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HR 2181 108th Congress House Agriculture and Food Acreage allotments Agricultural subsidies Fruit Oilseeds Vegetables

Farming Flexibility Act of 2003

Introduced: September 16, 2003 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
Jun 3, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Jun 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
May 21, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 21, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Farming Flexibility Act of 2003 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to oilseed base acres to: (1) deem the planting, prevented planting, or production of fruits or vegetables to be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of oilseeds for purposes of oilseed base acre calculations; and (2) permit fruit or vegetable production on oilseed base acres, except that direct payments and counter-cyclical payments for oilseeds shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to a fruit or vegetable.
What's happening now June 3, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
HILL, BARON
· Sep 16, 2003
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Sep 4, 2003
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 21, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 11, 2003
BOEHNER, JOHN
· Jun 11, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2181: Farming Flexibility Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2181/
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"H.R. 2181: Farming Flexibility Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2181/.
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H.R. 2181, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2181/.
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