A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make price support loans available to producers on their 1979 crops of wheat, corn and feed grains without regard to whether they participated in the Federal programs in effect for such commodities, to authorize the Secretary to announce and carry out a cropland set-aside program for the 1980 crops of wheat, corn, and feed grains, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, without regard to whether producers of wheat, corn, and feed grains participated in the 1979 Federal program for such crops, to: (1) make nonrecourse loans available to such producers on their 1979 crops; and (2) make emergency loans to such producers, in conjunction with the Commodity Credit Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary to announce and carry out a cropland set-aside program for the 1980 crops of wheat, corn, and feed grains, upon determination that such action is in the public interest due of the suspension of grain exports to the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary to modify and adjust such program.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on January 22, 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 January 22, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- 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?
ROGER JEPSEN (R-IA) introduced it on January 22, 1980, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 3 Republicans.
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 January 22, 1980, 17033 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17033 days ago, on January 22, 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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers