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Senate passes Farm Security Special Fund after rejecting floor amendment to limit awards
Summary
The Vermont Senate passed S.60, establishing a Farm Security Special Fund to provide grants for farm losses due to weather conditions, after rejecting a floor amendment that would have limited awards and prioritized first-time recipients.
The Vermont Senate passed S.60, an act to establish a Farm Security Special Fund to provide grants for farm losses due to weather conditions. Before final passage a floor amendment offered additional eligibility and prioritization rules; senators debated the amendment and ultimately rejected it, and the bill then passed on third reading.
The floor amendment, presented by a senator identified in the transcript as the Senator from Chittenden, would have added three requirements: a limit of no more than three awards…
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