AGRICULTURE related term(s) Food; Rural Areas

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5973), H3977 [21JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5973), consideration (H. Res. 697), H4025 [26JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8052, S8073, S8084, S8085 [17DE], S8117, S8126, S8128, S8130, S8141, S8142, S8143, S8144, S8147, S8149, S8150, S8151 [18DE], S8164, S8178, S8184, S8195, S8207, S8208, S8212, S8223, S8224 [19DE], S8305, S8306, S8307 [20DE], S8366, S8368, S8369, S8372 [21DE], S8429, S8430, S8431, S8432, S8433, S8434, S8442 [27DE], S8462, S8463, S8469, S8472, S8476, S8496, S8508 [28DE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2648 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2581 [10MY]

Dept. of the Interior: issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (H.R. 4849), S3291, S3292 [17MY], H2228 [27AP], H3147 [18MY]

Disasters: make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available with costs offset by changes to certain conservation programs (H.R. 6233), consideration (H. Res. 752), H5647 [2AU]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): modify textile and apparel rules of origin (S. 3326), S5905, S5995, S5996 [2AU]

Economy: provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), consideration (H. Res. 841), H7381 [20DE]

Programs: continue (S. 3240), S3787, S3789, S3790, S3791, S3792, S3793, S3794, S3795, S3796, S3797 [6JN], S3845, S3846, S3847, S3848, S3849, S3850, S3851, S3852, S3853, S3854, S3855, S3856, S3857, S3867, S3868, S3869 [7JN], S3903, S3904, S3905, S3906, S3907, S3908, S3909, S3910, S3911, S3912, S3913, S3916, S3917, S3918, S3919, S3921, S3922, S3923, S3924 [11JN], S3962, S3963, S3985, S3986, S3987, S3989, S3991, S3992, S3993, S3994, S3997, S3998, S3999, S4000, S4001, S4099, S4102, S4103, S4104, S4106, S4107 [12JN], S4126, S4127, S4153, S4154, S4155, S4156, S4157, S4158, S4159, S4160 [13JN], S4208, S4209, S4210, S4211, S4212, S4213, S4216, S4217 [14JN], S4243, S4244, S4245, S4246, S4247 [18JN], S4266, S4267, S4268, S4269, S4270, S4271, S4272, S4273, S4274, S4275, S4276, S4277, S4278, S4279, S4280, S4281, S4306 [19JN], S4334, S4335, S4336, S4337, S4338, S4339, S4340, S4341, S4343, S4344, S4345, S4346, S4347, S4348, S4349, S4350, S4351, S4352, S4353, S4354, S4355, S4356, S4357 [20JN], S4381, S4382, S4383, S4384, S4385, S4389 [21JN]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (S. 3406), S5681 [30JY]

Articles and editorials

Congress Delays Farm Bill as Drought Spreads, S5456 [26JY]

Food Stamps Helped Reduce Poverty Rate, Study Finds, H1900 [17AP]

Jersey Orchard Sweeps Apple Cider Awards, E229 [17FE]

U.S. Corn Growers Farming in Hell as Midwest Heat Spreads, S4856 [11JY]

U.S. Should Legalize Industrial Hemp, S4138 [13JN]

USDA—Celebrating 150 Years of Innovation, E806 [15MY]

Vision Realized, S4413 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 2375), S2821 [26AP] (see H.R. 5973), H3914 [20JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5973), consideration (see H. Res. 697), H3974 [21JN]

America’s Agricultural Heritage Partnership: reauthorize in Iowa (see S. 2133), S1049 [27FE]

Animals: make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter (see S. 2141), S1147 [29FE] (see H.R. 4284), H1739 [28MR]

Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (see S. 3545), S6340 [13SE]

Birds: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see S. 3239), S3631 [24MY] (see H.R. 3798), H113 [23JA]

Brazil: authorize negotiations to eliminate tariffs and trade barriers to U.S. ethanol exports (see H.R. 4621), H2123 [25AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 5652), H2565 [9MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (see H. Res. 648), H2565 [9MY]

Business and industry: promote biobased manufacturing (see S. 2155), S1384 [5MR]

CCC: prohibit Brazil Cotton Institute funding (see H.R. 5143), H2270 [27AP]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 410), S2166 [28MR]

Chesapeake Bay: reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative and improve Dept. of Agriculture assistance to farmers and foresters within the watershed and to States with water quality programs (see S. 2294), S2496 [18AP]

Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund: establish (see S. 3568), S6454 [19SE]

Clean Air Act: amend the renewable fuel program to require the cellulosic biofuel requirement to be based on actual production (see H.R. 6047), H4603 [28JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: acknowledge decision to consider or reject civil rights claims within 45 days and process all accepted claims within 270 days (see S. 2387), S2821 [26AP]

——— anniversary (see S. Res. 458), S3087 [10MY]

——— award grants to establish veterans gardens operated by veterans to produce food that can be sold to individuals, schools, and restaurants (see H.R. 3905), H512 [6FE]

——— clarify maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for purposes of the closure or relocation of a county office (see S. 3258), S3688 [4JN] (see H.R. 4330), H1804 [29MR]

——— convey lands of the former Fort Bayard Military Reservation to Santa Clara, NM, Bayard, NM, or Grant County, NM, for business and community development (see H.R. 6344), H5706 [2AU]

——— establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural nonpoint source pollution prevention (see H.R. 4162), H1272 [7MR] (see H.R. 4328), H1804 [29MR]

——— establish the Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion Program (see H.R. 4012), H693 [9FE]

——— establish the Revenue Loss Assistance Program, improve crop insurance, and extend livestock disaster, tree assistance, and commodity programs (see S. 2261), S2242 [29MR]

——— expand coverage under crop insurance plans to include losses to an insured commodity that must be destroyed due to a federally-imposed quarantine (see H.R. 6022), H4063 [26JN]

——— extend and improve the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program (see S. 2126), S909 [17FE] (see H.R. 4085), H944 [17FE]

