Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, with respect to the 1989 and 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, rice, and soybeans, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) allow producers to provide county committees with actual crop yield data; (2) notify producers of such opportunity; and (3) maintain such data for at least five crop years.
Requires the Secretary, with respect to the 1989 crop year, to determine the impact on producers and commodity programs of alternative methods of determining payment yields for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, including: (1) using producers' actual yields for the current crop year; (2) allowing producers the option to use actual yields or county average yields; and (3) five-year yield averaging. Directs the Secretary to report the results of such determination to the appropriate congressional committees by January 30, 1990.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
Mr. de la Garza asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture have until midnight on June 9 to file a report on H.R. 2042. Agreed to without objection.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 101-80. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 101-80. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 48.
Mr. de la Garza moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
The chair announced that a second on the motion to suspend the rules is not required.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.
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