HR 12763 · 94th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Agricultural Census Abolition Act

Introduced 1976-03-24· Sponsored by Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.(1976-03-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Agricultural Census Abolition Act - Terminates the duty of the Secretary of Commerce to take agricultural censuses every five years and censuses of irrigation and drainage every ten years. Directs the Secretary to continue the statistical classification of farms which was in effect on January 1, 1975, until June 30, 1976. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to collect information on agriculture, irrigation, and drainage on a sample basis, which is comparable to the information previously collected every five years in the agriculutral census. Allows the Secretary, when sampling methods would be inappropriate, to use other statistical methods to collect information relating to the classification of farms. (Amends 13 U.S.C. 142)…

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