US Congress House Bill 4177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: Introduced on December 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-03-29 - 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]

Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make a supplemental direct commodity payment to eligible producers that previously received such a payment; (2) make grants to states to assist eligible specialty crop producers for losses associated with drought or excessive rainfall during 2009; (3) provide supplemental assistance to eligible producers and first-handlers of the 2009 crop of cottonseed in disaster counties; (4) continue to carry out the 2002 livestock compensation program and provide assistance to any applicant that conducts a livestock operation located in a disaster county or produces fish classified within the family Ictaluridae (catfish); and (5) make payments to eligible producers for livestock losses occurring in a disaster county.

Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2009

Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]
Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]	Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]	Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-29		Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
2010-03-29		Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
2010-03-29		Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
2009-12-02		Referred to House Appropriations
2009-12-02		Referred to House Agriculture
2009-12-02		Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB2810 (Related) 2009-11-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4177/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4177/BILLS-111hr4177ih.pdf