——— improve energy programs (see S. 2270), S2242 [29MR] (see H.R. 5955), H3732 [18JN]

——— modify crop insurance ineligibility requirements for producers that produce an annual crop on native sod (see H.R. 5879), H3362 [31MY]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see S. 2346), S2730 [25AP] (see H.R. 5873), H3362 [31MY]

——— permit providers of eligible food purchasing and delivery services to be approved as retail food stores that accept and redeem Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 4333), H1804 [29MR]

——— permit the export of apples to Canada in bulk bins without certification (see S. 2208), S1847 [20MR] (see H.R. 3914), H567 [7FE]

——— provide grants to enhance the most effective freezing methods to improve access to affordable and locally produced specialty crops (see H.R. 6457), H6231 [20SE]

——— reauthorize and improve the Rural Energy for America Program (see S. 2225), S2001 [22MR] (see H.R. 5825), H3103 [17MY]

——— recognize significance of and support adequate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H. Res. 564), H965 [27FE]

——— reduce crop insurance premium subsidies (see H.R. 6098), H4827 [11JY]

——— repeal the Conservation Stewardship Program (see H.R. 4015), H696 [13FE]

——— require annual disclosure of crop insurance premium subsidies in the public interest (see H.R. 6270), H5629 [1AU]

——— require evaluation of county workload assessments prior to closure or relocation of a county or local Farm Service Agency office (see H.R. 4313), H1803 [29MR]

——— stop sale of products fraudulently labeled as organic, require organic producers and certifiers to maintain and provide records, and impose penalties on violators of organic food laws (see H.R. 5962), H3806 [19JN]

——— use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program (see H.R. 6231), H5331 [30JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see S. 2114), S699 [15FE]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see S. 2221), S1932 [21MR] (see H.R. 4157), H1272 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior: issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (see H.R. 4849), H2204 [26AP]

——— settle water rights claims of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe in Arizona, authorize construction of certain water projects, and resolve litigation concerning Colorado River operations (see S. 2109), S614 [14FE] (see H.R. 4067), H901 [16FE]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (see S. 3691), S8203 [19DE]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs (see S. 3384), S4950 [12JY] (see S. 3395), S5085 [17JY] (see H.R. 4948), H2206 [26AP] (see H.R. 6167), H5130 [23JY] (see H.R. 6192), H5291 [25JY] (see H.R. 6228), H5330 [30JY]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available with costs offset by changes to certain conservation programs (see H.R. 6233), H5524 [31JY]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available with costs offset by changes to certain conservation programs (H.R. 6233), consideration (see H. Res. 752), H5628 [1AU]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): modify textile and apparel rules of origin (see S. 3326), S4417 [21JN] (see H.R. 5986), H3974 [21JN]

Economy: ensure viability and competitiveness of U.S. agricultural sector (see H.R. 6194), H5291 [25JY]

——— promote U.S. economic and energy security through increased energy development and reduced regulatory burdens (see S. 2365), S2731 [25AP]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (see H.R. 6684), H7359 [19DE]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), consideration (see H. Res. 841), H7359 [19DE]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (see S. 3559), S6454 [19SE]

——— establish a moratorium on aerial surveillance of agricultural operations (see S. 3467), S5870 [1AU]

——— establish a moratorium on aerial surveillance under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 6093), H4774 [10JY]

——— partially waive the renewable fuel standard when corn inventories are low (see S. 3428), S5304 [24JY]

——— provide reasonable limits, control, and oversight over use of aerial surveillance of farmers (see H.R. 5961), H3806 [19JN]

——— require use of commercially available volume of cellulosic biofuel in setting requirements for the renewable fuel program (see H.R. 6545), H6276 [21SE]

Federal aid programs: restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (see S. 2217), S1932 [21MR]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: reauthorize (see S. 3552), S6340 [13SE]

FEMA: allow construction and improvement of structures used for agricultural production in floodplains under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4020), H725 [14FE]

Floods: analyze challenges faced by agricultural areas and rural communities designated as an area having special flood hazards for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 6034), H4156 [27JN]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: extend with certain modifications and exceptions (see H.R. 6228), H5330 [30JY]

Food industry: require labels on packages of meat include a statement on whether the meat contains lean finely textured beef (pink slime) (see H.R. 4346), H1811 [30MR]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H5200 [24JY]

Foreign trade: establish U.S. trade negotiating objectives relative to application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products to facilitate trade in agriculture (see H.R. 6538), H6276 [21SE]

Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (see H.R. 6089), H4684 [9JY]

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research: establish (see S. 2274), S2242 [29MR]

Government regulations: codify exemptions for farming, forestry, and ranching relative to permit requirements for dredged or fill material (see H.R. 4278), H1739 [28MR]

——— provide for regulatory accountability and revision of economically burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4116), H1133 [1MR]

Hazardous substances: prohibit use, production, sale, import, or export of sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) and ban use of sodium cyanide for predator control (see H.R. 4214), H1426 [20MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 6388), H5999 [13SE]

Immigration: simplify petitioning procedure for H–2A agricultural workers and expand the scope of the H–2A program (see H.R. 6373), H5859 [11SE]

Land-Grant College Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 502), S4368 [20JN]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 470), S3516 [23MY]

National forests: declare state of emergency and implement hazardous fuel reduction projects for extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions caused by pine beetle infestations, drought, disease, or storm damage (see S. 2277), S2243 [29MR] (see H.R. 4331), H1804 [29MR]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (see S. 3584), S6545 [20SE] (see H.R. 6489), H6274 [21SE]

Pesticides: prohibit use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine (see H.R. 4318), H1804 [29MR]

Product safety: establish a comprehensive process to inform consumers about food and product recalls (see H.R. 4759), H2125 [25AP]

Programs: continue (see S. 3240), S3631 [24MY] (see H.R. 6083), H4684 [9JY]

——— continue (H.R. 6083), consideration (see H. Res. 739), H5201 [24JY]

Public lands: establish criteria for the rate of fees charged for grazing private livestock on public rangelands (see S. 3374), S4893 [11JY]

