[Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Final Edition Final Edition]
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
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LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
CONVENED JANUARY 4, 2005
FIRST SESSION
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ADJOURNED NOVEMBER 8, 2005
CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2006
SECOND SESSION
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ADJOURNED DECEMBER 18, 2006
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Chairman
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 2007
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
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SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia, Chairman
RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana TOM HARKIN, Iowa
THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky KENT CONRAD, North Dakota
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas MAX BAUCUS, Montana
JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming \1\ DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan
RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania \2\ E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska
NORMAN COLEMAN, Minnesota MARK DAYTON, Minnesota
MICHAEL D. CRAPO, Idaho KEN SALAZAR, Colorado \3\
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa
Martha Scott Poindexter, Majority Staff Director
David L. Johnson, Majority Chief Counsel
Vernie Hubert, Majority Deputy Chief Counsel
Robert E. Sturm, Chief Clerk
Mark Halverson, Minority Staff Director
\1\ Elected to Committee, January 6, 2005.
\2\ Elected to Committee, January 6, 2005.
\3\ Elected to Committee, January 6, 2005.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE COMMITTEE STAFF
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Richard Bender, Minority Professional Staff Member
Cameron Bruett, Majority Professional Staff Member
Phillip Buchan, Minority Counsel
Jacob Chaney, Hearing Clerk/System Administrator
Dan Christensen, Minority Staff Assistant
Matt Coley, Majority Professional Staff
Elizabeth Croker, Majority Senior Professional Staff
Patricia Doty, Majority Deputy Staff Director, Resigned
Margaux Espy, Staff Assistant
John Ferrell, Minority Legislative Correspondent
LaVern Finks, GPO Printer/Editor, Resigned
Allison Fox, Minority Deputy Staff Director, Counsel, Resigned
Beth Hamilton, Majority Legislative Correspondent, Resigned
Jane Anna Harris, Executive Assistant
Graham Harper, Majority Professional Staff Member
West Higginbotham, Majority Professional Staff Member, Resigned
Kathleen Hill, Majority Executive Assistant to Staff Director, Resigned
Richard Horne, Reception/Legislative Correspondent, Resigned
Eric Juzenas, Minority Counsel, Resigned
Andrew Johnson, Majority Senior Professional Staff, Resigned
Susan Keith, Minority Senior Counsel
Katie Lancaster, Majority Staff Assistant, Resigned
Steven Meeks, Majority Legislative Director
Stephanie Mercier, Minority Chief Economist
Hayden Milberg, Majority Senior Professional Staff
Derek Miller, Minority Professional Staff Member
Andrew S. Morton, Majority Chief Economist
Judy Myers, Majority Professional Staff Member, Resigned
Ver'Shawn C. Perkins, Hearing Clerk, Resigned
Lloyd Ritter, Minority Professional Staff Member
Adela Ramos, Minority Professional Staff Member
Christy Seyfert, Majority Senior Professional Staff
Justin Spickard, Staff Assistant
Eric Steiner, Majority Professional Staff Member
Dawn Stump, Majority Professional Staff Member, Resigned
Dave Townsend, Minority Staff Assistant
Keith Williams, Majority Communications Director
Augusta Wilson, Staff Assistant, Resigned
Micah B. Wortham, GPO Printer/Editor
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Meeting days: First and third Wednesday of each month
SUBCOMMITTEES
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FORESTRY, CONSERVATION, AND RURAL REVITALIZATION
MICHAEL CRAPO, Idaho, Chairman
RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas
THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming MARK DAYTON, Minnesota
NORM COLEMAN, Minnesota KEN SALAZAR, Colorado
MARKETING, INSPECTION, AND PRODUCT PROMOTION
JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri, Chairman
MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky MAX BAUCUS, Montana
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas KEN SALAZAR, Colorado
CHARLES E. GRASSELEY, Iowa KENT CONRAD, North Dakota
RICHARD LUGAR, Indiana DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan
PRODUCTION AND PRICE COMPETITIVENESS
MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky, Chairman
THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi KENT CONRAD, North Dakota
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas MARK DAYTON, Minnesota
RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania MAX BAUCUS, Montana
NORM COLEMAN, Minnesota PATRICK LEAHY, Vermont
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas
RESEARCH, NUTRITION, AND GENERAL LEGISLATION
RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania, Chairman
RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
MICHAEL CRAPO, Idaho DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan
THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi BLANCHE LINCOLN, Arkansas
MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky MAX BAUCUS, Montana
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska
Messrs. Cochran and Harkin are ex officio members of all subcommittees
of which they are not regular members.
CONTENTS
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Jurisdiction of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry........................................................
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Senate bills......................................................
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Senate amendments.................................................
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Senate resolutions................................................
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Senate joint resolutions..........................................
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Senate concurrent resolutions.....................................
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Senate reports....................................................
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Conference reports................................................
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Public laws.......................................................
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Nominations.......................................................
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Executive communications..........................................
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Watershed projects................................................
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Hearings..........................................................
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Index by Senators.................................................
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Subject index.....................................................
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JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
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JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY--
Continued
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(a)(1) Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to which
committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,
petitions, memorials, and other matters relating primarily to the
following subjects:
\1\ As specified in Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the United
States Senate.
1. Agricultural economics and research.
2. Agricultural extension services and experiment stations.
3. Agricultural production, marketing, and stabilization of prices.
4. Agriculture and agricultural commodities.
5. Animal industry and diseases.
6. Crop insurance and soil conservation.
7. Farm credit and farm security.
8. Food from fresh waters.
9. Food stamp programs.
10. Forestry, and forest reserves and wilderness areas other than
those created from the public domain.
11. Home economics.
12. Human nutrition.
13. Inspection of livestock, meat, and agricultural products.
14. Pests and pesticides.
15. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
16. Rural development, rural electrification, and watersheds.
17. School nutrition programs.
(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive
basis, matters relating to food, nutrition, and hunger, both in the
United States and in foreign countries, and rural affairs, and report
thereon from time to time.
RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
RULE 1--MEETINGS
1.1 Regular Meetings.--Regular meetings shall be held on the first and
third Wednesday of each month when Congress is in session.
1.2 Additional Meetings.--The Chairman, in consultation with the
Ranking Minority Member, may call such additional meetings as he deems
necessary.
1.3 Notification.--In the case of any meeting of the committee, other
than a regularly scheduled meeting, the clerk of the committee shall
notify every member of the committee of the time and place of the
meeting and shall give reasonable notice which, except in extraordinary
circumstances, shall be at least 24 hours in advance of any meeting held
in Washington, DC. and at least 48 hours in the case of any meeting held
outside Washington, DC.
1.4 Called Meeting.--If three members of the committee have made a
request in writing to the Chairman to call a meeting of the committee,
and the Chairman fails to call such a meeting within 7 calendar days
thereafter, including the day on which the written notice is submitted,
a majority of the members may call a meeting by filing a written notice
with the clerk of the committee who shall promptly notify each member of
the committee in writing of the date and time of the meeting.
1.5 Adjournment of Meetings.--The Chairman of the committee or a
subcommittee shall be empowered to adjourn any meeting of the committee
or a subcommittee if a quorum is not present within 15 minutes of the
time scheduled for such meeting.
RULE 2--MEETINGS AND HEARINGS IN GENERAL
2.1 Open Sessions.--Business meetings and hearings held by the
committee or any subcommittee shall be open to the public except as
otherwise provided for in Senate Rule XXVI, paragraph 5.
2.2 Transcripts.--A transcript shall be kept of each business meeting
and hearing of the committee or any subcommittee unless a majority of
the committee or the subcommittee agrees that some other form of
permanent record is preferable.
2.3 Reports.--An appropriate opportunity shall be given the Minority
to examine the proposed text of committee reports prior to their filing
or publication. In the event there are supplemental, minority, or
additional views, an appropriate opportunity shall be given the Majority
to examine the proposed text prior to filing or publication.
2.4 Attendance.--(a) Meetings. Official attendance of all markups and
executive sessions of the committee shall be kept by the committee
clerk. Official attendance of all subcommittee markups and executive
sessions shall be kept by the subcommittee clerk.
(b) Hearings. Official attendance of all hearings shall be kept,
provided that, Senators are notified by the committee Chairman and
ranking minority member, in the case of committee hearings, and by the
subcommittee Chairman and ranking minority member, in the case of
subcommittee hearings, 48 hours in advance of the hearing that
attendance will be taken. Otherwise, no attendance will be taken.
Attendance at all hearings is encouraged.
RULE 3--HEARING PROCEDURES
3.1 Notice.--Public notice shall be given of the date, place, and
subject matter of any hearing to be held by the committee or any
subcommittee at least 1 week in advance of such hearing unless the
Chairman of the full committee or the subcommittee determines that the
hearing is noncontroversial or that special circumstances require
expedited procedures and a majority of the committee or the subcommittee
involved concurs. In no case shall a hearing be conducted with less than
24 hours notice.
3.2 Witness Statements.--Each witness who is to appear before the
committee or any subcommittee shall file with the committee or
subcommittee, at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing, a written
statement of his or her testimony and as many copies as the Chairman of
the committee or subcommittee prescribes.
3.3 Minority Witnesses.--In any hearing conducted by the committee, or
any subcommittee thereof, the minority members of the committee or
subcommittee shall be entitled, upon request to the Chairman by the
ranking minority member of the committee or subcommittee to call
witnesses of their selection during at least 1 day of such hearing
pertaining to the matter or matters heard by the committee or
subcommittee.
3.4 Swearing in of Witnesses.--Witnesses in committee or subcommittee
hearings may be required to give testimony under oath whenever the
Chairman or ranking minority member of the committee or subcommittee
deems such to be necessary.
3.5 Limitation.--Each member shall be limited to 5 minutes in the
questioning of any witness until such time as all members who so desire
have had an opportunity to question a witness. Questions from members
shall rotate from majority to minority members in order of seniority or
in order of arrival at the hearing.
RULE 4--NOMINATIONS
4.1 Assignment.--All nominations shall be considered by the full
committee.
4.2 Standards.--In considering a nomination, the committee shall
inquire into the nominee's experience, qualifications, suitability, and
integrity to serve in the position to which he or she has been
nominated.
4.3 Information.--Each nominee shall submit in response to questions
prepared by the committee the following information:
(1) A detailed biographical resume which contains information relating
to education, employment, and achievements;
(2) Financial information, including a financial statement which lists
assets and liabilities of the nominee; and
(3) Copies of other relevant documents requested by the committee.
Information received pursuant to this subsection shall be available
for public inspection except as specifically designated confidential by
the committee.
4.4 Hearings.--The committee shall conduct a public hearing during
which the nominee shall be called to testify under oath on all matters
relating to his or her suitability for office. No hearing shall be held
until at least 48 hours after the nominee has responded to a prehearing
questionnaire submitted by the committee.
4.5 Action on Confirmation.--A business meeting to consider a
nomination shall not occur on the same day that the hearing on the
nominee is held. The Chairman, with the agreement of the ranking
minority member, may waive this requirement.
RULE 5--QUORUMS
5.1 Testimony.--For the purpose of receiving evidence, the swearing of
witnesses, and the taking of sworn or unsworn testimony at any duly
scheduled hearing, a quorum of the committee and each subcommittee
thereof shall consist of one member.
5.2 Business.--A quorum for the transaction of committee or
subcommittee business, other than for reporting a measure or
recommendation to the Senate or the taking of testimony, shall consist
of one-third of the members of the committee or subcommittee, including
at least one member from each party.
5.3 Reporting.--A majority of the membership of the committee shall
constitute a quorum for reporting bills, nominations, matters, or
recommendations to the Senate. No measure or recommendation shall be
ordered reported from the committee unless a majority of the committee
members are physically present. The vote of the committee to report a
measure or matter shall require the concurrence of a majority of those
members who are physically present at the time the vote is taken.
RULE 6--VOTING
6.1 Rollcalls.--A roll call vote of the members shall be taken upon
the request of any member.
6.2 Proxies.--Voting by proxy as authorized by the Senate rules for
specific bills or subjects shall be allowed whenever a quorum of the
committee is actually present.
6.3 Polling.--The committee may poll any matters of committee
business, other than a vote on reporting to the Senate any measures,
matters or recommendations or a vote on closing a meeting or hearing to
the public, provided that every member is polled and every poll consists
of the following two questions:
(1) Do you agree or disagree to poll the proposal; and
(2) Do you favor or oppose the proposal.
If any member requests, any matter to be polled shall be held for
meeting rather than being polled. The chief clerk of the committee shall
keep a record of all polls.
RULE 7--SUBCOMMITTEES
7.1 Assignments.--To assure the equitable assignment of members to
subcommittees, no member of the committee will receive assignment to a
second subcommittee until, in order of seniority, all members of the
committee have chosen assignments to one subcommittee, and no member
shall receive assignment to a third subcommittee until, in order of
seniority, all members have chosen assignments to two subcommittees.
7.2 Attendance.--Any member of the committee may sit with any
subcommittee during a hearing or meeting but shall not have the
authority to vote on any matter before the subcommittee unless he or she
is a member of such subcommittee.
7.3 Ex Officio Members.--The Chairman and ranking minority member
shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members of the subcommittees on
which they do not serve as voting members. The Chairman and ranking
minority member may not be counted toward a quorum.
7.4 Scheduling.--No subcommittee may schedule a meeting or hearing at
a time designated for a hearing or meeting of the full committee. No
more than one subcommittee business meeting may be held at the same
time.
7.5 Discharge.--Should a subcommittee fail to report back to the full
committee on any measure within a reasonable time, the Chairman may
withdraw the measure from such subcommittee and report that fact to the
full committee for further disposition. The full committee may at any
time, by majority vote of those members present, discharge a
subcommittee from further consideration of a specific piece of
legislation.
7.6 Application of Committee Rules to Subcommittees.--The proceedings
of each subcommittee shall be governed by the rules of the full
committee, subject to such authorizations or limitations as the
committee may from time to time prescribe.
RULE 8--INVESTIGATIONS, SUBPOENAS AND DEPOSITIONS
8.1 Investigations.--Any investigation undertaken by the committee or
a subcommittee in which depositions are taken or subpoenas issued, must
be authorized by a majority of the members of the committee voting for
approval to conduct such investigation at a business meeting of the
committee convened in accordance with Rule 1.
8.2 Subpoenas.--The Chairman, with the approval of the ranking
minority member of the committee, is delegated the authority to subpoena
the attendance of witnesses or the production of memoranda, documents,
records, or any other materials at a hearing of the committee or a
subcommittee or in connection with the conduct of an investigation
authorized in accordance with paragraph 8.1. The Chairman may subpoena
attendance or production without the approval of the ranking minority
member when the Chairman has not received notification from the ranking
minority member of disapproval of the subpoena within 72 hours,
excluding Saturdays and Sundays, of being notified of the subpoena. If a
subpoena is disapproved by the ranking minority member as provided in
this paragraph the subpoena may be authorized by vote of the members of
the committee. When the committee or Chairman authorizes subpoenas,
subpoenas may be issued upon the signature of the Chairman or any other
member of the committee designated by the Chairman.
8.3 Notice for Taking Depositions.--Notices for the taking of
depositions, in an investigation authorized by the committee, shall be
authorized and be issued by the Chairman or by a staff officer
designated by him. Such notices shall specify a time and place for
examination, and the name of the Senator, staff officer or officers who
will take the deposition. Unless otherwise specified, the deposition
shall be in private. The committee shall not initiate procedures leading
to criminal or civil enforcement proceedings for a witness' failure to
appear unless the deposition notice was accompanied by a committee
subpoena.
8.4 Procedure for Taking Depositions.--Witnesses shall be examined
upon oath administered by an individual authorized by local law to
administer oaths. The Chairman will rule, by telephone or otherwise, on
any objection by a witness. The transcript of a deposition shall be
filed with the committee clerk.
RULE 9--AMENDING THE RULES
These rules shall become effective upon publication in the
Congressional Record. These rules may be modified, amended, or repealed
by the committee, provided that all members are present or provide
proxies or if a notice in writing of the proposed changes has been given
to each member at least 48 hours prior to the meeting at which action
thereon is to be taken. The changes shall become effective immediately
upon publication of the changed rule or rules in the Congressional
Record, or immediately upon approval of the changes if so resolved by
the committee as long as any witnesses who may be affected by the change
in rules are provided with them.
SENATE BILLS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
SENATE BILLS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE--CONTINUED
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S. 73
Ms. CANTWELL (for herself)
To promote food safety and to protect the animal feed supply from bovine
spongiform encephalopathy.
(Animal Feed Protection Act of 2005)
January 24, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 108
Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. ENZI, and Mr. DORGAN)
To prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final rule
issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for the
designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including
designation of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation
into the United States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products
during that calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is
required for the retail sale of a covered commodity during that
calendar year.
January 24, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 135
Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr.
THOMAS, and Mr. THUNE)
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand country of
origin labeling for certain covered commodities.
January 24, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 194
Mr. NELSON (for himself, and Mr. ENZI)
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to permit
the planting of chicory on base acres.
January 26, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 218
Mr. KOHL (for himself)
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide incentives to
landowners to protect and improve streams and riparian habitat.
January 31, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 273
Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. BOND, Mrs. CLINTON, Ms.
COLLINS, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. DODD, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.
HARKIN, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KOHL,
Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MIKULSKI, Mr.
ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Mr.
THUNE, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. TALENT)
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend
and improve national dairy market loss payments.
February 3, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 294
Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. NELSON, of Nebraska,
Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THUNE, and Mr. BROWNBACK)
To strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE minimal-risk
regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products from bovines.
Febuary 3, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 307
Mr. SANTORUM (for himself)
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend
national dairy market loss payments.
(MILC Extension Act)
February 7, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 385
Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr.
BROWNBACK, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, and Mr. ENZI)
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to restore integrity to and
strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and
benefits.
(Rural America Preservation Act)
February 15, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 425
Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. JEFFORDS)
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain
National Forest System land in the State of Vermont.
(Green Mountain National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2005)
February 17, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 447
Mr. DOMENICI (for himself)
To authorize the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of New
Mexico.
(Jornada Experimental Range Transfer Act of 2005)
February 17, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 451
Mr. AKAKA (for himself)
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by
research facilities are obtained legally.
(Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2005)
February 17, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 509
Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. LEVIN, and
Mr. WYDEN)
To improve the operation of energy markets.
(Energy Markets Improvement Act of 2005)
March 3, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 531
Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. SPECTER)
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to exempt certain identified
varieties of tomatoes from agricultural marketing orders.
(Agricultural Marketing Success Act of 2005, AMS Act)
March 4, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 548
Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. DAYTON. Mr. BAUCUS, Mr.
COLEMAN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. NELSON,
Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. BINGAMAN, and Mr. LEAHY)
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operators
of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make
their land available for access by the public under programs
administered by States and tribal governments.
(Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005)
March 8, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 573
Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. DURBIN)
To improve the response of the Federal Government to agroterrorism and
agricultural diseases.
(Agricultural Security Assistance Act of 2005)
March 9, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 643
Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. BENNETT, and Mr. THOMAS)
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State
mediation programs.
March 16, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 664
Mr. LEAHY (for himself)
To adjust the boundaries of Green Mountain National Forest.
(Green Mountain National Forest Adjustment Act of 2005)
March 17, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 729
Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mrs. CLINTON)
To establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health
by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food,
improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and
improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for
other purposes.
(Safe Food Act of 2005)
April 6, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 767
Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. HARKIN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr.
ROBERTS, Mr. TALENT, and Mr. BENNETT)
To establish a Division of Food and Agricultural Science within the
National Science Foundation and to authorize funding for the support
of fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality, and for
other purposes.
(National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005)
April 12, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 796
Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself)
To amend the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 to prohibit the issuance
of permits for marine aquaculture facilities until requirements for
such permits are enacted into law.
(Natural Stock Conservation Act of 2005)
April 14, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 802
Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr.
BROWNBACK, Mr. BURNS, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SMITH,
Mr. WYDEN, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. Reid of Nevada, and
Mr. ENZI)
To establish a National Drought Council within the Department of
Agriculture, to improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and
response efforts, and for other purposes.
(National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005)
April 14, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 818
Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. HARKIN,
Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. SALAZAR, and Mr. THUNE)
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a
packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.
April 15, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 827
Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. JEFFORDS)
To prohibit products that contain dry ultra-filtered milk products, milk
protein concentrate, or case in from being labeled as domestic natural
cheese, and for other purposes.
(Quality Cheese Act of 2005)
April 15, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 838
Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself)
To allow modified bloc voting by cooperative associations of milk
producers in connection with a referendum on Federal Milk Marketing
Order reform.
(Democracy for Dairy Producers Act of 2005)
April 19, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 854
Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself)
To require labeling of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the
country of harvest, and for other purposes.
(Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2005)
April 20, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 869
Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself)
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the Secretary of
Agriculture from basing minimum prices for class I milk on the
distance or transportation costs from any location that is not within
a marketing area, except under certain circumstances, and for other
purposes.
(Federal Milk Marketing Reform Act of 2005)
April 21, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 941
Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. REED)
To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a
program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to
preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban
sprawl.
(Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program Act of 2005)
April 28, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 942
Mr. WARNER (for himself)
To designate additional National Forest System lands in the State of
Virginia as wilderness, to establish areas and scenic areas, and for
other purposes.
(Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2005)
April 28, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 960
Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. THOMAS, and Mr.
CONRAD)
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to prohibit the use of
certain anti-competitive forward contracts.
(Captive Supply Reform Act)
April 28, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1005
Mr. LUGAR (for himself)
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit
certain summer food pilot programs to be carried out in all States and
by all services institutions.
May 11, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1038
Mr. LUGAR (for himself)
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance
the ability to produce fruits and vegetables on covered commodity base
acres.
(Farming Flexibility Act of 2005)
May 16, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1120
Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. LUGAR, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. SMITH, Mr. DeWINE,
Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. DODD, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr.
KOHL, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. JOHNSON, Mrs.
LANDRIEU, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. BAYH, Mr.
FEINGOLD, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SALAZAR, Mrs. STABENOW)
To reduce hunger in the United States by half by 2010, and for other
purposes.
(Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005)
May 25, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1139
Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. SPECTER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and
Mrs. DOLE)
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen the ability of the
Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the pet industry.
(Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005)
May 26, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1210
Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. OBAMA, and Mr.
BAYH)
To enhance the national security of the United States by providing for
the research, development, demonstration, administrative support, and
market mechanisms for widespread deployment and commercialization of
biobased fuels and biobased products, and for other purposes.
(National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005)
June 9, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1300
Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. TALENT, Mr. ALLARD, and Mr.
BOND)
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a voluntary
program for the provision of country of origin information with
respect to certain agricultural products, and for other purposes.
(Food Promotion Act of 2005)
June 23, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1331
Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BURNS, Mr.
DORGAN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. THOMAS, and Mr. THUNE)
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the date of
implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30, 2006.
June 29, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1333
Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. BOND, Mr.
BROWNBACK, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. ISAKSON, Mrs.
LINCOLN, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SANTORUM, and Mr.
TALENT)
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a voluntary
program for country of origin labeling of meat, and for other
purposes.
(Meat Promotion Act of 2005)
June 29, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1357
Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr.
KOHL, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. SPECTER)
To protect public health by clarifying the authority of the Secretary of
Agriculture to prescribe performance standards for the reduction of
pathogens in meat, meat products, poultry, and poultry products
processed by establishments receiving inspection services and to
enforce the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System
requirements, sanitation requirements, and the performance standards.
(Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act)
June 30, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1477
Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself)
To make funds generated from the Caribbean National Forest in the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico available to the Secretary of Agriculture
for land acquisition intended to protect the integrity of the buffer
zone surrounding the Caribbean National Forest, and for other
purposes.
(Caribbean National Forest Preservation Act of 2005)
July 25, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1493
Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr.
WARNER, and Mr. BIDEN)
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to expand
and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in
the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes.
(Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2005)
July 26, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1532
Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. GRASSLEY)
To amend the title 18 of the United States Code to criminalize acts of
agroterrorism, and to enhance the protection of the United States
agricultural industry and food security through the increased
prevention, detection, response and recovery planning.
(Agroterrorism Prevention Act of 2005)
July 28, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1534
Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. AKAKA)
To reduce the risk to the food supply from intentional contamination,
and for other purposes.
(Safe and Secure Food Act of 2005)
July 28, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1546
Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. HATCH)
To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit participating households
to use food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements
providing vitamins or minerals, and for other purposes.
(Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2005)
July 28, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1555
Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. BINGAMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CORZINE, Mr.
KOHL, Ms. MIKULSKI and Mrs. MURRAY)
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform
funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and for
other purposes.
July 29, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1556
Mr. WYDEN (for himself)
To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to increase the
authorization of appropriations for grants to support the
competitiveness of specialty crops, to amend the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 to improve the program of value-added
agricultural product market development grants by routing funds of the
adjusted gross revenue insurance program, and for other purposes.
(Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act)
July 29, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1566
Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself)
To reauthorize the Commodity Exchange Act, and for other purposes.
(Commodity Exchange Reauthorization Act of 2005)
July 29, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1579
Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. DORGAN,
and Mr. JOHNSON)
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to
permit the distribution and sale of certain pesticides that are
registered in both the United States and another country.
(Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act)
July 29, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1582
Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself and Mr. ROBERTS)
To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, to facilitate the
official inspection at export port locations of grain required or
authorized to be inspected under such Act, and for other purposes.
July 29, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1613
Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. HARKIN)
To amend the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 to extend the
termination date for mandatory price reporting.
September 14, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1619
Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. DODD)
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to
require local educational agencies and schools to implement integrated
pest management systems to minimize the use of pesticides in schools
and to provide parents, guardians, and employees with notice of the
use of pesticides in schools, and for other purposes.
(School Environment Protection Act of 2005)
September 7, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1636
Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. BOND, Mr. TALENT, and Mr. OBAMA)
To provide agriculture disaster assistance to producers on a farm that
incurred qualifying crop or quality losses for the 2005 crop due to
damaging weather or related condition, and for other purposes.
September 8, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1643
Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. LEAHY)
To provide the Secretary of Agriculture with additional authority and
funding to provide emergency relief, in coordination of Homeland
Security, to victims of Hurricane Katrina and related conditions.
(Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005)
September 8, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1692
Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. DORGAN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs.
STABENOW, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. SALAZAR)
To provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and
livestock losses, and for other purposes.
(Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005)
September 13, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1695
Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. DURBIN)
To provide the Secretary of Agriculture with additional authority and
funding to provide emergency relief, in coordination with the
Secretary of Homeland Security, to victims of Hurricane Katrina and
related conditions.
(Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005)
September 13, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1742
Mr. ROBERTS (for himself)
To amend the Food Stamp Act to 1977 to exclude certain military housing
allowances from the eligibility requirements for food stamps.
September 12, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1776
Mr. DAYTON (for himself)
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to establish permanent authority
for the Secretary of Agriculture to quickly provide disaster relief to
agriculture producers that incur crop losses as a result of damaging
weather of related condition in federally declared disaster areas, and
for other purposes.
(Permanent Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act)
September 27, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1779
Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. CLINTON , Mr. DODD, Mrs.
FEINSTEIN , Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. MIKULSKI, Mr.
REED, Mrs. OLYMPIA, Mr. RON, Mr. CHAFEE, Mrs. COLLINS, Mr. DURBIN, Mr.
INOUYE, Mr. KERRY, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.
SARBANES, and Mrs. SPECTER)
To amend the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure
the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other
purposes.
(Downed Animal Protection Act)
September 28, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1804
Mr. LINCOLN (for himself, Mr. PRYOR and Mr. TALENT)
To provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have
suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other
natural disasters occurring during 2005, and for other purposes.
(Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005)
September 30, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1877
Mr. BAUCUS (for himself)
To prohibit the closure or relocation of certain offices of the Farm
Service Agency.
October 17, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 1885
Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr.
MARTINEZ, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LINCOLN, and Mr. SMITH)
To encourage the effective use of community resources to combat hunger
and the root causes of hunger by creating opportunity through food
recovery and job training.
(Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005)
October 18, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2002
Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. AKAKA, and Mr. SCHUMER)
To provide protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other
prior diseases.
(BSE and Other Prior Diseases Prevention and Public Health Protection
Act)
November 16, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2018
Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. CONRAD, and Mr. DORGAN)
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to provide that a quality grade
label issued by the Secretary of Agriculture for beef and lamb may not
be used for imported beef or imported lamb.
(Truth in Quality Grading Act of 2005)
October 16, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2038
Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BYRD, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. FEINGOLD,
Mr. HARKIN, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. ENZI,
Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. THUNE)
To amend the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 to restore the original
deadline for mandatory country of origin.
October 17, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2042
Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself and Mr. HARKIN)
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide Act to implement pesticide-
related obligations of the United States under the international
conventions or protocols known as the PIC Convention, the POPs
Convention, and the LRTAP POPs Protocol.
(POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2005)
October 17, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2085
Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. BURNS)
To provide a supplemental payment to assist agricultural producers in
mitigating increasing input costs, including energy and fertilizer
costs.
December 13, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2307
Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Craig and Mr. Grassley)
To enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of
agricultural commodities.
(Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2006)
February 16, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2438
Mr. Kent (Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr.
TALENT, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. BOND, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. JOHNSON,
Mr. BURNS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. THUNE, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. REID, Ms.
STABENOW, Ms. LANDRIEU, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr.
PRYOR, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. HARKIN, and
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska)
To provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and
livestock losses, and for other purposes.
(Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006)
March 16, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2463
Mr. SUNUNU (for himself and Mr. GREGG)
To designate as wilderness certain National Forest System land in the
State of New Hampshire.
(New England Wilderness Act of 2006)
March 28, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2487
Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. CRAPO, Mr.
SANTORUM, and Mr. LEVIN)
To ensure an abundant and affordable supply of highly nutritious fruits,
vegetables, and other specialty crops for American consumers and
international markets by enhancing the competitiveness of United
States-grown specialty crops.
(Specialty Crops Competition Act of 2006)
March 31, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2565
Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Mr. LEAHY)
To designate certain National Forest System land in the State of Vermont
for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation system and
designate a National Recreation Area.
(Vermont Wilderness Act of 2006)
April 6, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2592
Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. BINGAMAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr.
DURBIN, Mr. CHAFEE, and Mrs. CLINTON)
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and
health of schoolchildren by updating the definition of ``food of
minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science
and to protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and
breakfast programs.
(Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2006)
April 6, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2642
Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms.
MIKULSKI, Mrs. BOXER, and Mr. HARKIN)
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to add a provision relating to
reporting and recordkeeping for positions involving energy
commodities.
(Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2006)
April 25, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2676
Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mrs. LINCOLN)
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into partnership
agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater
cooperation in the administration of Forest Service activities on the
near National Forest System land, and for other purposes.
(Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2006)
April 27, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2696
Mr. TALENT (for himself, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. COLEMAN, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr.
PRYOR, Mr. BOND, Mr. DORGAN, and Mr. VITTER)
To extend all of the authorizations of appropriations and direct
spending programs under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 until after implementing legislation for the Doha Development
Round of World Trade Organization negotiations is enacted into law,
and for other purposes.
May 2, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 2782
Mr. TALENT (for himself, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. BOND, and Mr. LUGAR)
To establish the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to provide
funding for the support of fundamental agricultural research of the
highest quality, and for other purposes.
(National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006)
May 10, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3519
Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. CONRAD, and Mr. KOHL)
To reform the State inspection of meat and poultry in the United States,
and for other purposes.
(Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006)
June 15, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3601
Mr. SCHUMER (for himself)
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products
Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by
enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the
history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a
recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, and for
other purposes.
(Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006)
June 29, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3615
Mr. HARKIN (for himself)
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products
Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced
enforcement, and for other purposes.
(Safer and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry, and Food Act
of 2006 SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2006)
June 29, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3720
Mr. SANTORUM (for himself)
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the protection of farm
and ranch land.
(Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006)
July 25, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3729
Mr. BAUCUS (for himself)
To provide for the establishment of emergency wildland fire suppression
funds.
(Stable Fire Funding Act of 2006)
July 25, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3746
Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN)
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture to make grants to facilitate the establishment of the
National Ag Science Center in Stanislaus County, California.
(National Ag Science Center Act of 2006)
July 27, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3753
Mr. BAUCUS (for himself)
To provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers that have
incurred losses during calendar year 2006 due to fires.
(Agriculture Fire Assistance Act of 2006)
July 27, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3761
Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. DURBIN)
To amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to assist
the neediest of senior citizens by modifying the eligibility criteria
for supplemental foods provided under the commodity supplemental food
program to take into account the extraordinarily high out-of-pocket
medical expenses that senior citizens pay, and for other purposes.
(Senior Nutrition Act of 2006)
July 28, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3855
Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr.
TALENT, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. JOHNSON, Ms.
CANTWELL, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. THUNE, Mrs. LINCOLN,
and Mr. BURNS)
To provide emergency agricultural disaster assistance, and for other
purposes.
(Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006)
September 6, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3860
Mr. BURNS (for himself)
To provide emergency wildfire and agricultural disaster assistance, and
for other purposes.
(Emergency Wildfire and Farm Relief Act of 2006)
September 6, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3862
Mr. TALENT (for himself)
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of
Agriculture from implementing or carrying out a National Animal
Identification System or similar requirement, to prohibit the use of
Federal funds to carry out such a requirement and to require the
Secretary to protect information obtained as part of any voluntary
animal identification system.
September 7, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3890
Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. HAGEL, and Mr.
NELSON of Nebraska)
To enhance and improve the energy security of the United States, expand
economic development, increase agricultural income, and improve
environmental quality by reauthorizing and improving the renewable
energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program of the
Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other
purposes.
(Rural Energy for America Act of 2006)
September 12, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3991
Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. DORGAN,
Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. BURNS, Mr.
HARKIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. INOUYE, Mr.
THUNE, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. OBAMA, and Mr. REID)
To provide emergency agricultural disaster assistance, and for other
purposes.
(Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006)
September 28, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. 3999
Mrs. CLINTON (for herself)
To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish an Office of
Rural Broadband Initiatives in the Department of Agriculture, and for
other purposes.
(Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2006)
September 29, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
SENATE AMENDMENTS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
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S. Amdt. 3474
Amends: S. 2507
Mr. COCHRAN (submitted 6/23/2004)
In the nature of a substitute.
June 23, 2004.--Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
SENATE RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
SENATE RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE--Continued
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S. Res. 14
Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself)
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jan. 26, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. Res. 118
Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Mr. LEAHY)
A resolution June 2 through June 5, 1005, as the ``Vermont Dairy
Festival'', in honor of Harold Howrigan for his service to his
community and the Vermont dairy industry.
Apr. 21, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. Res. 265
Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself)
A resolution recognizing 2005 as the year of the 50th Anniversary of the
Crop Science Society of America.
Oct. 5, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. Res. 539
Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. ROBERTS)
A resolution congratulating the Department of Agronomy in the College of
Agriculture at Kansas State University for 100 years of excellent
service to Kansas agriculture.
Jul. 24, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
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S. J. Res. 4
H. J. Res. 23
Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr.
DORGAN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. REID, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. BURNS, Mr.
DURBIN, and Mr. WYDEN)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy.
Feb. 14, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. J. RES. 41
H.J. Res. 94
H.J. Res. 96
Mrs. DOLE (for herself)
A joint resolution recognizing the contributions of the Christmas tree
industry to the United States economy and urging the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish programs to raise awareness of the importance
of the Christmas tree industry.
Sept. 29, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE--Continued
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H. Con. Res. 399
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr.
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BACA, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.
BERRY, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr.
BOEHLERT, Mr. BONILLA, Mrs. BONO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP,
Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr.
CARNAHAN, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr.
CONYERS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr.
CUELLAR, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms.
DELAURO, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. DREIER, Mr. EMANUEL,
Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FILNER, Mr.
FOLEY, Mr. FORD, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GENE GREEN of
Texas, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HERGER,
Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. HONDA,
Mr. HOYER, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois,
Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio,
Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY of
Rhode Island, Mr. KIND, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LARSEN of
Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS
of California, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs.
LOWEY, Mr. LUCAS, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of
Minnesota, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MEEK of
Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr.
GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr.
NADLER, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. NUNES, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OTTER, Mr.
PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. POMBO, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PRICE of
North Carolina, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RENZI, Mr.
REYES, Mr. REYNOLDS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T.
SANCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr.
SKELTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Mr. TANNER,
Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THOMPSON of
Mississippi, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. WALDEN of
Oregon, Mr. WALSH, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr.
WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. ROHRABACHER,
Mr. BEAUPREZ, Ms. HART, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mrs. MYRICK, and
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington)
A concurrent resolution recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the victory
of United States winemakers at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting.
May 2, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. Con. Res. 97
Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. HARKIN, Mr.
DEWINE, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. KERRY, Mr.
TALENT, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. THUNE, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. KOHL, and
Mr. JOHNSON)
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it is the
goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the
agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should
provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total
energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe,
abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
June. 7, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
S. Con. Res. 119
Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. DORGAN, Mr.
CONRAD, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DEWINE,
Mr. TALENT, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. THUNE, Mr. BURNS, Mr. BOND, Mr. ENZI, Ms.
STABENOW, Mr. COCHRAN, and Mr. JOHNSON)
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that public
policy should continue to protect and strengthen the ability of
farmers and ranchers to join together in cooperative self-help
efforts.
September 27, 2006.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
SENATE REPORTS
SENATE REPORTS--CONTINUED
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S. Rept. 109-119
S. 1566
Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself)
An original bill to reauthorize the Commodity Exchange Act, and for
other purposes.
July 29, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
CONFERENCE REPORTS
CONFERENCE REPORTS--CONTINUED
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108-386
H.R. 1904
Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003.
