S 1974
98th Congress
Senate
Emergency Management
Agricultural credit
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Disaster relief
Disasters and Disaster Relief
Droughts
Feed grain program
Livestock
Livestock industry
Poultry industry
Drought Assistance Act of 1983
Introduced: October 19, 1983
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 19, 1983
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Drought Assistance Act of 1983 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an emergency feed program in designated disaster areas to assist family farms in preserving livestock and poultry affected by the 1983 drought. Reallocates specified Commodity Credit Corporation funds for such program.
Establishes graduated interest payments (three percent on first $50,000, five percent on next $50,000, eight percent on amounts above $100,000) for drought-related emergency loans for family farmers otherwise unable to get sufficient credit.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1