DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE related term(s) Agriculture

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S13927, S13943 [4NO], S13955, S13972, S13997, S13998, S14005, S14006, S14007, S14008, S14009, S14010, S14011, S14052, S14061, S14062, S14063, S14065, S14066, S14067, S14068, S14069 [5NO], S14104, S14106, S14118, S14128, S14131, S14140, S14142, S14143, S14145, S14182, S14183, S14184, S14185 [6NO], H6634, H6635, H6639, H6640, H6648, H6649, H6650, H6651, H6656, H6708 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 473), H12765 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 458), H12185 [21NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 465), H12758 [8DE]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S12547 [14OC], S13435, S13481, S13482, S13521, S13522, S13530 [29OC], S13601, S13608, S13609, S13611, S13616, S13617, S13621, S13624, S13626, S13637, S13682, S13684, S13685, S13686, S13687, S13688, S13696 [30OC], S13719 [31OC], H4310 [20MY]

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. 490), S9606 [17JY]

Sandpoint, ID: conveyance of Sandpoint Federal Building and adjacent lands (S. 435), S15868 [24NO]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, S15217 [20NO], H10469 [6NO]

———H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S14155 [6NO], S14971 [17NO], H11379 [18NO]

Articles and editorials

Antiquities Act Merited Supreme Court's Approval, E1998 [8OC]

Dorr-versity, S14989 [18NO]

Fire Precautions Save Homes—Fire Resistant Materials, Thinned Trees Credited, E2244 [5NO]

Fire Threat Is Red-Hot in Parched West, S6702 [20MY]

For Amber Waves of Data—After the Green Revolution Comes Farming's Geek Revolution, S14976 [18NO]

Informed Iowans Should Support Tom Dorr, S14988 [18NO]

Lake Arrowhead—Fears of a Landmark Disaster, S13627 [30OC]

Make a Decision on Dorr, S14987 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Research Service: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 22), S13802 [3NO] (see H.J. Res. 74), H9812 [21OC]

Agriculture: allow modified bloc voting by dairy marketing cooperatives in the scheduled referendum on Federal milk marketing order reform (see S. 43), S36 [7JA]

———assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness in ways that provide environmental benefits (see H.R. 1293), H1901 [13MR]

———prohibit open-air cultivation or use of human food or animal feed as host plant and establish tracking system to regulate genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops (see H.R. 2921), H7782 [25JY]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see S. 40), S36 [7JA]

———provide administrative authority to investigate live poultry dealers (see H.R. 582), H319 [5FE]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 21), S35 [7JA] (see S. 108, 125), S132 [9JA] (see S. 1309), S8300 [20JN] (see S. 1626), S11648 [17SE] (see H.R. 92), H55 (see H.R. 160), H57 [7JA] (see H.R. 257), H135 (see H.R. 307), H137 [8JA] (see H.R. 376), H171 [27JA] (see H.R. 2684), H6464 [9JY]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates, and provide tax relief for farmers and producers of biodiesel (see S. 154), S288 [14JA]

———provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (see S. 91), S37 [7JA]

———reduce interest rate on loans to processors of sugar beets and sugarcane to conform to the intent of Congress (see S. Res. 127), S5541 [30AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 1427), S9592 [17JY] (see H.R. 2673), H6463 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 473), H12917 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 458), H11700 [20NO] (see H. Res. 465), H12306 [21NO]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (see S. 137), S133 [9JA]

Animals: conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (see H.R. 1367), H2131 [19MR]

———conduct a loan repayment program to encourage provision of veterinary services in shortage and emergency situations (see S. 1858), S14804 [12NO]

———coordinate and strengthen research and monitoring, and promote public outreach, education, and awareness of chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 2430), H5266 [11JN]

———encourage research on the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control its spread, monitor the incidence of the disease, and support State efforts to control the disease (see S. 1036), S5995 [9MY] (see H.R. 2057), H3973 [9MY]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (see S. 849), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 2907), H7781 [25JY]

Arkansas: convey certain land to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery (see S. 1537), S10618 [31JY]

———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. 33), S35 [7JA]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 2776), H7085 [17JY]

Birds: improve migratory bird management by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (see H.R. 3320), H9613 [16OC]

Chesapeake Bay: establish a Forest Service program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (see S. 830), S5059 [9AP]

Children and youth: establish programs to improve the nutrition and health of children (see S. 1750), S12737 [16OC]

———improve certain nutritional programs (see S. 995), S5725 [5MY] (see H.R. 2626), H6262 [26JN]

———promote better nutrition among school children participating in school breakfast and lunch programs (see S. 1007), S5771 [6MY]

———provide grants to support farm-to-cafeteria projects under the National School Lunch Act (see S. 1755), S12838 [17OC]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H10236 [30OC]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 2305), H4875 [3JN]

———exchange certain lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado (see H.R. 2766), H7085 [17JY]

Conservation of natural resources: ensure availability of funds to provide technical assistance for certain conservation programs (see H.R. 1907), H3634 [1MY]

———prohibit use of certain conservation funding to provide technical assistance under the Conservation Reserve Program (see S. 1766), S12969 [21OC]

Conservation Reserve Program: improve enrollment of cropland through the farmable wetlands program (see S. 1877), S15061 [18NO]

———suspend requirement to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in response to a drought or other emergency (see S. 124), S132 [9JA]

Contracts: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see H.R. 3308), H9613 [16OC]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct and support research into alternative treatments for timber produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the public domain for the National Forest System (see S. 432), S2594 [24FE]

———cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (see S. 1957), S15975 [25NO]

Disasters: designate a disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (see H.R. 3157), H8904 [24SE]

Discrimination: provide administrative or judicial relief for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers who were discriminated against in farm credit and benefit programs (see H.R. 1667), H2938 [8AP]

