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Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

USA115th CongressS-3042| Senate 
| Updated: 6/18/2018
Pat Roberts

Pat Roberts

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (1)
Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address: commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, energy, horticulture, and crop insurance. The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to: require farmers to make a new one-time election to obtain either Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage for the 2019-2023 crop years; replace the Dairy Margin Protection Program with Dairy Risk Coverage and modify coverage levels and premiums; make Indian tribes and tribal organizations eligible for supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs; reduce the adjusted gross income limitation for receiving benefits under commodity and conservation programs; modify funding levels and requirements for several conservation programs, consolidate several existing trade and export promotion programs into a new Priority Trade Promotion, Development, and Assistance program; legalize industrial hemp and make hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program; establish an interstate data system to prevent the simultaneous issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to an individual by more than one state; increase the loan limits for farm ownership and operating loans; modify the experience requirement for farm ownership loans; authorize a categorical exclusion from requirements for environmental assessments and environmental impact statements for certain forest management projects with the primary purpose of protecting, restoring, or improving habitat for the greater sage-grouse or mule deer; and modify the organic certification requirements for imported agricultural products.

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Timeline
Jun 11, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Jun 11, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 13, 2018
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 18, 2018
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Roberts with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jun 18, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470.
Dec 20, 2018

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-2
Signed by President.
  • June 11, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 11, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


  • June 13, 2018
    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.


  • June 18, 2018
    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Roberts with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.


  • June 18, 2018
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470.


  • December 20, 2018

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-2
    Signed by President.

Agriculture and Food

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  • HR 115-6500: To expand the availability of programs of the Department of Agriculture to veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.
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Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

USA115th CongressS-3042| Senate 
| Updated: 6/18/2018
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address: commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, energy, horticulture, and crop insurance. The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to: require farmers to make a new one-time election to obtain either Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage for the 2019-2023 crop years; replace the Dairy Margin Protection Program with Dairy Risk Coverage and modify coverage levels and premiums; make Indian tribes and tribal organizations eligible for supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs; reduce the adjusted gross income limitation for receiving benefits under commodity and conservation programs; modify funding levels and requirements for several conservation programs, consolidate several existing trade and export promotion programs into a new Priority Trade Promotion, Development, and Assistance program; legalize industrial hemp and make hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program; establish an interstate data system to prevent the simultaneous issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to an individual by more than one state; increase the loan limits for farm ownership and operating loans; modify the experience requirement for farm ownership loans; authorize a categorical exclusion from requirements for environmental assessments and environmental impact statements for certain forest management projects with the primary purpose of protecting, restoring, or improving habitat for the greater sage-grouse or mule deer; and modify the organic certification requirements for imported agricultural products.

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Timeline
Jun 11, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Jun 11, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 13, 2018
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 18, 2018
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Roberts with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jun 18, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470.
Dec 20, 2018

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-2
Signed by President.
  • June 11, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 11, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


  • June 13, 2018
    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.


  • June 18, 2018
    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Roberts with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.


  • June 18, 2018
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470.


  • December 20, 2018

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-2
    Signed by President.
Pat Roberts

Pat Roberts

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (1)
Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • HR 115-2218: To expand the Big Laurel Branch Wilderness and Sampson Mountain Wilderness in the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-7004: To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 with respect to the definition of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-6500: To expand the availability of programs of the Department of Agriculture to veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-5325: To amend title 40, United States Code, to reauthorize regional economic and infrastructure development programs.
  • HR 115-3566: To strengthen resources to combat the heroin and opioid epidemic in rural communities across America.
  • HR 115-4420: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to address critical conservation conditions under the regional conservation partnership program, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-2654: A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-2997: A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to advance carbon utilization technologies, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-3360: A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging the provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-3567: To authorize the purchase of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted