DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE related term(s) Agriculture

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3797 [14MY]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (H.R. 6849), S10079 [29SE], H10623 [29SE]

Rural areas: reform the single family housing loan guarantee program (S. 2008), S1713 [6MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act, H2123 [9AP]

———H.R. 2419, Food and Energy Security Act, S609 [4FE]

Articles and editorials

Farm Bill Glitch Stalls House, S5185 [5JN]

Pasture of Plenty—You Thought You Knew How Bad the Farm Bill Was, S4745 [22MY]

Slap at Schoolchildren, H3792 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: authorize advance payments under the supplemental revenue assistance program (see S. 3251), S6560 [10JY]

———continue certain programs (see H.R. 6124), H4829 [22MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 1189), H3775 [13MY]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (see S. 2745), S1999 [12MR] (see S. 2954), S3698 [1MY] (see H.R. 5578), H1538 [11MR]

———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. 6635), H7306 [29JY]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop losses (see S. 3644), S10004 [27SE] (see H.R. 7196), H10300 [27SE]

———provide farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural entities with the opportunity to provide input into Federal rulemakings (see S. 2691), S1521 [4MR]

———provide grants to assist local farmers to grow food crops and livestock to be sold locally, support formation of community-supported agricultural projects, and diversify operations (see H.R. 6793), H7806 [1AU]

———reduce subsidies for agricultural commodity programs (see H.R. 5957), H3049 [5MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 3289), S6972 [21JY]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see S. 3519), S9025 [18SE] (see H.R. 6949), H8475 [18SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for war on terror, international affairs, and national defense matters (see H.R. 6026), H3776 [13MY]

Army: clarify authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety (see H.R. 6040), H3776 [13MY]

Beef Research and Information Act: promote domesticated beef, establish an importers council to promote nondomestic beef, and establish new referendum requirements (see S. 3404), S7904 [31JY]

Carson City, NV: promote conservation and provide for sensible development (see S. 3393), S7904 [31JY] (see S. 3603), S9493 [25SE] (see H.R. 7282), H10844 [19NO]

Caseyville, IL: terminate certain easements held on land owned by Caseyville, IL, and associated contractual arrangements with the village (see H.R. 6467), H6406 [10JY]

Children and youth: provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for children participating in the WIC program (see H.R. 6175), H4973 [4JN]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see S. Res. 474), S1597 [5MR] (see H. Res. 1013), H1220 [4MR]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the conference report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (see H. Res. 1221), H4468 [22MY]

Community food projects: funding (see S. 3597), S9493 [25SE]

Conservation Reserve Program: allow certain participants to participate in the Critical Feed Use Program (see S. 3435), S8035 [1AU]

———carry out notice CRP-598, entitled the ``Voluntary Modification of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Contract for Critical Feed Use'' (see S. 3337), S7479 [25JY] (see H.R. 6533), H6726 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish oil and gas leasing program for public lands within the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6758), H7787 [31JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (see S. 3213), S6285 [26JN]

Disasters: clarify eligibility for livestock indemnity payments under certain disaster assistance programs (see S. 3211), S6285 [26JN]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: further adoption of technologies developed by the Dept. of Agriculture and encourage small business partnerships in the development of energy through biorefineries (see S. 3472), S8383 [11SE]

FDA: evaluate scientific evidence on whether to add more folic acid to enriched grain products and expand folic acid fortification into cornmeal and corn-based food products to help prevent further serious birth defects (see H. Res. 1487), H9085 [23SE]

Fire prevention: establish a Federal fund to facilitate wildland fire suppression activities, encourage wildland fire suppression cost controls, and reduce wildfire risks (see H.R. 5648), H1771 [14MR]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see S. 3256), S6604 [11JY] (see H.R. 5541), H1416 [6MR]

Food: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (see H.R. 5518), H1183 [28FE]

———improve safety through mandatory meat and poultry recall authority and improve communication about recalls with national school lunch and breakfast program participants (see S. 2952), S3698 [1MY]

———offset costs of intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of bonus commodities provided to States and food assistance agencies under emergency food assistance program (see S. 2726), S1703 [6MR]