Dixie National Forest: convey certain real property (see H.R. 3667), H12918 [8DE]

Ecology and environment: support research on control and suppression of plant species tamarisk in the Colorado River watershed (see H.R. 695), H391 [11FE]

Education Land Grant Act: require the Dept. of Agriculture to pay costs of environmental reviews relative to conveyances (see H.R. 108), H55 [7JA]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see S. 194), S1144 [17JA] (see H.R. 1245), H1811 [12MR]

Federal aid programs: allow quick aid to producers in federally declared disaster areas, provide emergency disaster assistance to certain producers for qualifying crop losses, and continue livestock assistance program (see H.R. 3402), H10129 [29OC]

———establish a counter-cyclical income support program for dairy producers (see H.R. 1990), H3683 [6MY]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 762), H699 [13FE]

Fire prevention: allow Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements with Federal agencies to acquire goods and services relative to improving or using the wildfire fighting capability of those agencies (see H.R. 1061), H1515 [4MR]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (see S. 1314), S8357 [23JN] (see S. 1352), S8725 [26JN] (see S. 1453), S9905 [24JY] (see H.R. 2639), H6262 [26JN]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see S. 1449), S9793 [23JY] (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration (see H. Res. 239), H4253 [19MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 457), H11700 [20NO]

Firefighters: authorize former Federal employees receiving voluntary separation payments to accept subsequent Federal employment related to fighting forest fires (see H.R. 366), H170 [27JA]

———expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires (see H.R. 575), H319 [5FE]

———provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 977), H1461 [27FE]

Florida: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land (see S. 116, 117), S132 [9JA]

———authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain national forest lands (see H.R. 482), H243 [29JA]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 2917), H7782 [25JY]

———establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see S. 1103), S6977 [22MY] (see H.R. 2203), H4733 [22MY]

———require certain ready-to-eat meat or poultry products to bear a label advising at-risk consumers of Dept. of Agriculture and FDA recommendations relative to listeria monocytogenes (see S. 1187), S7381 [4JN]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 467), H243 [29JA] (see H.R. 3684), H12919 [8DE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 2916), H7782 [25JY]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 3547), H11700 [20NO]

———improve safety of meat and poultry products through retrieval of history, use, and location of products using a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification (see H.R. 3546), H11700 [20NO]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see S. 457), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 955), H1460 [27FE]

Foreign Agricultural Service: anniversary (see S. Res. 106), S4898 [7AP] (see H.J. Res. 49), H3304 [10AP]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. trade and economic development policies respect and support the rights of African farmers (see H. Con. Res. 269), H7785 [25JY]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (see H.R. 2707), H6603 [10JY]

———provide suitable grazing arrangements to persons holding grazing permits adversely affected by willow flycatcher and Yosemite toad restrictions (see S. 1111), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2395), H5088 [9JN]

———repeal Forest Service Appeals Reform Act and develop an administrative appeals process similar to other Federal land management agencies (see H.R. 1679), H2938 [8AP]

Forests: establish an inventory and management program for forests derived from public domain land (see S. 1910), S15287 [20NO]

Government National Mortgage Association: allow the guarantee of securities backed by Rural Housing Service guaranteed loans (see H.R. 2740), H6868 [15JY]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (see S. 212), S1479 [23JA]

Idaho: authorize sale or exchange of all or part of certain parcels of National Forest System land and use proceeds for National Forest System purposes (see S. 434), S2701 [25FE] (see H.R. 902), H1332 [25FE]

———enhance collaborative forest stewardship management within the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests (see H.R. 835), H703 [13FE]

Lumber industry: conduct a study on the effectiveness of silver-based biocides as an alternative treatment to preserve wood (see H.R. 688), H390 [11FE]

Mendocino National Forest: convey certain lands and authorize the use of the proceeds from such conveyances (see H.R. 708), H391 [11FE]

Milk: implement certain price structures under Federal milk marketing orders and provide emergency market loss payments to certain dairy producers (see H.R. 455), H242 [29JA]

———use of distance or transportation costs as a basis for pricing milk (see S. 42), S36 [7JA]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (see S. 1167), S7188 [2JN] (see H.R. 2304), H4875 [3JN]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2386), H5045 [5JN]

Motor vehicles: increase fines for improper use of vehicles that result in damage to public lands or national forests (see H.R. 751), H462 [12FE]

National Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force: establish (see H.R. 2431), H5266 [11JN]

National Drought Council: establish (see S. 1454), S9905 [24JY] (see H.R. 2871), H7616 [24JY]

National forests: provide a reliable method for compensating owners of non-Federal lands that have been damaged by wildfires spread from certain National Forest System or BLM lands (see S. 1315), S8358 [23JN] (see H.R. 2551), H5662 [19JN]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 3431), H10339 [4NO]

National School Lunch Act: improve child and adult care food program (see S. 1022), S5859 [7MY]

———improve summer food service program for children (see S. 1021), S5859 [7MY]

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. 490), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 74), H54 [7JA]

Nebraska: enter into cooperative agreements with the Nebraska State Forester to carry out watershed restoration and protection activities on National Forest System lands (see S. 691), S4275 [21MR]

Nevada: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County (see S. 1575), S11032 [3SE] (see H.R. 1092), H1640 [5MR]

———convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (see S. 1819), S13909 [4NO] (see H.R. 272), H136 [8JA]

North Carolina: authorize use of unobligated housing demonstration program funds to make grants to senior citizens for recovery from flood and hurricane damage to their homes (see H.R. 406), H217 [28JA]

Oregon: sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site (see S. 1848), S14451 [11NO]

———sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site (S. 1848) (see H.R. 3505), H11359 [17NO]

Ottawa National Forest: transfer certain land to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 2976), H7784 [25JY]

