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bill_id	congress	bill_type	bill_number	title	policy_area	introduced_date ▲	latest_action_date	latest_action_text	origin_chamber	sponsor_name	sponsor_state	sponsor_party	sponsor_bioguide_id	cosponsor_count	summary_text	update_date
109-hr-6379	109	hr	6379	Spinach Research and Recovery Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-12-06	2006-12-06	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]	CA	D	F000030	11	Spinach Research and Recovery Act of 2006 - Authorizes additional appropriations, for the purpose of conducting and supporting applied research to enhance the safety of perishable agricultural commodities for consumers, for: (1) the Agricultural Research Service: (2) the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; and (3) the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments (not to exceed 75% of the value of the unmarketed spinach crop) to growers and first handlers of fresh spinach that were unable to market spinach crops as a result of the Food and Drug Administration Public Health Advisory issued on September 14, 2006.	2019-11-15T20:44:59Z
109-s-4093	109	s	4093	A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend a suspension of limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance.	Agriculture and Food	2006-12-06	2006-12-22	Became Public Law No: 109-467.	Senate	Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]	IA	D	H000206	16	(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend through September 30, 2007, a suspension of limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.	2023-01-31T21:13:25Z
109-hr-6353	109	hr	6353	To extend the suspension of the limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed farm operating loans.	Agriculture and Food	2006-12-05	2006-12-11	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.	House	Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]	LA	R	B001255	13	Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend through September 30, 2007, a suspension of limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.	2019-11-15T20:44:59Z
109-hr-6355	109	hr	6355	To make funds available for program integrity purposes, including the data mining project, under the Federal Crop Insurance Act.	Agriculture and Food	2006-12-05	2006-12-11	Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.	House	Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]	TX	R	C001051	0	Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to use up to a specified amount of Federal Crop Insurance Act funds in FY2007 for program integrity purposes, including the data mining project.	2019-11-15T20:44:59Z
109-hr-6331	109	hr	6331	To amend the environmental quality incentives program of the Department of Agriculture to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to active agricultural producers for the construction of reservoirs as part of their agricultural operations for the storage of water, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	2006-11-15	2006-12-05	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2]	AL	R	E000268	3	Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize assistance under the environmental quality incentives program for water reservoir construction to be used for water storage in agricultural operations. States that the producer: (1) may not be required to use irrigation for a commodity as a precondition for such reservoir assistance; and (2) shall agree to maintain the lands to be served by a reservoir in agricultural production for at least five years after the reservoir's completion.	2023-01-12T17:51:59Z
109-hr-6295	109	hr	6295	To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to add clementines to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to minimum quality import requirements issued by the Secretary of Agriculture.	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-29	2006-10-16	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .	House	Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]	CA	R	N000181	0	Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject imported clementines to applicable domestic grade, size, quality, or maturity requirements.	2023-01-12T17:52:12Z
109-hr-6229	109	hr	6229	To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-28	2006-09-29	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1910-1911)	House	Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]	MA	D	M000312	25	Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize appropriations through FY2012 for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Specifies Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) fund amounts to be used for the Program in each of FY2008-FY2012. Makes the Secretary of Agriculture responsible for specified program administration provisions currently delegated to the President.	2023-01-12T17:52:14Z
109-s-3976	109	s	3976	Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-28	2006-09-28	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]	VA	R	A000121	1	Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2006 - States that any Pigford claimant (relating to a racial discrimination action against the Department of Agriculture) who has not previously obtained a determination on the merits of a Pigford claim may, in a civil action, obtain that determination. States that it is Congress' intent that this Act be liberally construed so as to effectuate its remedial purpose of giving a full determination on the merits for each denied Pigford claim. Defines: (1) "Pigford claimant" as an individual who previously submitted a late-filing request under the consent decree in the case of Pigford v. Glickman (1999); and (2) "Pigford claim" as a discrimination complaint as defined and documented by such consent decree.	2023-01-12T17:52:03Z
109-s-3991	109	s	3991	Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-28	2006-09-29	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10565, S10568, S10568-10569, S10569)	Senate	Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]	ND	D	C000705	26	Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for: (1) crop disaster assistance for qualifying quantity or quality losses for the 2005 or 2006 crop due to weather or related conditions (including disease, insects, and delayed harvest; (2) livestock assistance for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses; (3) livestock indemnity payments for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses (including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and anthrax); (4) ewe lamb replacement and retention; (5) sugar beet disaster assistance for crop year 2005; (6) sugarcane growers in Hawaii through a payment to an agricultural transportation cooperative in Hawaii; (7) flooded crop and grazing land in the Devils Lake basin, the McHugh, Lake Laretta, and Rose Lake closed drainage areas, North Dakota; and (8) bovine tuberculosis indemnification. Directs the Secretary to make grants to state agriculture departments or comparable agencies in qualified states for direct economic loss payments to eligible small businesses. Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to carry out emergency measures under: (1) the emergency watershed protection program; (2) the emergency conservation program, including wildfire recovery efforts; and (3) the environmental quality incentives program, including wildfire recovery efforts. Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to hire additional state and county Farm Service Agency personnel to expedite the delivery of agricultural disaster and economic assistance.	2023-01-12T17:52:02Z
109-sconres-119	109	sconres	119	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.	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-27	2006-12-05	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.	Senate	Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]	AR	D	L000035	21	(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses 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 to: (1) improve their income from the marketplace and their economic well-being; (2) capitalize on new market opportunities; and (3) help meet the food and fiber needs of consumers, provide for increased energy production, promote rural development, maintain and create needed jobs, and contribute to a growing U.S. economy.	2023-01-12T17:51:57Z
109-hconres-482	109	hconres	482	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.	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-26	2006-09-29	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]	MO	R	G000546	44	Expresses 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 to: (1) improve their income from the marketplace and their economic well-being; (2) capitalize on new market opportunities; and (3) help meet the food and fiber needs of consumers, provide for increased energy production, promote rural development, maintain and create needed jobs, and contribute to a growing U.S. economy.	2023-01-12T17:52:23Z
