US Congress Senate Bill 281 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 12 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish a per farm cap of $50,000 on commodity program benefits and $75,000 on marketing loan program benefits ($125,000 total). Increases such limit to $250,000 for married couples. Limits benefits eligibility to active producers. Establishes criteria for determining whether a person acting as a farm manager is actively engaged in farming for such purposes. (Permits only one such eligibility per farm operation.)

Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]

Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2013-02-12	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S658-659)

HB1932 (Same As) 2013-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
HB3813 (Related) 2014-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/281/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s281/BILLS-113s281is.pdf