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

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S5951, S5978–S6046 [22OC], S6098–S6133 [23OC], S6165–S6175 [24OC], S6183, S6185, S6186, S6194–S6204 [28OC], S6248–S6254 [29OC], S6306 [30OC], S6311–S6315, S6321 [31OC], S6722, S6723 [20NO], S6734 [21NO], H4780, H4804 [19JN], H4940, H4941, H4943, H4944, H4945, H4960 [20JN], H8972, H9035 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration (H. Res. 445), H4787 [19JN]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), S3118 [23MY], H3700, H3701, H3702, H3703, H3704, H3705, H3706, H3708, H3709 [10MY], H4184 [3JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), consideration (H. Res. 357), H3518 [9MY]

Federal agencies and departments: require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment (S. 1294), S6763 [21NO]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S872 [5FE], S926, S996, S1007, S1008, S1009, S1010, S1011, S1016, S1017, S1018, S1019, S1021, S1022 [6FE], S1031, S1101, S1109, S1143, S1145, S1146, S1147 [7FE], S1160, S1161, S1170, S1171, S1172, S1173, S1174 [11FE], S1281 [12FE]

Articles and editorials

Government Shutdown 2019—Homebuyers With USDA Mortgages Can’t Close on House Sales, H308 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Terra: establish (see S. 2732), S6243 [29OC] (see H.R. 4902), H8594 [29OC]

Agriculture: eliminate direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries (see H. Con. Res. 7), H1211 [24JA]

——— 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 (see H.R. 5410), H10257 [12DE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 2522), S5602 [19SE] (see H.R. 265), H280 [8JA] (see H.R. 3164), H4348 [6JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 265), consideration (see H. Res. 28), H280 [8JA]

Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA): add goals to enhance role of agriculture in sustainability solutions that address carbon sequestration and reduction of emissions (see H.R. 4134), H7481 [30JY]

Animal Welfare Act: require covered persons to develop and implement emergency contingency plans (see H.R. 1042), H1458 [7FE]

Animals: amend laws relative to enforcement of animal fighting ventures prohibition in territories (see H.R. 5436), H10305 [16DE]

——— ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 689), H958 [18JA]

——— increase protections by reforming licensing process for dealers and exhibitors (see H.R. 4211), H7525 [27AU]

——— limit experimentation on cats (see S. 708), S1733 [7MR] (see H.R. 1622), H2583 [7MR]

——— prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 1002), H1390 [6FE]

——— provide for humane treatment of dogs (see H.R. 2442), H3403 [1MY]

Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program: award grants to establish (see H.R. 1470), H2314 [28FE]

Budget: subject certain direct spending programs to annual appropriations (see H.R. 5538), H12308 [3JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: provide for water security, reliability, modernization, and abundance in Western States (see H.R. 5217), H9167 [21NO]

California: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see S. 1111), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2199), H3251 [10AP]

——— expand San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, establish San Gabriel National Recreation Area, and designate certain wilderness areas and wild and scenic rivers (see S. 1109), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2215), H3253 [10AP]

——— provide restoration, economic development, recreation, and conservation on Federal lands in northern California (see S. 1110), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2250), H3254 [10AP]

Chester County, TN: release certain reversionary interests of the U.S. in Tennessee lands to manage certain land in Bath County, VA (see S. 3076), S7113 [17DE]

Child and Adult Care Food Program: improve (see S. 2501), S5577 [18SE]

Children and youth: allow infant food combinations and dinners as WIC-eligible foods (see H.R. 3818), H5999 [17JY]

——— prevent exposure to pesticide chlorpyrifos through certain school meal programs (see S. 1187), S2434 [11AP]

——— provide for parity for Guam and the Virgin Islands under national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 1352), H2101 [25FE]

——— repeal rule and nutrition standards that impose caloric limits in the national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 771), H1210 [24JA]

Climate Action Rebate Fund: create to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide rebates to consumers, encourage innovation of clean energy technologies, and create new economic opportunities (see S. 2284), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4051), H7466 [25JY]

Colleges and universities: establish a pilot program for serving meals in community colleges (see H.R. 4065), H7466 [25JY]

Colorado: authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in El Paso and Teller Counties (see S. 36), S67 [8JA] (see H.R. 387), H357 [9JA]

——— designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 2546), H3474 [7MY]

Commodities: prohibit certain activities and require greater transparency in commodity check-off programs (see S. 935), S2087 [28MR]

——— prohibit mandatory or compulsory participation of producers in commodity check-off programs (see S. 934), S2087 [28MR]

Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program: make institutions of higher education eligible for assistance (see H.R. 1723), H2716 [13MR]

Conservation of natural resources: modify limitations applicable to qualified conservation loan guarantees (see H.R. 2797), H3923 [16MY]

Credit: clarify that eligibility of certain mortgages with Federal credit enhancement may not be conditioned on the status of a mortgagor as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program beneficiary (see S. 1929), S4169 [20JN] (see H.R. 3154), H4348 [6JN]

Crop insurance: allow certain producers who harvest or graze covered crops planted as a result of a prevent planting to be eligible for certain crop insurance (see H.R. 3183), H4388 [10JN]

Cuba: modify prohibition on U.S. assistance and financing for agricultural exports and allow limited U.S. investment in Cuban agribusinesses (see H.R. 1898), H2883 [27MR]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a pilot program to lend departmental farm equipment to eligible farmers (see H.R. 351), H284 [8JA]

Dept. of Education: identify students at institutions of higher education eligible for certain public welfare programs and award grants to provide for basic needs of such students (see S. 2225), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 4968), H8718 [31OC]

——— 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. 3101), H4341 [5JN]

——— make information on nutrition assistance programs eligibility available to college students (see H.R. 3743), H5774 [12JY]

——— provide grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during summer months (see S. 2070), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 3667), H5583 [10JY]