109-hr-6193	109	hr	6193	EAT Healthy America Act	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-26	2006-11-02	Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.	House	Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]	CA	R	P000419	73	Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act or the EAT Healthy America Act - Amends provisions with respect to: (1) specialty crops; (2) the tree assistance program; (3) the conservation reserve program; (4) the wetlands reserve program; (5) the farmland protection program; (6) the grassland reserve program; (7) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (8) the environmental qualities incentives program; (9) air quality improvement; (10) integrated pest management initiative; (11) native plant habitat restoration; (12) agricultural trade; (13) invasive pests and diseases; (14) nutrition; (15) agricultural research; and (16) renewable energy, including crop biomass waste.	2023-01-12T17:52:16Z
109-hr-6130	109	hr	6130	New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-21	2006-10-03	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .	House	Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]	MO	R	B000575	21	New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review each state's meat and poultry inspection program, which shall include: (1) a determination of plan effectiveness; and (2) identification of changes necessary for future transition to a state program as provided for by this Act. Rewrites and renames title III (currently titled,"Federal and State Cooperation") of the Federal Meat Inspection Act as "State Meat Inspection Programs." Authorizes the Secretary to approve a qualifying state meat inspection program and allow the shipment in commerce of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products so inspected. Requires the Secretary to review approved plans annually. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement to establish the relationship between a state program and the Secretary; (2) provide partial reimbursement for state costs to meet federal requirements; and (3) appoint advisory committees. Prohibits from state inspection plan participation establishments that have more than 50 employees, except for those subject to state inspection as of 90 days after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily suspend or take over a noncomplying state program (or an establishment). States that: (1) an establishment in a state with an approved state program may apply for either state or federal inspection; and (2) a state or local government shall not prohibit or restrict the movement or sale of meat or meat food products that have been inspected and passed in accordance with this Act for interstate commerce. Exempts from such inspection provisions retail stores and restaurants (including specified central kitchen facilities) if the operations are conducted for sale of such prepared articles in normal retail quantities or for service of the articles to consumers at such establishment. Makes similar amendments to the Poultry Products Inspection Act.	2023-01-12T17:52:18Z
109-hr-6074	109	hr	6074	Wheat Counter-Cyclical Payments Enhancement Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-14	2006-09-27	Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.	House	Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]	WA	R	M001159	3	Wheat Counter-Cyclical Payments Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to consider national average market price variations for different classes of wheat (including soft white wheat) when determining wheat producer eligibility for 2005-2007 counter-cyclical payments. States that in calculating a separate effective price for a class of wheat the effective price shall equal the sum of: (1) the higher of the national average market price received by producers during the 12-month marketing year, or the national average loan rate during that period; and (2) the direct wheat payment rate.	2023-01-12T17:52:19Z
109-hr-6064	109	hr	6064	Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-13	2006-11-02	Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.	House	Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]	WI	D	K000188	44	Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2006 - Extends: (1) the conservation reserve program; (2) the wetlands reserve program; (3) the conservation security program; (4) the grassland reserve program; (5) the environmental quality incentives program; (6) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (7) the agricultural management assistance program; and (8) the organic agriculture research and extension initiative. Establishes: (1) the cooperative conservation partnership initiative; (2) the suburban and community forestry and open space program; (3) an integrated pest management initiative; and (4) a conservation initiative for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Revises: (1) the farmland protection program; (2) funding for the healthy forests reserve program; and (3) the national organic certification and transition cost share program. Makes permanent funding available for: (1) the education grant program for Hispanic-serving institutions; and (2) the fresh fruit and vegetable program. Revises and extends the biorefinery development program. Extends: (1) the energy audit and renewable energy development program; (2) the renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program; (3) the Department of Agriculture bioenergy program; (4) biomass research and development; and (5) carbon cycle research. Extends: (1) the community food project grant program; (2) the farm-to-cafeteria program; (3) WIC farmers' market nutrition program; (4) the senior farmers' market nutrition program; and (5) farmers' market promotion program.	2023-01-12T17:52:20Z
109-hr-6042	109	hr	6042	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 and to require the Secretary to protect information obtained as part of any voluntary animal identification system.	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-07	2006-09-18	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .	House	Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]	MO	R	E000172	2	Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing or carrying out (and prohibits use of federal funds to implement or carry out) a National Animal Identification System or similar requirement that mandates the participation of livestock owners. Sets forth requirements governing disclosure of information obtained through a voluntary animal identification system established by the Secretary to identify and trace animals.	2023-01-12T17:52:21Z
109-s-3862	109	s	3862	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.	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-07	2006-09-07	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]	MO	R	T000024	2	Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing or carrying out (and prohibits use of federal funds to implement or carry out) a National Animal Identification System or similar requirement that mandates the participation of livestock owners. Sets forth requirements governing disclosure of information obtained through a voluntary animal identification system established by the Secretary to identify and trace animals.	2023-01-12T17:52:07Z
109-s-3855	109	s	3855	Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-06	2006-09-29	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10565)	Senate	Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]	ND	D	C000705	27	Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for: (1) crop disaster assistance for qualifying quantity or quality losses for the 2005 or 2006 crop due to weather or related conditions (including disease, insects, and delayed harvest; (2) livestock assistance for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses; (3) livestock indemnity payments for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses (including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and anthrax); (4) ewe lamb replacement and retention; (5) sugar beet disaster assistance for crop year 2005; (6) sugarcane growers in Hawaii through a payment to an agricultural transportation cooperative in Hawaii; (7) flooded crop and grazing land in the Devils Lake basin, the McHugh, Lake Laretta, and Rose Lake closed drainage areas, North Dakota; and (8) bovine tuberculosis indemnification. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance for: (1) state grants to promote agriculture; and (2) grants for value of production. Requires a recipient state to give priority for livestock and specialty crops. Directs the Secretary to make supplemental economic loss payments to: (1) producers on a farm who received a crop year 2005 direct payment; and (2) dairy producers eligible to receive a 2005 national dairy market loss payment. Directs the Secretary to make grants to state agriculture departments or comparable agencies in qualified states for direct economic loss payments to eligible small businesses. Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to: (1) carry out emergency measures under the emergency watershed protection and emergency conservation programs; and (2) hire additional state and county Farm Service Agency personnel to expedite the delivery of agricultural disaster and economic assistance.	2023-01-12T17:52:07Z
