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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2089

  To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to continue for the 
    2001 crop year the eligibility of producers for loan deficiency 
    payments when the producers, although not eligible to obtain a 
        marketing assistance loan, produce a contract commodity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2001

Mr. Smith of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to continue for the 
    2001 crop year the eligibility of producers for loan deficiency 
    payments when the producers, although not eligible to obtain a 
        marketing assistance loan, produce a contract commodity.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS FOR CONTRACT COMMODITY PRODUCERS 
              INELIGIBLE FOR MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS.

    Section 135(a)(2) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
U.S.C. 7235(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``2000 crop year'' and 
inserting ``2000 and 2001 crop years''.
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