DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE related term(s) Agriculture

Addresses

Wilderness Act Anniversary: Stewart L. Udall, S9928 [29SE]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5402 [8JY], H5471 [9JY], H5536, H5537 [12JY], H5552, H5554, H5559, H5560, H5561, H5562, H5564, H5566, H5567, H5582, H5583, H5584, H5585, H5587, H5589, H5595, H5598, H5599, H5600, H5602, H5606, H5607, H5655 [13JY]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (S. 849), S8785 [22JY]

Children and youth: provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), S7326 [23JN]

Oregon: sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site (S. 1848), S5846 [19MY]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (S. Res. 387), S12018, S12082 [8DE]

Articles and editorials

Quick Action Needed on Livestock IDs, E397 [17MR]

Sweet and Sour Subsidies, E190 [24FE]

Too Many Children Are Hungry. Time for Lunch, H5755 [14JY]

Who Killed Cool?, S174 [22JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Management Assistance Program: expand to include Hawaii (see H.R. 5106), H7328 [21SE]

Agricultural Research Service: conduct research on the risks of the transfer of prions that cause transmissable spongiform encephalopathies between animal species (see H.R. 4001), H1322 [18MR]

Agriculture: base counter-cyclical payment rate for 2003 crop year for farming operations located in certain declared disaster areas on rate for partial payments in that year (see H.R. 4583), H4171 [15JN]

———provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers (see S. 2592), S7435 [24JN] (see H.R. 4705), H4927 (see H.R. 4705), H5071 [24JN]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2456), S5949 [20MY] (see H.R. 4874), H6127 [20JY] (see H.R. 5203), H8038 [4OC] (see H.R. 5226), H8407 [6OC]

———registration and payment of fees by persons who retain seeds harvested from the planting of patented seeds (see H.R. 4693), H4926 (see H.R. 4693), H5070 [24JN]

———support specialty crop producers and production and improve the program of value-added agricultural product market development grants by routing the grant funds through State departments of agriculture (see H.R. 4800), H5470 [9JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: instruct conferees to appropriations legislation relative to the Conservation Security Program and treatment of agricultural disaster assistance (see S. Res. 465), S11305 [11OC]

———making appropriations (see S. 2803), S9220 [14SE] (see H.R. 4766), H5330 [7JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4766), consideration (see H. Res. 710), H5401 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4766), request Senate to return bill to the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 719), H5908 [15JY]

Animals: establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system (see S. 2008), S52 [20JA] (see H.R. 3822), H574 [24FE]

———establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, prevent unauthorized release of information collected under the system, and review responses to livestock disease outbreaks (see H.R. 3787), H433 [10FE]

———provide better protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and other prion diseases (see S. 2007), S52 [20JA] (see H.R. 3714), H88 [21JA]

Arizona Trail: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (see S. 2354), S4492 [28AP] (see H.R. 4240), H2483 [28AP]

Arkansas: convey certain land to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery (see H.R. 3997), H1321 [18MR]

———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 H.R. 3744), H244 [28JA]

Bastrop, LA: conveyance of certain Federal land to establish and operate a regional emergency services training center for firefighters, police, and EMS personnel serving certain rural communities (see H.R. 4918), H6701 [22JY]

CCC: limit transfer of certain funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs (see S. 2856), S9812 [28SE]

———support development of a domestic casein and milk protein concentrate industry (see H.R. 4223), H2405 [27AP]

Children and youth: promote better nutrition among school children participating in school breakfast and lunch programs (see H.R. 4519), H3784 [4JN]

———provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (see S. 2507), S6499 [7JN]

———recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (see S. Con. Res. 114), S6451 [3JN] (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3015 [13MY]

Colorado: authorize exchange of certain land between the Forest Service, BLM, and Pitkin County, CO (see S. 2904), S10568 [6OC] (see H.R. 5142), H7574 [23SE]

———exchange certain lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado (see S. 2180), S2440 [9MR]

Contracts: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see S. 2565), S7311 [23JN]

Depts. of Agriculture, Education, HHS, and Transportation: making appropriations (see H.R. 4422), H3437 (see H.R. 4422), H3537 [20MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4422), consideration (see H. Res. 787), H7442 [22SE]