109-s-3860	109	s	3860	Emergency Wildfire and Farm Relief Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-09-06	2006-09-06	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]	MT	R	B001126	0	Emergency Wildfire and Farm Relief Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use specified additional funds for emergency measures under: (1) the emergency conservation program, with a set-aside for wildfire control in Montana; (2) the environmental quality incentives program, with a set-aside for wildfire control in Montana; and (3) the livestock assistance grant program, with eligibility for counties adversely impacted by wildfires. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance for: (1) crop disaster assistance for qualifying quantity or quality losses for the 2005 or 2006 crop due to weather or related conditions (including disease, insects, and delayed harvest; (2) livestock assistance for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses; (3) livestock indemnity payments for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses (including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and anthrax); (4) ewe lamb replacement and retention; (5) sugar beet disaster assistance for crop year 2005; and (6) bovine tuberculosis indemnification. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance for: (1) state grants to promote agriculture; and (2) grants for value of production. Requires a recipient state to give priority for livestock and specialty crops. Directs the Secretary to make supplemental economic loss payments to: (1) producers on a farm who received a crop year 2005 direct payment; and (2) dairy producers eligible to receive a 2005 national dairy market loss payment. Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to: (1) carry out emergency measures under the emergency watershed protection program; and (2) hire additional state and county Farm Service Agency personnel to expedite the delivery of agricultural disaster and economic assistance.	2023-01-12T17:52:07Z
109-hr-5991	109	hr	5991	To prohibit the injection of carbon monoxide in meat products.	Agriculture and Food	2006-07-28	2006-08-07	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .	House	Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]	CT	D	D000216	3	Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to prohibit the use of carbon monoxide in any meat or meat food product or the packaging of any meat or meat food product.	2023-01-12T17:52:33Z
109-hr-6000	109	hr	6000	To revise the Farmland Protection Program of the Department of Agriculture.	Agriculture and Food	2006-07-28	2006-08-07	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.	House	Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]	PA	D	H000712	0	Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise the farmland protection program. Includes as eligible program land woodlots, wooded corners, and forested riparian areas that comprise up to 50% of the offered acreage. Gives priority to farm and ranchland: (1) with prime, unique, or other productive soils at risk of nonagricultural development; (2) that will stay in production agriculture; (3) in rural communities that face intense pressure for conversion to nonagricultural use; or (4) in areas that have locally-led land-use planning and zoning strategies. Provides for: (1) grants to eligible entities to protect agricultural production capacity by limiting incompatible nonagricultural land use; and (2) grant agreements with eligible entities to purchase conservation easements using a combination of their own funds and grant funds. Sets forth reversionary interest and cost-sharing provisions.	2023-01-12T17:52:32Z
109-hr-6021	109	hr	6021	To permit the proceeds of certain agriculture grants to be used for a revolving loan fund, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	2006-07-28	2006-07-28	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]	OR	R	W000791	0	Permits any nonprofit corporation incorporated on March 14, 1995, to: (1) use the proceeds from certain grants awarded to it under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990 to establish and operate a revolving loan fund; and (2) on dissolution of such fund, retain fund amounts. States that such a fund shall remain in operation for a period ending not earlier than five years after the date of enactment of this Act.	2023-01-12T17:52:32Z
109-s-3761	109	s	3761	Senior Nutrition Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-07-28	2006-07-28	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]	MI	D	S000770	3	Senior Nutrition Act of 2006 - Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to make a person who is at least 60 years old eligible for the commodity supplemental food program if such person: (1) is eligible for the food stamp program; or (2) has a household income that is not more than 185 percent of federal poverty income guidelines. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program and prohibits using such funds to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to such program.	2023-01-12T17:52:26Z
109-s-3746	109	s	3746	National Ag Science Center Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-07-27	2006-07-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]	CA	D	B000711	1	National Ag Science Center Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to provide to the entity known as "Ag Science Center, Inc.," in Stanislaus County, California, grants to pay not more than a total of 33% of the total costs of establishing the National Ag Science Center.	2023-01-12T17:52:27Z
109-s-3753	109	s	3753	Agriculture Fire Assistance Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-07-27	2006-07-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]	MT	D	B000243	0	Agriculture Fire Assistance Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance: (1) to agricultural producers who incurred fire-caused losses in 2006 for livestock indemnity payments and feed assistance; (2) for the emergency conservation and watershed protection programs, with priority given to producers who incurred fire-caused losses in 2006; and (3) for environmental quality incentive payments to producers who incurred fire-caused losses in 2006.	2023-01-12T17:52:27Z
109-s-3720	109	s	3720	Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-07-25	2006-07-25	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]	PA	R	S000059	0	Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise the farmland protection program. Includes as eligible program land woodlots, wooded corners, and forested riparian areas that comprise up to 50% of the offered acreage. Defines: (1) "permanent conservation easement"; and (2) "qualified state or local entity." Gives priority to farm and ranchland: (1) with prime, unique, or other productive soils at risk of nonagricultural development; (2) that will stay in production agriculture; (3) in rural communities that face intense conversion pressure; (4) in areas that have locally-led land-use planning and zoning strategies; and (5) in watersheds that would benefit most from the protection of farm and ranch resources. Provides for: (1) grants to eligible state or local entities to purchase permanent conservation easements; and (2) grant agreements with eligible state or local entities to purchase conservation easements using a combination of their own funds and grant funds. Sets forth matching grant and performance standard provisions.	2023-01-12T17:52:28Z
109-hr-5832	109	hr	5832	National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-07-19	2006-08-07	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1]	MN	R	G000536	6	National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006 - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which shall be an agency composed of a Director (who shall be an agricultural researcher and scientist) and a Standing Council of Advisors. Authorizes the Director to establish standing committees. Requires the Director to establish: (1) an Office of Advanced Science and Application which shall monitor national needs and advances in research to identify problems for which solutions are realistically achievable through research; (2) an Office of Scientific Assessment and Liaison which shall monitor programs and expenditures; and (3) an Office of Scientific Personnel which shall assess the number of, and need for additional, agricultural scientists in the United States. Directs the Institute to provide grants to support and promote the highest quality of fundamental agricultural research, including grants to fund research proposals submitted by: (1) individual scientists; (2) research centers composed of a single institution or multiple institutions; and (3) other individuals and entities from the private and public sectors, including Department and other federal researchers.	2023-01-12T17:52:37Z
