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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.
Summary
The bill amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify that agricultural producers can use storage facility loan program funds to construct or upgrade propane storage facilities. The propane must be primarily used for agricultural production. This expands the eligible uses of the existing storage facility loan program.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN)
1 cosponsor
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
Actions (3)
- Mar 20, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. · house
- Feb 13, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Feb 13, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Finstad (for himself and Mr. Costa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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.
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 “Growing Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Needs to Deliver Rising Yields Act” or the “GRAIN DRY Act”.
SEC. 2. 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)).”. <all>
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