Environmental Quality Incentives Program: modify and improve funding structure (see H.R. 4189), H2265 [21AP]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: enhance ability to produce fruits and vegetables on soybean base acres (see S. 2141), S1683 [26FE]

Farm Service Agency: provide for a greater number of members on certain combined county committees (see H.R. 4163), H2153 [2AP]

Farmers: offer supplemental crop insurance based on area yield and loss plan of insurance (see H.R. 4702), H4927 (see H.R. 4702), H5071 [24JN]

Firefighters: require the temporary reinstatement of contracts for large air tankers that were cancelled by the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior (see H.R. 4533), H3872 [9JN]

Food: promote food safety and protect the animal feed supply from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see S. 2051), S649 [5FE]

Food industry: require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (see S. 2546), S6997 [17JN]

Forest Service: establish management priorities to protect old-growth timber, improve the health of young managed stands, increase the volume of commercial timber, and provide economic opportunities to local communities (see H.R. 4932), H6702 [22JY]

Fresno, CA: conveyance of the former Dept. of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service laboratory (see H.R. 4581), H4170 [15JN]

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps: establish to permit young adults to perform projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster relief, on public lands (see S. 2253), S3294 [29MR] (see H.R. 4838), H5907 [15JY]

Las Cruces, NM: convey land to Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park (see S. 2294), S3919 [7AP]

Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act: extend (see H.R. 5180), H7863 [29SE]

———modify termination date for mandatory price reporting (see S. 2965), S10846 [8OC]

Market Access Program: eliminate (see H.R. 4727), H5149 [25JN]

National Arboretum: improve operation and utilization (see H.R. 5120), H7442 [22SE]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see S. 2660), S8229 [15JY]

National School Lunch Act: improve summer food service program for children (see H.R. 3930), H1011 [10MR]

Native Americans: enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land (see S. 2134), S1683 [26FE] (see H.R. 3846), H698 [26FE]

Oregon: authorize sale or exchange of all or part of certain parcels of National Forest System land (see S. 2221), S2859 [22MR]

Public lands: facilitate the exchange of small tracts of land in California (see H.R. 4617), H4579 [18JN]

Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program; funding reform (see H.R. 4446), H3438 (see H.R. 4446), H3538 [20MY]

Small business: provide financial assistance for the construction, improvement, and rehabilitation of farmers markets (see H.R. 4858), H5983 [19JY]

Smokey Bear's 60th Anniversary: designate (see S. Res. 404), S8030 [13JY]

States: authorize Dept. of Agriculture and CCC to enter into memorandums of understanding with States regarding the collection of approved State commodity assessments from proceeds of marketing assistance loans (see S. 2866), S9936 [29SE] (see H.R. 4620), H4579 [18JN]

Sudden oak death syndrome: research, monitoring, and treatment funding (see S. 2575), S7434 [24JN] (see H.R. 4569), H4170 [15JN]

Taxation: provide credit for farmers' investments in value-added agriculture (see S. 2584), S7435 [24JN]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see H.R. 4073), H1739 [30MR]

Tobacco products: prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for flue-cured and burley tobacco (see H.R. 4960), H6703 [22JY]

———terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs (see H.R. 4033), H1592 [25MR]

U.S. Animal Identification Plan: implement (see S. 2070), S1285 [12FE] (see H.R. 3961), H1071 [11MR]

Vermont: authorize sale or exchange of certain National Forest System land (see S. 2891), S10436 [5OC] (see S. 2948), S10845 [8OC]

Walnut Canyon National Monument: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain adjacent lands in Arizona (see S. 2440), S5799 [19MY] (see H.R. 4461), H3439 (see H.R. 4461), H3539 [20MY]

White River National Forest: convey certain Forest Service administrative sites and reserve proceeds from conveyance for facilities maintenance (see H.R. 4700), H4927 (see H.R. 4700), H5070 [24JN]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 387), S7174 [22JN] (see H. Res. 746), H6705 [22JY]

World Food Prize Foundation: make a grant for renovation expenses related to the World Food Prize (see H.R. 4735), H5149 [25JN]

Cloture motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, S20 [20JA], S156 [22JA]

Letters

Agricultural credits or credit guarantees for sale of U.S. agricultural commodities to Iraq: Representatives Kaptur and Waxman, H5597 [13JY]

Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act: Represenative Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H4931 [24JN]

———Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4931 [24JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Milk Income Loss Contract Program extension: several State Governors, S11762 [20NO]

Dept. of Agriculture purchase of rice for Iraq from foreign countries: Senator Boxer, S2094 [3MR]

Farm program payment limitation changes: Dee Vaughan, National Corn Growers Association, S2655 [11MR]

———several agricultural organizations, S2654 [11MR]

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H7676 [28SE]

———Representative Pombo, Committee on Resources (House), H7676 [28SE]

Limit transfer of certain CCC funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs: several agricultural organizations, H10906, H10907 [6DE]

———several conservation and sportsmen's organizations, H10908 [6DE]

———several organizations, H10906, H10908 [6DE]

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding: several Representatives, H102 [27JA], H5486 [12JY]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas: Afrack Vargas, California State Firefighters' Association, Inc., S8231 [15JY]

———Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, S8231 [15JY]

———Philip C. Stittleburg, National Volunteer Fire Council, S8231 [15JY]

Prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging in the Tongass National Forest, H4250 [16JN]

Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Control Act: Craig J. Regelbrugge, American Nursery & Landscape Association, S7442 [24JN]

———Mark R. Stanley, California Oak Mortality Task Force, S7443 [24JN]

———Robert H. Falconer, California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers, S7443 [24JN]

———Steve Kinsey, Marin County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S7443 [24JN]

Lists

Presidential Rank Award recipients, S4831 [4MY]

Supporters of S. 2507, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, H4933 [24JN]

Proclamations

Wilderness Act Anniversary, E1943 [11OC]

Remarks in House

African Americans: Reclaiming Ownership of Southern Assets Program funding, H5610 [13JY]

Agriculture: increase agricultural exports, H6625 [22JY]

———price supports, H3366 [19MY]

———price supports for sugar, E190 [24FE]

———price supports for tobacco, H4299, H4302, H4397-H4399, H4403, H4404, H4407, H4432 [17JN]

———provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, H7186 [14SE], H7404 [22SE], H8304-H8307 [6OC], E1561 [8SE]

———status of farm programs relative to World Trade Organization committee ruling, H2485 [29AP]

———unlimited price supports for farmers using commodity certificates, H5611 [13JY]

———value-added agricultural product market development grant program funding, H5598 [13JY], E1380 [15JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, H256 [3FE], E65 [28JA]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5501-H5515 [12JY], H5552-H5615 [13JY], E1380, E1388 [15JY], E1393, E1398, E1405 [16JY], E1411, E1414 [19JY], E1426 [20JY], E1505 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4766), consideration (H. Res. 710), H5485-H5488 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4766), request Senate to return bill to the House of Representatives (H. Res. 719), H5895 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4766), unanimous-consent request, H5546 [13JY]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Asian longhorned beetle eradication funding, H5564-H5567 [13JY]

———Low Path Avian Influenza Program funding, E1398 [16JY]

———sudden oak death research funding, H5562-H5564 [13JY]

Animal Welfare Act: enforcement of animal fighting provisions funding, H5611 [13JY]

Appropriations: Conservation Reserve Program and Wetlands Reserve Program technical assistance funding, H5582, H5583 [13JY]

———Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Farmland Protection Program, Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, and Grassland Reserves Program funding, H5582, H5583 [13JY]

———transfer of funds to office of the Chief Information Officer, H5579 [13JY]

Arc-Diversified (nonprofit organization): Dept. of Agriculture Javits Wagner O'Day Contractor of the Year award recipient, E1166 [18JN]

Arkansas: convey certain land to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery (H.R. 3997), H1344 [23MR]

———convey certain land to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery (S. 1537), H7677 [28SE]

———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), H8139, H8140 [5OC]

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H1206, H1208 [17MR], H3693, H3698, H3699 [2JN]

CCC: limit transfer of certain funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs (S. 2856), H10906-H10909 [6DE]

Children and youth: improve certain nutritional programs (H.R. 2626), H4935 [24JN], E471 [29MR]

———provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), H4930-H4936 [24JN], E1286, E1287 [25JN], E1328 [8JY]

———recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (S. Con. Res. 114), H5752-H5757 [14JY], E1407 [16JY], E1432 [20JY], E1445 [21JY]

Colombia: school feeding programs funding, H597 [25FE]

