[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5710 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5710
To suspend certain payment limitations relating to agricultural risk
coverage and price loss coverage for crop year 2025 and to make advance
partial payments under such coverages for such crop year.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 8, 2025
Mr. Crawford (for himself and Ms. Letlow) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To suspend certain payment limitations relating to agricultural risk
coverage and price loss coverage for crop year 2025 and to make advance
partial payments under such coverages for such crop year.
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 ``Bridge the Gap for Rural Communities
Act''.
SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENT LIMITATIONS FOR CROP YEAR 2025.
Section 1001(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(f))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(10) Suspension of payment limitations for crop year
2025.--Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to a person or
legal entity for crop year 2025.''.
SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF ADVANCE PARTIAL PAYMENTS FOR CROP YEAR 2025.
Section 1115 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9015) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Availability of Advance Partial Payments for Crop Year
2025.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2025, the
Secretary shall provide to producers on a farm that make an
election under paragraph (2) a partial payment with respect to
each payment to such producer for the payment acres for each
covered commodity on the farm under subsection (i).
``(2) Option to receive partial payments.--Not later than
December 1, 2025, a producer may opt to receive partial
payments under this subsection by notifying the Administrator
of the Farm Service Agency in such manner as the Administrator
determines appropriate.
``(3) Amount.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a partial
payment under this subsection shall be equal to 50 percent of
the projected payment for the covered commodity for the 2025
crop year under subsection (i), as determined by the Secretary.
``(4) Determination of projected price.--For purposes of
determining the amount of the projected payment under paragraph
(3), the Secretary shall use--
``(A) the projected average farm price for the
applicable eligible commodity for the 2025-2026
marketing year contained in the most recent World
Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates published
before the date of enactment of this Act by the World
Agricultural Outlook Board; or
``(B) if such projected average farm price is not
available with respect to a covered commodity, a
comparable projected price per acre for such covered
commodity, as determined by the Secretary.
``(k) Subsequent Payment for Crop Year 2025.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of a producer on a farm that
opts to receive a partial payment under subsection (j) for a
covered commodity for the 2025 crop year with respect to
payment acres for the covered commodity on the farm, the
Secretary shall, beginning October 1, or as soon as practicable
thereafter, after the end of the applicable marketing year for
the covered commodity, provide a subsequent payment to the
producer in an amount equal to--
``(A) the payment amount for such payment acres for
the covered commodity determined under subsection (i)
for the 2025 crop year; minus
``(B) the amount provided for such payment acres
for the covered commodity under subsection (j) for the
2025 crop year.
``(2) Overpayment.--In the case of a producer described in
paragraph (1) that receives in the aggregate with respect to a
covered commodity for crop year 2025 an amount that is greater
than the amount described in subparagraph (A) of such
paragraph, the producer shall repay the Secretary such excess
amount, without interest.
``(l) Clarification Relating to Assignment of Partial and
Subsequent Payments.--A payment made under subsections (j) and (k) may
be assigned in accordance with part 1404 of title 7, Code of Federal
Regulations.''.
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