{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-2043","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":2043,"title":"Agricultural Commodities Price Enhancement Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-03-11","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"D000230","fullName":"Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]","party":"D","state":"NC","district":1}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-03-28","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit."},"policyArea":"Agriculture and Food","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-03-28","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-11","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-11","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-11","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Agricultural Commodities Price Enhancement Act</strong></p><p>This bill increases the reference prices for certain commodities under the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. Specifically, the bill increases the reference prices for wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and seed cotton.</p><p>The ARC and PLC programs, administered by the Farm Service Agency, offer financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers, and the reference prices are used to calculate&nbsp;benefits under the programs. The ARC Program is an income support program that provides payments to producers when actual crop revenue declines below a specified guarantee level. The&nbsp;PLC Program provides income support payments when the effective price for a covered commodity falls below its effective reference price.</p>","updateDate":"2025-06-30T15:32:42Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":382,"ts":"2026-04-15T14:21:11.070Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Agricultural%20Commodities%20Price%20Enhancement%20Act"}]}}