A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide drought relief to agricultural producers by requiring that deficiency payments paid to producers for the 1988 crop year in counties declared disaster areas be based on 92 percent of the projected payment rate, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide producers of the 1988 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice in disaster-designated counties with 92 percent of the deficiency payments projected at the beginning of the crop year.

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Timeline

1. 29 June 1988

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 29 June 1988

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 August 1988

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 29 June 1988

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1] · D · Sponsor
• · ssaf00 · Standing

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