H.R. 3660 · 109th Congress

Rice Farmer Fairness Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Ron Paul
Introduced
2005-09-06
Latest action
2005-09-12 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Summary

Rice Farmer Fairness Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require, as a condition on the receipt of direct or counter-cyclical payments for rice produced in Texas where the the principal producer of the rice is a tenant or sharecropper, that the producers on the farm agree to retain the rice cropland in production or a cropping system rotation for the next crop year.