RURAL AREAS related term(s) Agriculture; Suburban areas

Addresses

Losing Family Farms—Time for Change: Shana R. Stine, E1721 [2OC]

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S1006 [25FE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S408, S419, S430, S431 [6FE], S442, S467, S469, S476, S498, S501, S504, S505, S506, S510 [7FE], S515, S516, S519, S522, S533, S557, S558, S564, S567 [8FE], S578, S590, S591 [11FE], S608, S610, S612, S613, S616, S617, S618, S619, S620, S621, S628, S629, S636, S645, S666, S667, S669, S670, S671, S672 [12FE], S675, S748 [13FE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations, H4873 [17JY], H4932 [18JY]

Alaska: resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (S. 2222), S11608, S11643 [19NO]

Community development: improve economic opportunity and development in communities that are dependent on tobacco production (S. 2995), S9175 [24SE]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2741 [16AP], S10755 [17OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2646, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S976 [15FE]

———H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H640 [28FE], H777 [7MR], H783 [11MR]

Articles and editorials

Allard—Drought More Serious in Southern Colorado, S8401 [10SE]

Behind the Green Curtain, S692 [13FE]

Bloat Watch, H2037 [2MY]

Cutting Edge in Rural Colorado?, E342 [13MR]

Harrowing U.S. Taxpayers With Ill-Designed Farm Bill, H2008 [1MY]

``MediFair'' Is Workable Answer, S5567 [14JN]

Murray's Bill Rights Medicare Inequity, S5567 [14JN]

Murray's Medicare Plan a Step in Right Direction, S5566 [14JN]

On the Auction Block, H2023 [2MY]

Pigs Return to the Trough—Farm Subsidies Are Back, Bigger Than Ever, E969 [6JN]

Rancher's Lament—``Feed and Worry'', S8401 [10SE]

Senate Bill Seeks Cash for Farmers in Drought, Officials Fear State Will Lose 20%-50% of Farms in Year, S8401 [10SE]

Senate Should OK Farm Bill, S8401 [10SE]

Still at the Federal Trough—Farm Subsidies for the Rich and Famous Shattered Records in 2001, H2009 [1MY]

Subsidy Cuts To Wound Rice, Cotton Farms, S693 [13FE]

Sugar Rules Defy Free-Trade Logic, S521 [8FE]

We Need Action, Not Another Study, S848 [14FE]

Why a Farm Bill? To Evaluate Subsidy Cap, We Need To Revisit Fundamental Questions, E162 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness (see H.R. 4479), H1410 [17AP]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 403), H2018 [1MY]

———establish a grant program to train farm workers in new agricultural technologies (see S. 1938), S732 [13FE]

———increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased (see S. 2867), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 5247), H5993 [26JY]

———prohibit packers from owning or feeding livestock intended for slaughter, prohibit excessive concentration among certain agricultural commodities dealers and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 3810), H633 [27FE]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2040), S2260 [21MR] (see S. 2086), S2485 [10AP] (see S. 2183), S2828 [17AP] (see S. 2728), S6808 [15JY] (see S. 2800), S7372 [25JY] (see S. 2830), S7744 [31JY] (see S. 3099), S10359 [10OC] (see S. 3160), S11079 [14NO] (see H.R. 4312), H1335 [16AP] (see H.R. 5338), H6084 [5SE] (see H.R. 5383), H6256 [13SE] (see H.R. 5589), H7737 [9OC]

———provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 5310), H5996 [26JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 2801), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 5263), H5993 [26JY]

Alaska: improve rural mail service (see H.R. 5324), H6059 [4SE]

———resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (see S. 2222), S3165 [23AP] (see H.R. 5452), H6558 [24SE]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 4167), H1281 [11AP] (see H.R. 5472), H6775 [26SE]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see S. 3174), S11574 [19NO]

———protect family farmers and family fishermen (see H.R. 5348), H6129 [9SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct feasibility study relative to developing safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska (see H.R. 4938), H3561 [13JN]

Community development: improve economic opportunity and development in communities that are dependent on tobacco production (see S. 2995), S9116 [24SE]

———promote rural development (see H.R. 5579), H7303 [8OC]

———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 2692), S6250 [27JN]

Computers: improve access to broadband services in rural and under-served areas (see S. 2448), S3843 [2MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish research, extension, and educational programs to implement biobased energy technologies, products, and economic diversification in rural areas (see S. 3016), S9595 [30SE]

