3.0.0 919 2023-01-11T19:45:45Z 2023-01-11T19:45:45Z Senate S S 2007-03-20 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-20T19:29:21Z Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 110 1551 HR 2007-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Identical bill CRS 2007-03-20 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-03-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3354-3355) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-03-20 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-03-20 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2007-03-20 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-03-20 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2007-04-10 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-05-11 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation Agricultural credit Agricultural extension work Agricultural pollution Agricultural research Agricultural subsidies Agricultural wastes Alternative energy sources Animals Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Biological diversity Biomass energy Carbon cycle Chesapeake Bay Commerce Community colleges Competitive bidding Congress Congressional reporting requirements Connecticut Conservation easements Dairy industry Dams Defense procurement Diet Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic benefits transfers Elementary and secondary education Endangered species Energy Energy crops Energy efficiency Energy facilities Energy research Environmental Protection Environmental research Families Farm lands Farm manure Farm produce Farms Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Fishery management Fishes Food prices Food stamps Forest conservation Forest ecology Forest health Forest management Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government procurement Grants-in-aid Grazing Great Lakes Groundwater Habitat conservation Higher education Hispanic Americans Income Indian education Integrated pest management Interest rates Iowa Irrigation Land transfers Land use Livestock Marketing of farm produce Massachusetts Methane Military dependents Minnesota Minorities Minority business enterprises Minority education Mississippi River Montana New Jersey New York State Non-native species North Dakota Nutrition Open space lands Organic farming Pennsylvania Physical fitness Poverty Predator control Private forests Protection of animals Public Lands and Natural Resources Range management Real estate appraisal Research and development Restoration ecology Riparian ecology Rivers School lunch program Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare South Dakota Sports and Recreation Standards Stream conservation Technological innovations Technology transfer Vegetables WIC program Water Resources Development Water conservation Water pollution control Water quality Watersheds Wetlands Agriculture and Food 00 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-11T16:56:15Z Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 - Extends: (1) the conservation reserve program; (2) the wetlands reserve program; (3) the conservation security program; (4) the grassland reserve program; (5) the environmental quality incentives program; (6) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (7) the agricultural management assistance program;

Establishes: (1) the cooperative conservation partnership initiative; (2) the community forestry and open space conservation program; (3) an integrated pest management initiative; (4) a conservation initiative for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; (5) a conservation planning pilot program; and (6) a cooperative conservation educational assistance program.

Authorizes a conservation loan guarantee program.

Revises: (1) the farmland protection program; and (2) funding for the healthy forests reserve program.

Revises and extends the biorefinery development program.

Extends: (1) the energy audit and renewable energy development program; (2) the renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program; (3) the Department of Agriculture bioenergy program; (4) biomass research and development; and (5) carbon cycle research.

Extends: (1) the community food project grant program; (2) the farm-to-cafeteria program; (3) the women, infants, and children (WIC) farmers' market nutrition program; (4) the senior farmers' market nutrition program; and (5) farmers' market promotion program.

Establishes: (1) a fruit and vegetable nutrition promotion program; (2) a food stamp fruit and vegetable electronic transfer pilot program; and (3) a farm viability program (currently, program authority is discretionary).

Provides for Department of Defense and Department of Agriculture procurement of locally produced agricultural products.

Extends: (1) the organic agriculture research and extension initiative; (2) education grant programs for Hispanic-serving institutions; (3) the value-added agricultural product market development grant program; and (4) and revises the national organic certification and transition cost share program.

]]> Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize Department of Agriculture conservation and energy programs and certain other programs of the Department, to modify the operation and administration of these programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s919is/xml/BILLS-110s919is.xml 2007-03-20 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.