Colorado: exchange certain lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado (S. 2180), H7678, H7679 [28SE], E1738 [29SE]

Diseases: restrict travel funding for headquarters employees relative to implementation of a bovine spongiform encephalopathy beef testing program, H5602 [13JY]

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: funding, E378 [16MR]

Farm Service Agency, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and rural development: funding through reductions in Common Computing Environment funding, H5554-H5558 [13JY]

Farmers Market Promotion Program: funding, H5600, H5601 [13JY]

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), conference report, H2345 [22AP]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health funding, H4209, H4210 [16JN]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, H2992 [13MY]

Food: enhance the safety of beef by requiring testing of cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) at the time of slaughter, H904 [9MR]

———establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (H.R. 2203), H939 [10MR]

———minimize contamination of non-genetically engineered seeds, protect organic farm production, and prevent contamination of food supply by pharmaceutical and industrial crops, H5565, H5566 [13JY]

———prohibit the purchase of chickens treated with fluoroquinolone for school nutrition programs, H5582, H5583 [13JY]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (H.R. 3684), E1496, E1507 [22JY]

Food industry: exemption for organic products from promotion assessments, H5588, H5589 [13JY]

Food stamps: ensure that sponsors of certain legal immigrants are held responsible for food stamp program costs incurred by such immigrants, H5585 [13JY]

———issuance through electronic benefits transfer, H4731 [22JN]

———require independent study on effects of outsourcing of jobs to other countries, H5599, H5600 [13JY]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (H.R. 2707), H520-H523 [24FE]

———establish management priorities to protect old-growth timber, improve the health of young managed stands, increase the volume of commercial timber, and provide economic opportunities to local communities, H7189-H7191 [14SE], H7217 [15SE]

———Forest Legacy Program funding, E1173 [18JN]

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps: establish to permit young adults to perform projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster relief, on public lands (H.R. 4838), H7675-H7677 [28SE]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: funding, H4229 [16JN]

Honor Award for Heroism and Emergency Response: tribute to recipients, E1243, E1245 [25JN]

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), H9837, H9838 [17NO]

Iraq: prohibit funding for credits or credit guarantees for sale of U.S. agricultural commodities to Iraq, H5596-H5598 [13JY]

Lake Arrowhead, CA: tribute to efforts of firefighters who protected community from wildfires, E1243 [25JN]

Livestock Compensation Program: funding, H5607 [13JY]

Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act: modify termination date for mandatory price reporting (S. 2965), H9869, H9870 [17NO]

Market Access Program: funding, H5587-H5588 [13JY]

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program: funding, H101 [27JA], H254 [3FE], H400 [10FE], H843 [4MR], H1040 [11MR], H1279 [18MR], H5485 [12JY], H5918 [19JY]

Milk Income Loss Contract Program: extension, H9172, H9173 [9OC]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (S. 1167), H5477 [12JY]

Moffat County, CO: tribute to Wildland Fire and Fuel Management Plan, E580 [21AP]

Motor vehicles: increase fines for improper use of vehicles that result in damage to public lands or national forests (H.R. 751), E1742 [30SE]

National Environmental Policy Act: review of expiring Federal-lands grazing permits, H10205 [20NO]

National forests: prohibit funding for implementing Forest Service rules revisions relative to National Forest System Planning for Land and Resource Management Plans, H4253-H4259 [16JN]

National School Lunch Act: improve summer food service program for children (H.R. 3930), E339 [11MR]

Native Americans: enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land (H.R. 3846), H4612, H4613 [21JN]

Office of Civil Rights: funding, H5559, H5560, H5584, H5612 [13JY]

Office of the Inspector General: funding, H5567-H5569 [13JY]

Oregon: Dept. of Agriculture proposed emergency order on sudden oak death disease, H3824 [9JN]

———sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site (H.R. 3505), H3023, H3024 [17MY]

———sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site (S. 1848), H4613, H4614 [21JN]

Pennsylvania: conveyance of certain National Forest System lands and improvements (H.R. 3514), H8113-H8115 [5OC]

Power resources: renewable energy programs funding, H5513 [12JY], H5560-H5562 [13JY]

Public lands: facilitate the exchange of small tracts of land in California (H.R. 4617), H7674 [28SE]

Puxico, MO: transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service (S. 1814), H7972-H7974 [4OC], E1795 [4OC]

