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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WELCH:H.R. 1589.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof . . .____________________[Page H2066]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>On passage Failed by recorded vote: 195 - 234 (Roll no. 286).</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide coverages for eligible crops based on individual yields (other than for value-loss crops) under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program equivalent to: (1) catastrophic risk protection, or (2) specified additional coverage. </p> <p>Provides reduced premiums for limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged producers.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To expand the noninsured crop assistance program established by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to provide coverages for eligible crops under the program equivalent to additional coverage available under the Federal Crop Insurance Act.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.</text>
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