——— require institutions of higher education to notify students receiving work-study assistance about potential eligibility for Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 4637), H8110 [11OC]

Dept. of the Interior: coordinate Federal and State permitting processes relative to construction of new surface water storage projects on Federal lands and designate Bureau of Reclamation as lead agency (see H.R. 1621), H2583 [7MR]

——— establish a Working Waterfront Task Force and a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 3596), H5265 [28JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Ski Area Fee Retention Account (see S. 1723), S3250 [5JN] (see H.R. 2509), H3440 [2MY]

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. 600), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 2460), H3404 [1MY]

——— modify definition of agricultural commodities to include horticultural and aquacultural products to exempt companies from certain shipping regulations (see S. 2025), S4628 [27JN]

——— require any discretionary grant funds provided for high-speed rail development in California that are rescinded or reimbursed be used for water storage, nitrate reduction, or well construction (see H.R. 1600), H2582 [7MR]

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 S. 1263), S2569 [1MY] (see H.R. 2435), H3403 [1MY]

Depts. of Agriculture and Homeland Security: establish an interagency task force to examine animal disease transmission (see H.R. 5064), H8826 [13NO]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration (see H. Res. 445), H4769 [18JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 708), H8957 [18NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 75), H9057 [19NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: develop domestic sources of minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness of the U.S. (see H.R. 2531), H3473 [7MY]

——— improve transparency and oversight of public land conveyances and provide protections and certainty for private landowners related to resurveying such lands (see H.R. 580), H602 [15JA]

——— issue permits for recreation services on lands managed by Federal agencies (see H.R. 316), H283 [8JA]

——— prohibit sale or transfer of public lands management authority without congressional consent (see S. 491), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 1276), H2031 [14FE]

——— prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (see H.R. 579), H601 [15JA]

——— provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to meet conservation and deferred maintenance needs of certain departmental lands (see H.R. 1026), H1391 [6FE]

——— require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (see H.R. 2106), H3100 [4AP]

——— require coordination with impacted parties when conducting forest management activities (see H.R. 5218), H9167 [21NO]

——— support establishment and improvement of communications sites on or near Federal lands through retention and use of rental fees associated with such sites (see H.R. 2611), H3678 [9MY]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (see H.R. 2157), H3216 [9AP]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), consideration (see H. Res. 357), H3473 [7MY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 45), H4216 [3JN]

——— require reimbursement of sponsors for certain costs of emergency water protection measures (see H.R. 4205), H7520 [23AU]

Douglas County, NV: promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development (see S. 2890), S6625 [18NO]

Drought: establish a grant program to remove nonnative plant species that contribute to drought conditions (see S. 2862), S6604 [14NO] (see H.R. 5100), H8878 [14NO]

Drugs: improve Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program support for women, infants, and children impacted by substance use disorder (see H.R. 5249), H9169 [21NO]

Education: make grants to State land-grant universities to provide educational resources to improve farm management knowledge and skills of livestock producers (see H.R. 4773), H8297 [21OC]

Every Kid Outdoors program: codify and make permanent program to provide free access to Federal land and waters to 4th grade students (see H.R. 1184), H1581 [13FE]

Farm to School Program: make local livestock and meat procurement for school lunch programs a priority and include ranching educational activities (see H.R. 3090), H4312 [4JN]

——— reauthorize (see S. 2026), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3562), H5257 [27JN]

FCC: improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support effective deployment of broadband services to all areas of the U.S. (see S. 1522), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 3162), H4349 [6JN]

——— make grants to States to inform Medicaid enrollees and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants of potential eligibility for Lifeline program (see S. 2545), S5706 [25SE] (see H.R. 4529), H8053 [26SE]

FDA: codify definition of beef for labeling purposes, reinforce existing misbranding provisions to eliminate consumer confusion, and enhance Dept. of Agriculture labeling enforcement measures (see S. 3016), S6992 [11DE] (see H.R. 4881), H8538 [28OC]

——— provide authority to investigate animal feeding operations near produce farms where foodborne illness outbreaks occur to better determine the root causes of such outbreaks (see S. 2958), S6756 [21NO] (see H.R. 5415), H10257 [12DE]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a Federal agency coordination framework for all U.S. global health activities (see S. 2698), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 4847), H8457 [23OC]

——— improve reporting about animal testing and alternative test method use by Federal agencies (see H.R. 249), H228 [4JA]

——— require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment (see S. 1294), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 4283), H7664 [11SE]

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 H.R. 178), H207 [3JA]

——— provide for certain payment limitations relative to commodity programs (see H.R. 4765), H8258 [18OC]

——— provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (see S. 1453), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 2690), H3787 [14MY]

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: provide designees of Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Dept. of Agriculture Rural Housing Service with positions on Appraisal Subcommittee (see S. 3050), S7027 [12DE]

Firefighters: correct problems for Federal wildland firefighters dealing with work hour limits, overtime compensation, and retirement track for injured firefighters (see S. 1683), S3106 [23MY]

Food: clarify and expand food donation by increasing liability protections, creating new ways to donate, and eliminating food waste (see S. 3141), S7208 [19DE]

——— clarify oversight and jurisdiction over regulation, inspection, and labeling of cell-cultured meat and poultry (see S. 1056), S2270 [4AP]

——— exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility (see S. 1620), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2859), H4063 [21MY]

——— provide categorical eligibility for free lunch and breakfast for certain children in kinship care under national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 4259), H7559 [9SE]

——— provide for regulation, inspection, and labeling of food produced using animal cell culture technology (see S. 3053), S7048 [16DE]

Food and Nutrition Service: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 24), S5249 [31JY]

Food Purchase and Distribution Program: require purchases of agricultural commodities be from domestically owned enterprises (see H.R. 2362), H3283 [25AP] (see H.R. 2712), H3788 [14MY]

Food safety education program: improve (see H.R. 4466), H7901 [24SE]

