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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
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HR7762119th CongressWALLET
Protecting Our Produce Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a five-year pilot that pays price-gap payments to seasonal and perishable crop producers when imports push market prices below a calculated reference price.
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- Producers of asparagus, bell pepper, blueberry, cucumber, and squash would be eligible if they average less than $5 million in adjusted gross income and get at least 75% of their income from farming, ranching, or forestry.
- Payments would be the payment rate times a producer's five-year average production, dropping the highest and lowest years. The payment rate equals the difference between a five-year trimmed reference price and that year's national average market price.
- The program applies only during defined regional "seasonal marketing windows" and would begin with the 2025 marketing year. The Secretary would set regions and windows.
- The pilot lasts five years and is capped at federal appropriations of $200 million per fiscal year during the pilot.
*Would authorize up to $200 million per fiscal year for the five-year pilot, increasing federal spending while the program runs.*
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Price-gap payments for small farmers
If you grow asparagus, bell pepper, blueberry, cucumber, or squash, you would be able to apply for payments. The pilot would start with marketing year 2025 and run five years after enactment. Each crop's payment rate would equal the reference price minus the effective price. Your payment would equal that rate times your average production over five recent marketing years. You would exclude your single highest and single lowest production years when averaging. To qualify you would need average adjusted gross income under $5,000,000 for the three tax years before the most recent tax year. At least 75% of your adjusted gross income would need to come from farming, ranching, or forestry. The Secretary would pay only if imports caused the crop's price shortfall. The Secretary would also define eligible regions and the seasonal marketing window. The program would be authorized $200 million for each fiscal year while it runs.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
GA • D
Cosponsors
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