United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4979 (106th)
Family Farm Safety Net Act
Introduced
26 July 2000
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Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
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Summary
Family Farm Safety Net Act - Amends the Agriculture Market Transition Act make the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program permanent. Increases program loan rates for wheat, corn, upland cotton. extra long staple cotton, rice, soybeans, and other oil seeds. Establishes individual loan rates for grain sorghum, oats, and barley. Increases loan duration to 20 months, and authorizes extensions. Provides recourse loans to producers otherwise prevented by the Food Security Act of 1985 from obtaining nonrecourse marketing loans. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase the limit on marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments. Establishes additional limitations.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 26 July 2000
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Introduced in House · EN · 26 July 2000
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 26 July 2000
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/4979
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4979