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HR 2856 112th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Disaster relief and insurance Natural disasters Watersheds

To provide assistance for agricultural producers adversely affected by damaging weather and other conditions relating to Hurricane Irene.

Introduced: September 7, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Sep 7, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 7, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide emergency conservation program assistance and emergency watershed protection program assistance to agricultural producers in qualifying counties adversely affected by Hurricane Irene and related weather conditions.

What's happening now September 7, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2
OLVER, JOHN
· Sep 20, 2011
Reed, Tom
· Sep 15, 2011
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Sep 13, 2011
HINCHEY, MAURICE
· Sep 7, 2011
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Sep 7, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2856: To provide assistance for agricultural producers adversely affected by damaging weather and other conditions relating to Hurricane Irene.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2856/
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"H.R. 2856: To provide assistance for agricultural producers adversely affected by damaging weather and other conditions relating to Hurricane Irene.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2856/.
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H.R. 2856, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2856/.
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