Packers and Stockyards Act: limit the number of packer-owned swine that certain packers may slaughter in any calendar year (see S. 1644), S11832 [23SE]

———prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (see S. 27), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 719), H460 [12FE]

Pennsylvania: conveyance of certain National Forest System lands and improvements (see H.R. 3514), H11391 (see H.R. 3514), H11514 [18NO]

Power resources: make grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes (see H.R. 1550), H2586 [1AP]

———provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve and authorize loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels (see H.R. 130), H56 [7JA]

Public lands: designate percentage of farmland protection program funds for grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity (see H.R. 2703), H6603 [10JY]

Puerto Rico: acquire and manage lands to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (see S. 1256), S7831 [12JN] (see H.R. 2488), H5467 [17JN]

Puxico, MO: transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service (see S. 1814), S13802 [3NO] (see H.R. 3433), H10339 [4NO]

Safety: recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (see H.R. 2273), H4737 [22MY]

Sandpoint, ID: conveyance of Sandpoint Federal Building and adjacent lands (see S. 435), S2701 [25FE] (see H.R. 903), H1332 [25FE]

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: conduct special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of inclusion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor (see S. 347), S2187 [11FE] (see H.R. 704), H391 [11FE]

Schools: ensure safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (see H.R. 1551), H2586 [1AP]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see S. 468), S2919 [27FE] (see H.R. 1021), H1463 [27FE]

Taxation: provide credit for farmers' investments in value-added agriculture (see H.R. 136), H56 [7JA]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 1316), S8439 [24JN]

Terrorism: assist States and communities in preparing for and responding to threats to agriculture (see S. 427), S2594 [24FE]

Texas: require landowners with tenant rice farmers to continue to maintain rice in their crop rotation in order to receive Federal subsidies (see H.R. 1574), H2703 [2AP]

Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory, Poplarville, MS: designate (see H.R. 3372), H9811 [21OC]

Tobacco products: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities (see S. 1490), S10265 [30JY]

———eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 140), H56 [7JA]

———eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (see H.R. 3160), H8904 [24SE]

———make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1091), H1640 [5MR]

———prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for flue-cured and burley tobacco (see H.R. 3500), H11359 [17NO]

———replace existing Federal price support and quota programs for flue-cured and burley tobacco with a licensing program designed to assist producers (see H.R. 1566), H2702 [2AP]

———replace existing tobacco program with a federally chartered corporation, compensate quota holders, provide transition assistance for producers and increase competitiveness of domestically produced tobacco (see H.R. 986), H1462 [27FE]

———replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 245), H134 [8JA]

Cloture motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, S16083 [9DE]

Dorr, Thomas C.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development, S14858 [12NO], S14992 [18NO]

———nomination to the CCC, S14859 [12NO], S14992 [18NO]

Conference reports

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 2673), H12323-H12746 [25NO]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act (H.R. 1904), H11686-H11698 [20NO]

Factsheets

Family Farm and Ranch Innovation Act (H.R. 1293), E460 [13MR]

Responsible Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement and Response (ROVER) Act (H.R. 751), E222 [13FE]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay legislation: Robert M. Ferris, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S5068 [9AP]

———Robert S. Bloxom, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S5068 [9AP]

Dept. of Agriculture country of origin labeling requirements implementation: Bruce Bass and Gary Machan, IBP, Inc., S14114 [6NO]

———several organizations, S14112 [6NO]

Dept. of Agriculture country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, H6643 [14JY]

Emergency agriculture assistance: several agricultural organizations, S1167 [17JA]

Florida National Forest Land Management Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H11592 [19NO]

———Representative Pombo, Committee on Resources (House), H11592 [19NO]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S13461 [29OC]

———Forest Stewards Guild, S13461 [29OC]

———J.T. Banks, Forest Roads Working Group, S13463 [29OC]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4307 [20MY]

———Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4307, H4308 [20MY]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4307 [20MY]

———several firefighter advocates, S13462 [29OC]

———several organizations, S13459-S13461, S13462, S13483 [29OC]

Nomination of Thomas C. Dorr to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development: Charles W. Larson, Sr., Dept. of Justice, S14991 [18NO]

———Clinton Bristow, Office for the Advancement of Public Black Colleges, S14974 [18NO]

———Congressional Black Caucus, S14982 [18NO]

———Congressional Hispanic Caucus, S14980 [18NO]

———Gary Broyles, National Association of Wheat Growers, S14975 [18NO]

———Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S14975 [18NO]

———Michael W. Houston, Dept. of Agriculture, S14991 [18NO]

———National Corn Growers Association, S14975 [18NO]

———Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Congressional Black Caucus, S14982 [18NO]

———several Senators, S14981 [18NO]

———several agricultural organizations, S14974 [18NO]

———several family farm advocacy organizations, S14981 [18NO]

———William C. Hunter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, S14975 [18NO]

Plant variety protection extension for Marshall ryegrass: Don Herb, Oregro Seed, Inc., S14140 [6NO]

———Lester Spell, Jr., Mississippi Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce, S14141 [6NO]

———Marc W. Cool, Barenbrug Group, S14141 [6NO]

———Mike Pigott, Livestock Producers Association, S14141 [6NO]

———Paul Zehr, Smith Seed Services (business), S14140 [6NO]

Price supports for butter and nonfat dry milk: J.B. Penn, Dept. of Agriculture, S14137 [6NO]

———several Senators, S14136 [6NO]

Strengthen enforcement of Animal Welfare Act animal fighting provisions: several Representatives, H6637 [14JY]

———Wayne Pacelle and Mimi Brody, Humane Society of the U.S., H6638 [14JY]

Tobacco Market Transition Act: Henry S. West, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, and George Marks, Burley Stabilization Corp., S10189 [30JY]

