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A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to ensure that only producers receive commodity program payments.

7/31/2007--Introduced.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to permanently reduce base acres for land that: (1) has been developed for commercial or industrial use; (2) has been subdivided and developed into multiple residential units or other nonfarming uses; or (3) is no longer intended for farm use.

Includes within a producer agreement for direct or counter-cyclical payments prohibitions against the land: (1) being in residential use (including land subdivided and developed into residential units or other nonfarming uses); or (2) no longer being intended for farm use.

Requires: (1) Farm Service Agency certification of an agreement; and (2) annual audits of direct and counter-cyclical payments and base acreage by the Secretary.

Latest Actions
  • 07/31/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
S.1904 Introduced in Senate08/31/2007