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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10514 

To provide additional assistance to certain agricultural producers, and for 

other purposes. 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Conservation Reinvest5 ment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS. 

2 (a) ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.—In addition 

3 to amounts otherwise available (including amounts made 

4 available on or after the date of the enactment of this Act 

5 during calendar year 2024 for the same purpose), of the 

6 funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 

7 of Agriculture shall use $1,450,000,000 for fiscal year 

8 2025 to increase the percentage of economic loss covered 

9 under the assistance prescribed in section 2102 of title I 

10 of Division B of the Further Continuing Appropriations 

11 and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 

12 2025. 

13 (b) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS OF

14 SALES-BASED CROPS AND FLAT-RATE CROPS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth16 erwise available, including under the Marketing As17 sistance for Specialty Crops program, of the funds 

18 of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 

19 of Agriculture shall use— 

20 (A) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to 

21 assist producers of sales-based crops that are 

22 not eligible for assistance with respect to such 

23 crops under subsection (a) or the assistance de24 scribed in such subsection; and 

25 (B) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to 

26 provide $30-per-acre payments to producers of 


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1 flat-rate crops that are not eligible for assist2 ance with respect to such crops under sub3 section (a) or the assistance described in such 

4 subsection. 

5 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Assistance provided 

7 under paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) in the case of sales-based crops, 

9 shall be subject to the same terms and 

10 conditions as any assistance provided 

11 under the Marketing Assistance for Spe12 cialty Crops program, except that such as13 sistance shall be subject to the payment 

14 limitations specified in section 9.7(e) of 

15 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 

16 effect on the date of enactment of this 

17 Act); and 

18 (ii) in the case of flat-rate crops, shall 

19 be provided in a similar manner, as deter20 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture, as 

21 assistance with respect to such crops is 

22 provided under the Coronavirus Food As23 sistance Program under section 9.203 of 

24 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 


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1 effect on the date of enactment of this 

2 Act). 

3 (B) EXPEDITING PROVISION OF ASSIST4 ANCE.—The Secretary of Agriculture may use 

5 eligibility criteria for any existing program of 

6 the Department of Agriculture under which as7 sistance is provided to producers of sales-based 

8 crops or flat-rate crops to expedite the provision 

9 of assistance under this subsection. 

10 (3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

11 (A) The term ‘‘Marketing Assistance for 

12 Specialty Crops program’’ refers to the program 

13 established by the Secretary of Agriculture for 

14 which a notice of funds availability was pub15 lished in the Federal Register on December 10, 

16 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 99212). 

17 (B) The terms ‘‘sales-based crops’’ and 

18 ‘‘flat-rate’’ crops have the meanings given such 

19 terms in section 9.201 of title 7, Code of Fed20 eral Regulations (as in effect on the date of en21 actment of this Act). 

22 SEC. 3. CONSERVATION FUNDING. 

23 (a) ANNUAL FUNDING.—Section 1241(a) of the Food 

24 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraphs 

2 (A) through (F) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

4 ‘‘(B) $625,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 

5 ‘‘(C) $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 

6 ‘‘(D) $675,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; 

7 ‘‘(E) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; 

8 ‘‘(F) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(G) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

14 clauses (i) through (v) and inserting the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(i) $2,400,000,000 for fiscal year 

17 2025; 

18 ‘‘(ii) $2,600,000,000 for fiscal year 

19 2026; 

20 ‘‘(iii) $2,800,000,000 for fiscal year 

21 2027; 

22 ‘‘(iv) $3,100,000,000 for fiscal year 

23 2028; 

24 ‘‘(v) $3,100,000,000 for fiscal year 

25 2029; 


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1 ‘‘(vi) $3,130,000,000 for fiscal year 

2 2030; and 

3 ‘‘(vii) $3,130,000,000 for fiscal year 

4 2031; and’’; and 

5 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

6 clauses (i) through (v) and inserting the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(i) $1,275,000,000 for fiscal year 

9 2025; 

10 ‘‘(ii) $1,325,000,000 for fiscal year 

11 2026; 

12 ‘‘(iii) $1,350,000,000 for fiscal year 

13 2027; 

14 ‘‘(iv) $1,375,000,000 for fiscal year 

15 2028; 

16 ‘‘(v) $1,375,000,000 for fiscal year 

17 2029; 

18 ‘‘(vi) $1,375,000,000 for fiscal year 

19 2030; and 

20 ‘‘(vii) $1,375,000,000 for fiscal year 

21 2031.’’. 

22 (b) MITIGATION AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION

23 PRACTICES.—Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 

24 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended by adding at the end 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(k) MITIGATION AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION

2 PRACTICES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

4 ‘mitigation agricultural conservation practice’ means 

5 a practice or enhancement that directly improves soil 

6 carbon, reduces nitrogen losses, or reduces, captures, 

7 avoids, or sequesters carbon dioxide, methane, or ni8 trous oxide emissions, associated with agricultural 

9 production. 

10 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made avail11 able under subsection (a)(3)(A) for fiscal year 2025 

12 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall 

13 use not less than 30 percent of such funds to carry 

14 out mitigation agricultural conservation practices.’’. 

