FSA Loan Guarantee Enhancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1921
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-10-05
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations

Government lending and loan guarantees
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>FSA Loan Guarantee Enhancement Act of 2017 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide additional authority for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make and guarantee farm loans through the Farm Service Agency (FSA). </p> <p>The bill modifies the FSA's loan programs to: (1) increase the amount of unpaid debt permitted per borrower under farm ownership and operating loans guaranteed by USDA, (2) extend and increase the authorizations of funding to make or guarantee farm ownership and operating loans, and (3) require the authorization levels to be adjusted for inflation beginning in FY2019. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1921 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 5, 2017 Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase limitations and authorizations for Farm Service Agency guaranteed loans, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FSA Loan Guarantee Enhancement Act of 2017 . 2. Increases in limitations and authorizations for guaranteed farm loans (a) Ownership loans Section 305(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1925(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) by striking $700,000 and inserting $3,000,000 ; and (2) by striking 2000 and inserting 2019 . (b) Operating loans Section 313(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1943(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) by striking $700,000 and inserting $3,000,000 ; and (2) by striking 2000 and inserting 2019 . (c) Authorization for loans Section 346(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1994(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking The Secretary may and all that follows through 2018 and inserting Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall deposit into the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund provided for in section 309 and use from the Fund to make or guarantee loans under subtitles A and B $11,030,000,000 (increased by any applicable inflation percentage in accordance with paragraph (5)) for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2028 ; (B) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking $1,200,000,000 and inserting $3,030,000,000 ; (ii) in clause (i), by striking $350,000,000 and inserting $1,500,000,000 ; and (iii) in clause (ii), by striking $850,000,000 and inserting $1,530,000,000 ; and (C) in subparagraph (B)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking $3,026,000,000 and inserting $8,000,000,000 ; (ii) in clause (i), by striking $1,000,000,000 and inserting $4,000,000,000 ; and (iii) in clause (ii), by striking $2,026,000,000 and inserting $4,000,000,000 ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (5) Inflation percentage Beginning with fiscal year 2019, each of the amounts described in paragraph (1) shall be increased for each fiscal year by the percentage (if any) by which— (A) the average of the Prices Paid By Farmers Index (as compiled by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the Department of Agriculture) for the 12-month period ending on August 31 of the immediately preceding fiscal year; exceeds (B) the average of that index (as so defined) for the 12-month period ending on August 31, 1996. . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 2017.