3.0.0 2487 2023-01-13T04:48:48Z 2023-01-13T04:48:48Z Senate S S 2006-03-31 109 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-03-31T16:57:17Z Improving Access to Medicare Part D Act of 2006 109 5297 HR 2006-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . Related bill CRS 2006-03-31 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2006-03-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2690) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-31 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 2006-03-31 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2006-03-31 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2006-03-31 True S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2006-03-31 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2006-03-31 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2006-04-25 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2006-05-05 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2006-06-27 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2006-08-03 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2006-11-13 False Agriculture and Food Administrative remedies Agricultural conservation Agricultural credit Agricultural estimating and reporting Agricultural innovations Agricultural machinery Agricultural prices Agricultural research Agricultural subsidies Agriculture in foreign trade Animals Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Exotic plants Finance and Financial Sector Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign trade promotion Free trade Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Intellectual property International Affairs Law Marketing of farm produce Nontariff trade barriers Patents Pest control Plant breeding Plant protection Produce trade Public Lands and Natural Resources Science, Technology, Communications Strategic planning Sustainable agriculture Trade agreements Trees Vegetables Veterinary medicine Agriculture and Food 00 2006-03-31 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-09T19:15:41Z Specialty Crops Competition Act of 2006 - Defines "specialty crop" as each U.S. agricultural crop other than wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, dry peas, lentils, chickpeas, 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.

Obligates funds for fruit and vegetable marketing news activities.

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: (1) a national specialty crops development initiative grants program; (2) research on mechanized harvesting and new production and processing methods; and (3) a national clean plant network.

Establishes the Invasive Pest and Disease Response Fund in the Treasury to support emergency eradication and research activities.

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

Authorizes food safety initiatives.

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 Competition Act of 2006 Display Title Specialty Crops Competition Act of 2006 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 Competition Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2487is/xml/BILLS-109s2487is.xml 2006-03-31 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.