AGRICULTURE related term(s) Food

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H2642 [16MY], H2707, H2759 [17MY], H3017 [22MY], H3054, H3055, H3058, H3059, H3061, H3063, H3064, H3065, H3066, H3069, H3070, H3071, H3080, H3082, H3083, H3086, H3087, H3088, H3089, H3090, H3093, H3100, H3101, H3102, H3103, H3104, H3105, H3106, H3108, H3109, H3110, H3112, H3114, H3138, H3140 [23MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), consideration (H. Res. 830), H3030 [23MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), S5672, S5673 [8JN]

Articles and editorials

Estate Tax Lunacy, E1083 [8JN]

Farmers at the Trough, S3862 [2MY]

Immigration Bill Should Help Farmers, S2516 [29MR]

It Is the Estate Tax Rate That Matters, S5613 [8JN]

100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2006—Celebrating Companies That Excel at Serving a Variety of Stakeholders Well, S4329 [10MY]

Or Unfair Burden on Families?, S5616 [8JN]

Taxes Everlasting, S5612 [8JN]

Waterbury Coffee Firm Deserves High Praise, S4330 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 5384), H2588 [12MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), consideration (see H. Res. 830), H3015 [22MY]

Animals: promote the humane treatment of farm animals (see H.R. 5557), H3641 [8JN]

Bitterroot National Forest: grant rights-of-way to owners of dams (see S. 2633), S3420 [24AP]

Borlaug, Norman E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2250), S769 [7FE] (see H.R. 4924), H867 [9MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within the A&B Irrigation District (see S. 2470), S2533 [29MR] (see H.R. 5666), H4423 [21JN]

———create a partnership with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve water supply, water quality, and environmental restoration objectives (see S. 3646), S7415 [12JY]

Business and industry: provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 5266), H1979 [2MY]

Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (see H.R. 5271), H1979 [2MY]

Crop Science Society of America: anniversary (see S. Res. 446), S3588 [26AP]

Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 5082), H1452 [4AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultual commodities (see S. 2307), S1413 [16FE]

———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 S. 3601), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5727), H4915 [29JN]

———prevent a quality grade label issued for beef and lamb from being used for imported beef or lamb (see H.R. 4689), H153 [1FE]

———provide a mechanism for the determination of claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relative to racial discrimination but who were denied that determination (see H.R. 5575), H3723 [9JN]

———reauthorize the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program and increase CCC funding for the program (see H.R. 4897), H645 [7MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish grant program using funds collected from violations of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program to expand infrastructure to increase availabilty of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5534), H3423 [6JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 4946), H972 [14MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 5047), H1319 [29MR]

———modify an amendatory repayment contract with the North Unit Irrigation District (see S. 2502), S2799 [4AP] (see H.R. 5079), H1451 [4AP]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs until implementing legislation for the World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round is enacted (see S. 2696), S3893 [2MY] (see H.R. 4775), H387 [16FE]

Federal aid programs: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see S. 2438), S2313 [16MR] (see H.R. 5099), H1562 [5AP] (see H.R. 5363), H2584 [11MY]

———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforseen production costs (see H. Res. 706), H565 [2MR]

Food: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see S. 2487), S2689 [31MR]

———ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5268), H1979 [2MY]

———ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (see H.R. 5270), H1979 [2MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 5269), H1979 [2MY]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 3615), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5729), H4915 [29JN]

———reform State inspection of meat and poultry (see S. 3519), S5949 [15JN]

———require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail (see S. 2395), S1965 [9MR]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 5043), H1319 [29MR] (see H.R. 5529), H3423 [6JN]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 787), H1916 [27AP]

Immigration: provide for a certain initial period of admission for aliens employed as dairy workers (see H.R. 5628), H4134 [15JN]

Japan: authorize appropriate action against Japan for failing to resume the importation of U.S. beef in a timely manner (see S. 3364), S5430 [5JN]

———respond to prohibition on the importation of U.S. beef by prohibiting importation of Japanese beef into the U.S. (see H.R. 5696), H4794 [28JN]

National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1679 [6AP]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 371), S1175 [14FE] (see H. Res. 776), H1742 [25AP]

National Institute of Food and Agriculture: establish (see S. 2782), S4339 [10MY]

Native Americans: settle court claims of the Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe and restore, improve, and develop reservation lands and natural resources (see S. 3648), S7415 [12JY]

———treatment of actual rental proceeds from leases of land acquired under a program providing agricultural loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations (see H.R. 5779), H5128 [12JY]

NOAA: establish a National Integrated Drought Information System (see S. 2751), S4051 [4MY] (see H.R. 5136), H1677 [6AP]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (see H.R. 4713), H223 [8FE]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: enhance and provide certain benefits to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project (see H.R. 5565), H3642 [8JN]

Power resources: require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H387 [16FE]

———support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see S. Con. Res. 97), S5599 [7JN] (see H. Con. Res. 369), H1320 [29MR] (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3496 [7JN]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: revise and extend (see S. 2792), S4469 [11MY]

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see H.R. 5380), H2585 [11MY]

Safety: 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. 5267), H1979 [2MY]

St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works: study feasibility and environmental impact of rehabilitating the Works and the Milk River Project, authorize rehabilitation and improvement, and develop emergency response plan (see S. 3563), S6457 [23JN] (see H.R. 5705), H4795 [28JN]

Stanislaus County, CA: make grants to facilitate establishment of the National Ag Science Center (see H.R. 5128), H1677 [6AP]

Tariff: imidacloprid pesticides (see S. 2895), S4835 [19MY]

Taxation: allow certain agricultural employers a credit against income tax for a portion of wages paid to nonimmigrant H-2A workers (see H.R. 4868), H565 [2MR]

———allow the allocation of the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit to patrons of agricultural cooperatives (see S. 3600), S6786 [29JN]

———exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property and rural housing (see H.R. 4854), H564 [2MR]

———limit the agri-biodiesel credit to oils produced from plants and animals (see S. 2309), S1413 [16FE] (see H.R. 4756), H332 [15FE]

———make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel (see H.R. 5650), H4327 [20JN]

———provide a credit to certain concentrated animal feeding operations for the cost of complying with environmental protection regulations (see S. 3596), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5775), H5128 [12JY]

———provide estate tax relief and reform (see S. 3626), S6787 [29JN]

Cloture motions

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S5509 [6JN], S5628 [8JN]

Essays

Indiana Farm Super Heroes: Sangeeth Jeevan, S2599 [30MR]

Memorable Cookouts From Hoosier Farms: Brittany Blazier, S2599 [30MR]

Factsheets

Ongoing Disaster Assistance Programs for Agricultural Producers: Dept. of Agriculture, S3862 [2MY]

Letters

Agricultural disaster assistance: J. Carlton Courter III, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, S4033 [4MY]

———several agriculture organizations, S4032 [4MY]

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act: Donald Dulle, Jr., Flathead Beverage Co., S5622 [8JN]

———Mary Jo Lane, S5622 [8JN]

———Merelee Manuel, S5622 [8JN]

———Robert Rumney, S5622 [8JN]

Require agricultural employers to pay nonimmigrant H-2A workers the local prevailing wage rate: several organizations, S4872 [22MY]

West Virginia State University Gus R. Douglass Institute: Senate Byrd, S2196 [15MR]

Lists

Congressionally-directed agriculture projects in Idaho, H3053 [23MY]

Indiana Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest winners, S2599 [30MR]

Obituaries

``Boots'' Succumbs to Cancer; Southern Fauquier Farmer Was Outspoken Advocate for Agriculture, Education, E271 [2MR], E295 [7MR]

Remarks in House

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H3089 [23MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H2965 [22MY], H3021, H3039-H3119 [23MY], H3338 [25MY], E843 [16MY], E942 [23MY], E946 [24MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), consideration (H. Res. 830), H3025-H3032 [23MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), corrections in engrossment, H3119 [23MY]

———prohibit promulgation of regulations without consideration of their effect on the competitiveness of U.S. businesses, H3083 [23MY]

American Angus Association: anniversary, E1284 [27JN]

Animals: create an animal identification system to better track bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and other prion diseases, H942 [14MR]

Business and industry: provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (H.R. 2918) (H.R. 5266), E687 [2MY]

California: tribute to County Agricultural Commissioners, E549 [6AP]

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H3104-H3115 [23MY]

Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (H.R. 5271), E687 [2MY]

