S 1041 · 99th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Family Farm Protection and Full Production Act of 1985

Introduced 1985-05-01· Sponsored by Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Latest: Committee on Agriculture. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1714 ordered to be reported.(1985-09-19)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Family Farm Protection and Full Production Act of 1985 - Title I: Agricultural Exports - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to make Green Dollar export certificates available to commercial exporters of U.S. agricultural commodities and their products. Provides that each Green Dollar export certificate may be redeemed for commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). Requires the Secretary to determine the total quantity of each commodity owned by the CCC each year. Requires the Secretary to make available for export an amount equal to at least 20 percent of the total quantities owned by the CCC the previous year. Amends the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to provide that commercial sales of agricultural commodities under the Export Credit Sales program may be financed or guaranteed by the CCC. Title II: Conservation Acreage Reserve - Directs the Secretary, during the 1986 through 1989 crop years, to enter into contracts with farm owners and operators having eligible reserve acreage to place such land in a Conservation Acreage Reserve. Provides that at least ten percent of the total acreage shall be induced to wetlands, and at least ten percent dev…

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