15 (c) RCPP FUNDING.—Section 1271D(a) of the Food 

16 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871d(a)) is amended 

17 to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.—Of the funds of 

19 the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall 

20 use to carry out the program, to the maximum extent 

21 practicable— 

22 ‘‘(1) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

23 ‘‘(2) $425,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 

24 ‘‘(3) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 

25 ‘‘(4) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; 


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1 ‘‘(5) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; 

2 ‘‘(6) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; and 

3 ‘‘(7) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.’’. 

4 (d) WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD PREVEN5 TION ACT.—Section 15 of the Watershed Protection and 

6 Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012a) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘$50,000,000 for fiscal year 

8 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000 for fiscal year 

9 2025’’; and 

10 (2) by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘, 

11 to remain available until expended’’. 

12 (e) CONSERVATION RESCISSIONS.—The unobligated 

13 balances of amounts appropriated by section 21001(a) of 

14 Public Law 117–169 are rescinded. 

15 SEC. 4. MANDATORY REPORTING OF DAIRY PRODUCT 

16 PROCESSING COSTS. 

17 Section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

18 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik22 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

24 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

25 and’’; and 


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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(C) for each manufacturer required to re4 port under subparagraph (A) for any product, 

5 require that manufacturer to report production 

6 cost and product yield information, as deter7 mined by the Secretary, for all products proc8 essed in the same facility or facilities.’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting 

10 ‘‘products and’’ after ‘‘those’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (d)— 

12 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

13 ‘‘ELECTRONIC REPORTING’’ and inserting ‘‘RE14 PORTING’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ELEC17 TRONIC REPORTING’’ and inserting ‘‘RE18 PORTING’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and in20 serting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

21 subsection (b)(1)’’; 

22 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘this sec23 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and 

24 (B) of subsection (b)(1)’’; and 

25 (D) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) DAIRY PRODUCTS PROCESSING COSTS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 

3 after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 

4 and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall 

5 publish a report containing the information ob6 tained under subparagraph (C) of subsection 

7 (b)(1). 

8 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—For fiscal year 2025, of 

9 the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 

10 the Secretary shall use to carry out this para11 graph $10,000,000, to remain available until 

12 expended.’’. 

13 SEC. 5. CONTINGENCY FUND FOR AMERICAN PRODUCERS. 

14 (a) RELIEF PROVIDED.—During fiscal year 2028, 

15 the Secretary of Agriculture shall make payments to pro16 ducers in order to provide financial assistance, as deter17 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture, using terms and 

18 conditions the Secretary of Agriculture determines appro19 priate. 

20 (b) FUNDING.—For fiscal year 2028, of the funds of 

21 the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agri22 culture shall use to carry out this section $7,000,000,000, 

23 to remain available until expended. 


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1 SEC. 6. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMIS2 SIBLE. 

3 Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 

4 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended— 

5 (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Lunches served by 

8 schools participating in the school lunch pro9 gram under this Act— 

10 ‘‘(i) shall offer students a variety of 

11 fluid milk; 

12 ‘‘(ii) may offer students flavored and 

13 unflavored organic or non-organic whole, 

14 reduced-fat, low-fat and fat-free fluid milk 

15 and lactose-free fluid milk; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) shall provide a substitute for 

17 fluid milk for students whose disability re18 stricts their diet, on receipt of a written 

19 statement from a licensed physician that 

20 identifies the disability that restricts the 

21 student’s diet and that specifies the sub22 stitute for fluid milk.’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(D) SATURATED FAT.—Milk fat included 

25 in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph 

26 (A) shall not be considered saturated fat for 


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1 purposes of measuring compliance with the al2 lowable average saturated fat content of a meal 

3 under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal 

4 Regulations (or successor regulations). 

5 ‘‘(E) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PUR6 CHASES.—The Secretary shall prohibit schools 

7 participating in the school lunch program under 

8 this Act from purchasing or offering milk pro9 duced by China state-owned enterprises. 

10 ‘‘(F) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The 

11 Secretary may not prohibit any school partici12 pating in the school lunch program under this 

13 Act from offering students the milk described in 

14 subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 

15 SEC. 7. ENERGY FUNDING. 

16 (a) ANNUAL FUNDING.—Section 9007(f) of the 

17 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

18 U.S.C. 8107(f)) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘fis23 cal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2014 

25 through 2024;’’; and 


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1 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(F) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

3 2025 through 2028; 

4 ‘‘(G) $105,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

5 2029 and 2030; and 

6 ‘‘(H) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.’’; 

7 and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(4) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds 

10 made available to carry out this section for a fiscal 

11 year, the Secretary may reserve— 

12 ‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent for award13 ing grants under subsection (c) that support 

14 the adoption of underutilized but proven com15 mercial technologies; and 

16 ‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent for adminis17 trative costs.’’. 

18 (b) RESCISSION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the unobligated balances 

20 of amounts made available by section 22002 of Pub21 lic Law 117–169 (136 Stat. 2019), $489,447,000 is 

22 rescinded. 

23 (2) FISCAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027.—Section 

24 22002 of Public Law 117–169 (136 Stat. 2019) is 


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1 amended in each of subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) by 

2 striking ‘‘2027’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

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