Sponsor
Scott Perry
Representative · R-PA
Representative · R-PA
The amendment would make CCC authority more predictable by narrowing its scope, but that change — and the bill's unclear wording — could reduce USDA flexibility in emergencies and invite legal disputes that disrupt support to producers.
Farmers, agricultural workers, rural communities, and state governments would face clearer, narrower limits on the Commodity Credit Corporation's authority, increasing predictability and legal clarity and reducing the chance of unexpected CCC program actions.
Producers (farmers and agricultural workers) and rural communities could lose USDA/CCC flexibility to respond quickly to market disruptions or emergencies, reducing timely emergency support.
Ambiguity in the bill's unspecified inserted text could create legal and operational uncertainty for farmers and USDA programs, disrupting commodity support operations until the language is clarified.
Unclear statutory language could prompt litigation over CCC authority, increasing legal costs for growers and government and delaying program implementation.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Directs insertion of an unspecified qualifying phrase after each occurrence of a term in the CCC statute, changing how CCC authorities are read.
Official title: To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to exclude crops used to produce biofuel with respect to an agricultural commodity.
Introduced May 12, 2026 by Scott Perry · Last progress May 12, 2026
Makes a targeted change to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) statute by instructing that a particular qualifying phrase be inserted “after each place such term appears” in 15 U.S.C. § 714c. The amendment as presented does not show the qualifying phrase itself, creating ambiguity about how the CCC’s listed authorities would be read and applied going forward. Because the inserted text is not reproduced in the section summary, the bill does not clearly state whether it would broaden, narrow, or otherwise change the CCC’s powers; the practical effect depends entirely on the missing phrase and how courts and agencies later interpret the revised wording.