H.R. 1302 – GRAIN DRY Act

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The GRAIN DRY Act changes the 2008 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act so that farmers can use federal storage‑facility loan money to construct or improve propane storage tanks that they use for agricultural production. This makes propane storage an eligible project for loan funding, helping producers secure the fuel infrastructure they need for their operations.

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Amends the 2008 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to allow loan funds to be used by agricultural producers to build or upgrade propane storage facilities that are primarily used for farming operations.
Specifically adds propane storage as an eligible use under the storage facility loan program, expanding the types of infrastructure that can receive federal loan assistance.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

March 20, 2025

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Introduced in House

February 13, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Agriculture Committee

February 13, 2025

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Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

March 20, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued February 13, 2025

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1302

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 13, 2025

Mr. Finstad (for himself and Mr. Costa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify propane storage as an eligible use for funds provided under the storage facility loan program, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Growing Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Needs to Deliver Rising Yields Act or the GRAIN DRY Act .

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Storage facility loans

Section 1614(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8789(a)) is amended—

(1)

by striking funds for producers and inserting the following:

funds for—

(1)

producers

; and

(2)

in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following:

; or

(2)

agricultural producers to construct or upgrade storage facilities for propane that is primarily used for agricultural production (as such term is defined in section 4279.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this paragraph)).

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