S 2199 · 96th Congress · Agriculture and Food
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make price support loans available to producers on their 1979 crops of wheat, corn and feed grains without regard to whether they participated in the Federal programs in effect for such commodities, to authorize the Secretary to announce and carry out a cropland set-aside program for the 1980 crops of wheat, corn, and feed grains, and for other purposes.
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.(1980-01-22)
Plain Language Summary
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Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, without regard to whether producers of wheat, corn, and feed grains participated in the 1979 Federal program for such crops, to: (1) make nonrecourse loans available to such producers on their 1979 crops; and (2) make emergency loans to such producers, in conjunction with the Commodity Credit Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary to announce and carry out a cropland set-aside program for the 1980 crops of wheat, corn, and feed grains, upon determination that such action is in the public interest due of the suspension of grain exports to the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary to modify and adjust such program.…
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Cosponsors (3)
3 Republicans