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. 1643), S3105 [23MY]

Forest Service: anniversary of Smokey Bear (see H. Res. 775), H12290 [19DE]

——— carry out Special Forest Products program to charge and collect not less than fair market value for forest botanical products harvested on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 4357), H7753 [17SE]

——— designate Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area in Oregon (see H.R. 1056), H1460 [7FE]

——— designate Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area in Oregon (see H.R. 993), H1389 [6FE]

——— maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho (see S. 79), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 482), H463 [10JA]

——— make the District of Columbia eligible for certain forestry research grants (see H.R. 4885), H8539 [28OC]

——— permanently reactivate the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council and remove reforestation trust fund transfer funding limit for reforestation activities (see H.R. 5311), H9293 [5DE]

——— prohibit transfer of operations and closure of Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (see S. 1736), S3251 [5JN]

——— provide funding to promote reforestation following unplanned events such as wildfires, insects and disease on Federal land (see S. 3106), S7207 [19DE]

——— provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System (see S. 1311), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 2491), H3439 [2MY]

——— provide mandatory funding to carry out hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System land (see S. 1691), S3106 [23MY]

——— release reversionary and reserved interests in certain lands within Coconino National Forest and convey to Lowell Observatory (see S. 242), S698 [28JA] (see H.R. 401), H358 [9JA]

——— transfer certain Black Hills National Forest lands to Custer County, SD, Airport (see S. 100), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 382), H357 [9JA]

——— transfer certain national forest lands in Texas (see S. 43), S67 [8JA] (see H.R. 343), H284 [8JA]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (see H.R. 2607), H3501 [8MY]

——— mitigate threat of invasive species (see H.R. 3244), H4627 [12JN]

George Washington National Forest: designate additions to the Rich Hole Wilderness and Rough Mountain Wilderness (see S. 247), S698 [28JA]

Great Lakes: establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural nonpoint source pollution prevention (see H.R. 2141), H3128 [8AP]

Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Initiative: establish to facilitate installation of zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on National Forest System land, National Park System land, and certain other public lands (see S. 2041), S4629 [27JN] (see H.R. 3681), H5583 [10JY]

GSA: repeal requirement to sell Plum Island, NY, and allow for the transfer to another Federal agency or entity to protect environmental and recreational benefits (see S. 519), S1383 [14FE]

Hawaii: require preclearance quarantine inspections for all movement to or from Hawaii by either domestic or international travel (see H.R. 5506), H12289 [19DE]

Hazardous substances: prohibit use of poisons sodium fluoroacetate (known as ‘‘Compound 1080’’) and sodium cyanide for predator control (see S. 1301), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 2471), H3438 [2MY]

Health: establish a grant program to provide grants to local agencies and clinics to improve health of mothers and infants (see H.R. 3117), H4341 [5JN]

Henderson, TN: release certain reversionary interests of the U.S. in a parcel of land (see S. 644), S1621 [4MR] (see H.R. 1563), H2503 [6MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 1007), S2239 [3AP] (see H.R. 693), H996 [22JA]

——— provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, or sales (see S. 1455), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 1157), H1580 [13FE]

Housing: provide rental assistance to low-income tenants in certain multifamily rural housing projects and develop and implement a plan for preserving affordability of rural rental housing (see H.R. 3620), H5272 [5JY]

——— provide rental assistance to low-income tenants of certain multifamily rural housing projects (see S. 2567), S5747 [26SE]

——— reform screening and eviction policies for Federal housing assistance in order to provide fair access to housing for individuals with a criminal record and their families (see S. 2076), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 3685), H5583 [10JY]

——— require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for the disabled (see S. 2291), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4064), H7466 [25JY]

Information technology: allow certain State and tribal permitting authority to encourage expansion of broadband service to rural communities (see H.R. 292), H281 [8JA]

——— 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. 2385), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 5486), H12210 [18DE]

Infrastructure: waive certain procurement provisions for a project that receives funds from certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 4687), H8197 [16OC]

Internet: grant priority for broadband deployment assistance to areas that are unserved (see H.R. 2661), H3726 [10MY]

Interstate commerce: allow interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry (see S. 1720), S3250 [5JN]

Labeling: ensure ‘‘Product of the U.S.A.’’ label only goes on beef and beef products exclusively derived from animals born, raised, and slaughtered in the U.S. (see S. 2744), S6299 [30OC]

——— establish requirements for quality and discard dates that are, at the option of food labelers, included in food packaging (see S. 2337), S5196 [30JY] (see H.R. 3981), H7463 [25JY]

Los Angeles County, CA: establish St. Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial and St. Francis Dam Disaster National Monument (see S. 129), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 1015), H1391 [6FE]

Malnutrition Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 338), S5706 [25SE]

Market Facilitation Program: treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops (see H.R. 1238), H2030 [14FE]

Mental health: provide assistance to manage farmer and rancher stress and mental health of individuals in rural areas (see S. 2599), S5793 [15OC] (see H.R. 4820), H8456 [23OC]

Montana: sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land, add certain land to National Wilderness Preservation System, and designate new areas for recreation (see S. 1765), S3284 [10JN]

National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility: provide for defense of agriculture and food (see S. 2695), S6155 [24OC]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (see H.R. 4057), H7466 [25JY]

National School Lunch Program: allow schools that participate to serve whole milk (see S. 1810), S3363 [12JN] (see H.R. 832), H1282 [29JA]

——— eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches, require income guidelines for determining eligibility for free meals, and base such eligibility on a certain percentage of the poverty-level (see H.R. 5308), H9293 [5DE]

——— enhance direct certification (see S. 2760), S6333 [31OC]

——— establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program (see S. 1941), S4169 [20JN] (see H.R. 3378), H5005 [20JN]

——— establish a program for procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals (see S. 1952), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3492), H5167 [25JN]

——— expand use of salad bars in schools (see H.R. 2688), H3727 [10MY]