Rural Community Advancement Program: funding, H5589 [13JY]

Rural Utilities Service: broadband loan program funding, H5598 [13JY]

States: authorize Dept. of Agriculture and CCC to enter into memorandums of understanding with States regarding the collection of approved State commodity assessments from proceeds of marketing assistance loans (H.R. 4620), H8110 [5OC]

Sudden oak death syndrome: research, monitoring, and treatment funding (H.R. 4569), H8111-H8113 [5OC]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (H.R. 3160), H495 [11FE], H2922 [13MY]

———prohibit Federal funding for buyout of tobacco producers or quota holders, H5589-H5595 [13JY], E1388 [15JY], E1393 [16JY], E1426 [20JY]

———terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs, H7582 [28SE], H8715-H8719, H8723 [7OC], E1909 [11OC], E2182 [7DE]

———terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs (H.R. 4033), H5333 [8JY]

Tri-States Initiative: funding, H5515 [12JY]

U.N.: tribute to World Food Programme 19-Cents-a-Day child hunger and school feeding awareness campaign, H400 [10FE]

U.S. Animal Identification Plan: implement, E397 [17MR]

Walnut Canyon National Monument: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain adjacent lands in Arizona (H.R. 4461), E926 [20MY]

WIC: improve pricing and sales in WIC-only stores, H4932 [24JN]

———require purchase of baby formula from certified vendors, H4936 [24JN]

WIC program: require purchase of baby formula only from certified vendors, H3695 [2JN]

Wilderness Act: anniversary, E1943 [11OC]

World Food Day: observance, E1960 [11OC]

Remarks in Senate

Aerial firefighting aircraft: funding, S6711 [14JN]

Agriculture: Conservation Security Program funding, S11050, S11052 [10OC]

———country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, S18, S19 [20JA], S66-S69, S75 [21JA], S128, S129, S134, S138, S140, S155, S174 [22JA], S633, S634 [5FE]

———equalize payments to farmers who grow corn and participate in the ethanol program, S2653 [11MR]

———evaluation of Bush administration, S8141-S8145 [15JY], S9996 [30SE]

———farm program payment limitation changes, S2654 [11MR]

———provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, S8839, S8840, S8846 [7SE], S9185-S9193, S9200 [14SE], S9657, S9668 [24SE], S9807 [28SE], S9909 [29SE], S10620 [7OC], S10780 [8OC], S11233 [11OC]

———provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers (S. 2592), S7421, S7453 [24JN]

———repeal country of origin labeling requirements, S11454 [18NO], S11550 [19NO]

———specialty crops funding, S7247 [23JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: instruct conferees to appropriations legislation relative to the Conservation Security Program and treatment of agricultural disaster assistance (S. Res. 465), S11229, S11278-S11280 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, S1 [20JA], S66-S104 [21JA], S128-S157 [22JA], S209, S216, S217 [23JA], S280 [27JA], S363 [2FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S104 [21JA]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S155 [22JA]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4766), unanimous-consent agreement, S8492 [20JY]

Animals: establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system (S. 2008), S55 [20JA]

———investigation into discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) in the U.S., S776 [10FE]

———provide better protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and other prion diseases (S. 2007), S54 [20JA]

———use of current technology in developing animal identification methods, S106 [21JA]

Appropriations: reduce for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S84-S92 [21JA]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (S. 849), S8663 [22JY], S11884 [7DE]

Arizona Trail: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (S. 2354), S4495 [28AP]

CCC: limit transfer of certain funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs (S. 2856), S9816 [28SE], S11331 [11OC]

Child Nutrition Act: provide incentive criteria for reduction of non-response rates in school districts, S7245 [23JN]

Children and youth: provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), S7244-S7249 [23JN], S7419 [24JN]

———provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), unanimous-consent request, S7221 [23JN]

———recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (S. Con. Res. 114), S6465 [3JN]

———school breakfast program funding, S7245, S7246 [23JN]

Colorado: authorize exchange of certain land between the Forest Service, BLM, and Pitkin County, CO (S. 2904), S10577 [6OC]

———exchange certain lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado (S. 2180), S2442 [9MR], S9330 [15SE]

Contracts: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (S. 2565), S7321 [23JN]

Dept. of the Interior: cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (S. 1957), S9340 [15SE]

Disasters: develop a plan to address weather-related natural disasters that impact farmers, ranchers, and rural communities, S4446 [28AP]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms, S9178, S9179 [14SE]

Diseases: prohibition on private testing of cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), S4445 [28AP]

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), conference report, S5039 [7MY]

———wildfire prevention and management, S7743 [7JY]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, S146, S147 [22JA]

Food industry: require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (S. 2546), S7019 [17JN]

Foreign trade: country of origin labeling requirements implementation, S5053 [10MY]

———district court decision on prohibition of beef imports from Canada due to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), S4446 [28AP]

Forest Service: Forest Land Enhancement Program funding, S8649 [22JY]

Fruit and Vegetable Program: improve, S7245 [23JN]

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps: establish to permit young adults to perform projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster relief, on public lands (S. 2253), S3297 [29MR]

Las Cruces, NM: convey land to Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park (S. 2294), S3927 [7AP]

Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act: modify termination date for mandatory price reporting (S. 2965), S10879 [8OC]

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program: funding, S10820 [8OC]

Medicaid: allow sharing of information with local educational agencies to verify eligibility for school lunch or breakfast programs, S7246, S7247 [23JN]

Mendocino National Forest: convey certain lands and authorize the use of the proceeds from such conveyances (H.R. 708), S5847 [19MY]

Milk Income Loss Contract Program: extension, S11289 [11OC], S11760, S11762 [20NO]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (S. 1167), S5842 [19MY]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (S. 2660), S8231 [15JY]

National Organic Program: funding, S146 [22JA]

Native Americans: enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land (H.R. 3846), S7527 [25JN]

———enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land (S. 2134), S1692 [26FE]

Oregon: sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site (S. 1848), S5846 [19MY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S11824-S11827 [20NO]

Puxico, MO: transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service (S. 1814), S4162, S4163 [20AP]

Rural Economic Development Grant and Loan Program: funds allocation, S147 [22JA]

Smokey Bear: anniversary, S4683 [29AP]

Smokey Bear's 60th Anniversary: designate (S. Res. 404), S8803 [22JY]

States: authorize Dept. of Agriculture and CCC to enter into memorandums of understanding with States regarding the collection of approved State commodity assessments from proceeds of marketing assistance loans (H.R. 4620), S11876 [7DE]

———authorize Dept. of Agriculture and CCC to enter into memorandums of understanding with States regarding the collection of approved State commodity assessments from proceeds of marketing assistance loans (S. 2866), S9909, S9955, S9986 [29SE], S10185 [30SE], S11839 [20NO]

Sudden oak death syndrome: research, monitoring, and treatment funding (S. 2575), S7442 [24JN], S12026 [8DE]

Terrorism: assist States and communities in preparing for and responding to threats to agriculture (S. 427), S1675 [26FE], S9027 [9SE], S12044 [8DE]

Tobacco products: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities, S8151-S8178, S8217, S8219 [15JY]

———terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs, S10793 [8OC], S10959, S10977 [9OC], S11019 [10OC], S11219 [11OC]

U.S. Animal Identification Plan: implement (S. 2070), S1289 [12FE]

Walnut Canyon National Monument: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain adjacent lands in Arizona (S. 2440), S5802 [19MY]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (S. Res. 387), S7194 [22JN], S8110 [14JY], S9774-S9776 [28SE], S9927-S9930 [29SE], S12018 [8DE]

World Food Day: observance, S10820 [8OC], S11087 [10OC]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4766) (H. Rept. 108-584), H5330 [7JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2803) (S. Rept. 108-340), S9220 [14SE]

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2180) (S. Rept. 108-285), S7518 [25JN]

Barry and Stone Counties, MO, Boundary Conflict Resolution Caused by Conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service Surveys: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1167) (S. Rept. 108-234), S2439 [9MR]

Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2507) (S. Rept. 108-279), S6499 [7JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4766, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 710) (H. Rept. 108-591), H5401 [8JY]

Dept. of Agriculture Conveyance of Certain Land to the New Hope Cemetery Association for Use as a Cemetery in Arkansas: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1537) (H. Rept. 108-654), H6754 [7SE]

Dept. of Agriculture Establishment of an Inventory and Management Program for Forests Derived From Public Domain Land: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1910) (S. Rept. 108-254), S4373 [26AP]