———review agriculture mergers and acquisitions and outlaw unfair practices in the agriculture industry (see H.R. 5357), H6171 [10SE]

Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 5421), H6418 [19SE]

Education: expand the eligibility for teacher loan forgiveness to provide additional incentives for teachers in economically depressed rural areas, territories, and Indian reservations (see H.R. 5133), H4766 [16JY]

Electric power: promote the production of energy from wind (see S. 1930), S586 [11FE]

Employment: promote workforce development and assist low-income residents in moving from welfare to work (see H.R. 5015), H3927 [25JN]

FCC: establish a Rural Issues Advisory Board (see H.R. 5602), H7892 [10OC]

———facilitate availability of electromagnetic spectrum for the deployment of wireless based services in rural areas (see S. 2075), S2412 [9AP]

———improve regulation of small and mid-size telecommunications companies (see H.R. 4012), H1087 [20MR]

Health: improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (see H.R. 4476), H1410 [17AP]

———improve the provision of health care in all areas (see S. 2873), S7900 [1AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2042), S2260 [21MR]

———promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 2390), S3505 [29AP]

———provide assistance for the development of indoor disease prevention and health promotion centers in urban and rural areas (see H.R. 5306), H5996 [26JY]

———provide grants to hire community health workers to improve access to health education and services for women and families in medically underserved areas (see S. 2139), S2828 [17AP]

Health care facilities: authorize loan guarantees for health facilities to buy new, and repair existing, infrastructure and technology (see S. 2046), S2260 [21MR]

Health care professionals: authorize a demonstration program to recruit and train physicians to serve in rural areas (see S. 2597), S5205 [6JN]

———establish demonstration programs to address the shortages of health care professionals (see H.R. 5113), H4574 [12JY]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4858), H3160 [4JN]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see S. 2674), S6013 [25JN]

Housing: promote the production of affordable low-income housing (see S. 2967), S8918 [19SE]

Law enforcement: promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (see H.R. 5243), H5993 [26JY]

Medicare: enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 2067), S2326 [22MR] (see H.R. 4000), H1002 [19MR]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S9714 [1OC]

———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S2723 [16AP] (see H.R. 4452), H1337 [16AP]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see S. 2615), S5454 [12JN] (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 2529), S4492 [16MY]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 2555, 2568), S4839 [23MY] (see H.R. 4850), H3037 [23MY] (see H.R. 4962), H3720 [19JN]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 4112), H1153 [9AP]

———provide appropriate incentive payments for physicians' services furnished in underserved areas (see S. 2914), S8384 [9SE]

———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (see S. 1954), S853 [14FE]

———reform payments to rural and other health care providers (see H.R. 5246), H5993 [26JY]

Mount Vernon, IL: amend Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act relative to rural access project (see H.R. 3664), H104 [29JA]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H634 [27FE]

National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8384 [9SE] (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6085 [5SE]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (see H.R. 3803), H633 [27FE]

———prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see S. 2021), S1974 [15MR]

Poverty: enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (see H.R. 5654), H8021 [16OC]

Roads and highways: establish program to make allocations to States for projects to expand 2-lane highways in rural areas to 4-lane highways (see S. 2906), S8300 [5SE]

———provide the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian reservation roads (see S. 2971), S8918 [19SE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: clarify calculation of payments in lieu of taxes to counties relative to certain county projects funding (see S. 2930), S8565 [12SE] (see H.R. 5379), H6250 [12SE]

———modify full payment amount available to States (see S. 2864), S7900 [1AU]

Social Security: extend rural Advanced Life Support intercept services to other areas (see H.R. 3715), H283 [12FE] (see H.R. 5464), H6692 [25SE]

South Dakota: reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project (see S. 1999), S1675 [7MR] (see H.R. 4638), H2018 [1MY]

Southeastern States: provide a framework for coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to meet the special needs of the Southeast Crescent Region (see H.R. 3618), H36 [23JA]

Taxation: allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (see S. 2837), S7899 [1AU] (see S. 3176), S11574 [19NO]

———extend work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 3773), H523 [14FE]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 2844), S7899 [1AU]

Towns: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see H.R. 5273), H5995 [26JY]

Transportation: improve transit service in rural areas, small urban areas, and for the elderly and disabled (see S. 2884), S7900 [1AU]

———increase investments in rural areas (see S. 3134), S10676 [17OC]

Veterans: improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (see S. 2741), S6947 [17JY]

Water: provide assistance to States to support testing of private wells in areas of suspected contamination to limit or prevent human exposure to contaminated groundwater (see S. 3127), S10676 [17OC]

Comparisons

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (H.R. 2646), S3995 [8MY]

Conference reports

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (H.R. 2646), H1795-H1978 [1MY]

Factsheets

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act Conference Report: Republican Study Committee, H2009 [1MY]

Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act (S. 2529), S4502 [16MY]

Letters

Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act: Senate Rural Health Caucus, S10662 [17OC]

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act: several Alaskan and environmental organizations, S11723, S11724 [20NO]

Distribution of dairy assistance payments: Sharon L. Lombardi, Dairy Producers of New Mexico (organization), S4038 [8MY]

Emergency agriculture assistance: James E. Echols, National Cotton Council of America, S82 [24JA]

———Lynn Cornwell, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, S84 [24JA]

———Nancy Tarver, Tarver Heart X Ranch (business), S11547 [19NO]

———National Farmers Union, S84 [24JA]

———Steven L. Pilcher, Montana Stockgrowers Association, S85 [24JA]

Establish equity in distribution of agricultural commodity assistance payments: Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S461 [7FE]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Craig Lang, Iowa Farm Bureau, S3929 [7MY]

———David J. Frederickson, National Farmers Union, S3911 [7MY]

———Donald E. Flannery, Maine Potato Board, S4139 [9MY]

———Ellen S. Levinson, Coalition for Food Aid, S3912 [7MY]

———Environmental and Energy Study Institute, S3913 [7MY]

———J. Read Smith, National Association of Conservation Districts, S3911 [7MY]

———Jerry Friedman, American Public Human Services Association, S3912 [7MY]

———Kenneth E. Auer, Farm Credit Council, S3912 [7MY]

———Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), H2047 [2MY]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2047 [2MY]

———Robert W. Spear, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources, S4139 [9MY]

———several agricultural associations, S3911 [7MY]

———several organizations, S3992 [8MY]

Federal Crop Insurance Program: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S8404 [10SE]

Livestock assistance programs: Frank A. DuBois, New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture, S8397 [10SE]

Livestock production contracts: several agricultural organizations, S411 [6FE]

Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act: Kenneth Brummel-Smith, American Geriatrics Society, S4502 [16MY]

———Richard G. Roberts, American Academy of Family Physicians, S4502 [16MY]

———Sara E. Walker, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, S4502 [16MY]

Packers and Stockyards Act prohibition on the use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts: Joseph W. Luter III, Smithfield Foods, Inc., S1977 [15MR]

Promote water conservation on agricultural land: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S530 [8FE]

———several environmental and conservation organizations, S530, S531 [8FE]

Reallocate unused sugar quotas to make up shortfalls in the amount sugar supplying countries export to the U.S.: Lawrence T. Graham, Coalition for Sugar Reform, S622 [12FE]

———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S622 [12FE]

Strengthen limitations on Dept. of Agriculture commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs: Representative Nick Smith, H1477 [18AP]

Strike Conservation Reserve Program water conservation program: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S471 [7FE]

Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act: Ben Chavez, Gallup McKinley County, NM, Public Schools, S8929 [19SE]

Lists

Amendments to S. 1731, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S473 [7FE]

Supporters of H.R. 2646, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, H2047 [2MY]

Motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1111, H1113 [9AP], H1183 [10AP], H1307, H1328 [16AP], H1373, H1379 [17AP], H1453, H1462 [18AP], H1537 [24AP], H1747 [30AP]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2056 [2MY]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S609 [12FE]

Bankruptcy: protect family farmers and family fishermen (H.R. 5348), consideration, H6959 [2OC]

Petitions and memorials

Colorado: emergency agriculture assistance, E1701 [30SE]

Press releases

Emergency Agriculture Assistance: Montana Farmers Union, S85 [24JA]

———Montana Grain Growers Association, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, and Montana Farmers Union, S85 [24JA]

———National Association of Wheat Growers, S84 [24JA]

Iowa Farmers Union Reacts to the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002: Iowa Farmers Union, S3929 [7MY]

Iowa Soybean Association Applauds the Completion of the 2002 Farm Bill by U.S. Senate and House Conferees: Iowa Soybean Association, S3930 [7MY]

