H.R. 6815 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 by increasing loan rates for corn and wheat, providing encouragement for greater participation in the farmer-held reserve program for those commodities, and for other purposes.

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(Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-879 (Part I))

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to make price supports available for the 1980 and 1981 crops of rice, upland cotton, corn, wheat, quota peanuts, soybeans, and other specified commodities at not less than 65 percent of the parity price of such commodities. Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to make price support loans on the 1979 crops of corn and wheat to any producer who did not comply with the requirements of the 1979 set-aside program for the commodity.

Authorizes the sale of Commodity Credit Corporation stocks of corn for use in making alcohol for motor fuel.

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1980-03-13
Introduced in House
1980-03-13
Introduced in House
1980-03-13
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
1980-04-15
Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-879 (Part I).
1980-04-15
Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-879 (Part I).
1980-04-15
Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
1980-04-30
Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 96-879 (Part II).
1980-04-30
Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 96-879 (Part II).

A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 by increasing loan rates for corn and wheat, providing encouragement for greater participation in the farmer-held reserve program for those commodities, and for other purposes.

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