A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify propane storage as an eligible use for funds provided under the storage facility loan program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-621
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-03-02
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill specifies that funds provided under the Farm Storage Facility Loan Program may be used to construct or upgrade storage facilities for propane that is primarily used for agricultural production. </p> <p>This Department of Agriculture loan program provides low-interest financing for agricultural producers to build or upgrade commodity storage facilities. Some agricultural producers use propane to power agricultural operations (e.g., grain dryers, irrigation engines, and barn heating).</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 621 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 2, 2023 Ms. Ernst (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify propane storage as an eligible use for funds provided under the storage facility loan program, and for other purposes.

1. Storage facility loans Section 1614(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 8789(a) ) is amended— (1) by striking funds for producers and inserting the following: funds for— (1) producers ; and (2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: ; or (2) agricultural producers to construct or upgrade storage facilities for propane that is primarily used for agricultural production (as such term is defined in section 4279.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this paragraph)). .