DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE related term(s) Agriculture

Agreements

South Dakota Conservation Reserve Program-Wetlands Agreement, S10912 [24OC]

Amendments

Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1566, S1573, S1612, S1615 [22MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7167 [18JY], S7193, S7195, S7218, S7246, S7247, S7248, S7249, S7250, S7259, S7260, S7263 [19JY], S7307, S7314, S7325, S7332, S7334, S7337, S7342, S7344, S7348, S7351, S7353, S7354, S7355, S7356, S7358, S7361, S7365, S7366, S7367, S7368, S7369, S7370, S7400, S7401, S7402, S7403, S7404, S7405, S7406, S7407 [20JY], S7456 [21JY], S7490 [24JY], H3413 [18MY], H3475 [19MY], H3523, H3524, H3526 [22MY], H3650 [23MY], H3814 [24MY], H3869, H3870 [25MY], H3927 [6JN], H4122 [8JN], H4221 [12JN], H4337 [13JN], H4593 [15JN], H4784 [20JN], H4818 [21JN], H5037 [22JN], H5085 [23JN], H5169 [26JN], H5241, H5242 [27JN], H5436, H5437 [28JN], H5534, H5536, H5538, H5540, H5541, H5549, H5552, H5556, H5562, H5574, H5577, H5581, H5585, H5588, H5591, H5593, H5594, H5657, H5658 [29JN], H5684, H5687, H5689, H5692, H5693, H5694, H5696, H5700, H5701, H5705, H5709, H5710, H5712, H5714, H5738 [10JY], H5773, H5775, H5776, H5777, H5779, H5787 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9679 [11OC]

———making appropriations (S. 2536), S5364 [19JN]

Dams: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (H.R. 728), H6081 [17JY]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (S. 1762), S10934, S10943 [24OC]

Ecology and environment: encourage research and agricultural best practices to supplement the natural carbon cycle in soil (S. 1066), S10642 [17OC]

Information services: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), S4209, S4215, S4216 [18MY], H3892 [6JN]

Joe Rowell Park: land conveyance to Dolores, CO (S. 1972), S9980 [5OC]

Native Americans: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (S. 2751), S11258, S11274 [27OC]

Oregon: sell or exchange certain lands in the Deschutes National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (S. 1936), S11277 [27OC]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (S. 935), S962, S972 [29FE]

Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (S. 1892), S2799 [13AP]

San Bernardino National Forest: conveyance of a small parcel of public domain land (H.R. 3657), S10816, S10837 [19OC], H10504 [23OC]

Toiyabe National Forest: boundary adjustment (S. 439), S11741 [7DE]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), S10457 [12OC], S10945 [24OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8431 [28SE]

Articles and editorials

Apple Growers Getting Burned—Epidemic of Fire Blight Devastates Local Crop, S7352 [20JY]

Bad Apples—Fire Blight Is Taking Bite Out of Area Crops—Farmers Seek Federal Financial Assistance for Acres of Dying Trees, S7351 [20JY]

Big Sugar Seeks Bailout, Gives Money To Help Get Way, S7312 [20JY]

Buying the Baca, E1020 [15JN]

Castagnoli's Discovery May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease, H5558 [29JN]

Commercial Scale Cultivation of Pharmaceutical-Producing Tobacco Possible, Virginia Tech Scientists Find, H5559 [29JN]

Congressman Seeks U.S. Moratorium on Land Exchange, E1252 [14JY]

Don't Be Down on the Farm—What We Can Do To Preserve a National Treasure, S483-S485 [8FE]

End Sugar's Sweet Deal, S7312 [20JY]

In This Case, Tobacco Could Be a Lifesaver, H5560 [29JN]

Land Exchange Program Hurts Public—GAO Says, E1251 [14JY]

Land Exchange Programs Troubled, but Well Worth Fixing, E1394 [27JY]

Let's Make a Land Deal, E1394 [27JY]

New Dept. of Agriculture Inspection System, S3045 [1MY]

New Ventures Aim To Put Farms in Vanguard of Drug Production—Altering Gene Structure To ``Grow'' Medicines in Common Crops, H5561 [29JN]

Pettiness on Capitol Hill, S11116 [26OC]

Public Land Deals Better Not Cheat the Public, E1394 [27JY]

Remote Sensing Center Establishment, H5560 [29JN]

Sugar Growers Get Bailout—Purchase of Surplus Will Cost Taxpayers About $60 Million, S7316 [20JY]

TVA's Proposal To Auction Boone Forest Mineral Rights Stinks, S9477 [28SE]

Two Sides of the American Dream, S7315 [20JY]

Virginia Tech Begins Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Tobacco Plants Producing Pharmaceuticals, H5559 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions

Africa: support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 4378), H2605 [4MY]

Agriculture: authorize emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild chicken houses destroyed by disasters (see S. 2039), S489 [8FE] (see H.R. 3653), H373 [14FE]

———authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (see S. 2734), S5240 [15JN] (see S. 3001), S8105 [6SE]

———enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 2411), S2616 [12AP] (see S. 3243), S11131 [26OC]

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (see S. 2706), S4820 [8JN]

———establish an educational program to improve the risk management skills of agricultural producers (see H.R. 4018), H1118 [16MR]

———extend the term of marketing assistance loans and increase and make more equitable the loan rates on commodities (see H.R. 4979), H7128 [26JY]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see S. 2745), S5241 [15JN] (see H.R. 3996), H1077 [15MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (see S. 2251), S1461 [20MR]

———improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]

———payment of special loan deficiency payments to eligible producers who have suffered yield losses due to damaging weather or disasters (see H.R. 5125), H7364 [7SE]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see S. 2630), S4459 [25MY] (see H.R. 4652), H4484 [14JN]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (see H.R. 4321), H2338 [13AP]

———promote conservation of farm and ranch lands (see S. 3223), S10801 [19OC]

———provide apple growers with long-term, low-interest loans (see S. 2442), S2728 [13AP]

———provide compensation to wheat producers and elevator operators who sold wheat when the Federal Grain Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for official inspections of wheat protein content (see S. 3133), S9466 [28SE] (see H.R. 5160), H7502 [12SE]

———require licensing and inspection of warehouses and authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (see H.R. 5169), H7577 [13SE]

———review agribusiness mergers, enhance competition, and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 2744), S5241 [15JN]

———use of certain practices to meet the requirement for establishing approved vegetative cover on highly erodible cropland subject to conservation reserve contracts (see S. 2763), S5555 [21JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 2536), S3831 [10MY] (see H.R. 4461), H3171 [16MY] (see H.R. 5426), H9504 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration (see H. Res. 513), H3812 [24MY] (see H. Res. 538), H5239 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 617), H9634 [10OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 420), H9635 [10OC] (see H. Con. Res. 424), H9767 [11OC]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (see S. 2329), S1986 [30MR]

Animals: consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 4801), H5655 [29JN]

———emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches (see H.R. 4819), H5736 [10JY]

———evaluate and report on Federal and State laws that regulate private ownership of exotic wild animals (see H.R. 5360), H8735 [3OC]

Antitrust policy: prohibit excessive concentration resulting from mergers among certain purchasers, processors, and sellers of agricultural commodities and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 4339), H2339 [13AP]

Arkansas: sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites (see S. 3256), S11252 [27OC]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see S. 2707), S4820 [8JN]

Business and industry: require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (see S. 2252), S1461 [20MR]

California: facilitate a regional approach to the acquisition of permanent conservation easements in the Chino Basin (see H.R. 4691), H4674 [19JN]

CCC: use of Export Enhancement Program funds for international school feeding and other food aid programs (see S. 2985), S7840 [27JY]

Child Nutrition Act: increase the minimum amount available to States for State administrative expenses (see S. 3197), S10411 [12OC]

Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center: allow purchase of land in Florence, SC (see S. 3027), S8412 [12SE]

Credit: allow commodity producers to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop (see S. 2332), S1986 [30MR] (see H.R. 4523), H3649 [23MY]

———improve agricultural credit programs (see H.R. 4535), H3813 [24MY]

Crime: extend time period for filing complaints by growers for economic losses due to fradulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY (see H.R. 4965), H7127 [26JY]

Daniel Boone National Forest: transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain lands to the Dept. of Agriculture (see S. 3140), S9466 [28SE]

Discrimination: discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4591 [15JN]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (see S. 2079), S680 [22FE] (see H.R. 3685), H509 [16FE] (see H. Con. Res. 296), H1629 [30MR]

Ecology and environment: establish a carbon sequestration program to permit owners and operators of land to enroll the land in the program (see S. 2540), S3832 [10MY]

Emergency services: authorizing appropriations for State and local emergency responders (see S. 2389), S2526 [11AP] (see H.R. 4128), H1588 [29MR] (see H.R. 4146), H1628 [30MR]

Federal aid programs: increase number of farmers eligible for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans or loan deficiency payments and the amount of production for which such loans and payments are available (see H.R. 4524), H3649 [23MY]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers (see S. 2221), S1315 [8MR] (see H.R. 3863), H756 [8MR]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers for any month in which the national average price for Class III milk is less than a certain target price (see H.R. 5649), H12066 [8DE]

Food: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry (see S. 2760), S5555 [21JN]

———extend mandatory nutrition information labeling requirements to single-ingredient, raw meat, and poultry products (see H.R. 4175), H1763 [4AP]

———improve safety of shell eggs (see H.R. 3526), H48 [27JA]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 5532), H10808 [24OC]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see S. 2080), S680 [22FE]

Food industry: require Dept. of Agriculture report on safety and monitoring of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5095), H7209 [27JY]

———require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (see S. 3184), S10252 [11OC]

———safety of genetically engineered foods (see S. 2315), S1884 [29MR] (see H.R. 3883), H920 [9MR]

Foreign Service: establish the W. John Child Memorial Foreign Language Award for employees in the Foreign Service (see H.R. 5487), H10256 [18OC]

Foreign trade: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H254 [8FE]

———use the Export Enhancement Program to encourage the international sale of U.S. wheat when the importation of Canadian wheat into the U.S. reaches certain triggers (see S. 2913), S7542 [25JY]

Forest Service: sell Rocky Mountain Research Station and use proceeds to purchase interests in multiagency research and education facility constructed by the University of Idaho (see S. 3039), S8413 [12SE]

GAO: implement recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (see S. 3091), S8941 [21SE] (see H.R. 5367), H8735 [3OC]

Jackson, WY: develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 394), H7502 [12SE]

Lander County, NV: convey certain land for continued use as a cemetery (see S. 2842), S6347 [10JY] (see H.R. 4929), H6776 [24JY]

Milk: ensure producers receive a fair price for milk marketed for domestic consumption and establish a National Milk Pricing Board (see H.R. 5052), H7208 [27JY]