———prohibit use of nonambulatory livestock for human food and require the publishing of names of retailers and school districts that have purchased meat, poultry, or egg products subject to voluntary recall (see H.R. 5762), H2223 [10AP]

———require an immediate adjustment of the thrifty food plan to increase the benefits provided under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (see H.R. 6354), H6009 [24JN]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 6636), H7306 [29JY]

———require semiannual indexing of mandatory Federal food assistance programs (see S. 3614), S9657 [26SE]

———strengthen food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 2770), S2133 [13MR]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (see H.R. 6849), H7955 [9SE]

———reinsert trade title contained in conference report (see H.J. Res. 88), H4831 [22MY]

———suspend prohibition on payments to certain farms with limited base acres and extend signup for direct and counter-cyclical payments (see S. 3538), S9280 [23SE]

———technical corrections (see H.R. 6981), H8577 [22SE]

Food industry: establish traceability system for food (see S. 3422), S8035 [1AU]

———improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 3267), S6722 [15JY]

Forests: authorize the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services (see S. 3302), S7030 [22JY]

———expand access of private landowners, assure sustainable forest practices, and establish a relationship between Federal and private forest lands relative to biomass and carbon trading activities (see H.R. 6830), H7808 [1AU]

Fort Valley Experimental Forest: anniversary of first experimental forest (see H. Con. Res. 422), H8577 [22SE]

Hazardous substances: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (see S. 3127), S5592 [12JN] (see H.R. 6671), H7628 [30JY]

Health: establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (see S. 3584), S9492 [25SE] (see H.R. 7179), H10299 [27SE]

———establish an interagency task force responsible for creating a national strategy to combat obesity (see S. 3321), S7148 [23JY]

Health care facilities: provide grants to certain health care institutions and social services programs for the acquisition of local nutritious agricultural products (see S. 3588), S9492 [25SE]

House of Representatives: provide funding for select committee established to investigate vote on motion to recommit H.R. 3161, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (see H. Res. 1148), H2759 [24AP]

National forests: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (see H.R. 6553), H6727 [17JY]

———conduct a ``Charter Forest'' demonstration project on National Forest System lands in Colorado to protect and improve forest health, safety, and diversity (see H.R. 6189), H4974 [4JN]

Oregon Caves National Monument: modify boundary and designate certain rivers and creeks as components of the Wild and Scenic River System (see S. 3148), S5753 [18JN] (see H.R. 6291), H5579 [18JN]

Product safety: recognize impact of U.S. trade policies on the number and safety of imports and improve inspection of imported food and products (see H. Res. 926), H295 [16JA]

Public lands: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer (see H.R. 5502), H1154 [27FE]

———retain and utilize special use permit fees collected in connection with operation of certain marinas in northern California and Multnomah Falls Lodge in Oregon (see H.R. 5671), H1888 [1AP]

Rural Energy for America Program: expand to include schools in rural areas (see S. 3709), S10742 [20NO]

U.S. Fire Administration: provide for the long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 6112), H4453 [21MY]

Walnut Canyon National Monument: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain adjacent lands in Arizona (see H.R. 5751), H2150 [9AP]

Will County, IL: transfer jurisdiction of the Joliet Training Area to the Dept. of Agriculture for inclusion in the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and convey several parcels of the Training Area (see H.R. 6944), H8475 [18SE]

Conference reports

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (H.R. 2419), H3409-H3700 [13MY]

Letters

Agriculture disaster assistance: Wallace Ellender IV, American Sugar Cane League, S9975 [27SE]

Clarify Army authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety: David G. Mongan, American Society of Civil Engineers, H5825 [23JN]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: several agricultural, conservation, and nutrition organizations, S4227 [15MY]

Permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount: Representative Collin C. Peterson, Committee on Agriculture (House), E2210 [2OC]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E2210 [2OC]

Lists

House staff working on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, H3811 [14MY]

Memorandums

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House of Representatives, S5185 [5JN]

———Representative Blunt, S5185 [5JN]

Messages

Veto of H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: President Bush, S4713 [22MY], H4402 [21MY]

Veto of H.R. 6124, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: President Bush, S5739 [18JN], H5535 [18JN]

Motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H2119 [9AP], H2828, H2830 [29AP], H2922, H2924 [30AP], H2992, H2995 [1MY], H3044 [5MY], H3063, H3064, H3092, H3103 [6MY], H3153, H3154, H3177 [7MY], H3311, H3312, H3317 [8MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4160 [14MY], S4227 [15MY], H3821 [14MY]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the conference report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (H. Res. 1221), H4469 [22MY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H922 [13FE], H1976 [3AP], H2075, H2119 [9AP], H2361, H2362 [16AP]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, H3701, H3756, H3767 [13MY], H3779, H3782, H3783, H3801-H3822, H3862 [14MY], H3889 [15MY], H4289 [20MY], H4462-H4465 [22MY], E930, E933, E945 [15MY], E953, E955, E957 [16MY], E994 [21MY], E1024, E1033 [22MY], E1059 [23MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3784-H3799 [14MY], E938, E941 [15MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), motion to instruct conferees, H2119-H2121 [9AP], H2828, H2830 [29AP], H2922, H2924-H2930 [30AP], H2992-H2999 [1MY], H3044 [5MY], H3064, H3103-H3106 [6MY], H3153, H3177-H3181 [7MY], H3311-H3319 [8MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), veto, H4402-H4415 [21MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), H4462-H4465, H4469-H4655 [22MY], H5117 [10JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), veto, H5535-H5537 [18JN], E1332, E1334 [24JN]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (S. 2745), H1597, H1598 [12MR]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (S. 2954), H2987, H2988 [1MY]

———hunger and nutrition programs funding, H1976 [3AP], E1033 [22MY]

———modify Federal direct payment rates, H2924-H2930 [30AP]

———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. 6635), E1596 [30JY]

———prohibit the establishment of a permanent agriculture disaster assistance program, H3103-H3106 [6MY]

———remove unfunded mandates contained within certain agriculture programs, H3784-H3786 [14MY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for war on terror, international affairs, and national defense matters (H.R. 6026), H3901, H3952 [15MY]

Army: clarify authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety (H.R. 6040), H5824-H5826 [23JN]

Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program: funding, H4405 [21MY], H4649-H4651 [22MY]

Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE): funding, H4289 [20MY]

Cemeteries and funerals: convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest to Jefferson County, MT, for use as a cemetery (H.R. 3702), H5421 [17JN]

Chesapeake Bay: reduce nutrient loads in the Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers in making changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management, H3811 [14MY]

Children and youth: provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for children participating in the WIC program (H.R. 6175), E1139 [4JN]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (H. Res. 1013), H1257-H1259 [5MR]

Coffman Cove, AK: convey certain Forest Service lands (H.R. 831), H2499, H2500 [22AP]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the conference report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (H. Res. 1221), H4468 [22MY]

Community food projects: funding (S. 3597), H10272, H10273 [27SE]

Conservation on Muck Soils program: establish, H3802 [14MY]

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program: funding, H3819 [14MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4158 [20MY], H4442-H4446 [21MY]

Education: make grants to community colleges and advanced technology education centers to support education and training of technicians in bioenergy and other agriculture-based, renewable energy resources (H.R. 872), H8441 [18SE]

Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act: prohibit any provision which may result in an increase in taxes, H2119, H2120 [9AP]

———require use of most recent CBO baseline estimates when determining compliance with pay-as-you-go requirement, H2992-H2995 [1MY]

FCIC: allow approved insurance companies to consult with each other and the FCIC during periodic renegotiations for the standard reinsurance agreement, H3820 [14MY]

Federal aid programs: conservation programs funding, H2995-H2999 [1MY]

Fire prevention: establish a Federal fund to facilitate wildland fire suppression activities, encourage wildland fire suppression cost controls, and reduce wildfire risks (H.R. 5648), E415 [14MR]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 5541), H6285-H6291 [9JY], E331 [6MR], E1467 [15JY]

Food: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (H.R. 5518), E272 [28FE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 6636), E1596 [30JY]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (H.R. 6849), H9319-H9321 [24SE], E2210 [2OC]

———permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (H.R. 6849), Senate amendment, H10623 [29SE]

———prohibit funding for earmarks, H3786-H3789 [14MY]

———require use of most recent CBO baseline estimates when determining compliance with pay-as-you-go requirement, H3789 [14MY]

Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, H4651 [22MY]

Forests: exclude projects on Federal land located next to non-Federal land from certain environmental requirements when conditions on the Federal land pose a serious risk to the non-Federal land (H.R. 4245), H6288 [9JY]

Hazardous substances: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (H.R. 6671), E1623 [30JY]

House of Representatives: investigation by select committee of events surrounding vote on motion to recommit H.R. 3161, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, E732 [24AP], E2031 [26SE]

———provide funding for select committee established to investigate vote on motion to recommit H.R. 3161, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H. Res. 1148), H2737 [24AP]

Land use: establish a project to allocate acreage for production of fruits and vegetables for processing, H3820 [14MY]

Lewis, W. Joe: Wolf Foundation Prize in Agriculture recipient, E351 [11MR]

National forests: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (H.R. 6553), E1502 [17JY]

Power resources: provide grants for the installation of E-85 fuel infrastructure, H3312, H3313, H3316 [8MY]

Ships and vessels: provide authority to require ballast water treatment systems for vessels operating exclusively within the Great Lakes, H2728, H2729 [24AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), S481-S483 [30JA], S2335 [2AP], S3416 [28AP], S3578 [30AP], S3990-S3992 [12MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4123, S4125, S4152, S4172, S4203-S4210 [14MY], S4212-S4243 [15MY], S4477 [20MY], S5185-S5187 [5JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4150 [14MY], S4743 [22MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), veto, S4585 [21MY], S4713, S4743-S4756 [22MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), S5021 [4JN], S5182-S5188 [5JN], S5436, S5437 [10JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), unanimous-consent agreement, S5020 [4JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), veto, S5739-S5741 [18JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), veto—unanimous-consent agreement, S5739 [18JN]

———create livestock industry disaster assistance program, S4242 [15MY]

———extend and improve agricultural programs (S. 2228), S4171 [14MY]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (S. 2745), S1916 [12MR]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (S. 2954), S3727 [1MY]

———hunger and nutrition programs funding, S5437 [10JN], S7742 [30JY]

———modify Federal direct payment rates, S4168 [14MY]

———price supports for milk, S4172 [14MY]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop losses (S. 3644), S9901-S9906, S9973-S9975 [27SE]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop losses (S. 3644), unanimous-consent request, S10418 [2OC]

———provide farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural entities with the opportunity to provide input into Federal rulemakings (S. 2691), S1524 [4MR]

———strengthen limitations on payments and benefits to farmers and use savings to improve nutrition programs, S1852 [11MR]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (S. 3519), S9031 [18SE]

Animals: health research and disease programs funding, S1978 [12MR]

Army: clarify authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety (H.R. 6040), S6171 [25JN]

Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program: funding, S4744 [22MY]

Carson City, NV: promote conservation and provide for sensible development (S. 3393), S7948 [31JY]

———promote conservation and provide for sensible development (S. 3603), S9516 [25SE]

Children and youth: recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (S. Res. 474), S1654, S1655 [5MR]

Commodity Supplemental Food Program: funding, S637 [5FE]

Community food projects: funding (S. 3597), S9553 [25SE]

Conservation Stewardship Program: funding, S4154 [14MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: agriculture and food security and inspections jurisdiction, S4236 [15MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 3213), S6292, S6306 [26JN], S6309 [27JN]

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, S4233 [15MY]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: further adoption of technologies developed by the Dept. of Agriculture and encourage small business partnerships in the development of energy through biorefineries (S. 3472), S8387 [11SE]

Food: offset costs of intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of bonus commodities provided to States and food assistance agencies under emergency food assistance program (S. 2726), S1705 [6MR]

———require semiannual indexing of mandatory Federal food assistance programs (S. 3614), S9680 [26SE]

———strengthen food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (S. 2770), S2151 [13MR]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (H.R. 6849), S10039 [29SE]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (S. 3267), S6817 [16JY]

