AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, AND RURAL ENHANCEMENT ACT

Amendments

Enact (S. 1628), S12058 [27NO]

Enact (S. 1731), S12458 [5DE], S12779 [10DE], S12834, S12870, S12871, S12970, S12983 [11DE], S13001, S13020, S13032, S13037, S13038, S13039, S13058, S13059, S13060, S13063, S13064, S13065, S13066, S13067, S13068, S13069 [12DE], S13087, S13093, S13102, S13104, S13110, S13158, S13159, S13168, S13171, S13172, S13175, S13176, S13177, S13178, S13179, S13181, S13182, S13183, S13184, S13188, S13192, S13193, S13194, S13196, S13197, S13198, S13199, S13201, S13202, S13203, S13204, S13221, S13222, S13223, S13224 [13DE], S13247, S13251, S13259, S13260, S13265, S13305, S13307, S13308, S13309 [14DE], S13359 [17DE], S13471, S13472, S13474, S13475, S13476, S13477, S13478, S13488, S13489, S13498, S13499, S13500, S13501, S13502, S13503, S13504, S13505, S13507, S13592, S13639 [18DE], S13649, S13713, S13757, S13758, S13759, S13760 [19DE]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 1628), S11413 [2NO] (see S. 1731), S12054 [27NO]

Cloture motions

Enact (S. 1731), S13040 [12DE], S13112 [13DE], S13349 [17DE], S13423 [18DE], S13658 [19DE]

———motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12406 [5DE]

Letters

Dept. of Agriculture review of Federal agency actions affecting agricultural producers: several agricultural organizations, S13036 [12DE]

National dairy policy study: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S12841 [11DE]

———Jerry Kozak, National Milk Producers Federation, S12838 [11DE]

Provisions: Lynn Cornwell, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, S13026 [12DE]

———several agricultural, commodity, and lender organizations, S12762 [10DE], S13035 [12DE]

Require labeling of country of origin on imported perishable agricultural commodities: Arthur Jaeger, Consumer Federation of America, Patty Lovera, Public Citizen (organization), and Linda Golodner, National Consumers League, S13275 [14DE]

———Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, and Leland Swenson, National Farmers Union, S13274 [14DE]

———several agricultural organizations, S13273, S13274 [14DE]

Water conservation program: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S13658 [19DE]

Motions

Enact (S. 1731), S12271 [30NO], S12842 [11DE], S12995, S13020 [12DE], S13423, S13455, S13456 [18DE]

Press releases

Senate Presented With Path to Speedy Farm Bill Conclusion—Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchinson Moves for Vote on House-Based Bill: Committee on Agriculture (House), S13651 [19DE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: establish a per-farm limitation on land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, S13259 [14DE]

———farm subsidy programs funding, S12828 [11DE]

———increase agricultural exports, S13248 [14DE]

———nutrition and commodity programs funding, S12845-S12853 [11DE], S12990-S12995 [12DE]

———phase out price supports for sugar and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S13001-S13020 [12DE]

———price supports for dairy products, S12834-S12842 [11DE]

———price supports for peanuts, S13449 [18DE]

———provide payments to dairy producers relative to Class I milk prices, S13268 [14DE]

———reform certain mandatory arbitration requirements in resolving disputes between farmers and agribusinesses, S13087-S13091 [13DE]

———require labeling of country of origin on imported perishable agricultural commodities, S13271 [14DE]

Conservation Reserve Program: require State consent prior to implementation of water conservation program, S13032-S13034 [12DE]

———strike water conservation program, S13020-S13032 [12DE]

Cuba: condition the financing of agricultural and medical exports on certification that convicted felons living as fugitives in Cuba are returned to the U.S., S13103-S13110 [13DE]

———condition the financing of agricultural and medical exports on certification that the Cuban government is not a sponsor of international terrorism, S13102-S13110 [13DE], S13455, S13456 [18DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a study on national dairy policy, S12834-S12842 [11DE]

———establish certain values for payments for different categories of enrolled land in the Conservation Reserve Program, S13260 [14DE]

———provide matching contributions to farmers for funds placed in approved accounts for use in periods of economic difficulty, S13441 [18DE]

———restrictions on use of Environmental Quality Incentive Program funds for confined livestock feeding operations animal waste structures, S13246, S13247 [14DE]

———review of Federal agency actions affecting agricultural producers, S13035 [12DE], S13080-S13087, S13091 [13DE]

Ecology and environment: encourage use of carbon storage sequestration practices, S13117 [13DE]

Enact (S. 1628), S11413 [2NO]

Enact (S. 1731), S12030, S12031 [27NO], S12069, S12070 [28NO], S12137, S12138 [29NO], S12409-S12426, S12434-S12436 [5DE], S12756, S12757, S12762-S12768 [10DE], S12821, S12826-S12853 [11DE], S12989-S12996, S13000-S13041 [12DE], S13079-S13099, S13101-S13112, S13116-S13118, S13138-S13140 [13DE], S13245-S13275, S13286 [14DE], S13422-S13459, S13643, S13644 [18DE], S13647-S13664 [19DE], S13915-S13918, S14044 [20DE]

———motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12400-S12406 [5DE]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S12439 [5DE], S12852 [11DE], S13092 [13DE]

———unanimous-consent request, S12768 [10DE]

FDA: repeal ban on importation of certain fish and fish products not taxonomically from the catfish family, S13110 [13DE], S13247 [14DE], S13426-S13441 [18DE]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance programs, S13269 [14DE]

Foreign trade: impact of certain agricultural proposals on trade agreements, S13441 [18DE]

Packers and Stockyards Act: make provisions for livestock production contracts and provide parties to the contract the right to discussion with certain individuals, S13251 [14DE]

———prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S13093-S13099 [13DE], S13258, S13272 [14DE], S13660, S13661 [19DE]

Public welfare programs: food stamp and food bank programs funding, S13268 [14DE]

Taxation: include swine and bovine waste nutrients as a renewable energy resource under the renewable electricity production credit, S13268 [14DE]

World Trade Organization: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, S13248, S13249 [14DE]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1731), S12053 [27NO]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1731) (S. Rept. 107-117), S12681 [7DE]

Summaries

Provisions (S. 1628), S11414-S11417 [2NO]

Tables

Federal payment per hundred pounds of milk produced in each State, S12838 [11DE]