——— improve nutritional and other program requirements relative to purchases of locally produced food (see S. 1817), S3363 [12JN]

——— improve requirements (see S. 2752), S6300 [30OC]

——— require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements (see H.R. 1066), H1460 [7FE]

National security: improve diversity and inclusion in the workforce of national security agencies (see S. 497), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 2979), H4162 [23MY]

Native Americans: improve child nutrition in tribal areas (see S. 1307), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 2494), H3439 [2MY]

——— protect legal production, purchase, and possession of marijuana by Indian tribes (see H.R. 1416), H2271 [27FE]

——— recognize tribal cooperation in environmental review of proposed actions affecting revised Yurok Reservation (see H.R. 1312), H2042 [19FE]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 21), H2234 [26FE]

Nevada: extend withdrawal and reservation of certain public land for continued use of Nevada test and training range and designate certain Desert National Wildlife Refuge lands as wilderness (see S. 3145), S7208 [19DE]

New Mexico: increase consultation between the Federal Government and governing bodies of land grant-mercedes and acequias and recognize historic-traditional boundaries of land grant-mercedes (see H.R. 3682), H5583 [10JY]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry to improve efficiency of chemical production while reducing health and environmental risks (see S. 999), S2239 [3AP] (see H.R. 2051), H3067 [3AP]

One Health Program: establish an interagency program to collaborate on the concept that human, animal, and ecosystem health intertwine to make ‘‘one health’’ to prevent and respond to disease outbreaks (see S. 1903), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 3771), H5910 [16JY]

OPM: provide a special designation for Federal wildland firefighters (see S. 1682), S3106 [23MY]

Peanuts: repeal forfeiture rule under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program (see S. 125), S220 [15JA]

People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission: improve social safety net and increase social mobility by increasing access to resources which address underlying causes of poverty (see H.R. 841), H1282 [29JA]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 890), H1334 [30JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see S. 141), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 369), H357 [9JA]

Plum Island, NY: repeal requirement for GSA to sell certain Federal property, require further use be for conservation, education, and research, and conduct a special resource study (see H.R. 1578), H2504 [6MR]

Public lands: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see S. 827), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 1321), H2046 [22FE]

——— maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, and generate education funding (see H.R. 244), H227 [4JA]

——— modify procedures for issuing special recreation permits for certain public land units (see S. 1665), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3879), H7239 [23JY]

——— protect Presidentially designated national monuments, establish National Monument Enhancement Fund, and designate certain lands in New Mexico and Nevada as wilderness (see S. 367), S1131 [7FE] (see H.R. 1050), H1459 [7FE]

——— provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands (see H.R. 179), H207 [3JA]

——— reaffirm to land management agencies priorities and goals of 2007 Executive order on facilitation of hunting heritage and wildlife conservation and recommend issuing a new supporting Executive order (see H. Res. 151), H2234 [26FE]

——— study soil health of Federal lands (see H.R. 4133), H7481 [30JY]

Public welfare programs: 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. 588), S1540 [27FE] (see H.R. 1495), H2365 [5MR]

Racial relations: amend regulations for racial appropriateness (see H.R. 381), H357 [9JA]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see S. 2666), S5966 [22OC] (see H.R. 3794), H5998 [17JY]

——— repeal bioenergy subsidy programs (see H.R. 82), H204 [3JA]

Research: prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in agriculture research (see S. 2458), S5407 [10SE] (see H.R. 4714), H8226 [17OC]

Rural areas: establish Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and Rural Future Partnership Fund to invest in rural areas to achieve their preferred future and maximize contributions to the U.S. (see S. 2704), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 4874), H8538 [28OC]

——— offer persistent poverty counties and political subdivisions of such counties the opportunity to have rural development loans restructured (see H.R. 2228), H3253 [10AP]

Rural Development Voucher Program: include as a covered housing program relative to Violence Against Women Act (see H.R. 1310), H2042 [19FE]

Rural Utilities Service: make grants for collection of broadband infrastructure data by local governments, community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and small Internet providers (see S. 3094), S7156 [18DE] (see H.R. 4642), H8110 [11OC]

San Bernardino National Forest: provide for a land exchange with San Bernardino County, CA, to enhance land management (see H.R. 255), H228 [4JA]

Schools: allow schools to use geographic preference in order to procure locally grown, raised, and caught food (see H.R. 3220), H4626 [12JN]

——— clarify availability and appropriateness of training for local school food service personnel (see S. 2331), S5195 [30JY] (see H.R. 2651), H3679 [9MY]

——— ensure public disclosure of nutrition standards compliance by school food authorities (see H.R. 3049), H4180 [30MY]

——— ensure that any food that may be served as part of a reimbursable meal under national school lunch or breakfast programs may be sold in schools (see H.R. 3291), H4700 [14JN]

——— establish a grant program to appoint nutrition coordinators to oversee school nutrition policies in local educational agencies (H.R. 1886) (see H.R. 1886), H2827 [26MR]

——— give schools flexibility to receive, store, and distribute food donations from charitable organizations on campus (see H.R. 2706), H3788 [14MY]

——— improve direct certification and community eligibility for school meal programs (see S. 2692), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 5283), H9221 [3DE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see S. 1949), S4455 [24JN] (see H.R. 3444), H5075 [24JN]

——— prohibit stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals (see S. 1119), S2386 [10AP] (see S. 1907), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 2311), H3264 [12AP]

——— remove certain limitations relative to commodity assistance for school breakfast programs (see H.R. 4265), H7596 [10SE]

——— require a study of the time and duration of school lunch periods (see H.R. 5463), H10609 [17DE]

——— require schools participating in school meal programs to provide free meals to all children, incentivize local food procurement, improve reimbursements, and assist food purchases during the summer (see S. 2609), S5841 [16OC] (see H.R. 4684), H8143 [15OC]

