DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE related term(s) Agriculture; Forest Service

Amendments

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 923), H4868 [7JN]

Federal aid programs: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), S4371, S4372, S4373, S4374, S4375, S4376 [25JN], S4414, S4415, S4416, S4418, S4419, S4420, S4421, S4423, S4424, S4425, S4426, S4427, S4428, S4429, S4430, S4431, S4432, S4433, S4434, S4435, S4436, S4438, S4439, S4440, S4441, S4442, S4443, S4444, S4446, S4447, S4448, S4449, S4450, S4451, S4452, S4453, S4454, S4455, S4456 [26JN], S4460, S4519, S4639, S4640, S4641, S4642, S4643, S4644, S4645, S4646, S4647, S4650, S4652, S4653, S4654, S4656, S4657, S4658, S4659, S4660, S4661, S4662, S4664, S4665, S4666, S4667, S4668, S4669, S4670, S4671, S4672, S4673, S4676, S4677, S4685, S4686, S4687 [27JN], S4714, S4715, S4716, S4748, S4749, S4751, S4752, S4753, S4754, S4755, S4756, S4757, S4758, S4759, S4760, S4761, S4764, S4767, S4770 [28JN], H4058, H4123, H4124, H4125, H4126, H4127, H4128 [16MY], H4164, H4165, H4166, H4167, H4168, H4170, H4172, H4173, H4174, H4177, H4181, H4184, H4185, H4186, H4188, H4189, H4191, H4192, H4194, H4195, H4201, H4203, H4204 [17MY], H4213, H4215, H4216, H4217, H4219, H4220, H4221, H4223, H4224, H4225 [18MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 891), H4006 [16MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 900), H4161 [17MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1176), H10126 [12DE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), extend vote reconsideration deadline (H. Res. 905), H4300 [22MY]

Analyses

Advancing Conservation and Education Act (H.R. 4257), H5611 [25JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act, H6501 [18JY]

——— H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, S6101 [6SE], H7900 [6SE]

Articles and editorials

Food-Stamp Work Requirements Will Lift Americans Out of Poverty, H3202 [12AP]

SNAP Must Include Work, Healthy Food Mandates, H3200 [12AP]

Trump to Poor Americans—Get to Work or Lose Your Benefits, H4155–H4157 [17MY]

Working on Food Stamps—A House GOP Reform Would Help the Able-Bodied Get Off the Dole, H3202 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions

Acer Access and Development Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 5667), H3741 [27AP]

African Americans: provide financial flexibility for certain land-grant African-American colleges and universities by allowing carryover of funding from year to year (see S. 2384), S651 [6FE] (see H.R. 4984), H1074 [8FE]

——— provide mandatory funding for grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at land-grant African-American colleges and universities (see H.R. 5122), H1333 [27FE]

Agriculture: allow qualified individuals to act as technical service providers for soil nutrient management (see H.R. 5048), H1212 [15FE]

——— expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (see S. 2762), S2484 [26AP]

——— grant farm numbers to individuals with certain documentation, include qualified intermediaries as recipients of farm ownership loans, and provide for a study of farmland tenure (see S. 3117), S4344 [21JN] (see H.R. 6336), H6111 [11JY]

——— prioritize purchase of agricultural commodities from domestically owned enterprises (see H.R. 7379), H10510 [20DE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 2976), S2924 [24MY] (see H.R. 5961), H4728 [24MY]

AID: modernize Food for Peace Program (see S. 2551), S1735 [14MR] (see H.R. 5276), H1607 [14MR]

Animals: end use of cats in experiments that cause pain or stress (see H.R. 5780), H3935 [11MY]

——— establish Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Program and National Livestock Vaccine Bank (see S. 3681), S7241 [29NO]

——— limit experimentation on cats (see S. 3780), S7925 [19DE]

——— protect common household pets from harmful confinement (see H.R. 4941), H901 [6FE]

——— provide for establishment of a trust for the benefit of all unpaid cash sellers of livestock (see S. 3140), S4410 [26JN]

Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program: update (see S. 3103), S4343 [21JN] (see H.R. 5379), H2040 [22MR]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (see S. 2979), S2924 [24MY] (see H.R. 3), H3884 [9MY]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 923), H4848 [6JN]

California: designate certain lands as wilderness and as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System and parts of the San Gabriel River and Little Rock Creek as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 3704), S7318 [5DE]

Children and youth: provide for parity for Guam and the Virgin Islands under the national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 6132), H5283 [19JN]

Climate: develop and implement interagency plan to assist communities affected by climate change in the Ohio River Basin (see H.R. 7087), H9443 [23OC]

Colleges and universities: authorize transmission to Congress of annual reports prepared by certain land-grant colleges on Federal and State allotments received by such colleges (see H.R. 5309), H1651 [15MR]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 6492), H7154 [24JY]

Community Connect Grant Program: establish to improve broadband in tribal, low-income, and remote rural areas (see S. 2654), S2120 [12AP]

Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program: make institutions of higher education eligible for assistance (see H.R. 6112), H5199 [14JN]

Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program: establish (see S. 2790), S2485 [26AP]

Conservation of natural resources: collect, integrate, and link data on impacts of covered conservation practices on enhancing crop yields, soil health, and otherwise reducing risk and improving farm and ranch profitability (see S. 2487), S1316 [1MR]

——— expedite review and approval of new and innovative conservation technologies and practices and empower States to provide input on streamlining such technologies and practices (see H.R. 5184), H1441 [6MR]

——— improve conservation programs (see S. 2557), S1765 [15MR]

——— improve land stewardship and soil conservation (see S. 2874), S2773 [17MY] (see H.R. 5188), H1441 [6MR]

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program: modify (see S. 2978), S2924 [24MY]

Conservation Reserve Program: improve (see S. 2614), S1947 [22MR]

Contracts: allow producers to file a one-time program contract for certain programs (see H.R. 4904), H732 [30JA]

Cover Crop Pilot Program: establish (see S. 2989), S2991 [5JN]

Crop insurance: expand crop insurance available to beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 5825), H3977 [15MY]

——— increase access to crop insurance premium discounts by expanding definition of ‘‘beginning farmer’’ and advance land conservation (see H.R. 4865), H582 [19JA]

——— limit premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (see S. 2713), S2321 [19AP]

——— require a notice period for certain modifications of assigned yields under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program (see H.R. 7088), H9443 [23OC]

Dairy Farm Sustainability Price Loss Coverage Program: establish (see S. 2555), S1735 [14MR]

Dairy producers: assist small cheese producers (see S. 2813), S2623 [10MY]

——— provide emergency payments (see S. 3586), S6815 [11OC]

——— provide support (see H.R. 5462), H3095 [10AP]

Dairy products: promote dairy product innovation, including in specialty cheese, and value-added dairy product development for the economic benefit of U.S. dairy farmers and their communities (see S. 3113), S4343 [21JN]

Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development: rename (see S. 2733), S2391 [24AP]

Dept. of Education: increase and improve access to Federal Pell Grants, expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to students, and improve financial aid application and understanding of loan processes (see H.R. 5550), H3440 [18AP]

Dept. of HHS: enhance efforts to address antibiotic resistance (see S. 2469), S1286 [28FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Ski Area Fee Retention Account (see S. 2501), S1378 [6MR] (see H.R. 5171), H1441 [6MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a working group to study regulatory and legislative improvements to hours of service requirements relative to transportation of livestock and insects (see S. 3051), S3760 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an inter-agency task force on use of Federal lands for medical treatment and therapy through outdoor recreation for veterans (see H.R. 7138), H9539 [15NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: authorize agreements with States and subdivisions providing for continued operation of public lands during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 4951), H901 [6FE]

——— improve wildfire management operations and safety of firefighters and communities through use of advanced technology (see S. 2290), S138 [10JA]

——— issue permits for recreation services on lands managed by Federal agencies (see S. 2335), S500 [24JA]

Disasters: improve certain wildfire and disaster recovery programs (see S. 2767), S2484 [26AP]

Diseases and disorders: establish a national registry to track cases of coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) (see S. 3114), S4343 [21JN]

Douglas County, NV: promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development (see S. 3397), S5991 [28AU] (see H.R. 6676), H7772 [24AU]

Drought: improve soil moisture and precipitation monitoring (see S. 2936), S2877 [23MY]

Ecology and environment: address topsoil loss and protect drinking water from agricultural runoff (see H.R. 4892), H676 [29JA]

——— mitigate threat of invasive species (see H.R. 5519), H3315 [13AP]

——— streamline process for certain land-grant universities to access the Conservation Innovation Grant Program and create a database on effectiveness of conservation practices on soil, nutrients, and water (see H.R. 5426), H3058 [5AP]

Environmental Quality Incentives Program: adjust (see S. 2624), S1948 [22MR]

——— improve (see H.R. 5627), H3705 [26AP]

——— repeal (see S. 2611), S1947 [22MR]

Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network: reauthorize (see H.R. 5259), H1542 [13MR]

Farm Service Agency: increase maximum amounts of loans for years in which those maximum amounts are insufficient to satisfy demand (see S. 2552), S1735 [14MR]

Farms: establish a farm and ranch stress assistance network (see S. 2712), S2321 [19AP]

——— establish nonrecourse conservation assistance loans for loan commodities produced on certain farms (see H.R. 4988), H1074 [8FE]

FCC: establish Task Force for Meeting the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the U.S. (see S. 2343), S520 [25JA] (see H.R. 4881), H629 [25JA]

Federal aid programs: award grants to support and encourage public-private partnerships in Appalachia that will improve regional infrastructure, encourage entrepreneurship, and create jobs (see S. 2569), S1790 [19MR] (see H.R. 5350), H1727 [20MR]

——— enact budget reforms to farm subsidies and crop insurance programs (see H.R. 5629), H3705 [26AP]

——— improve agriculture risk coverage program (see S. 2749), S2439 [25AP]

——— improve calculation of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments (see S. 2833), S2623 [10MY]

——— modify certain requirements for farm ownership loan eligibility (see S. 2685), S2218 [17AP]

——— provide a limited exception to the prohibition on agriculture risk coverage/price loss coverage payments for certain small farms (see H.R. 5405), H2041 [22MR]

——— provide for certain payment limitations relative to commodity programs (see H.R. 5978), H4732 [25MY]

——— provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (see S. 3258), S5267 [24JY] (see H.R. 6483), H7154 [24JY]

——— reauthorize certain agricultural and other programs (see S. 3080), S3982 [18JN]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (see S. 3042), S3601 [11JN] (see H.R. 2), H3208 [12AP] (see H.R. 6091), H5152 [13JN]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 891), H3975 [15MY] (see H. Res. 900), H4137 [16MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 1176), H10102 [11DE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), extend vote reconsideration deadline (see H. Res. 905), H4283 [21MY]

——— repeal forfeiture rule for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program and prohibit funding for development of insect-based foods for human consumption (see S. 3716), S7356 [6DE]

——— require peer review for value-added agricultural product market development grants (see H.R. 5764), H3929 [10MY]

——— require producers to choose between receiving Federal crop insurance coverage or agriculture risk coverage/price loss coverage (see S. 2512), S1452 [7MR] (see H.R. 5203), H1476 [7MR]

Flowers: establish grant program to make grants to State departments of agriculture for research and development of disease resistant varieties of tropical flowers (see H.R. 5066), H1217 [16FE]

Food: clarify and expand food donation by increasing liability protections, creating new ways to donate, and eliminating food waste (see S. 2787), S2485 [26AP]

——— establish State networks between agricultural producers and food banks to provide food to the needy and reduce food waste (see S. 2824), S2623 [10MY]

——— submit a report to the FDA on use of a Federal standard of identity for olive oil (see H.R. 5249), H1542 [13MR]

Foreign trade: establish a program to enhance transparency and traceability of imported food products and ingredients in order to protect consumers and food manufacturers against mislabeling, adulteration, and fraud (see H.R. 4749), H82 [9JA]

——— increase interagency cooperation in enforcement of standards for importing organic agricultural products (see S. 2927), S2877 [23MY]

——— offset retaliatory duties against the U.S. by directing tariffs collected on imported goods toward agricultural trade promotion programs to assist farmers and ranchers (see S. 3407), S6028 [4SE] (see H.R. 6699), H7824 [4SE]

Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act: modify certain consultation requirements relative to new information on a land management plan (see S. 3292), S5423 [26JY] (see H.R. 6567), H7721 [26JY]

Forest and Refuge County Foundation: grant Federal charter and establish Natural Resources Permanent Fund to provide stable, increasing, and reliable funding for rural county services (see S. 3753), S7586 [13DE]

Forest Service: establish a forest incentives program to keep forests intact and sequester carbon on private forest land (see S. 2350), S549 [29JA]

——— establish a grant program to support landscape-scale restoration and management (see H.R. 4976), H974 [7FE]

——— make the District of Columbia eligible for certain forestry research grants (see H.R. 6045), H4980 [7JN]

——— provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System (see S. 3333), S5582 [1AU]

——— provide mandatory funding to carry out hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System land (see S. 3515), S6342 [26SE]

——— provide notice in the case of certain ski area closures (see H.R. 7263), H10103 [11DE]

——— reauthorize Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund (see S. 2811), S2594 [9MY]

——— release reversionary and reserved interests in certain lands within the Coconino National Forest in Arizona (see S. 3642), S7050 [15NO] (see H.R. 6614), H7723 [26JY]

——— transfer certain Black Hills National Forest lands to Custer County, SD, Airport (see S. 2297), S168 [11JA] (see H.R. 4781), H169 [11JA]

——— transfer certain national forest lands in Texas (see S. 3245), S5107 [19JY] (see H.R. 5525), H3342 [16AP]

Hazardous substances: carry out nutrition education program to inform the public of sources of exposure to lead in the environment and of dietary nutrients that may reduce harmful effects of lead exposure (see H.R. 5696), H3782 [7MY]

——— include lead poisoning prevention and mitigation education as a purpose of the education and obesity prevention program (see H.R. 6477), H6649 [23JY]

Healthy Food Financing Initiative: reauthorize (see H.R. 5017), H1177 [14FE]

Hemp: provide for State and tribal regulation of hemp production (see S. 2667), S2120 [12AP] (see H.R. 5485), H3209 [12AP]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 2957), S2923 [24MY]

Horticulture: award grants to qualified partnerships to remove non-native plant species that contribute to drought conditions (see H.R. 6961), H9151 [27SE]

Household Water Well System Grant Program: modify (see S. 2772), S2484 [26AP] (see H.R. 5837), H4137 [16MY]

Housing: provide rental assistance to low-income tenants of certain multifamily rural housing projects (see S. 2574), S1844 [20MR] (see H.R. 5352), H1728 [20MR]

——— reform rural farmworker housing programs (see H.R. 7071), H9436 [16OC]

Information technology: improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects (see S. 3360), S5759 [21AU]

Infrastructure: waive certain procurement provisions for a project that receives funds from certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 5310), H1651 [15MR]

Insurance: provide loans and grants to qualified agricultural associations to assist in the establishment of agricultural association health plans (see H.R. 5491), H3209 [12AP]

Internet: grant priority for broadband deployment assistance to areas that are unserved (see S. 2970), S2924 [24MY] (see H.R. 6073), H5093 [12JN]

Interstate commerce: allow interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry (see S. 2814), S2623 [10MY]

Investments: require sale of distressed assets and distribute proceeds to low-income communities for infrastructure projects and deficit reduction (see H.R. 6104), H5199 [14JN]

Irrigation: make acequias eligible for assistance under certain conservation programs (see H.R. 5055), H1212 [15FE]

Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers: return premiums paid to participating dairy operations (see S. 2426), S967 [14FE]

Market Facilitation Program: treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops (see H.R. 7147), H9567 [16NO]

Mississippi: transfer certain National Forest System land to the Scenic Rivers Development Alliance (see S. 2558), S1765 [15MR] (see H.R. 5299), H1651 [15MR]

National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education, and Economics Advisory Board: change membership (see H.R. 5071), H1220 [20FE]

National CACFP Week: designate (see S. Res. 405), S907 [13FE]

National School Lunch Program: allow schools that participate to serve whole milk (see H.R. 5640), H3706 [26AP]

——— establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program (see S. 3268), S5360 [25JY] (see H.R. 6516), H7686 [25JY]

——— establish a program for procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals (see S. 3637), S7050 [15NO] (see H.R. 7161), H9568 [16NO]

——— establish feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk students on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (see H.R. 7185), H9690 [28NO]

——— improve requirement to purchase domestic commodities (see S. 2641), S2040 [10AP]

——— provide flexibility (see H.R. 6541), H7720 [26JY]

National security: improve diversity and inclusion in the workforce of national security agencies (see H.R. 5195), H1475 [7MR]

Native Americans: award grants to tribal health programs located on reservations impacted by uranium mining or milling (see H.R. 5128), H1333 [27FE]

——— extend authority to make loans to certain entities for housing and buildings on adequate farms and provide technical assistance to improve access by tribal entities to rural development programs (see S. 2489), S1316 [1MR]

——— improve child nutrition in tribal areas (see S. 2409), S840 [8FE] (see H.R. 4967), H974 [7FE]

——— make disaster assistance available under Livestock Indemnity Program and Livestock Forage Program to Native Americans who own horses for noncommercial use (see S. 2316), S253 [17JA]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (see S. 2804), S2552 [8MY]

One Health Program: establish an interagency program to collaborate on the concept that human, animal, and ecosystem health intertwine to make ‘‘one health’’ (see S. 2615), S1947 [22MR]

Ouachita National Forest: designate additions to the Flatside Wilderness (see H.R. 5636), H3705 [26AP]

——— exchange certain lands (see S. 3224), S5003 [17JY] (see H.R. 5923), H4583 [22MY]

Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program: reauthorize (see S. 2839), S2678 [15MY] (see H.R. 5824), H3977 [15MY]

Pest management: modify grants for certain areawide integrated pest management projects (see H.R. 5411), H3049 [26MR]

Power resources: reauthorize energy programs (see S. 2619), S1947 [22MR]

Public lands: improve transparency and oversight of land conveyances involving disposal or acquisition of public lands and provide protections and certainty for private landowners related to resurveying such lands (see H.R. 6682), H7776 [28AU]

——— modify procedures for issuing special recreation permits for certain public land units (see S. 3550), S6541 [4OC]

——— protect Presidentially designated national monuments, establish National Monument Enhancement Fund, and designate certain lands in New Mexico and Nevada as wilderness (see S. 2354), S581 [30JA] (see H.R. 6410), H6463 [17JY]

——— provide for a lifetime pass for access to Federal recreational lands and waters (see H.R. 7175), H9667 [27NO]

——— transfer certain Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting Federal space and defense programs (see S. 2424), S907 [13FE]

Public welfare programs: institute reforms to program of block grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5489), H3209 [12AP]

——— require State agencies to use Federal tax return information to verify income eligibility for Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 3629), S7050 [15NO]

Puerto Rico: expand nutritional assistance and provide such assistance as cash during periods when access to such assistance is limited or unavailable as a result of a natural disaster (see H.R. 6208), H5648 [25JN]

——— increase access of small farmers to Federal agriculture programs (see H.R. 5450), H3094 [10AP]

Regional Conservation Partnership Program: modify (see H.R. 5487), H3209 [12AP]

Research: address deferred maintenance at schools of agriculture and Agricultural Research Service facilities (see S. 2479), S1316 [1MR] (see H.R. 6474), H6648 [23JY]

——— expand opportunities for algae-based research (see H.R. 5234), H1501 [8MR]

——— further plant cultivar research, development, and commercialization (see S. 2964), S2924 [24MY] (see H.R. 5208), H1476 [7MR]

——— provide for a set aside for small fruits in the specialty crop research initiative (see H.R. 6404), H6463 [17JY]

——— reauthorize the organic agriculture research and extension initiative (see S. 2404), S840 [8FE]

Rural areas: expand substantially underserved trust area authority to all rural development programs (see S. 3104), S4343 [21JN]

