To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops under the Market Facilitation Program.

Bill: 116-hr-1238
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2019-02-14
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Agricultural trade

Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to treat a soybean crop as an eligible crop for payments under the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) if market conditions have discouraged or prevented a producer of a soybean crop from harvesting the crop or entering the crop into the stream of commerce. </p> <p>(The MFP provides payments to producers with commodities that have been significantly impacted by actions of foreign governments resulting in the loss of traditional exports.) </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1238 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2019 Mr. Abraham (for himself, Mr. Estes , Mr. Kelly of Mississippi , and Mr. Guest ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops under the Market Facilitation Program.

1. Planted crop treated as harvested crop If the Secretary of Agriculture determines that market conditions have discouraged or prevented a producer of a soybean crop from harvesting such crop or entering such crop in to the stream of commerce, the Secretary shall, for purposes of the Market Facilitation Program under part 1409 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (established pursuant to the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act ( 15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.)) treat such soybean crop as an eligible crop for payments under such Market Facilitation Program.