Number: RL31581
Title: Trade Title of the 2002 Farm Bill: Comparison of Final Provisions with the House and Senate Proposals, and Prior Law
Authors: Geoffrey S. Becker, Resources, Science and Industry Division 
Abstract: Exports, whether commercial or provided as food aid, are viewed by most U.S. agricultural groups as critical to their prosperity. This, the trade and food aid provisions of the omnibus farm bill, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (H.R. 2646), signed into law (P.L. 107-171) by the President on May 13, 2002, are of great interest to the agricultural community. This report provides a side-by-side comparison of the new law's major trade provisions with prior law, and with the differing farm bills passed earlier in the 107th Congress by the House and Senate.
Pages: 18
Date: Updated September 27, 2002