# 110-hr-6849: To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.

110-hr-6849, To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes., is a 110th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] (D-NC); status Became Public Law No: 110-398. (as of 2025-10-20).

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## Facts
- Bill: 110-hr-6849
- Congress: 110
- Title: To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.
- Status: Became Public Law No: 110-398.
- Introduced: 2008-09-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-10-20

## Summary

To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.

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## Sources
- [110-hr-6849 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6849)

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