Cuba: clarify allowable payment terms for sales of agricultural commodities and products, H3948, H3949 [14JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service facility construction funding, H3057 [23MY]

———Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service bovine tuberculosis eradication program funding, H3061, H3062 [23MY]

———Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service invasive species eradication funding, H3055-H3057 [23MY]

———bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) tracking programs funding, H3066-H3068 [23MY]

———Commodity Supplemental Food Program funding, H3052, H3053 [23MY]

———Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Organic Transitions Program funding, H3059-H3061 [23MY]

———crop insurance premium reduction program audit funding, H3089, H3090 [23MY]

———establish a Livestock Identification Board, H3085 [23MY]

———exempt dairy producer-handlers which produce less than 9 million pounds of milk per month from certain regulatory requirements, H3100 [23MY]

———Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program funding, H3051, H3052 [23MY]

———grant minimum guarantee of cotton and rice production funding to each State, H3102 [23MY]

———Lane, OK, Agriculture Research Laboratory funding, H3082, H3083 [23MY]

———loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations funding, H3058, H3059 [23MY]

———Milk Income Loss Contract Program extension, H3050, H3051, H3053, H3078 [23MY]

———National Animal Identification System funding, H3028, H3080-H3082 [23MY]

———Office of the Under Sec. for Natural Resources and Environment funding, H3070 [23MY]

———peanut storage and handling program extension, H3051, H3077-H3079 [23MY]

———privatization of Food Stamp Program eligibility determination process, H3103, H3104 [23MY]

———prohibit funding for dairy education in Iowa, H3104, H3105 [23MY]

———prohibit funding for Food Marketing Policy Center in Connecticut, H3106, H3107 [23MY]

———prohibit funding for fruit and vegetable market analysis in Arizona and Missouri, H3105, H3106 [23MY]

———prohibit funding for greenhouse nurseries research and education in Ohio, H3108, H3109 [23MY]

———prohibit funding for hydroponic tomato production in Ohio, H3110, H3111 [23MY]

———prohibit funding for salaries and expenses of personnel who make high interest loans to sugar processors, H2965 [22MY], H3021, H3028, H3090-H3093 [23MY], E843 [16MY]

———prohibit funding for the closure or relocation of a county or local Farm Service Agency office prior to holding public hearings, H3069 [23MY]

———prohibit funding for the National Grape and Wine Initiative, H3114 [23MY]

———provide farm debt and program relief to African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs, H3100, H3101 [23MY]

———provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve and authorize loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels (H.R. 388), H1823 [26AP]

———Rural Community Advancement Program National Agri-Tourism Initiative funding, H3071 [23MY]

Dept. of State: Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding for Colombia, H3653-H3662 [9JN], E1114 [12JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (H.R. 5047), E458 [29MR]

Drought: assessment of drought status for several States, H4376 [21JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H3480 [7JN], H4222, H4224 [20JN], H4454 [22JN], H4569 [27JN], E1083 [8JN]

FDA: Center for Veterinary Medicine animal antibiotic use study funding, H3093 [23MY]

Federal aid programs: ensure regulatory equity between and among dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated and non-federally regulated areas (S. 2120), H1149-H1154 [28MR], E497 [4AP]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses, H3231 [25MY], H3802 [13JN]

———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters (H.R. 3702), H3894 [13JN]

Federal Crop Insurance Act: program compliance integrity funding, H3088 [23MY]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (H.R. 5268), E687 [2MY]

———ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (H.R. 5270), E687 [2MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 5269), E687 [2MY]

Food industry: allow States to require labeling of meat or fish packaged with carbon monoxide, H574 [7MR], H728, H730, H755, H756 [8MR]

Fresno County, CA: anniversary, E689 [2MY]

Gainesville, TX: tribute to Gainesville Future Farmers of America (organization), E97 [8FE]

Hurricanes: impact of Hurricane Rita on Texas rice farmers, H2625 [16MY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, H1056 [15MR]

Kansas: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforeseen production costs, H3777 [12JN]

Larson, Phil: Fresno County, CA, Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Award recipient, E514 [4AP]

Lincoln, VT: tribute to United Church Sunday School students for fundraising efforts benefiting Heifer International (organization), E48 [1FE]

Louisiana: provide assistance to agricultural producers whose operations were severely damaged by hurricanes, H1043 [15MR]

