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S 1597 100th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the Farm Disaster Assistance Act of 1987 to extend the reporting date for the ethanol cost effectiveness study.

Introduced: August 5, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 18, 1987
Became Public Law No: 100-100.
Aug 18, 1987
Signed by President.
Aug 12, 1987
Presented to President.
Aug 12, 1987
Measure Signed in Senate.
Aug 7, 1987
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Aug 7, 1987
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Aug 7, 1987
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 7, 1987
House Committee on Agriculture Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 6, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy.
Aug 6, 1987
Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy Discharged.
Aug 6, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 6, 1987
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 5, 1987
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
Aug 5, 1987
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
Aug 5, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action August 18, 1987

Became Public Law No: 100-100.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Farm Disaster Assistance Act of 1987 to extend the reporting date for the ethanol cost-effectiveness study from 90 days to 180 days after enactment of such Act.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Aug 5, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1597: A bill to amend the Farm Disaster Assistance Act of 1987 to extend the reporting date for the ethanol cost effectiveness study.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-1597/
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"S. 1597: A bill to amend the Farm Disaster Assistance Act of 1987 to extend the reporting date for the ethanol cost effectiveness study.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-1597/.
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S. 1597, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-1597/.
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