Proposals

Broadband telecommunications capabilities in underserved areas: Senator Clinton, S3403 [25AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5348, Family Farmers and Family Fisherman Protection Act, H6850 [1OC], H6958 [2OC]

Western Alaska workforce development, H2280 [9MY]

Questions and answers

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (H.R. 2646), S3982 [8MY]

Quotations

Strengthen limitations on Dept. of Agriculture commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs: several Senators, H1382 [17AP]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness (H.R. 4479), E514 [12AP], E558 [17AP]

———comply with certain foreign trade agreements by limiting marketing gain loans and deficiency payments to certain producers, H2004, H2005 [1MY]

———conservation programs funding, H2006, H2007 [1MY], H3432-H3436 [11JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H527 [26FE], H638 [28FE], H691 [6MR], H1292, H1308 [16AP], H1342, H1343, H1344, H1345 [17AP], H1415, H1477 [18AP], H1511, H1512 [23AP], H1670 [25AP], H1678 [29AP], H4673-H4675 [15JY], E162 [14FE], E278 [6MR], E397, E401 [21MR], E615 [24AP]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H1998, H2002-H2010 [1MY], H2031-H2057 [2MY], H2429 [14MY], H2501 [15MY], H3432-H3436 [11JN], H6036-H6040 [4SE], E716 [3MY], E719 [6MY], E760, E778 [10MY], E1721 [2OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2022-H2031 [2MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1111, H1113 [9AP], H1183-H1188 [10AP], H1307, H1328-H1331 [16AP], H1371, H1373-H1382 [17AP], H1453-H1470, H1480 [18AP], H1516 [23AP], H1537-H1540 [24AP], H1747 [30AP], E587 [18AP], E609, E611, E612, E613 [23AP], E668 [30AP]

———Farmers' Market Nutrition Programs funding, E401 [21MR]

———Federal farm policies, H1049 [20MR]

———limit price support payments to producers, H527 [26FE], H691, H733-H735 [6MR], H2002-H2010 [1MY], H2024, H2026, H2027, H2030 [2MY], H3781 [21JN], H3862 [25JN], E162 [14FE], E278 [6MR]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, H2394 [14MY], H7007 [3OC], H7887 [10OC], E1701 [30SE]

———provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (H.R. 5310), H6031, H6036-H6040 [4SE], H6244 [12SE]

———reform farm subsidy programs, H66 [24JA]

———status of family farms, E1721 [2OC]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, H6699, H6700, H6701, H6702 [26SE]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 4167), H1302-H1305 [16AP]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 5472), H6848-H6850 [1OC]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, H1183-H1188 [10AP]

———protect family farmers and family fishermen (H.R. 5348), consideration, H6958 [2OC]

Bergland, MI: anniversary, E1132 [21JN]

Bureau of Reclamation: anniversary, E818 [16MY]

———conduct feasibility study relative to developing safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska (H.R. 4938), H6501 [24SE]

Community development: promote livable communities initiatives, H3437 [11JN]

———promote rural development (H.R. 5579), E1895 [17OC]

Cooperative Housing Foundation International: anniversary, E816 [16MY]

Crowley County Heritage Society: tribute, E816 [16MY]

Crown Point, IN: tribute to Lake County Purdue University Cooperative Extension Office volunteers, E599 [23AP]

Delta-Montrose Electrical Association: tribute, E342 [13MR]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1474-H1480 [18AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, H1292 [16AP], H1371, H1374-H1382 [17AP], H1477, H1480 [18AP], H2006 [1MY], H2040 [2MY], H4473 [10JY], H4525 [11JY], E587 [18AP]

Electric power: facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry, E1815 [11OC]

FCC: improve regulation of small and mid-size telecommunications companies (H.R. 4012), E398 [21MR]

Freedom of speech: eliminate restrictions on the rights of citizens to communicate with elected officials or the general public, H437-H441 [13FE]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), H7932-H7947 [16OC]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), H6793-H6808 [1OC], E1860 [11OC]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4858), H3865, H3867-H3871 [25JN], E1153 [27JN]

Horshoe Bend, ID: Rural Development Agency rural water project funding, H1623 [25AP]

Immigration: moratorium on J-1 visa waiver program, H2144 [7MY]

Ligon, Doug: Country Doctor of the Year award finalist, E38 [29JA]

Medicare: improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (H.R. 4962), E1107 [20JN]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (H.R. 3814), E215 [27FE]

