3.0.0 1422 2023-01-11T16:47:41Z 2023-01-11T16:47:41Z Senate S S 2007-05-17 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-17T20:10:19Z Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2007 110 2242 S 2007-10-25 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 446. Related bill CRS 2007-05-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-05-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6301-6302) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N Agriculture and Food Acreage allotments Agricultural conservation Agricultural credit Agricultural subsidies Alternative energy sources American Samoa Biomass energy Block grants Child nutrition Crop insurance Dairy industry Dairy products Day care Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Energy Energy crops Energy research Environmental Protection Families Farm income Farm lands Finance and Financial Sector Food relief Food stamps Forest conservation Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Groundwater Income tax Individual retirement accounts International Affairs International relief Labor and Employment Marketing of farm produce Military pay Nongovernmental organizations Nutrition Public Lands and Natural Resources Puerto Rico Range management Research and development School lunch program Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Taxation Vegetables Water Resources Development Water conservation Agriculture and Food 00 2007-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-26T18:51:22Z Farm Risk Management Act for the 21st Century - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to contract with eligible operators and producers (risk management account contracts) to: (1) provide a reserve to assist in the stabilization of farm income during low-revenue years; (2) assist operators and producers to invest in value-added farms; and (3) recognize high levels of environmental stewardship.

Sets forth risk management account contract provisions, including: (1) administration; (2) direct payments; (3) stewardship payments; (4) account transfers; and (5) tax treatment.

Extends counter-cyclical payments.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to: (1) replace current national dairy market loss payment provisions with dairy payment provisions through FY2012; (2) revise and extend funding authority for the McGovern-Dole international food for education and child nutrition program; (3) extend funding for testing of biobased products for the federal biobased procurement program; (4) revise and extend the biorefinery development program; (5) revise and extend the rural renewable energy development program; and (6) replace current renewable and energy systems and energy improvements provisions with the rural energy for America program (funds through FY2014).

Establishes a recourse loan program for each loan commodity through crop year 2014.

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend: (1) the wetlands reserve program and increase maximum program acreage enrollment; (2) the environmental quality incentives program; (3) the conservation innovation grants program; and (4) the ground and surface water conservation program.

Increases grassland reserve program maximum acreage enrollment.

Extends authority to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds and facilities to carry out specified conservation-related programs.

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 with respect to: (1) combat pay and retirement account exclusions; (2) standard deduction increases; (3) child care deduction limits; (4) state cost-sharing during natural disasters; (5) minimum benefits; (6) program reauthorization; (7) program administration; (8) cash payment pilot projects; (9) block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa; (10) the commodity distribution program; (11) outreach grants; (12) the emergency food assistance program; and (13) community food projects.

Establishes a community food assistance and food bank infrastructure grant program for eligible emergency feeding organizations.

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to extend: (1) the fruit and vegetable program; and (2) the farm to school program.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to offer to enter into a contract or grant agreement with a primary nongovernmental organization to establish the National Food for the Hungry Transportation Fund to track, collect, and deliver time-sensitive food products.

Extends: (1) the forest land enhancement program; (2) the healthy forests reserve program; (3) the biomass research and development program; (4) the federal crop insurance adjusted gross revenue insurance pilot program; (5) the farmers' market promotion program; and (6) the fruit and vegetable nutrition promotion program.

]]> Farm Risk Management Act for the 21st Century Display Title Farm Risk Management Act for the 21st Century Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide to agricultural operators and producers a reserve to assist in the stabilization of farm income during low-revenue years, to assist operators and producers to invest in value-added farms, to promote higher levels of environmental stewardship, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Farm Risk Management Act for the 21st Century Introduced in Senate 2007-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1422is/xml/BILLS-110s1422is.xml 2007-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.