3.0.0 800 2022-02-03T06:10:51Z 2022-02-03T06:10:51Z House H HR 2009-02-03 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag16 General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee Referred to 2009-04-23T17:21:12Z hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Referred to 2009-04-23T17:21:07Z Referred to 2009-02-03T17:38:49Z 2009-04-23 hsag16 General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Committee 2009-04-23 hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. Committee 2009-02-03 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-02-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-02-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 N P000587 Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] MIKE PENCE R IN 6 2009-02-03 True W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 2009-02-03 True B000589 Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] JOHN BOEHNER R OH A. 8 2009-02-03 True K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2009-02-03 True P000265 Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] TOM PETRI R WI 6 2009-02-03 True D000607 Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2] Joe Donnelly D IN 2 2009-02-03 True E000289 Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8] Brad Ellsworth D IN 8 2009-02-03 True B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2009-02-03 True L000566 Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] Robert Latta R OH E. 5 2009-02-04 False M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2009-02-04 False S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2009-02-11 False D000355 Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] JOHN DINGELL D MI D. 15 2009-03-05 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Fruit and vegetables Agriculture and Food 00 2009-02-03 Introduced in House 2009-02-06T17:47:02Z Farming Flexibility Act of 2009 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to limit the pilot project permitting the planting of cucumbers, green peas, lima beans, pumpkins, snap beans, sweet corn, and tomatoes grown for processing on base acres to crop year 2009. (Under current law such pilot program is authorized through crop year 2012.)

Provides that: (1) as of crop year 2010 producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for any covered commodity if such acres are used for the production of fruits or vegetables 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 the covered commodity.

]]> Farming Flexibility Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Farming Flexibility Act of 2009 Display Title Farming Flexibility Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm. Introduced in House 2009-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr800ih/xml/BILLS-111hr800ih.xml 2009-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. 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.