National objectives: priority assignments, E54 [29JA]

National Small Cities Day: observance, E1055 [14JN]

Postal Service: urban and rural post office renovation and repair funding, H5332 [24JY]

Power resources: encourage use of renewable energy, H2025 [2MY]

Public welfare programs: make allowances for lack of accessible transportation and child care facilities in rural areas relative to fulfilling work requirements of certain programs, H2430 [14MY], H2551 [16MY]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: clarify calculation of payments in lieu of taxes to counties relative to certain county projects funding (H.R. 5379), E1570 [12SE]

Self-Help Enterprises, Inc.: tribute, E1010 [12JN]

South Dakota: reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project (H.R. 4638), H6500 [24SE]

Talking Talons Youth Leadership (organization): tribute, E1271 [16JY]

Telecommunications: require Bell Operating Cos., to offer high-speed internet to low-income urban areas, H585 [27FE]

Transportation: importance of public transportation, E1303 [18JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: application of means-testing of nonprofit organizations relative to conservation programs, S4019 [8MY]

———conservation programs funding, S3927 [7MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S846-S849 [14FE], S882, S883 [15FE], S2761 [17AP], S3160 [23AP], S3516 [30AP]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3608-S3610 [1MY], S3903-S3937 [7MY], S3979-S4052 [8MY], S4137-S4140 [9MY], S4247 [13MY], S4695 [22MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S3887 [2MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), insert S. 1731 language in lieu, S699 [13FE]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), printing, S877 [14FE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S52 [24JA], S115 [25JA], S173 [28JA], S402-S423 [6FE], S441-S479 [7FE], S513-S525, S528-S537, S540 [8FE], S577-S582 [11FE], S597-S653 [12FE], S675-S699, S709 [13FE], S835 [14FE], S7860 [1AU]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent agreement, S473 [7FE], S592 [11FE]

———emergency agriculture assistance funding offset through payment limitations, S8408 [10SE]

———Farmland Protection Program funding, S684 [13FE]

———increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased (S. 2867), S7937 [1AU]

———limit price support payments to producers, S3926, S3933, S3935 [7MY]

———Livestock Assistance Program funding, S79 [24JA], S578, S579 [11FE], S625 [12FE], S5182 [6JN]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S75-S88 [24JA], S533-S536 [8FE], S606-S610 [12FE], S6433 [9JY], S7244 [24JY], S8145, S8149-S8150 [4SE], S8237, S8240-S8245, S8248, S8250 [5SE], S8394-S8407, S8430 [10SE], S8631 [17SE], S10611, S10616, S10620 [17OC]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 2040), S2262 [21MR], S3980, S3994 [8MY]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 2183), S2836 [17AP]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 2800), S7378 [25JY]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), S10396 [10OC], S11374-S11380, S11385-S11387, S11547, S11548 [19NO]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), unanimous-consent request, S11378 [19NO]

———recalculated loan rates for commodities, S3980, S3983 [8MY]

Alaska: resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (S. 2222), S3166 [23AP], S11643-S11645 [19NO], S11723-S11725 [20NO]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 4167), S3225 [23AP]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 5472), S10219 [9OC], S11792 [20NO]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (S. 1630), unanimous-consent request, S204 [29JA]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, S467-S469 [7FE]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (S. 3174), S11792 [20NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, S3913-S3917 [7MY]

CCC: transfer of certain funding for conservation programs technical assistance, S4020 [8MY]

Community development: improve economic opportunity and development in communities that are dependent on tobacco production (S. 2995), S9122 [24SE]

———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 2692), S6253 [27JN]

Computers: enhance digital accessibility for all individuals, S1244 [27FE]

———improve access to broadband services in rural and under-served areas, S4023, S4037 [8MY], S5768 [19JN], S9707 [1OC]

———improve access to broadband services in rural and under-served areas (S. 2448), S3871 [2MY]

Conservation Reserve Program: promote water conservation on agricultural land, S528-S533, S540 [8FE], S604, S608, S609, S611 [12FE], S694, S695 [13FE]

———strike water conservation program, S469-S476 [7FE], S604, S605, S608 [12FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish equity in distribution of commodity assistance payments, S458-S467 [7FE]

———establish equity in distribution of dairy assistance payments, S617, S649 [12FE], S677-S679, S691 [13FE], S3924 [7MY], S4037, S4041 [8MY]

