CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: amend to enable farmers and ranchers to refinance certain farm ownership loans (see H.R. 1721), H1924 [3MY]

———authorize State committees appointed to carry out agricultural credit programs to permit the emergency commercial use of land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 3438), H9077 [6DE]

———provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists (see S. 1519), S10388 [9OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure that agricultural producers that suffer or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of a sharp and significant increase in certain costs are eligible to receive emergency loans (see S. 380), S1463 [15FE]

———improve agricultural credit programs (see H.R. 2653), H4723 [26JY]

———permit borrowers and grantees to use certain rural development loans and grants for other purposes under certain circumstances (see S. 1413), S9253 [10SE]

———provide loan assistance to agricultural producers experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 478), H221 [7FE]

———provide loan assistance to greenhouse farming operations experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 479, 480), H221 [7FE]

———provide loan assistance to poultry farmers experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 301, 302), H110 [30JA]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 1111), S6991 [27JN] (see H.R. 3473), H10055 [12DE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: provide loan assistance to agricultural producers experiencing increased energy costs (H.R. 478), H188 [6FE], H3537 [26JN]

———provide loan assistance to poultry farmers experiencing increased energy costs (H.R. 301), H132 [31JA]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists (S. 1519), S10395 [9OC], S12987 [11DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: permit borrowers and grantees to use certain rural development loans and grants for other purposes under certain circumstances (S. 1413), S9256 [10SE]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (S. 1111), S6997 [27JN], S11082 [25OC]

Reports filed

Farm Credit Assistance for Activated Reservists: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1519), S12551 [6DE]

Texts of

S. 1519, provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists, S10395 [9OC], S12987 [11DE]