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Farm Credit System Interest Reduction Act of 1986

Introduced: October 1, 1986 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 1, 1986
Introduced in Senate
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Farm Credit System Interest Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Farm Credit Assistance and Interest Reduction - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans to Farm Credit System (FCS) institutions to: (1) remove high-cost bonds from the FCS's portfolio; and (2) retire or restructure nonaccruing FCS-held loans.

Provides for borrower interest rate reductions.

Title II: Rights of Borrowers - Sets forth borrower rights relating to: (1) access to files and related information; (2) bank mergers; (3) district board election; and (4) financial disclosure by FCS officials.

Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a feasibility study regarding the return of the FCS to local control.

Title III: Independent Interest Rate-Setting Authority - Repeals Farm Credit Administration rate-setting authority.

Title IV: Funding for Farm Credit Assistance - Repeals: (1) the Legal Services Corporation Act; and (2) the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.

Withholds from obligation and expenditure specified funds from the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to: (1) population planning; (2) voluntary United Nations contributions; and (3) foreign aid to non-Camp David countries.

What's happening now October 1, 1986

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Oct 1, 1986
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2899: Farm Credit System Interest Reduction Act of 1986. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2899/
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