———establish research, extension, and educational programs to implement biobased energy technologies, products, and economic diversification in rural areas (S. 3016), S9596 [30SE]

———expand the value-added agricultural product market development grant program, S4019 [8MY]

———modify beet sugar allotment formula to ensure equity among beet sugar processors, S514 [8FE]

———reallocate unused sugar quotas to make up shortfalls in the amount sugar supplying countries export to the U.S., S520 [8FE], S622-S624, S628 [12FE]

———strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S4006-S4008 [8MY]

Electric power: promote the production of energy from wind (S. 1930), S589 [11FE]

FCC: facilitate availability of electromagnetic spectrum for the deployment of wireless based services in rural areas (S. 2075), S2414 [9AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2042), S2262-S2265 [21MR], S2321 [22MR]

———promote and improve access to health care services (S. 1030), S8667 [17SE]

———provide grants to hire community health workers to improve access to health education and services for women and families in medically underserved areas (S. 2139), S2830 [17AP]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2754 [16AP], S2821 [17AP], S10754-S10767 [17OC]

Health care facilities: authorize loan guarantees for health facilities to buy new, and repair existing, infrastructure and technology (S. 2046), S2268 [21MR]

Health care professionals: authorize a demonstration program to recruit and train physicians to serve in rural areas (S. 2597), S5209 [6JN]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates, S9833 [2OC], S9872 [3OC]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (S. 2674), S6015 [25JN]

Housing: promote the production of affordable low-income housing (S. 2967), S8920 [19SE]

———provide affordable housing and community development assistance to certain rural areas, S1745 [12MR]

Kentucky Rural Health Association: tribute, S5254 [7JN]

Medicare: enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (S. 2067), S2326 [22MR]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), S9715-S9717, S9776 [1OC], S9779, S9840 [2OC], S10531-S10546 [16OC], S10610, S10655, S10661 [17OC], S10884 [13NO]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), unanimous-consent request, S9939, S9940 [4OC], S10531, S10532 [16OC]

———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (S. 2135), S2727 [16AP]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (S. 2615), S5458-S5460 [12JN]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (S. 2529), S4501-S4503 [16MY]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 2555), S4843 [23MY]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 2568), S4862 [23MY], S5563-S5566 [14JN]

———provide appropriate incentive payments for physicians' services furnished in underserved areas (S. 2914), S8386 [9SE]

———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (S. 1954), S860-S862 [14FE]

National Farmers Union: anniversary (S. Res. 324), S8581 [12SE]

National Small Cities Day: observance, S5581 [14JN]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S514, S515, S517, S522 [8FE], S579 [11FE], S598-S604 [12FE], S848 [14FE], S4018 [8MY]

———prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (S. 2021), S1976-S1978 [15MR]

———revise livestock production contracts, S407, S411, S412, S417 [6FE]

———study proposal to prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S477 [7FE], S514, S515, S517, S522 [8FE], S598, S600-S604 [12FE]

Paige, Ralph: National Cooperative Month Economic Freedom Award recipient, S9709 [1OC]

Roads and highways: establish program to make allocations to States for projects to expand 2-lane highways in rural areas to 4-lane highways (S. 2906), S8303 [5SE]

———provide the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian reservation roads (S. 2971), S8927-S8929 [19SE]

South Dakota: reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project (H.R. 4638), S11654 [19NO]

Taxation: allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (S. 2837), S7904 [1AU]

———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (S. 3176), S11579 [19NO]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (S. 2844), S7911 [1AU]

Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning, S848 [14FE]

Towns: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (S. 1860), S793-S796 [14FE], S4549 [20MY]

Transportation: improve transit service in rural areas, small urban areas, and for the elderly and disabled (S. 2884), S7950 [1AU]

———increase investments in rural areas (S. 3134), S10696 [17OC]

Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture: reported conversations with Canadian Agriculture Minister relative to agriculture legislation, S882, S883 [15FE]

Veterans: improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (S. 2741), S6951 [17JY]

Water: provide assistance to States to support testing of private wells in areas of suspected contamination to limit or prevent human exposure to contaminated groundwater (S. 3127), S10678 [17OC]

Reports

Implications of Banning Packer Ownership of Livestock: Allan Gray, Ken Foster, and Michael Boehlje, Purdue University, S602 [12FE]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5263) (H. Rept. 107-623), H5993 [26JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2801) (S. Rept. 107-223), S7371 [25JY]

