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HR 3678 112th Congress House

Fairness for Family Farmers Act

Official title: To amend the Plant Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to certain owners as compensation for economic losses due to quarantine, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Jan 17, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
Dec 15, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Dec 15, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 17, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness for Family Farmers Act - Amends the Plant Protection Act to provide assistance to certain owners as compensation for economic losses due to quarantine.

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to eliminate the requirement that a person demonstrate an inability to obtain credit elsewhere in order to qualify for a family farm emergency loan.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3678: Fairness for Family Farmers Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3678/
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"H.R. 3678: Fairness for Family Farmers Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3678/.
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H.R. 3678, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3678/.
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