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H.R. 5439

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To require that United States contributions to the fund established by the United States and Brazil to provide technical assistance and capacity building be offset by reductions in direct payments for cotton producers under the Farm Bill.
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Committee
Latest Action · May 27, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
May 27, 2010
Cosponsors (4)
3D 1R
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Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to reduce the upland cotton payment rate to offset the full cost of any U.S. contributions to the fund established by the United States and Brazil to provide technical assistance and capacity building as part of the resolution of the cotton dispute brought by Brazil against the United States in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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