———improve public health and food safety through enhanced food traceability and inspection systems, S7471 [25JY]

———lift ban on interstate distribution of State-inspected meat, S4242 [15MY]

Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, S4747 [22MY]

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program: expand, S4153 [14MY]

Hazardous substances: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (S. 3127), S5686 [17JN]

Health: establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (S. 3584), S9498 [25SE]

National School Lunch Act: make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State (S. 1755), S7742 [30JY]

Oregon Caves National Monument: modify boundary and designate certain rivers and creeks as components of the Wild and Scenic River System (S. 3148), S5756 [18JN]

Power resources: modify the requirement for renewable fuel standards relative to corn-based ethanol production, S3469 [29AP]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S375 [28JA], S10765-S10768 [20NO]

Rural Energy for America Program: expand to include schools in rural areas (S. 3709), S10745 [20NO]

Schafer, Edward T.: nomination to be Sec. of Agriculture, S369, S370, S375 [28JA]

———nomination to be Sec. of Agriculture, unanimous-consent agreement, S375 [28JA]

Tinsley, Del: Wyoming Agricultural Hall of Fame inductee, S7625 [29JY]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S6368 [7JY]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3289) (S. Rept. 110-426), S6971 [21JY]

Coffman Cove Administrative Site Conveyance Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 831) (H. Rept. 110-592), H2485 [17AP]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1189) (H. Rept. 110-629), H3775 [13MY]

Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5541) (H. Rept. 110-704), H5213 [10JN]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2419) (H. Rept. 110-627), H3775 [13MY]

Montana Cemetery Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2124) (S. Rept. 110-361), S5656 [16JN]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3702) (H. Rept. 110-713), H5480 [17JN]

Walnut Canyon Study Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5751) (H. Rept. 110-799), H7306 [29JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3784, H3785, H3786 [14MY]

Statements

Delay of Report Relative to Investigation of Record Vote of Motion To Recommit for H.R. 3161: Representatives Delahunt and Pence, Committee on Voting Irregularities (House, Select), E1768 [11SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security Agriculture and Food Security and Inspections Jurisdiction, S4237 [15MY]

Table of contents

Omnibus Public Land Management Act (S. 3213), S6292 [26JN]

Testimonies

Agricultural Disaster Assistance: Jay Hardwick, National Cotton Council, S9976 [27SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 1013, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, H1257 [5MR]

H. Res. 1148, funding for select committee established to investigate vote on motion to recommit H.R. 3161, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H2737 [24AP]

H. Res. 1189, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, H3784 [14MY]

H. Res. 1221, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) investigation of inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the conference report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, H4468 [22MY]

H.R. 831, Coffman Cove Administrative Site Conveyance Act, H2499 [22AP]

H.R. 3702, Montana Cemetery Act, H5421 [17JN]

H.R. 5541, Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act, H6285 [9JY]

H.R. 6040, clarify Army authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety, H5824 [23JN]

H.R. 6124, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, H4469-H4649 [22MY]

H.R. 6849, permit producers under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount, H9319 [24SE], H10623-H10625 [29SE]

S. 2691, Farmer Red Tape Reduction Act, S1524-S1527 [4MR]

S. 2726, Bonus TEFAP Assistance Act, S1706 [6MR]

S. 2745, extend agriculture programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date, S1916 [12MR], H1597 [12MR]

S. 2954, extend agriculture programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date, S3727 [1MY], H2988 [1MY]

S. 3148, Oregon Caves National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act, S5757 [18JN]

S. 3393, Carson City Vital Community Act, S7949-S7952 [31JY]

S. 3472, Energy and Technology Advancement Act, S8387 [11SE]

S. 3519, Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, S9032 [18SE]

S. 3584, Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act, S9499-S9502 [25SE]

S. 3597, Dept. of Agriculture community food projects funding, S9553 [25SE], H10272 [27SE]

S. 3603, Carson City Vital Community Act, S9516-S9518 [25SE]

S. 3614, National Hunger Relief Act, S9681 [26SE]

S. 3709, expand Dept. of Agriculture Rural Energy for America Program to include schools in rural areas, S10745 [20NO]

S. Res. 474, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, S1599, S1655 [5MR]