———Johnny Bullock and Dean M. Wallace, Council for Burley Tobacco, S10189 [30JY]

———several State farm bureau presidents, S10189 [30JY]

Memorandums

National Access Fees and Federal Universal Service Fees on Telephone Services: Thomas C. Dorr, S14978 [18NO]

Wetlands Reserve Program and Farmland Protection Program Technical Assistance Funding: Anthony H. Gamboa, GAO, S12972-S12975 [21OC], S14131-S14134 [6NO]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S14005 [5NO], S14142 [6NO], H6634 [14JY], H11372 [18NO]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S13604, S13609, S13611, S13621, S13624 [30OC], H4322 [20MY], H10463 [6NO]

Newsletters

Apollo 13 and the Tom Dorr Hearing: Emily S. French, World Perspectives, Inc., S14988 [18NO]

Dorr Confirmation Becomes a Test of Political Influence: Webster Agricultural Newsletter, S14989 [18NO]

Press releases

Education in the Arab State—Five Million Girls Still Denied Access to School: UNESCO, H4211 [19MY]

Remarks in House

Agricultural Research Service: anniversary (S.J. Res. 22), H11163, H11164 [17NO]

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness in ways that provide environmental benefits (H.R. 1293), E459 [13MR]

———country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, H6620, H6640-H6648 [14JY], H12837 [8DE], E1504 [17JY], E1536 [18JY]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, H40-H43 [7JA]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (H.R. 257), H64 [8JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H6648, H6649 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), H6609-H6658, H6676-H6680 [14JY], H11372 [18NO], E1489 [15JY], E1504 [17JY], E1524, E1528, E1536 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, H12315 [25NO], H12749, H12753, H12766-H12845, H12854, H12882, H12884 [8DE], E2460 [25NO], E2505, E2548, E2549 [8DE], E2551, E2556 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 473), H12760-H12766 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 458), H12181-H12186 [21NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 465), H12754-H12760 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), motion to instruct conferees, H11372-H11377 [18NO], E2350 [20NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), unanimous-consent request, H6633 [14JY]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions funding, H6635-H6638 [14JY]

Animals: chronic wasting disease research funding, H6622 [14JY]

———conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (H.R. 1367), H11164-H11166 [17NO]

———prohibit approval of any nonambulatory livestock for human consumption, H6651-H6655 [14JY]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (H.R. 2907), H11460-H11466 [18NO], E1634 [25JY]

Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust: administration, H2577 [1AP]

Birds: condemn payment of compensation to individuals possessing birds, for the purpose of fighting, relative to outbreak of Exotic Newcastle Disease, H2475 [31MR]

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H8893 [24SE], H8998, H9000 [30SE], H9077 [1OC], H9254-H9256 [7OC], H9486 [16OC], H9739 [21OC]

Children and youth: reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (H.R. 3416), E2195 [31OC]

Colorado: exchange certain lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado (H.R. 2766), H10305-H10307 [4NO]

Commodities: impact of monetization of commodities on farmers and commodity markets, H2577 [1AP]

Conservation of natural resources: conservation technical assistance programs funding, H6650 [14JY]

Contracts: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (H.R. 3308), E2065 [16OC]

Disasters: designate a disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (H.R. 3157), H11167-H11169 [17NO]

Education Land Grant Act: require the Dept. of Agriculture to pay costs of environmental reviews relative to conveyances (H.R. 108), H2874 [8AP]

Federal aid programs: decision to revise verification process used to determine eligibility for free or reduced school meals, H9488 [16OC]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (H.R. 762), H2534, H2535 [1AP]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), H3755-H3758 [7MY], H4003-H4008 [13MY], H4287-H4324 [20MY], H4865-H4868 [3JN], H10197 [30OC], H10462, H10547-H10553 [6NO], E1031, E1036, E1042 [21MY], E1056, E1062 [22MY], E1071, E1078 [23MY], E1094 [2JN], E1244 [13JN], E2243 [5NO], E2281 [7NO], E2332 [19NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference report, H12159-H12172 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference rpt. consideration (H. Res. 457), H12113-H12117 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration (H. Res. 239), H4277-H4286 [20MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), corrections in engrossment, H4324 [20MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), motion to instruct conferees, H10463-H10469 [6NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), motion to recommit, H4322-H4324 [20MY]

———limit Federal authority in the judicial review of hazardous fuel reduction projects for forests, H4322-H4324 [20MY], H12170 [21NO]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, H9061 [1OC]

Firefighters: expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires, H4586, H4587 [22MY]

———provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (H.R. 977), E328 [27FE]

Florida: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land (S. 117), H11591, H11592 [19NO]

Food industry: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production, H671 [13FE]

Foreign Agricultural Service: anniversary (H.J. Res. 49), H5828, H5829 [25JN], E755 [11AP]

Forest Service: bark beetle eradication funding, H12171 [21NO]

———hemlock wooly adelgid eradication research funding, H4313 [20MY]

———increase hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in Dept. of Agriculture land acquisition program funding, H7048, H7049 [17JY]

———prohibit funding to finalize or implement revisions to National Forest Management Act planning regulations, H7062-H7069 [17JY]

Forests: combat unnatural insect and disease outbreaks, H4319 [20MY]

Idaho: enhance collaborative forest stewardship management within the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests (H.R. 835), E251 [13FE]

International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program: funding, H4211 [19MY], H12881 [8DE]

Mendocino National Forest: convey certain lands and authorize the use of the proceeds from such conveyances (H.R. 708), H9331, H9332 [8OC]

Michigan: emerald ash borer eradication funding, H12166 [21NO]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (H.R. 2304), H11169, H11170 [17NO]

Motor vehicles: increase fines for improper use of vehicles that result in damage to public lands or national forests (H.R. 751), E222 [13FE]