109-hr-5727	109	hr	5727	Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-06-29	2006-07-10	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .	House	Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]	CO	D	D000197	6	Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, and poultry presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified; and (2) require that each person, firm, or corporation required to identify livestock maintain accurate records. Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry food products.	2023-01-13T04:50:45Z
109-hr-5729	109	hr	5729	SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-06-29	2006-07-17	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .	House	Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]	CO	D	D000197	6	Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2006 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary and mandatory nondistribution and recall, withdrawal of inspectors from violating facilities, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties; and (3) provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with authority for voluntary and mandatory nondistribution and recall, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties.	2023-01-13T04:50:45Z
109-s-3601	109	s	3601	Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-06-29	2006-06-29	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]	NY	D	S000148	0	Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that amenable species presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal or group of animals to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified; and (2) require that each person, firm, or corporation required to identify livestock maintain accurate records. Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry food products.	2023-01-13T04:50:36Z
109-s-3615	109	s	3615	SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-06-29	2006-06-29	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]	IA	D	H000206	1	Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2006 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary and mandatory nondistribution and recall, withdrawal of inspectors from violating facilities, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties; and (3) provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with authority for voluntary and mandatory nondistribution and recall, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties.	2023-01-13T04:50:36Z
109-s-3519	109	s	3519	Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-06-15	2006-06-15	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]	UT	R	H000338	14	Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to approve a qualifying State meat inspection program and allow the shipment in commerce of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products so inspected. Requires the Secretary to review approved plans annually. Prohibits from state inspection plan participation: (1) establishments that have more than 50 employees, except for those subject to state inspection as of January 1, 2007; and (2) federally inspected establishments after such date that have more than 50 employees. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement to establish the relationship between a state program and the Secretary; and (2) provide partial reimbursement for state costs to meet federal requirements. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) sampling; (2) noncompliance; (3) acceptance of interstate shipments of meat and meat food products; and (4) advisory committees. Directs the Secretary to temporarily suspend or take over a noncomplying state program (or an establishment). Makes similar amendments to the Poultry Products Inspection Act. Terminates the Secretary's authority to establish interstate meat and poultry inspection programs under this Act if approval and cooperative agreements have not been concluded by January 1, 2007.	2023-01-13T04:50:38Z
109-hr-5575	109	hr	5575	Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-06-09	2006-06-09	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]	OH	R	C000266	10	Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2006 - States that any Pigford claimant (relating to a racial discrimination action against the Department of Agriculture) who has not previously obtained a determination on the merits of a Pigford claim may, in a civil action, obtain that determination. States that it is Congress' intent that this Act be liberally construed so as to effectuate its remedial purpose of giving a full determination on the merits for each denied Pigford claim. Defines: (1) "Pigford claimant" as an individual who previously submitted a late-filing request under the consent decree in the case of Pigford v. Glickman (1999); and (2) "Pigford claim" as a discrimination complaint as defined and documented by such consent decree.	2023-01-13T04:50:50Z
109-hr-5563	109	hr	5563	Menu Education and Labeling Act	Agriculture and Food	2006-06-08	2006-06-23	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]	CT	D	D000216	25	Menu Education and Labeling Act or the MEAL Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require restaurants that are a part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing business under the same trade name to disclose: (1) in a statement adjacent to each menu item, the number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium in a standard food serving; (2) other information designed to enable the public to understand the significance of the nutrition information provided in the context of a total daily diet; (3) that such information shall be provided in writing upon request; and (4) in a statement adjacent to the name of the food on a menu board, the number of calories in a serving of the food. Exempts condiments, items placed on a table or counter for general use, daily specials, temporary menu items, and irregular menu items from these requirements. Requires restaurants that sell self-serve food, such as through salad bars or buffet lines, to place a sign that lists the number of calories per standard serving adjacent to each food offered. Permits retail food establishments to voluntarily provide, and states to require, additional nutritional information. Requires vending machine operators to provide a conspicuous sign disclosing the number of calories in each item of food offered.	2023-01-13T04:50:50Z
109-s-3484	109	s	3484	Menu Education and Labeling Act	Agriculture and Food	2006-06-08	2006-06-08	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Senate	Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]	IA	D	H000206	1	Menu Education and Labeling Act or the MEAL Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require restaurants that are a part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing business under the same trade name to disclose: (1) in a statement adjacent to each menu item, the number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium in a standard food serving; (2) other information designed to enable the public to understand the significance of the nutrition information provided in the context of a total daily diet; (3) that such information shall be provided in writing upon request; and (4) in a statement adjacent to the name of the food on a menu board, the number of calories in a serving of the food. Exempts condiments, items placed on a table or counter for general use, daily specials, temporary menu items, and irregular menu items from these requirements. Requires restaurants that sell self-serve food, such as through salad bars or buffet lines, to place a sign that lists the number of calories per standard serving adjacent to each food offered. Permits retail food establishments to voluntarily provide, and states to require, additional nutritional information. Requires vending machine operators to provide a conspicuous sign disclosing the number of calories in each item of food offered.	2023-01-13T04:50:39Z
