S 2585 · 101th Congress · Agriculture and Food
Farm Spouse Fairness and Equity Act of 1990
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.(1990-05-08)
Plain Language Summary
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Farm Spouse Fairness and Equity Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to treat a husband and wife who each provide active personal management or labor to their farm or to an after-acquired inherited farm as separate persons for farm program payment purposes (thus qualifying them for two separate payments). Continues a farm's multiyear program payments to a person who receives such farm by way of gift or descent. States that such payments shall: (1) not exceed the previous owner's payments; and (2) continue without regard to other payments received by the new owner from such farm or from other farming operations.…
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Cosponsors (4)
1 Democrat3 Republicans