——— improve management of grazing leases and permits (see H.R. 4234), H1496 [21MR]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (see S. 3285), S3976 [12JN] (see S. 3406), S5211 [19JY] (see H.R. 6156), H5077 [19JY]

——— extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), consideration (see H. Res. 808), H6343 [13NO]

Senior citizens: encourage the use of locally grown food in meals programs (see S. 3592), S6545 [20SE]

States: permit exemptions from certain requirements of Federal environmental laws for producers of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 6075), H4655 [29JN]

Tariff: daminozide (see S. 2862), S2965 [8MY] (see H.R. 4784), H2126 [25AP]

Taxation: exclude certain farm rental income from self-employment net earnings if the taxpayer enters into a lease agreement relative to such income (see H.R. 5990), H3974 [21JN]

——— exclude certain farmland and family-owned business interests from the value of the gross estate of decedents (see H.R. 6271), H5629 [1AU]

——— exempt certain family-owned farms and businesses from the estate tax (see S. 2200), S1734 [15MR]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 3420), S5257 [23JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 3393), S5085 [17JY] (see H.R. 6262), H5629 [1AU]

——— facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency (see S. 3650), S7215 [29NO] (see H.R. 6462), H6231 [20SE]

——— increase quarterly wages paid threshold for classification as an agricultural labor employer for purposes of unemployment taxes (see H.R. 5320), H2274 [27AP]

——— permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts (see H.R. 6663), H6806 [13DE]

——— provide estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax relief (see H.R. 16), H5330 [30JY]

——— provide exception to additional estate tax for severance of standing timber harvested consistent with a forest management plan (see H.R. 6439), H6151 [19SE]

——— provide for Commercial Fishing, Farm, and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 6276), H5704 [2AU]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 3403), S5211 [19JY] (see H.R. 6279), H5704 [2AU]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect farmers from fines due to taking of migratory birds on agricultural fields by clarifying distinction between normal agricultural practices and baiting (see S. 3674), S7976 [12DE]

Urban areas: provide assistance and opportunity to create and support sustainable agriculture activities and improve access to nutrition in U.S. cities (see H.R. 4351), H1845 [16AP]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8195 [19DE], S8340 [21DE]

Programs: continue (S. 3240), motion to proceed, S3714 [5JN], S3807 [7JN]

Essays

Role of the Farm in a Healthy Diet: Andrea Ledgerwood, S2815 [26AP]

——— Travis Koester, S2815 [26AP]

Letters

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations: Stephen E. Blaire and Richard E. Pates, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H4021 [26JN]

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act: several agricultural organizations, S6313 [13SE]

Dept. of Labor procedures clarification for issuing ‘‘hot goods orders’’ on agricultural enterprises and enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act: several Representatives, E1951 [19DE]

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Mike and Lori Peskey, H6154 [20SE]

——— several Representatives, S5455 [26JY]

Navy participation in memorandum of understanding with Depts. of Agriculture and Energy to invest in production of advanced aviation and marine biofuels: Jonathan W. Greenert, James F. Amos, and Ray Mabus, Dept. of the Navy, S7144 [29NO]

Normal trade relations status with Russia extension: several Russian dissidents, H5974 [13SE]

Preserving America’s Family Farms Act: several agricultural organizations, H5166 [24JY]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, H2621 [10MY]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), E825, E826 [17MY]

——— Stephen E. Blaire, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, H2580, H2613 [10MY]

Lists

Indiana Youth Essay Contest winners, S2815 [26AP]

Motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8016 [13DE], S8195 [19DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8464, S8482 [28DE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2630 [10MY]

Disasters: make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available with costs offset by changes to certain conservation programs (H.R. 6233), H5681 [2AU]

Economy: provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7410 [20DE]

Programs: continue (S. 3240), S3714 [5JN], S3803 [7JN], S3962 [12JN], S4124, S4125 [13JN], S4350, S4352 [20JN]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), S7392 [4DE]

Remarks in House

Adkison, Jarrod and family: Washington County, FL, Outstanding Farm Family award recipient, E1738 [9NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5973), H3946 [21JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5973), consideration (H. Res. 697), H4017–H4027 [26JN]

Alden, NY: tribute to Alden Farmers Market, E1578 [20SE]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H5945 [13SE], H7478 [31DE], H7567–H7578 [2JA]

Arkansas Farm Bureau: tribute to Arkansas Farm Family of the Year award recipients, H4708 [10JY]

Barton, Ken and family: Holmes County, FL, Outstanding Farm Family award recipient, E1668 [28SE]

Bucks Beautiful (organization): tribute, E2023 [31DE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2455 [9MY], H2583–H2633 [10MY], H2702–H2705 [15MY], H2783 [16MY], H3135 [18MY], H3392 [1JN], H3586 [7JN], H4922–H4925 [18JY], H5295 [26JY], H5521 [31JY], H5958 [13SE], H6575 [30NO], H6751 [12DE], E755 [9MY], E802 [15MY], E823 [16MY], E825 [17MY], E908 [30MY], E2018 [31DE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2573–H2583 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), motion to recommit, H2631 [10MY]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act by eliminating certain taxpayer subsidies, H4921–H4925 [18JY]

California: protect agriculture and fishery-related jobs north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta when addressing certain water-related concerns, H1062, H1063 [29FE]

——— protect drinking water supplies in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region, H1064 [29FE]

——— protect water quality and availability for agricultural producers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region, H1065, H1066 [29FE]

Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association: anniversary, E1416 [3AU]

Capitol Building and Grounds: U.S. Botanic Garden funding, H3676, H3677 [8JN]

Champaign County, IL: anniversary of Champaign County Farm Bureau, E127 [3FE]

Colleges and universities: anniversary of land grant college program, H3398 [1JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H5856 [11SE], H6085 [19SE]

——— importance of bipartisanship, H6371 [15NO]

Congressional Peanut Caucus: establish, E510 [29MR]

