S 1210
103th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural economics
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural price supports
Cotton
Disaster relief
Feed grain program
Rice
Wheat
A bill to amend the Agriculture Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make prevented planting disaster payments for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Introduced: July 1, 1993
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 20, 1993
Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.
Jul 1, 1993
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 1, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8501-8502)
Jul 1, 1993
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 with regard to disaster payments for producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice to: (1) make prevented planting assistance available independent from crop insurance coverage; and (2) provide reduced yield disaster payments for any crop whose loss has created an economic emergency.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1