Base Acreage Equity Act of 1987

Summary

Base Acreage Equity Act of 1987 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit a producer, upon appropriate notice to the county committee, to increase the crop acreage base for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, or rice by up to ten percent (20 percent for two or more crops). Requires that any upward adjustment be offset by an equivalent downward adjustment of one or more other crop acreage bases. Sets forth county committee notification dates according to individual program crops.

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Timeline

1. 18 May 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 May 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 May 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 20 May 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar.

   Source: Committee

5. 20 May 1987

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

   Source: Committee

6. 6 August 1987

   Committee

   Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 May 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R · Sponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

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