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S 2053 115th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Aquaculture Disaster relief and insurance Insects Livestock

A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to increase the maximum amount of assistance authorized under supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs.

Introduced: November 1, 2017 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 1, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to increase the payment limitation for certain Department of Agriculture supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs. The bill increases from $125,000 to $250,000 the total amount of disaster assistance payments that may be received under all of the programs by a person or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) for any crop year. (Under current law, the payment limitation applies to the Livestock Forage Program; the Livestock Indemnity Program; and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program.)

What's happening now November 1, 2017

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

 Related & companion bills 1
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2053: A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to increase the maximum amount of assistance authorized under supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2053/
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"S. 2053: A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to increase the maximum amount of assistance authorized under supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2053/.
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S. 2053, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2053/.
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