HR 5629 · 115th Congress · Agriculture and Food

President Trump's Farm Bill Reforms Act of 2018

Introduced 2018-04-26· Sponsored by Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.(2018-04-26)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] President Trump's Farm Bill Reforms Act of 2018 This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to reduce farm subsidies and revise eligibility requirements. The bill includes provisions that: reduce crop insurance premium subsidies; eliminate the separate payment limitation for peanuts; terminate the use of commodity certificates to pay off marketing assistance loans; eliminate crop insurance premium subsidies and payments under conservation and commodity programs for farms with annual adjusted gross incomes that exceed $500,000; prohibit more than one person in a farming operation from qualifying as a farm manager actively engaged in farming for the purposes of receiving payments under USDA commodity programs; and limit the average rate of return for private insurance companies participating in the Federal Crop Insurance Program to 12% of retained premiums.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican