A bill to provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

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SenateApr 14, 1999IntroducedOfficial record

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Related House bill: H.R.2571 To provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 14, 1999

Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to reduce quota peanut price support levels through crop year 2001 and make nonrecourse loans available to all peanut producers at 85 percent of estimated market value as of crop year 2002. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to eliminate peanut quotas as of crop year 2002. Amends the National School Lunch Act to authorize the purchase at world market price of additional (excess of poundage quota) peanuts for the school lunch and other specified food and nutrition programs. States that such peanuts shall not be considered domestic edible use peanuts under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 or the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] · R–PA

Committees

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

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Actions

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Apr 14, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 14, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3709)
Apr 14, 1999
Introduced in Senate

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HR 2571 · To provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.

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Discuss S.802, 106th Congress: A bill to provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/802

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1999-04-14.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/106/bills/s802/BILLS-106s802is.htm

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Analyze S.802 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss S.802, 106th Congress: A bill to provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/802

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1999-04-14.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/106/bills/s802/BILLS-106s802is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z. 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.

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Discuss S.802, 106th Congress: A bill to provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/802

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1999-04-14.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/106/bills/s802/BILLS-106s802is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z. 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.

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Discuss S.802, 106th Congress: A bill to provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/802

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1999-04-14.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/106/bills/s802/BILLS-106s802is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z. 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 S.802 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.