Costa, Anthony: Grower Shipper Association E.E. ‘‘Gene’’ Harden Award for Lifetime Achievement in Central Coast Agriculture recipient, E1107 [21JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary, H2666, H2667 [15MY], H2723 [16MY], E774 [10MY], E793, E795, E799, E800, E803, E805, E806 [15MY], E1047 [15JN]

——— anniversary of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, E815 [16MY]

——— improve crop insurance, H5656, H5697 [2AU]

——— include multi-year price decline protections in the Agriculture Risk Coverage program, H4660 [9JY]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (H.R. 5873), H3365 [1JN]

——— reform payment limitation rules for farm subsidies, H2603 [10MY]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H1657 [28MR], H1849, H1869, H1898–H1905 [17AP], H2606, H2623–H2625 [10MY], H6488–H6491 [28NO], E551 [17AP], E584 [19AP], E612 [23AP]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform, H2605 [10MY]

——— tribute to domestic and global anti-hunger and nutrition programs, E803 [15MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Bureau of Customs and Border Protection salaries and expenses funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3537–H3539 [6JN]

——— science and technology research funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3559–H3561 [6JN]

Dept. of Labor: clarify procedures for due process after a farm inspection relative to enforcement of labor laws on farms, H6584 [3DE], H6835 [18DE]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, H2080 [25AP]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (H.R. 4157), H5162–H5167 [24JY]

——— reform certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, H581 [8FE]

Dept. of the Interior: extend water contract between the U.S. and the East Bench Irrigation District (S. 997), H3715 [18JN]

——— issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (H.R. 4849), H2227, H2228 [27AP]

——— issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (H.R. 4849), corrections in engrossment, H2252 [27AP]

——— issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (H.R. 4849), Senate amendment, H3147 [18MY]

Disasters: extend certain programs, prohibit supplemental agricultural disaster assistance payments to foreign corporations, and prohibit producers from collecting payments from multiple programs, H5682 [2AU]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs, H5139 [24JY], H5854 [11SE]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available with costs offset by changes to certain conservation programs (H.R. 6233), H5650–H5658, H5681, H5697 [2AU]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available with costs offset by changes to certain conservation programs (H.R. 6233), consideration (H. Res. 752), H5644–H5649 [2AU]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available with costs offset by changes to certain conservation programs (H.R. 6233), motion to recommit, H5682 [2AU]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): modify textile and apparel rules of origin (H.R. 5986), H5640–H5644, H5696 [2AU]

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center: World Affairs Council of St. Louis International Humanitarian of the Year Award recipient, E987 [6JN]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H5756, H5759, H5760 [10SE], H6224–H6227 [20SE]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7362, H7363, H7364, H7395–H7412 [20DE]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), consideration (H. Res. 841), H7366, H7374–H7383 [20DE]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), motion to recommit, H7410, H7411 [20DE], E1992 [21DE]

Eldon, MO: tribute to Eldon High School FFA Knowledge team, E1737 [9NO]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (H.R. 3158), H5608, H5609 [1AU]

——— impact of overregulation on the economy, H358 [1FE], H4649–H4652 [29JN]

Federal aid programs: repeal sugar price support program and marketing allotments, H2144 [26AP]

——— repeal sugar price support program and marketing allotments (H.R. 1385), H701 [14FE]

——— sugar price support program funding, H3710 [18JN], H4660 [9JY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: reauthorize (S. 3552), H6024–H6042 [14SE]

FEMA: allow construction and improvement of structures used for agricultural production in floodplains under the National Flood Insurance Program, H2578 [10MY]

——— Port Security Grant Program funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3556, H3557 [6JN]

Flinn, Shannon and family: Santa Rosa County, FL, Outstanding Farm Family award recipient, E1283 [19JY]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 3553), H6073 [19SE]

Fresno, CA: anniversary of Fresno County Farm Bureau, E1178 [28JN]

Geitner, Rex E.: San Mateo County, CA, Farm Bureau Farmer of the Year award recipient, E202 [15FE]

Georgia: impact of agriculture on State economy, E803 [15MY]

Georgia Peanut Commission: anniversary, E1232 [11JY], E1360 [31JY]

Gilmore, Jacob and family: Escambia County, FL, Outstanding Farm Family of the Year award recipient, E1692 [12OC]

Government regulations: provide for regulatory accountability and revision of economically burdensome regulations (H.R. 4116), H5163 [24JY]

Growing Power (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1758 [15NO]

Hines, Dale: Wisconsin Agriculturist (publication) Master Agriculturist award recipient, E655 [25AP]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H5194 [24JY], H6420–H6422 [16NO]

Huerta, Delores: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, E896 [30MY], E934 [31MY], E1289 [19JY]

Immigration: create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (H.R. 2895), H6617 [4DE]

Imperial Sugar Co.: anniversary of explosion of sugar factory in Port Wentworth, GA, H520 [7FE]

Joe Ringhausen Orchard and Apple House: Illinois Cider and National Cider Contest winner, E229 [17FE]

Johnston, Tiffany: National Association of Agricultural Educators Teacher Mentor Award recipient, E1432 [3AU]

Kankakee County, IL: anniversary of Kankakee County Farm Bureau, E190 [14FE]

Kimberling, Cleon: Colorado State University Dept. of Animal Science Livestock Leader of the Year award recipient, H86 [23JA]

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association: anniversary, E105 [1FE]

Mann’s Choice, PA: anniversary of Fair Family Farms, E1603 [21SE]

Matsushima, John: National Western Stock Show (organization) Citizen of the West honoree, H7278 [19DE]

McKinney, TX: Collin County Farm Museum participation in National Endowment for the Arts Blue Star Museums program offering free admission to active military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day, E1284 [19JY]

Mississippi Poultry Association: anniversary, E606 [19AP]

Modesto, CA: anniversary of Good Egg Breakfast, E1717 [23OC]

Monsanto, Inc.: tribute to Sustainable Yield Pledge Award recipients, E922 [31MY]

Mosby Farm (business): King County, WA, Executive Rural Small Business of the Year award finalist, E1524 [13SE]

