Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 - Revision history

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−	~~{{stub}}<br>~~	+	{{Food and Agriculture Policy (U.S.)\|bill=h2646}} The '''Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002''' [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.2646.ENR: (H.R. 2646)], also known as the '''2002 Farm Bill''', was introduced by former Rep. and Chair of the [[House Committee on Agriculture\|House Agriculture Committee]] Larry Combest (R-Tex.) On July 26, 2001.
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−	The '''Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002''' [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.2646.ENR: (H.R. 2646)], also known as the '''2002 Farm Bill''', was introduced by former Rep. and Chair of the [[House Committee on Agriculture\|House Agriculture Committee]] Larry Combest (R-Tex.) On July 26, 2001.	+

−	~~==Bill~~ summary==	+	{{Article summary\|

−	The Act addressed assistance to domestic agriculture, and would remain in force until 2007 when Congress was expected to discuss a new farm bill.<ref> [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ171.107 "Full Text -- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002."]</ref>	+	The Act addressed assistance to domestic agriculture, and would remain in force until 2007 when Congress was expected to discuss a new farm bill.<ref> [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ171.107 "Full Text -- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002."]</ref>
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−	===Subsidies===	+	=== Subsidies ===

−	The legislation included nearly $80 billion in additional subsidies, an %80 raise from the previous farm bill.<ref> [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002/05/13/farm-bill.htm "Bush makes hay with Midwest by signing farm bill,"] ''Associated Press'' accessed via USA Today, May 13, 2002.</ref> The bill's overall spending totaled over $170 billion.	+	The legislation included nearly $80 billion in additional subsidies, an %80 raise from the previous farm bill.<ref> [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002/05/13/farm-bill.htm "Bush makes hay with Midwest by signing farm bill,"] ''Associated Press'' accessed via USA Today, May 13, 2002.</ref> The bill's overall spending totaled over $170 billion.

−	===Conservation===	+	=== Conservation ===

−	A number of legislators offered amendments attempting to switch some funds from subsidies to conservation. Rep. [[Ron Kind]] (D-Wis.) offered an amendment which would have shifted $19 billion from commodities to conservation. The amendment failed by a vote of 200-226. Rep [[Leonard Boswell]] (D-Iowa) offered an amendment to use $650 million of the allocated funds for renewable energy, though it failed as well.<ref>Doreen Muzzi [http://deltafarmpress.com/mag/farming_kind_farm_bill/ "Kind farm bill amendment defeated,"] ''Delta Farm Press'', October 11, 2001.</ref>	+	A number of legislators offered amendments attempting to switch some funds from subsidies to conservation. Rep. [[Ron Kind]] (D-Wis.) offered an amendment which would have shifted $19 billion from commodities to conservation. The amendment failed by a vote of 200-226. Rep [[Leonard Boswell]] (D-Iowa) offered an amendment to use $650 million of the allocated funds for renewable energy, though it failed as well.<ref>Doreen Muzzi [http://deltafarmpress.com/mag/farming_kind_farm_bill/ "Kind farm bill amendment defeated,"] ''Delta Farm Press'', October 11, 2001.</ref>

−	===Reconciling House and Senate bills===	+	=== Reconciling House and Senate bills ===

−	The Senate initially sought far more money for conservation and far less for subsidies than did the House. The bill's final version included $17.1 billion for conservation, a $360,000 subsidy cap per farm, and an expected cost of roughly $190 billion over ten years.<ref>Elizabeth Becker, [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F20B10F6395A0C758EDDAD0894DA404482 "Congress Is Close to Final Accord on Farm Bill,"] ''New York Times'', April 23, 2002.</ref> <ref>Elizabeth Becker, [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F3071FF93B5A0C748EDDAD0894DA404482 "Accord Reached on a Bill Raising Farm Subsidies,"] ''New York Times'', April 27, 2002.</ref>	+	The Senate initially sought far more money for conservation and far less for subsidies than did the House. The bill's final version included $17.1 billion for conservation, a $360,000 subsidy cap per farm, and an expected cost of roughly $190 billion over ten years.<ref>Elizabeth Becker, [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F20B10F6395A0C758EDDAD0894DA404482 "Congress Is Close to Final Accord on Farm Bill,"] ''New York Times'', April 23, 2002.</ref> <ref>Elizabeth Becker, [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F3071FF93B5A0C748EDDAD0894DA404482 "Accord Reached on a Bill Raising Farm Subsidies,"] ''New York Times'', April 27, 2002.</ref>

