S 2743
114th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Farm Payment Loophole Elimination Act of 2016
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 5, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 5, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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