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S 2135 100th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural economics Agricultural price supports Agriculture and Rural Affairs Oilseeds Soybeans

A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify the price support levels for the 1989 and 1990 crops of soybeans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 4, 1988 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 5, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.
Mar 4, 1988
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 4, 1988
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set 1989 and 1990 soybean support prices at $5.02 per bushel. (Currently such levels are a minimum of $4.50 per bushel through 1990.)

Requires (current law authorizes) soybean loan repayment at the lesser of prevailing world prices or the crop loan level.

States that 1989 and 1990 cottonseed and sunflower seed prices shall be supported at traditional soybean-based levels.

What's happening now April 5, 1988

Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Mar 4, 1988
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2135: A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify the price support levels for the 1989 and 1990 crops of soybeans, and for other purposes.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-2135/
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"S. 2135: A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify the price support levels for the 1989 and 1990 crops of soybeans, and for other purposes.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-2135/.
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S. 2135, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-2135/.
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