109-s-3128	109	s	3128	National Uniformity for Food Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-25	2006-07-27	Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-741.	Senate	Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]	NC	R	B001135	21	National Uniformity for Food Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to prohibit any state or political subdivision from establishing or continuing in effect for any food in interstate commerce any requirement that is not identical to specified FFDCA provisions (that would result in materially different requirements), including those related to adulterated foods, unsafe food additives, new animal drugs, and warnings concerning food safety. Allows state enforcement of identical provisions unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services has determined that such state provisions should not be enforced. Allows a state to petition for an exemption or to establish a national standard regarding any requirement under FFDCA or the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act relating to food regulation. Allows the Secretary to provide such an exemption if the requirement: (1) protects an important public interest that would otherwise be unprotected; (2) would not cause any food to be in violation of any federal law; and (3) would not unduly burden interstate commerce. Allows a state to establish a requirement that would otherwise violate FFDCA provisions relating to national uniform nutrition labeling or this Act if the requirement is needed to address an imminent hazard to health that is likely to result in serious adverse health consequences and if other requirements are met. Declares that this Act does not preempt certain state and local laws relating to labeling or a consumer advisory relating to food sanitation imposed on a food establishment or recommended by the Secretary. Declares that the Act takes effect only if the Secretary certifies to Congress that implementation will pose no additional risk to the public health or safety from terrorist acts relating to the food supply.	2023-01-13T04:48:09Z
109-hr-5363	109	hr	5363	Natural Disaster Relief Act	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-11	2006-05-11	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]	OK	R	L000491	34	Natural Disaster Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers (other than sugar cane and sugar beet producers) who have incurred qualifying: (1) 2005 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest); and (2) 2006 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest) with respect to which a natural disaster declaration has been made. Requires a producer who suffered qualifying losses to elect assistance for one but not both years. Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments through the 2002 livestock compensation program for livestock disaster losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006 for losses that occurred prior to of enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states); (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005 and 2006 livestock disaster losses prior to enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states), including losses due to hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and anthrax. Requires a livestock producer who suffered qualifying losses to elect assistance for one but not both years. Directs the Secretary to provide indemnity payments to poultry producers in hurricane-affected counties. Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) sugarcane and sugar beet disaster assistance for qualifying producers and first processors in Louisiana counties designated as disaster areas due to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, or related conditions, or to qualifying producers and first processors in Florida for 2005 losses due to hurricanes, floods, rain, or storms; (2) assistance to sugarcane growers in Texas (for additional Baton Rouge demurrage costs and raw sugar transportation and storage costs) and Hawaii (for an agricultural transportation cooperative); (3) assistance to specialty and nursery crop producers in hurricane-affected counties; (4) assistance to t…	2023-01-13T04:48:29Z
109-hr-5344	109	hr	5344	Summer Food Service Program Improvement Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-10	2006-06-02	Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.	House	Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]	OR	D	H000762	8	Summer Food Service Program Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to revise requirements for the summer food service program for children. Provides for a redefinition of rural areas in which poor economic conditions exist. Revises requirements relating to payments to service institutions for operating expenses and administrative costs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make competitive startup grants to ten States to assist eligible service institutions in initiating summer food service program sites.	2023-01-13T04:48:29Z
109-s-2782	109	s	2782	National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-10	2006-05-10	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]	MO	R	T000024	3	National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006 - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which shall be an agency composed of a Director (who shall be a scientist) and a Standing Council of Advisors. Authorizes the Director to establish standing committees. Requires the Director to establish: (1) an Office of Advanced Science and Application which shall monitor national needs and advances in research to identify problems for which solutions are realistically achievable through research; (2) an Office of Scientific Assessment and Liaison which shall monitor programs and expenditures; (3) an Office of Scientific Personnel which shall assess the number of, and need for additional, agricultural scientists in the United States. Directs the Institute to provide grants to support and promote the highest quality of fundamental agricultural research, including grants to fund research proposals submitted by: (1) individual scientists; (2) research centers composed of a single institution or multiple institutions; and (3) other individuals and entities from the private and public sectors, including Department and other federal researchers.	2023-01-13T04:48:19Z
109-hr-5313	109	hr	5313	Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-09	2006-11-13	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	House	Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]	PA	R	G000549	8	(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act - Amends the Farm Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to reserve at least 15% of farmland protection program funds for grants to support cooperative efforts by an eligible state agency, county, or other eligible entity to purchase conservation easements and other interests in eligible land, whose title shall be held by an eligible entity rather than the United States. Provides with respect to cost sharing that: (1) the federal share of the purchase price of a conservation easement or other interest in eligible land shall not exceed 25%; and (2) the state agency, county, and other eligible entities involved in the purchase shall each contribute 25% of the purchase price. Prohibits fund use for administrative purposes. Makes the provisions of this Act effective on October 1, 2006.	2023-01-13T04:48:30Z
109-sres-464	109	sres	464	A resolution designating June 7, 2006, as "National Hunger Awareness Day", and authorizing the Senate offices of Senators Gordon H. Smith, Blanche L. Lincoln, Elizabeth Dole, and Richard J. Durbin to collect donations of food during the period beginning May 8, 2006, and ending June 7, 2006, from concerned Members of Congress and staff to assist families suffering from hunger and food insecurity in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-03	2006-05-03	Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3994; text as passed Senate: CR S3994; text of measure as introduced: CR S3991)	Senate	Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]	OR	R	S001142	7	(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates June 7, 2006, as National Hunger Awareness Day. Authorizes the offices of Senators Gordon H. Smith, Blanche L. Lincoln, Elizabeth Dole, and Richard J. Durbin to collect donations of food from May 8, 2006, until June 7, 2006, from concerned Members of Congress and staff to assist families suffering from hunger and food insecurity in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.	2018-02-03T18:36:46Z