——— reauthorize appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program (see S. 2573), S1844 [20MR]

——— reauthorize rural business investment program (see S. 3034), S3293 [7JN]

Rural Development Voucher Program: include as a covered housing program relative to Violence Against Women Act (see H.R. 5654), H3741 [27AP]

Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 5250), H1542 [13MR]

Rural Energy for America Program: include energy storage as renewable energy (see S. 2993), S2991 [5JN]

Rural Energy Savings Program: extend and modify (see S. 3115), S4344 [21JN]

Rural Health Liaison: establish (see S. 2894), S2835 [22MY] (see H.R. 4945), H901 [6FE]

Rural Partnerships Office: establish to provide assistance to rural communities and small towns with infrastructure planning, asset management, life-cycle accounting, and project oversight (see H.R. 4947), H901 [6FE]

Rural Utilities Service: prohibit provision of assistance for broadband services without certain minimum download and upload speeds and clarify broadband loan and loan guarantee authority (see H.R. 5213), H1500 [8MR]

Rural Utility Service: provide that cybersecurity and electric grid security improvements are eligible for financing (see S. 2991), S2991 [5JN]

San Bernardino National Forest: provide for a land exchange with San Bernardino County, CA, to enhance land management (see H.R. 5513), H3315 [13AP]

San Gabriel Mountains National Monument: modify boundaries in California to include National Forest System land (see S. 3704), S7318 [5DE]

Santa Clara, NM: transfer certain National Forest System land that was previously considered the Fort Bayard Military Reservation (see H.R. 5721), H3884 [9MY]

Schools: provide additional reimbursement to schools with a breakfast after the bell program (see H.R. 6934), H9149 [27SE]

Science: promote botanical research and sciences capacity (see S. 3240), S5066 [18JY]

——— provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry to improve efficiency of chemical production while reducing health and environmental risks (see S. 3296), S5455 [30JY]

Seaweed: establish as a high-priority research and extension area (see H.R. 5168), H1372 [5MR]

Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 5316), H1651 [15MR]

Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4751), H131 [10JA]

Soil Health Initiative: establish (see S. 2989), S2991 [5JN]

Solar energy: clarify certain requirements relative to solar electric power generation projects (see S. 3133), S4410 [26JN]

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: allow States to assist law enforcement who provide a beneficiary’s electronic benefit transfer card number with apprehension of criminals or suspects (see H.R. 5740), H3885 [9MY]

——— calculate benefits using the cost of Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion low-cost food plans (see H.R. 5849), H4138 [16MY]

——— eliminate High Performance Bonus Program which awards States bonus payments for correcting payment errors, and meeting other performance indicators (see H.R. 5338), H1727 [20MR]

——— enter into self-determination contracts with Indian tribes and tribal organizations (see S. 3046), S3601 [11JN]

——— establish a National Accuracy Clearinghouse to reduce improper payments to participants receiving assistance in multiple States (see H.R. 4919), H737 [2FE]

——— include eating disorders prevention within Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program (see H.R. 7136), H9538 [15NO]

——— make available additional funds for the Northern Mariana Islands pilot project (see H.R. 5478), H3147 [11AP]

——— modify exception to work requirement for eligibility by expanding employment opportunities, including certain veterans’ programs (see S. 2477), S1316 [1MR]

——— prevent changing of regulations governing provisions of waivers (see H.R. 7372), H10510 [20DE]

——— provide certain requirements relative to commitments by State agencies to provide the State share of administrative costs (see S. 3092), S4281 [20JN]

——— provide incentives for participating households to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 4855), H581 [19JA]

——— reauthorize and expand Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) Grant Program to encourage purchase of fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 5563), H3441 [18AP]

——— require beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits (see S. 3025), S3293 [7JN]

——— require benefits for children be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan (see S. 2723), S2321 [19AP]

——— require that benefits are used to purchase foods eligible for purchase under the WIC program (see H.R. 6394), H6462 [17JY]

Taxation: deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see H.R. 7342), H10336 [19DE]

Technology: allow emerging carbon utilization technologies to access loan guarantees, research programs, and rural development loans and encourage advancement of such technologies (see S. 2997), S2991 [5JN] (see H.R. 6457), H6588 [19JY]

——— develop and carry out a national science-based education campaign to increase public awareness relative to use of technology in food and agriculture (see H.R. 6386), H6262 [16JY]

——— prioritize research on sensor and imager technology in agriculture (see H.R. 5169), H1373 [5MR]

——— provide for prize competitions relative to specialty crop mechanization (see H.R. 7110), H9460 [30OC]

——— require specialty crops committee to make an additional recommendation relative to agricultural technology (see H.R. 5029), H1178 [14FE]

——— support a smart agriculture industry technology roadmap (see H.R. 5449), H3094 [10AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: establish National Wildlife Corridors Program and other initiatives to protect and restore native fish, wildlife, and plant species and their habitats (see S. 3715), S7356 [6DE] (see H.R. 7232), H9819 [10DE]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: restore certain exceptions (see H.R. 5070), H1220 [20FE]

Under Sec. of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics: reaffirm authority (see H.R. 7330), H10335 [19DE]

Urban areas: encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices (see S. 3005), S3034 [6JN]

Veterans: expand availability of programs to veteran farmers and ranchers (see S. 2822), S2623 [10MY] (see H.R. 6500), H7155 [24JY]

——— provide eligibility under the assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities to veterans with disabilities and their families (see H.R. 5448), H3094 [10AP]

——— require Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison to provide certain outreach to veterans relative to agricultural employment (see S. 3062), S3906 [13JN]

Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 5022), H1177 [14FE]

Water pollution: reauthorize and expand grant and loan programs to States, local governments, and tribes to provide clean drinking water, sewage and solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage for rural areas (see S. 2969), S2924 [24MY]

Wetlands: improve wetland conservation program (see S. 2834), S2623 [10MY]

Wilderness areas: allow local Federal officials to determine the manner in which nonmotorized transportation methods may be used (see S. 2877), S2773 [17MY]

Wildfires: protect communities (see H.R. 7315), H10210 [13DE]

——— provide regulatory relief for agricultural producers and community banks, improve disaster assessments by accounting for all damages, and encourage Federal-State collaboration (see S. 2299), S168 [11JA]

Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program: extend (see H.R. 7200), H9743 [29NO]

Cloture motions

Federal aid programs: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), S4491 [27JN]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), motion to proceed, S4337 [21JN], S4364 [25JN]

Vaden, Stephen A.: nomination to be Dept. of Agriculture General Counsel, S7035 [15NO], S7078 [26NO]

Conference reports

Agriculture Improvement Act (H.R. 2), H9823–H10030 [10DE]

Letters

Agriculture and Nutrition Act: James F. Kenney, Mayor of Philadelphia, PA, H3771 [7MY]

——— Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4047, H4048 [16MY]

