S 1053 · 98th Congress · Agriculture and Food
A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use surplus agricultural commodities to make supplemental payments-in-kind to producers who divert acreage from the production of agricultural commodities under a basic payment-in-kind program and devote such acreage to long-term conservation uses.
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EnactedLatest: Subcommittee on Soil and Water Conservation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-496.(1983-09-27)
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Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use surplus agricultural commodities to make supplemental payments-in-kind (up to a $25,000 equivalent) to producers who divert acreage from the production of agricultural commodities under a basic payment-in-kind program and devote such acreage to at least five years of long-term conservation uses.…
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