−	===Controversy===	+	=== Controversy ===

−	Critics of the bill argued that it violated [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) policy by offering excessive subsidies. Additionally, some critics argued that the subsidies provided an incentive for farmers to produce more, leading to overproduction and decreased prices.<ref>Reps. John Boehner and Cal Dooley [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A18438-2002May1?language=printer "This Terrible Farm Bill,"] ''Washington Post'', May 2, 2002.</ref> With the prospect of the 2004 election looming, some called the subsidies an effort to secure Farm Belt votes ahead of the election.<ref> [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002/05/13/farm-bill.htm "Bush makes hay with Midwest by signing farm bill,"] ''Associated Press'' accessed via USA Today, May 13, 2002.</ref>	+	Critics of the bill argued that it violated [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) policy by offering excessive subsidies. Additionally, some critics argued that the subsidies provided an incentive for farmers to produce more, leading to overproduction and decreased prices.<ref>Reps. John Boehner and Cal Dooley [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A18438-2002May1?language=printer "This Terrible Farm Bill,"] ''Washington Post'', May 2, 2002.</ref> With the prospect of the 2004 election looming, some called the subsidies an effort to secure Farm Belt votes ahead of the election.<ref> [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002/05/13/farm-bill.htm "Bush makes hay with Midwest by signing farm bill,"] ''Associated Press'' accessed via USA Today, May 13, 2002.</ref>

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−	===See also===	+	=== See also ===

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	*[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ171.107 Full Text -- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002]		*[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ171.107 Full Text -- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002]

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	The '''Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002''' [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.2646.ENR: (H.R. 2646)], also known as the '''2002 Farm Bill''', was introduced by former Rep. and Chair of the [[House Committee on Agriculture\|House Agriculture Committee]] Larry Combest (R-Tex.) On July 26, 2001.		The '''Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002''' [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.2646.ENR: (H.R. 2646)], also known as the '''2002 Farm Bill''', was introduced by former Rep. and Chair of the [[House Committee on Agriculture\|House Agriculture Committee]] Larry Combest (R-Tex.) On July 26, 2001.

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{{Food and Agriculture Policy (U.S.)}}
The '''Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002''' [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.2646.ENR: (H.R. 2646)], also known as the '''2002 Farm Bill''', was introduced by former Rep. and Chair of the [[House Committee on Agriculture|House Agriculture Committee]] Larry Combest (R-Tex.) On July 26, 2001.

==Bill summary==

The Act addressed assistance to domestic agriculture, and would remain in force until 2007 when Congress was expected to discuss a new farm bill.<ref> [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ171.107 "Full Text -- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002."]</ref>

===Subsidies===

The legislation included nearly $80 billion in additional subsidies, an %80 raise from the previous farm bill.<ref> [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002/05/13/farm-bill.htm "Bush makes hay with Midwest by signing farm bill,"] ''Associated Press'' accessed via USA Today, May 13, 2002.</ref> The bill's overall spending totaled over $170 billion.

===Conservation===

A number of legislators offered amendments attempting to switch some funds from subsidies to conservation. Rep. [[Ron Kind]] (D-Wis.) offered an amendment which would have shifted $19 billion from commodities to conservation. The amendment failed by a vote of 200-226. Rep [[Leonard Boswell]] (D-Iowa) offered an amendment to use $650 million of the allocated funds for renewable energy, though it failed as well.<ref>Doreen Muzzi [http://deltafarmpress.com/mag/farming_kind_farm_bill/ "Kind farm bill amendment defeated,"] ''Delta Farm Press'', October 11, 2001.</ref>

===Reconciling House and Senate bills===

The Senate initially sought far more money for conservation and far less for subsidies than did the House. The bill's final version included $17.1 billion for conservation, a $360,000 subsidy cap per farm, and an expected cost of roughly $190 billion over ten years.<ref>Elizabeth Becker, [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F20B10F6395A0C758EDDAD0894DA404482 "Congress Is Close to Final Accord on Farm Bill,"] ''New York Times'', April 23, 2002.</ref> <ref>Elizabeth Becker, [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F3071FF93B5A0C748EDDAD0894DA404482 "Accord Reached on a Bill Raising Farm Subsidies,"] ''New York Times'', April 27, 2002.</ref>

===Controversy===

Critics of the bill argued that it violated [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) policy by offering excessive subsidies. Additionally, some critics argued that the subsidies provided an incentive for farmers to produce more, leading to overproduction and decreased prices.<ref>Reps. John Boehner and Cal Dooley [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A18438-2002May1?language=printer "This Terrible Farm Bill,"] ''Washington Post'', May 2, 2002.</ref> With the prospect of the 2004 election looming, some called the subsidies an effort to secure Farm Belt votes ahead of the election.<ref> [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002/05/13/farm-bill.htm "Bush makes hay with Midwest by signing farm bill,"] ''Associated Press'' accessed via USA Today, May 13, 2002.</ref>

==Articles and resources==

===Related SourceWatch articles===

===Sources===
<references/>

===External resources===

{{wikipedia}}

*[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ171.107 Full Text -- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002]

===External articles===

{{congresspedia}}
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