US Congress House Bill 1610 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: Introduced on April 17 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to consider mung beans and pulse crops as covered commodities whose planting on base acres is prohibited unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest. Provides that: (1) as of crop year 2014 producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for any covered commodity for a crop year by one acre for each acre used for the production of fruits or vegetables (other than potatoes) for processing; (2) such acres devoted to fruits or vegetables shall be included in base acres for the covered commodity for the subsequent crop year unless the producers on the farm make the election to produce fruits and vegetables for the subsequent crop year; and (3) if a farm's base acres are recalculated the production of fruits or vegetables shall be considered to be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of a covered commodity.

Farming Flexibility Act of 2013

Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
2013-04-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

SB751 (Related) 2013-04-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1610/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1610/BILLS-113hr1610ih.pdf