National Animal Disease Laboratory: funding, H2730 [3AP]

National Drought Council: establish (H.R. 2871), H12117 [21NO], E1601 [25JY]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (H.R. 3431), H10320 [4NO], H10383 [5NO]

Native Americans: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (H.R. 74), H6874 [16JY]

Natural Resources Conservation Service: tribute to La Junta, CO, office, E1327 [23JN]

Nevada: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County (H.R. 1092), H9407-H9409 [15OC]

———convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (H.R. 272), H6874-H6876 [16JY]

North Carolina: authorize use of unobligated housing demonstration program funds to make grants to senior citizens for recovery from flood and hurricane damage to their homes (H.R. 406), E85 [28JA]

Office of Civil Rights: funding, H6634, H6635 [14JY]

Power resources: provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve and authorize loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels (H.R. 130), H122 [8JA], H4102 [14MY], H9077 [1OC]

Public lands: forest-thinning projects on Federal lands, E2243 [5NO]

———limit Recreation Fee Demonstration Program to National Park Service areas, H6945 [16JY], H7033-H7036 [17JY], E1569 [23JY]

Puerto Rico: acquire and manage lands to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (H.R. 2488), E1278 [17JN]

Safety: recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (H.R. 2273), E1055 [22MY]

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: conduct special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of inclusion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor (H.R. 704), E193 [12FE]

Schools: ensure safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (H.R. 1551), E638 [1AP]

Supreme Court: decision not to hear case on Presidential authority to extend or establish national monuments under the Antiquities Act, E1998 [8OC]

Texas: require landowners with tenant rice farmers to continue to maintain rice in their crop rotation in order to receive Federal subsidies (H.R. 1574), E648 [2AP]

Tobacco products: make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (H.R. 1091), E380 [6MR]

———replace existing Federal price support and quota programs for flue-cured and burley tobacco with a licensing program designed to assist producers (H.R. 1566), E652 [2AP]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: provide emergency agriculture assistance through CCC funding, S9214 [10JY]

Agricultural Research Service: anniversary (S.J. Res. 22), S13834, S13835 [3NO]

———funding, S14017 [5NO]

———tribute to National Animal Disease Center, S13835 [3NO]

———tribute to projects in Mississippi, S13834 [3NO]

Agriculture: allow modified bloc voting by dairy marketing cooperatives in the scheduled referendum on Federal milk marketing order reform (S. 43), S48 [7JA]

———country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, S14110-S14126, S14139 [6NO]

———cranberry research funding, S14016 [5NO]

———extend plant variety protection for Marshall ryegrass, S14140, S14141 [6NO]

———humane slaughter inspectors for livestock funding, S13956 [5NO]

———price supports for butter and nonfat dry milk, S13997 [5NO], S14136, S14137 [6NO]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (S. 40), S45 [7JA]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S1127, S1166 [17JA], S1220 [21JA], S1327-S1340 [22JA], S2420, S2434 [13FE], S13773 [3NO], S14001, S14003-S14005 [5NO]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 1309), S8305 [20JN]

———provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (S. 91), S75 [7JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S13900 [4NO], S13954, S13960-S13980, S13997-S14022 [5NO], S14104-S14107, S14110-S14155 [6NO], S14265 [7NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, S15917-S15920, S15933-S15935 [25NO], S16083-S16089, S16108 [9DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S16082 [9DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), insert S. 1427 language in lieu, S13954 [5NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), unanimous-consent agreement, S13891 [4NO], S14122 [6NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), unanimous-consent request, S13977 [5NO]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Maine Cooperative Beaver Management Program funding, S14012 [5NO]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions funding, S14013 [5NO]

Animals: chronic wasting disease research funding, S14014 [5NO]

———conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (H.R. 1367), S15865 [24NO]

———conduct a loan repayment program to encourage provision of veterinary services in shortage and emergency situations (S. 1858), S14810 [12NO]

———encourage research on the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control its spread, monitor the incidence of the disease, and support State efforts to control the disease (S. 1036), S5997-S6000 [9MY]

Appropriations: reduce for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S14153 [6NO]

———status of legislation for unfunded agencies, S12860, S12871, S12879 [20OC]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (S. 849), S5091, S5092 [9AP]

Arkansas: convey certain land to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery (S. 1537), S15863 [24NO]

———sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites (S. 33), S15864 [24NO]

Canada: risk of importation of live cattle, S14008 [5NO]

Chesapeake Bay: establish a Forest Service program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (S. 830), S5062-S5064 [9AP]

Children and youth: develop and expand outreach programs for children in rural areas, S1436 [23JA]

———establish programs to improve the nutrition and health of children (S. 1750), S12747 [16OC]

———improve certain nutritional programs (S. 995), S5736 [5MY]

———promote better nutrition among school children participating in school breakfast and lunch programs (S. 1007), S5787, S5788 [6MY]

———provide grants to support farm-to-cafeteria projects under the National School Lunch Act (S. 1755), S12846 [17OC]

Chino Basin Manure Management Project: funding, S14148, S14149 [6NO]

Conservation of natural resources: conservation technical assistance programs funding, S14146 [6NO]

———prohibit use of certain conservation funding to provide technical assistance under the Conservation Reserve Program, S14126, S14127, S14131-S14139 [6NO]

———prohibit use of certain conservation funding to provide technical assistance under the Conservation Reserve Program (S. 1766), S12971-S12976 [21OC]

Conservation Security Program: implementation, S2434, S2448-S2450 [13FE]

Credit cards: prevent abuse of Government credit cards, S14017, S14018 [5NO]

Delmarva Conservation Corridor Demonstration Program: funding, S14021, S14022 [5NO]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct and support research into alternative treatments for timber produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the public domain for the National Forest System (S. 432), S2609 [24FE]

———cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (S. 1957), S15982 [25NO]

———Private Landowner's Incentive Program funding, S11823, S11824 [23SE]

Dorr, Thomas C.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development, S14858 [12NO], S14974-S14993 [18NO]

———nomination to the CCC, S14858 [12NO], S14974-S14993 [18NO]

Environmental Quality Incentive Program: cost-share assistance payment limitations, S14152 [6NO]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (S. 194), S1145 [17JA]

Federal aid programs: crop insurance programs funding, S4420 [26MR]

———payment limits on certain agricultural programs, S4417, S4420, S4421 [26MR]

Fire prevention: expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1314), S8362-S8365 [23JN]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1352), S8745 [26JN]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1453), S9907 [24JY]

———hazardous fuels reduction projects in wildland-urban interface funding, S13617-S13621 [30OC]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, S11520 [16SE]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S8362 [23JN], S12859-S12864 [20OC], S12997 [22OC], S13072, S13073, S13075, S13125, S13126 [23OC], S13254-S13256 [27OC], S13341, S13372 [28OC], S13435-S13485 [29OC], S13600-S13611, S13613, S13616-S13637, S13696 [30OC], S13786, S13794, S13796 [3NO], S13847-S13849 [4NO], S14086 [6NO], S15212, S15217 [20NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference report, S15368-S15373, S15376-S15379 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), unanimous-consent request, S12859 [20OC], S13073, S13074 [23OC], S13476 [29OC], S13830, S13831 [3NO], S13890 [4NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (S. 1449), S9799-S9801 [23JY]

———provide borrowing authority for fire suppression and conduct hazardous fuels reduction and burned area restoration on non-Federal lands, S13601-S13605 [30OC]

———provide five-year authority for changes in hazardous fuels reduction projects, S13626-S13631 [30OC]

———require treatment of slash and other long term fuels management for hazardous fuels reduction projects, S13608 [30OC]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, S11558 [16SE], S11719 [18SE], S11816 [23SE], S13253-S13256 [27OC]

Firefighters: wildland firefighter safety funding, S13631-S13633 [30OC]

Florida: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land (S. 117), S3102, S3103 [4MR]

Food: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (S. 1103), S6981-S6985 [22MY]

———nutrition programs funding, S1436-S1438 [23JA], S4413 [26MR], S14013 [5NO]

———prohibit funding for process approving the human consumption of meat from downed animals, S13997 [5NO], S14150 [6NO]

———prohibit the purchase of chickens treated with fluoroquinolone for school nutrition programs, S14144 [6NO]

Food industry: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production, S2436 [13FE], S4806 [3AP]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (S. 457), S2849 [26FE]

Food stamps: farmers' market electronic benefit transfer program funding, S14021 [5NO]

———funding for residents in Alaska and Hawaii, S14154 [6NO]

Foreign Agricultural Service: anniversary (S. Res. 106), S4915 [7AP], S4952 [8AP]

Foreign aid: ensure food-grade quality of sorghum sent as food aid, S14015 [5NO]

Foreign trade: decision to ban beef imports from Canada due to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), S6846 [21MY]

Forest Service: expand Forest Stewardship Program, S2426-S2428 [13FE]

———maintain current administrative and judicial review requirements, S13609-S13611 [30OC]

———provide suitable grazing arrangements to persons holding grazing permits adversely affected by willow flycatcher and Yosemite toad restrictions (S. 1111), S6994 [22MY]

———tribute to Detroit, OR, Ranger District, S2697 [25FE]

Forests: require collaborative monitoring of forest health projects, S13609 [30OC]

———Rural Community Forestry Enterprise Program funding, S15370 [21NO]

———use best value contracting criteria when awarding contracts for hazardous fuels reduction, S13616 [30OC]

GAO: require study on costs and benefits of alternatives in environmental assessments and impact statements relative to hazardous fuels reduction projects, S13624-S13626 [30OC]

Health: prohibit importation of live cattle from certain countries with instances of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and abide by international livestock health and safety standards, S14106 [6NO]

Hendricks, John: Dept. of Agriculture Risk Management Agency Future Farmers of America writing contest winner, S5339 [11AP]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (S. 212), S1487 [23JA], S4910 [7AP]

———conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (S. 212), CBO report, S4895 [7AP]

Historic Barn Preservation Program: funding, S14143 [6NO]

Idaho: authorize sale or exchange of all or part of certain parcels of National Forest System land and use proceeds for National Forest System purposes (S. 434), S2703 [25FE], S15867 [24NO]

Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems: funding, S14145, S14146 [6NO]

Insects: Asian beetles eradication program funding, S5006 [9AP]

———Asian longhorned beetle eradication funding, S14150 [6NO]

———Mormon crickets control programs funding, S9224 [10JY]

International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program: funding, S14150 [6NO]

Land use: equitable treatment of popcorn and corn growers for purposes of computing base acreage, S1467 [23JA]

Louisiana: agricultural research programs funding, S14019, S14020 [5NO], S14146, S14147 [6NO]

Michigan: emerald ash borer eradication funding, S14147, S14148 [6NO]

Milk: use of distance or transportation costs as a basis for pricing milk (S. 42), S47 [7JA]

Mississippi: soil erosion, watershed, and flood control funding, S14013 [5NO]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (S. 1167), S7195 [2JN]

National Agriculture Statistics Service: potato survey, S14013, S14014 [5NO]

National Animal Disease Laboratory: funding, S4760, S4761, S4763 [3AP]

National Drought Council: establish (S. 1454), S9908, S9912 [24JY]

National forests: ensure protection of old-growth forests, S13621-S13624 [30OC], S15376-S15379 [21NO]

———provide a reliable method for compensating owners of non-Federal lands that have been damaged by wildfires spread from certain National Forest System or BLM lands (S. 1315), S8365 [23JN]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas, S13481 [29OC], S15371 [21NO]

