Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 3552
116th Congress(2019-2020)
A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide payments to cattle producers to offset losses due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 20, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 20, 2020
Latest Action
Mar 20, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
3552
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.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
South Dakota
Democrat
Minnesota
Republican
Mississippi
Democrat
Montana
Republican
Nebraska
Republican
North Dakota
Republican
North Dakota
Democrat
Oregon
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

This bill requires the Farm Service Agency to provide payments to producers that sold feeder cattle or live cattle during any month in calendar year 2020 to offset losses due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, payments must be provided (1) in the case of feeder cattle, if the average national sale price per hundredweight for feeder cattle for that month is less than $150; and (2) in the case of live cattle, if the average national sale price per hundredweight for live cattle for that month is less than $121.

A producer may receive payments for not more than 10,000 head of cattle in calendar year 2020. Additionally, a producer must have owned the feeder cattle or live cattle for not less than 30 days before the date on which the cattle were sold.

Text (1)
March 20, 2020
Actions (2)
03/20/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
03/20/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:23:06 PM