——— reverse declining milk consumption in schools (see H.R. 3125), H4342 [5JN]

Science: promote botanical research and sciences capacity (see S. 2384), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 1572), H2504 [6MR]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: ensure funds are not spent on lobbying and require counties receiving such funds to document how they are spent (see S. 2861), S6604 [14NO]

Small business: provide disaster relief (see H.R. 2936), H4119 [22MY]

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC: increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits (see S. 2358), S5247 [31JY]

Specialty Crop Research Initiative: establish a waiver from matching requirement for certain grants (see H.R. 3952), H7377 [24JY]

Sugar: reform Federal sugar program (see S. 2568), S5747 [26SE] (see H.R. 4521), H8053 [26SE]

——— repeal sugar program and certain other programs relating to sugar (see H.R. 3705), H5726 [11JY]

Summer Food Service Program: improve efficiency (see S. 1908), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 2818), H3924 [16MY]

——— provide alternative delivery options (see S. 1918), S4168 [20JN]

Superior National Forest: provide for a land exchange with PolyMet Mining, Inc. (see H.R. 527), H543 [14JA]

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: expand eligibility of college students to participate (see S. 2143), S4907 [17JY] (see H.R. 3809), H5999 [17JY]

——— improve access by reducing administrative requirements (see H.R. 1470), H2314 [28FE]

——— include eating disorders prevention within Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program (see H.R. 2625), H3678 [9MY]

——— make certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with benefits (see S. 1717), S3250 [5JN] (see H.R. 3142), H4343 [5JN]

——— prevent changing of regulations governing provisions of waivers (see H.R. 5349), H9346 [6DE]

——— provide for participation of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands (see S. 677), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1576), H2504 [6MR]

——— repeal work requirements that disqualify able-bodied adults from eligibility (see H.R. 2809), H3924 [16MY]

——— require consideration of assets of a household for broad-based categorical eligibility (see S. 2359), S5247 [31JY]

——— require States to include a photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide benefits (see H.R. 5235), H9168 [21NO]

——— strengthen for families, adults looking for work, seniors, and the disabled (see H.R. 1368), H2233 [26FE]

——— treat attendance at an institution of higher education the same as work in determining eligibility (see H.R. 4297), H7704 [12SE]

Taxation: establish a new tax credit and grant program to stimulate investment and healthy nutrition options in food deserts (see S. 786), S1845 [13MR] (see H.R. 1717), H2715 [13MR]

——— extend certain incentives related to empowerment zones (see H.R. 2238), H3253 [10AP]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 1163), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 2746), H3840 [15MY]

Territories: establish a renewable energy grant program for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and conduct a GAO study on renewable energy efficiency in such territories (see H.R. 2360), H3283 [25AP]

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. 1499), S2923 [16MY] (see H.R. 2795), H3923 [16MY]

——— establish Tribal Wildlife Corridors (see S. 2891), S6669 [19NO] (see H.R. 5179), H9057 [19NO]

Under Sec. of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics: reaffirm authority to prevent relocation of research agencies from National Capital Region (see S. 1637), S3104 [23MY] (see H.R. 1221), H2029 [14FE]

Urban areas: enhance urban agriculture (see H.R. 5266), H9179 [26NO]

Veterans: establish a loan program to support mentorship and apprenticeship opportunities for veterans to become farmers or ranchers (see H.R. 562), H600 [15JA]

Washington (State): designate and expand wilderness areas and designate certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park (see S. 1382), S2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 2642), H3679 [9MY]

Water: establish a trust fund to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (see S. 611), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1417), H2311 [28FE]

Wilderness areas: allow local Federal officials to determine the manner in which nonmotorized transportation methods may be used (see S. 1695), S3106 [23MY]

Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program: extend (see H.R. 4496), H7989 [25SE]

——— provide coverage for certain crop, tree, bush, and vine losses due to flooding in Iowa (see H.R. 2125), H3128 [8AP]

Wildlife: authorize a special resource study on spread of vectors of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose (see H.R. 837), H1282 [29JA]

——— support State and tribal efforts to implement management strategies on chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose and provide for research and response plans to reduce its spread and prevalence (see S. 613), S1593 [28FE] (see S. 689), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1550), H2502 [6MR] (see H.R. 1919), H2884 [27MR]

Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council: establish Advisory Committee to advise Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting (see H.R. 2105), H3100 [4AP]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S6187 [28OC], S6271 [30OC], S6735 [21NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), motion to proceed, S5881 [17OC], S5946 [22OC]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), motion to proceed, S777 [31JA], S858 [5FE]

Letters

Dept. of Agriculture Centers of Excellence funding for certain land-grant African-American colleges and universities: Kent J. Smith, Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities, S6216 [29OC]

Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program proposed eligibility requirement changes: David Certner, AARP, H7895 [24SE]

——— Representative Plaskett, H7895 [24SE]

——— U.S. Conference of Mayors, H7896 [24SE]

Government shutdown relative to budget process: Kathleen DeMaster, S246 [16JA]

Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act: Jeff Aiken, Tennessee Farm Bureau and Mark Haney, Kentucky Farm Bureau, H7372 [24JY]

——— Julie M. Broadway, American Horse Council, H7370 [24JY]

Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act: Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), E1571 [10DE]

——— Representative Yarmuth, Committee on the Budget (House), E1571 [10DE]

Lists

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) staff who worked on H.R. 2157, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, S3085 [23MY]

Organizations supporting S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S900 [6FE]

Senate staff who worked on H.R. 3055, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction appropriations, S6322 [31OC]

Senate staff who worked on S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S900 [6FE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 265), H397 [10JA]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S5880 [17OC], S6734, S6735 [21NO], H9035 [19NO]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), H3713 [10MY]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 255, Big Bear Land Exchange Act, H9119 [20NO]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 693, Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, H7374 [24JY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H4943 [20JN]