National Dairy Month: observance, H3811 [20JN], H4078 [27JN]

National forests: extend and expand scope of a certain pilot forest management project, H3763 [19JN]

National Teach Ag Day: observance, H1221 [7MR]

New Jersey: tribute to agricultural industry, E1397 [3AU]

News media: allegations of media bias in coverage of Beef Products, Inc., E499 [29MR]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H5852 [11SE]

Pleasanton, CA: anniversary of Alameda County Fair, E1080 [19JN]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H3273 [31MY]

Programs: continue (H.R. 6083), H4660 [9JY], H4688, H4708 [10JY], H4790, H4810 [11JY], H4830, H4831 [12JY], H4919 [18JY], H5026 [19JY], H5139 [24JY], H5211 [25JY], H5296, H5321, H5322 [26JY], H5537 [1AU], H5645, H5653–H5658, H5697 [2AU], H5749–H5752 [10SE], H5776, H5853, H5854 [11SE], H5865 [12SE], H5927, H5931, H5932, H5944 [13SE], H6042–H6044 [14SE], H6072, H6098 [19SE], H6154, H6167, H6171, H6225 [20SE], H6258, H6261, H6263 [21SE], H6348 [14NO], H6378, H6391 [15NO], H6400 [16NO], H6539, H6563 [30NO], H6661, H6662 [5DE], H6787 [13DE], E1232 [11JY], E1649 [21SE]

——— continue (S. 3240), H3710 [18JN], H3743 [19JN]

Public lands: establish a pilot program to test a small increase in Federal grazing fees, H3778, H3779 [19JN]

——— improve management of grazing leases and permits, H3746, H3761, H3778, H3779 [19JN]

——— protect opportunities for hunting, fishing, grazing, or recreation from domestic production of critical minerals and materials promotion activities, H4847, H4848 [12JY]

Pursell, Jimmy and Chris: Auburn University Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, E1856 [30NO]

Rawson, David and Pat and family: Okaloosa County, FL, Outstanding Farm Family award recipient, E1648 [21SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5686, H5687, H5688 [2AU]

Resnick, Stewart A.: Ag One Foundation Community Salute honoree, E311 [5MR]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status, H4912, H4913, H4914, H4915 [18JY], H5136, H5137 [24JY], H5974–H5980 [13SE], H6047 [14SE], E1098 [20JN]

——— extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), H6330 [13NO], H6374 [15NO], H6401–H6418 [16NO], E1835 [29NO]

——— extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), consideration (H. Res. 808), H6380–H6390 [15NO]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of California Flower Market, E1101 [21JN]

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative: anniversary, E1816 [27NO]

Stokoe Farms LLC: anniversary, E1645 [21SE]

Taxation: exempt certain family-owned farms and businesses from the estate tax, H7361 [20DE]

——— permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (H.R. 696), H923 [17FE]

——— provide estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax relief, H5546, H5593 [1AU], H5646 [2AU]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers, repealing fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, and terminating certain direct payments to farmers, H5958, H5960, H5962 [13SE]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes, H5757, H5759, H5760 [10SE]

Taylor, Howarth: Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, H4894 [17JY]

Tos, John: Lemoore, CA, Chamber of Commerce Agriculturalist of the Year award recipient, E1473 [11SE]

Tracy Ranch (business): anniversary, E714 [7MY]

Turkey: tribute to Mobile Turkish Coffee House Project, E728 [8MY]

Turlock, CA: anniversary of Turlock Irrigation District, E214 [16FE]

Ukraine: anniversary of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932–1933, E1802 [27NO]

Veterinary Service, Inc.: Stanislaus County, CA, Ag Hall of Fame inductee, E1700 [16OC]

Ward, Bruce and Shirley: Walton County, FL, Outstanding Farm Family award recipient, E1667 [28SE]

Weather: effect of drought on agriculture, H5644–H5647, H5654, H5656 [2AU], H5927 [13SE]

Wilton, ME: Wilton Blueberry Festival honoree of Franklin County, ME, Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner, E1754 [14NO]

Remarks in Senate

Advertising: prohibit mandatory or compulsory participation in check off programs to provide research and information for a particular commodity or brand, S4281 [19JN]

Animals: make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter (S. 2141), S1150 [29FE]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8050–S8060, S8062 [17DE], S8112, S8116–S8118, S8124–S8131, S8133–S8135 [18DE], S8161, S8163, S8164, S8177, S8178, S8184–S8197 [19DE], S8236, S8243–S8245, S8261 [20DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8425–S8427, S8429–S8445 [27DE], S8462–S8474, S8476–S8497, S8519 [28DE], S8544 [30DE], S8639, S8640 [2JA]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S8340 [21DE], S8445 [27DE]

Baldwin Apple Ladders (business): tribute, S5209 [19JY]

Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (S. 3545), S6342 [13SE]

Birds: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, S4282 [19JN]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (S. 3239), S3633 [24MY]

Bousman, Joel: Wyoming Livestock Roundup (publication) Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, S5865 [1AU]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), S2989–S2991 [9MY], S3110, S3133 [14MY], S3137 [15MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), unanimous-consent request, S3615 [24MY]

Business and industry: promote biobased manufacturing, S4171, S4196 [14JN]

California: anniversary of commercial rice production, S8137 [18DE]

CFTC: funding, S5960 [2AU]

Chesapeake Bay: reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative and improve Dept. of Agriculture assistance to farmers and foresters within the watershed and to States with water quality programs, S4393 [21JN]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana, S4138, S4139 [13JN], S4399 [21JN]

Cuba: remove obstacles to legal sales of U.S. agricultural commodities, S7030 [28NO]

Dakota Rural Action (organization): anniversary, S6735 [13NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: air quality improvement project funding, S4274 [19JN]

——— allow community land grant-mercedes and land grant councils access to rural development program funding, S4391 [21JN]

——— allow frontier communities access to rural development program funding, S4391 [21JN]