109-hr-5266	109	hr	5266	Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-02	2006-05-11	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.	House	Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]	OH	D	K000336	5	Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act - Requires a biotech company that sells any genetically engineered animal, plant, or seed that will be used in the United States to: (1) provide the purchaser with written notice of possible legal and environmental risks of such article's use (such disclosure shall neither relieve the company from liability, nor be construed to create purchaser liability); and (2) disclose any technology fees to the Secretary of Agriculture, and not charge fees that are higher than those outside the United States. Sets forth related contract prohibitions and limitations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify which plants are outcrossed pollinators and make such information available to affected sellers and purchasers; and (2) issue rules to require mitigation strategies for predominately outcrossed crops. Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish the best achievable resistance plan for plant-incorporated pesticides engineered to include toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt); (2) revoke Bt registrations not in plan compliance; and (3) reduce a pesticide's use if it is determined to be facilitating Bt-toxin resistance in pests. Prohibits: (1) labeling seeds as non-genetically engineered if the Secretary determines such seeds contains genetically engineered material; (2) manufacture, sale, or planting of genetically engineered or chemically induced non-fertile seeds; and (3) loan discrimination against a producer who refuses to use genetically engineered plants or animals. Authorizes, with respect to violations under this Act,: (1) the Secretary to assess civil penalties; and (2) citizen civil actions against the Secretary, a federal agency, or an individual.	2023-01-13T04:48:31Z
109-hr-5267	109	hr	5267	Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-02	2006-05-09	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.	House	Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]	OH	D	K000336	4	Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2005 [sic] - Prohibits: (1) a pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop to be grown, raised, or otherwise cultivated until the final regulations and tracking system required by this Act are in effect; and (2) cultivation of a pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop in an open air environment, or in a food commonly used for human food or domestic animal feed. Directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of all pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent contamination. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties for violations of such provisions. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report on alternative methods to produce pharmaceuticals or industrial chemicals that may be conducted in controlled production facilities without the risk of contamination. Defines: (1) "genetically engineered plant"; (2) "genetically engineered material"; (3) "genetically engineered seed"; (4) "pharmaceutical crop"; and (5) "industrial crop."	2023-01-13T04:48:32Z
109-hr-5268	109	hr	5268	Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-02	2006-05-15	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]	OH	D	K000336	10	Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to include genetically engineered food in the definition of "food additive." Sets forth requirements governing petitions to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for a regulation prescribing the conditions of safe use of a genetically engineered food additive, including information to be included in the petition and factors to be considered by the Secretary in making a decision. Authorizes civil actions against: (1) a person alleged to have violated FFDCA provisions regulating genetic food additives; and (2) the Secretary for failure to perform a mandatory act or duty related to genetic food additives. Requires the Secretary to collect a filing fee for petitions to: (1) defray costs related to such petitions under this Act; and (2) provide for research on the safety of genetic food additives. Authorizes an officer or employee conducting an inspection to order the detention of food if such person has reason to believe that such food violates the FFDCA. Requires all food retailers to register with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite recalls, embargoes, and seizures.	2023-01-13T04:48:31Z
109-hr-5269	109	hr	5269	Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-02	2006-05-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .	House	Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]	OH	D	K000336	17	Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) to deem a food misbranded if it contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material unless its labeling contains statements meeting specified requirements. Requires the periodic testing of such foods transferred along a chain of distribution to assure accuracy of labels, subject to specified exceptions. Excludes, in all three Acts, food: (1) served in restaurants; or (2) prepared primarily in a retail establishment, ready for human consumption, but not offered for sale for immediate consumption in the establishment. Excludes, for the FDCA, a medical food as defined in the Orphan Drug Act. Subjects violators to civil monetary penalties, exempting recipients who accept a guarantee of the absence of genetically engineered material in good faith or producers whose food inadvertently becomes contaminated by genetically engineered material. Authorizes citizen suits as specified.	2023-01-13T04:48:32Z
109-s-2696	109	s	2696	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.	Agriculture and Food	2006-05-02	2006-05-02	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]	MO	R	T000024	7	Extends, with specified exceptions, commodity programs and other direct spending programs under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 until implementing legislation for the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations is enacted into law.	2023-01-13T04:48:21Z
109-hr-5128	109	hr	5128	National Ag Science Center Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-04-06	2006-06-16	Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.	House	Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]	CA	D	C001050	5	National Ag Science Center Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to the Ag Science Center, Inc., in Stanislaus County, California, to cover a portion of the costs of establishing the National Ag Science Center. Limits the portion of such costs covered by grants made under this Act to 33% of the total costs to establish the Center.	2023-01-13T04:48:45Z
109-hr-5158	109	hr	5158	Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-04-06	2006-04-26	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]	NY	D	S000248	9	Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2006 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to replace current food stamp program (program) administrative cost provisions with provisions authorizing 75% reimbursement for specified state activities to increase program access. States that fingerprinting shall not be required for program participation. Beyond the Soup Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen pilot program to provide grants: (1) to a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group in each designated pilot community which shall allocate subgrants to other nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups in such community; and (2) for technical assistance grants. Sets forth program provisions.	2023-01-13T04:48:44Z
109-hr-5099	109	hr	5099	Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-04-05	2006-05-02	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]	MN	D	P000258	62	Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers (other than sugar cane and sugar beet producers) who have incurred qualifying: (1) 2005 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest); and (2) 2006 crop losses due to flooding in California and Hawaii that occurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act and for which a petition for a disaster designation has been filed with the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments through the 2002 livestock compensation program for livestock disaster losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006 for losses that occurred prior to of enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states); (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005 and 2006 livestock disaster losses prior to enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states), including losses due to hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and anthrax; (3) indemnity payments to poultry producers in hurricane-affected counties, and for 2006 ewe lamb replacement and retention; (4) compensation for certain owners of flooded crop and grazing land in North Dakota; (5) sugarcane and sugar beet disaster assistance for qualifying producers and first processors in Louisiana counties designated as disaster areas due to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, or to qualifying producers and first processors in Florida for 2005 losses due to hurricanes, floods, rain, or storms; (6) assistance to sugarcane growers in Texas (for additional Baton Rouge demurrage costs and raw sugar transportation and storage costs) and Hawaii (for an agricultural transportation cooperative); (7) assistance to specialty and nursery crop producers in hurricane-affected counties; (8) assistance to dairy producers in hurricane-affected counties; (9) assistance to producers and first handlers of cottonsee…	2023-01-13T04:48:45Z
