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HR 4580 105th Congress House

Agricultural Trade Emergency Response Act of 1998

Official title: To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide supplemental payments to farm owners and producers who have entered into production flexibility contracts under that Act.

Introduced: September 16, 1998 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural subsidiesGovernment Operations and Politics
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Sep 16, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 16, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 16, 1998

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Agricultural Trade Emergency Response Act of 1998 - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to temporarily make supplemental payments to farm owners and producers with production flexibility contracts.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 3
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Sep 16, 1998
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Sep 16, 1998
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Sep 16, 1998
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 16, 1998
NETHERCUTT, GEORGE
· Sep 16, 1998
SMITH, NICK
· Sep 16, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4580: Agricultural Trade Emergency Response Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4580/
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"H.R. 4580: Agricultural Trade Emergency Response Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4580/.
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H.R. 4580, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4580/.
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