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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5634" measure-id="id113hr5634" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-09-18" update-date="2014-11-14">
<title>Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act</title>
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<action-date>2014-09-18</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to publicly disclose crop insurance premium subsidies paid on behalf of: Members of Congress and their immediate families, Cabinet Secretaries and their immediate families, or entities of which any of these individuals is a majority shareholder. </p> <p>Requires USDA to publicly disclose benefits for private insurance providers, including: (1) underwriting gains earned through participation in the federal crop insurance program; and (2) amounts paid for administrative and operating expenses, any federal portion of indemnities and reinsurance, and any other purpose.</p>]]></summary-text>
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