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HR 3900 104th Congress House Agriculture and Food Acreage allotments Administrative procedure Agricultural economics Cropland conversion program Department of Agriculture Disaster relief Emergency Management Environmental Protection Fruit Government Operations and Politics Law Soil conservation Vegetables Water Resources Development Water conservation Wetland conservation

To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide greater planting flexibility, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 1996 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 1996
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 26, 1996
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 26, 1996
On passage Passed without objection.
Jul 26, 1996
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Jul 26, 1996
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8582-8583)
Jul 26, 1996
Mr. Combest asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Jul 26, 1996
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Jul 25, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 25, 1996
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 1,368 — An amendment to make a technical correction to the bill, correcting a misinterpretation. Agreed to Jul 26, 1996
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to permit secondary planting of fruits and vegetables on farm program contract acreage where the primary crop has failed.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to issue specified Conservation Reserve Program implementing regulations by September 15, 1996.

What's happening now July 29, 1996

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jul 25, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3900: To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide greater planting flexibility, and for other purposes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3900/
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"H.R. 3900: To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide greater planting flexibility, and for other purposes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3900/.
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