I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8069 
To reduce farm input costs and barriers to domestic production, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2022 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. 
RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MANN, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT 
of Georgia, Mr. BOST, Mr. ELLZEY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN 
of Florida, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. 
MOORE of Utah, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. ROSE, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, 
Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. BACON, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mrs. 
RODGERS of Washington, and Mr. PFLUGER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition 
to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To reduce farm input costs and barriers to domestic 
production, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Reducing Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Domestic 
Production Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Nutrient management and precision agriculture. 
Sec. 3. Nullification of changes to NEPA regulations. 
Sec. 4. Evaluation of phosphate and potash as critical minerals. 
Sec. 5. Period of use following cancellation of a pesticide. 
Sec. 6. Reinstatement of rule defining waters of the United States. 
Sec. 7. Economic analysis of packers and stockyards regulations. 
Sec. 8. Approval of use of phosphogypsum in government road projects. 
Sec. 9. Emissions disclosures under the securities laws. 
Sec. 10. Meat and poultry processing efficiency. 
SEC. 2. NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND PRECISION AGRI-
CULTURE. 
(a) CONSERVATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM.—Section 304 of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3), by redesignating sub-
paragraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (G) and 
(H), respectively, and inserting after subparagraph 
(E) the following: 
‘‘(F) the adoption of precision agriculture 
or nutrient management practices, and the ac-
quisition of precision agriculture or nutrient 
management equipment and technology;’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) producers who use the loans to adopt pre-
cision agriculture or nutrient management practices 
or acquire precision agriculture or nutrient manage-
ment equipment and technology, including adoption 
or acquisition for the purpose of participating in the 
environmental quality incentives program under sub-
chapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of 
the Food Security Act of 1985.’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) 90 percent of the principal amount of the 
loan in the case of— 
‘‘(A) a producer that is a qualified socially 
disadvantaged farmer or rancher or a beginning 
farmer or rancher; or 
‘‘(B) loans that are used for the purchase 
of precision agriculture or nutrient management 
equipment and technology.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(1) 
GEOGRAPHIC
DIVERSITY.—The 
Sec-
retary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH NRCS.—In making 
or guaranteeing loans under this section, the Sec-
retary shall ensure that there is coordination be-
tween the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service.’’. 
(b) ASSISTANCE
TO
RURAL
ENTITIES.—Section 
310B(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) expanding precision agriculture and 
nutrient management practices, including by fi-
nancing equipment and farm-wide broadband 
connectivity, in order to promote best-practices, 
reduce costs, and improve the environment.’’. 
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1240A(6)(B)(v) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 
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1(6)(B)(v)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including the 
adoption of precision agriculture or nutrient man-
agement practices and the acquisition of precision 
agriculture or nutrient management equipment and 
technology)’’ after ‘‘planning’’. 
(2) PAYMENTS.— 
(A) 
OTHER
PAYMENTS.—Section 
1240B(d)(6) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(d)(6)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘A producer shall’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) PAYMENTS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.— 
A producer shall’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) CONSERVATION
LOAN
AND
LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A producer receiv-
ing payments for practices on eligible land 
under the program may also receive a loan 
or loan guarantee under section 304 of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act to cover costs for the same prac-
tices on the same land. 
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‘‘(ii) NOTICE
TO
PRODUCER.—The 
Secretary shall inform a producer partici-
pating in the program in writing of the 
availability of a loan or loan guarantee 
under section 304 of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act as it re-
lates to costs of implementing practices 
under this program.’’. 
(B) INCREASED PAYMENTS FOR HIGH-PRI-
ORITY PRACTICES.—Section 1240B(d)(7) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 
2(d)(7)) is amended, in the subsection heading, 
by 
inserting 
‘‘STATE-DETERMINED’’ 
before 
‘‘HIGH-PRIORITY’’. 
(C) INCREASED PAYMENTS FOR PRECISION 
AGRICULTURE AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT.— 
Section 1240B(d) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(d)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) INCREASED PAYMENTS FOR PRECISION AG-
RICULTURE
AND
NUTRIENT
MANAGEMENT.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (2), the Secretary may in-
crease the amount that would otherwise be provided 
for a practice under this subsection to not more than 
90 percent of the costs associated with adopting pre-
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cision agriculture or nutrient management practices 
and acquiring precision agriculture or nutrient man-
agement equipment and technology.’’. 
