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S 2743 114th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Farm Payment Loophole Elimination Act of 2016

Introduced: April 5, 2016 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 5, 2016
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Farm Payment Loophole Elimination Act of 2016

This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to apply to family farms the requirement that recipients of farm subsidies be actively engaged in farming. The bill eliminates the existing exemption for family farms that permits family members that are not actively engaged in farming to receive farm subsidies.

What's happening now April 5, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2743: Farm Payment Loophole Elimination Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2743/
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"S. 2743: Farm Payment Loophole Elimination Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2743/.
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S. 2743, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2743/.
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