[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4524 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4524

To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to increase the number 
of farmers eligible for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans or loan 
 deficiency payments and the amount of production for which such loans 
                      and payments are available.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2000

Mr. Smith of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to increase the number 
of farmers eligible for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans or loan 
 deficiency payments and the amount of production for which such loans 
                      and payments are available.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR NONRECOURSE MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS AND 
              LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.

    (a) Eligible Production.--Section 131(b) of the Agricultural Market 
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Eligible Production.--Any production of a loan commodity 
shall be eligible for a marketing assistance loan under subsection 
(a).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 131 of the Agricultural Market 
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231) is amended by striking subsection (d).
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