S 575 · 98th Congress · Agriculture and Food
Emergency Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1983
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Introduced2
Committee3
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House5
EnactedLatest: Committee on Agriculture. Ordered reported an original bill (S.822) in lieu of this measure.(1983-03-03)
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Emergency Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1983- Title I: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set 1984 and 1985 wheat loan rates at not less than $4.22 per bushel. Sets target prices for 1984 and 1985 at $4.60 per bushel and $4.75 per bushel, respectively. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a minimum 30 percent acreage reduction program (combined acreage limitation and land diversion) for 1984. Sets payment at not less than $3.25 per bushel, or at the farmer's option, payment in kind according to a formula including at least 80 percent of the program payment yield. Directs the Secretary to establish a 1985 combined acreage reduction program if estimated 1985 supplies exceed 125 percent of estimated domestic and export needs. Makes payments on the same basis as 1984. Provides that the acreage base for 1984 and 1985 shall be the average of two of three preceding years, as chosen by the farmer. Requires payment adjustments to be made to double cropping farmers whose second crop is reduced because of program participation. Permits hay and grazing on the reduced acreage. Requires the Secretary to provide disaster assistance for prevented plantings. Title II: Feed…
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