The Legislative Histories Collection, originally compiled by the USDA Office of the General Counsel, includes over 1500 key federal agricultural legislative histories spanning 1921-1971. The newly digitized collection covers a range of agricultural laws and topics including the farm bills, nutrition and food aid programs, rural development, and price supports.
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These legislative histories will be of interest to students, legal scholars, attorneys, and other legal professionals. It contains summaries, bills, hearings, digests and reports that will be useful to researchers trying to gain insight into legislative intent and additional history behind the enactment of a particular law. The documents are unique as they contain USDA notations, papers, and reports not found in commercial legal publications.