——— anniversary, S3164–S3169 [15MY], S3230 [16MY], S3273 [17MY], S3509 [23MY]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 458), S3103 [10MY]

——— assist eligible schools and nonprofit entities to implement farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools, S3817 [7JN], S4137 [13JN], S4196 [14JN], S4344, S4345 [20JN], S4399 [21JN]

——— Biomass Crop Assistance Program funding, S4173 [14JN]

——— biomass research and development funding, S4172 [14JN]

——— Conservation Stewardship Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding, S4135, S4139–S4141 [13JN]

——— consolidation and streamlining of conservation programs, S4139 [13JN]

——— determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes by using the national average cost of production, S4391 [21JN]

——— eliminate farm subsidies, S3935 [12JN], S4195 [14JN]

——— eliminate Organic Certification Cost Share and Agricultural Management Assistance Program, S4276, S4277 [19JN]

——— Emergency Forest Restoration Program funding, S8126 [18DE], S8476, S8477 [28DE]

——— encourage partnerships between the National Agriculture Library and educational institutions to support the dissemination of objective and scholarly agricultural and food law research and information, S4345 [20JN]

——— ensure that farmers are able to buy public varieties of seeds, S4127 [13JN]

——— establish a pilot loan program to assist organizations providing healthful food for the hungry, S4345, S4346 [20JN]

——— establish a program to provide loans for local farms, ranches, and market gardens to improve public health and nutrition and reduce energy consumption, S4391 [21JN]

——— establish the Aggregate Risk and Revenue Management Program, S4143 [13JN]

——— extend drought disaster assistance, S8117 [18DE]

——— extend eligibility for certain emergency loans to commercial fisherman, S4280 [19JN]

——— Farmers Market Promotion Program funding, S4357 [20JN]

——— Federal milk marketing order program reform, S4268 [19JN]

——— improve agricultural land easements, S4357, S4358 [20JN]

——— improve crop insurance, S3230 [16MY], S4195, S4198 [14JN], S5201 [19JY], S5836 [1AU]

——— improve efficiency, digestibility, and nutritional value of food for poultry and livestock, S4196 [14JN], S4352 [20JN]

——— improve energy programs, S4396 [21JN]

——— improve livestock forage disaster plan, S4267, S4268 [19JN]

——— include multi-year price decline protections in the Agriculture Risk Coverage program, S4358 [20JN]

——— limit conservation program payments based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S4264 [19JN], S4337 [20JN]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S3950–S3952 [12JN], S4263 [19JN], S4355, S4356 [20JN]

——— limit farm subsidy payments based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S4273 [19JN]

——— limit payments for marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments, S4269 [19JN]

——— Market Access Program funding, S4263 [19JN], S4336 [20JN]

——— modify crop insurance eligibility requirements to include compliance with conservation laws, S4354 [20JN]

——— move the sugar import quota adjustment date forward in the crop year, S4356 [20JN]

——— oppose promotion of Meatless Monday initiative in departmental newsletter, S5359 [25JY], S5441, S5442 [26JY]

——— permanently establish the Office of Tribal Relations, S4266 [19JN]

——— price support programs for milk, S8346 [21DE]

——— price supports for milk funding through reductions in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S8613 [1JA]

——— prohibit any entity receiving a business and industry direct or guaranteed loan for a wind energy project from receiving any other Federal benefit, assistance, or incentive for the project, S4275 [19JN]

——— prohibit loan guarantees, S4280 [19JN]

——— promote access to healthful foods in areas known as health deserts, S4196 [14JN]

——— protect agricultural and forested lands from urban development, S4357, S4358 [20JN]

——— provide Non-Insured Disaster Program funding to eligible producers facing a loss due to freeze or frost, S4338 [20JN]

——— reauthorize and improve the Rural Energy for America Program (S. 2225), S2002 [22MR]

——— reform Federal grazing fees, S3935 [12JN]

——— repeal Biorefinery Assistance Program, S4348 [20JN]

——— repeal the Conservation Stewardship Program and Conservation Reserve Program, S4343 [20JN]

——— replace dairy product price support and Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) programs with a program to protect dairy producer income and establish a dairy market stabilization program, S4407 [21JN]

——— require more frequent dairy reporting and conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing two classes of milk, S4273 [19JN]

——— require Risk Management Agency and FCIC to use plain language and improve website to make crop insurance more accessible, S4279 [19JN]

——— require the FCIC provide insurance to organic crops similar in terms and conditions provided for other crops, S4335 [20JN]

——— Rural Energy for America Program funding, S4170 [14JN]

——— Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Program funding, S4390 [21JN]

——— study feasibility of establishing a business disruption insurance policy and a catastrophic event policy for poultry producers, S4274 [19JN]

——— study feasibility of establishing an insurance product that covers food safety recalls, S4276 [19JN]

——— value-added grant program funding, S4267 [19JN]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, S3932 [12JN]

——— reform certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, S371 [7FE], S490 [9FE], S895–S898 [17FE], S1112 [29FE]

Dept. of the Interior: issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (H.R. 4849), S2931 [7MY], S2933 [8MY], S3292 [17MY]

——— settle water rights claims of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe in Arizona, authorize construction of certain water projects, and resolve litigation concerning Colorado River operations (S. 2109), S620 [14FE]

Depts. of Agriculture and Transportation: conduct study of rural transportation issues relative to movement of agricultural products and domestically produced renewable fuels and resources for electricity production, S4350 [20JN]

DeSalvo family: Arkansas Farm Bureau Arkansas Farm Family of the Year award recipient, S7743 [11DE]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (S. 3691), S8204 [19DE]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs, S5836 [1AU], S6314 [13SE], S8118 [18DE], S8437 [27DE], S8482, S8483, S8485, S8497 [28DE]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs (S. 3395), S5810 [1AU]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available with costs offset by changes to certain conservation programs (H.R. 6233), S5946 [2AU]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): modify textile and apparel rules of origin (H.R. 5986), S5934 [2AU]

