A bill to amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 for the purpose of directing that an individual and the spouse of such individual in certain circumstances be considered as separate persons under certain regulations pertaining to payment limitations with respect to certain agricultural programs.

Summary

Amends the Food and Agriculture Act, with respect to the payment limitation per person for cotton, feed grain, rice, and wheat programs, to state that any two individuals who are married to each other shall be considered as separate persons if each, either separately or jointly: (1) has acquired land by means independent of the spouse; and (2) is currently operating such land for agricultural purposes with funds or other assets acquired independently of the spouse.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 April 1978

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