3.0.0 2217 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z Senate S S 2012-03-21 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-21T16:54:43Z Rural America Preservation Act of 2011 112 1161 S 2011-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3687-3688) Related bill CRS 2012-03-21 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 S1936-1938) IntroReferral 2012-03-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1935-1936) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-03-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2012-03-21 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2012-03-21 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-03-21 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2012-03-21 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2012-03-21 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2012-03-21 True Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Corporate finance and management Department of Agriculture U.S. and foreign investments Agriculture and Food 00 2012-03-21 Introduced in Senate 2012-04-27T19:19:39Z Rural America Preservation Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to cap maximum annual crop year direct and indirect payments to an individual or a legal entity for: (1) covered commodities, at $125,000 (maximum of $75,000 in marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments and $50,000 for other payments); and (2) peanuts, at $125,000 (maximum of $75,000 in marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments and $50,000 for other payments).

Provides that an eligible person and spouse in a single farming operation may jointly receive up to twice such amount.

Revises provisions respecting limitation of benefits to active farmers.

Makes foreign individuals and foreign entities ineligible for agricultural program benefits.

]]> Rural America Preservation Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Rural America Preservation Act of 2012 Display Title Rural America Preservation Act of 2012 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. Introduced in Senate 2012-03-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2217is/xml/BILLS-112s2217is.xml 2012-03-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1936-1938) 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.