PUBLIC LAWS
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109-17
S. 643
Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. HARKIN)
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State
mediation programs.
(A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize
State mediation programs.)
Mar. 16, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
109-296
H. R. 3408
Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself and Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota)
To reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 and to
amend the swine reporting provisions of that Act.
Jul. 22, 2005.--Introduced and referred to the Committee.
NOMINATIONS
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MICHAEL JOHANNS, to be Secretary of Agriculture, Department of
Agriculture; vice Ann Margaret Veneman, resigned
January 4, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
January 20, 2005-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
THOMAS C. DORR, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural
Development, Department of Agriculture; vice Jill L. Long, resigned.
January 24, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
July 21, 2005-Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 62-38 Record Vote
Number: 198.
THOMAS C. DORR, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Commodity Credit Corporation, vice Jill L. Long, resigned.
January 24, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
July 21, 2005 Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
CHARLES F. CONNER, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Department of
Agriculture; vice James R. Moseley, resigned.
March 14, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
April 12, 2005.--Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 55.
Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and
testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
April 27, 2005-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
REUBEN JEFFREY, III, to be Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; vice Barbara
Pedersen Holum, term expired.
May 17, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
June 9, 2005.--Hearing held.
June 30, 2005-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
REUBEN JEFFREY, III, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; vice James E.
Newsome, resigned.
May 17, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
June 9, 2005.--Hearing held.
June 30, 2005-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
WALTER LUKKEN, to be Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
May 25, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
June 9, 2005.--Hearings held.
June 30, 2005-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
RICHARD A. RAYMOND, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food
Safety, Department of Agriculture; vice Elsa A. Murano, resigned.
May 26, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
July 1, 2005-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
JAMES M. ANDREW, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service,
Department of Agriculture; vice Hilda Gay Legg, resigned.
September 6, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
November 10, 2005-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
CHARLES R. CHRISTOPHERSON, Jr., to be Chief Financial Officer,
Department of Agriculture; vice Edward R. McPherson, resigned.
September 8, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
November 10, 2005-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
MARC L. KESSELMAN, to be General Counsel of the Department of
Agriculture; Vice Nancy Southard Bryson.
November 16, 2005.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
May 12, 2006-Confirmed by the Senate by voice Vote.
GALE A. BUCHANAN, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research,
Education, and Economics, Department of Agriculture; vice Joseph J.
Jen, resigned
January 18, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
May 12, 2006-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
BOYD KEVIN RUTHERFORD, to be Assistant Secretary, Department of
Agriculture; vice Michael J. Harrison, resigned.
January 27, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
May 12, 2006-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
LINDA AVERY STRACHAN, to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture,
Department of Agriculture; vice Mary Kirtley Waters.
February 17, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
May 12, 2006-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
MARGO M. McKAY, to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Department of
Agriculture; vice Vernon Bernard Parker
June 12, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
August 3, 2006-Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
discharged by Unanimous Consent.
NANCY MONTANEZ-JOHNER, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food,
Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Department of Agriculture; vice Eric
M. Bost.
June 16, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
August 3, 2006-Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
discharged by Unanimous Consent.
MICHAEL V. DUNN, to be Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
June 16 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
August 3, 2006-Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
discharged by Unanimous Consent.
NANCY MONTANEZ-JOHNER, to be member of the Board of Directors of the
Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture; vice Eric M.
Bost.
June 16, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
August 3, 2006-Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
discharged by Unanimous Consent.
BRUCE I. KNIGHT, to be Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory
Programs, Department of Agriculture; vice William T. Hawks, resigned.
June 29, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
August 3, 2006-Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
discharged by Unanimous Consent.
BRUCE I. KNIGHT, to be Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity
Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture; vice William T. Hawks,
resigned.
June 29, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
August 3, 2006-Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
discharged by Unanimous Consent.
LELAND A. STROM, to be Member of the Farm Credit Administration; vice
Douglas L. Flory, term expiring.
August 1, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
August 1, 2006-Recieved in the Senate and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
CHARLES R. CHRISTOPHERSON, Jr., to be the Board of Directors of the
Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture; vice Joseph
J. Jen.
August 3, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
August 3, 2006-Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
discharged by Unanimous Consent.
CHARLES F. CONNER, to be Member of the Board of Directors of the
Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture; vice James R.
Moseley.
September 5, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
September 25, 2006-Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
Mark Everett Keenum, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and
Foreign Agricultural Services, vice J.B. Penn.
November 13, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
December 09, 2006-Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Mark Everett Keenum, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Commodity Credit Corporation, vice J. B. Penn.
November 13, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
December 09, 2006-Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jill E. Sommers, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission for the remainder of the term expiring April 13, 2009, vice
Sharon Brown-Hruska, resigned.
December 05, 2006.--Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
December 09, 2006-Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES REFERRED TO
COMMITTEE--CONTINUED
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EC-5
January 6, 2005
Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL 7691-4), received
December 31, 2004.
EC-6
January 6, 2005
Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Thiamethoxam; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL 7689-7), received
December 31, 2004.
EC-7
January 6, 2005
Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Chlorothalonil; Re-establishment of Tolerance for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL 7691-1), received December 31, 2004.
EC-8
January 6, 2005
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``7 CFR 1775, 1777, 1778, 1780, 1942, 3570, and 4274,
`Definition Clarification of State Nonmetropolitan Median Household
Income'' (RIN 0572-AB96), received December 17, 2004.
EC-9
January 6, 2005
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``7 CFR 1775, Technical Assistance Grants'' (RIN 0572-AB75),
received December 17, 2004.
EC-10
January 6, 2005
Administrator, Rural Housing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Servicing of Delinquent Community and Business Program
Loans-Workout Agreements'' (RIN 0575-AC57), received December 17,
2004.
EC-11
January 6, 2005
Administrator, Poultry Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Voluntary Shell Egg Grading Regulations-Facilities and
Equipment'' (RIN 0581-AC33), received December 31, 2004.
EC-12
January 6, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Hazelnuts Grown in Oregon and Washington; Establishment of
Final Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2004-2005 Marketing
Year'' (Docket No. FV05-982-1 IFR), received December 31, 2004.
EC-13
January 6, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Oranges, Grapefruits, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in
Florida; Change in the Minimum Maturity Requirements for Fresh
Grapefruit'' (Docket No. FV05-905-1 IFR), received December 31, 2004.
EC-14
January 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Swine Health Protection'' (Docket No. 04-109-1), received
December 8, 2004.
EC-15
January 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Importation of Clementines, Mandarins, and Tangerines from
Chile'' (Docket No. 02-081-3), received December 17, 2004.
EC-16
January 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection
Services'' (Docket No. 04-042-1), received December 17, 2004.
EC-17
January 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Emerald Ash Borer; Quarantined Areas'' (Docket No. 02-125-
2), received January 5, 2005.
EC-439
February 2, 2005
Deputy Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Multiple Chemicals; Extension of Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL 7688-6), received December 7, 2004.
EC-440
February 2, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition to Quarantined Area''
(Docket No. 04-130-1), received January 5, 2005.
EC-441
February 2, 2005
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Waiver of the Requirement to Use Weighted Averages in the
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs'', received
January 5, 2005.
EC-442
February 2, 2005
Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal
Procurement'' (RIN 0503-AA26), received January 24, 2005.
EC-443
February 2, 2005
Acting Under Secretary, Rural Development, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program; Secondary Mortgage
Market Participation'' (RIN 0575-AC28), received January 24, 2005.
EC-444
February 2, 2005
Director, Office of Procurement and Property Management, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Agriculture Acquisition Regulation; Miscellaneous
Amendments'' (RIN 0599-AA11), received January 24, 2005.
EC-445
February 2, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Confidential Information and Commission Records and
Information'', received January 24, 2005.
EC-446
February 2, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``In the Matter of the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.,
Petition for Expansion of the Definition of an Eligible Commercial
Entity Under Section 1a(11)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act'',
received January 24, 2005.
EC-447
February 2, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Collection of Claims Owed the United States Arising from
Activities Under the Commission's Jurisdiction'' (RIN 3038-AC03),
received January 24, 2005.
EC-448
February 2, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fees for Reviews of the Rules Enforcement Programs of
Contract Markets and Registered Futures Associations'', received
January 24, 2005.
EC-449
February 2, 2005
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``National School Lunch Program; Requirement for Variety of
Fluid Milk in Reimbursable Meals'' (RIN 0584-AD55), received January
24, 2005.
EC-450
February 2, 2005
Regulations Officer, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``National Forest System Land and Resource Management
Planning'' (36 CFR 219), received January 24, 2005.
EC-451
February 2, 2005
Acting Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Uniform Compliance Date for Food Labeling Regulations''
(RIN 0583-AD05), received January 24, 2005.
EC-452
February 2, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flurozypyr; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions''
(FRL 7695-2), received January 25, 2005.
EC-453
February 2, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Chlorfenapyr; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL 7696-5), received
January 25, 2005.
EC-454
February 2, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL 7691-2), received January 25, 2005.
EC-455
February 2, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Quinoxyfen; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions''
(FRL 7695-3), received January 25, 2005.
EC-456
February 2, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions''
(FRL 7696-2), received January 25, 2005.
EC-629
February 8, 2005
Administrator Rural Housing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Procedure Notice on Surety'' (RIN 0575-AC60), received
January 25, 2005.
EC-630
February 8, 2005
Administrator Rural Housing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Direct Single Family Housing Loans and Grants'' (RIN 0575-
AC54), received February 7, 2005.
EC-631
February 8, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Raisins Produced from Grapes Grown in California; Increased
Assessment Rate'' (Docket No. FV05-989-1FR), received February 7,
2005.
EC-632
February 8, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Olives Grown in California: Redistricting and Reappointment
of Producer Membership on the California Olive Committee'' (Docket No.
FV04-932-2FR), received February 7, 2005.
EC-633
February 8, 2005
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Exemption of Organic Handlers from Assessments for Market
Promotion Activities under Marketing Order Programs'' (Docket No.
FV03-900-1FR), received January 25, 2005.
EC-634
February 8, 2005
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Exempting Organic Handelers from Assessment By Research and
Promotion Programs'' (RIN 0581-AC15), received January 25, 2005.
EC-635
February 8, 2005
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Onions Grown in South Texas; Decreased Assessment Rate''
(Docket No. FV05-959-1 IFR), received January 25, 2005.
EC-636
February 8, 2005
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Lambs Promotion and Research Program: Procedures for the
Conduct of a Referendum'' (Docket No. LS-04-06), received January 25,
2005.
EC-637
February 8, 2005
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Milk in the Appalachian, Florida, and Southeast Marketing
Areas-Final Rule'' (AO-388-A16, AO-356-A38, and AO-366-A45; DA-04-07),
received January 25, 2005.
EC-638
February 8, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation'' (RIN
3038-AC13), received January 25, 2005.
EC-727
February 14, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, APHIS, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting the Department's final rule-Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of
Commodities [Docket No. 03-080-3],(RIN 0579-AB73), referred January 6,
2005, inadvertently attached to 109ec00017, and therefore not
individually noted at that time.
EC-748
February 15, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Proposed Data Collection, Reporting, and Recordkeeping
Requirements Applicable to Cranberries Not Subject to the Cranberry
Marketing Order'' (Docket No. FV01-926-1 FR), received February 7,
2005.
EC-749
February 15, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Spring Virema of Carp; Payment of Indemnity'' (Docket No.
02-091-2), received February 8, 2005.
EC-750
February 15, 2005
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture/FSA
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loan and Loan Deficiency
Payment Regulations for Honey'' (RIN 0560-AH18), received February 8,
2005.
EC-751
February 15, 2005
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture/FSA
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2004 Ewe Lamb Replacement and Retention Payment Program''
(RIN 0560-AH15), received February 8, 2005.
EC-752
February 15, 2005
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of the Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bacillus pumilus GB34; Exemption for the Requirement of a
Tolerance'' (FRL 7682-6), received February 8, 2005.
EC-753
February 15, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Thiamethoxam; Pesticides; Tolerances for Emergency
Exceptions'' (FRL No. 7696-8), received February 8, 2005.
EC-754
February 15, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pesticides; Removal of Expired Time-Limited Tolerances for
Emergency Exceptions'' (FRL No. 7690-6), received February 8, 2005.
EC-1012
February 17, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Syrups, Hydrolyzed Starch, Hydrogentated; Exemption from
the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7697-9), received February
14, 2005.
EC-1013
February 17, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Quizalofop-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7694-4),
received February 14, 2005.
EC-1014
February 17, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Octanamide, N,N-dimethyl and Decanamide, N,N-dimethyl;
Exemptions from the Requirements of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7698-3),
received February 14, 2005.
EC-1015
February 17, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Avermectin B1 and its delta-8,9-isomer; Pesticide
Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7695-7), received February 14, 2005.
EC-1016
February 17, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Clothianidin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7690-2),
received February 14, 2005.
EC-1017
February 17, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Acibenzolar-S-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency''
(FRL No. 7697-8), received February 14, 2005.
EC-1018
February 17, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Glyphosate; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7697-7),
received February 14, 2005.
EC-1079
February 18, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Rules Relating to Review of National Futures Association
Decisions in Disciplinary, Membership Denial, Registration and Member
Responsibility Actions'' (RIN 3038-AC12), received February 15, 2005.
EC-1080
February 18, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Golden Nematode: Regulated Areas'' (Docket No. 04-093-2),
received February 15, 2005.
EC-1081
February 18, 2005
Regulatory Contact, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``United States Standards for Wheat'' (RIN 0580-AA86),
received February 16, 2005.
EC-1082
February 18, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Brucellosis in Swine; Add Arkansas, Louisiana, and Michigan
to List of Validated Brucellosis Free States'' (Docket No. 04-103-2),
received February 16, 2005.
EC-1083
February 18, 2005
Director, Child Nutrition Division, Special Nutrition, Food and
Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Child and Adult Care Food Program; Increasing the Duration
of Tiering Determinations for Day Care Homes'' (RIN 0584-AD67),
received February 16, 2005.
EC-1155
March 2, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Citrus Canker; Quarantined Areas'' (Docket No. 05-005-1),
received March 1, 2005.
EC-1156
March 2, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Karnal Bunt; Revision of Regulations for Importing Wheat''
(RIN 0579-AB74)(Docket No. 02-057-2), received March 1, 2005.
EC-1213
March 8, 2005
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, the Administration's proposed budget for
Fiscal Year 2006.
EC-1214
March 8, 2005
Inspector General, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's
investigatve report of the Forest Service fatalities that occured in
the Cramer Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho on July
22, 2003.
EC-1215
March 8, 2005
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report relative to
the Administration's notification of its 2005 compensation program
adjustments.
EC-1216
March 8, 2005
Chief, Program Design Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Food Stamp Program High Performance Bonuses,'' received
March 7, 2005.
EC-1217
March 8, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Clofentezine; Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL 7699-9), received
March 7, 2005.
EC-1218
March 8, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Fenbuconazole; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL
7699-2), received March 7, 2005.
EC-1219
March 8, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Tart Cherries Grown in the State of Michigan, et al.;
Final Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2004-2005 Crop
Year''(FV04-930-2 FR), received March 7, 2005.
EC-1220
March 8, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Pistachios Grown in California; Establishment of
Continuing Assessment Rate and Reporting Requirements''(FV04-983-2
FR), received March 7, 2005.
EC-1221
March 8, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Sweet Cherries Grown in Designated Counties in Washington,
Establishment of Minimum Size and Maturity Requirements for Lightly
Colored Sweet Cherry Varieties''(FV04-923-1 FR), received March 7,
2005.
EC-1222
March 8, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil
Products in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and
Allotment Percentage of Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2004-
2005 Marketing Year''(FV04-985-2 IFR-A), received March 7, 2005.
EC-1223
March 8, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Beef Promotion and Research; Reappointment''(LS-04-09),
received March 7, 2005.
EC-1259
March 9, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Oriental Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Area''(APHIS
Docket No. 04-106-2), received March 8, 2005.
EC-1278
March 15, 2005
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Tobacco Transition Assessments''(RIN 0560-AH31), received
March 14, 2005.
EC-1279
March 15, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Oriental Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Area''(APHIS
Docket No. 02-096-4), received March 14, 2005.
EC-1280
March 15, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and
Importation of Commodities: Partial Delay of Applicability''(RIN 0579-
AB73), received March 14, 2005.
EC-1492
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Addition of Slovakia tot he List of Countries Eligible to
Export Meat Products to the United States''(Docket No. 99-018F),
received March 18, 2005.
EC-1493
April 6, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Thiophanate-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions''(FRL 7699-3), received March 24, 2005.
EC-1494
April 6, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Mesotrione; Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL 7703-1), received
March 24, 2005.
EC-1495
April 6, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL 7695-5), received
March 24, 2005.
EC-1496
April 6, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Bacillus thuringiensis Modified Cry3A Protein (mCry3A) and
the Genetic Material Necessary for its Production in Corn; temporary
Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance''(FRL 7704-4), received
April 4, 2005.
EC-1498
April 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002;
Possession, Use, and Transfer of Biological Agents and Toxins''(RIN
0579/B47), received March 24, 2005.
EC-1498
April 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Classical Swine Fever Status of Mexican States of
Campeche, Quintana Roo, Sonora, and Yucatan''(APHIS Docket No. 02-002-
2), received March 28, 2005.
EC-1499
April 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Karnal Bunt; Regulated Areas''(APHIS Docket No. 04-118-1),
received March 28, 2005.
EC-1500
April 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Commuted Travel Time''(APHIS Docket No. 04-108-1),
received March 28, 2005.
EC-1501
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil
Produced in the Far West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages
for the 2005-2006 Marketing Year''(FV 985-1 FR), received March 28,
2005.
EC-1502
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern
California; Increased Assessment Rate''(FV 05-925-1 FR), received
March 28, 2005.
EC-1503
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Vidalia Onions Grown in Georgia; Increased Assessment
Rate''(FV 05-955-1 IFR), received March 28, 2005.
EC-1504
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Onions Grown in South Texas; Decreased Assessment
Rate''(FV 05-959-1 FIR), received March 28, 2005.
EC-1505
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Dried Prunes Produced in California; Increased Assessment
Rate''(FV 05-993-1 FR), received March 28, 2005.
EC-1506
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil
for the 2004-2005 Marketing Year''(FV 04-985-2 IFR-A2), received March
28, 2005.
EC-1507
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Nectarines and Peaches Grown in California; Revision of
Handling Requirements for Fresh Nectarines and Peaches''(FV 05-916-1
IFR), received March 28, 2005.
EC-1508
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County,
California; Modification of the Qualification Requirements for
Approved Manufacturers of Date Products''(FV 04-987-1 FR), received
March 28, 2005.
EC-1509
April 6, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Dairy Programs,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Fluid Milk Promotion Order''(DA-04-04), received March 28,
2005.
