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S. Con. Res. 17 99th Congress Senate

A concurrent resolution relating to discount interest rates for distressed agricultural lenders.

Introduced: February 20, 1985 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Agricultural creditAgriculture and Rural AffairsBank failuresCredit
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This resolution expired with the 99th Congress
It was not agreed to before the 99th Congress (1985–1986) adjourned, so it is no longer active. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Feb 20, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Feb 20, 1985
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 Latest action February 20, 1985

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Reserve Board, in cooperation with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, should provide $3.5 billion in direct credit to distressed agricultural lenders at discount window interest rates under the procedures used in the Continental Illinois Bank package so as to avoid adding to the budget deficit.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 20, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Con. Res. 17: A concurrent resolution relating to discount interest rates for distressed agricultural lenders.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SCONRES-17/
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"S. Con. Res. 17: A concurrent resolution relating to discount interest rates for distressed agricultural lenders.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SCONRES-17/.
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S. Con. Res. 17, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SCONRES-17/.
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