FOOD, CONSERVATION, AND ENERGY ACT
Amendments
Agriculture: 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]
Enact (H.R. 2419): consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3797 [14MY]
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]
Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: 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]
———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]
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the conference report on H.R. 2419, provisions (see H. Res. 1221), H4468 [22MY]
Enact (see H.R. 6124), H4829 [22MY]
Enact (H.R. 2419): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 1189), H3775 [13MY]
Foreign trade: reinsert trade title contained in conference report (see H.J. Res. 88), H4831 [22MY]
Technical corrections (see H.R. 6981), H8577 [22SE]
Conference reports
Provisions (H.R. 2419), H3409-H3700 [13MY]
Letters
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]
Provisions: several agricultural, conservation, and nutrition organizations, S4227 [15MY]
Lists
House staff working on H.R. 2419, provisions, H3811 [14MY]
Memorandums
Provisions: Lorraine C. Miller, S5185 [5JN]
———Representative Blunt, S5185 [5JN]
Messages
Veto of H.R. 2419, Provisions: President Bush, S4713 [22MY], H4402 [21MY]
Veto of H.R. 6124, Provisions: President Bush, S5739 [18JN], H5535 [18JN]
Motions
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the conference report on H.R. 2419, provisions (H. Res. 1221), H4469 [22MY]
Enact (H.R. 2419): conference report, S4160 [14MY], S4227 [15MY], H3821 [14MY]
Remarks in House
Agriculture: hunger and nutrition programs funding, E1033 [22MY]
———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]
———provide producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on the base acres of the farm (H.R. 1371), E945 [15MY]
———remove unfunded mandates contained within certain agriculture programs, H3784-H3786 [14MY]
Appropriations: prohibit funding for earmarks, H3786-H3789 [14MY]
Budget: comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H3784, H3785, H3787-H3792, H3794, H3803 [14MY]
———require use of most recent CBO baseline estimates when determining compliance with pay-as-you-go requirement, H3789 [14MY]
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the conference report on H.R. 2419, provisions (H. Res. 1221), H4468 [22MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program funding, H4289 [20MY], H4405 [21MY], H4649-H4651 [22MY]
———Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program funding, H3819 [14MY]
———establish a project to allocate acreage for production of fruits and vegetables for processing, H3820 [14MY]
———establish Conservation on Muck Soils program, H3802 [14MY]
Enact (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]
———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3784-H3799 [14MY], E938, E941 [15MY]
Enact (H.R. 6124), H4462-H4465, H4469-H4655 [22MY], H5117 [10JN]
———veto, H5535-H5537 [18JN], E1332, E1334 [24JN]
FCIC: allow approved insurance companies to consult with each other and the FCIC during periodic renegotiations for the standard reinsurance agreement, H3820 [14MY]
Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, H4651 [22MY]
Haiti: expand trade agreement by allowing preferential treatment for U.S. imports of textile and apparel articles, H3804 [14MY]
House of Representatives: reform earmark process, H3821 [14MY]
Power resources: enhance energy security of the U.S. by promoting biofuels, H5117 [10JN]
Taxation: allow exchange of like-kind property involving certain mutual ditch, reservoir, or irrigation company stock, H3815 [14MY]
———provide credit for cellulosic biofuel production, H5576 [18JN]
Remarks in Senate
Agriculture: create livestock industry disaster assistance program, S4242 [15MY]
———hunger and nutrition programs funding, S5437 [10JN]
———impact of ethanol production on food prices, S4165 [14MY]
———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]
———price supports for milk, S4172 [14MY]
Chambliss, Senator: tribute to staff, S4241 [15MY]
Committee on Agriculture (Senate): tribute to staff, S4239 [15MY]
Committee on Finance (Senate): tribute to staff, S4241 [15MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program funding, S4744 [22MY]
———Conservation Stewardship Program funding, S4154 [14MY]
———expand Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, S4153 [14MY]
———modify Federal direct payment rates, S4168 [14MY]
———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]
Dept. of Homeland Security: agriculture and food security and inspections jurisdiction, S4236 [15MY]
Enact (H.R. 2419): conference report, S4123, S4125, S4152, S4172, S4203-S4210 [14MY], S4212-S4243 [15MY], S4477 [20MY], S5185-S5187 [5JN]
———conference report, unanimous-consent agreement, S4150 [14MY], S4743 [22MY]
———veto, S4585 [21MY], S4713, S4743-S4756 [22MY]
Enact (H.R. 6124), S5021 [4JN], S5182-S5188 [5JN], S5436, S5437 [10JN]
———unanimous-consent agreement, S5020 [4JN]
———veto—unanimous-consent agreement, S5739 [18JN]
Endangered Species Act: improve process for listing, recovery planning, and delisting, S4169 [14MY]
Food industry: lift ban on interstate distribution of State-inspected meat, S4242 [15MY]
Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, S4747 [22MY]
Food stamps: increase benefits, S4157 [14MY], S4749-S4755 [22MY], S5436 [10JN]
Forest Service: authorize direct tribal governmental participation in State and private forestry conservation and support activities and enhance and facilitate tribal relations on National Forest System lands, S4228 [15MY]
———provide free of charge any portions of trees or forest product to Native American tribes for cultural or traditional purposes providing products are not used for commercial purposes, S4227 [15MY]
Grassley, Senator: tribute to staff, S4241 [15MY]
Haiti: expand trade agreement by allowing preferential treatment for U.S. imports of textile and apparel articles, S4218 [15MY]
Power resources: enhance energy security of the U.S. by promoting biofuels, S4219 [15MY]
———extend additional duty on ethanol, S4166 [14MY]
SBA: improve the disaster loans program, S4242 [15MY]
Taxation: provide credit for cellulosic biofuel production, S4165 [14MY], S5470 [11JN]
Reports filed
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2419, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1189) (H. Rept. 110-629), H3775 [13MY]
Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2419) (H. Rept. 110-627), H3775 [13MY]
Rulings of the Chair
Enact (H.R. 2419): consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3784, H3785, H3786 [14MY]
Statements
Dept. of Homeland Security Agriculture and Food Security and Inspections Jurisdiction, S4237 [15MY]
Texts of
H. Res. 1189, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2419, provisions, 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, provisions, H4468 [22MY]
H.R. 6124, provisions, 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]
Tributes
Baucus, Senator, S4239, S4241 [15MY]
Chambliss, Senator, S4241 [15MY]
Grassley, Senator, S4239 [15MY]
Harkin, Senator, S4241 [15MY]
Salazar, Senator, S4239 [15MY]
Stabenow, Senator, S4239 [15MY]