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S. 1826Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

GRAIN DRY Act

Sponsored by Joni ErnstSen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Introduced May 21, 2025

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The GRAIN DRY Act changes the existing farm loan program so that agricultural producers can use federal loan money to construct or improve propane storage facilities that support farming operations. This expands eligibility beyond general storage projects to include propane, which is often used for heating, drying, and powering equipment on farms.

Key Provisions

  • Amends the 2008 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to allow loan program funds to be used for building or upgrading propane storage facilities that are primarily used in agricultural production.
  • Specifies that both producers and agricultural producers can receive these funds for propane storage projects.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

May 21, 2025

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May 21, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

May 21, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued May 21, 2025

II

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1826

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 21, 2025

Ms. Ernst (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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.

1.

Short title

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

2.

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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