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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 2043

Introduced

Agricultural Commodities Price Enhancement Act

Sponsor
DDonald G. Davis· North Carolina
Introduced
March 11, 2025
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Latest action
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.March 28, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2043 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2043

To increase the reference prices for certain commodities, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 11, 2025

Mr. Davis of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Agriculture

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To increase the reference prices for certain commodities, 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 ``Agricultural Commodities Price 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCE PRICE INCREASES FOR WHEAT, CORN, SOYBEANS, PEANUTS, 
AND SEED COTTON.

Section 1111(19) is amended of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9011(19)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$5.50 per bushel'' 
and inserting ``$6.50 per bushel'';
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$3.70 per bushel'' 
and inserting ``$4.20 per bushel'';
(3) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``$8.40 per bushel'' 
and inserting ``$10.00 per bushel'';
(4) in subparagraph (J), by striking ``$535.00 per ton'' 
and inserting ``$635.00 per ton''; and
(5) in subparagraph (O), by striking ``$0.367 per pound'' 
and inserting ``$0.45 per pound''.
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