EC-1603
April 12, 2005
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``7 CFR Part 1728, Specifications and Drawings for 12.47/2
kV Line Construction'', received April 7, 2005.
EC-1604
April 12, 2005
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``7 CFR Part 1738, Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan
Guarantee''(RIN 0572-AB81), received April 7, 2005.
EC-1605
April 12, 2005
Chairman and CEO, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Rules of Practice and Procedure; Adjusting Civil Money
Penalties for Inflation''(RIN 3052-AC28), received April 7, 2005.
EC-1606
April 12, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Triflumizole; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions''(FRL No.7701-6), received April 7, 2005.
EC-1607
April 12, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Paecilomyces lilacinus strain 251; Exemption from the
Requirement of a Tolerance''(FRL No. 7708-4), received April 7, 2005.
EC-1608
April 12, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Buprofezin; Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL No. 7691-8),
received April 7, 2005.
EC-1609
April 12, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Acetamiprid; Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL No. 7705-7),
received April 7, 2005.
EC-1757
April 15, 2005
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's annual
report, entitled `` Assessment of the Cattle, Hog, Poultry, and Sheep
Industries''.
EC-1758
April 15, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal Risk Regions and
Importation of Commodities; Finding of No Significant Impact and
Affirmation of Final Rule''(Docket No. 03-080-7), received April 11,
2005.
EC-1813
April 19, 2005
Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Food Stamp Program, Regulatory Review: Standards for
Approval and Operation of the Food Stamp Electronic Benefit Transfer
(EBT) Systems''(RIN 0584-AC37), received April 18, 2005.
EC-1814
April 19, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone
Designations; California''(Docket No. 05-010-1), received April 18,
2005.
EC-1815
April 19, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Milk in the Northeast Marketing Area-Final Order''(DA-02-
01; AO-14-A70), received April 18, 2005.
EC-1816
April 19, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Milk in the Pacific Northwest Marketing Area-Final
Order''(DA-01-08-PNW; AO-368-A30), received April 18, 2005.
EC-1833
April 21, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Benoxacor; Partial Grant and Partial Denial of Petition,
and Amendment of Tolerance to Include S-Metolachlor''(FRL 7709-2),
received April 18, 2005.
EC-1834
April 21, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Propiconazole; Re-establishment of Tolerance for Emergency
Exemption''(FRL 7709-3), received April 18, 2005.
EC-1835
April 21, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Spiromesifen; Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL 7709-3), received
April 18, 2005.
EC-1836
April 21, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Tetraconazole; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL
7702-4), received April 18, 2005.
EC-1837
April 21, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition to Quarantined
Areas''(Docket No. 04-130-2), received April 18, 2005.
EC-1912
April 25, 2005
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation relative
to the Federal Grain Inspection Service of the Department of
Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
EC-1913
April 25, 2005
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``2003-2005 Livestock Assistance Program''(RIN 0560-AH25),
received April 21, 2005.
EC-1914
April 25, 2005
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Tobacco Transition Payment Program''(RIN 0560-AH30),
received April 21, 2005.
EC-1915
April 25, 2005
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``2003-2005 Crop Disaster Programs''(RIN 0560-AH24),
received April 21, 2005.
EC-1952
April 27, 2005
Regulatory Contact, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Export Inspection and Weighing Waiver for High Quality
Specialty Grains Transported in Containers''(RIN 0580-AA87), received
April 26, 2005.
EC-1953
April 27, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``West Indian Fruit Fly; Regulated Articles''(Docket No. 04-
127-1), received April 26, 2005.
EC-1954
April 27, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Asian Longhorned Beetle; Removal of Regulated
Areas''(Docket No. 05-011-1), received April 26, 2005.
EC-1999
April 28, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Bacillus thuringiensis VIP3A Protein and the Genetic
Material Necessary for its Production; Temporary Exemption From the
Requirement of a Tolerance''(FRL 7706-7), received April 27, 2005.
EC-2050
May 10, 2005
Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Biomass Research and Development Initiative for Fiscal
Year 2003''.
EC-2051
May 10, 2005
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``7 CFR Part 1770, Accounting Requirements for RUS
Telecommunications Borrowers''(RIN 0572-AB77), received May 4, 2005.
EC-2052
May 10, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Dimethenamid: Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL 7713-4), received
May 8, 2005.
EC-2053
May 10, 2005
Chairman, Farm Credit Administrator
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Borrower Rights''(RIN 3052-AC24), received May 3, 2005.
EC-2054
May 10, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Olives Grown in California; Increased Assessment
Rate''(Docket No. FV05-932-1 FR), received May 4, 2005.
EC-2055
May 10, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Add Malaysia to List of Regions in Which Highly Pathogenic
Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 is Considered to Exist''(APHIS Docket No.
04-091-1), received May 4, 2005.
EC-2056
May 10, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Brucellosis in Swine; Add Florida to List of Validated
Brucellosis-Free States''(APHIS Docket No. 05-009-1), received May 4,
2005.
EC-2183
May 16, 2005
Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, Department of Treasury
A communication, transmitting, a draft bill relative to the U.S.
Agriculture Department (USDA) Cushion of Credit Payments Program,
received May 11, 2005.
EC-2184
May 16, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Dimethyle Ether; Exemption from the Requirement ofa
Tolerance''(FRL 7711-4), received May 11, 2005.
EC-2185
May 16, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Pinene Polymers; Exemption from the Requirement ofa
Tolerance''(FRL 7710-3), received May 11, 2005.
EC-2186
May 16, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Red Cabbage Color; Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance''(FRL 7711-7), received May 11, 2005.
EC-2234
May 18, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Karnal Bunt; Compensation for Custom Harvesters in
Northern Texas''(Docket No. 03-052-3).
EC-2235
May 18, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Alternaria destruens Strain 059; Exemption from the
Requirement of a Tolerance''(FRL 7708-3), received May 16, 2005.
EC-2236
May 18, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Fludioxonil; Pesticide Tolerance''(FRL 7711-9), received
May 16, 2005.
EC-2318
May 25, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Tuberculosis; Reduction in Timeframe for Movement of
Cattle and Bison from Modified Accredited and Accreditation
Preparatory States or Zones Without an Individual Tuberculin
Test''(Docket No. 04-065-1), received May 24, 2005.
EC-2319
May 25, 2005
Acting Administrator, Science and Technology Programs, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Plant Variety Protection Office, Supplemental
Fees''((Docket No. ST-02-02)(RIN 0581-AC31)), received May 23, 2005.
EC-2320
May 25, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Winter Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Order
Amending Marketing Order No. 927''((Docket Nos. AO-FV-927-A1; FV04-
927-1), received May 23, 2005.
EC-2405
June 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas''(Docket
No. 05-027-1), received May 27, 2005.
EC-2406
June 6, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Tetraconazole; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions''(FRL 7714-1), received May 31, 2005.
EC-2407
June 6, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``3-Hexen-1 o1, (3Z)-; Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance''(FRL 7713-2), received May 31, 2005.
EC-2408
June 6, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Two Isopropylamine Salts of Alkyl C4 and Alkyl C8-10
Ethoxyphosphate esters; Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance''(FRL 7712-1), received May 31, 2005.
EC-2484
June 8, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Milk in the Upper Midwest Marketing Area/Interim
Order''(DA-04-03A;AO-361-A39), received June 2, 2005.
EC-2485
June 8, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Revision of User Fees for 2005 Crop Cotton Classification
Services to Growers''(RIN 0581-AC43)(Docket No. CN-05-001), received
June 2, 2005.
EC-2486
June 8, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Updating Generic Pesticide Chemical Tolerance
Regulations''(FRL 7706-9), received June 6, 2005.
EC-2487
June 8, 2005
Director, Legislative Affairs Staff, Financial Assistance Programs
Division, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Conservation Security Program, Interim Final Rule with
Request for Comments''(RIN 0578-AA36), received June 1, 2005.
EC-2602
June 13, 2005
Regulatory Officer, Directives and Regulations Branch, Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Special Areas; State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless
Area Conservation; Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory
Committee (Final Rule and Notice, 36 CFR part 294)''(RIN 0596-AC10),
received June 8, 2005.
EC-2647
June 15, 2005
Chief, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``American Indian Livestock Feed Program''(RIN 0560-AH26),
received June 14, 2005.
EC-2678
June 21, 2005
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's annual
report entitled, ``Assessment of the Cattle, Hog, and Poultry
Industries''.
EC-2679
June 21, 2005
Chairman, Farm Credit system Insurance Corporation
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Corporation's annual
report for calendar year 2004.
EC-2680
June 21, 2005
Management Analyst, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``7 CFR Parts 1700 and 1709, Assistance to High Energy Cost
Rural Communities'' (RIN 0572-AB91), received June 17, 2005.
EC-2681
June 21, 2005
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Commodity Credit Corporation,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Designated Marketing Associations for Peanuts'' (RIN 0560-
AH20), received June 17, 2005.
EC-2682
June 21, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Services, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Onions Grown in Certain Designated Counties in Idaho, and
Malheur County, Oregon, Decreased Assessment Rate'' (Docket No. FV 05-
958-1 IFR), received June 17, 2005.
EC-2683
June 21, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Services, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Irish Potatoes Grown in Certain Designated Counties in
Idaho, and Malheur County, Oregon, Relaxation of Handling
Regulations'' (Docket No. FV 05-945-1 FR), received June 17, 2005.
EC-2684
June 21, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Services, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Dried Prunes Produced in California; Suspension of
Handling and Reporting Requirements, Extension of the Suspension of
Outgoing Inspection and Volume Control Regulations, and Extension of
the Suspension of the Prune Import Regulation'' (Docket No. FV 05-993-
2 IFR), received June 17, 2005.
EC-2693
June 22, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``17 CFR Parts 1 and 155-Distribution of `Risk Disclosure
Statement' by Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers''
(RIN 3038-AC16), received June 21, 2005.
EC-2694
June 22, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``17 CFR Parts 150-Revision of Federal Speculative Position
Limits'' (RIN 3038-AC24), received June 21, 2005.
EC-2695
June 22, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``17 CFR Part 1-Investment of Customer Funds and Record of
Investments'' (RIN 3038-AC15), received June 21, 2005.
EC-2696
June 22, 2005
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``In the Matter of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
Petition to Extend Interpretation Pursuant to Section 1a(12)(C) of the
Commodity Exchange Act'', received June 21, 2005.
EC-2821
June 29, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Trifloxystrobin, Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL 7720-2), received June 27, 2005.
EC-2822
June 29, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; Additional
Restrictions'' (APHIS Docket No. 04-011-2), received June 23, 2005.
EC-2823
June 29, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Citrus Canker; Quarantined Areas'' (APHIS Docket No. 05-
005-2), received June 23, 2005.
EC-2824
June 29, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Phytophthora Ramorum; Vacuum Heat Treatment for Bay
Leaves'' (APHIS Docket No. 04-092-2), received June 23, 2005.
EC-2825
June 29, 2005
Chairman, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Assessment and Apportionment of Administrative Expenses;
Loan Policies and Operations; Funding and Fiscal Affairs, Loan
Policies and Operations, and Funding Operations; Disclosure to
Shareholders; Captial Adequacy Risk-Weighting Revisions'' (RIN 3052-
AC09), received June 22, 2005.
EC-2826
June 29, 2005
Chief, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Extra Long Staple Cotton Prices'' (RIN 0560-AH36),
received June 23, 2005.
EC-2827
June 29, 2005
Regulatory Officer, Directives and Regulations Branch, Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Clarification as to When a Notice of Intent To Operate
and/or Plan of Operation Is Needed for Locatable Mineral Operations on
National Forest System Lands'' (RIN 0596-AC17), received June 23,
2005.
EC-2828
June 29, 2005
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Child and Adult Care Food Program: Permanent Agreements
for Day Care Home Providers'' (RIN 0584-AD69), received June 27, 2005.
EC-2829
June 29, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Avocados Grown in South Florida; Changes in Container and
Reporting Requirements'' (FV 05-915-2 IFR), received June 27, 2005.
EC-2830
June 29, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Irish Potatoes Grown in Washington; Increased Assessment
Rate'' (FV 05-946-1 FR), received June 27, 2005.
EC-2831
June 29, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Oriental Fruit Fly'' (APHIS Docket No. 02-096-5), received
June 27, 2005.
EC-2882
July 11, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Cyprodinil; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No.
7718-3), received June 28, 2005.
EC-2883
July 11, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions (Multiple
Chemicals)'' (FRL No. 7722-3), received June 28, 2005.
EC-2884
July 11, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Ethyl Maltol; Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7717-1), received June 28, 2005.
EC-2962
July 13, 2005
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Intermediary Relending Program Direct Final Rule'' (RIN
0570-AA42), received June 28, 2005.
EC-2963
July 13, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Avocados Grown in South Florida; Increased Assessment
Rate'' (FV05-915-1 FR), received June 28, 2005.
EC-2964
July 13, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Apricots Grown in Designed Counties in Washington;
Decreased Assessment Rate'' (FV05-922-1 IFR), received June 28, 2005.
EC-2965
July 13, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Almonds Grown in California; Revision to Requirements
Regarding Credit for Promotion and Advertising'' (FV05-981-1 IFR),
received June 28, 2005.
EC-2966
July 13, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Irish Potatoes Grown in Colorado; Decreased Assessment
Rate'' (FV05-948-2 IFR), received June 28, 2005.
EC-2967
July 13, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Dimethyl Ether; Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance; Technical Correction'' (FRL No. 7721-1 IFR), received June
28, 2005.
EC-2968
July 13, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Alpha-cyclodextrin, Beta-cyclodextrin, and Gamma-
cyclodextrin; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No.
7720-9), received June 28, 2005.
EC-2969
July 13, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Mexican Fruit Fly; Interstate Movement of Regulated
Articles'' (APHIS Docket No. 03-059-3), received June 28, 2005.
EC-2970
July 14, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Potassium Triiodide; Pesticide Chemical Not Requiring a
Tolerance or and Exemption from Tolerance'' (FRL 7714-4), received
July 6, 2005.
EC-2971
July 14, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Spirodiclofen; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL 7714-3),
received July 6, 2005.
EC-2972
July 14, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL 7720-1),
received July 6, 2005.
EC-2973
July 14, 2005
Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``School Food Safety Inspections'' (RIN 0580-AD64), received
July 6, 2005.
EC-2974
July 14, 2005
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``School Food Safety Inspections'' (RIN 0584-AD64), received
July 6, 2005.
EC-2975
July 14, 2005
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation to bring
certain Federal Agricultural programs into compliance with agreements
of the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes.
EC-2976
July 14, 2005
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation entitled
``Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005''.
EC-2977
July 14, 2005
Acting Under Secretary, Rural Development, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency
Improvements Program'' (RIN 0570-AA50), received July 11, 2005.
EC-3060
July 18, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Two Isopropylamine Salts of Alkyl C4 and Alkyl C8-10
Ethoxyphosphate Esters; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance;
Technical Correction'' (FRL No. 7725-1), received July 13, 2005.
EC-3061
July 18, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Sulfuryl Fluoride; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7723-7),
received July 13, 2005.
EC-3108
July 20, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Etoxazole: Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7723-3),
received July 13, 2005.
EC-3109
July 20, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Irish Potatoes Grown in Washington; Order Amending
Marketing Order No. 946'' (Docket Nos. AO-F and V-946-3; FV03-946-01
FR), received July 18, 2005.
EC-3110
July 20, 2005
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Farmer Mac Nonprogram Investments and Liquidity'' (RIN
3052-AC18), received July 18, 2005.
EC-3160
July 25, 2005
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Emerging Markets Program'' (RIN 0551-AA62), received July
21, 2005.
EC-3161
July 25, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; Additional
Restrictions'' (APHIS Docket No. 04-011-3), received July 21, 2005.
EC-3162
July 25, 2005
Administrator, Risk Management Agency, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Nursery Crop Insurance
Provisions'' (RIN 04-011-3), received July 21, 2005.
EC-3163
July 25, 2005
Acting Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Termination of Designation of the State of North Dakota
with Respect to the Inspection of Poultry Products'' (RIN 0583-AD13),
received July 21, 2005.
EC-3221
July 27, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``2,4-D; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7726-8), received
July 25, 2005.
EC-3222
July 27, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Lignosulfonates; Exemptions from the Requirement of a
Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7720-3), received July 25, 2005.
EC-3223
July 27, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Pinoxaden; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7725-5),
received July 25, 2005.
EC-3224
July 27, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Propicaonazole; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL No. 7727-1), received July 25, 2005.
EC-3225
July 27, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Pymetrozine; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7724-5),
received July 25, 2005.
EC-3226
July 27, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Spiromesifen; Pesticide Tolerance; Technical Correction''
(FRL No. 7727-7), received July 25, 2005.
EC-3290
July 28, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Increase in Fees and Charges for Egg, Poultry, and Rabbit
Grading'' ((RIN 0581-AC44)(Docket No. PY-05-001)), received July 25,
2005.
EC-3291
July 28, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Pistachios Grown in California; Establishment of
Procedures for Exempting Handlers from Minimum Quality Testing''
(Docket No. FV05-983-4 IFR), received July 25, 2005.
EC-3292
July 28, 2005
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Pistachios Grown in California; Establishment of Reporting
Requirements'' (Docket No. FV05-983-1 FR), received July 25, 2005.
EC-3293
July 28, 2005
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``For-Profit Center Participation in the Child and Adult
Care Food Program'' (RIN 0584-AD66), received July 25, 2005.
EC-3294
July 28, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled, ``Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone
Designations; New Mexico'' (APHIS Docket No. 04-068-1), received July
27, 2005.
