DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE related term(s) Agriculture

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]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2588 [12MY], H2667, H2673, H2675, H2677, H2679 [17MY]

Articles and editorials

Get Ready for Health Wars, E35 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: 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]

———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]

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]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 4970), H1059 [15MR]

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

California: provide transition to a more restrictive timber sale program in the Giant Sequoia National Monument and promote the Kings River Research Project in the Sierra National Forest (see H.R. 5760), H5046 [11JY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), consideration (see H. Res. 816), H2640 [16MY]

Discrimination: 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]

Ecology and environment: restore discretion to waive or reduce the non-Federal cost share requirements of the emergency watershed protection program (see H.R. 4888), H644 [7MR]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5268), 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]

———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]

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

Forest Service: enter into partnership agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater cooperation in administration of activities on and near National Forest System lands (see S. 2676), S3704 [27AP]

———restore authority to utilize special use permit fees for marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain (see S. 3188), S5229 [25MY]

Forests: implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in Colorado, extend stewardship contracts, and extend tax credits for electricity produced from biomass (see H.R. 5756), H5046 [11JY]

National School Lunch Act: improve summer food service program for children (see H.R. 5344), H2502 [10MY]

Nevada: correct a law relative to conveyance of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (see S. 2764), S4155 [8MY]

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

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. 5313), H2337 [9MY]

Public welfare programs: improve access to food stamps by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to certain nonprofit groups to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 5158), H1678 [6AP]

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

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

Cost Estimates

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act (H.R. 4200): CBO, H2658 [17MY]

Factsheets

Ongoing Disaster Assistance Programs for Agricultural Producers, S3862 [2MY]

Letters

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

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

Environmental and natural resources programs funding: several environmental organizations, S2256 [16MR]

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: Casey Judd, Federal Wildland Fire Service Association, H2652 [17MY]

———several forestry management associations and corporations, H2653 [17MY]

———several scientists, H2650-H2652 [17MY]

———William D. Killen, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H2652 [17MY]

Lists

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

Remarks in House

Agricultural Research Service: facility construction funding, H3057 [23MY]

Agriculture: 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]

———price supports for sugar, H2965 [22MY], H3021, H3028, H3090-H3093 [23MY]

———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]

———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]

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]

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

———invasive species eradication funding, H3055-H3057 [23MY]

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

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

Aquaculture: prohibit funding in Ohio, H3109, H3110 [23MY]

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

Commodity Supplemental Food Program: funding, H227 [14FE], H3052, H3053 [23MY]

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

Conservation of natural resources: environmental and natural resources programs funding, H1599, H1600 [6AP]

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

Dairy education: prohibit funding in Iowa, H3104, H3105 [23MY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2659-H2680, H2687 [17MY], H2819 [18MY], E869, E870 [18MY], E898, E908 [19MY], E1094 [9JN]

———improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), amendment process, H2553 [11MY]

———improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), consideration (H. Res. 816), H2648-H2659 [17MY]

———require consideration of the effect of any recovery or research project on fire risk and forest regeneration, H2679, H2680 [17MY]

Discrimination: 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]

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

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

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

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

Federal employees: limit attendance at foreign conferences, H3101 [23MY]

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

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

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

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

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

Food stamps: privatization of eligibility determination process, H3103, H3104 [23MY]

———prohibit funding from being expended in contravention of the Immigration and Nationality Act, H3103 [23MY]

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: strike waivers of existing conservation laws, H2673, H2674 [17MY]

Forest Service: encourage programs with local communities to encourage greater cooperation in prevention of forest fires on and near National Forest System lands, H2804 [18MY]

———prohibit funding for Wood Utilization Program, H3112 [23MY]

———wildland fire management funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H2819, H2820 [18MY]

Forests: allow emergency procedures to be used on land managed for timber production and incorporate salvage and restoration activities in management plans for other land to handle post-catastrophe recovery, H2675-H2677 [17MY]

Health: combat obesity, H3028 [23MY]

Hispanic Serving Institutions National Program: funding, H3064 [23MY]

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

Hunger: anti-hunger programs funding, H3026 [23MY]

———reduce, E991 [26MY]

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

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

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

Livestock Identification Board: establish, H3085 [23MY]

Los Padres National Forest: eliminate private inholdings through a land exchange with the United Water Conservation District (H.R. 4162), H3727, H3728 [12JN]

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

Market Access Program: prohibit funding, H3086, H3087 [23MY]

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

Motor vehicles: require purchase of a certain number of alternative-fuel vehicles, H3088 [23MY]

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

National Grape and Wine Initiative: prohibit funding, H3114 [23MY]

National Organic Standards Board: removal of consumer public interest representation, H3054, H3055 [23MY]

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

Peanut storage and handling program: extension, H3051, H3077-H3079 [23MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H2307 [9MY]

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

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

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 (H.R. 5313), H2314 [9MY]

Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in the Insular Areas: funding, H3065 [23MY], E946 [24MY]

Rural Community Advancement Program: funding through reductions in the Natural Resources Conservation Service, H3058 [23MY]

———National Agri-Tourism Initiative funding, H3071 [23MY]

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

Sugar: 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]

Wetlands Reserve Program: funding, H3093, H3094 [23MY]

WIC Program: funding, H228 [14FE]

Remarks in Senate

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

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (S. 2438), S5654 [8JN], S5830 [14JN]

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

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

Conservation of natural resources: environmental and natural resources programs funding, S2233, S2234, S2256, S2257 [16MR]

Emergency Conservation Program: funding, S3888 [2MY]

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

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]

Forest Service: enter into partnership agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater cooperation in administration of activities on and near National Forest System lands (S. 2676), S3716 [27AP]

———forest health projects funding, S3878 [2MY]

———Forest Legacy Program funding, S3373 [7AP]

———hazardous fuels and forest health projects funding, S3668 [27AP]

———restore authority to utilize special use permit fees for marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain (S. 3188), S5255 [25MY]

Funding, S2249, S2260 [16MR]

Health: combat obesity in children, S5593 [7JN]

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

National Agriculture Day: observance, S2301 [16MR]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S4527 [12MY]

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. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 816) (H. Rept. 109-467), H2640 [16MY]

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]

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4200) (H. Rept. 109-451), H2173 [4MY]

Restore Forest Service Authority To Utilize Special Use Permit Fees for Marinas in Units of the National Forest System Derived From the Public Domain: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4084) (H. Rept. 109-490), H3495 [7JN]

Rulings of the Chair

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

Summaries

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

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

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

Tables

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

Texts of

H. Res. 816, consideration of H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act, H2648 [17MY]

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

H.R. 4162, Los Padres National Forest Land Exchange Act, H3727 [12JN]

H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act, H2667-H2673 [17MY]

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

S. 2764, correct a law relative to conveyance of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, S4160 [8MY]

S. 3188, restore Forest Service authority to utilize special use permit fees for marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain, S5256 [25MY]