S 643
105th Congress
Senate
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:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 24, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 24, 1997
Introduced in Senate
Apr 24, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3664)
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1