S 1918
105th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Administrative procedure
Agricultural credit
Agricultural labor
Agricultural price supports
Barley
Capital investments
Corn
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Farms
Feed grain program
Feed grains
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Labor and Employment
Law
Marketing of farm produce
Sorghum
Cost of Production Safety Net Act of 1998
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 2, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3132-3135)
Apr 2, 1998
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Cost of Production Safety Net Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make nonrecourse commodity loans available at fair return rates to wheat or feed grain producers who agree to forgo obtaining marketing assistance loans. Sets forth loan provisions.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1
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