Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
Latest action. By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2013. Report No. 113-88. Additional views filed.
Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Title I: Commodity Programs - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - (Sec. 1101) Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to repeal, but continue for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE).
(Sec. 1105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for a farm's base acreage adjustment for covered commodities if: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated, (2) cropland is released from conservation reserve contract coverage, (3) the producer has eligible pulse crop acreage, or (4) the producer has eligible oilseed acreage.
(Sec. 1106) Directs the Secretary to establish a yield for each farm for any designated oilseed or eligible pulse crop for which a payment yield was not established under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
(Sec. 1107) Directs the Secretary, for the 2014-2018 crop years for each covered commodity, to make adverse market payments to producers on farms for which payment yields and base acres are established for a covered commodity whose actual price is less than its reference price.
(Sec. 1108) Authorizes agriculture risk coverage (ARC) payments for covered commodities for the 2014-2018 crop years.
Requires producers to make a one-time, binding election to receive either individual or county coverage for all covered commodities and all acres under the control of the producer.
Directs the Secretary to make ARC payments when a producer's actual crop revenue for a covered commodity is less than the agriculture risk coverage guarantee. Establishes the agriculture risk guarantee as 88% of the benchmark revenue.
Sets forth payment rate and payment amount provisions.
(Sec. 1109) Requires producers to comply with specified requirements, including conservation and wetland provisions, in order to qualify for ARC payments.
Terminates ARC payments upon a change in the interest of the producer unless the transferee assumes all ARC obligations.
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Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed Senate amended" stage on June 10, 2013. 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 September 4, 2013: By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2013. Report No. 113-88. Additional views filed.
- 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?
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In the 113th Congress (2013-14), 296 of the 9,091 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.3 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?
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced it on May 14, 2013. 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 May 14, 2013, 4867 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 4754 days ago, on September 4, 2013.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 113th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2015 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers