To provide emergency assistance to covered producers for market-ready swine losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

Summary

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to use $1.2 billion of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide emergency relief to swine producers to aid in the reduction of intentional depopulation losses of swine due to the closure or the reduction in processing capacity of a processing plant related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Producers shall be eligible for payments based on losses incurred on or after April 19, 2020.

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Timeline

1. 27 May 2020

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 May 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 May 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 28 May 2020

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2326, E501)

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 27 May 2020 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 May 2020

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 May 2020

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 May 2020

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Sponsors

• Jim Hagedorn · R · Sponsor
• Tom Emmer · R · Sponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

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