House Bill 4654
115th Congress(2017-2018)
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain data in determining an actual or benchmark county yield, and for other purposes.
Introduced
Introduced in House on Dec 14, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4654
Congress
115
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 amends the Agricultural Act of 2014, with respect to the Agricultural Risk Coverage program, to require the Department of Agriculture to: (1) use specified data to assign actual or benchmark county yields, and (2) make payments to producers using the payment rate of the county of the physical location of the base acres of a farm.
December 14, 2017
01/24/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
12/14/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
12/14/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:39:15 PM