S 683 · 98th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Payment-in-Kind Amendments Act of 1983

Introduced 1983-03-03· Sponsored by Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.(1983-03-30)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Payment-in-Kind Amendments Act of 1983 - Modifies the payment-in-kind program to increase payments to qualifying double-cropping farmers and base quantity adjustments used to compensate quality variations on current year projected prices. Defines "double-cropping" as harvesting two crops from the same acreage during different seasons of the same year. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to review such price projections and reimburse farmers when they exceed actual prices.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

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1 Democrat