109-s-2487	109	s	2487	Specialty Crops Competition Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-03-31	2006-03-31	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]	ID	R	C000858	10	Specialty Crops Competition Act of 2006 - Defines "specialty crop" as each U.S. agricultural crop other than wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, dry peas, lentils, chickpeas, and tobacco. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide for marketing order specialty crop food safety programs. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to: (1) increase assistance for the tree assistance program; (2) provide for increased fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop purchases; and (3) increase and extend specialty crop technical assistance. Obligates funds for fruit and vegetable marketing news activities. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to obligate funds for specialty crop operating loans. Provides for: (1) the study of the extent to which U.S. specialty crops have or have not benefited from any reductions of foreign trade barriers; and (2) a foreign market access strategy plan based on such study. Establishes a division in the Department of Agriculture to process petitions for reducing sanitary and phytosanitary export barriers and an office to develop and protect intellectual property rights in plants and plant materials. Amends Federal patent law to define "essentially derived plant." Provides for: (1) a national specialty crops development initiative grants program; (2) research on mechanized harvesting and new production and processing methods; and (3) a national clean plant network. Establishes the Invasive Pest and Disease Response Fund in the Treasury to support emergency eradication and research activities. Provides for independent scientific advice and peer review with regard to specialty crop import and export requests. Authorizes food safety initiatives. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to remove the income limitation from the environmental quality incentives program. Addresses the development of voluntary sustainable practices guidelines for producers and processors of specialty crops.	2023-01-13T04:48:48Z
109-s-2438	109	s	2438	Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-03-16	2006-03-16	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]	ND	D	C000705	27	Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers (other than sugar cane and sugar beet producers) who have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest). Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments through the 2002 livestock compensation program to livestock producers who have incurred 2005 losses in emergency-designated counties; (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005 livestock disaster losses, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, and anthrax; (3) indemnity payments to poultry producers in hurricane-affected counties; (4) compensation for certain owners of flooded crop and grazing land in North Dakota; (5) sugarcane and sugar beet disaster assistance for qualifying producers and first processors in Louisiana counties designated as disaster areas due to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, or to qualifying producers and first processors in Florida for 2005 losses due to hurricanes, floods, rain, or storms; (6) assistance to specialty and nursery crop producers in hurricane-affected counties; (7) assistance to dairy producers in hurricane-affected counties; (8) assistance to producers and first handlers of cottonseed; (9) grants for agricultural promotion; (10) supplemental economic loss payments under a specified rate to producers who received crop year 2005 commodity assistance; and (11) assistance to tree producers (including Christmas, potted, ornamental, and nursery trees, shrubs, and vines) in hurricane-affected counties. Authorizes the Secretary to provide: (1) financial and technical assistance to remove debris and animal carcasses that could adversely affect health and safety on non-federal land in hurricane-affected counties; and (2) immunizations to Department of Agriculture employees involved in direct recovery work in hurricane-affected counties. Directs the Secretar…	2023-01-13T04:48:49Z
109-hr-4897	109	hr	4897	Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-03-07	2006-03-16	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]	CO	D	U000038	13	Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program Act of 2006 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to increase and extend through FY2011 Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funding authority for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements for farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses.	2023-01-13T04:48:59Z
109-hres-706	109	hres	706	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should enact legislation to provide direct emergency assistance to American farmers who were adversely affected by natural disasters and unforeseen production costs during the 2005 crop year.	Agriculture and Food	2006-03-02	2006-03-02	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]	AR	D	B000420	36	Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should enact legislation to assist American farmers adversely affected by natural disasters and unforeseen production costs during the 2005 crop year and that such legislation should give farmers a choice of a supplemental direct payment or yield-loss disaster payments.	2023-01-13T04:48:54Z
109-hr-4775	109	hr	4775	To extend all of the authorizations of appropriations and direct spending programs of 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.	Agriculture and Food	2006-02-16	2006-02-16	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]	TX	R	T000238	8	Extends, with specified exceptions, commodity programs, other direct spending programs, and authorizations of appropriations under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 until implementing legislation for the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations is enacted into law.	2023-01-13T04:49:09Z
109-s-2307	109	s	2307	Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2006	Agriculture and Food	2006-02-16	2006-02-16	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]	IA	D	H000206	3	Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2006 - Amends the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 to define specified terms. Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Special Counsel for Competition Matters, which shall be headed by a Special Counsel for Competition Matters. States that the Office shall: (1) investigate and prosecute violations of this Act, the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, and any other Act that the Secretary of Agriculture determines appropriate; (2) serve as a liaison between the Department and the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with respect to competition and trade practices in the food and agricultural sector; and (3) maintain a staff of attorneys and other appropriate professionals. Requires a dealer, handler, contractor, processor, or commission merchant with annual sales in excess of $100 million to file an annual corporate structure report with the Secretary. Prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices: (1) in agricultural commerce; (2) concerning producer associations; and (3) in agricultural contracts. Sets forth agricultural and production contract and enforcement provisions. Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to eliminate the "slaughter" requirement from the definitions of "poultry grower," "poultry growing arrangement," and "live poultry dealer." Extends: (1) administrative enforcement authority to live poultry dealers; and (2) temporary injunction or restraining order authority to instances of poultry care. States that: (1) it shall be an unlawful practice to engage in an unfair or discriminatory practice or device regardless of whether the practice or device causes a competitive injury or otherwise adversely effects competition; and (2) a person affected by specified unfair practices shall not be required to prove predatory intent, competitive injury, or likelihood of injury.	2023-01-13T04:49:03Z
