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2025-07-21T19:44:15Z
House
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2023-03-28
118
[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BLUMENAUER:H.R. 1824.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:Agriculture[Page H1528]
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Standing
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Work and Welfare Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2024-12-17T15:45:07Z
  - Referred To
2023-03-28T14:01:40Z
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Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred To
2023-03-28T14:01:50Z
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Education and Workforce Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred To
2023-03-28T14:01:45Z
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Agriculture Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred To
2023-03-28T14:01:35Z
- 2024-12-17
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Work and Welfare Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Committee
- 2023-03-28
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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
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House floor actions
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Foreign Affairs Committee
- 2023-03-28
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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
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Education and Workforce Committee
- 2023-03-28
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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
- 2023-03-28
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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
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Agriculture Committee
- 2023-03-28
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E271)
IntroReferral
B00100
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Library of Congress
- 2023-03-28
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
2023-04-26T19:00:23Z
00
2023-03-28
Introduced in House
2024-02-27T16:22:58Z
Food and Farm Act
This bill reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address
- commodity support,
- crop insurance,
- conservation,
- food assistance,
- nutrition,
- farm credit,
- beginning farmers and ranchers,
- food waste,
- research and educational programs,
- animal welfare, and
- regional food systems.
The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to
- repeal the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program and the Price Loss Coverage Program;
- impose additional limits on farm subsidies;
- extend crop insurance premium subsidies to farmers who plant crops to reduce erosion;
- require recipients of farm subsidies to comply with additional conservation requirements;
- authorize increased funding for conservation programs;
- authorize additional assistance under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for organic farmers;
- establish a loan program for conservation-based structural improvements;
- increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits;
- establish tax credits for the sale of qualified farming property to socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, veteran farmers or ranchers, and beginning farmers or ranchers (and the purchase of farming property by such farmers or ranchers);
- establish the Office of Food Waste within USDA;
- authorize additional funding for research and education programs;
- establish an independent animal welfare certification tax credit;
- require USDA to comply with certain animal welfare standards at federal agricultural research centers; and
- expand grant and loan programs for local and regional food systems.

Food and Farm Act
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Food and Farm Act
2024-07-24T15:23:10Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Food and Farm Act
2024-05-24T13:41:27Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
6

To reform the safety net for farmers and ranchers, enhance soil, water, and habitat conservation, encourage beginning farmers and ranchers, strengthen nutrition for Americans, support agriculture research and innovation, reduce food waste, improve animal welfare, and invest in regional food systems, and for other purposes.
2024-03-18T20:31:50Z
Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2023-03-28T04:00:00Z
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
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