3.0.0 385 2022-02-03T05:25:38Z 2022-02-03T05:25:38Z Senate S S 2005-02-15 109 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-15T22:27:09Z Rural America Preservation Act 109 1590 HR 2005-04-13 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Identical bill CRS Text similarities House 2005-02-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1426) IntroReferral 2005-02-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1425-1426) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2005-02-15 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2005-02-15 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-02-15 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2005-02-17 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2005-02-17 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2005-07-26 False D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-09-14 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2005-10-19 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agricultural credit Agricultural subsidies Barley Corn Cotton Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Agriculture Families Family farms Feed grains Finance and Financial Sector Fraud Government Operations and Politics Law Marketing of farm produce Married people Oilseeds Rice Sorghum Soybeans Wheat Agriculture and Food 00 2005-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-24T22:47:58Z Rural America Preservation Act - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reduce maximum annual direct and counter-cyclical commodity payments to $20,000 and $30,000, respectively. Revises limitation provisions for marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and commodity certificate transactions, and establishes an annual combined limitation of $75,000 for such payments. Doubles payment limitations for single farming operations. Limits an individual to a combined annual payment of $250,000.

Makes a person who commits fraud in connection with a scheme or device to evade certain program limitations (multiple entities, citizenship) ineligible for farm benefits for six years.

]]> Rural America Preservation Act Short Titles as Introduced Rural America Preservation Act Popular Titles Federal Farm Subsidies bill 9 Library of Congress Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits. Display Title Rural America Preservation Act Introduced in Senate 2005-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s385is/xml/BILLS-109s385is.xml 2005-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1426) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.