———provide direct payments to dairy producers based on milk prices (see H.R. 5051), H7208 [27JY]

Milk Price Support Program: extend at an increased price support rate (see S. 2996), S7840 [27JY] (see H.R. 3864), H756 [8MR]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4121), H1587 [29MR]

———require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (see H. Con. Res. 254), H510 [16FE]

———require public participation and congressional approval prior to designation of any national monument in Washington (see H.R. 3683), H509 [16FE]

National Boll Weevil Eradication Program: ensure all participating States are treated equitably (see S. 2732), S5240 [15JN]

National Centers for Distance Working: establish (see S. 2447), S2728 [13AP]

National Forest System: convey certain lands for use for educational purposes (see H.R. 5618), H11781 [1NO]

National School Lunch Act: carry out pilot projects to increase milk consumption and reduce the cost of milk served to children (see S. 3279), S11789 [14DE]

Native Americans: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (see S. 2751), S5360 [19JN]

———encourage efficient use of existing resources and assets relative to Indian agricultural research, development and exports (see S. 2282), S1671 [23MR]

Nevada: implementation of the Las Vegas Wash Wetland Restoration and Lake Mead Water Quality Improvement Project (see S. 2750), S5360 [19JN] (see H.R. 4692), H4674 [19JN]

Olives: allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (see H.R. 4218), H1957 [6AP]

Oregon: authorize sale or exchange of certain administrative sites and other National Forest System lands (see H.R. 4774), H5240 [27JN]

Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover pigeons distributed for use as human food (see H.R. 4073), H1404 [23MR]

Public lands: establish permanent recreation fee authority for Federal land management agencies (see S. 2817), S6121 [29JN]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H1118 [16MR]

Rural areas: provide cost share assistance for construction of reservoir structures for the storage of water in rural areas (see H.R. 5297), H8199 [26SE]

Safety: reauthorize authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs (see S. 3230), S10926 [24OC]

South Dakota: sell or exchange certain lands in the Black Hills National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (see H.R. 4226), H2012 [10AP]

States: extend authority to provide grants for agricultural mediation programs (see S. 2741), S5240 [15JN] (see H.R. 4688), H4591 [15JN]

Sumter County, SC: release interest in certain land, facilitate a land exchange, and provide for the conveyance to mineral interests in such land (see H.R. 4889), H6599 [19JY] (see H.R. 5141), H7365 [7SE]

Taxation: exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4212), H1957 [6AP]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S2106 [4AP]

———treatment of payments received pursuant to the Declaration on Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus (see H.R. 5211), H7870 [19SE]

Texas: convey certain National Forest System lands to the New Waverly Gulf Coast Trades Center (see H.R. 4285), H2337 [13AP]

Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H8799 [4OC]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (see S. 2737), S5240 [15JN] (see S. 3001), S8105 [6SE] (see H.R. 4788), H5654 [29JN]

———extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 632), H10036 [17OC]

Water: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see S. 3207), S10590 [13OC] (see H.R. 3910), H996 [14MR]

Conference reports

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 4461), H9461-H9502 [6OC]

Letters

BLM and Forest Service land exchange moratorium: Representative George Miller, E1251 [14JY]

Dept. of Agriculture authority on plant protection and quarantine: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E936 [9JN]

———Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), E936 [9JN]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Resources (House), E937 [9JN]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E936 [9JN]

Dept. of Agriculture development of an effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software: Keith Kelly, Dept. of Agriculture, H5769 [11JY]

———Representatives Minge and Gutknecht, H5770 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture emphasis on use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches: Phillip C. Ward, Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, H5717 [10JY]

Disaster assistance to fruit producers: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]

Fuel reduction programs in wildland-urban interface areas to reduce the risk of wildfires: Mike Dombeck, Forest Service, S6513 [12JY]

———New Mexico congressional delegation, S6513 [12JY]

Native Americans rural development programs funding: JoAnn K. Chase, National Congress of American Indians, S7374 [20JY]

———Veronica N. Gonzales, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, S7374 [20JY]

Price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane: Mary Barley, Everglades Trust, Inc., E1212 [11JY]

———Wade Steiger, S7324 [20JY]

Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act: Representative Dingell, H5688 [10JY]

Research on medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco funding: Charles W. Steger, Virginia Tech, H5557 [29JN]

———Kenneth L. Dretchen, Georgetown University Medical Center, H5557 [29JN]

———Larry B. Wooten, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, H5558 [29JN]

———Mary Anne Fox, North Carolina State University, H5557 [29JN]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act: several organizations, S1566 [22MR]

Senior citizen meal programs funding: Jan Bonine, National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, H9708 [11OC]

———Margot L. Clark, Meals on Wheels Association of America, H9707 [11OC]

———Michael F. Ouellette, Senior Citizens League, H9708 [11OC]

Valles Caldera Preservation Act: George T. Frampton, Jr., Council on Environmental Quality, H5804 [11JY]

———Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H5803 [11JY]

———Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H5805 [11JY]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, and FDA appropriations, S7314 [20JY]

National monuments added under the Antiquities Act by U.S. Presidents, S7030-S7032 [17JY]

Memorandums

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (S. 1608), S8523 [13SE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7307, S7323, S7328, S7348 [20JY], H8426 [28SE]

Press releases

Governor Requests Disaster Designation for Fruit Growers in South and Southwest Michigan: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]

Questions and answers

Emergency dairy payments contained in H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S10699 [18OC]

Remarks in House

Africa: support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African farmers to improve farming in Africa (H.R. 4378), H2601 [4MY]

