Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 109-171.
(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on December 19, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 - Title I: Agriculture Provisions - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005 - Subtitle A: Commodity Programs - (Sec. 1101) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to revise the national dairy market loss payment formula by decreasing the multiplier for the periods beginning on: (1) October 1, 2005, and ending on August 31, 2007; and (2) September 1, 2007.
Extends the sign-up and contract periods through September 30, 2007.
(Sec. 1102) Reduces advance payments for peanuts and for covered commodities to: (1) 40% for crop year 2006; and (2) 22% for crop year 2007.
(Sec. 1103) Repeals authority to issue upland cotton user marketing certificates.
Subtitle B: Conservation - (Sec. 1201) Cancels the watershed rehabilitation program.
(Sec. 1202) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to: (1) extend conservation security program authority through FY2011; and (2) extend and increase Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funding for such program.
(Sec. 1203) Amends environmental quality incentives program provisions to: (1) extend program authority through FY2010; (2) apply the aggregate payment limitation to any six-year period. (Currently, such limitation applies to FY2002-FY2007); and (3) set forth specified funding provisions for FY2007-FY2009, and for FY2010.
Subtitle C: Energy - (Sec. 1301) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reduce FY 2007 funding for the renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program.
Subtitle D: Rural Development - (Sec. 1401) Cancels authority to obligate funds previously made available for expanded access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas unobligated as of October 1, 2006, as of that date.
(Sec. 1402) Cancels authority to obligate funds previously made available for value-added agricultural product market development grants unobligated as of October 1, 2006, as of that date.
(Sec. 1403) Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to terminate rural business investment program funding after FY2006. Cancels authority to obligate funds previously made available for such program unobligated as of October 1, 2006, as of that date.
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Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill has been enacted. It is law.
The record's latest action, on February 8, 2006: Became Public Law No: 109-171.
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?
Judd Gregg (R-NH) introduced it on October 27, 2005. 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.
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Vote history
- SenatePassed
- HousePassed
- PresidentSigned into law