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The 2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Oct. 12, 2001
Report Number IB10085
Authors Geoffrey S. Becker, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Federal farm support, food assistance, agricultural trade, marketing, and rural development policies are governed by a variety of separate laws. Although these laws may be considered and reauthorized as free-standing legislation, many of them are evaluated periodically, revised, and renewed through an omnibus, multi-year farm bill. The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-127) was the most recent omnibus farm bill, and many of its provisions expire in 2002.