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HR 859 109th Congress House

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments through the end of fiscal year 2007.

Introduced: February 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural subsidiesCommerceDairy industryGovernment Operations and PoliticsMilk
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Feb 16, 2005
Introduced in House
Feb 16, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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 Latest action March 16, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to national dairy market loss payments to extend, by two years, program sign-up and contract periods.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 1
KANJORSKI, PAUL
· Jul 22, 2005
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Mar 16, 2005
Shuster, Bill
· Mar 1, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 16, 2005
Ryan, Paul
· Feb 16, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 859: To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments through the end of fiscal year 2007.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-859/
MLA
"H.R. 859: To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments through the end of fiscal year 2007.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-859/.
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H.R. 859, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-859/.
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[H.R. 859: To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments through the end of fiscal year 2007.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-859/)
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