FOOD, CONSERVATION, AND ENERGY ACT

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 800), H920 [3FE]

———terminate marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for mohair producers (see H.R. 2914), H6971 [17JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: exempt unemployment benefits from the income asset test to determine Supplemental Nutrition Assitance Program eligibility (see H.R. 4163), H13385 [1DE]

———increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program (see S. 2805), S11594 [19NO]

———increase rate for certain payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program as an emergency measure (see S. 1330), S6938 [23JN] (see S. 1398), S7138 [6JY]

———index for inflation the rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program (see S. 1331), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 3166), H7946 [9JY]

———provide additional funding for successful claimants in racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims (see S. 972), S5127 [5MY] (see H.R. 3623), H9806 [22SE]

———reduce hunger through expanding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 596), H381 [15JA]

———reduce the interval for issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3587), H9670 [16SE]

———remove ineligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits of individuals who participate in a strike (see H.R. 3048), H7445 [25JN]

Federal aid programs: use poverty line determined for Alaska for all States and the District of Columbia for school lunch program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 501), H323 [14JA]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: increase rate for certain payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program, H7802 [8JY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program (S. 2805), S11604 [19NO]

———provide additional funding for successful claimants in racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims (S. 972), S5131 [5MY]

Statements

Increase Amount Available To Purchase Commodities for Emergency Food Assistance Program: Senator Specter, S11604 [19NO]

Texts of

S. 972, provide additional funding for successful claimants in Dept. of Agriculture racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims, S5131 [5MY]

S. 2805, increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program, S11605 [19NO]