——— modify textile and apparel rules of origin (S. 3326), S5425, S5426, S5451–S5454 [26JY], S5703, S5704, S5726 [31JY], S5858 [1AU], S5904–S5907, S5919–S5921, S5932–S5934 [2AU]

——— modify textile and apparel rules of origin (S. 3326), unanimous-consent request, S5425 [26JY]

Economy: promote U.S. economic and energy security through increased energy development and reduced regulatory burdens (S. 2365), S3065, S3066 [10MY]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), S8324 [21DE]

EPA: establish a moratorium on aerial surveillance of agricultural operations (S. 3467), S5872 [1AU]

——— establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas, S3932 [12JN]

——— partially waive the renewable fuel standard when corn inventories are low (S. 3428), S5306 [24JY], S5967 [2AU], S6326 [13SE]

——— use of aerial surveillance of agricultural operations, S4381, S4382 [21JN]

Federal aid programs: phase out sugar price support program and marketing allotments (S. 25), S606 [14FE]

——— restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (S. 2217), S1935 [21MR]

——— sugar price support program funding, S3964–S3968 [12JN], S4118–S4125, S4130 [13JN], S4349 [20JN], S4400 [21JN]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: reauthorize (S. 3552), S6370 [13SE]

Food: allow States to require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material, S4169 [14JN], S4384 [21JN]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems, S4393 [21JN]

Foreign countries: improve international food security, S3274 [17MY]

Foreign trade: establish U.S. trade negotiating objectives relative to application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products to facilitate trade in agriculture, S7653 [6DE]

——— promote U.S. agricultural export programs, S3816 [7JN]

4–H (organization): anniversary of 4–H Club of Utah, S4819 [10JY]

Georgia Peanut Commission: anniversary, S4633 [26JN], S5948 [2AU]

Government regulations: exempt farms with aboveground fuel storage tanks of a certain size from EPA Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule, S3960 [12JN]

——— prohibit issuance of new EPA rule on municipal and industrial stormwater discharges prior to completion of evaluation of current rule, S3960 [12JN]

Hardy, Gene: Wyoming Livestock Roundup (publication) Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, S5865 [1AU]

Indiana: tribute to Youth Essay Contest winners, S2814 [26AP]

Indiana Prairie Farmer (publication): tribute to Master Farmer award program, S4237 [18JN]

Innovative Livestock Services, Inc.: anniversary of Ward Feed Yard, S4237 [18JN]

Iran: exempt from sanctions humanitarian trade licensed by Dept. of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, S3324 [21MY]

Jackson’s Sugar House and Vegetable Stand (business): tribute, S1929 [21MR]

Land-Grant College Act: anniversary, S4627–S4629 [26JN]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 502), S4375, S4377 [20JN]

Lane, David J.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador for Food and Agriculture, unanimous-consent agreement, S3651 [24MY]

Maine Association of Agricultural Fairs: anniversary, S125 [26JA]

National Dairy Month: observance, S4149 [13JN]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (S. Res. 470), S3519 [23MY], S4250 [18JN]

Navy: participation in a memorandum of understanding with the Depts. of Agriculture and Energy Navy to invest in production of advanced aviation and marine biofuels, S7029 [28NO], S7142, S7144–S7146 [29NO], S8331, S8332 [21DE]

Portland, ME: tribute to Oakhurst Dairy (business), S4149 [13JN]

Power resources: economic impact of ethanol production, S5828 [1AU], S6326 [13SE]

Programs: continue, S3164, S3168 [15MY], S3230 [16MY], S8613, S8622 [1JA]

——— continue (S. 3240), S3950–S3952, S3959–S3969 [12JN], S4118–S4135, S4137–S4141, S4143 [13JN], S4166–S4173, S4181, S4195–S4199 [14JN], S4223, S4225, S4235 [18JN], S4262–S4283 [19JN], S4313, S4334–S4359 [20JN], S4380–S4405, S4407 [21JN], S4455 [25JN], S4833 [10JY], S5175, S5201 [19JY], S5339, S5342, S5343, S5366 [25JY], S5441, S5443, S5447, S5454–S5457 [26JY], S5718 [31JY], S5810, S5836 [1AU], S5944–S5947, S5956, S5967 [2AU], S6038, S6039 [10SE], S6087 [11SE], S6312–S6315, S6325 [13SE], S6405 [19SE], S6499 [20SE], S6725 [13NO], S6768 [14NO], S7414, S7415 [5DE], S7669, S7670 [6DE], S7735 [11DE], S7786 [12DE], S8117, S8118 [18DE], S8169 [19DE], S8238, S8242 [20DE], S8346 [21DE], S8580–S8583 [31DE]

——— continue (S. 3240), motion to proceed, S3714–S3717 [5JN], S3739, S3749–S3756, S3758–S3760, S3762–S3764, S3767 [6JN], S3803–S3808, S3816–S3818, S3824, S3828, S3831–S3834 [7JN], S3875–S3877, S3890–S3892 [11JN], S3932, S3935–S3937, S3945, S3949 [12JN]

——— continue (S. 3240), motion to recommit, S4350–S4352 [20JN]

——— continue (S. 3240), unanimous-consent agreement, S4235 [18JN], S4313, S4351 [20JN]

——— continue (S. 3240), unanimous-consent request, S3961 [12JN], S4125, S4126 [13JN]

——— reduce funding to 2008 levels, S4350, S4351 [20JN]

Richland County, WI: anniversary of Richland County Fair, S4819 [10JY]

Rural areas: strengthen rural communities and foster the next generation of farmers and ranchers, S4270 [19JN]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), S7429–S7445, S7448–S7453 [5DE], S7646, S7653, S7660–S7663, S7680 [6DE], S8067 [17DE], S8356 [21DE]

——— extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), motion to proceed, S7392 [4DE]

——— extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), unanimous-consent agreement, S7435 [5DE]

——— extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), unanimous-consent request, S7644, S7645 [6DE]

——— extend normal trade relations status (S. 3285), S5125 [18JY]

SBA: promote Microloan Program to businesses to establish gleaning programs that redistribute surplus food to organizations that serve the hungry, S3817 [7JN]

