Helping America’s Farmers Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10363 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10363 To amend the Agricultural Act of 1961 with respect to the Emergency Loan Program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2024 Mrs. Hayes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agricultural Act of 1961 with respect to the Emergency Loan Program. 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 ``Helping America's Farmers Act''. SEC. 2. EMERGENCY LOAN PROGRAM. Subtitle C of title III of the Agricultural Act of 1961 (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 321(b), by adding at the end the following: ``(4) Historically underserved states.-- Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Secretary may waive the requirement under paragraph (1) if, at the time an applicant subm…