Open Congress : General Farm Commodities and Risk Management - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.1644 To impose a limitation on the maximum amount of crop insurance premiums paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, to repeal the authority to provide direct payments for producers of certain major agricultural commodities and peanuts, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute, and for other purposes.

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To impose a limitation on the maximum amount of crop insurance premiums paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, to repeal the authority to provide direct payments for producers of certain major agricultural commodities and peanuts, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1606 Crop Risk Options Plan Act of 2013

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make available to producers a supplemental coverage option based on both an individual yield and loss basis and an area yield and loss basis in order to allow producers to cover all or a portion of their deductible under the individual yield and loss policy, to improve the accuracy of actual production history determinations, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1607 Livestock Disaster Protection Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs to cover fiscal years 2012 through 2018, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1589 Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

To expand the noninsured crop assistance program established by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to provide coverages for eligible crops under the program equivalent to additional coverage available under the Federal Crop Insurance Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1567 New Fair Deal Consolidating and Eliminating Outdated Subsidies Act of 2013

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To eliminate corporate welfare programs of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Transportation, and other Federal agencies.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1319 Containing Risk, Offering Protection Act

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand coverage under plans of insurance available under such Act to include losses to an insured commodity when, as a result of a federally-imposed quarantine, the commodity must be destroyed, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1341 Financial Competitive Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to conduct a study of the likely effects of the differences between the United States and other jurisdictions in implementing the derivatives credit valuation adjustment capital requirement.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1247 CROP Act

2013-03-18T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to support crop insurance for specialty crops, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.943 Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act

2013-03-03T19:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to immediately reduce crop insurance premium subsidy rates from the higher subsidies provided since the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000.

Bill Introduced: H.R.872 Free Trade With Cuba Act

2013-02-26T19:00:00Z

To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.785 Halt Index Trading of Energy Commodities (HITEC) Act

2013-02-14T19:00:00Z

To prevent excessive speculation in energy commodities, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.693 Sugar Reform Act of 2013

2013-02-13T19:00:00Z

To reform the Federal sugar program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.699 Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act

2013-02-13T19:00:00Z

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to repeal and replace the fiscal year 2013 sequestration.

Bill Introduced: H.R.686 Protect our Prairies Act

2013-02-13T19:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify the ineligibility requirements for producers that produce an annual crop on native sod, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.677 Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act

2013-02-12T19:00:00Z

To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.634 Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013

2013-02-12T19:00:00Z

To provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.46 To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

2013-01-02T19:00:00Z

To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6613 Markets and Trading Reorganization Act

2012-11-28T19:00:00Z

To establish the Securities and Derivatives Commission in order to combine the functions of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission in a single independent regulatory commission.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6481 School Food Modernization Act

2012-09-20T20:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities, training school food service personnel, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6270 Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2012

2012-07-31T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require annual disclosure of crop insurance premium subsidies in the public interest.