[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2487 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2487

 To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to terminate 
                direct payments for the 2012 crop year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2011

  Mr. Flake introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to terminate 
                direct payments for the 2012 crop year.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing the Deficit through 
Eliminating Agriculture Direct Payment Subsidies Act of 2011'' or 
``REAPS Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF FARM BILL DIRECT PAYMENTS.

    (a) Termination of Direct Payments.--
            (1) Covered commodities.--Section 1103 of the Food, 
        Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Peanuts.--Section 1304 of the Food, Conservation, and 
        Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8754) is repealed.
    (b) Payment Limitation Adjustment To Reflect Termination.--Section 
1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``the sum of'' and 
        all that follows through ``(1)(B).'' and inserting 
        ``$65,000.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``the sum of'' and 
        all that follows through ``(1)(B).'' and inserting 
        ``$65,000.''.
    (c) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to the 2012 crop year.
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