I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 124 
To require the prompt issuance by the Secretary of Agriculture of regulations 
to restore integrity to the payment limitation requirements applicable 
to commodity payments and benefits, to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse 
related to the receipt of commodity payments and benefits, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. FORTENBERRY (for himself and Ms. HERSETH) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To require the prompt issuance by the Secretary of Agri-
culture of regulations to restore integrity to the payment 
limitation requirements applicable to commodity pay-
ments and benefits, to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse 
related to the receipt of commodity payments and bene-
fits, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm Programs Pay-
ment Limitation Integrity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH MEAS-
URABLE STANDARDS TO PREVENT USE OF 
SEPARATE ENTITIES TO EXCEED PAYMENT 
LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO COMMODITY 
PAYMENTS AND TO LIMIT PAYMENTS TO AC-
TIVE FARMERS. 
(a) STANDARDS
REGARDING
ACTIVE
PERSONAL 
MANAGEMENT AND EVASION SCHEMES AND DEVICES.— 
The Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall promulgate regulations to estab-
lish measurable standards of— 
(1) what constitutes a significant contribution 
of active personal management with respect to a 
farm operation for purposes of applying the payment 
limitations specified in section 1001 of the Food Se-
curity of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308); and 
(2) what constitutes a scheme or device to ef-
fectively evade such payment limits or to evade sec-
tion 1001A or 1001C of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1308– 
1, 1308–3). 
(b) ENFORCEMENT OF MULTIPLE ENTITY LIMITA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to en-
sure that total payments and gains described in section 
1001 of the Food Security of 1985 made to or through 
joint operations or multiple entities under the primary 
control of a person, in combination with the payments and 
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gains received directly by the person, do not exceed twice 
the applicable dollar amounts specified in subsections (b), 
(c), and (d) of such section. 
(c) ATTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS AND GAINS DE-
RIVED FROM CERTAIN FARMING OPERATIONS.—In the 
case of a person that in the aggregate owns, conducts 
farming operations, or provides custom farming services 
on land with respect to which the aggregate commodity 
payments exceed the applicable dollar amounts specified 
in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 1001 of the Food 
Security of 1985, the Secretary shall promulgate regula-
tions to ensure that all payments and gains made on crops 
produced on the land are attributed as follows: 
(1) To a person that rents land as lessee or les-
sor through a crop share lease and receives a share 
of the payments that is less than the usual and cus-
tomary share of the crop received by the lessee or 
lessor, as determined by the Secretary. 
(2) To a person that provides custom farming 
services through arrangements under which— 
(A) all or part of the compensation for the 
services is at risk; 
(B) farm management services are pro-
vided by— 
(i) the same person; 
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