S 2364 · 95th Congress · Cattle

Emergency Farm Act

Introduced 1977-12-15· Sponsored by Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.(1977-12-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Emergency Farm Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish price supports for cattle and for each of the 1977 through 1981 crops of feed grains, cotton, peanuts, rice, tobacco, wheat, soybeans, sugar, wool, mohair, milk and honey at 100 percent of parity, unless a majority of the producers of any such commodity, in a referendum, vote to exempt such commodity from such support price. Directs the Secretary to suspend all foreign meat imports into the United States until such time as domestic cattle prices are brought to the 100 percent level.…

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