US Congress House Bill 1644 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on April 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) from paying more than 70% of the premium for any coverage, policy, or plan of insurance. Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to end agricultural direct payments. (Continues such payments through crop year 2013 for covered commodities and peanuts.) Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from making payments, either directly or through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), to the Brazilian Cotton Institute.

To impose a limitation on the maximum amount of crop insurance premiums paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, to repeal the authority to provide direct payments for producers of certain major agricultural commodities and peanuts, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute, and for other purposes.

Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
2013-04-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1644/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1644/BILLS-113hr1644ih.pdf