A Whole-Farm Crop Disaster Program Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE)

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural insurance.

Agricultural subsidies.

Disaster relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2011

Summary:

Explains workings of the supplemental revenue assistance (SURE) program in P.L. 110-246, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, which provides payments to producers for crop revenue losses due to natural disaster or adverse weather that were incurred on or before September 30, 2011, and compensates eligible producers for a portion of losses that are not eligible for an indemnity payment under a crop insurance policy. Examines SURE interaction with other Government programs, funding source and expected outlays, SURE payments for 2008 and 2009 losses, program implementation issues, and issues in the 112th Congress

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Whole-Farm Crop Disaster Program

Publisher Number:

CRS-2011-RSI-0721

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