legislation: 98-s-1895

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98-s-1895 98 s 1895 Emergency Feed Assistance Act of 1983 Emergency Management 1983-09-27 1983-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] TX D B000401 3 Emergency Feed Assistance Act of 1983 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit farmers and ranchers to qualify for disaster assistance whether or not their counties have been designated as disaster areas. States that during the period July 1, 1983 through September 30, 1984, findings of the Secretary of Agriculture under such Act that a natural disaster exists in an area shall be deemed as determinations that an emergency exists for purposes of: (1) reserve wheat and feed grain inventories under the Agricultural Act of 1970; (2) the livestock and poultry emergency feed program under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977; and (3) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) surplus feed sales. Directs the Secretary to make such disaster assistance available for the preservation of foundation herds of livestock and poultry until September 30, 1984, or earlier as the Secretary may determine. 2025-08-29T17:42:02Z  

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