g), respectively;
            (4) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), in paragraph 
        (3)(B)--
                    (A) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
                following:
                            ``(ii) Reduction for persons and legal 
                        entities actively engaged in farming.--Payments 
                        made to a legal entity shall be reduced 
                        proportionately by an amount that represents 
                        the direct or indirect ownership in the legal 
                        entity of each person or legal entity that is 
                        determined to be actively engaged in farming 
                        under subsection (b) or (c) of section 
                        1001A.''; and
                    (B) in clause (iii), in the clause heading, by 
                striking ``Reduction'' and inserting ``Reduction for 
                persons and legal entities that exceeded the payment 
                limitation'';
            (5) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (4);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (8) as 
                paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively;
                    (C) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``Notwithstanding subsection (d), a Federal'' 
                        and inserting ``A Federal''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``(b), (c), or (d)'' and inserting ``(b) or 
                        (c)'';
                    (D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``Notwithstanding subsection (d), except as 
                        provided in subsection (g),'' and inserting 
                        ``Except as provided in subsection (f),''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``(b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting ``(b) and 
                        (c)''; and
                    (E) by striking paragraph (9); and
            (6) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), in paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``(f)(6)(A)'' and inserting ``(e)(5)(A)''.
    (b) Notification of Interests; Payments Limited to Active 
Farmers.--Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308-1) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking subclause 
                (II) and inserting the following:
                                    ``(II) personal labor and active 
                                personal management, which shall be in 
                                a duration equal to not less than the 
                                lesser of--
                                            ``(aa) 1,000 hours for the 
                                        applicable crop year; and
                                            ``(bb) a period equal to 50 
                                        percent of the commensurate 
                                        share of the total number of 
                                        hours of personal labor and 
                                        active personal management 
                                        required to conduct the farming 
                                        operation for the applicable 
                                        crop year, as determined by the 
                                        Secretary;'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``general 
                                partnership, joint venture,'' after 
                                ``limited partnership,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``(including'' and 
                                all that follows through 
                                ``Secretary)'';
                            (ii) in clause (ii)--
                                    (I) by striking ``stockholders'' 
                                and inserting ``stockholders, partners, 
                                participants,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``labor or 
                                active'' and inserting ``labor and 
                                active''; and
                            (iii) in clause (iii), by adding ``and'' at 
                        the end;
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                    (D) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
                subparagraph (C); and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) the landowner share-rents the land at a rate 
                that is usual and customary;'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) the share of the payments received by the 
                landowner is commensurate with the share of the crop or 
                income received as rent.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                        ``under usual and customary terms'' after 
                        ``services'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                            (iii) by striking ``services'' in the 
                        paragraph heading and all that follows through 
                        ``A person'' in subparagraph (A) and inserting 
                        ``services.--A person''; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (6).
    (c) Adjusted Gross Income Limitation.--Section 1001D of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3); and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (3).
    (d) Technical Amendment.--Section 1001E(c) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-4(c)) is amended by striking ``Agricultural 
Stabilization and Conservation Service'' and inserting ``Farm Service 
Agency''.
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