3.0.0 751 2022-11-15T16:34:15Z 2022-11-15T16:34:15Z Senate S S 2013-04-17 113 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-04-17T19:32:54Z Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 113 1610 HR 2013-05-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture. Related bill CRS 2013-04-17 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2013-04-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY N D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2013-04-17 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-04-23 False J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2013-04-25 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2013-05-20 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Fruit and vegetables Agriculture and Food 00 2013-04-17 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-13T16:33:15Z Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to consider mung beans and pulse crops as covered commodities whose planting on base acres is prohibited unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest.

Provides that: (1) as of crop year 2014 producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for any covered commodity for a crop year by one acre for each acre used for the production of fruits or vegetables (other than potatoes) 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 a covered commodity.

]]> Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 Display Title Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate 2013-04-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s751is/xml/BILLS-113s751is.xml 2013-04-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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.