Title: Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to private activity bond financing for first-time farmers, to: (1) increase from $450,000 to $524,200 (adjusted annually for inflation) the amount of bond proceeds that may be used by a first-time farmer to acquire land for farming purposes, (2) repeal the separate dollar limitation on the use of bond proceeds for used farm equipment, and (3) modify the definition of "substantial farmland" to determine farm size by reference to the average (instead of median) size of a farm in the county in which the farm is located.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1750 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1750

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand certain exceptions 
  to the private activity bond rules for first-time farmers, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2017

  Mr. Young of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
  Peterson, Mr. Blum, and Mr. LaHood) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand certain exceptions 
  to the private activity bond rules for first-time farmers, 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 ``Facilitating Farmers' Access to 
Resources and Machinery Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND 
              RULES FOR FIRST-TIME FARMERS.

    (a) Increase in Dollar Limitation.--
            (1) In general.--Section 147(c)(2)(A) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``$450,000'' and 
        inserting ``$524,200''.
            (2) Repeal of separate lower dollar limitation on used farm 
        equipment.--Section 147(c)(2) of such Code is amended by 
        striking subparagraph (F) and by redesignating subparagraphs 
        (G) and (H) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively.
            (3) Qualified small issue bond limitation conformed to 
        increased dollar limitation.--Section 144(a)(11)(A) of such 
        Code is amended by striking ``$250,000'' and inserting 
        ``$524,200''.
            (4) Inflation adjustment.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 147(c)(2)(G) of such Code, 
                as redesignated by paragraph (2), is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``after 2008, the dollar 
                        amount in subparagraph (A) shall be increased'' 
                        and inserting ``after 2018, the dollar amounts 
                        in subparagraph (A) and section 144(a)(11)(A) 
                        shall each be increased'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``2007'' in clause (ii) 
                        and inserting ``2017''.
                    (B) Cross-reference.--Section 144(a)(11) of such 
                Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Inflation adjustment.--For inflation 
                adjustment of dollar amount contained in subparagraph 
                (A), see section 147(c)(2)(G).''.
    (b) Substantial Farmland Determined on Basis of Average Rather Than 
Median Farm Size.--Section 147(c)(2)(E) of such Code is amended by 
striking ``median'' and inserting ``average''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to bonds issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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