S. 2050
Referred to CommitteeA bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide to producers partial payments under the livestock indemnity program for livestock sold for salvage.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
11/1/2017 • Senate
Summary
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Department of Agriculture to make payments under the Livestock Indemnity Program for livestock that is sold for a reduced sale price in excess of the normal mortality. Any payments made pursuant to this bill must be reduced by the amount that the producer received from the sale.
(Under current law, the Livestock Indemnity Program provides payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather, or attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law.)
Introduced in Senate • 11/1/2017
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Originated in the Senate
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November 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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