Schools: encourage the purchase of pulse crop products for school meals programs, S4271 [19JN]

Shelburne, VT: tribute to Shelburne Farms, S4413 [21JN]

States: clarify exemptions from certain Federal regulations regarding maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers during planting and harvest seasons, S1603, S1604 [13MR]

——— expand exemption from certain Federal regulations for farmers to transport their products across State lines in farm vehicles, S1440 [7MR], S1603 [13MR]

Task Force To Promote National Security by Reducing Childhood Obesity: establish, S3818 [7JN]

Taxation: exempt certain family-owned farms and businesses from the estate tax, S7674 [6DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 3420), S5264 [23JY], S5265 [24JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3393), S5090 [17JY], S5093 [18JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and permanently repeal estate and gift taxes and the alternative minimum tax on individuals, S6318–S6320 [13SE]

——— facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency (S. 3650), S7219 [29NO]

——— prevent pending tax increases and permanently repeal estate and gift taxes and the alternative minimum tax on individuals, S2803 [26AP], S7672–S7674 [6DE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes, S4924–S4926 [12JY], S5336, S5340–S5345, S5357 [25JY], S5441, S5442 [26JY], S5840 [1AU], S7695 [10DE]

United Farm Workers of America: anniversary, S2236 [29MR]

Water: conservation programs funding, S4268, S4269 [19JN]

Weather: effect of drought on agriculture, S5175 [19JY], S5339, S5340 [25JY], S5454–S5457 [26JY], S5835 [1AU], S5956, S5966 [2AU]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5973) (H. Rept. 112–542), H3914 [20JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2375) (S. Rept. 112–163), S2819 [26AP]

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3240) (S. Rept. 112–203), S6062 [10SE]

Citrus, Wool, and Cotton Trust Fund Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3568), S6451 [19SE]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3568) (S. Rept. 112–227), S6545 [20SE]

Consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 648) (H. Rept. 112–472), H2565 [9MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 697) (H. Rept. 112–545), H3974 [21JN]

Consideration of H.R. 6156, Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 808) (H. Rept. 112–693), H6343 [13NO]

Consideration of H.R. 6233, Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 752) (H. Rept. 112–644), H5628 [1AU]

Consideration of H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act and Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. 66, Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 841) (H. Rept. 112–708), H7359 [19DE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) Textile and Apparel Rules of Origin Modification: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3326), S5133 [18JY]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3326) (S. Rept. 112–225), S6545 [20SE]

East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 997) (H. Rept. 112–527), H3706 [15JN]

Farmer’s Privacy Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5961) (H. Rept. 112–682), H6230 [20SE]

Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship (FUELS) Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3158) (H. Rept. 112–643), H5628 [1AU]

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 6083) (H. Rept. 112–669), H5999 [13SE]

Grazing Improvement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4234) (H. Rept. 112–533), H3706 [15JN]

National Forest Management Pilot Project Scope Extension and Expansion: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3685) (H. Rept. 112–524), H3706 [15JN]

Preserving Rural Resources Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4278) (H. Rept. 112–683), H6230 [20SE]

Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3527) (H. Rept. 112–391), H639 [8FE]

Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6156) (H. Rept. 112–632), H5524 [31JY]

Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3406), S5211 [19JY]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3406) (S. Rept. 112–226), S6545 [20SE]

Safeguarding American Agriculture Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1673) (S. Rept. 112–240), S6894 [26NO]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 5652) (H. Rept. 112–470), H2565 [9MY]

U.S. Agricultural Sector Relief Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6194) (H. Rept. 112–679), H6150 [19SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Sugar price support program funding: St. Mary Parish, LA, Chamber of Commerce, E1206 [9JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8464, S8482 [28DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 648, consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2573 [10MY]

H. Res. 697, consideration of H.R. 5972, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 5973, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H4017 [26JN]

H. Res. 752, consideration of H.R. 6233, Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act, H5644 [2AU]

H. Res. 808, consideration of H.R. 6156, Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, H6380 [15NO]

H. Res. 841, consideration of H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act and Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 66, Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act, H7374 [20DE]

H.R. 3158, Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship (FUELS) Act, H5608 [1AU]

H.R. 4157, Preserving America’s Family Farms Act, H5162 [24JY]

H.R. 4849, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Backcountry Access Act, H2228 [27AP]

H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2583–H2600 [10MY]

H.R. 5986, Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) textile and apparel rules of origin modification, H5640 [2AU]

H.R. 6156, Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, H6401–H6404 [16NO]

H.R. 6233, Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act, H5650–H5652 [2AU]

H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act, H7395–H7402 [20DE]

S. 997, East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act, H3715 [18JN]

S. 2109, Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act, S621–S636 [14FE]

S. 2217, Rural America Preservation Act, S1936–S1938 [21MR]

S. 2225, Dept. of Agriculture Rural Energy for America Program reauthorization and improvement, S2003 [22MR]

S. 3239, provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, S3634–S3636 [24MY]

S. 3240, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, S4483–S4592 [25JN]

S. 3326, Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) textile and apparel rules of origin modification, S5920 [2AU]

S. 3393, Middle Class Tax Cut Act, S5087–S5089 [17JY]

S. 3428, Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act, S5307 [24JY]

S. 3545, Family Farmer Bankruptcy Tax Clarification Act, S6343 [13SE]

S. 3552, Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act, S6370–S6387 [13SE], H6025–H6041 [14SE]

S. 3650, Ditch and Irrigation Company Tax Reform Act, S7219 [29NO]

S. Res. 410, tribute to Cesar E. Chavez, S2172 [28MR]

S. Res. 458, Dept. of Agriculture anniversary, S3091, S3103 [10MY]

S. Res. 470, National Day of the American Cowboy, S3519 [23MY], S4250 [18JN]

S. Res. 502, Land-Grant College Act anniversary, S4374, S4376 [20JN]

Tributes

Chavez, Cesar E., S2082 [27MR], H1648, H1649 [28MR], E474 [28MR], E496 [29MR]