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Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003

Introduced: January 7, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Jan 7, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jan 7, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide: (1) emergency financial assistance to agricultural producers (without regard to Federal crop insurance coverage) who have incurred qualifying 2001 and/or 2002 crop losses due to weather or related conditions; and (2) payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2001 and/or 2002 losses in an emergency-designated county, with set-asides for the American Indian livestock program.
What's happening now January 7, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jan 7, 2003
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 7, 2003
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jan 7, 2003
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jan 7, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 21: Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-21/
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"S. 21: Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-21/.
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S. 21, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-21/.
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