EC-3476
September 6, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Alachlor, Carbaryl, Diazinon, Disulfoton, Pirimiphos-
methyl, and Vinclozolin; Tolerance Revocations'' (FRL No. 7725-6)
received August 8, 2005; to the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3477
September 6, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Topramezone; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 7726-9)
received August 8, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-3478
September 6, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Inert Ingredients; Revocation of Pesticide Tolerance
Exemptions for Three CFC Chemicals'' (FRL No. 7728-5) received August
8, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3479
September 6, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tebuconazole; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL No. 7727-5) received August 8, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3480
September 6, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Acetic Acid; Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7717-2) received August 8, 2005; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3481
September 6, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone
Designations; California'' (APHIS Docket No. 05-010-2) received on
August 1, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-3482
September 6, 2006
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, the report of draft legislation relative
to establifhing a program to revitalize rural multi-family housing; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3483
September 6, 2006
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, the report of draft legislation entitled
``Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act''; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3528
September 6, 2006
Administrator, Risk Management Agency, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled `` General Administrative Regulations, Subpart V-Submission
of Policies, Provisions of Policies, Rated of Premium, and Premium
Reduction Plans'' (RIN0563-AB95) received on August 17, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3529
September 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of rule
entitled ``Imported Fire Ant; Additions to Quarantined Areas in
Arkansis and Tennessee'' (APHIS Docket No. 05-303-1) received on
August 17, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-3530
September 6, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Addition of Malaysia to List of Regions in Which Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 is Considered to Exist''
(APHIS Docket No. 04-091-2) received on August 17, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3531
September 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Asian Longhorned Beetle; Removal of Regulated Areas''
(APHIS Docket No. 05-011-2) received on August 17, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3532
September 6,2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Brucellosis in Swine; Add Florida to List of Validated
Brucellosis-Free States'' (APHIS Docket No. 05-009-2) received on
August 17, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-3721
September 13, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flonicamid; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7731-6) received
August 31, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-3722
September 13, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Methoxyfenozide; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL 7732-3) received Aufust 31, 2005; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3723
September 13, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Halosulfuron-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemption'' (FRL No. 7719-8) received August 31, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3769
September 15, 2005
Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) Plain Language,
Program Accountablity, and Program Flexibility'' (RIN0584-AC84)
received August 22, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-3770
September 15, 2005
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation relative
to providing financial assistance to the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau
under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978; to law, to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3771
September 15, 2005
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, the report of draft bills relative to
changes to the Commodity Credit Corpotation funded Farm Bill programs,
crop insurance and Food Stamp programs and requests authority to
charge fees for several activities; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3901
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Revisions in Requirements for
Certificates of Priviledge'' (FV05-966 1 FR) received on September 18,
2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3902
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Walnuts Grown in California; Suspension of Provision
Regarding Eligibility of Walnut Marketing Board Members'' (FV05-984 a
IFR) received on September 18, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3903
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Irish Potatoes Grown in Washington; Modification of Pack
Requirements'' (FV05-946-3 IFR) received on September 18, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3904
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Oranges, Grapfruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in
Florida; Modifying Procedures and Establishing Regulations of Limit
Shipments of Small Sizes of Red Seedless Grapefruit'' (FV05-905-2 IFR)
received on September 18, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3905
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Myclobutanil; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL7731-2) received on September 7, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3906
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Cyfluthrin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7725-7) received on
September 7, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-3907
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Lactic Acid, 2-Ethylhecyl Ester; Exemption from the
Requriement of a Tolerance'' (FRL7729-5) received on September 7,
2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3908
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``S-metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7716-1) received
on September 7, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-3909
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Aminopyridine, Ammonia, chloropicrin, diazionon, Dihydro-S-
heptl-2(3Ho-furanone, Dihydro-5-pentyl 2(3H)-furanone, and
Vinclozolin'' (FRL7732-5) received on September 7, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3910
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry34Ab1 and Cry34Ab1 Proteins and
the Genetic Material Necessary for Their Production in Corn; Exemption
from the Requirements of a Tolerance'' (FRL7735-4) received on
September 7, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-3911
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Cyhexatin; Tolerance Actions'' (FRL7732-8) received on
September 18, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-3912
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fluoxastrobin Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL7719-9) received
on September 18, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-3913
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Ethylhexyl Glucopyranosides; Exemption from the Requirement
of a Tolerance'' (FRL7729-6) received on ; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3914
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Alkyl Plyglycosides Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance'' (FRL7729-7) received on September 18, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-3915
September 22, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Myclobutanil; Re-Established of a Tolerance for Emergency
Exemption'' (FRL7736-1); to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-4014
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``'' (FRL-); to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4015
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Biomass Research and Development Initiative for Fiscal Year
2004''; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4016
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Preferred Stock'' (RIN3052-AC21) received on September 21,
2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4017
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Investment, Liquidiy and Divestiture'' (RIN3052-AC22)
received on September 21, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4018
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Collection of State Commodity Assessments'' (RIN0560-AH35)
received on September 21, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4019
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Amicarbazone; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7736-3) received on
September 18, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4020
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1 Proteins ans
the Genetic Material Necessary for Their Productins in Corn; Exemption
from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL7735-4) received on
September 18, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4021
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions''
(FRL7737-9) received on September 18, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4022
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Inert Ingredients; Revocation of 34 Pesticide Tolerance
Exemptions for 31 Chemicals'' (FRL7737-3) received on September 18,
2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4023
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Improvalicarb; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7736-2) received
on September 18, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4024
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Lindane; Tolerance Actions'' (FRL7734-3) received on
September 18, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4025
September 28, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Reynoutria Sachalinesis Extract; Exemption from the
Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL7730-3) received on September 18,
2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4088
October 3, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Plant Variety Protection Office Fee Increase'' (RIN0581-
AC42) received on September 26, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4089
October 3, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Nectarines and Peaches Grown in California; Increased
Assessment Rates'' (FV05-916-3 FR) received on September 26, 2005; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4090
October 3, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil
Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quanity and
Allotment Percentage for Class 1 (Scotch) and Class 3 (Native)
Spearmint Oil for the 2005-2006 Marketing Year'' (FV05-985-2 IFR)
received on September 26, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4091
October 3, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Amendment to the Peanut Promotion, Research, and
Information Order'' (FV05-701-IFR) received on September 26, 2005; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4092
October 3, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Milk in the Mideast Marketing Area-Interim Ordr'' (AO-166-
A39; DA-05-01-A) received on September 26, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4093
October 3, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Act; Delegation of
Authority'' (05-012-1) received on September 26, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4094
October 3, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pesticides; Removal of Expired Time-Limited Tolerance
Exemptions'' (FRL7735-8) received on September 26, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4095
October 3, 2005
Principle Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pyridaben; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7738-6) received on
September 26, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4096
October 3, 2005
Principle Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pyriproxyfen; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7737-8) ; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4097
October 3, 2005
Principle Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fenpropathrin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7738-7) ; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4098
October 3, 2005
Principle Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Kasugamycin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7736-4) received on
September 26, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4099
October 3, 2005
Principle Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Muscodor ablus QST 20799 and the Volatiles Produces on
Rehydraton; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL7739-
5) received on September 26, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4187
October 6, 2005
Principle Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL7738-8) received on September 26, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4188
October 6, 2005
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Receivership Repudiation Authorities'' (RIN3052-AC26)
received on October 4, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4189
October 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Mexican Fruit Fly; Quarantined Areas and Treatments for
Regulated Articles'' (02-129-5) received on October 4, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4190
October 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Stall Reservations at Import Quarantine Facilities'' (02-
129-5) received on October 4, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4191
October 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``West Indian Fruit Fly; Regulated Articles'' (04-127-2)
received on October 4, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4258
October 18, 2005
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Services, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program Annual
Renewal Fee'' (RIN0570-AA34) received on October 6, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4259
October 18, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Protected Plant Permits'' (04-137-1) received on October 6,
2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4260
October 18, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Noxious Weed Control and Eradiction Act; Revisions to
Authority Citations'' (FRL7735-8) ; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4261
October 18, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone
Sestinations; Michigan'' (05-035-1) received on October 11, 2005; to
the committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committee on Agriculturectober 18, 2005
Adminitrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Melons Grown in South Texas; Contnued Suspension of
Handling and Assessment Collection Regulations'' (FV05-9798-2 IFR)
received on October 11, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4263
October 18, 2005
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Kiwifruit Grown in California; Relaxation of Pack
Requirements'' (FV05-920-1 FR) received on October 11, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4264
October 18, 2005
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Kiwifruit Grown in California; Increased Assessment Rate''
(FV05-920-1 FR) received on October 11, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4368
October 24, 2005
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Milk in the Appalatian and Southeast Marketing Areas-
Partial Final Rule'' (RIN0581-AC12)(AO-366-A44; DA-03-11) ; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4369
October 24, 2005
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Quality Systems Verification Programs'' (RIN0581-AC12)(LS-
02-10) received on October 18, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4407
October 26, 2005
Chief, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Guaranteed Farm Ownership and Operation Loan Requirements''
(RIN0560-AG65) received on October 21, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4408
October 26, 2005
Chief, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Diary Disaster Assistanceprogram'' (RIN0560-AH28-) received
on October 21, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4474
October 31, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition and Removal of
Quarantined Areas in New Jersey'' (05-066-1) received on October 25,
2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4475
October 31, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Certified Program for Imported Articles of Pelargonium spp.
to Prevent Introduction of Potato Brown Rot'' (03-019-3) received on
October 25, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4566
November 7, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Emerald Ash Borer' Quarantined Areas'' (05-067-1) received
on November 1, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4598
November 8, 2005
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Separtment of
Agrivulture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Addition of San Marino to the List of Countries Eligible to
Export Meat Products to the United States'' (RIN0583-AC91) received on
November 4, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4627
November 15, 2005
Regulatory Analyst, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Review Inspection Requirements for Graded Commodities''
(RIN0580-AA89) received on November 14, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4628
November 15, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Separtment of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Pears Grown in
Oregon and Washington; Control Committee Rules and Regulations;
Correction'' (FV05-927-2) ; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4629
November 15, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Regulations Governing the California Clingstone Peach (Tree
Removal)'' (RIN0581-AC45)(FV05-82-01 FR) received on November 14,
2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4630
November 15, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Domestic Dates Produced or Packaged in Riverside County,
California; Icreased Assesment Rate'' (FV05-987-1 FR) received on
November 14 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4631
November 15, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Admnistrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``S-metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerance Technical Correction''
(FRL7741-7) received on November 14, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4632
November 15, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Admnistrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Sulfosulfuron; Pesticide tolerance for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL7740-1) received on November 14, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4633
November 15, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Admnistrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flucarbazone-Sodium; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance''
(FRL7740-8) received on November 14, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4634
November 16, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Admnistrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2-Bromo-2-Nitro-1, 3-Propamediol (Bronopol); Exemptions
from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL7743-5) received on November
14, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4659
November 16, 2005
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``'' (--) ; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4789
December 13, 2005
Regulatory Officer, Directives and Regulations Branch, Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Travel Managment; Designated Routes and Areas for Motor
Vehicle Use; Final'' (RIN0596-AC11) received on November 28, 2005; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4790
December 13, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tralkoxydim; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7722-6) received on
November 28, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4848
December 15, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flag Smut; Importation of Wheat and Related Products'' (02-
058-3) received on December 5, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4849
December 15, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and
Importation of Commodities; Unsealing of Means of Conveyance and
Transloading of Products'' (03-080-8) received on December 5, 2005; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4850
December 15, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef From Japan''
(05-004-2) received on December 5, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4851
December 15, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Impotation of Fruits and Vegetbles'' (03-048-2) received on
December 5, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4852
December 15, 2005
Administrator, Food Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Marketing and Sale of Fluid Milk in Schools'' received on
December 5, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4853
December 15, 2005
Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Food Stamp Program, Reauthorization: Electronic Benefit
Transfer and Retail Food Stores Provisions of the Food Stamp
Reauthorization Act of 2002'' to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4854
December 15, 2005
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Acetic Acid; pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7753-4) received on
December 12, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-4855
December 15, 2005
Administrator, Housing and Community Facilities Programs, Department of
Agricultre
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Direct Single Family Housing Loans and Grants'' (RIN0575-
AC54) received on December 12, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-4856
December 15, 2005
Regulatory Analyst, Grain Inspectio, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Export Inspection and Weighing Waiver for High Quality
Specialty Grains Transported in Containers'' (RIN0580-AA87) received
on December 12, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5063
December 19, 2005
Secretary, Separtment of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, a report of draft legislation to
authorize improvements to the National Resources Conservation
Foundation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5064
December 19, 2005
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Organization and Functions; Releasinf Information; Privacy
Act Regulations; Farm Credit Administration Board Meetings; and
Enforcement on Nondisreimination of the Basis of Handicap in Programs
or Activities Conducted by the Farm Credit Administration'' (RIN3052-
AB82) received on December 5, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5065
December 19, 2005
Principle Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
'' (FRL7746-5) received on December 16, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5066
December 19, 2005
Congressional Review Aoordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Karnal Bunt; Addition and Removal of Regulated Areas in
Arizona'' (05-078-1) received on Decemer 16, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5067
December 19, 2005
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Services, Separtment of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Milk in the Arizona-Las Vegas marketing Area-Final Order''
(DA-03-04-A; AO-271-A37) received on December 5, 2005; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5119
December 20, 2005
Director, Supplemental Food Programs Division, Food Nutrition Service,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Special Supplemantal Nutrition Program for Women, Infants
and Children (WIC): Vendor Cost Containment'' (RIN0584-AD71) received
on December 8, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5216
January 18, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Adminisrator, Office of Policy, Economics and
Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Dichlormid; Extension of Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance''
(FRL7753-9) received on January 4, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5217
January 18, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Revision of Fees for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Terminal
Market Inspection Services'' (RIN0581-AC46(FV-04-310) received on
January 4, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5218
January 18, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fresh Bartlett Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington;
Termination of Marketing Order No. 931'' (FV05-931-1 FR) received on
January 4, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5219
January 18, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``USDA Farmers Market Operating Procedures'' (RIN0581-
AC39)(TM-04-09) received on January 4, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5220
January 18, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Dried Prunes Produced in California; Decreased assessment
Rate'' (FV05-993-5 FIR) received on January 4, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5297
January 25, 2006
Administrator, Food and Nutritin Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Child and Adult Care Food Program: Age Limits for Children
Receiving Meals in Emergency Shelters'' (RIN0584-AD56) received on
January 6, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5413
January 30, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Aministrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Thymol; Exemption from the Requirement of Tolerance''
(FRL7754-9) received on January 18, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5414
January 30, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications;
Idaho'' (06-011-1) received on January 18, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5415
January 30, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigal, et al; Final
Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2005-2006 Crop Year for Tart
Cherries'' (FV05-930-1 FR) received on January 18, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5416
January 30, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Hazelnuts Grown in Oregon and Washington; Establishment of
Final Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2005-2006 Year'' (FV06-
982-1 IFR) received on January 18, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5417
January 30, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Milk in the Upper Midwest Marketing Area-Final Order'' (AO-
361-A39; DA-04-03-A) received on January 18, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5418
January 30, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil
Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quality and
Allotment Percentage for Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2005-
2006 Marketing Year'' (FV05-985-2 IFR) received on January 18, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5419
January 30, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Walnuts Grown in Californial; Increased Assessment Rate''
(FV05-984-2 FR) received on January 18, 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5420
January 30, 2006
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Addition of Chile to the List of Countries Eligible to
Export Meat and Meat Products to the United States'' (RIN0583-AD16-)
received on January 18, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5421
January 30, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pesticides; Emergency Exemption Process Revisions''
(FRL7749-3) received on January 25, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5422
January 30, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Sorbitol Octanoate; Exemption from the Requirement fo a
Tolerance'' (FRL7757-3) received on January 25, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5423
January 30, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Standards of Performance for Stationary Sas Turbine''
(FRL8025-6-) received on January 25, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5424
January 30, 2006
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2004
Status Report to Congress for the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library
Group Forest Recovery Act Pilot Project; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5522
February 2, 2006
Deputy Chief for National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2004 Report for the
Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Stewardship Project; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5523
February 2, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Treatment of Fruits and Vegetables'' (03-077-2) received on
January 28, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
;
EC-5524
February 2, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone
Designation; Minnesota'' (6-004-1) received on January 31, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5525
February 2, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Add Argentina to the List of Regions Considered Free of
Exotic Newcastle Disease'' (04-083-3) received on January 31, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5594
February 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Adninistrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Envirnomental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Imazethapyr; Pesticide Tolerance'' (7755-8) received on
February 3, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5635
February 8, 2006
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agency's proposed
fiscal year 2007 budget; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-5636
February 8, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Envirnomental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7757-9) received on
February 7, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5637
February 8, 2006
Executive Director, Commodities Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``17 CFR Parts 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40, Technical and
Clarifying Amendments to Rules for Exempt Markets, Derivatives
Clearing Organization Regulation Applications'' (RIN3038-AC23-)
received on February 7, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5638
February 8, 2006
Executive Director, Commodities Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``17 CFR PArt 30, Foreign Futures and Options Transactions
(70 FR75934, December 22, 2005)'' received on February 7, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5639
February 8, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Black Stem Rust; Movement Restrictions and Addition of
Rust-Restraint Varieties'' (04-003-2) received on February 7, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5640
February 8, 2006
Chief, Regulatory Review Group, Departmet of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Cottonseed Payment Program'' (RIN0560-AH29-) received on
February 7, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5641
February 8, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in
Florida; Increased Assessment Rate'' (FV06-905-1 IFR) received on
February 8, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5703
February 13, 2006
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credi Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Governance, Conflict of Interest, Compensation Disclosure,
and Audit Committee Standards'' (RINAC19-) received on February 14,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5770
February 15, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Add Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine to
List of Regions in Which Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype
H5N1 is Considered to Exist'' (APHIS 2006-0010-) received on February
14, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5771
February 15, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Medoterranean Fruit Fly; Add Portions of Los Angeles, San
Bernardino, and Santa Clara Counties, CA, to the List of Quarantined
Areas'' (APHIS-2005-0116) received on February 14, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5802
February 28, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protecion Office
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pesticide Management and Disposal; Standards for Pesticide
Containers and Containment; Notification of the Secretary of
Agriculture'' (RIN2070-AB95)(FRL 7749-1) received on February 22,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5803
February 28, 2006
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Ante-Mortem Inspection of Horses'' (RIN0583-AD21-) received
on February 27, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5804
February 28, 2006
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Changes in Fees for Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products
Inspection Services-Fiscal Yeas 2006-2007'' (RIN0583-AD12) received on
