S 984referred119th Congress

Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act

Introduced Mar 12, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Agriculture and FoodLast action Mar 12, 2025Sponsor: Alex Padilla(D-CA)

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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Mar 12, 2025

What the bill does

Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act This bill waives the adjusted gross income limitations for payments or benefits under specific Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance programs for a person or legal entity that derives a portion of their income from agriculture. Currently, a person or entity is not eligible to receive certain benefits during a crop, fiscal, or program year if their average gross income exceeds $900,000. Specifically, in the case of an excepted payment or benefit, the adjusted gross income limitation is waived if 75% or more of the average adjusted gross income for the person or entity is derived from farming, ranching, or silviculture activities. These activities include agritourism, direct-to-consumer marketing of agricultural products, and the sale of agricultural equipment owned by such person or entity. The bill applies to the USDA Livestock Indemnity Program; Livestock Forage Disaster Program; Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program; Tree Assistance Program; and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.

Latest official action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1706)

Lobbying Filings

$967.3M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by INTERNATIONAL PAPER

Jul 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by INTERNATIONAL PAPER

Oct 21, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by INTERNATIONAL PAPER

Jan 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by INTERNATIONAL PAPER

Mar 12, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Mar 12, 2025IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1706)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

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Mar 12, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in Senate

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
INTERNATIONAL PAPER	INTERNATIONAL PAPER	$146.0M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	AGRTRDNAT
INTERNATIONAL PAPER	INTERNATIONAL PAPER	$128.0M	Oct 21, 2024	2024Q3	TECLBRNAT
INTERNATIONAL PAPER

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

No suspicious trade-lobbying connections found for this bill.

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.