African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H11248 [26OC]

Agricultural Research Service: peanut quality and postharvest processing research funding, H5785 [11JY]

Agriculture: disaster assistance to apple farmers in the Northeast, H5790 [11JY]

———disaster assistance to fruit producers, H5705 [10JY]

———emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers, H5785, H5786 [11JY]

———establish grants and loans for equity capital to establish farmer-owned cooperatives, H1566, H1567 [29MR]

———extend the term of marketing assistance loans and increase and make more equitable the loan rates on commodities (H.R. 4979), E1337 [27JY]

———Federal farm policies, H8606 [2OC]

———Fund for Rural America and the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems funding, H1603 [30MR]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (H.R. 3513), H1947 [6AP]

———international asparagus competitiveness grant and harvester funding, H5540, H5541, H5547 [29JN]

———National Plant Genome Initiative funding, H7897 [20SE]

———price supports for wool and mohair, H5776, H5777 [11JY]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese, H5683, H5684 [10JY]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power, H5704 [10JY]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

———specialty crops assistance funding, H1568 [29MR]

———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, E1212 [11JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5442-H5460, H5533-H5598 [29JN], H5683-H5723, H5724 [10JY], H5766-H5792 [11JY], H8426 [28SE], E1169 [30JN], E1198, E1206, E1209, E1211, E1212 [11JY], E1235 [14JY], E1305 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9638, H9639, H9681-H9709 [11OC], E1760 [12OC], E1784 [13OC], E1866 [19OC], E1891 [24OC], E1903 [25OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration (H. Res. 538), H5415-H5423 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9670-H9680 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), motion to instruct conferees, H8426-H8431 [28SE]

AID: employment of contractors for deployment of Food for Peace Program commodities, H5593, H5594 [29JN]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: emergency funding, H5552-H5555 [29JN]

Animals: emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, H5714-H5718 [10JY], H5766-H5769 [11JY]

———emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches (H.R. 4819), E1189 [10JY]

Carson National Forest: land conveyance to San Juan College (H.R. 695), H9618 [10OC]

CCC: disaster assistance funding for onion farmers in Orange County, NY, H5709, H5710 [10JY]

———limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5562-H5574 [29JN]

Civil rights: establish position of Assistant Sec. of Agriculture for Civil Rights, H5784 [11JY]

Claims: interest payments to certain farmers whose discrimination claims are in arrears, H5783 [11JY]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, H5783, H5784 [11JY]

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit funding, H5458 [29JN]

Colleges and universities: historically black colleges and universities funding for agricultural and food sciences research, H5536, H5537 [29JN]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs, H3292 [17MY]

Connecticut: recovery of disaster aid payments made to oyster harvesters, H5692, H5693 [10JY]

Crime: extend time period for filing complaints by growers for economic losses due to fradulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY (H.R. 4965), H10002 [17OC]

Dairy Export Incentive Program: export of nonfat dry milk, H5683 [10JY]

Dams: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects, H10005 [17OC], E1917 [25OC]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (H.R. 728), H6077-H6081 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: use available funds to implement special supplemental food benefit program for personnel stationed overseas, H9663 [11OC]

———use available funds to implement special supplemental food benefit program for personnel stationed overseas (H.R. 1779), H1551 [29MR]

Discrimination: resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (H. Con. Res. 296), H2623-H2628 [8MY]

Droughts: rural water needs funding, H5537, H5538, H5541 [29JN]

Emergency services: authorizing appropriations for State and local emergency responders, H9655 [11OC]

———firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H1473 [28MR], H1492, H1578-H1582 [29MR], H1592-H1594 [30MR], H1757-H1761 [4AP]

EPA: limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, H5687, H5688 [10JY], E1206 [11JY]

Farm Service Agency: develop effective interface between Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software, H5769, H5770, H5789, H5790 [11JY]

FDA: assessment of allergenicity of genetically engineered foods, H5594-H5596 [29JN]

———testing and recall of genetically engineered livestock feed sold for human consumption, H7741 [19SE]

Federal aid programs: disaster assistance to apple farmers in the Northeast, H1618 [30MR]

Federal employees: tribute to inspectors killed during inspection of Oakland, CA, sausage factory, E1287 [21JY]

Florida: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution and Florida State University joint aquaculture project funding, H5456 [29JN]

Food: improve safety of shell eggs, H5771, H5772 [11JY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material, H5782, H5783 [11JY]

———senior citizen meal programs funding, H9707 [11OC]

———senior citizen meal programs funding through reductions in Food for Peace Program, H5588-H5591 [29JN]

———vegetable production systems development funding, H5772 [11JY]

Food industry: efforts to combat monopolistic pricing practices and antitrust activities, E1169 [30JN]

———safety of genetically engineered foods (H.R. 3883), E2054 [1NO], E2072 [2NO]

Food Stamp Program: eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, H6604 [20JY]

Forest Service: watershed improvement and fish and wildlife protection programs funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program, H4448, H4467-H4474, H4479 [14JN]

Funding, H1490 [29MR]

GAO: implement recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (H.R. 5367), H8728-H8731 [3OC]

Gore, Vice President: announcement concerning the release of disaster assistance to fruit growers in Pennsylvania, E1161 [30JN]

Houston, TX: Children's Nutrition Research Center funding, H5789 [11JY], H9703 [11OC]

Information services: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), H1973-H1975 [10AP], H3892 [6JN]

