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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3794 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to track the distribution of all farm 
subsidies by race, gender, and size of the farm operation and to make 
such information about farm subsidies available to the public. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2021 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 
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 direct the Secretary of Agriculture to track the distribu-
tion of all farm subsidies by race, gender, and size of 
the farm operation and to make such information about 
farm subsidies available to the public. 
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 Subsidy Trans-
parency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DATA ON RECEIPT OF BENEFITS UNDER AGRI-
CULTURE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2018. 
Subtitle G of title I of the Agriculture Improvement 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1708. DATA ON THOSE RECEIVING BENEFITS. 
‘‘As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) track— 
‘‘(A) the benefits provided, directly or indi-
rectly, to individuals and entities under this 
title, title II, and title VII and the amendments 
made by those titles, including— 
‘‘(i) the race and gender of the indi-
viduals directly or indirectly receiving the 
benefits; 
‘‘(ii) the race and gender of individual 
receiving the benefits through an entity 
and the race and gender of all individuals 
who comprise such entity; and 
‘‘(iii) the rented, owned, or controlled 
acreage of the farm or ranch of the recipi-
ent; and 
‘‘(B) the race and gender of individuals 
who applied for the benefits described in sub-
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paragraph (A) and did not receive such bene-
fits; 
‘‘(2) annually make the information tracked 
pursuant to paragraph (1) publicly available on the 
website of the Department of Agriculture; and 
‘‘(3) annually submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate, a report that includes the information 
tracked pursuant to paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING 
TO INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES THAT OB-
TAINED FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506(m) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1506(m)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) COLLECTION AND RELEASE OF INFORMA-
TION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, except as provided in 
subparagraph (C), the Corporation shall on an 
annual basis shall require the collection of— 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 502(c)(2) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(c)(2)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) MANDATORY DISCLOSURE.—The Cor-
poration shall disclose information to the public 
described in section 506(m)(4).’’. 
SEC. 4. BENEFITS UNDER THE COMMODITY CREDIT COR-
PORATION CHARTER ACT. 
Section 5 (15 U.S.C. 714c) of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall track the benefits pro-
vided, directly or indirectly, to individuals and entities 
under this section, including the race and gender of the 
individuals directly receiving the benefits or receiving the 
benefits through an entity, and the rented, owned, or con-
trolled acreage of the farm or ranch of the recipient. The 
Secretary shall also track the race and gender of the indi-
viduals who applied for the benefits described in the pre-
ceding sentence and did not receive such benefits. The 
Secretary shall annually make the information tracked 
pursuant to the preceding two sentences publicly available 
on the website of the Department of Agriculture and an-
nually submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
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culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a report 
that includes such information.’’. 
SEC. 5. FARM CREDIT TRANSPARENCY. 
Section 704B(b) of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1691c–2(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘farm 
or ranch,’’ after ‘‘minority-owned,’’ both places it appears. 
SEC. 6. SERVICE CENTER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall collect and track 
the race and gender of any individual, or in the case of 
an entity, the individuals comprising such entity, that reg-
isters on the service center information management sys-
tem of the Department of Agriculture. 
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