HR 455 · 96th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Emergency Food and Fiber Supply Stabilization Act of 1979

Introduced 1979-01-15· Sponsored by Rep. Hightower, Jack E. [D-TX-13]· 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 House Committee on Agriculture.(1979-01-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Emergency Food and Fiber Supply Stabilization Act of 1979 - Title I: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set the price support for the 1979 through 1981 crops of wheat at not less than $3.25 per bushel. Provides for a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from 65 percent of parity per bushel for a 20 percent set-aside up to 100 percent of parity for a 50 percent set-aside. Title II: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set the price support for the 1979 through 1981 crops of feed grains at not less than $2.25 per bushel. Provides for a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required set-aside level, ranging from 60 percent of parity per bushel for a 10 percent set-aside up to 100 percent of parity for a 50 percent set-aside. Title III: Upland Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set the nonrecourse loan level for the 1979 through 1981 crops of upland cotton at not less than 55 cents per pound for Strict Low Middling one and one-sixteenth-inch upland cotton. Provides for a sliding-scale of established p…

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