Livestock Producers Act of 1980
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Livestock Producers Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans to individuals for the establishment and operation of livestock production facilities. Directs the Secretary to establish eligibility criteria which include the requirement that any such individual be or intend to be primarily and directly engaged in livestock production and be unable to obtain sufficient credit without such guarantee. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such loan guarantees, including the furnishing of cost information on the application and repayment according to either a variable repayment program or a specified schedule. Limits the period of such guarantee to 14 years. Limits the cumulative total of the original principal of new loans guaranteed for each fiscal year. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving fund called the Livestock Producer Loan Guarantee Fund to be available to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on October 1, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on October 1, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
THOMAS DASCHLE (D-SD) introduced it on October 1, 1980. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 1, 1980, 16780 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16780 days ago, on October 1, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers