RTCP Revitalization Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5241 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5241

To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide mandatory funding from the Commodity Credit Corporation for reimbursement payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 9, 2025

Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mr. Begich, Ms. King-Hinds, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Hernandez, and Ms. Plaskett) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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A BILL

To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide mandatory funding from the Commodity Credit Corporation for reimbursement payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, 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 ``RTCP Revitalization Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUNDING FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

Section 1621 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792) is amended-- (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary'' and inserting ``The Secretary''; (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: ``(B) Payment limitations.--The Secretary may not impose a limitation on the amount of payments received by a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for any fiscal year in which the amount made available for payments under this section is equal to or greater than the amount that may be provided in accordance with this section with respect to applications received by the Secretary for that fiscal year.''; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through ``There are'' and inserting the following: ``(d) Funding.-- ``(1) Mandatory funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section-- ``(A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; ``(B) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; ``(C) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; ``(D) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; ``(E) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; and ``(F) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2031 and each fiscal year thereafter. ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are''. <all>