Sponsor
Scott Perry
Representative · R-PA
Representative · R-PA
The bill trades clearer, narrower limits on CCC authority and greater legal clarity for a risk of reduced USDA flexibility in emergencies and interim legal uncertainty and litigation costs for farmers and governments.
Farmers, agricultural workers, and rural communities would have clearer, narrower limits on the Commodity Credit Corporation's authority, reducing unexpected program actions and increasing legal clarity about agency powers.
Farmers and rural communities could lose USDA flexibility to respond quickly to market disruptions or emergencies if CCC authority is narrowed, reducing timely emergency support to producers.
Farmers and rural communities could face legal uncertainty about commodity support programs while the bill's unspecified language is clarified, disrupting operations and causing financial strain.
Farmers, growers, and state governments could face increased litigation and legal costs to resolve ambiguous statutory wording, diverting resources from farming operations and program delivery.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Directs insertion of an unspecified qualifying phrase after every occurrence of a term in the Commodity Credit Corporation statute, altering how CCC authorities are read.
Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act by directing that a qualifying phrase be inserted "after each place such term appears" in a specified provision of the statute. The amendment, as written, does not show the phrase to be inserted, creating ambiguity about how the Corporation's existing authorities would be interpreted or limited. Because the insertion text is not included in the amendment language provided, the change is substantive (it alters statutory interpretation) but unclear in effect: it could narrow, expand, or otherwise alter the scope of the CCC's listed authorities depending on the missing phrase.
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