Marion Township, PA: anniversary of Goehring Farm, E638 [27AP]

National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 383), H1889 [27AP]

New York, NY: tribute to New York Botanical Garden opening of Pfizer Plant Research Laboratory, E836 [16MY]

NOAA: establish a National Integrated Drought Information System (H.R. 5136), E544 [6AP], E559 [7AP]

North Carolina State Bee Keeping Association: tribute, H3415 [6JN]

Perry County, IL: anniversary of Perry County Fair, E1136 [13JN]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H2764 [18MY]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: enhance and provide certain benefits to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project (H.R. 5565), E1067 [8JN]

Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.: anniversary, E545 [6AP]

Power resources: increase the production and use of ethanol, H1169 [28MR], H1902-H1905 [27AP], H2480, H2492, H2493 [10MY], H3124, H3132 [23MY]

———national energy policy, H2307 [9MY]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of ethanol and diesel fuel contain a certain percentage of biodiesel (H.R. 1398), H1823 [26AP]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel, H3720 [9JN]

Price support programs: sugar, H2965 [22MY], H3021, H3028, H3090-H3093 [23MY]

Public buildings: prohibit funding for contravention of Federal buildings energy performance or reporting requirements, H3087 [23MY], H3338 [25MY], H3934 [14JN]

Safety: 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 (H.R. 5267), E687 [2MY]

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (organization): anniversary, E262 [2MR]

Shatto, Leroy and Barbara: SBA Missouri Small Business Person of the Year award recipients, E870 [18MY]

Smart Irrigation Month: observance, E1082 [8JN]

Taxation: make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel (H.R. 5650), E1228 [21JN]

Wood, Dave: National Meat Association E. Floyd Forbes Award recipient, E170 [15FE]

Wyoming: extend contract for Glendo Unit of Missouri River Basin Project (S. 592), H1688 [25AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture Future of America (organization): anniversary, S5871 [14JN]

Bitterroot National Forest: grant rights-of-way to owners of dams (S. 2633), S3424 [24AP]

Borlaug, Norman E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2250), S770 [7FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within the A&B Irrigation District (S. 2470), S2536 [29MR]

———create a partnership with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve water supply, water quality, and environmental restoration objectives (S. 3646), S7420 [12JY]

Crop Science Society of America: anniversary (S. Res. 446), S3631 [26AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: ban on Florida citrus industry shipping fruit to other citrus-producing states, S5771 [13JN]

———Emergency Conservation Program funding, S3888 [2MY]

———enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultual commodities (S. 2307), S1428 [16FE]

———funding, S2249, S2260 [16MR]

Dept. of the Interior: modify an amendatory repayment contract with the North Unit Irrigation District (S. 2502), S2804 [4AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S5535-S5554, S5579-S5584, S5586, S5588-S5591 [7JN], S5610-S5629 [8JN]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs until implementing legislation for the World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round is enacted (S. 2696), S3899 [2MY]

Federal aid programs: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses, S3481-S3483 [25AP], S4027, S4031 [4MY], S5754, S5760, S5763, S5764 [13JN], S5830 [14JN], S7277 [10JY]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (S. 2438), S5654 [8JN]

———strike appropriations for grants to States based on their production of certian types of crops, livestock, and dairy products, S3953-S3955 [3MY]

Food: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (S. 2487), S2690 [31MR]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (S. 3615), S6801 [29JN]

———reform State inspection of meat and poultry (S. 3519), S5957 [15JN]

———require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail (S. 2395), S1967 [9MR]

Foreign policy: extend Presidential trade promotion authority during agricultural negotiations of World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round, S3179-S3181 [6AP]

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.: inclusion in Business Ethics (publication) top corporate citizens list, S4329 [10MY]

Hawaii: sugarcane growers assistance funding, S3860-S3862 [2MY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, S2705, S2706 [3AP]

———adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, S2523-S2525 [29MR], S2549 [30MR]

———modify eligibility requirements for blue card status and increase fines to be paid by aliens granted such status or legal permanent resident status, S5096-S5100 [24MY], S5176 [25MY]

———require agricultural employers pay nonimmigrant H-2A workers the local prevailing wage rate, S2878 [5AP]

———require agricultural employers to pay nonimmigrant H-2A workers the local prevailing wage rate, S4789-S4791 [18MY], S4863-S4871 [22MY]

