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Introduced Session
112th Congress
Bill Summary
Aggregate Risk and Revenue Management Act of 2011 or the ARRM Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), regarding all covered commodities and peanuts during each of the 2013-2017 crop years, to give the operator, tenant, or sharecropper on a farm an opportunity to make an annual election for all producers on the farm to receive aggregate risk and revenue management payments for the crop year for which the election is made. (Replaces the average crop revenue election program with the ARRM program.) Repeals the direct and counter-cyclical payment programs for covered commodities and peanuts beginning with the 2013 crop year. Suspends permanent price support authority through December 31, 2017.
AI Summary
This bill, the Aggregate Risk and Revenue Management Act of 2011 (ARRM Act of 2011), amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a new program called the Aggregate Risk and Revenue Management (ARRM) program, which will replace the existing Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program for the 2013 through 2017 crop years. Under the ARRM program, the Secretary of Agriculture will offer farm operators, tenants, or sharecroppers the option to elect, on behalf of all producers on the farm, to receive annual aggregate risk and revenue management payments. This bill also repeals the direct and counter-cyclical payment programs for covered commodities and peanuts starting with the 2013 crop year and suspends permanent price support authority until December 31, 2017.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (4)
Last Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (on 09/23/2011)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1626/all-info |
| BillText | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1626is/pdf/BILLS-112s1626is.pdf |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1626is/pdf/BILLS-112s1626is.pdf.pdf |
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