3.0.0 2902 2023-01-14T22:48:36Z 2023-01-14T22:48:36Z Senate S S 2004-10-06 108 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-10-06T22:14:29Z Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 108 3242 HR 2004-12-21 Became Public Law No: 108-465. Related bill CRS 2004-10-06 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2004-10-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/7/2004 S10575) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2004-10-06 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2004-10-06 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2004-11-16 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2004-11-16 False H.R.3242 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/3242 Agriculture and Food Administrative remedies Agricultural conservation Agricultural credit Agricultural research Agricultural subsidies Agriculture in foreign trade Air pollution control Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Department of Agriculture Developing countries Economic assistance Economic development Economics and Public Finance Employee training Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Exotic plants Exports Federal installations Finance and Financial Sector Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign trade promotion Free trade Fruit Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Income Integrated pest management Intellectual property International Affairs International competitiveness Labor and Employment Law Marketing of farm produce Marketing orders Methyl bromide Non-native species Nontariff trade barriers Patent infringement Patents Pest control Pesticides Plant breeding Plant diseases Plant protection Plant quarantine Produce trade Public Lands and Natural Resources Quality of products Revolving funds Risk Science, Technology, Communications Sustainable agriculture Trade agreements Trees Urban affairs Urban growth Vegetables Virginia Agriculture and Food 00 2004-10-06 Introduced in Senate 2004-11-18T15:50:17Z Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 - Defines "specialty crop" as each U.S. agricultural crop other than wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco.

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide for marketing order specialty crop food safety programs.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to: (1) increase assistance for the tree assistance program; (2) provide for increased fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop purchases; and (3) increase and extend specialty crop technical assistance.

Authorizes appropriations for maintenance of the Agricultural Marketing Service inspection training center in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Makes grants to enhance specialty crop competitiveness.

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to obligate funds for specialty crop operating loans.

Provides for: (1) the study of the extent to which U.S. specialty crops have or have not benefited from any reductions of foreign trade barriers; and (2) a foreign market access strategy plan based on such study.

Establishes a division in the Department of Agriculture to process petitions for reducing sanitary and phytosanitary export barriers and an office to develop and protect intellectual property rights in plants and plant materials.

Amends Federal patent law to define "essentially derived plant."

Provides for specified additional research initiatives.

Establishes a fund to support emergency eradication and research activities.

Provides for independent scientific advice and peer review with regard to specialty crop import and export requests.

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to remove the income limitation from the environmental quality incentives program.

Addresses the development of voluntary sustainable practices guidelines for producers and processors of specialty crops.

]]> Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 Display Title Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of highly nutritious fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops for American consumers and international markets by enhancing the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-06T04:00:00Z 2004-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.