EXCLUSIVE – A new House Republican bill would strip back language from federal law that gives enhanced benefits or priority consideration to certain farmers in Department of Agriculture programs based on race or gender.

Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC), a freshman member of the House Agriculture Committee, is introducing the Equal Treatment for Farmers Act on Monday, the Washington Examiner has exclusively learned. This bill would strike the classification “socially disadvantaged” from federal law surrounding USDA programs after the Trump administration’s Department of Justice found the use of the language unconstitutional.