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HR 4710 114th Congress House

End Subsidies for Tobacco Act

Official title: To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to eliminate premium subsidies for crop insurance for tobacco.

Introduced: March 3, 2016 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural insuranceAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditDrug, alcohol, tobacco use
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It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 22, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Mar 3, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 3, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 22, 2016

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End Subsidies for Tobacco Act

This bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit the Department of Agriculture from subsidizing crop insurance premiums for tobacco. Any savings that occur as a result of this bill must be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2730 Reintroduced Bill End Subsidies for Tobacco Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Cartwright, Matt
· Jul 25, 2016
 D
Swalwell, Eric
California · Apr 14, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4710: End Subsidies for Tobacco Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4710/
MLA
"H.R. 4710: End Subsidies for Tobacco Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4710/.
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H.R. 4710, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4710/.
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[H.R. 4710: End Subsidies for Tobacco Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4710/)
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