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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10514 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10514

To provide additional assistance to certain agricultural producers, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2024

Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Alford, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
Bacon, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Kelly 
 of Mississippi, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Van Orden, and Mr. Baird) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To provide additional assistance to certain agricultural producers, 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 ``Conservation Reinvestment Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS.

    (a) Economic Assistance Payments.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
available (including amounts made available on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act during calendar year 2024 for the same purpose), 
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall use $1,450,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to increase 
the percentage of economic loss covered under the assistance prescribed 
in section 2102 of title I of Division B of the Further Continuing 
Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2025.
    (b) Additional Assistance for Producers of Sales-Based Crops and 
Flat-Rate Crops.--
            (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
        available, including under the Marketing Assistance for 
        Specialty Crops program, of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
        Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use--
                    (A) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to assist 
                producers of sales-based crops that are not eligible 
                for assistance with respect to such crops under 
                subsection (a) or the assistance described in such 
                subsection; and
                    (B) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to provide 
                $30-per-acre payments to producers of flat-rate crops 
                that are not eligible for assistance with respect to 
                such crops under subsection (a) or the assistance 
                described in such subsection.
            (2) Terms and conditions.--
                    (A) In general.--Assistance provided under 
                paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the case of sales-based crops, shall 
                        be subject to the same terms and conditions as 
                        any assistance provided under the Marketing 
                        Assistance for Specialty Crops program, except 
                        that such assistance shall be subject to the 
                        payment limitations specified in section 9.7(e) 
                        of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 
                        effect on the date of enactment of this Act); 
                        and
                            (ii) in the case of flat-rate crops, shall 
                        be provided in a similar manner, as determined 
                        by the Secretary of Agriculture, as assistance 
                        with respect to such crops is provided under 
                        the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program under 
                        section 9.203 of title 7, Code of Federal 
                        Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
                        enactment of this Act).
                    (B) Expediting provision of assistance.--The 
                Secretary of Agriculture may use eligibility criteria 
                for any existing program of the Department of 
                Agriculture under which assistance is provided to 
                producers of sales-based crops or flat-rate crops to 
                expedite the provision of assistance under this 
                subsection.
            (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    (A) The term ``Marketing Assistance for Specialty 
                Crops program'' refers to the program established by 
                the Secretary of Agriculture for which a notice of 
                funds availability was published in the Federal 
                Register on December 10, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 99212).
                    (B) The terms ``sales-based crops'' and ``flat-
                rate'' crops have the meanings given such terms in 
                section 9.201 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations 
                (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).

SEC. 3. CONSERVATION FUNDING.

    (a) Annual Funding.--Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
        (F) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;
                    ``(B) $625,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;
                    ``(C) $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;
                    ``(D) $675,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
                    ``(E) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2029;
                    ``(F) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; and
                    ``(G) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) 
                through (v) and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) $2,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;
                            ``(ii) $2,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;
                            ``(iii) $2,800,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2027;
                            ``(iv) $3,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
                            ``(v) $3,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2029;
                            ``(vi) $3,130,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; 
                        and
                            ``(vii) $3,130,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2031; and''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking clauses (i) 
                through (v) and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) $1,275,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;
                            ``(ii) $1,325,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;
                            ``(iii) $1,350,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2027;
                            ``(iv) $1,375,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
                            ``(v) $1,375,000,000 for fiscal year 2029;
                            ``(vi) $1,375,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; 
                        and
                            ``(vii) $1,375,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2031.''.
    (b) Mitigation Agricultural Conservation Practices.--Section 1241 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(k) Mitigation Agricultural Conservation Practices.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `mitigation 
        agricultural conservation practice' means a practice or 
        enhancement that directly improves soil carbon, reduces 
        nitrogen losses, or reduces, captures, avoids, or sequesters 
        carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions, associated 
        with agricultural production.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--Of the funds made available under 
        subsection (a)(3)(A) for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter, the Secretary shall use not less than 30 percent of 
        such funds to carry out mitigation agricultural conservation 
        practices.''.
    (c) Rcpp Funding.--Section 1271D(a) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871d(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Availability of Funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out the program, 
to the maximum extent practicable--
            ``(1) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;
            ``(2) $425,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;
            ``(3) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;
            ``(4) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
            ``(5) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2029;
            ``(6) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; and
            ``(7) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.''.
    (d) Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.--Section 15 of 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012a) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2019'' and 
        inserting ``$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2025''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end ``, to remain 
        available until expended''.
    (e) Conservation Rescissions.--The unobligated balances of amounts 
appropriated by section 21001(a) of Public Law 117-169 are rescinded.