——— Representative Foxx, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H4047 [16MY]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4047 [16MY]

——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H4047 [16MY]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H4048 [16MY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4047 [16MY]

——— several food bank executives, H4180 [17MY]

——— Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, H3771 [7MY]

——— Valerie A. Arkoosh, Montgomery County, PA, Board of Commissioners, H3771 [7MY]

Agriculture Improvement Act: several organizations, H10124–H10126 [12DE]

Dept. of Agriculture authority to make certain grants to support development, production, or marketing of alcoholic beverages and rescind CCC funds made available for such grants: several organizations, H4201 [17MY]

——— Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance, H4202 [17MY]

Dept. of Agriculture Community Facilities Direct Loan and Guarantee Loan Program and Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program permission for rural hospitals to refinance existing debt: Alan Morgan, National Rural Health Association, H4126 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture programs funding: Greg Fogel, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, H4878 [7JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H3580 [26AP], H4001 [16MY]

——— Dena R. Diorio, Mecklenburg County, NC, Manager, H4053 [16MY]

——— Joyce A. Rogers, AARP (organization), H3580 [26AP]

——— Marc Egan, National Education Association, H4003 [16MY]

——— Representative Blunt Rochester, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4000 [16MY]

——— several child advocacy organizations, H4002 [16MY]

Every Kid Outdoors Act: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H8139 [12SE]

——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H8139, H8140 [12SE]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8140 [12SE]

Forest Service reform of Federal forest conservation regulations: several environmental organizations, H3997 [16MY]

Housing and community development programs funding: National Housing Conference, H4879 [7JN]

Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act: John Gray, Service Employees International Union, H4880 [7JN]

——— several organizations, H4882 [7JN]

Lists

Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance members, H4202 [17MY]

Messages

Proposed Rescissions of Budget Authority: President Trump, S2548 [8MY], H3832 [8MY]

Motions

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), S4257 [20JN]

Federal aid programs: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), S4336 [21JN], S4364 [25JN], S4709 [28JN], S5503 [31JY], H4230, H4233 [18MY], H6493 [18JY]

Press releases

Cities and Communities in the US Losing 36 Million Trees a Year: Forest Service, H6524 [18JY]

Congress Must Vote No on Farm Bill: Share Our Strength (organization), H4002 [16MY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: designate a Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coordinator in each State, H4220 [18MY]

——— prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products, H4218, H4219 [18MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations, H7894–H7896 [6SE]

AID: Food for Peace program funding, H1231 [26FE]

Alcoholic beverages: eliminate authority to make certain grants to support development, production, or marketing of alcoholic beverages and rescind CCC funds made available for such grants, H4201–H4203 [17MY]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H572 [19JA], H1489, H1493–H1495 [8MR]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), H3913–H3918 [10MY], H4871–H4884 [7JN], H5003 [8JN], E817 [8JN], E824 [12JN]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 923), H4862–H4869 [7JN]

Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation and Training Centers: establish to improve standardization of beef grading, H4173 [17MY]

Children and youth: provide for parity for Guam and the Virgin Islands under the national school lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 6132), H5227 [19JN]

Colusa County, CA: Sites Reservoir construction funding, H10191 [13DE]

Conservation of natural resources: streamline process for certain land-grant universities to access Conservation Innovation Grant Program and create a database on effectiveness of conservation practices on soil, nutrients, and water, H4055 [16MY]

Conservation Reserve Program: cap acreage eligible for enrollment, H4185 [17MY]

Consumers: make grants to States to support establishment of grocery stores in underserved areas, H1274 [27FE]

Crop insurance: reform program, H4135 [16MY]

Dairy producers: provide support, H7865 [5SE]

——— provide support (H.R. 5462), H3158 [12AP]

Dept. of the Interior: correct Swan Lake hydroelectric project survey boundary and convey remaining tract of land within corrected survey boundary to Alaska (H.R. 219), H761, H762 [5FE], H896 [6FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, H2020 [22MR]

——— report on wildfire prevention, insect infestation, and disease prevention efforts on Federal land, H4172 [17MY]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for those affected by hurricanes and wildfires, H827–H829 [6FE], H996, H1069 [8FE], H10492–H10500 [20DE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for those affected by hurricanes and wildfires (H.R. 4667), H162 [11JA], H765 [5FE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for those affected by wildfires, H9083–H9086 [26SE]

Ecology and environment: consider conservation measures already in place to mitigate species or habitat loss when determining if Federal action will jeopardize either species or habitat, H4223, H4224 [18MY]

Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP): funding, H3203 [12AP], H10324 [19DE]

Endangered Species Act: reform, H6467 [18JY]

Environmental Quality Incentives Program: allow drainage districts to compete for contracts to provide irrigation or water efficiency, H4123, H4124 [16MY]

——— improve, H7938 [7SE]

Every Kid Outdoors program: establish to provide free access to Federal land and waters to 4th grade students (H.R. 3186), H8139, H8140 [12SE]

Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network: reauthorize, H4051, H4055 [16MY]

Farmer-To-Farmer Program: facilitate assistance to host countries and AID, establish geographically defined crop yield metrics system, and make data available to the public, H4189 [17MY]

Farms: reform farm subsidy and conservation programs, encourage new farmers and ranchers, strengthen nutrition, support research, reduce food waste, improve animal welfare, and invest in regional food systems (H.R. 4425), H3984 [16MY]

FCC: establish Task Force for Meeting the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the U.S., H4128 [16MY]

——— establish Task Force for Meeting the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the U.S. (H.R. 4881), H6595–H6597 [23JY]

——— expand broadband Internet access service to rural areas, H10275 [19DE]

Federal aid programs: enhance Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, crop insurance, conservation programs, and agricultural research programs, H4230–H4232 [18MY]

——— phase out agricultural subsidies, H4183, H4184 [17MY]

——— provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (H.R. 6483), H7692 [26JY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), H3196–H3204 [12AP], H3319 [16AP], H3349, H3350, H3351, H3352 [17AP], H3399 [18AP], H3455 [24AP], H3577, H3579–H3581, H3583, H3585, H3701–H3704 [26AP], H3766–H3773 [7MY], H3840, H3869–H3875 [9MY], H3913, H3914 [10MY], H3938 [15MY], H3982, H3983, H3985, H3988, H3989, H3991–H3993, H4046–H4129, H4132–H4136 [16MY], H4145, H4147, H4148, H4149, H4164–H4205 [17MY], H4211, H4213–H4233, H4236–H4240 [18MY], H4287 [22MY], H5001–H5003 [8JN], H5097 [13JN], H5369 [21JN], H5636 [25JN], H6049 [11JY], H6197 [16JY], H6266 [17JY], H6474, H6493 [18JY], H7938 [7SE], H9745 [30NO], E675, E678 [17MY], E690 [18MY], E699 [21MY], E901 [22JN], E1075 [26JY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), conference report, H10032, H10038 [11DE], H10112, H10114, H10142–H10152 [12DE], H10324 [19DE], E1693 [20DE], E1745 [3JA]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 891), H3991–H4007 [16MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 900), H4150–H4163 [17MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1176), H10112, H10115–H10128 [12DE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), corrections in engrossment, H5450 [21JN]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), extend vote reconsideration deadline (H. Res. 905), H4292–H4301 [22MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), motion to instruct conferees, H6493, H6494 [18JY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H4230, H4231 [18MY]

