Agricultural Census Amendments Act

Summary

Agricultural Census Amendments Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to reduce the overall burden on respondents in the 1979 census of agriculture, drainage and irrigation to no more than 60 percent of the burden on respondents in the 1974 census. Requires the statistical definition of farms in the 1979 census not to exclude any establishment which would normally sell more than $600 worth of agricultural products during the census year; or, for census years following 1979, $600 worth, adjusted by a specified percentage. Directs the Department of Commerce to improve the collection, analysis and publication of data about the ownership structure of American farms. Requires publication of information obtained in each such census as soon as practicable, but in no event later than March 1 of the year following the year in which such census is taken.

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Timeline

1. 10 May 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 May 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 May 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 10 May 1977

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-17] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
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