To repeal the price support programs and related acreage allotment and marketing quota programs for agricultural commodities, to repeal marketing orders issued to regulate the handling of certain agricultural commodities, and to establish a special fund to assist farmers whose annual net income from all sources is less than $30,000.

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Dec 15, 1995

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal price support authority. Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to repeal Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) price support authority. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal acreage allotment and marketing quota authority. Prohibits future CCC price support assistance. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to repeal marketing order authority. Terminates existing marketing agreements and authorities. Establishes in the Treasury the Farmers Support Fund to assist producers with annual incomes of less than $30,000. Authorizes appropriations.

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Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D–MA

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Agriculture Committee

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Dec 15, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities.
Dec 15, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.
Dec 15, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.
Dec 15, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Dec 15, 1995
Introduced in House
Dec 15, 1995
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.2787, 104th Congress: To repeal the price support programs and related acreage allotment and marketing quota programs for agricultural commodities, to repeal marketing orders issued to regulate the handling of certain agricultural commodities, and to establish a special fund to assist farmers whose annual net income from all sources is less than $30,000.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/2787

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Discuss H.R.2787, 104th Congress: To repeal the price support programs and related acreage allotment and marketing quota programs for agricultural commodities, to repeal marketing orders issued to regulate the handling of certain agricultural commodities, and to establish a special fund to assist farmers whose annual net income from all sources is less than $30,000.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/2787

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-12-15.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr2787/BILLS-104hr2787ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.2787, 104th Congress: To repeal the price support programs and related acreage allotment and marketing quota programs for agricultural commodities, to repeal marketing orders issued to regulate the handling of certain agricultural commodities, and to establish a special fund to assist farmers whose annual net income from all sources is less than $30,000.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/2787

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-12-15.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr2787/BILLS-104hr2787ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.2787, 104th Congress: To repeal the price support programs and related acreage allotment and marketing quota programs for agricultural commodities, to repeal marketing orders issued to regulate the handling of certain agricultural commodities, and to establish a special fund to assist farmers whose annual net income from all sources is less than $30,000.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/2787

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-12-15.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr2787/BILLS-104hr2787ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.R.2787 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.