Bureau of Reclamation Feasibility Study on Developing Safe and Adequate Municipal, Rural, and Industrial Water Supply for the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4938) (H. Rept. 107-643), H6084 [5SE]

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2222) (S. Rept. 107-280), S8618 [13SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2646, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 403) (H. Rept. 107-426), H2018 [1MY]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2646) (H. Rept. 107-424), H2018 [1MY]

Improve Access to Physicians in Medically Underserved Areas by Extending and Increasing Foreign Country Residency Requirement Waivers for Foreign Medical Graduates: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4858) (H. Rept. 107-528), H3859 [24JN]

Improve the Provision of Items and Services to Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural Areas: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4962) (H. Rept. 107-540), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1999) (S. Rept. 107-268), S8505 [11SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4638) (H. Rept. 107-633), H6058 [4SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1380 [17AP]

Bankruptcy: protect family farmers and family fishermen (H.R. 5348), consideration, H6958 [2OC]

Statements

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S3910 [7MY]

———President Bush, S3910 [7MY]

Inclusion of Electric Cooperatives in a National Energy Policy: Representative Skelton, E1815 [11OC]

Strengthen Limitations on Dept. of Agriculture Commodity Payments and Benefits and Use Resulting Savings To Improve Certain Programs: Senator Grassley, H1376 [17AP]

Summaries

Affordable Housing Expansion Act (S. 2967), S8921 [19SE]

Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act (S. 3018), S10663 [17OC]

Emergency Agriculture Assistance, 1989-2001, S79 [24JA]

Tables

Acres needed to receive Dept. of Agriculture loan deficiency payment benefits based on season average prices, H1382 [17AP]

Approximate distribution of fiscal year 2002 Indian reservation road funding, S8928 [19SE]

Comparison of dairy producer payments in Daschle substitute and Domenici amendment to S. 1731, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S649 [12FE]

Crashes, fatalities, and injuries on major two-lane highways in New Mexico, S8304 [5SE]

Farm bill payment comparisons, S3936 [7MY]

Farm bill spending—old baseline v. new baseline, S3936 [7MY]

Rural two- and four-lane roads on the national highway system for selected States, S8304 [5SE]

Top 100 recipients of farm subsidies in Wisconsin (2001), H1479 [18AP]

Treatment costs for certain medical ailments in North Dakota, California, New York, and the District of Columbia, S8668 [17SE]

Testimonies

Importance of Public Transportation in Rural Areas: Faye Thompson, E1303 [18JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 403, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2646, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, H2022 [2MY]

H.R. 2646, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S1006-S1135 [25FE]

H.R. 3450, Health Care Safety Net Improvement Act, H6793-H6804 [1OC]

H.R. 4167, Family Farmer Bankruptcy Extension Act, H1302 [16AP]

H.R. 4638, Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project reauthorization, H6500 [24SE]

H.R. 4858, improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates, H3867 [25JN]

H.R. 4938, Bureau of Reclamation feasibility study relative to developing safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, H6501 [24SE]

H.R. 5472, Protection of Family Farmers Act, H6848 [1OC]

S. 1533, reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured, S10755-S10766 [17OC], H7932-H7944 [16OC]

S. 2046, Rural Health Care Facility Improvement Act, S2268 [21MR]

S. 2067, Medicare Safety Net Access Act, S2327 [22MR]

S. 2139, Community Health Workers Act, S2830 [17AP]

S. 2183, Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act, S2836 [17AP]

S. 2222, Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act, S11643-S11645 [19NO]

S. 2529, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act, S4502 [16MY]

S. 2568, MediFair Act, S4862 [23MY]

S. 2597, Rural Health Training Incentive Act, S5210 [6JN]

S. 2615, Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act, S5458-S5460 [12JN]

S. 2741, improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care, S6952 [17JY]

S. 2867, increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased, S7937 [1AU]

S. 2906, Rural Four-Lane Highway Safety and Development Act, S8305 [5SE]

S. 2914, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Refinement Act, S8387 [9SE]

S. 2967, Affordable Housing Expansion Act, S8922-S8926 [19SE]

S. 2971, Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act, S8929 [19SE]

S. 3127, Private Well Testing Assistance Act, S10679 [17OC]

S. 3134, Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Rural Transportation Investment (MEGA Rural) Act, S10697-S10699 [17OC]

S. Res. 324, National Farmers Union anniversary, S8388 [9SE], S8581 [12SE]