Farming Flexibility Act of 2011
Latest action · Jul 27, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 27, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Farming Flexibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to consider mung beans and pulse crops as covered commodities whose planting on base acres is prohibited unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest.
Provides that: (1) as of crop year 2012 producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for any covered commodity for a crop year by one acre for each acre used for the production of fruits or vegetables (other than potatoes) for processing; (2) such acres devoted to fruits or vegetables shall be included in base acres for the covered commodity for the subsequent crop year unless the producers on the farm make the election to produce fruits and vegetables for the subsequent crop year; and (3) if a farm's base acres are recalculated the production of fruits or vegetables shall be considered to be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of a covered commodity.
Requires producers to: (1) demonstrate that they have entered into a contract to produce a fruit or vegetable crop for processing, (2) produce such crop as part of a crop rotation program to achieve agronomic and pest and disease management benefits, and (3) provide evidence of the crop's disposition.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2011 to Oct 5, 2011; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| R-IN | Marlin A. Stutzman | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| R-IL | Robert T. Schilling | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| R-WI | Sean P. Duffy | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Jul 27, 2011 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Sep 12, 2011 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Sep 13, 2011 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Sep 15, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Sep 19, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Timothy V. Johnson | Sep 29, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 27, 2011 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2011Introduced in House
- Jul 27, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5661.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-30 | THE FUTURE OF U.S. FARM POLICY: FORMULATION OF THE 2012 FARM BILL1,639 pages | Agriculture Committee | Mar 9, 2012–Apr 20, 2012 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44390 | The Role of Local and Regional Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy Archived | Report | Feb 18, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1427 | Farming Flexibility Act of 2011 | Identical bill | Jul 27, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Farming Flexibility Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