——— making appropriations, H184, H186 [3JA], H1152 [23JA], H10589, H10590, H10592 [17DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 265), H375–H398, H451 [10JA], H550 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 265), consideration (H. Res. 28), H302–H311 [9JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 265), motion to recommit, H397 [10JA]

Business and industry: investigation of possible price manipulation, collusion, or unfair practices in the cattle market, H7777 [19SE], H8303 [22OC]

Climate: prohibit funding to remove term ‘‘climate change’’ from official publications, H4945, H4946 [20JN]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (H.R. 2546), H8647 [30OC]

Community Connect Grant Program: funding to improve broadband deployment into rural areas, H4942 [20JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, H350–H355 [9JA]

Crop insurance: allow certain producers who harvest or graze covered crops planted as a result of a prevent planting to be eligible for certain crop insurance (H.R. 3183), H4401 [11JN], H4775 [19JN]

Cuba: promote American agriculture, H1396 [7FE]

Dairy Margin Coverage: funding, H10603 [17DE]

Dairy Margin Coverage Program: implementation, H5206 [27JN]

Dairy products: dairy industry business development funding, H4942 [20JN]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during summer months (H.R. 3667), H5593 [11JY]

Dept. of Energy: initiative to facilitate energy-related investments in rural communities, H8464 [28OC]

Dept. of HHS: encourage Health Resources and Services Administration coordination with Dept. of Agriculture to improve rural health care access, H4616, H4617 [12JN]

Dept. of Justice: Environment and Natural Resources Division animal welfare enforcement programs funding, H4939 [20JN]

Dept. of Labor: Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center funding, H4541–H4543 [12JN], E825 [24JN]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a Working Waterfront Task Force and a Working Waterfront Grant Program, H9974, H9975 [10DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H4670 [13JN], H4797–H4896 [19JN], H4928, H4929–H4997 [20JN], H5011–H5022 [21JN], H5047–H5072 [24JN], H5100–H5104 [25JN], E806 [20JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration (H. Res. 445), H4779–H4789 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 708), H8967–H8971 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 75), H9041 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), Senate amendment, H8966, H8972–H9041 [19NO], H9156 [21NO], E1483 [20NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: improve wildfire management operations, H1272 [29JA]

Disasters: disaster assistance funding for agricultural producers who suffered weather related losses, H7564 [10SE]

——— emergency disaster assistance funding for agricultural producers who suffered losses from hurricanes, wildfires, and other related losses, H646, H647 [16JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), H3349 [1MY], H3430, H3431 [2MY], H3481 [8MY], H3687–H3717 [10MY], H3851 [16MY], H3953, H3954 [17MY], E578 [10MY], E609, E613 [16MY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), consideration (H. Res. 357), H3510–H3519 [9MY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 45), H4206 [3JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), motion to recommit, H3713 [10MY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), Senate amendment, H4184–H4195, H4197, H4207 [3JN], H4335, H4338 [5JN], E733, E736 [10JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), unanimous-consent request, H4169 [24MY], H4173, H4174 [28MY], H4177 [30MY]

Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant program: funding, H4944, H4945 [20JN]

Drugs: improve Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program support for women, infants, and children impacted by substance use disorder (H.R. 5249), H9230 [4DE]

Emergency Food Assistance Program: importance, H8967 [19NO]

Emergency Watershed Protection Program: funding, H3708, H3709 [10MY]

FCC: expand broadband Internet access service to rural areas, H2651 [12MR]

——— improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support effective deployment of broadband services to all areas of the U.S. (H.R. 3162), H7564 [10SE]

Federal Grain Inspection Service: clarify policies, E806 [20JN]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H5081 [25JN]

Forest Service: anniversary of Smokey Bear, E1039 [6AU]

——— designate Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area in Oregon, E224 [27FE]

——— Forest Products Timber Sale program funding, H4783 [19JN]

——— hazardous fuels reduction projects funding, H494, H495, H497 [11JA]

——— Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers funding, H8393 [23OC]

——— lead any required environmental reviews of proposed copper mine site within Superior National Forest, E1637 [19DE]

——— make the District of Columbia eligible for certain forestry research grants (H.R. 4885), E1346 [28OC]

——— prohibit funding to close or transfer operation of Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers, H4967, H4968 [20JN]

——— wildfire suppression and prevention funding, H3480 [8MY], H4977 [20JN]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks, H7551 [9SE], H8651 [30OC]

Funding, H2656 [12MR]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H372 [10JA], H469 [11JA]

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration: expedite rulemaking process and ensure new rules support fair trade practices for livestock and poultry industries, H4946, H4947 [20JN]

GSA: prohibit funding to market or sell Plum Island, NY, H5135 [25JN]

Guilette, Nick: Dept. of Agriculture Certified Crop Adviser Conservationalist of the Year award recipient, E1536 [4DE]

Hawaii: require preclearance quarantine inspections for all movement to or from Hawaii by either domestic or international travel (H.R. 5506), H12285 [19DE], E1625 [19DE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (H.R. 693), H7368–H7374 [24JY], E1013 [30JY]

——— provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, or sales (H.R. 1157), H7372, H7373 [24JY]

——— provide rental assistance to low-income tenants in certain multifamily rural housing projects and develop and implement a plan for preserving affordability of rural rental housing (H.R. 3620), H7573–H7576 [10SE]

Immigration: prohibit access by unauthorized immigrants to certain Federal aid benefits, H3668 [9MY]

Insects: emergency funding to stop spread of spotted lanternfly in Pennsylvania, H8543 [29OC]

Insurance: provide loans and grants to qualified agricultural associations to assist in the establishment of agricultural association health plans, H354 [9JA]

Investments: require sale of distressed assets and distribute proceeds to low-income communities for infrastructure projects and deficit reduction, H3469 [7MY]

Kansas City, MO: decision to relocate research agencies to Kansas City, MO, region, H8912 [18NO]

