H.R. 1238: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops under the Market Facilitation Program.

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-14 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops under the Market Facilitation Program.

Plain summary

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to treat a soybean crop as an eligible crop for payments under the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) if market conditions have discouraged or prevented a producer of a soybean crop from harvesting the crop or entering the crop into the stream of commerce. (The MFP provides payments to producers with commodities that have been significantly impacted by actions of foreign governments resulting in the loss of traditional exports.)

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To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops under the Market Facilitation Program.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] · 5 cosponsors

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Ron Estes (R-KS), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Michael Guest (R-MS)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr1238.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1238 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116