(3) CONSERVATION INCENTIVE CONTRACTS.— 
Section 1240B(j)(2)(A)(i) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(j)(3)(A)(i)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘(which may include the adoption of 
precision agriculture or nutrient management prac-
tices and the acquisition of precision agriculture or 
nutrient management equipment and technology)’’ 
after ‘‘incentive practices’’. 
(d) CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.— 
(1) 
CONSERVATION
STEWARDSHIP
PAY-
MENTS.—Section 1240L(c)(3) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(c)(3)) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSIONS.—A payment to a producer 
under this subsection shall not be provided for con-
servation activities for which there is no cost in-
curred or income forgone by the producer.’’. 
(2) SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS FOR RESOURCE- 
CONSERVING
CROP
ROTATIONS
AND
ADVANCED 
GRAZING MANAGEMENT.—Section 1240L(d) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 
24(d)) is amended— 
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(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘AND ADVANCED GRAZING MANAGEMENT’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, ADVANCED
GRAZING
MANAGE-
MENT, PRECISION AGRICULTURE, AND NUTRI-
ENT MANAGEMENT’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) precision agriculture; or 
‘‘(D) nutrient management.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or ad-
vanced grazing management’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
advanced grazing management, precision agri-
culture, or nutrient management’’. 
(e) DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 
1242(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3842(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) SOIL HEALTH PLANNING.—The Secretary 
shall emphasize the use of third-party providers in 
providing technical assistance for soil health plan-
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ning, including planning related to the use of cover 
crops, precision conservation management, com-
prehensive nutrient management planning, and other 
innovative plans.’’. 
SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF CHANGES TO NEPA REGULA-
TIONS. 
The final rule issued by the Council on Environ-
mental Quality titled ‘‘National Environmental Policy Act 
Implementing Regulations Revisions’’ and published April 
20, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 23453), shall have no force or 
effect. 
SEC. 4. EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE AND POTASH AS CRIT-
ICAL MINERALS. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the In-
terior shall evaluate potash, phosphates, and other min-
erals necessary for the production of fertilizer and other 
agricultural products used to promote crop development 
for designation as critical minerals under section 
7002(c)(4) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 
1606(c)(4)). 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall evaluate current policies related to 
permitting and leasing of projects to develop the minerals 
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described in subsection (a) and issue recommendations to 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate to support domestic production 
of such commodities. 
SEC. 5. PERIOD OF USE FOLLOWING CANCELLATION OF A 
PESTICIDE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a) of the Federal Insec-
ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136d(a)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) EXISTING STOCKS AND FURTHER USE AND IN-
FORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) EXISTING STOCKS AND FURTHER USE.— 
The Administrator shall permit the continued sale 
and use of a pesticide whose registration is sus-
pended or canceled under this section, or section 3 
or 4, or vacated through a court order for a period 
of not less than 5 years after the date on which such 
suspension, cancellation or vacatur occurs. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—If at any time after the 
registration of a pesticide the registrant has addi-
tional factual information regarding unreasonable 
adverse effects on the environment of the pesticide, 
the registrant shall submit such information to the 
Administrator.’’. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) glyphosate has been used safely in United 
States agriculture for decades; 
(2) glyphosate is one of the most studied herbi-
cides in the world and tens of thousands of studies 
have been conducted that lead to a scientifically 
sound consensus that glyphosate is not a carcinogen; 
(3) food security is national security and 
glyphosate is a necessary tool in ensuring a safe and 
secure food supply in the United States; 
(4) the existing preemption of State law speci-
fied in section 24(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fun-
gicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136v(b)) ex-
pressly preempts any additional warning label re-
quirement by any State for a glyphosate-related 
product; and 
(5) the amicus curiae brief submitted by the 
Solicitor General to the Supreme Court of the 
United States on May 10, 2022, related to 997 F.3d 
941 (9th Cir. 2021) is fatally flawed in its legal rea-
soning and is in direct conflict with the statutory 
language as well as Congressional intent. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
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Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate final 
regulations making a determination specifying that any 
label of a pesticide product that contains glyphosate that 
is registered under section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a) shall not 
contain a cancer warning. 
SEC. 6. REINSTATEMENT OF RULE DEFINING WATERS OF 
THE UNITED STATES. 
