HR8762Referred to Committee

To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to exclude crops used to produce biofuel with respect to an agricultural commodity.

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-05-12
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Scott Perry
Scott Perry
Republican · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 86.4% (595 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Conservative Groups$2,079k

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2026-05-12

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Plain-English Summary

The proposal would change federal farm support rules to prevent crops grown specifically for biofuel production from qualifying for certain government agricultural assistance programs. This means farmers growing crops like corn for ethanol fuel would not be eligible for the same federal payments and protections that farmers growing crops for food receive. The change affects how the government distributes farm subsidies and could shift which crops farmers choose to plant.

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Agriculture and Food

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8762 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8762 To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to exclude crops used to produce biofuel with respect to an agricultural commodity. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 12, 2026 Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to exclude crops used to produce biofuel with respect to an agricultural commodity. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF CROPS USED TO PRODUCE BIOFUEL WITH RESPECT TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY IN COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION CHARTER ACT. Section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c) is amended by inserting ``or crops used to produce biofuel (including any infrastructure relating to such crops)'' after ``tobacco'' each place such term appears. <all>
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