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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2 (EAS) — 115 HR 2 EAS: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 · Sec. 1705

Sec. 1705. Actively engaged in farming requirement

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Section 1001A(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 7 U.S.C. 1308–1(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, section 1001, and sections 1001B through 1001F, and any regulations to implement those provisions or sections, the Secretary shall consider not more than 1 person or legal entity per farming operation to be actively engaged in farming using active personal management. The Secretary may only consider a person or legal entity to be actively engaged in farming using active personal management under subparagraph
(A)if the person or legal entity— together with other persons or legal entities in the farming operation qualifying as actively engaged in farming under paragraph (2), does not collectively receive, directly or indirectly, an amount equal to more than the limitation under section 1001(b); does not use the active management contribution allowed under this section to qualify as actively engaged in farming in more than 1 farming operation; and manages a farming operation that does not substantially share equipment, labor, or management with persons or legal entities that, together with the person or legal entity, collectively receive, directly or indirectly, an amount equal to more than the limitation under section 1001(b). .
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