Los Angeles County, CA: establish St. Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial and St. Francis Dam Disaster National Monument, H2215 [26FE]

Market Facilitation Program: implementation, H8833 [14NO]

Mental health: provide assistance to manage farmer and rancher stress and mental health of individuals in rural areas (H.R. 4820), H9158 [21NO]

National Capital Region: prohibit funding to relocate research agencies, H4782 [19JN]

——— prohibit GSA funding to relocate research agencies, H5132 [25JN], E846 [26JN]

National forests: require congressional approval of any mineral withdrawal or monument designation involving lands in Minnesota and provide for renewal of certain mineral leases in such lands, H4448 [12JN]

National Institute of Food and Agriculture: agricultural research and extension funding for historically Black land-grant colleges and universities, H4957 [20JN]

——— Agriculture and Food Research Initiative funding, H4941 [20JN]

National School Lunch Program: allow schools that participate to serve whole milk (H.R. 832), H2004 [14FE], H2650 [12MR], H4922 [20JN], H7998 [26SE], H8075 [27SE]

——— require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements (H.R. 1066), E147 [7FE]

National security: improve diversity and inclusion in the workforce of national security agencies, H7435 [25JY]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), H2089 [25FE], H2109, H2141–H2217 [26FE], H2238 [27FE], H2327 [5MR], H9958 [10DE], E224 [27FE], E237 [4MR], E241, E244 [5MR], E316 [18MR], E1026 [2AU]

Northern Mariana Islands: allow use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reserve funds to cover any shortfall in Nutritional Assistance Program funding, H4942 [20JN]

——— emergency food assistance block grant funding, H658 [16JA]

Orange County, CA: tribute to Orange County Health Care Agency California Special Supplemental Nutrition for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, E1445 [14NO]

Puerto Rico: study impact of benefits provided through disaster nutrition assistance, H650 [16JA]

Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program: funding, H637 [16JA], H2649 [12MR], H4338 [5JN]

ReConnect Program: funding to improve broadband access in rural areas, H397 [10JA]

Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program for Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers: funding, H4942 [20JN]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (H.R. 3794), H7822 [19SE]

——— improve broadband access in rural areas, H10022 [11DE]

Rural eConnectivity (ReConnect) Program: funding, H4945 [20JN]

Rural Health and Safety Education Program: funding to combat opioid epidemic in rural communities, H4942 [20JN]

Rural Utilities Service: funding to address inadequate wastewater infrastructure in rural and unincorporated communities, H4941 [20JN]

——— make grants for collection of broadband infrastructure data by local governments, community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and small Internet providers (H.R. 4642), H8152 [16OC]

San Bernardino National Forest: provide for a land exchange with San Bernardino County, CA, to enhance land management (H.R. 255), H9074, H9075 [20NO]

Schools: issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (H.R. 3444), H5175 [26JN]

——— reverse declining milk consumption in schools (H.R. 3125), H4922 [20JN], H7998 [26SE]

Specialty Crop Research Initiative: prohibit funding to implement Federal matching requirement for grant recipients, H3705, H3706 [10MY]

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: funding, H348 [9JA], H391, H395, H396 [10JA], H550 [15JA], H983 [22JA], H1020, H1022 [23JA], H1248 [29JA], H2374 [6MR], H4000–H4005 [20MY], H4780 [19JN], H5081 [25JN]

——— modify work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents, H14, H30 [3JA], H2651 [12MR], H2833 [27MR], H9263 [5DE]

——— prohibit release of proprietary sales data of food retailers, H393 [10JA]

——— proposed changes to eligibility requirements, H7892–H7898 [24SE], E1205, E1206 [25SE]

——— proposed rule limiting broad-based categorical eligibility for benefits, H5918 [17JY], H7248, H7257 [24JY], H7390, H7444 [25JY]

——— proposed rule relative to work requirements for eligibility, E1533 [4DE]

——— repeal work requirements that disqualify able-bodied adults from eligibility, H4947 [20JN]

Trump, President: proposal to change the way poverty is measured to reduce eligibility for safety net programs, H4000–H4005 [20MY]

Veterans: establish a loan program to support mentorship and apprenticeship opportunities for veterans to become farmers or ranchers (H.R. 562), H1250 [29JA], H5027 [21JN]

White Mountain National Forest: anniversary of Crawford Path Trail, E1036 [6AU]

Wildlife: special resource study on spread of vectors of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose funding, H4963 [20JN]

Wood: accelerate use of wood in buildings, especially tall wood buildings, H8528 [28OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: address agriculture issues by enacting long-term farm policies, provide access to mental health care, invest in alternative energy sources, and resolve trade disputes, S6055–S6057 [23OC]

——— economic status, S3233 [5JN], S3632 [18JN]

——— provide funding for relending program to resolve ownership and succession of farmland for minorities, S6185, S6187 [28OC]

Agriculture Improvement Act: impact, S1507 [27FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1785 [12MR], S1810 [13MR]

CCC: allocation of agricultural relief payments for political reasons, S5586 [19SE]

Colleges and universities: Centers of Excellence funding for certain land-grant African-American colleges and universities, S6216 [29OC]

Conservation Reserve Program: improve, S7125 [18DE]

Crop insurance: allow certain producers who harvest or graze covered crops planted as a result of a prevent planting to be, S7125 [18DE]

