About the bill
H.R. 2521 amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include South Carolina as a part of the Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region for purposes of appoint to the Peanut Standards Board.
The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Peanut Standards Board (Board) for the purpose of advising the Secretary on quality and handling standards for domestically produced and imported peanuts. The Board is comprised of 18 members equally divided between producers and ...
Sponsor and status
Joe Wilson
Sponsor. Representative for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Republican.
- Introduced:
May 18, 2017
115th Congress, 2017–2019- Status:
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Died in a previous Congress
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on October 31, 2017 but was never passed by the Senate.
History
H.R. 2521 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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