116th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to index the borrowing authority limit of Commodity Credit Corporation for inflation, and for other purposes.
July 20, 2020
Mr. Crawford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to index the borrowing authority limit of Commodity Credit Corporation for inflation, 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. Indexing borrowing authority limit of Commodity Credit Corporation for inflation.
Section 4(i) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714b(i)) is amended by striking “in the aggregate $30,000,000,000.” and inserting the following: “in the aggregate, for each fiscal year preceding fiscal year 2021, $30,000,000,000 and beginning with fiscal year 2021, $68,000,000,000. Beginning with fiscal year 2021, the amount referred to in the preceding sentence shall be increased each fiscal year based on the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average), over the preceding fiscal year.”.