Insects: Asian Longhorned Beetle eradication funding, H5551, H5552 [29JN]

Iran: inspection of imported agricultural products and fish, H5440, H5460, H5533, H5549-H5551 [29JN], H5704 [10JY]

Jackson, WY: develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), H7396, H7397 [12SE]

———develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 394), H7398 [12SE]

Joe Rowell Park: land conveyance to Dolores, CO (S. 1972), H11847, H11848 [13NO], H11936 [4DE], E2150 [7DE]

Market Access Program: funding, H5701-H5704 [10JY], H5789 [11JY]

Michigan: bovine tuberculosis research funding, H1511, H1552 [29MR]

Milk: provide direct payments to dairy producers based on milk prices (H.R. 5051), H7195 [27JY]

Montana: develop acquisition and disposal plan for consolidation of private and Federal lands, H2916-H2918 [11MY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress, H2329 [13AP]

———require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (H. Con. Res. 254), H496 [16FE]

National Academy of Sciences: genetically-engineered foods study funding, H5538-H5540 [29JN]

Nevada: implementation of the Las Vegas Wash Wetland Restoration and Lake Mead Water Quality Improvement Projects, H11828 [3NO]

Office of Natural Resources and the Environment: funding relative to proposed EPA rules on water quality total maximum daily load, H5574-H5577 [29JN]

Olives: allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (H.R. 4218), E509 [6AP]

Oregon: sell or exchange certain lands in the Deschutes National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (S. 1936), H9980, H9981 [17OC]

Peirce College: support proposal to obtain a Dept. of Agriculture distant learning grant, E1972 [28OC]

Plants: authority relative to protection and quarantine (H.R. 1504), E936 [9JN]

Poverty: colonias initiatives funding, H5591-H5593, H5598 [29JN]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, H5248 [27JN]

———use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, H5709, H5711, H5712 [10JY]

Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (H.R. 3288), E1020 [15JN]

———acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (S. 1892), H3753 [24MY], H5797-H5806 [11JY]

———eliminate hazardous fuels buildup and undertake other forest management projects to protect communities from wildfires (H.R. 1522), H3934 [7JN]

———GAO report on BLM and Forest Service land exchanges, E1250 [14JY], E1394 [27JY]

———restrict Federal acquisition of lands to certain designated areas, H2884-H2887 [10MY]

Research: medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco funding, H5556, H5557 [29JN]

———special grants funding, H5541-H5546 [29JN]

Retired Educators for Agricultural Programs (organization): funding, H5458 [29JN]

Rivers: establish a sediment and nutrient monitoring network for the Upper Mississippi River Basin, H2902, H2903 [10MY]

———reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (H.R. 4013), H1116 [16MR]

Rural Community Advancement Program: agritourism funding, H5581-H5584 [29JN]

San Bernardino National Forest: conveyance of a small parcel of public domain land (H.R. 3657), H7399-H7401 [12SE], H10504, H10505 [23OC]

School breakfast programs: research funding, H5712-H5714 [10JY], E1211 [11JY]

Shipping Fever Research Project: funding, H5772 [11JY]

South Dakota: sell or exchange certain lands in the Black Hills National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (H.R. 4226), H7659-H7661 [18SE]

Texas: convey certain National Forest System lands to the New Waverly Gulf Coast Trades Center (H.R. 4285), H7192, H7193 [27JY]

Tillamook County, OR: railroad reconstruction funding, H5586 [29JN]

Toiyabe National Forest: boundary adjustment (S. 439), H10522 [23OC]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), H9602-H9607 [10OC], E1917 [25OC]

———extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 632), H10003-H10005 [17OC]

Water: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (H.R. 3910), E301 [14MR]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: study to improve farming, S7372 [20JY]

Agriculture: authorize emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild chicken houses destroyed by disasters (S. 2039), S491 [8FE]

———authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (S. 2734), S5251 [15JN]

———disaster assistance to apple and potato producers, S7351-S7353, S7357 [20JY]

———disaster assistance to fruit producers, S7357 [20JY]

———disaster assistance to watermelon farmers, S10679 [18OC]

———enforcement of trade remedy laws, S10693 [18OC]

———enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 2411), S2625 [12AP], S4421 [25MY]

———enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 3243), S11132 [26OC]

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (S. 2706), S4849, S4850 [8JN]

———Federal farm policies, S312-S314 [3FE], S346-S348 [7FE], S483 [8FE], S1626 [23MR], S1807-S1809 [28MR], S4219 [22MY], S10608-S10611 [17OC]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (S. 2745), S5271 [15JN]

———grass seed producers emergency assistance funding, S2425 [7AP]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk, S3937 [15MY]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1556-S1586 [22MR], S1624-S1642, S1651 [23MR], S1807-S1809 [28MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), unanimous-consent agreement, S1563, S1564 [22MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), unanimous-consent request, S1556, S1562 [22MR]

———improve financial situation of family farmers and ranchers, S1443-S1447 [20MR]

———payment of disaster assistance to potato and apple farmers, S5364 [19JN]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (S. 2630), S4461 [25MY], S6107 [29JN]

———promote conservation of farm and ranch lands (S. 3223), S10805 [19OC]

———provide apple growers with long-term, low-interest loans (S. 2442), S2762 [13AP]

———provide compensation to wheat producers and elevator operators who sold wheat when the Federal Grain Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for official inspections of wheat protein content (S. 3133), S9473 [28SE]

———review agribusiness mergers, enhance competition, and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 2744), S5271 [15JN], S11385 [31OC]

