A bill to amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 with respect to loan levels applicable to certain commodities when commercial export sales of such commodities are terminated by a member of the executive branch of Government, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to set the loan level for a suspended agricultural export at not less than the average market price (for such commodity) for the preceding 15 days when such suspension is national security or foreign policy related (currently 90 percent of parity in situations of short supplies). Directs the Secretary to ascertain that Government purchases of such commodities include acquisition of quantities of like classes of the particular commodities proportionate to the quantities of those classes for which sales were suspended.

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Timeline

1. 25 February 1981

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 February 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 February 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 March 1981

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar.

   Source: Committee

5. 18 May 1981

   Committee

   For Further Action See H.R.3603.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 25 February 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] · D · Sponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Food and Agriculture Act of 1981