S 1188
110th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Acreage allotments
Agricultural subsidies
Fruit
Vegetables
Farming Flexibility Act of 2007
Introduced: April 23, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 23, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 23, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Farming Flexibility Act of 2007 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, with respect to direct and counter-cyclical payments, to: (1) permit a producer to reduce a covered commodity base acreage by electing to plant such acres with fruits or vegetables for processing; (2) require such election to be made annually; and (3) provide that if a farm's base acreage is recalculated, such fruit or vegetable production shall be considered the same as the planning, prevented planting, or production of the covered commodity.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1