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HR 1438 105th Congress House Agriculture and Food Crop insurance Disaster relief Emergency Management Finance and Financial Sector Health Insurance premiums Reinsurance Tobacco

Tobacco Subsidy Reduction Act of 1997

Introduced: April 24, 1997 Introduced by: DeGette, Diana Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 30, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.
Apr 24, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 24, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tobacco Subsidy Reduction Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit the Commodity Credit Corporation from providing Federal crop insurance or reinsurance for tobacco.

Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from providing noninsured crop disaster assistance for tobacco.

What's happening now April 30, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 643 Identical bill Tobacco Subsidy Reduction Act of 1997
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Republican 1
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 11, 1997
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 18, 1997
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 21, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 7, 1997
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 30, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 30, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 29, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 24, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1438: Tobacco Subsidy Reduction Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1438/
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"H.R. 1438: Tobacco Subsidy Reduction Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1438/.
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H.R. 1438, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1438/.
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