{ "id": "RS21138", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORT", "number": "RS21138", "active": false, "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "versions": [ { "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs2126/", "id": "RS21138_2002Apr26", "date": "2002-04-26", "retrieved": "2005-06-10T18:25:34", "title": "Farm Commodity Payment Limits: Comparison of Proposals", "summary": "This report discusses U.S. policy regard farm commodities. Greater public awareness of the size of commodity program payments reaching a\r\ncomparatively small number of very large farms has focused the attention of Congress on payment limits. Limits on commodity program payments have been imposed since 1970. As part of the emergency economic assistance packages enacted each of the past\r\nthree years, the payment limits have been doubled. In addition, a mechanism has been developed that allows farms to circumvent the limit on loan deficiency payments, namely commodity certificates", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORT", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "filename": "files/20020426_RS21138_efb63f962e76154726b37537419cfea378e8b6b6.pdf" }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20020426_RS21138_efb63f962e76154726b37537419cfea378e8b6b6.html" } ], "topics": [ { "source": "LIV", "id": "Agriculture", "name": "Agriculture" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Agricultural subsidies", "name": "Agricultural subsidies" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Agricultural law and legislation", "name": "Agricultural law and legislation" } ] } ], "topics": [] }