——— repeal bioenergy subsidy programs, H4195, H4196 [17MY]

——— require households demonstrate actual heating or cooling expenses in order to qualify for Standard Utility Allowance, H3198 [12AP]

——— streamline enrollment process for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs, H4184 [17MY]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H10274 [19DE]

——— establish food access liaison to reduce barriers to food access, H4181 [17MY]

——— retain science-based nutrition standards in Federal school meals programs, H4181 [17MY]

Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) Grant Program: tribute, H6265 [17JY]

Foreign Market Development Program: extend and expand, H4152 [17MY]

Forest Service: consider only proposed forest management activity or no action in environmental assessments or impact statements relative to collaborative forest management plans, H4167, H4168 [17MY]

——— convey a site in Dolores County, CO, to be used as a fire station, H4173 [17MY]

——— convey a site in Dolores County, CO, to be used as a fire station (H.R. 4609), H3321, H3322 [16AP]

——— convey certain land containing the Nephi, UT, Work Center to Juab County, UT, to enhance fire protection services (H.R. 3777), H6339, H6340 [17JY]

——— establish pilot project for forest health, watershed improvement, and habitat restoration in New Mexico, H4214 [18MY]

——— include invasive vegetation in designated treatment areas under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H4204 [17MY]

——— make the District of Columbia eligible for certain forestry research grants (H.R. 6045), E797 [7JN]

——— make vacant grazing allotments available to certain grazing permit holders, H4204, H4205 [17MY]

——— modernize competitive forestry, natural resources, and environmental grants program and prioritize grants for forest restoration, H4215, H4216 [18MY]

——— reauthorize Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund, H4172 [17MY]

——— reform Federal forest conservation regulations, H3996 [16MY]

——— streamline process for broadband facility location applications on Federal land, H4171, H4172 [17MY]

——— wildfire suppression and prevention funding, H7813 [4SE]

Forests: assess and evaluate importation of tree and wood pests and provide options on how to intercept, detect, and address outbreaks, H4216, H4217 [18MY]

——— direct the payment of a portion of stewardship project timber revenues to the county in which the stewardship project occurs, H4164, H4165 [17MY]

——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks, H4859 [7JN], H9745 [30NO], H10119 [12DE]

——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2936), H9086 [26SE]

——— reduce risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests, H1752 [21MR]

GSA: prohibit funding to market or sell Plum Island, NY, H6536 [18JY]

Health care facilities: modify Community Facilities Direct Loan and Guarantee Loan Program and Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program to permit rural hospitals to refinance existing debt, H4125, H4126 [16MY]

Household Water Well System Grant Program: modify (H.R. 5837), H4859 [7JN]

Idaho: tribute to land conservation program which allows ranchers to voluntarily retire certain land grazing allotments in exchange for compensation from a third-party, E27 [10JA]

Information technology: call for interagency coordination of broadband Internet infrastructure funding in order to maximize benefits of broadband investment, H10122 [12DE]

Insects: emergency funding to stop spread of spotted lanternfly in Pennsylvania, H968 [7FE]

Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers: reform, H1131 [14FE]

Market Access Program: extend and expand, H4152, H4153 [17MY]

Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials, H4659, H4660 [23MY]

National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program: funding, H6493, H6494 [18JY]

National forests: authorize expedited salvage operations and reforestation activities for national forest lands burned in large-scale catastrophic event, H4166, H4167 [17MY]

National Institute of Food and Agriculture: agricultural research and extension funding equity for historically Black land-grant colleges and universities, H4204 [17MY]

Native Americans: establish Office of Tribal Relations and New Beginnings Initiative to match funds invested in educational programs or services, H4221 [18MY]

——— expand access to traditional foods for native populations, H4194 [17MY]

Natural Resources Conservation Service: programs funding, H4133–H4135 [16MY]

Olsen, Gregory: appointment to Dept. of Agriculture National Honey Board, H1201 [15FE]

Ouachita National Forest: designate additions to the Flatside Wilderness (H.R. 5636), H9478, H9479 [13NO]

——— exchange certain lands (H.R. 5923), H8129, H8130 [12SE]

Programs: reauthorize, H1376 [6MR]

Public lands: maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, and generate education funding (H.R. 4257), H5607–H5611 [25JN]

——— reform land management policies, H10424 [20DE]

——— transfer certain Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting Federal space and defense programs (H.R. 1800), H1516 [13MR]

Public welfare programs: institute reforms to program of block grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 5489), H3965 [15MY]

Puerto Rico: conduct study to determine impact the Thrifty Food Program has in calculation of Nutritional Assistance Program block grants, H4191 [17MY]

——— extend study on comparable access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, H4192, H4195 [17MY]

Rural areas: remove certain number of individuals residing on military bases from population threshold calculation relative to eligibility for rural development programs, H4127 [16MY]

Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program: funding, H4874 [7JN]

San Bernardino National Forest: provide for a land exchange with San Bernardino County CA, to enhance land management (H.R. 5513), H9774, H9775 [10DE]

Santa Clara, NM: transfer certain National Forest System land that was previously considered the Fort Bayard Military Reservation, H4170 [17MY]

Schools: reverse declining milk consumption in schools (H.R. 4101), H1132 [14FE]

Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act: reauthorize, H4186 [17MY]

Sugar: extend and modernize sugar program, repeal Feedstock Flexibility Program for bioenergy producers, and establish tariff-rate quotas for sugar, H4153, H4159, H4174–H4177 [17MY]

——— support farmers, H3985 [16MY], E675 [17MY]

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: clarify that adult failure to meet household eligibility requirements will not make household children ineligible, H4190, H4191 [17MY]

——— disqualify certain convicted felons, H4191 [17MY]

——— expand work-capable requirements and use E-verify system to assure recipients of training are legal immigrants, H4187, H4188 [17MY]

——— funding, H1275, H1276, H1321 [27FE], H3066 [10AP], H3100, H3104 [11AP]

——— make certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with benefits, H4124 [16MY]

——— provide States the flexibility to contract out administrative functions, H4192–H4194 [17MY]

