HR 8069 · 93th Congress ·
Consumers Strategic Storable Reserve Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.(1973-05-23)
Plain Language Summary
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Consumers Strategic Storable Reserve Act - Establishes reserve supplies of soybeans, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, and wheat. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to dispose of commodities in such reserve as follows: (1) for use in relieving distress in any area of the United States declared by the President to be an acute distress area; (2) for use in a state of civil defense emergency; and (3) for sale in assistance in the preservation and maintenance of foundation herds of cattle, sheep, and goats, and to provide feed for livestock in any emergency area. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.…
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