An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 113-117 to set the target price for all crops at 55 percent of the five ye ar rolling Olympic average. The amendment also changes the acreage available for target price support to 85 percent of the farmer's base acres.
What it does: 2 changes: replaces text in 2 placesWhat it changes
2 changes to H.R. 1947
Change 1: Replaces “total acres planted for the year” with “base acres”
[struck: total acres planted for the year][inserted: base acres]Original wording
Page 18, beginning on line 21, strike “total acres planted for the year” and insert “base acres”.
Change 2: Rewrites page 21, lines 1–22
ReplacesPrinted pageRemoves page 21, lines 1–22 of the printed bill. See that page
Inserted: (16) Reference price.--The term "reference price", with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the product obtained by multiplying--
Inserted: (A) 55 percent; by
Inserted: (B) the average of the national marketing year average price for the five most recent crop years, excluding each of the crop years with the highest and lowest prices.
Original wording
Page 21, strike lines 1 through 22 and insert the following:
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As printed
Page 18, beginning on line 21, strike “total acres planted for the year” and insert “base acres”.
Page 21, strike lines 1 through 22 and insert the following:
(16) Reference price.--The term “reference price”, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the product obtained by multiplying--
(A) 55 percent; by
(B) the average of the national marketing year average price for the five most recent crop years, excluding each of the crop years with the highest and lowest prices.
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House amendment offered
June 19, 2013
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House amendment offered
June 19, 2013
House amendment offered/reported by: Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Gibbs.(consideration: CR H3855-3856; text: CR H3855)
June 19, 2013 • 3:30 PM
Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Gibbs. (consideration: CR H3855-3856; text: CR H3855)
June 19, 2013 • 3:30 PM
By unanimous consent, the Gibbs amendment was withdrawn. (consideration: CR H3856)
June 19, 2013 • 3:37 PM