SEC. 4. MANDATORY REPORTING OF DAIRY PRODUCT PROCESSING COSTS.

    Section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1637b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) for each manufacturer required to report 
                under subparagraph (A) for any product, require that 
                manufacturer to report production cost and product 
                yield information, as determined by the Secretary, for 
                all products processed in the same facility or 
                facilities.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``products 
                and'' after ``those'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
                ``Electronic Reporting'' and inserting ``Reporting'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking 
                        ``Electronic Reporting'' and inserting 
                        ``Reporting''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``this section'' and 
                        inserting ``subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
                        subsection (b)(1)'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``this section'' 
                and inserting ``subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection 
                (b)(1)''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Dairy products processing costs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the 
                date of enactment of this paragraph, and every 2 years 
                thereafter, the Secretary shall publish a report 
                containing the information obtained under subparagraph 
                (C) of subsection (b)(1).
                    ``(B) Funding.--For fiscal year 2025, of the funds 
                of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 
                shall use to carry out this paragraph $10,000,000, to 
                remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 5. CONTINGENCY FUND FOR AMERICAN PRODUCERS.

    (a) Relief Provided.--During fiscal year 2028, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall make payments to producers in order to provide 
financial assistance, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
using terms and conditions the Secretary of Agriculture determines 
appropriate.
    (b) Funding.--For fiscal year 2028, of the funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use to carry out 
this section $7,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.

SEC. 6. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE.

    Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--Lunches served by schools 
                participating in the school lunch program under this 
                Act--
                            ``(i) shall offer students a variety of 
                        fluid milk;
                            ``(ii) may offer students flavored and 
                        unflavored organic or non-organic whole, 
                        reduced-fat, low-fat and fat-free fluid milk 
                        and lactose-free fluid milk; and
                            ``(iii) shall provide a substitute for 
                        fluid milk for students whose disability 
                        restricts their diet, on receipt of a written 
                        statement from a licensed physician that 
                        identifies the disability that restricts the 
                        student's diet and that specifies the 
                        substitute for fluid milk.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Saturated fat.--Milk fat included in any 
                fluid milk provided under subparagraph (A) shall not be 
                considered saturated fat for purposes of measuring 
                compliance with the allowable average saturated fat 
                content of a meal under section 210.10 of title 7, Code 
                of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
                    ``(E) Prohibition on certain purchases.--The 
                Secretary shall prohibit schools participating in the 
                school lunch program under this Act from purchasing or 
                offering milk produced by China state-owned 
                enterprises.
                    ``(F) Limitation on authority.--The Secretary may 
                not prohibit any school participating in the school 
                lunch program under this Act from offering students the 
                milk described in subparagraph (A)(ii).''.

SEC. 7. ENERGY FUNDING.

    (a) Annual Funding.--Section 9007(f) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``fiscal year 
                2014 and each fiscal year thereafter.'' and inserting 
                ``each of fiscal years 2014 through 2024;''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 
                through 2028;
                    ``(G) $105,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2029 
                and 2030; and
                    ``(H) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Reservation of funds.--Of the funds made available to 
        carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary may 
        reserve--
                    ``(A) not more than 10 percent for awarding grants 
                under subsection (c) that support the adoption of 
                underutilized but proven commercial technologies; and
                    ``(B) not more than 5 percent for administrative 
                costs.''.
    (b) Rescission.--
            (1) In general.--Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
        made available by section 22002 of Public Law 117-169 (136 
        Stat. 2019), $489,447,000 is rescinded.
            (2) Fiscal years 2026 and 2027.--Section 22002 of Public 
        Law 117-169 (136 Stat. 2019) is amended in each of subsections 
        (a)(2) and (b)(2) by striking ``2027'' and inserting ``2025''.
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