3.0.0 3562 2023-01-13T04:50:31Z 2023-01-13T04:50:31Z House H HR 2005-07-28 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2005-10-12T19:06:24Z Referred to 2005-07-28T14:13:35Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2005-08-04T20:00:40Z Referred to 2005-07-28T14:13:30Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-07-28T14:13:25Z Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act 109 1556 S 2005-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9474-9475) Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2005-10-12 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Committee 2005-08-04 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2005-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2005-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000762 Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] DARLENE HOOLEY D OR 5 N Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agribusiness Agricultural cooperatives Agricultural subsidies Agriculture in foreign trade Aquaculture Authorization Block grants Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Crop insurance Department of Agriculture Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Executive reorganization Exports Farm produce Farmers Federal officials Finance and Financial Sector Fisheries Fishery products Flowers Foreign Trade and International Finance Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Horticulture Insurance premiums International Affairs Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marketing of farm produce Nontariff trade barriers Nuts Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Organic farming Produce trade Quality control Quality of products School lunch program Shellfish Social Welfare Standards Tariff Trade agreements Vegetables Agriculture and Food 00 2005-07-28 Introduced in House 2005-11-16T17:07:15Z Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act - Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include within the definition of specialty crop: (1) farm-raised or wild-harvested fish and shellfish; and (2) organically produced specialty crops.

Makes the authorization of appropriations for state specialty crop block grants permanent.

Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to replace the agricultural marketing resource center pilot project with a state block grant program for value-added agricultural product market development.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an incentive program for third-party certification of agricultural producers and processors for quality and production practices that increase agricultural commodity marketability or value. Provides for up 50% reimbursement of participant certification costs.

Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the adjusted gross revenue insurance pilot program as a permanent program. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) expand the program to cover any county in which crops are produced; and (2) grant temporary policy subsidies for producers located in a county that has a high level of specialty crop production and has not had a high level of crop insurance coverage coverage.

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) make available to students in not more than 100 schools in each state, and in elementary and secondary schools on one Indian reservation, free fresh and dried fruits and vegetables throughout the school day in one or more school-designated areas; and (2) give priority to states that produce large quantities of specialty crops.

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase operating loan limits for loans guaranteed other than by the Secretary. Revises the related inflation percentage determination.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to establish the position of Assistant United States Trade Representative for Specialty Crops.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to increase the authorization of appropriations for specialty crop technical assistance.

]]> Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act Display Title Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to increase the authorization of appropriations for grants to support the competitiveness of specialty crops, to amend the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to improve the program of value-added agricultural product market development grants by routing funds through State departments of agriculture, to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require a nationwide expansion of the adjusted gross revenue insurance program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act Introduced in House 2005-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3562ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3562ih.xml 2005-10-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. 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.