HRES 706 · 109th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should enact legislation to provide direct emergency assistance to American farmers who were adversely affected by natural disasters and unforeseen production costs during the 2005 crop year.

Introduced 2006-03-02· Sponsored by Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]· House

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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.(2006-03-02)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should enact legislation to assist American farmers adversely affected by natural disasters and unforeseen production costs during the 2005 crop year and that such legislation should give farmers a choice of a supplemental direct payment or yield-loss disaster payments.…

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Cosponsors (20)

17 Democrats3 Republicans