Farm Economic Relief: Issues and Options for Congress
Description:
This report discusses issues regarding Agriculture funding and subsidies. In response to low prices, natural disasters,
and other farm-related problems, Congress
has, over 3 successive years, provided a
total of about $23 billion in supplemental aid
– in addition to funds already programmed
through the 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104-127).
The most recent aid was attached to a crop
insurance reform bill signed into law on June
22, 2000 (P.L. 106-224). This Agriculture
Risk Protection Act of 2000 inclu…
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Date:
August 22, 2000
Creator:
Womach, Jasper & Becker, Geoffrey S.