———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, S7310-S7325 [20JY]

———tribute to Rally for Rural America and response to agricultural crisis, S1567-S1570 [22MR], S1626, S1627 [23MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S6344 [10JY], S7143-S7145 [18JY], S7174, S7193-S7216, S7218 [19JY], S7303-S7308, S7310-S7349, S7351-S7379, S7387 [20JY], S7437-S7441, S7456 [21JY], S7490 [24JY], S9019, S9029, S9030 [22SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, S10063-S10065 [6OC], S10147 [10OC], S10518-S10526 [13OC], S10608-S10611 [17OC], S10648, S10669-S10701, S10732 [18OC], S10792 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10334 [12OC], S10614 [17OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S10229 [11OC]

———making appropriations (S. 2536), S3937 [15MY]

Agriculture Research Service: establish Bioinformatics Institute for Model Plant Species, S7372 [20JY]

———New England Plant, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory funding, S7371 [20JY]

———postharvest handling and mechanization research relative to damaged fruit funding, S7370 [20JY]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (S. 2329), S1988 [30MR]

Animals: emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, S7365, S7366 [20JY]

Auburn University: Satsuma Orange research funding, S7369 [20JY]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (S. 2707), S4850 [8JN]

Bovine tuberculosis: declare as an emergency, S7373 [20JY]

Business and industry: require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (S. 2252), S1463 [20MR]

Butte, ND: effect of agribusiness and Federal agriculture policies on Butte Public School, S3185 [1MY]

CCC: emergency assistance funding for sugarcane producers in Hawaii, S7439 [21JY]

———use of Export Enhancement Program funds for international school feeding and other food aid programs (S. 2985), S7898 [27JY]

Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center: allow purchase of land in Florence, SC (S. 3027), S8415 [12SE]

Colleges and universities: historically black land-grant colleges and universities research and extension science funding, S7373 [20JY]

Connecticut: recovery of disaster aid payments made to oyster harvesters, S7438 [21JY]

Credit: allow commodity producers to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop (S. 2332), S1990 [30MR]

Crime: compensate growers for economic losses due to fradulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY, S4438, S4439 [25MY]

Dairy Options Pilot Program: extend and expand, S1579 [22MR]

Dams: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (H.R. 728), S7952 [27JY]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (S. 1762), S10943 [24OC]

Daniel Boone National Forest: transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain lands to the Dept. of Agriculture (S. 3140), S9475 [28SE]

Dept. of Labor: develop plan to improve compensation, working conditions, and other benefits for agricultural workers in the U.S., S6189 [30JN]

Disasters: Emergency Watershed Program funding, S7346-S7349 [20JY]

Discrimination: resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, S10678, S10679 [18OC]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (S. 2079), S683 [22FE]

Drought: disaster assistance to Alabama, S10698 [18OC]

Ecology and environment: encourage research and agricultural best practices to supplement the natural carbon cycle in soil (S. 1066), S10642-S10644 [17OC]

———establish a carbon sequestration program to permit owners and operators of land to enroll the land in the program (S. 2540), S3838, S3839 [10MY]

El Reno, OK: Fort Reno Agriculture Research Station funding, S7369 [20JY]

Elko County, NV: transfer certain Federal lands (H.R. 1231), S2795 [13AP]

Emergency services: authorizing appropriations for State and local emergency responders (S. 2389), S2531 [11AP]

FDA: adverse event monitoring system for dietary supplements funding, S7371 [20JY]

———food safety initiative activities funding, S7368, S7375 [20JY]

Federal aid programs: emergency disaster assistance funding for farmers, S7342-S7349 [20JY]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers (S. 2221), S1325 [8MR]

Fish and fishing: federally-sponsored crop insurance for fishermen, S1577, S1578 [22MR]

Florida: citrus grower disaster assistance funding, S7354 [20JY]

———nursery stock grower disaster assistance funding, S7353 [20JY]

Food: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry, S7218 [19JY], S7303-S7308, S7331-S7334 [20JY]

———clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry (S. 2760), S5556 [21JN]

———inspection of meat and poultry products by meat processing company employees instead of Dept. of Agriculture inspectors, S3045 [1MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (S. 2080), S683-S685 [22FE]

Food Electronically and Effectively Distributed Website Demonstration Project: funding, S7367 [20JY]

Food industry: require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (S. 3184), S10253 [11OC]

———safety of genetically engineered foods (S. 2315), S1894 [29MR]

Food stamps: Economic Research Service study on the decline in food stamp program participation, S7334-S7337 [20JY]

Foreign trade: promote safety of genetically engineered foods, S3178-S3180 [1MY]

———use the Export Enhancement Program to encourage the international sale of U.S. wheat when the importation of Canadian wheat into the U.S. reaches certain triggers (S. 2913), S7542 [25JY]

GAO: implement recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (S. 3091), S8956 [21SE], S9211 [25SE]

Government regulations: allow congressional analysis prior to implementation of rules and regulations by Federal agencies, S841 [28FE]

Graduate School: status relative to Federal contracts, S7377 [20JY]

Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration: funding, S7325-S7328 [20JY]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance funding, S5535 [21JN]

Idaho State University: food irradiation effects on shelf life research funding, S7371 [20JY]

Information services: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), S4215, S4216 [18MY]

Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems: grants eligibility, S10681 [18OC]

Insects: disease-carrying pests infestation prevention programs funding, S10679, S10680 [18OC]

Jackson, WY: develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 394), S8528 [13SE]