——— reform, H3196–H3204 [12AP], H3330 [16AP], H3349, H3350, H3351, H3352 [17AP], H3399, H3401 [18AP], H3579–H3581, H3583, H3585, H3701–H3704 [26AP], H3766–H3773 [7MY], H3869–H3875 [9MY], H3988, H3989, H3991–H3993, H3995–H4005, H4046–H4057 [16MY], H4147, H4148, H4151–H4161 [17MY], H4238 [18MY], H5097 [13JN], H5369 [21JN], H5636 [25JN], H9542 [16NO], H10032 [11DE], H10116–H10120, H10149 [12DE], H10274 [19DE], E678 [17MY], E690 [18MY], E699 [21MY], E1745 [3JA]

——— reform categorical eligibility, H10150 [12DE]

——— reform work requirements and education and employment training programs, H3198–H3202 [12AP], H3702 [26AP], H3840 [9MY], H4054, H4057 [16MY], H4154 [17MY], H4238 [18MY], H5002 [8JN], H6266 [17JY], H6474 [18JY], H10151 [12DE]

——— tribute, H1274 [27FE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to rural communities, H163 [11JA], H493 [18JA]

Value Added Producer Grant program: funding, H4866 [7JN]

Wildlife: add chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, mule, and moose to high-priority research and extension initiatives, H4128, H4129 [16MY]

Remarks in Senate

African Americans: provide financial flexibility for certain land-grant African-American colleges and universities by allowing carryover of funding from year to year (S. 2384), S653 [6FE]

Agriculture: expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, S4477 [27JN], S7414 [11DE]

——— prohibit funding to revoke certain exceptions regarding grain elevators, S5339 [25JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs, S93–S95 [9JA], S123 [10JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations, S5227, S5230–S5237, S5240, S5241, S5258 [24JY], S5315–S5317, S5327, S5337, S5339 [25JY], S5394, S5398, S5406–S5411 [26JY], S5468 [31JY], S5527–S5531, S5533–S5539 [1AU], S6045 [6SE]

——— making appropriations (S. 2976), S6203 [18SE]

Agriculture Risk Coverage-County (ARC-CO) program: reduce county yield disparities, S4476 [27JN]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), S4254 [20JN], S4319 [21JN]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), motion to discharge, S4257–S4259, S4261 [20JN]

Business and industry: prohibit retaliation against contract farmers by large integrated corporate farms, S4474 [27JN]

——— require transparency in how large integrated corporate farms calculate payments made to contract farmers, S4475 [27JN]

Commodities: prohibit certain activities and require greater transparency in commodity check-off programs, S4474 [27JN], S4704, S4713 [28JN]

Commodity Supplemental Food Program: streamline application processes and reduce administrative burden (S. 2085), S6336 [26SE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, S7330–S7332 [6DE]

Conservation of natural resources: establish the voluntary Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP) as a short-term conserving use program for participating farmers, S4393 [26JN]

——— extend and improve conservation programs, S4393 [26JN]

Conservation Reserve Program: allow haying and grazing on a certain portion of acerage enrolled in Conservation Reserve Program on a rotating basis and offset with reduction in rental payment, S4488, S4489 [27JN]

Crop insurance: limit premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S3747 [12JN]

Cuba: promote American agriculture, S4484, S4485 [27JN]

Dairy producers: provide support, S4390 [26JN]

Dairy products: promote dairy product innovation, including in specialty cheese, and value-added dairy product development for the economic benefit of U.S. dairy farmers and their communities, S5535 [1AU]

Dept. of the Interior: correct Swan Lake hydroelectric project survey boundary and convey remaining tract of land within corrected survey boundary to Alaska (H.R. 219), S4808, S4809 [28JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, S1903 [22MR]

——— improve wildfire management operations and safety of firefighters and communities through use of advanced technology, S7901 [19DE]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for those affected by hurricanes and wildfires, S684–S688 [7FE], S805, S807, S815 [8FE], S7377 [10DE], S8006 [21DE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for those affected by hurricanes and wildfires (H.R. 4667), S25 [3JA], S28 [4JA], S164 [11JA], S479 [24JA], S560–S564 [30JA]

Drought: improve soil moisture and precipitation monitoring, S4393 [26JN]

Endangered Species Act: reform, S5601 [15AU]

Essential Community Facilities Program: funding, S4484 [27JN]

Farm Service Agency: increase maximum amounts of loans for years in which those maximum amounts are insufficient to satisfy demand (S. 2552), S1745 [15MR]

Farms: establish a farm and ranch stress assistance network, S4478 [27JN]

FCC: establish Task Force for Meeting the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the U.S. (S. 2343), S7367, S7368 [6DE]

Federal aid programs: provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (S. 3258), S5318 [25JY]

——— redirect subsidies provided to large farms to small and medium-sized farms, S7414 [11DE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), S4460–S4462, S4469–S4485, S4488, S4489, S4494–S4498 [27JN], S4689, S4692–S4694, S4698–S4704, S4707–S4709, S4711–S4719, S4725 [28JN], S5547 [1AU], S6035 [5SE], S7214 [29NO]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), conference report, S7390, S7406, S7411, S7414–S7416, S7423, S7425 [11DE], S7455 [12DE], S7567–S7569 [13DE], S7639 [17DE], S7918–S7921 [19DE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S7405 [11DE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), motion to proceed, S4336 [21JN], S4354, S4364 [25JN], S4379, S4381–S4386, S4389–S4393, S4398 [26JN], S4459, S4460, S4501 [27JN]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S5503 [31JY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), unanimous-consent request, S4470 [27JN]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (S. 3042), S3863 [13JN], S3929, S3936 [14JN]

Foreign Market Development Program: extend and expand, S4484 [27JN]

Forest and Refuge County Foundation: grant Federal charter and establish Natural Resources Permanent Fund to provide stable, increasing, and reliable funding for rural county services (S. 3753), S7588 [13DE]

Forest Service: wildfire suppression and prevention funding, S4016 [19JN], S4931 [12JY]

Forests: reduce risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests (S. 1991), S850 [9FE]

Hemp: provide for State and tribal regulation of hemp production, S3863 [13JN], S3929 [14JN], S4459 [27JN], S7390 [11DE]

——— provide for State and tribal regulation of hemp production (S. 2667), S2085, S2086, S2128 [12AP], S2132 [16AP], S3016 [6JN]

Hubbard, James E.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, S6007 [28AU]

Hurricanes: assessment of disaster relief for those affected by Hurricane Irma, S1330 [5MR]

Information technology: improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects (S. 3360), S5761 [21AU]

Insects: prohibit funding to support development of insect-based foods for human consumption, including cricket farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods, S5398 [26JY]

Land use: release condition that certain lands conveyed to Old Town, ME, be used for a municipal airport (H.R. 1177), S1615 [8MR]

Market Access Program: extend and expand, S4484 [27JN]

——— funding, S4698 [28JN]

