Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (20 Jun 2013): On passage Failed by recorded vote: 195 - 234 (Roll no. 286).
What this bill does
H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, was a comprehensive, multi-title farm bill intended to set agriculture, nutrition, and related policy through fiscal year 2018. It proposed reforming commodity programs by repealing direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, and the average crop revenue election program, while establishing new risk-management options and continuing marketing loan and sugar programs. It would have created new dairy margin protection and market stabilization programs, extended crop insurance provisions, and addressed conservation, trade, rural development, research, forestry, and energy programs. It also included changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other nutrition assistance programs, covering eligibility rules, retailer requirements, and program administration.
The bill's broad scope meant it would affect farmers and ranchers receiving federal commodity, conservation, and credit support; dairy producers; crop insurance participants; SNAP recipients and retailers; rural communities relying on USDA rural development programs; agricultural researchers and land-grant institutions; and organizations involved in international food aid and trade programs.
The bill was introduced May 13, 2013, by Rep. Frank Lucas and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. It reached a floor vote and failed on June 20, 2013, by a recorded vote of 195–234. Because it did not pass the House, the bill did not advance to the Senate and did not become law; Congress subsequently pursued other legislative vehicles to address farm bill reauthorization.
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Official summary
Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Title I: Commodities - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - (Sec. 1101) Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE).
(Sec. 1105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for a farm's base acreage adjustment for covered commodities if: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated, (2) cropland is released from conservation reserve contract coverage, or (3) the producer has eligible oilseed acreage.
(Sec. 1106) Directs the Secretary to establish a yield for each farm for any designated oilseed for which a payment yield was not established.
(Sec. 1107) Provides for crop years 2014-2018 either: (1) price loss coverage if a covered commodity's effective price is less than its reference price; or (2) alternative revenue loss coverage, as a permanent one-time election, if a covered commodity's county revenue is less than the county revenue loss coverage trigger.
(Sec. 1108) Requires producers to comply with specified conservation requirements in order to receive payments under this subtitle.
(Sec. 1109) States that this subtitle shall be effective for crop years 2014-2018.
Subtitle B: Marketing Loans - (Sec. 1201) Authorizes:
• nonrecourse marketing assistance loans through crop year 2018;
Timeline
20 Jun 2013
On passage Failed by recorded vote: 195 - 234 (Roll no. 286).
Common questions
- What does H.R. 1947 do?
- H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, was a comprehensive, multi-title farm bill intended to set agriculture, nutrition, and related policy through fiscal year 2018. It proposed reforming commodity programs by repealing direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, and the average crop revenue election program, while establishing new risk-management options and continuing marketing loan and sugar programs. It would have created new dairy margin protection and market stabilization programs, extended crop insurance provisions, and addressed conservation, trade, rural development, research, forestry, and energy programs. It also included changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other nutrition assistance programs, covering eligibility rules, retailer requirements, and program administration. The bill's broad scope meant it would affect farmers and ranchers receiving federal commodity, conservation, and credit support; dairy producers; crop insurance participants; SNAP recipients and retailers; rural communities relying on USDA rural development programs; agricultural researchers and land-grant institutions; and organizations involved in international food aid and trade programs. The bill was introduced May 13, 2013, by Rep. Frank Lucas and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. It reached a floor vote and failed on June 20, 2013, by a recorded vote of 195–234. Because it did not pass the House, the bill did not advance to the Senate and did not become law; Congress subsequently pursued other legislative vehicles to address farm bill reauthorization.
- Has H.R. 1947 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 1947. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 1947?
- H.R. 1947 was sponsored by Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] (R-OK), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 1947?
- On passage Failed by recorded vote: 195 - 234 (Roll no. 286). (20 Jun 2013).
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