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      "summary": "Federal farm support, nutrition, agricultural trade and food aid, conservation, credit, marketing,\nrural\ndevelopment, agricultural research, and related policies are governed by a variety of separate laws. \nAlthough these laws may be considered and amended as free-standing legislation, many of them are\nevaluated periodically, revised, and renewed through an omnibus, multi-year farm bill.\n  \n  On May 2, 2002, the House voted, 280 to 141, to approve the conference report on a new,\n6-year omnibus farm bill ( H.R. 2646 ;  H.Rept. 107-424 ). The Senate approved the\nconference report on May 8, and the President signed the bill, the Farm Security and Rural\nInvestment Act (FSRIA) of 2002, into law ( P.L. 107-171 ) on May 13, 2002. The new law generally\nsupersedes the previous omnibus farm bill, the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR)\nAct of 1996 ( P.L. 104-127 ), much of it due to expire in 2002.\n  FSRIA 2002 continues marketing loans and fixed payments, and creates new counter-cyclical\nassistance tied to target prices (similar in some ways to a guaranteed per-bushel pricing system\neliminated in 1996) for grains, cotton, and oilseeds. The new law extends, with modifications, dairy\nand sugar support (the bill creates new counter-cyclical payments for dairy), and it overhauls the\npeanut program by replacing quotas with a support program like that for other major crops. The final\nbill also contains titles to expand conservation programs; reauthorize agricultural export and food\naid programs; and amend and extend research, nutrition (food stamps), credit, and rural development\nactivities, among others.\n  Total direct (mandatory budget authority) spending in the bill is $273.9 billion over 6 years\n(FY2002-2007), according to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates (March 2002 baseline). \nOf this total, $51.7 billion is new spending (above the March 2002 baseline). Of the new spending,\n$37.6 billion is for commodity programs; $9.2 billion is for conservation. About 55% ($149.6\nbillion) of the bill's $273.9 billion in total direct spending is for food stamps and other nutrition-title\nprograms. The nutrition programs received $2.8 billion in new spending (above baseline).\n  The new farm law has attracted widespread criticism from those here and abroad who argue that\nit is extremely expensive; will reverse the market-oriented course Congress had charted for long-term\nfarm policy in 1996; stimulate overproduction, thus depressing farm prices and distorting trade\nworldwide; and undermine the U.S. objective of further reforming global agricultural trade. \nProponents counter that the law is needed to aid farmers hit by several years of low prices; fully\ncomplies with congressional spending limits and current U.S. trade obligations; maintains market\norientation by providing farmers with the flexibility to plant most crops, unbound by government\nsupply controls; and places the United States in a stronger position to negotiate future trade reforms\nby ensuring that U.S. farmers will not be unilaterally shorn of their support before other countries\ncommit to reducing their own subsidies and trade barriers.",
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