February 27, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5805
February 28, 2006
Chairman, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Golden Parachute and Indemnification Payments'' (RIN3055-
AA08) received on February 27, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5914
March 6, 2006
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report relative the
Administrarion's 2006 compensation program adjustments, including the
Agency's current salary range structure and the performance-based
merit pay matrix; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-5946
March 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office Policy, Economics, and
Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flumiclorac Pentyl; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7746-1)
received on March 7, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-5978
March 13, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Karnal Bunt; Additional and Removal af Regulated Areas in
Arizona'' (05-078-2) received on March 8, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5979
March 13, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Importation of Peppers from Certain Central American
Countries '' (05-003-3) received on Mrch 8, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-5980
March 13, 2006
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Alernative Market Tisk and Credit Risk Capital Charges for
Futures Commission Merchants and Foreign Currency Forward and
Inventory Capital Charges'' (RIN3038-AC05) received on March 8, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6027
March 15, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Admininstrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Triflumizole; Pesticiide Tolerance'' (FRL7765-3) received
on March 13, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6028
March 15, 2006
Adminstrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Irish Potatoes Grown in Colorado; Relaxation of Handling
Regulatings for Area No. 2'' (FV05-948-1 FRA) received on March 13,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6029
March 15, 2006
Adminstrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Raisins Produced from Grapes Grown in California; Decreased
Assessment Rate'' (FV06-989-1 IFR) received on March 13, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6030
March 15, 2006
Adminstrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Establishment of
Continuing Assessment Rates and Modification of the Rules and
Regulations'' (FV05-927-1 FR) received on March 13, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6031
March 15, 2006
Adminstrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Milk in the Pacific Northwest and Arizona-Las Vagas
Marketing Are-Final Order'' (DA-03-04B; AO-368-A23 and AO-271-A37)
received on March 13, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6079
March 27, 2006
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Definition of `Client' of a Commodity Futures Trading
Advisor'' recieved on March 18, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6080
March 27, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pine Shoot Beetle' Interstate Movement of Pine Bark
Products from Quarantined Areas'' received on March 27, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6081
March 27, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tuberculosis; Reduction in Timeframe for Movement of Cattle
and Bison From Modified Accredited and Accreditation Preparatory
States or Zones Withour an Individual Tuberculin Test'' received on
March 27, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6082
March 27, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Emerald Ash Borer; Quarantined Areas'' received on March
27, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6117
March 28, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL7768-3) received on
March 18, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6118
March 28, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Inert Ingredients; Revocation of 29 Pesticide Tolerance
Exemption for 27 Chemicals'' (FRL7760-6) received on March 18, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6119
March 28, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7766-8) received on
March 18, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6120
March 28, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Modified cry3A Protein and the Generic Material for its
Production in Corn; Extension of a Temporaru Exemption from the
Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL7766-6) received on March 18, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6121
March 28, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Avocados Grown
in South Florida; Florida Avocado Maturity Requirements; Corrections
'' (FV06-915-1) received on March 16, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6122
March 28, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Amendment to the Potato Research and Promotion Plan'' (FV-
05-702 IFR) received on March 16, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6123
March 28, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Update and Clarify a Shell Egg Grading Definition'' (PY-05-
003) received on March 16, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6124
March 28, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Olives Grown in California; Decreased Assessment Rule''
(FV06-932-1 IFR) received on March 16, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6125
March 28, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas'' (05-
027-2) received on March 16, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6126
March 28, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Karnal Bunt; Criteria for Releasing Fields from
Regulation'' (04-134-2) received on March 16, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6127
March 28, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Forest Service Tribal Relations Enhancement Act 2006''; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6242
April 3, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of proposed
legislation to amend and appeal certain portions of law governing the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Export Credit Guarantee Programs,
including the Sopplier Credit Guarantee Program (SCGP); to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6243
April 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fenhexamid; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7769-6) received on
March 28, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6244
April 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fenpropimorph; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7761-3) received
on March 28, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6245
April 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Trifloxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7759-9) received
on March 28, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6246
April 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flonicamid; Peticide Tolerance'' (FRL 7769-1) received on
March 28, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6285
April 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pyraclostrobin; Pesicide Tolerance'' (7772-8) received on
April 4, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6286
April 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Novaluron; Pesticide Tolerance'' (7756-8) received on April
4, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6287
April 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Emamectin; Pesticied Tolerance'' (FRL7765-4) received on
April 4, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6288
April 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``FD&C Blue No.1 PEG Derivatives; Exemptions from the
Requirements of a Tolerance'' (FRL7765-1) received on April 4, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6348
April 7, 2006
Legislative Affairs Branch, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Healthy Forests Reserve Program Interim Final Rule'' (7 CFR
Part 625) received on April 6, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6349
April 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Aministrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7770-4) received
on April 6, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-64333
April 25, 2006
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a draft
legislation to quthorize the Sevretary of dispose of certain National
Forest System lands and retain receipts; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6434
April 25, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Aministrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Cyfluthrin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL7766-2) received on
April 12, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6435
April 25, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Aministrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Sodium Metasilicate; Amendment to an Exemption from the
Requirement of Tolerance'' (FRL8063-5) received on April 12, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6436
April 25, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal ans Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Improtation of Small Lots of Seed Without Phytosanitary''
(RIN0579-AB78)(02-119-2) received on April 18, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6437
April 25, 2006
Cheif, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Transfer of Sugar Program Marketing Allocations'' (RIN0560-
AH37) received on April 12, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6438
April 25, 2006
Director, Regulartory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Acreage Reports and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance
Program '' (RIN0560-AG20) received on April 12, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6520
April 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office Policy, Economics, and
Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Benzaldehyde, Captafol, Hexaconaole, Paraformaldehyde,
Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate, and Tetradifon; Tolerance Actions''
(FRL8065-1) received on April 25, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6521
April 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office Policy, Economics, and
Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pantoea Agglomerans Strain C9-1; Exemption from the
Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL7772-6) received on April 25, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6582
May 1, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural; Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Eligibility Requirements for USDA Graded Shell Eggs''
(RIN0581-AC50)(PY-98-006) received on April 25, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6583
May 1, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural; Marketing Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Nectarines and Peaches Grown in California; Revision of
Handling Requirements for Fresh Nectarines and Peaches'' (FV06-916/
917-1 IFR) received on April 25, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6584
May 1, 2006
Administrator, Agticulture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Sweet Cherries Grown in Designated Counties in Washington;
Removal of Container Regulations'' (FV06-923-1 IFR) received on April
25, 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6585
May 2, 2006
Regulatory Officer, Directives and Regulations Branch, Forest Servcie,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Free
Use to Individuals; Delegation of Authority'' (RIN0596-AC09) received
on April 25, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6586
May 1, 2006
Regulatory Officer, Directives and Regulations Branch, Forest Servcie,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Land Uses; Special Uses; Recovery of Costs for Processing
Special Use Applications ans Monitoring Compliance with Special Use
Authorities'' (RIN0596-AC09) received on April 25, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6587
May 1, 2006
Regulatory Officer, Directives and Regulations Branch, Forest Servcie,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Resource Agency Procedures for Conditions and Prescriptions
in Hydropower Licenses'' (RIN0596-AC42) received on April 25, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6588
May 1, 2006
Regulatory Officer, Directives and Regulations Branch, Forest Servcie,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Timber
Sale Contracts; Indices to Determine Market-Related Contract Term
Additions'' (RIN0596-AC29) received on April 25, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6589
May 1, 2006
Regulatory Officer, Directives and Regulations Branch, Forest Servcie,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Recreation Fees'' (RIN0596-AC35) received on April 25 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6590
May 1, 2006
Regulatory Officer, Directives and Regulations Branch, Forest Servcie,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``National Forest System Land Management Planning'' (RIN0596-
AC43) received on April 25, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6633
May 2, 2006
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Assessment of the Cattle, Hog, and Poultry Industries''; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6634
May 2, 2006
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Act of
2006''; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6635
May 2, 2006
Legislative Affairs Branch Chief, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Grassland Reserve Program Final Rule'' (RIN0578-AA38)
received on April 28, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6636
May 2, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Gypsy Moth Generally Infesed Areas; Ohio, West Virginia,
and Wisconsin'' (APHIS-2006-0029) received on May 1, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6637
May 2, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tuberculosis in Captive Cervids; Extend Interval for
Conducting Reaccreditation Test'' (04-094-2) received on May 1, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6638
May 2, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``States Approved To Receive Stallions and Mares From CEM
Affected Regions; Indiana '' (APHIS-2006-0020) received on May 1,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6639
May 2, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Deparetment of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Oranges, Grapefruit, Toangerines, and Tangelos Grown in
Florida; Modifying Porcedures and Establishing Regulations to Limit
Shipments of Small Sizes of Red Seeless Grapefruit'' (FV05-905-2 FIR)
received on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-6640
May 2, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Deparetment of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.;
Change in Certain Provisions/Procedures Under the Handling Regulations
for Tart Cherries'' (FV05-905-2 FIR) received on May 1, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6641
May 2, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Deparetment of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil
Produced in the Far West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages
for the 2006-2007 Marketing Year'' (FV06-985-1 FR) received on May 1,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6642
May 2, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Deparetment of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Apricots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington;
Tempporaru Suspension of Containet Regulations'' (FV06-922-1 IFR)
received on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-6643
May 2, 2006
Pricipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innocation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Glufosinate Ammonium; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8060-3)
received on May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-6644
May 2, 2006
Pricipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innocation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fomesafen; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8062-6) received on
May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6645
May 2, 2006
Pricipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innocation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolernce'' (FRL8057-5) received on
May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6646
May 2, 2006
Pricipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innocation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Azoxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8063-2) received on
May 1, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6647
May 2, 2006
Pricipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innocation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8064-4) received on May
1, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6648
May 2, 2006
Pricipal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innocation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Dimethenamid-p; Pseticide Tolerance'' (FRL7770-8) ; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6784
May 8, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Citrus from Peru'' (03-113-3) received on May 3, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6785
May 8, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Milk in the Northeast et al; Final Rule'' (DA-06-06; AO-14-
A75, et al.) received on May 3, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6786
May 8, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, the report of seven seperate user fee
proposals which would shift the funding of the covered activities from
the government to the beneficiaries of the activities; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6862
May 17, 2006
Director, Regulatory Teciew Group, Commodity Credit Corporation,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Milk Income Loss Contact Program'' (RIN0560-AH47) received
on May 15, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-6904
May 18, 2006
Administrator,Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Order
Amending Orders'' (DA-06-06; AO-14-A75, et al.) received on May 17,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6905
May 18, 2006
Administrator,Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fresh Prunes Grown in Designated Counties in Washington and
in Umatilla County, Oregon; Suspension of Handling Regulations,
Establishment of Reporting Requirements, and Suspention of the Fresh
Prune Import Regulation'' (FV06-924-1 IRF) received on May 17, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6906
May 18, 2006
Administrator,Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Amendment to the Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and
Information Order: Adjust Representation of the Hass Avocado Board''
(FV06-701-IFR) received on May 17, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6911
May 23, 2006
Cogressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plat Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Add Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine to
list of Regions in Which Highly pathagenic Avian Influenza Subtype
H5N1 is Considered to Exist'' (APHIS-2006-0010) received on May 22,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6929
May 25, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Commodity Credit Corporation,
Departmant of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Grains and Similarly Handled Commidities-Marketing
Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Paymentts for the 2006 through
2007 Crop Years; Cotton'' (RIN0560-AH49) received on May 24, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6930
May 25, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Commodity Credit Corporation,
Departmant of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Percentages for Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program Advance
Payments'' (RIN0560-AH49) received on May 24, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6931
May 25, 2006
Principal Deputy Assocciate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pesticides; Minimal Risk Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL8062-3)
received on May 24, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-6932
May 25, 2006
Principal Deputy Assocciate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Terbacil; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8057-9) received on May
24, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6981
June 6, 2006
Principal Deputy Assocciate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Zoxamide; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8057-5) received on May
31, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6982
June 6, 2005
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Requirements for Requests to Amend Import Regulations''
(APHIS-02-132-2) received on May 31, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6983
June 6, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Emerald Ash Borer; Quarantined Areas; Indiana, Michigan,
and Ohio'' (APHIS-2006-0046) received on May 31, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6984
June 6, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Importation of Baby Corn and Baby Carrots from Zambia''
(05-059-2) received on May 31, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6985
June 6, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas;
Wisconsin'' (APHIS-2006-0039) received on May 31, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6986
June 6, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Standards for Privately Owned Quarintine Facilities for
Ruminants'' (00-022-2) received on May 31, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-6987
June 6, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2005 Section 32 Hurricane Disaster Programs'' (RIN0560-
AH45) received on May 31, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7204
June 20, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Budget Proposals''; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7205
June 20, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fenarimol' Peticide Tolerance'' (FRL8061-4); to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7206
June 20, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8070-2) received
on June 6, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-7207
June 20, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Methoxyfenozide; Pesticied Tolerance'' (FRL8069-5) received
on June 6, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-7208
June 20, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Potassium Silicate; Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance'' (FRL8069-6) received on June 6, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7209
June 20, 2006
Deputy Chief for National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2005 Report for the
Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Stewardship Project; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7210
June 20, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``National Organic Program-Revisions to Livestock Standards
Based on Court Order (Harvey v. Johanns) and 2005 Amendment to the
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990'' (RIN0581-AC60)(TM-06-06-FR)
received on June 7, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-7211
June 20, 2006
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Food Stamps Program: Civil Rights Data Collection''
(RIN0584-AC75) received on June 7, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7212
June 20, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Importation of Fruits and Vegetables; Untreated Citrus from
Mexico'' (03-048-3) received on June 6, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7213
June 20, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Citrus Canker; Compensation for Certified Citrus Nursery
Stock'' (RIN0579-AC05-)(APHIS-2006-0033) received on June 8, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7214
June 20, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Emergency Conservation Program'' (RIN0560-AH43) received on
June 8, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-7215
June 20, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Conservation Reserve Program-Emergency Forestry
Conservation Program'' (RIN0560-AH44) received on June 8, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7216
June 20, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Grains and Similarly Handled Commodities Marketing
Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for the 2006 Through
2007 Crop Years'' (RIN0560-AH38) received on June 8, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7217
June 20, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bacillus mycoedes isolate J; Temporary Exemption from the
Requirement of Tolerance'' (FRL8072-3) received on June 12, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7320
June 26, 2006
Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Food Stamp Program: Employment and Training Program
Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002''
received on June 14, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-7321
June 26, 2006
Senior Program Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Food Stamps Program: Employment and Training Program
Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002''
(RIN0584-AD32) received on June 14, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7322
June 26, 2006
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Addition of People's Republic of China to the List of
Countries to Export Processed Poulty Products to the United States''
(RIN0583-AD20) received on June 15, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7323
June 26, 2006
Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Disregard of Overpayments in the Child and Adult Care Food
Program, National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program''
(RIN0584-AD68-) received on June 15, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7324
June 26, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``States Approved to Recieve Stallions and Mares from CEM-
Affected Regions: Indiana'' (APHIS-206-0020) received on June 18,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7325
June 26, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan; Redistricting''
(FV-05-704-IFR) received on June 21, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7326
June 26, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Melons Grown in South Texas; Termination of Marketing Order
979'' (FV06-979-1 FR) received on June 21, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7327
June 26, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Vidalia Onions Grown in Georgia; Revision of Reporting and
Assessment Requirments '' (FV06-955-1 IFR) received on June 21, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7392
June 29, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Myclobutanil; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8068-2) received on
June 22, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-7393
June 29, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Technical Amendments; change of Adress for the Office of
Pesticide Programs'' (FRL8070-7) received on June 18, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7394
June 29, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8073-9) received on
June 18, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-7418
June 29, 2006
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Amendment to the Peanut Promotion, Research, and Informatin
Order'' (FV-05-701-FR) received on June 22, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7419
June 29, 2006
Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Sweet Cherries Grown in Designated Counties in Washington;
Decreased Assessment Rate'' (FV06-923-2 IFR) received on June 22,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7422
July 10, 2006
Equal Employment Opportunity Director, Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Administrator's
Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation
Act Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2005; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7423
July 10, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2005 Section 32 Hurricane Disaster Programs'' (RIN0560-
AH45-) received on July 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7424
July 10, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Appeal Procedures'' (RIN0560-AG88) received on July 6,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7479
July 12, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Add Denmark to the List of Regions Free of Exotic Newcastle
Disease'' (02-089-3) received on July 6, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7480
July 12, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Standards for Approval of Warehouses for Storage of CCC
Commodities'' (RIN-0560-AE50) received on July 6, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7587
July 20, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Marketing Order Regulating the handling of Spearmint Oil
Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and
Allotment Percentage for Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2006-
2007 Marketing Year'' (FV06-985-2 IFR) received on July 13, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7588
July 20, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry1A.105 Protein and the Genetic
Material Necessary for Its Production in Corn in or on All Corn
Commodities; Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance''
(FRL8076-5) received on June 13, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7625
July 24, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 Protien and the Genetic
Material Necessary for Its Prosuction in Corn in or on All Corn
Commodities; Teporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance''
(FRL8076-6) received on July 13, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7631
July 24, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Butene, Homopolymer; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL8075-8)
received on July 18, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-7657
July 27, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Gypsy Moth; Regulated Articles'' (RIN0579-AB55-)(00-067-2)
received on July 21, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-7658
July 27, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Asian Longhorned Beetles; Removal of Quarantined Area in
Illinios'' (APHIS-2006-0105) received on July 21, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7659
July 27, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program and
Interstate Movement of Farmed or Captive Deer, Elk, and Moose''
(RIN0579-AB35-)(00-108-3) received on July 24, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7660
July 27, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Imported Fire Ant; Addition of Counties in Arkansas and
Tennessee to the List of Quaratined Areas'' (APHIS-2006-0080) received
on July 26, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-7661
July 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2-Propenoic Acid, 2-Meth-, Polymer with Butyl 2-Propenoate,
Methyl 2-Methyl-Propenoate, Methyl 2-Propenoate and 2-Propenoic Acid,
Graft, Compound with 2-Amino-2Methyl-1-Propanol; Tolerance Exemption''
(FRL8077-4) received on July 25, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7662
July 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2-Propenic, 2-Methyl-, Polmers with Ethl Acrylate and
Polyethlene Glycol Methlacrylate C18-22alkyl Ethers; tolerance
Exemptions'' (FRL-8078-3) received on July 25, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7663
July 27, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Revisions of Delegations of Authority'' (RIN0560-AE51-)
received on July 26, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-7823
August 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2-Propenoic Acid, 2-Methyl-, Polymer with Ethenylbenzene,
2-Ethylhexyl 2-Propenoate, 2-Hydroxyethyl 2-Propenoate, N-
(Hydroxymethyl) -2-Methyl-20Propenamide and Methyl 2-Methyl-2-
Progenoate, Ammonium Salt; tolerance Exemption'' (FRL8077-5) received
on July 27, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-7824
August 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2H-Azepin-2-one, 1-Ethenylhexahydro-, Homopolymer 1;
Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL8075-7) received on July 27, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7825
August 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Alachlor, Cholorothalonil, Methomyl, Metribuzin,
Thiodicarb; Order Denying Petition to Revoke Tolerance'' (FRL8079-8)
received on July 27, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-7826
August 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fenhexomid; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRl8079-2) received on
July 27, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-7827
August 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Inert Ingredients; Revocation of Two Tolerance Exemptions''
(FRL8079-9) received on July 27, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7828
August 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Inert Ingredient; Revocation of Wheat Bran Tolerance
Exemption'' (FRL8080-1-) received on July 27, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7829