National CACFP Week: designate (S. Res. 405), S1623 [12MR], S1978 [22MR]

National School Lunch Program: establish a program for procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals (S. 3637), S7054 [15NO]

Native Americans: extend authority to make loans to certain entities for housing and buildings on adequate farms and provide technical assistance to improve access by tribal entities to rural development programs, S4477 [27JN]

Northey, William: nomination to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, S688–S693 [7FE], S1227 [27FE]

——— nomination to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, unanimous-consent request, S688 [7FE]

Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative: funding, S7425 [11DE]

Ouachita National Forest: designate additions to the Flatside Wilderness (H.R. 5636), S8025 [22DE]

——— exchange certain lands (H.R. 5923), S7897 [19DE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2466 [26AP]

Public lands: reform land management policies, S7891, S7900–S7904 [19DE]

——— reform land management policies, unanimous-consent request, S7899, S7900 [19DE]

Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND: rename as the Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center (H.R. 2154), S1739 [14MR]

Rural Health Liaison: establish (S. 2894), S2813 [22MY]

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: modify work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents, require State agencies to operate a work activation program, and update photo ID requirements, S4708 [28JN]

——— reform, S4389 [26JN], S4475 [27JN], S4702–S4704, S4708, S4711–S4713 [28JN], S7918–S7921 [19DE]

——— reform work requirements and education and employment training programs, S4703 [28JN]

——— require beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits, S4476 [27JN]

Vaden, Stephen A.: nomination to be Dept. of Agriculture General Counsel, S7035 [15NO], S7076–S7078 [26NO], S7103, S7129 [27NO], S7147 [28NO]

——— nomination to be Dept. of Agriculture General Counsel, unanimous-consent agreement, S7100 [26NO]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5961) (H. Rept. 115–706), H4728 [24MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2976) (S. Rept. 115–259), S2923 [24MY]

Agriculture and Nutrition Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 115–661), H3749 [3MY]

Agriculture Improvement Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 115–1072), H9819 [10DE]

——— Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3042), S3982 [18JN]

American Discovery Trail Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1573) (S. Rept. 115–301), S4965 [16JY]

Big Bear Land Exchange Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5513) (H. Rept. 115–996), H9459 [30OC]

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Redesignation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4134) (H. Rept. 115–581), H1265 [26FE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2, Agriculture Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1176) (H. Rept. 115–1074), H10102 [11DE]

Consideration of H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 891) (H. Rept. 115–677), H3975 [15MY]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 900) (H. Rept. 115–679), H4137 [16MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3. Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 923) (H. Rept. 115–712), H4848 [6JN]

Custer County Airport Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2297) (S. Rept. 115–367), S7050 [15NO]

Every Kid Outdoors Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3186) (S. Rept. 115–394), S7189 [28NO]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3186) (H. Rept. 115–880), H7741 [3AU]

Extend Vote Reconsideration Deadline for H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 905) (H. Rept. 115–698), H4283 [21MY]

Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5636) (H. Rept. 115–989), H9442 [23OC]

Forest Service Maintenance or Replacement of Certain Facilities and Structures for Commercial Recreation Services at Smith Gulch, ID: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1482) (H. Rept. 115–833), H6462 [17JY]

Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1181) (S. Rept. 115–225), S2074 [11AP]

Juab County Conveyance Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3777) (H. Rept. 115–803), H5986 [3JY]

Lake Fannin Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 3245) (S. Rept. 115–376), S7088 [26NO]

National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 520) (H. Rept. 115–631), H3146 [11AP]

Nomination of James E. Hubbard To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S5516 [31JY]

Nomination of Mindy Brashears To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Food Safety: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S7318 [5DE]

Nomination of Naomi C. Earp To Be Assistant Sec. of Agriculture for Civil Rights: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S7318 [5DE]

Nomination of Scott Hutchins To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S7318 [5DE]

Oracle Cabins Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2062) (S. Rept. 115–366), S7050 [15NO]

Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2343) (S. Rept. 115–342), S6438 [2OC]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4881) (H. Rept. 115–837), H6556 [18JY]

Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2160), S7318 [5DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2160) (S. Rept. 115–429), S7431 [11DE]

Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6682) (H. Rept. 115–1060), H9762 [3DE]

Public Lands Telecommunications Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2425) (H. Rept. 115–1086), H10509 [20DE]

Ski Area Fee Retention Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5171) (H. Rept. 115–990), H9442 [23OC]

St. Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2156) (S. Rept. 115–360), S6963 [14NO]

Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project Boundary Correction Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 219) (H. Rept. 115–532), H676 [29JA]

21st Century Respect Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 995) (S. Rept. 115–300), S4950 [12JY]

Walnut Grove Land Exchange Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5923) (H. Rept. 115–922), H7940 [7SE]

West Fork Fire Station Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 4609), S5455 [30JY]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 4609) (S. Rept. 115–316), S5581 [1AU]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4609) (H. Rept. 115–624), H3063 [9AP]

Wildfire Management Technology Advancement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2290), S7275 [4DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2290) (S. Rept. 115–441), S7925 [19DE]

Summaries

Advancing Conservation and Education Act (H.R. 4257), H5610 [25JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 891, consideration of H.R. 5698, Protect and Serve Act, S. 2372, VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act, and H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act, H3991 [16MY]

H. Res. 900, consideration of H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act, H4150 [17MY]

H. Res. 905, extend vote reconsideration deadline for H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act, H4292 [22MY]

H. Res. 923, consideration of H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations and H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, H4862 [7JN]

H. Res. 1176, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2, Agriculture Improvement Act, H10115 [12DE]

H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act, H4058–H4123 [16MY]

H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, H4871 [7JN]

H.R. 219, Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project Boundary Correction Act, H761 [5FE]

H.R. 1800, Dept. of Agriculture transfer of certain Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting Federal space and defense programs, H1516 [13MR]

H.R. 3186, Every Kid Outdoors Act, H8139 [12SE]

H.R. 3777, Juab County Conveyance Act, H6339 [17JY]

H.R. 4257, Advancing Conservation and Education Act, H5607–H5610 [25JN]

H.R. 4609, West Fork Fire Station Act, H3321 [16AP]

H.R. 4881, Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act, H6595 [23JY]

H.R. 5513, Big Bear Land Exchange Act, H9774 [10DE]

H.R. 5636, Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act, H9479 [13NO]

H.R. 5923, Walnut Grove Land Exchange Act, H8129 [12SE]

S. 2343, Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act, S7367 [6DE]

S. 2667, Hemp Farming Act, S2124 [12AP]

S. 3245, Lake Fannin Conveyance Act, S5109 [19JY]

S. 3292, modify certain consultation requirements of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act relative to new information on a land management plan, S5426 [26JY]

S. 3360, Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act, S5761 [21AU]

S. 3637, Local School Foods Expansion Act, S7054 [15NO]

S. Res. 405, National CACFP Week, S909 [13FE]