Joe Rowell Park: land conveyance to Dolores, CO (S. 1972), S9980 [5OC]

Lander County, NV: convey certain land for continued use as a cemetery (S. 2842), S6348 [10JY]

Lyons, James: revocation of certain authorities as Under Sec. of Agriculture for Natural Resources, S11115 [26OC]

Milk: terminate Federal milk marketing orders, S316 [3FE]

Milk Price Support Program: extend at an increased price support rate (S. 2996), S7912 [27JY]

Montana: continue food stamp program standard utility allowance waiver, S7371, S7372 [20JY]

———sugar beet growers disaster assistance funding, S10247 [11OC]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress, S7029-S7032, S7039 [17JY], S7087 [18JY]

National Boll Weevil Eradication Program: ensure all participating States are treated equitably (S. 2732), S5241 [15JN]

———funding, S7355 [20JY]

National Centers for Distance Working: establish (S. 2447), S2765 [13AP], S7440 [21JY]

Native Americans: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (S. 2751), S5362 [19JN], S11274 [27OC]

———encourage efficient use of existing resources and assets relative to Indian agricultural research, development and exports (S. 2282), S1675 [23MR]

———rural development programs funding, S7374 [20JY]

———use of Food Stamp Program funds to purchase bison meat for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, S7439 [21JY]

Natural Resources Conservation Service: emissions trading research relative to implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, S7373, S7374 [20JY]

Nevada: implementation of the Las Vegas Wash Wetland Restoration and Lake Mead Water Quality Improvement Project (S. 2750), S5362 [19JN]

Oregon: sell or exchange certain lands in the Deschutes National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (S. 1936), S7794 [27JY], S11276 [27OC]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, S7368 [20JY]

———authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (S. 935), S972-S975 [29FE], S5875 [27JN]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5935 [27JN]

Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (S. 1892), S2799-S2805 [13AP], S7099 [18JY]

———establish permanent recreation fee authority for Federal land management agencies (S. 2817), S6127-S6130 [29JN]

Red River Trade Council: Agriculture Diversity Project funding, S7373 [20JY]

Research: Satsuma orange frost research funding, S10698 [18OC]

Rural Community Assistance Program: funding, S10681 [18OC]

Rural Utilities Service: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program funding, S7440 [21JY]

Rural Utilities Service Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program: funding, S10679 [18OC]

Safety: reauthorize authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs (S. 3230), S10946, S10947 [24OC]

San Bernardino National Forest: conveyance of a small parcel of public domain land (H.R. 3657), S10837, S10838 [19OC]

South Dakota: sell or exchange certain lands in the Black Hills National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (H.R. 4226), S9984 [5OC]

———tribute to farm, conservation, wildlife, and environmental groups signing agreement calling for certain wetlands on private farmland be eligible for the Conservation Reserve Program, S10911-S10913 [24OC]

States: extend authority to provide grants for agricultural mediation programs (S. 2741), S5267 [15JN], S11122 [26OC]

Taxation: treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate, S6639 [13JY], S6815 [14JY]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (S. 2344), S10995 [25OC]

Texas: convey certain National Forest System lands to the New Waverly Gulf Coast Trades Center (H.R. 4285), S9986 [5OC]

Tobacco products: impact of governmental purchase of tobacco on domestic growth quotas, S10684 [18OC]

Toiyabe National Forest: boundary adjustment (S. 439), S11741 [7DE]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), S10491 [12OC], S10944-S10946 [24OC]

———extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (S. 2737), S5262 [15JN]

Virginia Tech: bioinformatics human and plant genome analysis funding, S7369 [20JY]

Water: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (S. 3207), S10591 [13OC]

Reports

Economic Effects of Replacing Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) With Ethanol, H1275-H1277 [22MR]

Reports filed

Acquire Valles Caldera Lands in New Mexico, Establish a Trust To Manage Such Lands, and Reform the Federal Land Management Process: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1892) (S. Rept. 106-267), S2615 [12AP]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4461) (H. Rept. 106-948), H9504 [6OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4461) (H. Rept. 106-619), H3171 [16MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2536) (S. Rept. 106-288), S3831 [10MY]

Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1936) (H. Rept. 106-938), H9010 [5OC]

Bent Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1936) (S. Rept. 106-256), S2346 [6AP]

Black Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improvement Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4226) (H. Rept. 106-816), H7279 [6SE]

Carbon Cycle and Agricultural Best Practices Research Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1066) (S. Rept. 106-407), S8501 [13SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4461, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 617) (H. Rept. 106-953), H9634 [10OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4461, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 513) (H. Rept. 106-641), H3812 [24MY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 538) (H. Rept. 106-704), H5239 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Rehabilitation Assistance for Watershed Dams Built for Flood Protection and Water Resource Projects: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 728) (H. Rept. 106-484), H1762 [4AP]

Elko County, NV, Transfer of Certain Federal Lands: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1231) (S. Rept. 106-238), S1390 [9MR]

Freedom To E-File Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 852) (H. Rept. 106-565), H2012 [10AP]

General Aviation Access Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3661) (H. Rept. 106-841), H7501 [12SE]

Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3001) (S. Rept. 106-391), S8019 [5SE]

Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1374) (H. Rept. 106-748), H6354 [17JY]

Joe Rowell Park Land Conveyance to Dolores, CO: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1972) (S. Rept. 106-375), S8018 [5SE]

National Monument NEPA Compliance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1487) (S. Rept. 106-250), S1815 [28MR]