August 3, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environment Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``oxirane, Methyl-, Polymer with Oxirane, Monobuthyl Ether;
Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL8078-4) received on July 27, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7830
August 3, 2006
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Foreign Futures and Options transactions, 17 CFR Part 30
(71 FR 40395, July 17, 2006)'' (71 FR 40395--) received on July 27,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7831
August 3, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Nectarines and Peaches Grown in California; Order Amending
Marketing Order Nos. 916 and 917'' (AO-90-A7; FV05-916-1) received on
July 31, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-7832
August 3, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Interim Final rule Amending the Egg Research and Promotion
Rules and Regulations to Redistrict Goegraphic Areas'' (PY-06-001)
received on July 31, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
EC-7833
August 3, 2006
Administrative, Poultry Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Updating Administrative Requirements for Voluntary Shell
Egg, Poultry, and Rabbit Grading'' (RIN0581-AC25) received on July 31,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7834
August 3, 2006
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Irish potatoes Grown in Colorado; Suspension of Continuous
Assessment Rate'' (FV06-948-1 IFR) received on July 31, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7835
August 3, 2006
Director of the Regulatory Review Group, Farm Agency, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Regulations Regarding Employee Conflicts of Interest''
(RIN0560-AH57) received on August 1, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7836
August 3, 2006
Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Uniformed Federal Assistance Regulations; Nondiscretionary
Technical Amendments'' (RIN0584-AD16) received on August 1, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7837
August 3, 2006
Executive Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Joint Final Rules: Application of the Definition of
Carroeing-Based Security Index to Debt Securities Indexes and Security
Futures on Debt Securities, 17 CFR Part 240 (71 39534, July 13,
2006)'' (RIN3235-AJ54) received on August 2, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7838
August 3, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plat Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Citrus Canker; Quarantine of hte State of Florida'' (06-
114-1) received on August 1, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8021
September 5, 2006
Chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Organization; Termination of System Institution Status''
(RIN3052-AC29) received on August 8, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8022
September 5, 2006
Executive Director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Recognitionof Multilateral Clearing Organizations'' (71 FR
10968) received on August 18, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8023
September 5, 2006
Executive Director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Market and Large Trading Reporting'' (RIN3038-AC22)
received on August 18, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8024
September 5, 2006
Director of the Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department
of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Gauranteed Loans-Retaining PLP Status ofnd Payment of
Interest Accrued During Bankruptcy and Redemption Rights Periods''
(RIN0560-AH07) received on August 15, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8025
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Azoxystrbin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL-8086-9) ; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8026
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Dimethenamid; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8079-3) received on
August 15, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8027
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Triflumizole; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8078-1) received on
August 15, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8028
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Inert Ingredient; Revocation of the Tetrahydrofurfyl
Alcohol (THFA) Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL8082-2) received on August 3,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8029
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Inert Ingredients; Revocation of Tolerance Exemptions with
Insufficient Data for Reassessment'' (FRL8084-1) received on August 3,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8030
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Inert Ingredient; Revocation of the Tolerance Exemption for
Mono- and Bis-(1H, 1H, 2H-perfluoroalkyl) Phosphated Where the Alkyl
Group is Even Numbered and in the C-6-C12 Range'' (FRL8082-3) received
on August 3, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8031
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Isophorone; Exemption from the Requirement of Tolerance''
(FRL8082-1) received on August 3, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8032
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bifenthrin; Pesticide tolerance'' (FRL8081-7) received on
August 15, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8033
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate; Tolerance Exemption in or on
Various Food and Feed Commodities'' (FRL8085-3) received on August 15,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8034
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8081-8) received on
August 15, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8035
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Lepidopteran Pheromones; Exemption from the Requirement of
a Tolerance'' (FRL8083-8) received on August 15, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8036
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pesticide Management and Disposal; Standards for Pesticied
Containers and Containment'' (FRL8076-25) received on August 15, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8037
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pesticide; Procedural Regulations for Registration Review''
(FRL8080-4) received on August 15, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8038
September 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Inorganic Bromide; Tolerance Actions'' (FRL8077-6) received
on August 15, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8127
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Eucalyptus Oil; Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance'' (FRL8089-7) received on September 6, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8128
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Epoxiconazole; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8080-9) received
on September 6, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8129
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolernce'' (FRL8090-2) received on
September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8130
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Ethofumesate; Pesticed Tolerance'' (FRL8086-2) received on
September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8131
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``S-metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8090-2) received
on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8132
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Benthiavalicarb-Isopropyl; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8084-
6) ; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8133
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Paraquat Dichloride'' (FRL8089-3) received on September 5,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8134
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Propoxycarbazone; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8091-4)
received on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8135
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Kresoxim-methyl; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8088-1) received
on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8136
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fenpyroxmate; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8087-6) received on
September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8137
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Phosphorous Acid; Exemption from the Requirement of a
Tolerance'' (FRL8084-3) received on September 5, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8138
September 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Quinoxyfen; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8088-8) received on
September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8139
September 7, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a draft
legislation to improve the Food Stamp Program by amending the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 and the Social Security Act; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8140
September 7, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a draft
legislation to amend the Child nutriton Act of 1966; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8141
September 7, 2006
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``State Administrative Expense Funds'' (RIN0584-AD53-)
received on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8142
September 7, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Importation of Tomates from Certain Central Amrican
Countries'' (APHIS-2006-0009) received on September 5, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8143
September 7, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection
Service'' (04-042-2) received on September 5, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8144
September 7, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Untreated Oranges, Tangerines, and Grapefruit from Mexico
Transiting the United States to Foreign Countries'' (00-086-2) ; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8145
September 7, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Interstate Movement of Garbage from Hawaii; Municipal Solid
Waste'' (05-022-4) received on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8146
September 7, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Agricultural Inspection and AQI User Fees Along the U.S./
Canada Border'' (APHIS-2006-0096) received on September 5, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8147
September 7, 2006
Director of the Regulatory Review Group, Commodity Credit Corporation,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Cooperative Marketing Associations'' (RIN0560-AH42)
received on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8148
September 7, 2006
Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order;
Amendment No. 2 to Change the Name of the U.S.A. Cultivated Blueberry
Council and Increase Membership'' (FV-03-701-FR) received on September
5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8149
September 7, 2006
Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Aprocots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington;
Temporary Relaxation of the Minimum Grade Requirement'' (FV06-922-2
IFR) ; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8150
September 7, 2006
Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Beef Promotion and Research Program: Amend the Order to
Reduce Assessment levels for Imported Beef and Beef Products'' (LS-01-
06 FR) received on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8151
September 7, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``User Fees for 2006 Crop Classification Service to Growers''
(RIN0581-AC58)(CN-06-001) received on September 5, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8256
September 12, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition and Removal of
Quarantined Areas in New Jersey'' (05-066-2) received on September 8,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8257
September 12, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas;
Wisconsin'' (APHIS-2006-0039) received on September 8, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8317
September 18, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Difenoconazole; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8085-1) received
on September 14, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8318
September 18, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Endosulfan, Fenarimol, Imazalil, Oryzalin, Sodium
Acifluorfen, Trifluralin, and Ziram; Tolerance Actions'' (FRL8077-9)
received on September 14, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8329
September 19, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pantoea Agglomerans Strain E325; Exemption from the
Requirement of a Tolerance '' (FRL8091-6) received on September 15,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8330
September 19, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Metrafenone; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8093-7) received on
September 15, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8331
September 19, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Dithianon; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8090-5) received on
September 15, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8332
September 19, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Etofenprox; Pesticide Tolernaces for Emergency Exemptions''
(FRL8089-2) received on September 15, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8367
September 19, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications;
Wyoming'' (APHIS-2006-0138) received on September 18, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8368
September 19, 2006
Director, Office of Energy Policy and News Uses, Department of
Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Office of Energy Policy and New uses; Designation of
Biobased Items for Federal Procurement'' (RIN0503-AA26) received on
September 18, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8369
September 19, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a proposed
amendment to the Rural Electrification Act fo 1936; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8390
September 21, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Buprofezin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8092-2) received on
September 20, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8391
September 21, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Ethaboxam; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8091-5) received on
September 20, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8392
September 21, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fenamidone; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemption''
(FRL8093-3) received on September 20, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8393
September 21, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Fenbuconazole; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8093-9) received
on September 20, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8394
September 21, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Propiconzole; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8092-1) received on
September 20, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8395
September 21, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Trifloxystrobin; Pesticied Toleracne'' (FRL8093-8) received
on September 20, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8396
September 21, 2006
Regulatory Analyst, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``United States Standards for Soybeans'' (RIN0580-AA90)
received on September 21, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8435
September 27, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Separtment of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Importation of Table Grapes from Namibia'' (APHIS-2006-
0025) received on September 22, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8436
September 27, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Commodity Credit Corporation,
Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Storage, Handling, and Ginning Requirements for Cotton
Marketing Assistance Loan Collateral'' (RIN0560-AH48-) received on
September 22, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8437
September 27, 2006
Under Secretary, Research Education Economics, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program-
Revisions to Administrative Provisions'' (RIN0524-AA32) received on
September 22, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8446
September 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bentazon, Carboxin, Dipropyl Isocinchomeronate, Oils of
Lemongrass (Oil of Lemon) and Oil of Orange; Tolerance Actions''
(FRL8093-5) received on September 22 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8447
September 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flufenoxuron; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8092-3) received on
September 22, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8448
September 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Metconazole; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8085-2) received on
September 22, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8449
September 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Quizalofop Ethyl; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8094-5)
received on September 22, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8450
September 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``p-Chlorophenoxyacetic Acid, Glyphosate, Difenzoquat, and
Hexazinone; Tolerance Actions'' (FRL8089-6) received on September 22,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8451
September 27, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL8092-6) received
on September 22, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8452
September 27, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Low Pathogenic Acian Ingluenza; Voluntary Control Program
and Payment of Indemnity'' (APHIS-2005-0109) received on September 22,
2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8477
November 9, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flumetsulam; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8092-7)
received on September 29, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8478
November 9, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Soybean Oil, Ethoxylated; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL No.
8092-4) received on September 29, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8479
November 9, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Acetic Acid Ethenyl Ester, Polymer with 1-Ethenyl-2-
Pyrrolidinone; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL No. 8092-5) received on
September 29, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8503
November 9, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Pine Shoot Beetle Host Material from Canada'' (Docket No.
00-073-3) received on October 3, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8504
November 9, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Noxious Weeds; South African Ragwort and Madagascar
Ragwort'' (Docket No. APHIS-2006-0019) received on October 3, 2006; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8505
November 9, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program - Tropical
Regions'' (RIN0560-AH19) received on October 3, 2006; to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8614
November 9, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
A communication, transmitting, the report of draft legislation entitled
``Healthy Forests Partnership Act''; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8615
November 9, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL No. 8098-5) received on October 4, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8616
November 9, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Asian Longhorned Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas''
(Docket No. APHIS-2006-0127) received on October 4, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8667
November 9, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of the Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Novaluron; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions''
(FRL No. 8098-8) received on October 23, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8739
November 9, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Bacillus Thuringiensis Modified Cry3A Protein and the
Genetic Material Necessary for Its Production in Corn; Exemption from
the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8096-4) received on October
24, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8928
November 13, 2006
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``For-Profit Center Participation in the Child and Adult Care
Food Program'' (RIN0584-AD66) received on November 6, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8929
November 13, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Removal of Obsolete Regulations'' (RIN0560-AH65) received
on November 6, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-8930
November 13, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Imported Fire Ant; Addition of Counties in Arkansas and
Tennessee to the List of Quarantined Areas'' (Docket No. APHIS-2006-
0080) received on November 6, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9062
December 5, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas; Addition of Areas in
Virginia'' (Docket No. APHIS-2006-0171) received on November 16, 2006;
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9063
December 5, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Oriental Fruit Fly; Add a Portion of San Bernardino County,
CA, to the List of Quarantined Areas'' (Docket No. APHIS-2006-0151)
received on November 16, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9064
December 5, 2006
Under Secretary (Rural Development), Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Amend the Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program
Regulation to Implement the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996''
(RIN0570-AA54) received on November 16, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9065
December 5, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Change in Disease Status of Namibia with Regard to Foot-
and-Mouth Disease and Rinderpest'' (Docket No. APHIS-2006-0037)
received on November 16, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9066
December 5, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Importation of Shelled Garden Peas from Kenya'' (Docket No.
APHIS-2006-0073) received on November 16, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9067
December 5, 2006
Congressional Review Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Karnal Bunt; Regulated Areas'' (Docket No. APHIS-2006-0149)
received on November 16, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9068
December 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Application of Pesticides to Waters of the United States in
Compliance with FIFRA'' ((RIN2040-AE79)(FRL No. 8248-1)) received on
November 16, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-9069
December 5, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Diflubenzuron; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8103-8)
received on November 16, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9190
December 6, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2005 Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment Program'' (RIN0560-
AH59) received on December 4, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9191
December 6, 2006
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Department of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``2005 Cottonseed Payment Program'' (RIN0560-AH63) received
on December 4, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
EC-9226
December 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Clothianidin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8105-5)
received on December 4, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9227
December 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Cyproconazole; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency
Exemptions'' (FRL No. 8093-4) received on December 4, 2006; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9228
December 7, 2006
Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics
and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency
A communication, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule
entitled ``Paraquat Dichloride; Pesticide Tolerance Correction'' (FRL
No. 8100-3) received on December 4, 2006; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-9229
December 7, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture
A communication, transmitting, a report of draft legislation that would
provide relief and assistance to the village of Caseyville, Illinois
regarding flood prevention and easement issues; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
POM-1
February 17, 2005
Senate of the Legislature of the State of Michigan
A resolution adopted, relative to the Specialty Crop Competitiveness
Act.
POM-2
February 17, 2005
Assembly of the State of California
A joint resolution adopted, relative to the specialty crops.
POM-28
March 3, 2005
Legislative Research Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
A resolution adopted, relating to tobacco growers selling their excess
2004 crop.
POM-87
June 16, 2005
Legislature of the State of Washington
A joint memorial adopted, relative to the importation of Canadian beef
and the reestablishment of export markets for United States beef.
POM-142
July 20, 2005
Legislature of the State of Michigan
A resolution adopted relative to the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) providing assistance, including additional
emergency funding, in the effort to mitigate the infestation of the
Emerald Ash Borer.
POM-292
May 10, 2006
Legislature of the State of Michigan
A resolution adopted relative to funding fully the the Select Michigan
Agriculture Program through the United States Department of
Agriculture
POM-293
May 10, 2006
house of Representatives of the Legislature of the State of Arizona
A concurrent memorial adopted relative to enacting a 2007 Farm Bill that
is supportive of the specialty crop industry
POM-319
May 15, 2006
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
A resolution adopted relative to urging support for the ``25 by 25''
initiative promoting agriculture-based renewable energy
POM-320
May 15, 2006
Senate of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana
A concurrent resolution adopted relative to taking such actions as are
necessary to continue funding and operation of the United States
Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service located in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
POM-339
June 5, 2006
House of Representatives of the Legislature of the State of Arizona
A concurrent memorial adopted relative to urging the United States
Congress to enact an agricultural commuter worker permit program
WATERSHED PROJECTS
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HEARINGS
HEARINGS--CONTINUED
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Nomination of Governor Michael Johanns to be the U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture--Full Committee--January 6, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-012)
Business Meeting--Full Committee--January 26, 2005.
Examining the Effects of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) on U.S.
Imports and Exports of Cattle and Beef--Full Committee--February 3,
2005. (S. Hrg. 109-040)
Reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission--Full
Committee--March 8 & 10, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-89)
Discussion of School Nutrition Programs--Full Committee--March 15, 2005.
(S. Hrg. 109-124)
Nomination of Charles F. Conner to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture--
Full Committee--April 6, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-283)
To Consider Nomination of Thomas Dorr to be Under Secretary of
Agriculture for Rural Development and to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation--Full Committee--April
27, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-274)
Business Meeting--Full Committee--May 17, 2005.
Review of U.S. Grain Standards Act--Full Committee--May 25, 2005. (S.
Hrg. 109-337)
CAFTA-DR: Potential Impacts on Agriculture and Food Sectors--Full
Committee--June 7, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-454)
CFTC Nominations: Commissioner and Chairman--Full Committee--June 9,
2005. (S. Hrg. 109-332)
Review Future Agriculture and Food Biotechnology Developments--Full
Committee--June 14, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-438)
USDA Food Safety Under Secretary Nominee Dr. Richard A. Raymond--Full
Committee--June 22, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-455)
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999--Full Committee--June 22,
2005. (S. Hrg. 109-456)
Review the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 and Related Crop
Insurance Issues--Full Committee--June 28, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-509)
Biosecurity and Agro-Terrorism--Full Committee--July 20, 2005. (S. Hrg.
109-457)
Business Meeting--Full Committee--July 21, 2005.
Supporting Species Conservation through the Farm Bill--Subcommittee on
Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization--July 26, 2005. (S.
Hrg. 109-439)
Oversight of the Conservation Reserve Program--Subcommittee on Forestry,
Conservation, and Rural Revitilization--July 27, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-
489)
To Review the Status of the World Trade Organization Negotiations on
Agriculture--Full Committee--September 21, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-490)
To Discuss Oversight of the Forest and Rangeland Research Program of the
U.S. Forest Service--Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural
Revitilization--October 27, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-491)
Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005 (PAWS)--Subcommittee on Research,
Nutrition, and General Legislation--November 8, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-
338)
Discussion on Agriculture Transportation and Energy Issues--Full
Committee--November 9, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-510)
Nomination of James McRae Andrew and Charles R. Christopherson--Full
Committee--November 10, 2005. (109-488)
The Role of U.S. Agriculture in the Control and Eradication of Avian
Influenza--Full Committee--November 17, 2005. (S. Hrg. 109-508)
Biosecurity Coordination--Subcommittee Field Hearing; Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania--January 9, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-619)
To Review USDA Management and Oversight of the Packers and Stockyard
Act--Full Committee--March 9, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-620)
Nominations for USDA: Rutherford, Buchanan, Desselman, and Strachan--
Full Committee--March 14, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-713)
The State of the Biofuels Industry--Full Committee--April 26, 2006. (S.
Hrg. 109-714)
Review the Implementation of the Peanut Provisions of the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002--Full Committee Hearing--May 2, 2006.
(S. Hrg. 109-622)
Review the Implementation of the Sugar Provisions of the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002--Full Committee Hearing--May 10,
2006. (S. Hrg. 109-625)
To Review the USDA Response Plan to Direct and Control the Potential
Spread of Avian Influenza Into the United States--Full Committee--May
11, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-798)
To Review the USDA Rural Utilities Service Broadband Program--Full
Committee--May 17, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-799)
Agriculture Conservation Programs--Full Committee--June 7, 2006. (S.
Hrg. 109-820)
To Review USDA Farm Loan Programs--Full Committee--June 13, 2006. (S.
Hrg. 109-800)
Examining the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
Programs--Full Committee--June 20, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-480)
Regional Farm Bill Field Hearing; Albany, GA--June 23, 2006. (S. Hrg.
109-824)
Regional Farm Bill Field Hearing; Cape Girardeau, MO--July 17, 2006. (S.
Hrg. 109-639)
To Review the USDA's Dairy Programs--Full Committee--July 20, 2006. (S.
Hrg. 109-662)
Regional Farm Bill Hearing; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania--July 21, 2006. (S.
Hrg. 109-641)
Regional Farm Bill Hearing; Ankeny, Iowa--July 24, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-
640)
To Review Nominations for USDA, and Commodity Futures Trading
Commission--Full Committee--July 26, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-682)
USDA's Use of Conservation Program Technology Service Providers--Full
Committee--July 27, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-825)
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act--Full Committee--August 2,
2006. (S. Hrg. 109-826)
Field Hearing on 2007 Farm Bill--August 11, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-821)
Regional Farm Bill Field Hearing; Redmond, OR--August 15, 2006. (S. Hrg.