National Organic Program: funding, S11113 [4SE]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children participating in summer food service programs, S1436 [23JA]

Native Americans: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (H.R. 74), S9618 [17JY]

———convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (S. 490), S2975 [27FE], S9606 [17JY]

Natural Resource Conservation Service: report to Congress on protection of archaeological and historical resources on agricultural lands, S14018 [5NO], S14148 [6NO]

Nevada: convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (S. 1819), S13910 [4NO]

New York: goose population control funding, S14146 [6NO]

North Carolina: conduct study on economic impact of horticulture industry, S14022 [5NO]

Office of Civil Rights: funding, S14149 [6NO]

Oregon: sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site (S. 1848), S14455 [11NO]

Packers and Stockyards Act: limit the number of packer-owned swine that certain packers may slaughter in any calendar year (S. 1644), S11834 [23SE]

———prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (S. 27), S42 [7JA]

Parker, Vernon B.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Agriculture for Civil Rights, S4539 [27MR]

Pennsylvania: Agricultural Research Service Geisinger Rural Aging Study and Nutricore Northeast, Inc., research funding, S14014, S14015 [5NO]

Power resources: establish university-based research, extension, and educational programs to implement biobased energy technologies and products, S14010 [5NO]

———Rural Utilities High Energy Cost project funding, S1438 [23JA]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S14858 [12NO]

Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program: funding, S14154 [6NO]

Puerto Rico: acquire and manage lands to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (S. 1256), S7840 [12JN]

Puxico, MO: transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service (S. 1814), S13804 [3NO]

Quarles, Ryan: Dept. of Agriculture Risk Management Agency Future Farmers of America writing contest winner, S5339 [11AP]

Rhode Island: eelgrass habitat restoration program funding, S14019 [5NO]

———eliminate avian influenza in poultry, S14015 [5NO]

Rural Utilities Service: broadband loan program funding, S13957, S13960 [5NO], S14128-S14130 [6NO]

———use of unobligated funds to carry out 911 access loan program for emergency communications systems in rural areas, S14012, S14013 [5NO]

Sandpoint, ID: conveyance of Sandpoint Federal Building and adjacent lands (S. 435), S2703 [25FE], S15868 [24NO]

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: conduct special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of inclusion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor (S. 347), S2207 [11FE], S4910 [7AP]

South Carolina: Natural Resource Conservation Service and Earth Sciences and Resources Institute at the University of South Carolina funding, S14018 [5NO]

Taxation: treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (S. 1316), S8441 [24JN]

Team Nutrition Program: funding, S14104-S14106 [6NO]

Telemedicine program: funding, S14013 [5NO]

Terrorism: assist States and communities in preparing for and responding to threats to agriculture, S14147 [6NO]

———assist States and communities in preparing for and responding to threats to agriculture (S. 427), S2596 [24FE], S5332 [11AP], S11472 [15SE], S15968 [25NO]

Tobacco products: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities (S. 1490), S10188-S10193, S10267 [30JY], S10987 [2SE]

Tree Assistance Program: funding, S14019, S14021 [5NO]

University of Georgia: transfer funds from Alliance for Food Protection to Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Integrated Fruit and Vegetable research project, S14014 [5NO]

Washington: Agriculture Research Service wine grape foundation block funding, S14148 [6NO]

Wildlife Habitat Management Institute: relocation, S14014 [5NO]

Woodward, OK: Dept. of Agriculture Southern Plains Range Research Station funding, S14015, S14016 [5NO]

Reports

Forest Service—Information on Appeals and Litigation Involving Fuels Reduction Activities: GAO, S13473 [29OC]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2673) (H. Rept. 108-401), H12320 [25NO]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2673) (H. Rept. 108-193), H6463 [9JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1427) (S. Rept. 108-107), S9591 [17JY]

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests Land Exchange Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2766) (H. Rept. 108-329), H9980 [28OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 457) (H. Rept. 108-388), H11700 [20NO]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2673, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 473) (H. Rept. 108-402), H12917 [8DE]

Consideration of H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 239) (H. Rept. 108-109), H4253 [19MY]

Convey Certain Land in the Lake Tahoe Basin To Be Held in Trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 490) (S. Rept. 108-91), S9303 [11JY]

Conveyance of Certain Land in the Lake Tahoe Basin To Be Held in Trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 74) (H. Rept. 108-185), H6261 [26JN]

Florida National Forest Land Management Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 117) (S. Rept. 108-5), S2186 [11FE]

Foreign Agricultural Service Anniversary: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.J. Res. 49) (H. Rept. 108-155), H5407 [16JN]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 108-386), H11700 [20NO]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (H.R. 1904) (S. Rept. 108-121), S10616 [31JY]

———Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 108-96), H3972 [9MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 108-96), H4253 [19MY]

High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, Modeling and Monitoring Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 212) (S. Rept. 108-21), S3993 [19MR]

Idaho Panhandle National Forest Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 434) (S. Rept. 108-132), S10970 [2SE]

Mendocino National Forest Conveyances of Certain Lands and Authorize the Use of the Proceeds From Such Conveyances: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 708) (H. Rept. 108-293), H9212 [2OC]

Nevada Land Conveyance to Lander and Eureka Counties for Continued Use as Cemeteries: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 272) (H. Rept. 108-166), H5661 [19JN]

Nevada National Forest Land Disposal Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1092) (H. Rept. 108-294), H9213 [2OC]

Nomination of Thomas C. Dorr To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8125 [18JN]

Nomination of Vernon B. Parker To Be Assistant Sec. of Agriculture for Civil Rights: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4433 [26MR]

Northern Arizona National Forest Land Exchange Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2907) (H. Rept. 108-379), H11391, H11514 [18NO]

