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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 loan program to explicitly include propane storage for agricultural purposes.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
2 cosponsors
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Joni Ernst’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $57,653
- CAPITAL GROUP $40,000
- SOROBAN CAPITAL $13,200
- CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES $7,500
- GOOGLE $6,800
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Joni Ernst → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 21, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- May 21, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 21, 2025
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.
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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