109-642)
Regional Farm Bill Hearing; Grand Island, NE--August 16, 2006. (S. Hrg.
109-643)
Regional Farm Bill Hearing; Great Falls, MT--August 17, 2006. (S. Hrg.
109-644)
Regional Farm Bill Hearing; Lubbock, TX--September 8, 2006. (S. Hrg.
109-645)
Effect of Corps of Engineers' Operation of River Basin on Georgia
Agriculture--October 24, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-730)
Review Nominations for USDA, CFTC and Farm Credit Administration--
December 6, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-819)
INDEX BY SENATORS
INDEX BY SENATORS--CONTINUED
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A
AKAKA, Mr.:
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2005, S. 451.
Agricultural Security Assistance Act of 2005, S. 573.
Safe and Secure Food Act of 2005, S. 1534.
Downed Animal Protection Act, S.1779.
ALEXANDER, Mr.:
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
ALLARD, Mr.:
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Food Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1300.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
ALLEN, Mr.:
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2005, S. 1493.
B
BAUCUS, Mr.:
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE
minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products
from bovines, S. 294.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the
date of implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30,
2006.
Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act, S. 1579.
A bill to prohibit the closure or relocation of certain county offices
of the Farm Service Agency, S.1877.
A bill to provide a supplemental payment to assist agricultural
producers in mitigating increasing input costs, including energy and
fertilizer costs, S.2085.
Stable Fire Funding Act of 2006, S.3729.
Agriculture Fire Assistance Act of 2006, S.3753.
BAYH, Mr.:
National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005, S. 1210.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
BENNETT, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State
mediation programs, S. 643.
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005, S. 767.
BIDEN, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2005, S. 1493.
BINGAMAN, Mr.:
A bill to prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final
rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for
the designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation
of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United
States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during the
calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the
retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year, S. 108
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand country
of origin labeling for certain covered commodities, S. 135.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the
date of implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30,
2006.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and
for other purposes, S. 1555.
BOND, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005, S. 767.
Food Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1300.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
BOXER, Mrs.:
National Ag Science Center Act of 2006, S.3746.
BROWNBACK, Mr.:
Rural America Preservation Act, S. 385
A resolution congratulating the Department of Agronomy in the College of
Agriculture at Kansas State University for 100 years of excellent
service to Kansas agriculture, S.Res.539.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
BURNS, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand country
of origin labeling for certain covered commodities, S. 135.
A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE
minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products
from bovines, S. 294.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act, S. 1579.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to restore the
original deadline for mandatory country of origin, S.2038
Emergency Wildfire and Farm Relief Act of 2006, S.3860.
C
CANTWELL, Ms.:
Animal Feed Protection Act of 2005, S. 73.
Energy Markets Improvement Act of 2005, S. 509.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and
for other purposes, S. 1555.
CHAFFEE L., Mr.:
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
CHAMBLISS, Mr.:
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, S. Res. 14.
Commodity Exchange Reauthorization Act of 2005, S. 1566.
A bill to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, to
facilitate the official inspection at export port locations of grain
required or authorized to be inspected under such Act, and for other
purposes, S. 1582.
POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2005, S.2042.
CLINTON, Mrs.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Quality Cheese Act of 2005, S. 827.
Safe Food Act of 2005, S. 729.
Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act, S. 1357.
Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2006, S.3999
COLEMAN, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005, S. 767.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005, S. 1210.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
COLLINS, Ms.:
Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program Act of 2005, S.
941.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and
for other purposes, S. 1555.
CORNYN, Mr.:
Food Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1300.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
CONRAD, Mr.:
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
Captive Supply Reform Act, S. 960.
Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act, S. 1579.
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005, S.1692
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006, S.2438.
Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006, S.3855.
Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006, S.3991.
CORZINE, Mr.:
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and
for other purposes, S. 1555.
CRAIG, Mr.:
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Specialty Crops Competition Act of 2006, S.2487.
CRAPO, Mr.:
Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2006, S.2676.
D
DAYTON, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for
slaughter, S. 818.
Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act, S. 1579.
Permanent Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act, S.1776.
DeWINE, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
DODD, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
DOLE, Mrs.:
A joint resolution recognizing the contributions of the Christmas tree
industry to the United States economy and urging the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish programs to raise awareness of the importance
of the Christmas tree industry, S.J.Res.41.
Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005, S. 1139.
DOMENICI, Mr.:
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
Jornada Experimental Range Transfer Act of 2005, S. 447.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
DORGAN, Mr.:
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
A bill to prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final
rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for
the designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation
of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United
States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during the
calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the
retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year, S. 108
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand country
of origin labeling for certain covered commodities, S. 135.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Rural America Preservation Act, S. 385.
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for
slaughter, S. 818.
Captive Supply Reform Act, S. 960.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the
date of implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30,
2006.
Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act, S. 1579.
DURBIN, Mr.:
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
Safe Food Act of 2005, S. 729.
Agricultural Security Assistance Act of 2005, S. 573.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005, S. 1139.
Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act, S. 1357.
1Safe and Secure Food Act of 2005, S. 1534.
A bill to provide agricultural disaster assistance to producers on a
farm that incurred qualifying crop or quality losses for the 2005 crop
due to damaging weather or related condition, and for other purposes,
S.1636.
BSE and Other Prior Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act,
S. 2002
E
ENZI, Mr.:
A bill to prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final
rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for
the designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation
of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United
States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during the
calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the
retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year, S. 108
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
permit the planting of chicory on base acres, S. 194.
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to restore integrity to
and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and
benefits, S. 385.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the
date of implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30,
2006.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for
slaughter, S. 818.
Captive Supply Reform Act, S. 960.
F
FEINGOLD, Mr.:
A resolution recognizing 2005 as the year of the 50th Anniversary of the
Crop Science Society of America, S.Res.265.
Quality Cheese Act of 2005, S. 827.
Democracy for Dairy Producers Act of 2005, S. 838.
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2005, S. 854.
Federal Milk Marketing Reform Act of 2005, S. 869.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act, S. 1357.
FEINSTEIN, Mrs.:
Energy Markets Improvement Act of 2005, S. 509.
Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005, S. 1139.
Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2006, S.2642.
G
GRAHAM, (of Florida) Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
GRASSLEY, Mr.:
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it is the
goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the
agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should
provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total
energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe,
abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber, S.Con. res.97.
Rural America Preservation Act, S.385.
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for
slaughter, S.818.
Agroterrorism Prevention Act of 2005, S. 1532.
A bill to amend the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 to extend
the termination date for mandatory price reporting, S.1613.
H
HAGEL, Mr.:
A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE
minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products
from bovines, S. 294.
Rural America Preservation Act, S. 385.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
HARKIN, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Energy Markets Improvement Act of 2005, S. 509.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State
mediation programs, S. 643.
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005, S. 767.
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for
slaughter, S. 818.
National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005, S. 1210.
Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act, S. 1357.
Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2005, S. 1546.
Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005, S.1643.
Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005, S.1695.
Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2006, S.2307.
Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2006,
S.2592.
Safer and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of
2006, S.3615.
Rural Energy for America Act of 2006, S.3890.
HATCH, Mr.:
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2005, S. 1546.
Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006,
S.3519.
HUTCHINSON, Mr.:
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
I
ISAKSON, Mr.:
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
J
JEFFORDS, Mr.:
A resolution recognizing June 2 through June 5, 2005, as the ``Vermont
Dairy Festival'', in honor of Harold Howrigan for his service to his
community and the Vermont dairy industry, S. Res. 118.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Green Mountain National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2005, S. 425.
Quality Cheese Act of 2005, S. 827.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
Vermont Wilderness Act of 2006, S.2565.
JOHNSON, Mr.:
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
A bill to prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final
rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for
the designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation
of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United
States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during the
calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the
retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year, S. 108
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand country
of origin labeling for certain covered commodities, S. 135.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Rural America Preservation Act, S. 385.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for
slaughter, S. 818.
Captive Supply Reform Act, S. 960.
Hunger-Free Community Act of 2005, S. 1120.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the
date of implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30,
2006, S.1331.
Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act, S. 1579.
Truth in Quality Grading Act of 2005, S.2018.
K
KENNEDY, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
KERRY, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
KOHL, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide incentives to
landowners to protect and improve streams and riparian habitat, S. 218.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act, S. 1357.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and
for other purposes, S. 1555.
L
LANDRIEU, Mrs.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
LAUTENBERG, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
School Environment Protection Act of 2005, S.1619.
Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005, S.1885.
LEAHY, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Green Mountain National Forest Land Adjustment, S. 425.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
Green Mountain National Forest Adjustment Act of 2005, S. 664.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
LEVIN, Mr.:
Energy Markets Improvement Act of 2005, S. 509.
LIEBERMAN, Mr.:
LINCOLN, Mrs.:
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that public
policy should continue to protect and strengthen the ability of farmers
and ranchers to join together in cooperative self-help efforts,
S.Con.res.119.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005, S. 1804.
LUGAR, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to
permit certain summer food pilot programs to be carried out in all
States and by all service institutions, S. 1005.
Farming Flexibility Act of 2005, S. 1038.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005, S. 1210.
MARTINEZ, Mr.:
Caribbean National Forest Preservation Act of 2005, S.1477.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
M
MIKULSKI, Ms.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005, S. 767.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2005, S. 1493.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and
for other purposes, S. 1555.
MURKOWSKI, Mrs.:
Natural Stock Conservation Act of 2005, S. 796.
MURRAY, Mrs.:
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and
for other purposes, S. 1555.
N
NELSON, (of Nebraska) Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
permit the planting of chicory on base acres, S. 194.
A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE
minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products
from bovines, S. 294.
Rural America Preservation Act, S. 385.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
O
OBAMA, Mr.:
National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005, S. 1210.
P
PRYOR, Mr.:
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
R
REED, (of Rhode Island) Mr.:
Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program Act of 2005, S.
941.
REID, (of Nevada) Mr.:
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
ROBERTS, Mr.:
A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE
minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products
from bovines, S. 294.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State
mediation programs, S. 643.
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005, S. 767.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
A bill to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, to
facilitate the official inspection at export port locations of grain
required or authorized to be inspected under such Act, and for other
purposes, S. 1582.
A bill to amend the Food and Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude certain
military housing allowances from the eligibility requirements for food
stamps, S.1742.
ROCKEFELLER, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
SALAZAR, Mr.:
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for
slaughter, S. 818.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
SANTORUM, Mr.:
MILC Extension Act, S. 307.
Agricultural Marketing Success Act of 2005, S. 531.
Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005, S. 1139.
Food Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1300.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2005, S. 1493.
Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006, S.3720.
SARBANES, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2005, S. 1493.
SCHUMER, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Quality Cheese Act of 2005, S. 827.
Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act, S. 1357.
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006, S.3601.
SMITH Mr.:
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
SNOWE, Mrs.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
SPECTER, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Agricultural Marketing Success Act of 2005, S. 531.
Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act, S. 1357.
Agroterrorism Prevention Act of 2005, S. 1532.
STABENOW, Mrs.:
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
Senior Nutrition Act of 2006, S.3761.
STEVENS, Mr.:
SUNUNU, Mr.:
New England Wilderness Act of 2006, S.2463.
T
TALENT, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005, S. 767.
Food Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1300.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
A bill to extend all of the authorizations of appropriations and direct
spending programs under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 until after implementing legislation for the Doha Development Round
of World Trade Organization negotiations is enacted into law, and for
other purposes, S.2696.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006, S.2782.
A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the
Secretary of Agriculture from implementing or carrying out a National
Animal Identification System or similar requirement, to prohibit the use
of Federal funds to carry out such a requirement and to require the
Secretary to protect information obtained as part of any voluntary
animal identification system, S.3862.
THOMAS, Mr.:
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res.4.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand country
of origin labeling for certain covered commodities, S. 135.
A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE
minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products
from bovines, S. 294.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State
mediation programs, S. 643.
Captive Supply Reform Act, S. 960.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the
date of implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30,
2006.
THUNE, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand country
of origin labeling for certain covered commodities, S. 135.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE
minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products
from bovines, S. 294.
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for
slaughter, S. 818.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the
date of implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30,
2006.
V
VITTER, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
W
WARNER, Mr.:
Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2005, S. 942
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2005, S. 1493.
WYDEN, Mr.:
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
Energy Markets Improvement Act of 2005, S. 509.
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act, S. 1556.
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A
A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State
mediation programs, S. 643.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the
date of implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30,
2006.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand country
of origin labeling for certain covered commodities, S. 135.
A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen the ability of the
Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the pet industry, S 1139.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments, S. 273.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
permit the planting of chicory on base acres, S. 194.
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and
for other purposes, S. 1555.
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide incentives to
landowners to protect and improve streams and riparian habitat, S. 218.
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for
slaughter, S. 818.
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to
permit certain summer food pilot programs to be carried out in all
States and by all service institutions, S. 1005.
A bill to prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final
rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for
the designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation
of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United
States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during that
calendar year, S. 108.
A bill to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, to
facilitate the official inspection at export port locations of grain
required or authorized to be inspected under such Act, and for other
purposes, S. 1582.
A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE
minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products
from bovines, S. 294.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, S.J.Res. 4.
Agricultural Marketing Success Act of 2005, S. 531.
Agricultural Security Assistance Act of 2005, S. 573.
Agroterrorism Prevention Act of 2005, S. 1532.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, S. Res. 14.
Animal Feed Protection Act of 2005, S. 73.
A resolution recognizing June 2 through June 5, 2005, as the ``Vermont
Dairy Festival'', in honor of Harold Howrigan for his service to his
community and the Vermont dairy industry, S. Res. 118.
Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006
Agriculture Fire Assistance Act of 2006
B
BSE and Other Prior Diseases Prevention and Public Health Protection Act
C
Captive Supply Reform Act, S. 960.
Caribbean National Forest Preservation Act of 2005, S. 1477.
Commodity Exchange Reauthorization Act of 2005, S. 1566
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2005, S. 1493.
Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2006, S. 2307
Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2006, S.
2592
D
Democracy for Dairy Producers Act of 2005, S. 838.
Downed Animal Protection Act, S. 1779.
E
Energy Markets Improvement Act of 2005, S. 509.
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005, S. 1692
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006, S. 2438
Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006, S. 3855
Emergency Wildlife and Farm Relief Act of 2006, S. 3860
Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006, S. 3991
F
Farming Flexibility Act of 2005, S. 1038.
Federal Milk Marketing Reform Act of 2005, S. 869.
Food Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1300.
Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2005, S. 1546.
Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005, S. 1885
Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2006, S. 2676
Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006, S. 3720
G
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2005, S. 854.
Green Mountain National Forest Adjustment Act of 2005, S. 664.
Green Mountain National Forest Land Adjustment, S. 425.
H
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005, S. 1120.
Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005, S. 1643
Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005, S. 1695
J
Jornada Experimental Range Transfer Act of 2005, S. 447.
M
Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act, S. 1357.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, S. 1333.
MILC Extension Act, S. 307.
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006, S. 3601
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National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005, S. 802.
National Food and Agricultural Science Act of 2005, S. 767.
National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005, S. 1210.
Natural Stock Conservation Act of 2005, S. 796.
New England Wilderness Act of 2006, S. 2463
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006, S. 2782
National Ag Science Center Act of 2006, S. 3746
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Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2006, S. 2642
P
Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act, S.1579.
Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005, S. 1139.
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2005, S. 451.
Permanent Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act, S. 1776
POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2005, S. 2042
Q
Quality Cheese Act of 2005, S. 827.
R
Rural America Preservation Act, S. 385.
Rural Energy for America Act of 2006, S. 3890
Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2006, S. 3999
S
Safe and Secure Food Act of 2005, S. 1534
Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act, S. 1556.
Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program Act of 2005, S.
941
Safe Food Act of 2005, S. 729.
School Environment Protection Act of 2005, S. 1619
Specialty Crops Competition Act of 2006, S. 2487
Safer and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of
2006 SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2006, S. 3615
Stable Fire Funding Act of 2006
Senior Nutrition Act of 2006
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To adjust the boundaries of Green Mountain National Forest.
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to exempt certain identified
varieties of tomatoes from agricultural marketing orders.
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State
mediation programs.
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the date of
implementation of country of origin labeling to January 30, 2006.
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand country of
origin labeling for certain covered commodities.
To amend the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 to restore the original
deadline for mandatory country of origin.
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of
Agriculture from implementing or carrying out a National Animal
Identification System or similar requirement, to prohibit the use of
Federal funds to carry out such a requirement and to require the
Secretary to protect information obtained as part of any voluntary
animal identification system.
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by
research facilities are obtained legally.
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend
and improve national dairy market loss payments.
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend
national dairy market loss payments.
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to permit
the planting of chicory on base acres.
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform
funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and for other
purposes.
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to provide that a quality grade
label issued by the Secretary of Agriculture for beef and lamb may not
be used for imported beef or imported lamb, (Truth in Quality Grading
Act of 2005, S. 2018)
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operators
of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make their
land available for access by the public under programs administered by
States and tribal governments.
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide incentives to
landowners to protect and improve streams and riparian habitat.
To amend the Food Stamp Act to 1977 to exclude certain military housing
allowances from the eligibility requirements for food stamps.
To amend the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 to extend the
termination date for mandatory price reporting.
To amend the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 to prohibit the issuance
of permits for marine aquaculture facilities until requirements for such
permits are enacted into law.
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a
packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit
certain summer food pilot programs to be carried out in all States and
by all services institutions.
To authorize the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of New
Mexico.
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain
National Forest System land in the State of Vermont.
To establish a Division of Food and Agricultural Science within the
National Science Foundation and to authorize funding for the support of
fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality, and for other
purposes.
To establish a National Drought Council within the Department of
Agriculture, to improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and
response efforts, and for other purposes.
To establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health
by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving
research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving
security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.
To extend all of the authorizations of appropriations and direct
spending programs under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 until after implementing legislation for the Doha Development Round
of World Trade Organization negotiations is enacted into law, and for
other purposes.
To improve the operation of energy markets.
To improve the response of the Federal Government to agroterrorism and
agricultural diseases.
To prohibit the closure or relocation of certain offices of the Farm
Service Agency.
To prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final rule
issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for the
designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation
of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United
States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during that
calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the
retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year.
To promote food safety and to protect the animal feed supply from bovine
spongiform encephalopathy.
To provide a supplemental payment to assist agricultural producers in
mitigating increasing input costs, including energy and fertilizer
costs.
To provide agriculture disaster assistance to producers on a farm that
incurred qualifying crop or quality losses for the 2005 crop due to
damaging weather or related condition, and for other purposes.
To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, to facilitate the
official inspection at export port locations of grain required or
authorized to be inspected under such Act, and for other purposes.
To strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE minimal-risk
regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products from bovines.
V
Vermont Wilderness Act of 2006, S. 2565
Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2005, S. 942
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of
2005, S. 548.