3.0.0 2118 2023-01-11T15:48:00Z 2023-01-11T15:48:00Z House H HR 2007-05-02 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-31T13:24:54Z Referred to 2007-05-02T14:01:40Z National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2007 110 971 S 2007-03-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3621-3624) Related bill CRS 2007-05-31 hsag00 Agriculture Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Committee 2007-05-31 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2007-05-02 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2007-05-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 N B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2007-05-02 True M001146 Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8] Jim Marshall D GA 8 2007-05-02 True G000546 Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] SAM GRAVES R MO 6 2007-05-02 True P000586 Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] ADAM PUTNAM R FL H. 12 2007-05-02 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2007-05-02 True A000358 Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] W. AKIN R MO TODD 2 2007-05-02 True C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2007-05-17 False S000030 Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA 47 2007-07-25 False Agriculture and Food Advice and consent of the Senate Agricultural conservation Agricultural education Agricultural innovations Agricultural production Agricultural research Alternative energy sources Biological warfare Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Agriculture Developing countries Economics and Public Finance Education Energy Energy crops Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Farm produce Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Food safety Food supply Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Health Higher education Hunger International competitiveness Obesity Presidential appointments Research centers Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Sustainable agriculture Terrorism Agriculture and Food 00 2007-05-02 Introduced in House 2007-05-30T21:26:26Z National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2007 - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which shall be an agency composed of a Director (who shall be an agricultural researcher and scientist) and a Standing Council of Advisors.

Authorizes the Director to establish standing committees. Requires the Director to establish: (1) an Office of Advanced Science and Application which shall monitor national needs and advances in research to identify problems for which solutions are realistically achievable through research; (2) an Office of Scientific Assessment and Liaison which shall monitor programs and expenditures; and (3) an Office of Scientific Personnel which shall assess the number of, and need for additional, agricultural scientists in the United States.

Directs the Institute to provide grants to support and promote the highest quality of fundamental agricultural research, including grants to fund research proposals submitted by: (1) individual scientists; (2) research centers composed of a single institution or multiple institutions; and (3) other individuals and entities from the private and public sectors, including Department and other federal researchers.

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