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Restore Agriculture Productivity Act of 1999

Introduced: March 25, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 13, 1999
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Apr 13, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
Mar 25, 1999
Introduced in House
Mar 25, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restore Agriculture Productivity Act of 1999 - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to remove 1999-2002 marketing loan rate caps. Applies such provision retroactively to the 1999 commodity crops.

(Sec. 3) Authorizes up to six-month marketing loan extensions.

(Sec. 4) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985, with respect to the conservation reserve program, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) consider for enrollment purposes crops typically grown on eligible land that will reduce excess productivity and improve crop prices; (2) increase enrolled acreage; and (3) provide for early acreage release in certain cases of foreign displacement of U.S. commodities.

(Sec. 7) Expresses the sense of Congress that Federal restrictions on foreign sales of U.S. commodities should be maintained only if essential to national security. Directs the President to conduct an annual review of such restrictions.

What's happening now April 13, 1999

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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