S 124 · 98th Congress · Agriculture and Food
Emergency Farm Relief Act of 1983
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit. Hearings held on Title IV. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-135.(1983-03-23)
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Emergency Farm Relief Act of 1983 - Title I: Cropland Conservation and Acreage Limitation Programs for 1984 and 1985 Crops - Subtitle A: Cropland Conservation Program - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to proclaim a national cropland conservation program for the 1984 and 1985 wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice crops. Requires participants to set aside 20 percent of their cropland for conservation use. Requires such program to be approved or disapproved by a producer referendum. Sets commodity loan and purchase levels, if the program is approved, at $4.35 per bushel for wheat, $3 per bushel for corn, $.71 per pound for upland cotton, and $9 per-hundred weight for rice. Sets commodity price levels, upon program approval, at $4.71 per bushel for wheat, $3.28 per bushel for corn, $.83 per pound for upland cotton, and $11 per hundredweight for rice. States that noncompliance will result in a two-year denial of specified farm benefits. Subtitle B: Acreage Limitation Program - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish minimum 20 percent set-aside programs for the 1984 and 1985 wheat, feed grain, and upland cotton crops if cropland…
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