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HR 4177 111th Congress House Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Department of Agriculture Disaster relief and insurance Financial crises and stabilization Livestock

Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2009

Introduced: December 2, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 29, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Mar 29, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
Mar 29, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Dec 2, 2009
Referred to House Appropriations
Dec 2, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 2, 2009
Referred to House Agriculture
Dec 2, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make a supplemental direct commodity payment to eligible producers that previously received such a payment; (2) make grants to states to assist eligible specialty crop producers for losses associated with drought or excessive rainfall during 2009; (3) provide supplemental assistance to eligible producers and first-handlers of the 2009 crop of cottonseed in disaster counties; (4) continue to carry out the 2002 livestock compensation program and provide assistance to any applicant that conducts a livestock operation located in a disaster county or produces fish classified within the family Ictaluridae (catfish); and (5) make payments to eligible producers for livestock losses occurring in a disaster county.


What's happening now March 29, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

 Related & companion bills 1
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2
Griffith, Parker
· Dec 10, 2009
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 10, 2009
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Dec 9, 2009
Bright, Bobby
· Dec 8, 2009
Childers, Travis
· Dec 2, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4177: Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4177/
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"H.R. 4177: Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4177/.
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H.R. 4177, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4177/.
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