———restrict guest worker program in areas with high unemployment rates, ensure guest workers receive the prevailing wage, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, S3178 [6AP], S4674, S4675 [17MY]

Indiana: tribute to Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest winners, S2599 [30MR]

Insects: emerald ash borer eradication funding, S4018, S4019 [4MY]

Japan: authorize appropriate action against Japan for failing to resume the importation of U.S. beef in a timely manner (S. 3364), S6737 [29JN]

Lancaster, Staci: National Association of Wheat Growers award recipient, S2463 [28MR]

National Agriculture Day: observance, S2301 [16MR]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (S. Res. 371), S3160 [5AP]

National Institute of Food and Agriculture: establish (S. 2782), S4341 [10MY]

Native Americans: settle court claims of the Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe and restore, improve, and develop reservation lands and natural resources (S. 3648), S7422, S7424 [12JY]

New Mexico: assessment of drought and water supply situation, S6630 [28JN]

NOAA: establish a National Integrated Drought Information System (S. 2751), S4073-S4075 [4MY], S6630 [28JN]

Power resources: increase the production and use of ethanol, S1860 [8MR], S4106 [5MY]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel, S4106 [5MY]

———support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (S. Con. Res. 97), S5605 [7JN]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: revise and extend (S. 2792), S4476 [11MY]

Rusk, Randy: inclusion in Newsweek (publication) list of ``15 People Who Make America Great'', S6780 [29JN]

St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works: study feasibility and environmental impact of rehabilitating the Works and the Milk River Project, authorize rehabilitation and improvement, and develop emergency response plan (S. 3563), S6458 [23JN]

Taxation: allow the allocation of the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit to patrons of agricultural cooperatives (S. 3600), S6790 [29JN]

———limit the agri-biodiesel credit to oils produced from plants and animals (S. 2309), S1430 [16FE]

———make permanent the rate reductions for individual income taxes and capital gains and dividend taxes, and the repeal of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 7), S4442 [11MY]

———provide estate tax relief and reform (S. 3626), S6807 [29JN]

U.S. Geological Survey: Hawaii critical reservoirs and dams assessment funding, S3966, S3967 [3MY]

Weather: beginning of spring, S2295 [16MR]

West Virginia State University: dedication of the Gus R. Douglass Institute, S2195 [15MR]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5384) (H. Rept. 109-463), H2588 [12MY], H2640 [16MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 5384) (S. Rept. 109-266), S6419 [22JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5384, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 830) (H. Rept. 109-477), H3015 [22MY]

Dept. of Energy Grant Program To Expand Infrastructure To Increase Availabilty of Alternative Fuels Funded by Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Program: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5534) (H. Rept. 109-535), H4794 [28JN]

Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project Contract Extension Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4080) (H. Rept. 109-432), H1740 [25AP]

National Integrated Drought Information System Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 5136) (H. Rept. 109-503), H4133 [15JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3064, H3077, H3103 [23MY]

Statements

Methyl Bromide—Are U.S. Interests Being Served by the Critical Use Exemption Process? Representative Kucinich, E168 [15FE]

Summaries

Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act (H.R. 5266), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Food Right To Know Act (H.R. 5269), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act (H.R. 5268), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Organism Liability Act (H.R. 5271), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act (H.R. 5267), E688 [2MY]

Real Solutions to World Hunger Act (H.R. 5270), E687 [2MY]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3040-H3049 [23MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 383, support goals and ideals of National Arbor Day, H1889 [27AP]

H. Res. 830, consideration of H.R. 5384, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H3025 [23MY]

S. 592, Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project Contract Extension Act, H1688 [25AP]

S. 2120, Milk Regulatory Equity Act, H1149 [28MR]

S. 2250, Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act, S771 [7FE]

S. 2395, require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail, S1967 [9MR]

S. 2751, National Integrated Drought Information System Act, S4074 [4MY]

S. 3646, North Bay Water Reuse Program Act, S7421 [12JY]

S. 3648, Pueblo of Isleta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act, S7423 [12JY]

S. Con. Res. 97, support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025, S5605 [7JN]

S. Res. 371, National Day of the American Cowboy, S1179 [14FE], S3160 [5AP]

S. Res. 446, Crop Science Society of America anniversary, S3598, S3631 [26AP]