The final rule entitled ‘‘The Navigable Waters Pro-
tection Rule: Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ ’’ 
and published in the Federal Register by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency on April 21, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 
22250 et seq.), shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PACKERS AND STOCK-
YARDS REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not fewer than 90 days before 
publishing any covered rule, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
acting through the Office of the Chief Economist, shall— 
(1) conduct an economic analysis analyzing the 
costs and benefits of the implementation of such 
rule, including the costs and benefits for producers 
and consumers, accounting for current industry 
practices and market conditions; and 
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(2) make the analysis and a summary of such 
analysis publicly available on the website of the De-
partment of Agriculture and by publication in the 
Federal Register. 
(b) COVERED RULE.—In this section the term ‘‘cov-
ered rule’’ means a proposed rule issued under the Pack-
ers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), in-
cluding rules related to— 
(1) transparency in poultry grower contracting 
and tournaments; 
(2) unfair practices and undue preferences 
under such Act; and 
(3) the scope of violations under such Act with 
respect to a showing of harm or likely harm to com-
petition. 
SEC. 8. APPROVAL OF USE OF PHOSPHOGYPSUM IN GOV-
ERNMENT ROAD PROJECTS. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall issue an approval of the use of 
phosphogypsum in government road projects that is iden-
tical to the approval issued in the notice titled ‘‘Approval 
of the Request for Other Use of Phosphogypsum by the 
Fertilizer Institute’’ published by the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency in the Federal Register on October 20, 
2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 66550). 
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SEC. 9. EMISSIONS DISCLOSURES UNDER THE SECURITIES 
LAWS. 
The Securities and Exchange Commission may only 
require information relating to the emissions of an issuer, 
including the upstream or downstream emissions from the 
value chain of the issuer, to be included in a report to 
the Commission if such issuer determines there is a sub-
stantial likelihood that a reasonable shareholder would 
consider such information important with respect to mak-
ing an investment decision. 
SEC. 10. MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING EFFICIENCY. 
(a) REQUESTS RELATED TO MAXIMUM RATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall— 
(A) publish in the Federal Register criteria 
that the Secretary shall consider in granting re-
quests submitted by establishments for oper-
ation at rates in excess of the maximum rates 
specified in sections 310.1 and 381.69 of title 
9, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
regulations); and 
(B) begin accepting and reviewing such re-
quests from such establishments. 
(2) RESPONSE.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which a request from an establishment 
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is submitted, the Secretary shall respond to such re-
quest— 
(A) approving such request if the request 
meets the criteria established pursuant to para-
graph (1); or 
(B) denying such request and explaining in 
detail the rationale for such denial. 
(3) DURATION OF APPROVED REQUESTS.—An 
establishment may continue to operate pursuant to 
any request approved under this subsection so long 
as the establishment continues to meet the criteria 
established pursuant to paragraph (1). 
(b) CONTINUATION OF OPERATIONS AT CERTAIN ES-
TABLISHMENTS.— 
(1) SWINE ESTABLISHMENTS.—In the case of 
an establishment to which the maximum rates in 
section 310.1(b)(3) of title 9, Code of Federal Regu-
lations did not apply pursuant to section 310.26(c) 
of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on March 30, 2021, such rates shall continue to not 
apply so long as the establishment— 
(A) maintains effective process control; 
and 
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(B) prevents contamination of carcasses 
and parts by enteric pathogens and visible fecal 
material, ingesta, and milk. 
(2) POULTRY ESTABLISHMENTS.—In the case 
of an establishment to which the maximum rates in 
section 381.69 of title 9, Code of Federal Regula-
tions do not apply pursuant to section 381.3(b) of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, such rates shall 
continue to not apply so long as the establishment 
maintains effective process control. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The term ‘‘establish-
ment’’ means— 
(A) an official establishment (as defined in 
section 301.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regu-
lations that is subject to inspection under the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.)); and 
(B) an official establishment (as defined in 
section 381.1 of title 9, Code of Federal Regu-
lations that is subject to inspection under the 
Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 
451 et seq.)). 
(2) PROCESS
CONTROL.—The term ‘‘process 
control’’ means operating conditions necessary for 
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the production of safe, wholesome food as described 
in subchapter A of chapter III of title 9, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). 
Æ 
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