Dept. of Agriculture Sale of the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in Oregon: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1848) (S. Rept. 108-238), S2439 [9MR]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3505) (H. Rept. 108-494), H3093 [17MY]

Facilitate the Exchange of Small Tracts of Public Lands in California: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4617) (H. Rept. 108-666), H6898 [8SE]

Idaho Panhandle National Forest Improvement Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 434) (H. Rept. 108-740), H8407 [6OC]

Mendocino National Forest Land Conveyances and Authorization of Use of the Proceeds From Such Conveyances: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 708) (S. Rept. 108-242), S2439 [9MR]

Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2707) (H. Rept. 108-424), H574 [24FE]

Smokey Bear's 60th Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 404), S8473 [20JY]

Transfer Control of the Mingo Job Corps Center in Puxico, MO, From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1814) (H. Rept. 108-716), H8037 [4OC]

Tribal Forest Protection Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3846) (H. Rept. 108-509), H3437, H3536 [20MY]

U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1957) (S. Rept. 108-297), S7749 [7JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5560, H5565, H5579, H5582, H5602 [13JY]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5503-H5511 [12JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 710, consideration of H.R. 4766, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H5485 [12JY]

H. Res. 719, request Senate to return H.R. 4766, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations to the House of Representatives, H5895 [15JY]

H.R. 2617, facilitate the exchange of small tracts of land in California, H7674 [28SE]

H.R. 2707, Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act, H520 [24FE]

H.R. 3505, Dept. of Agriculture sale of the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in Oregon, H3023 [17MY]

H.R. 3514, Pennsylvania National Forest Improvement Act, H8113 [5OC]

H.R. 3846, Tribal Forest Protection Act, H4612 [21JN]

H.R. 4569, sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding, H8111 [5OC]

H.R. 4620, authorize Dept. of Agriculture and CCC to enter into memorandums of understanding with States regarding the collection of approved State commodity assessments from proceeds of marketing assistance loans, H8110 [5OC]

H.R. 4838, Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act, H7675 [28SE]

S. 33, Dept. of Agriculture sale or exchange of certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites, H8139 [5OC]

S. 434, Idaho Panhandle National Forest Improvement Act, H9837 [17NO]

S. 1167, resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties, MO, caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys, S5842 [19MY], H5477 [12JY]

S. 1537, convey certain land in Arkansas to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery, H7677 [28SE]

S. 1814, transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center in Puxico, MO, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service, S4163 [20AP], H7972-H7974 [4OC]

S. 1848, Dept. of Agriculture sale of the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in Oregon, S5846 [19MY], S6018 [20MY], H4613 [21JN]

S. 1957, U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, S9340-S9342 [15SE]

S. 2008, National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act, S55 [20JA]

S. 2051, Animal Feed Protection Act, S650 [5FE]

S. 2070, U.S. Animal Identification Plan Implementation Act, S1289 [12FE]

S. 2180, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests Land Exchange Act, S2442 [9MR], S9330 [15SE], H7678 [28SE]

S. 2294, Jornada Experimental Range Transfer Act, S3927 [7AP]

S. 2507, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, S7249-S7265 [23JN], H4936-H4952 [24JN]

S. 2546, Genetically Engineered Foods Act, S7020-S7023 [17JN]

S. 2575, Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Control Act, S12027 [8DE]

S. 2856, limit transfer of certain CCC funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs, S9816 [28SE], S11331 [11OC], H10906 [6DE]

S. 2866, Commodity Assessment, Protection, and Reform Act, S9955 [29SE], S11839 [20NO]

S. 2904, Pitkin County Land Exchange Act, S10577 [6OC]

S. 2965, modify Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act termination date for mandatory price reporting, H9869 [17NO]

S. 2965, modify termination date for mandatory price reporting under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act, S10879 [8OC]

S. Con. Res. 114, recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world, S6458, S6465 [3JN], H5752 [14JY]

S. Res. 387, anniversary of Wilderness Act, S7193 [22JN]

S. Res. 404, Smokey Bear's 60th Anniversary, S8050 [13JY], S8803 [22JY]

S. Res. 465, instruct conferees to agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations legislation relative to the Conservation Security Program and treatment of disaster assistance, S11229, S11280, S11310 [11OC]

Tributes

Bereuter, Representative, H5552-H5554 [13JY]