HR-10529 : Still Just a Bill

The "Prioritizing American Farmers and Agricultural Industry Over Bureaucracy Act" (H.R. 10529) is a comprehensive bill aimed at reforming and continuing various agricultural programs through fiscal year 2029. Key provisions include:

  • Commodity Programs: Adjusts reference prices for commodities like wheat, corn, and soybeans, and provides a one-time opportunity for farmers to add base acres.
  • Marketing Loans: Modifies loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and repayment rates for cotton and rice.
  • Sugar Program: Modifies sugar loan rates and storage rates, and updates beet sugar allotments.
  • Dairy Program: Adjusts dairy margin coverage production history and premiums, and mandates reporting of dairy product processing costs.
  • Disaster Assistance: Reforms livestock indemnity payments, provides emergency assistance for honeybees, and updates the tree assistance program.
  • Conservation: Modifies the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). It emphasizes soil health and precision agriculture and introduces a Forest Conservation Easement Program.
  • Trade: Addresses food aid quality, minimum assistance levels, agricultural trade promotion, and enforcement.
  • Credit: Reforms farm ownership and operating loan programs, including adjustments to eligibility, loan amounts, and down payment loan programs.
  • Rural Development: Aims to improve health outcomes, expand broadband access, and support rural energy savings, childcare, and other initiatives.
  • Research and Extension: Reauthorizes and amends various research, extension, and education programs, including veterinary medicine loan repayment and specialty crop research.
  • Forestry: Supports state assessments and strategies for forest resources, cross-boundary wildfire mitigation, and timber innovation. It also addresses giant sequoia health and resiliency.
  • Energy: Focuses on advanced biofuels, biobased markets, and rural energy programs.
  • Horticulture, Marketing, and Regulatory Reform: Addresses plant pest and disease management, specialty crop block grants, marketing orders, organic certification, and regulatory reforms related to pesticides.
  • Crop Insurance: Modifies crop insurance provisions, including support for specialty crops and beginning farmers.
  • Miscellaneous Provisions: Covers livestock and other animals, Department of Agriculture reorganization, national security (related to foreign investment in agricultural land), and other issues like the Thrifty Food Plan and drought monitoring.

The legislation also includes limitations on Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) authority, modifications to payment limitations, and technical corrections to various acts.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2024-12-19IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.House floor actions
2024-12-19IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
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Policy Area :

Agriculture and Food
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  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Agricultural education
  • Agricultural insurance
  • Agricultural marketing and promotion
  • Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
  • Agricultural trade
  • Alaska
  • American Samoa
  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
  • Business investment and capital
  • Buy American requirements
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Child care and development
  • Child health
  • Commodity Credit Corporation
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Delta Regional Authority
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment and training programs
  • Farmland
  • Fires
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Food industry and services
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Fruit and vegetables
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Grain
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health personnel
  • Higher education
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Inflation and prices
  • Insects
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Land use and conservation
  • Livestock
  • Meat
  • Military readiness
  • Minority education
  • Nutrition and diet
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public participation and lobbying
  • Puerto Rico
  • Retail and wholesale trades
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Social security and elderly assistance
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • State and local government operations
  • Tariffs
  • Technology transfer and commercialization
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
  • Water use and supply
  • Wetlands

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