——— allow certain producers who harvest or graze covered crops planted as a result of a prevent planting to be eligible for certain crop insurance, S4487 [25JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, S6228 [29OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: across-the-board funding reduction, S6184, S6186 [28OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S4739 [9JY], S4744 [10JY], S5913 [21OC], S5951–S5953, S5959 [22OC], S6057–S6060, S6065 [23OC], S6179, S6180, S6183–S6187 [28OC], S6208–S6216, S6218, S6221–S6223, S6227, S6232, S6233 [29OC], S6263, S6284 [30OC], S6315, S6319–S6323, S6327, S6359 [31OC], S6386 [5NO], S6503, S6504 [12NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 75), S6736 [21NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), House amendment, S6631, S6641 [19NO], S6682, S6696, S6703 [20NO], S6730–S6736 [21NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), motion to proceed, S5880 [17OC], S5911 [21OC], S5931, S5933, S5944–S5947, S5949–S5951 [22OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), unanimous-consent agreement, S6146 [24OC], S6293, S6294 [30OC]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), S2553, S2554 [1MY], S2732 [8MY], S2757 [9MY], S2777, S2778 [13MY], S2837 [14MY], S2860, S2873, S2877 [15MY], S2953 [20MY], S2986, S2988 [21MY], S3018, S3030 [22MY], S3066, S3071, S3077, S3084–S3086, S3095 [23MY], S3185 [4JN], S3273 [10JN], S5354 [9SE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), corrections in enrollment, S3179 [4JN]

Emergency Conservation Program: funding, S2873 [15MY]

Every Kid Outdoors program: establish to provide free access to Federal land and waters to 4th grade students, S898 [6FE]

Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network: funding, S2999 [21MY]

Farm to School Program: reauthorize (S. 2026), S4633 [27JN]

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. 1453), S2831, S2833 [14MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs, S55 [8JA]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), conference report, S6377 [5NO]

Food and Nutrition Service: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 24), S5275 [31JY]

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: conduct study on ways to improve access for the elderly and disabled, S6183 [28OC]

Forest Service: transfer certain Black Hills National Forest lands to Custer County, SD, Airport, S1103 [7FE], S1289 [13FE]

George Washington National Forest: designate additions to the Rich Hole Wilderness and Rough Mountain Wilderness (S. 247), S700 [28JA]

Hemp: provide for State and tribal regulation of hemp production, S6206 [29OC]

Kansas City, MO: decision to relocate research agencies to Kansas City, MO, region, S3635 [18JN]

Market Facilitation Program: implementation, S6524 [13NO]

——— include wild blueberry growers, S6845 [4DE]

Mental health: provide assistance to manage farmer and rancher stress and mental health of individuals in rural areas (S. 2599), S6579 [14NO]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S72 [8JA], S77 [9JA], S1031–S1109, S1149 [7FE], S1152–S1162 [11FE], S1175, S1178–S1182, S1184–S1186, S1193–S1196, S1271 [12FE], S1289, S1304 [13FE], S1373 [14FE], S1457, S1472 [26FE], S1823 [13MR], S5440 [11SE], S5571 [18SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5274 [31JY]

Schools: issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (S. 1949), S4459 [24JN]

Summer Food Service Program: provide alternative delivery options (S. 1918), S4970 [22JY]

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: funding, S56 [8JA]

——— proposed rule relative to work requirements for eligibility, S6832 [4DE], S6965, S6969 [11DE]

White Mountain National Forest: anniversary of Crawford Path Trail, S5309 [1AU]

Reports

Many SNAP Households Will Experience Long Gap Between Monthly Benefits Even if Shutdown Ends: Dorothy Rosenbaum, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H1020–H1022 [23JA]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3164) (H. Rept. 116–107), H4348 [6JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2522) (S. Rept. 116–110), S5602 [19SE]

Big Bear Land Exchange Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 255) (H. Rept. 116–134), H5255 [27JN]

Broadband Interagency Coordination Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1294) (S. Rept. 116–162), S6755 [21NO]

Consideration of H.R. 265, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 28) (H. Rept. 116–1), H280 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 2157, Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 357) (H. Rept. 116–51), H3473 [7MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3055, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, Science, and Military Construction Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 445) (H. Rept. 116–119), H4769 [18JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Release of Certain Reversionary Interests of the U.S. in Land Located in Chester County, TN, To Manage Certain Land in Bath County, VA: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3076), S7113 [17DE]

Homeownership for DREAMers Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3154) (H. Rept. 116–197), H7534 [6SE]

Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3596) (H. Rept. 116–295), H8908 [15NO]

National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2695), S7113 [17DE]

Nomination of Mindy Brashears To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Food Safety: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S2814 [14MY]

Nomination of Naomi C. Earp To Be Assistant Sec. of Agriculture for Civil Rights: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S2814 [14MY]

Nomination of Scott Hutchins To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S2814 [14MY]

Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3620) (H. Rept. 116–198), H7534 [6SE]

Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2051) (H. Rept. 116–312), H9178 [26NO]

Statements

Trump Administration Floating Changes to Poverty Measure That Would Reduce or Eliminate Assistance to Millions of Lower-Income Americans: Sharon Parrott, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H4005 [20MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 21, correction in enrollment of S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, H2219 [26FE]

H. Con. Res. 45, correction in enrollment of H.R. 2157, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, H4206 [3JN]

H. Res. 28, consideration of H.R. 265, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H302 [9JA]

H. Res. 357, consideration of H.R. 986, Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act and H.R. 2157, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, H3510 [9MY]

H. Res. 445, consideration of H.R. 3055, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction appropriations, H4779 [19JN]

H.R. 255, Big Bear Land Exchange Act, H9074 [20NO]

H.R. 265, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H376–H388 [10JA]

H.R. 693, Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, H7368 [24JY]

H.R. 2051, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act, H9359–H9361 [9DE]

H.R. 2157, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, H3691–H3699 [10MY], H4184–H4192 [3JN]

H.R. 3055, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction appropriations, H4804–H4877 [19JN]

H.R. 3620, Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act, H7573 [10SE]

S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S1196–S1265 [12FE], H2142–H2211 [26FE]

S. 100, Custer County Airport Conveyance Act, S144 [10JA]

S. 2458, America Grows Act, S5409 [10SE]

S. Con Res. 24, Dept. of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service anniversary, S5260 [31JY]

S. Res. 338, Malnutrition Awareness Week, S5710 [25SE]