House Bill 1238
116th Congress(2019-2020)
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops under the Market Facilitation Program.
Introduced
Introduced in House on Feb 14, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1238
Congress
116
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to treat a soybean crop as an eligible crop for payments under the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) if market conditions have discouraged or prevented a producer of a soybean crop from harvesting the crop or entering the crop into the stream of commerce.
(The MFP provides payments to producers with commodities that have been significantly impacted by actions of foreign governments resulting in the loss of traditional exports.)
February 14, 2019
03/07/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
02/14/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
02/14/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 4:17:43 PM