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HR 2899 113th Congress House Taxation Employment taxes Inflation and prices Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Wages and earnings

Growing Small Farms Act of 2013

Introduced: July 31, 2013 Introduced by: Welch, Peter Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 31, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Growing Small Farms Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the liability of employers of agricultural labor for federal unemployment tax under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), to increase from $20,000 or more to $40,000 or more the amount of wages which such employers must pay in a calendar quarter for agricultural labor before being treated as employers for FUTA purposes. Provides for an inflation adjustment to such increased wage threshold after 2014.

What's happening now July 31, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2899: Growing Small Farms Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2899/
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"H.R. 2899: Growing Small Farms Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2899/.
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H.R. 2899, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2899/.
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