Rim of the Valley Corridor Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 347) (S. Rept. 108-25), S3993 [19MR]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2673, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 458) (H. Rept. 108-389), H11700 [20NO]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 465) (H. Rept. 108-399), H12306 [21NO]

Sandpoint Land and Facilities Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 435) (S. Rept. 108-133), S10970 [2SE]

Statements

Emergency Agriculture Assistance: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), S2450 [13FE]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Executive Office of the President, S13453 [29OC]

Iowa Agricultural Policy: Thomas C. Dorr, S14978 [18NO]

Summaries

Forest Service Budget: Executive Office of the President, S13618 [30OC]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2673), H6610-H6617 [14JY]

———conference report, H12768-H12812, H12816-H12822 [8DE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S16108 [9DE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S13956 [5NO]

Environmental Quality Incentives Program unfunded applications by State, S14135 [6NO]

Omnibus consolidated appropriations (H.R. 2673): conference report, H12768-H12812, H12816-H12822 [8DE]

Testimonies

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Wenonah Hauter, Public Citizen (organization), H6621 [14JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 239, consideration of H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H4277 [20MY]

H. Res. 457, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H12113 [21NO]

H. Res. 458, same-day consideration of conference report on H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations and H.J. Res. 79, continuing appropriations, H12181 [21NO]

H. Res. 465, same-day consideration of consideration of conference report on H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations and consideration of H.J. Res. 79, continuing appropriations, H12754 [8DE]

H. Res. 473, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H12760 [8DE]

H.J. Res. 49, Dept. of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service anniversary, H5828 [25JN]

H.R. 74, convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California, H6874 [16JY]

H.R. 108, require the Dept. of Agriculture to pay costs of environmental reviews relative to conveyances under the Education Land Grant Act, H2874 [8AP]

H.R. 272, land conveyance to Lander and Eureka Counties, NV, for continued use as cemeteries, H6875 [16JY]

H.R. 708, Mendocino National Forest land conveyance and authorize the use of the proceeds from such conveyances, H9331 [8OC]

H.R. 762, Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act, H2534 [1AP]

H.R. 1092, Nevada National Forest Land Disposal Act, H9407 [15OC]

H.R. 1367, National Veterinary Medical Service Act, H11164 [17NO]

H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, S13441-S13449 [29OC], S13719-S13734 [31OC], H4287, H4292-H4298 [20MY]

H.R. 2304, Barry and Stone Counties, MO, boundary conflict resolution caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys, H11169 [17NO]

H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S14366-S14378 [10NO], H6625-H6633 [14JY]

H.R. 2766, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests Land Exchange Act, H10305 [4NO]

H.R. 2907, Northern Arizona National Forest Land Exchange Act, H11460-H11464 [18NO]

H.R. 3157, designate a Dept. of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area, H11167 [17NO]

S. 27, prohibit meat packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S42 [7JA]

S. 33, sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites, S15864 [24NO]

S. 91, Fair Contracts for Growers Act, S76 [7JA]

S. 117, Florida National Forest Land Management Act, S3103 [4MR], H11591 [19NO]

S. 194, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Registry Act, S1146-S1148 [17JA]

S. 212, High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, Modeling and Monitoring Act, S1488 [23JA], S4911-S4913 [7AP]

S. 347, Rim of the Valley Corridor Study Act, S4914 [7AP]

S. 427, Agriculture Security Assistance Act, S2597 [24FE]

S. 434, Idaho Panhandle National Forest Improvement Act, S15867 [24NO]

S. 435, Sandpoint Land and Facilities Conveyance Act, S15869 [24NO]

S. 490, convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California, S2976 [27FE], S9607 [17JY]

S. 691, permit the Dept. of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with the Nebraska State Forester to carry out watershed restoration and protection activities on National Forest System lands in Nebraska, S4295 [21MR]

S. 830, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act, S5066 [9AP]

S. 995, Child Nutrition Initiatives Act, S5737 [5MY]

S. 1007, Better Nutrition for School Children Act, S5787 [6MY]

S. 1036, Chronic Wasting Disease Support Act, S5998 [9MY]

S. 1103, Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act, S6982-S6984 [22MY]

S. 1187, At-Risk Consumer Protection Through Food Safety Labeling Act, S7401 [4JN]

S. 1256, Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act, S7840 [12JN]

S. 1314, Collaborative Forest Health Act, S8363-S8365 [23JN]

S. 1315, Enhanced Safety From Wildfire Act, S8366 [23JN]

S. 1316, Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act, S8441 [24JN]

S. 1352, Community and Forest Protection Act, S8741-S8745 [26JN]

S. 1537, Arkansas land conveyance to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery, S10668 [31JY], S15863 [24NO]

S. 1644, limit the number of packer-owned swine that certain packers may slaughter in any calendar year, S11834 [23SE]

S. 1750, Better Eating for Better Living Act, S12747 [16OC]

S. 1755, Farm-to-Cafeteria Projects Act, S12846 [17OC]

S. 1766, prohibit use of certain conservation funding to provide technical assistance under the Conservation Reserve Program, S12975 [21OC]

S. 1819, Central Nevada Rural Cemeteries Act, S13910 [4NO]

S. 1848, sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in Oregon, S14456 [11NO]

S. 1957, U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, S15982 [25NO]

S. Res. 106, Foreign Agricultural Service anniversary, S4909, S4915 [7AP]

S. Res. 127, reduce interest rate on loans to processors of sugar beets and sugarcane to conform to the intent of Congress, S5612 [30AP]

S.J. Res. 22, Agricultural Research Service anniversary, S13835 [3NO], H11163 [17NO]

Transcripts

Telephone Conversation on Custom Farming: Thomas C. Dorr and Paul Dorr, S14979 [18NO]