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S.2833: A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve the calculation of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments.
About This Bill
- Introduced May 10, 2018
- Latest Major Action May 10, 2018
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Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate - May 10, 2018
Bill Summary
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use certain data to calculate payments for county coverage under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program (ARC). (ARC provides revenue loss coverage by issuing payments to farmers when the actual county crop revenue of a covered commodity is below a specified amount.) In the case of country coverage, USDA must calculate payments using county data of...
(Source: Library of Congress)
What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill
Bill Actions
Date | Description |
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May 10, 2018 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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May 10, 2018 |
Introduced in the Senate by John Hoeven (R-N.D.) |