S. 77 · 115th Congress

Stop Paying U.S. in Peanuts Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Jeff Flake
Introduced
2017-01-10
Latest action
2017-01-10 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

Stop Paying U.S. in Peanuts Act

This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to repeal the rules for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (Under a nonrecourse marketing assistance loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan.)