National Monument Public Participation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 729) (S. Rept. 106-372), S8018 [5SE]

Nomination of Christopher R. McLean To Be Rural Utilities Service Administrator: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S5460 [20JN]

Nomination of Michael V. Dunn to the Farm Credit Administration: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S5460 [20JN]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2251) (S. Rept. 106-247), S1461 [20MR], S1596 [22MR]

San Bernardino National Forest Conveyance of a Small Parcel of Public Domain Land: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3657) (H. Rept. 106-744), H6354 [17JY]

Small Watershed Rehabilitation Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1762) (S. Rept. 106-408), S8501 [13SE]

Texas National Forests Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 4285) (S. Rept. 106-447), S9701 [3OC]

Toiyabe National Forest Boundary Adjustment: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 439) (H. Rept. 106-746), H6354 [17JY]

Valles Caldera Preservation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1892) (H. Rept. 106-724), H5842 [11JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Dept. of Agriculture emphasis on use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches: Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, H5717 [10JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5540, H5554, H5565 [29JN], H5689, H5690, H5692, H5711 [10JY]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: OMB, S7363 [20JY]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4461): OMB, H9695 [11OC]

Price Support Programs for Sugar Beets and Sugarcane: GAO, E1212 [11JY]

Research on Medical, Biotechnological, Food, and Industrial Uses of Tobacco Funding: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (organization), H5558 [29JN]

Tribute to Dept. of Agriculture Inspectors Killed During Inspection of Oakland, CA, Sausage Factory: Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, E1287 [21JY]

Summaries

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4461): Provisions Exempting Agricultural Products, Medicines, and Medical Products From U.S. Economic Sanctions, H9705 [11OC]

Grain Standards Improvement Act (S. 2737), S5262 [15JN]

Promote Competition Among Wholesale Purchasers and Establish a Commission To Review Large Agriculture Mergers, Concentration, and Market Power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act (S. 2251): Specialty Crop Provisions, S1566 [22MR]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5444-H5449 [29JN]

———conference report, H9682-H9689 [11OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7376 [20JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 296, Dept. of Agriculture resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, H2623 [8MY]

H. Con. Res. 394, corrections in enrollment to S. 1374, Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act, H7398 [12SE]

H. Res. 538, consideration of H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H5415 [28JN]

H. Res. 617, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H9670 [11OC]

H. Res. 632, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 4788, Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act, H10003 [17OC]

H.R. 728, rehabilitation assistance for watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects, H6077 [17JY]

H.R. 1231, Elko County, NV, Federal lands transfer, S2795 [13AP]

H.R. 3657, San Bernardino National Forest conveyance of a small parcel of public domain land, H7399 [12SE], H10504 [23OC]

H.R. 4226, Black Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improvement Act, H7659 [18SE]

H.R. 4285, Texas National Forests Improvement Act, H7192 [27JY]

H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7556-S7573 [25JY]

H.R. 4788, Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act, H9602-H9605 [10OC]

H.R. 4965, extend Dept. of Agriculture time period for filing complaints by growers for economic losses due to fraudulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY, H10002 [17OC]

H.R. 4965, extend time period for filing complaints by growers for economic losses due to fraudulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY, H10002 [17OC]

S. 439, Toiyabe National Forest boundary adjustment, S11741 [7DE], H10522 [23OC]

S. 777, Freedom To E-File Act, S4216 [18MY], H3892 [6JN]

S. 935, National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act, S972-S974 [29FE], S1039-S1042 [1MR]

S. 1374, Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act, H7396 [12SE]

S. 1762, Small Watershed Rehabilitation Act, S10944 [24OC]

S. 1892, acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process, S2799-S2805 [13AP]

S. 1892, Valles Caldera Preservation Act, H5797-H5803 [11JY]

S. 1936, Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act, S7794 [27JY], S11277 [27OC], H9980 [17OC]

S. 1972, Joe Rowell Park land conveyance to Dolores, CO, S9980 [5OC], H11847 [13NO], H11936 [4DE]

S. 2080, Genetically Engineered Food Right-To-Know Act, S685 [22FE]

S. 2315, Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act, S1894-S1897 [29MR]

S. 2389, 21st Century Fire and Emergency Services Act, S2531 [11AP]

S. 2411, Farmers and Ranchers Fair Competition Act, S2625-S2628 [12AP]

S. 2447, Rural Telework Act, S2766 [13AP]

S. 2732, Boll Weevil Eradication Equity Act, S5241 [15JN]

S. 2734, Warehouse Improvement Act, S5251-S5254 [15JN]

S. 2737, Grain Standards Improvement Act, S5262 [15JN]

S. 2751, convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California, S5362 [19JN]

S. 2751, Washoe Indian Tribe Land Conveyance Act, S11274 [27OC]

S. 2842, convey certain land to Lander County, NV, for continued use as a cemetery, S6348 [10JY]

S. 2996, Dept. of Agriculture extension of Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate, S7913 [27JY]

S. 3027, Dept. of Agriculture purchase of land for the Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center in Florence, SC, S8415 [12SE]

S. 3091, Packers and Stockyards Enforcement Improvement Act, S8957 [21SE]

S. 3140, Kentucky National Forest Land Transfer Act, S9476 [28SE]

S. 3184, Genetically Engineered Foods Act, S10254-S10256 [11OC]

S. 3230, reauthorization of authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs, S10947 [24OC]

Transcripts

Fleecing of America—Sugar Price Support Programs: ``NBC Nightly News'', S7316 [20JY]