# 115-hr-4654: To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain data in determining an actual or benchmark county yield, and for other purposes.

115-hr-4654, To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain data in determining an actual or benchmark county yield, and for other purposes., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND); status Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4654
- Congress: 115
- Title: To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain data in determining an actual or benchmark county yield, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
- Introduced: 2017-12-14
- Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014, with respect to the Agricultural Risk Coverage program, to require the Department of Agriculture to: (1) use specified data to assign actual or benchmark county yields, and (2) make payments to producers using the payment rate of the county of the physical location of the base acres of a farm.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2017-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN), 2017-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2017-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2017-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4654 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4654)

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- [115-hr-3596: Rightsizing Pension Premiums Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3596)
- [115-hr-2519: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2519)
- [115-hr-184: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-184)
- [115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6510)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4654 (as of 2025-11-18).