HR 2945 · 97th Congress · Agriculture and Food

A bill to establish certain price support loan levels and to provide other means of restitution to American farmers in the event of the suspension or restriction of commercial export sales of agricultural commodities.

Introduced 1981-04-01· Sponsored by Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
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Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: For Further Action See H.R.3603.(1981-05-18)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the loan level for an agricultural export suspended for reasons of foreign policy or national security as the greater of such commodity's average market price: (1) for the 60-day period ending on such suspension; or (2) on the fifth day before such suspension (currently 90 percent of parity in situations of short supplies). Requires the Commodity Credit Corporation to acquire and hold the amount of such commodity that was to have been exported under the suspended contracts.…

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