109-hr-4713	109	hr	4713	To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.	Agriculture and Food	2006-02-08	2006-03-09	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]	IA	D	B000652	2	Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to prohibit livestock packers from owning, controlling, or feeding livestock to such an extent that the producer no longer materially participates in the management of the operation, with exceptions for: (1) animals held for not more than seven days before slaughter; (2) certain cooperatives that own, control or feed livestock and provide such livestock for slaughter; (3) packers that are not required to report price and quantity information on each reporting day; or (4) packers that own one livestock processing plant.	2023-01-13T04:49:11Z
109-hr-4689	109	hr	4689	Truth in Quality Grading Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2006-02-01	2006-03-09	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]	SD	D	H001037	2	Truth in Quality Grading Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to define "beef," "lamb," "imported beef," "imported lamb," "United States beef," and "United States lamb." (Excludes from inclusion as "United States beef" or "United States lamb" beef or lamb produced from imported animals.) Deems misbranded imported beef or imported lamb that bears a label indicating a quality grade issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (thereby prohibiting the use of such labels on such imported products).	2023-01-13T04:49:12Z
109-s-2120	109	s	2120	Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-12-16	2006-04-11	Became Public Law No: 109-215.	Senate	Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]	AZ	R	K000352	2	(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject specified Class I milk handlers (including producer-handlers) to federal milk marketing order minimum and uniform price requirements applicable to the county in which the plant of the handler is located, at federal order class prices, if the handler has packaged fluid milk product route dispositions, or sales of packaged fluid milk products to other plants, in a marketing area located in a state that requires handlers to pay minimum prices for raw milk purchases. Exempts from such provision: (1) a handler operating a nonpool plant; (2) a producer-handler for any month during which packaged fluid milk route dispositions and sales to other plants are less than three million pounds of milk; or (3) specified handlers whose fluid milk products are disposed of as route dispositions or transfers, or whose dispositions or transfers are in states requiring minimum prices for raw milk purchases. Subjects a Class I milk handler in the Arizona-Las Vegas marketing area (Order 131) to minimum milk price requirements for any month in which the handler distributes in such area at least three million pounds of Class I products from his or her own production. States that minimum milk price and exemption provisions under this Act shall not be construed as affecting, expanding, or contracting the treatment of producer-handlers except as provided for by such provisions. Excludes Nevada from federal milk marketing orders.	2023-01-31T21:12:39Z
109-s-2085	109	s	2085	A bill to provide a supplemental payment to assist agricultural producers in mitigating increasing input costs, including energy and fertilizer costs.	Agriculture and Food	2005-12-13	2005-12-13	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]	MT	D	B000243	1	Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make a supplemental payment (equal to the direct payment that the producer received for a 2005 crop) to assist agricultural producers in mitigating increasing input costs, including energy and fertilizer costs.	2023-01-13T04:49:19Z
109-hr-4398	109	hr	4398	African-American Farmers Benefits Relief Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-18	2006-02-06	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.	House	Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]	AL	D	D000602	12	African-American Farmers Benefits Relief Act of 2005 - Provides de novo review for qualifying claims filed under the consolidated class action action lawsuits of Pigford v. Veneman and Brewington v. Veneman.	2023-01-13T04:49:38Z
109-hr-4365	109	hr	4365	To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to implement mandatory country of origin labeling requirements for meat and produce on September 30, 2006.	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-17	2005-11-30	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.	House	Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]	CA	R	B001228	9	Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to change the country of origin labeling implementation date to September 30, 2006.	2023-01-13T04:49:39Z
109-s-2038	109	s	2038	A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to restore the original deadline for mandatory country of origin.	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-17	2005-11-17	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]	MT	R	B001126	13	Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to change the country of origin labeling implementation date to September 30, 2006.	2023-01-13T04:49:33Z
109-s-2018	109	s	2018	Truth in Quality Grading Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-16	2005-11-16	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]	SD	D	J000177	2	Truth in Quality Grading Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to define "beef," "lamb," "imported beef," "imported lamb," "United States beef," and "United States lamb." (Excludes from inclusion as "United States beef" or "United States lamb" beef or lamb produced from imported animals.) Deems misbranded imported beef or imported lamb that bears a label indicating a quality grade issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (thereby prohibiting the use of such labels on such imported products).	2023-01-13T04:49:34Z
109-hr-4330	109	hr	4330	Agriculture Hurricane Recovery Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-15	2005-11-15	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Ways and Means, and Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]	FL	R	D000600	23	Agriculture Hurricane Recovery Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency assistance to farm or aquacultural producers (other than sugarcane producers) in a disaster county who incurred qualifying crop or quality losses with respect to the 2004, 2005, or 2006 crop due to damaging weather or related condition. Limits: (1) assistance to only one crop year; and (2) 2006 crop losses to only those losses caused by a 2005 hurricane or tropical storm. Directs the Secretary to make emergency financial assistance to: (1) commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county for eligible inventory losses due to a 2005 hurricane; (2) tropical fruit producers in a disaster county who have suffered a qualifying loss due to a 2005 hurricane; (3) citrus and vegetable producers in a disaster county for losses caused by a 2005 hurricane or tropical storm; (4) certain sugar processors in Florida and Louisiana to compensate first processors and producers for crop and other losses related to 2005 hurricanes, tropical storms, excessive rains, and floods; (5) livestock producers in a disaster county for 2005 or 2006 losses (as elected by a producer); and (6) producers in a disaster county for specified infrastructure losses caused by a 2005 hurricane. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include nursery trees, Christmas trees, pecan trees, timber, and forest products in the tree assistance program. Waives specified cost-sharing requirements related to 2005 hurricane assistance. Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to include nursery or fernery crop producers in the emergency conservation program. Provides assistance for farm producers in a disaster county for repairing structures, barns, storage facilities, poultry houses, beehives, greenhouses, and shade houses due to 2005 hurricane damage. Provides emergency grants for low-income migrant and seasonal farmworker assistance. Provides assistance for: (1) reseeding, rehabilitation, and restoration of oyster r…	2023-01-13T04:49:40Z
109-hr-4332	109	hr	4332	To provide for an automatic one-year extension of the authorizations of appropriations and direct spending programs of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and to provide for an additional one-year extension if implementing legislation is not submitted with respect to the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations by January 15, 2008, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-15	2005-12-01	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]	MN	D	P000258	23	Provides for: (1) an automatic one-year extension of the authorization of appropriations for a crop year and direct spending programs and authorities (other than such crop programs) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; and (2) an additional one-year extension of them if the President does not submit implementing legislation to Congress with respect to the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations by January 15, 2008. Provides, with the exception of peanut storage costs, the same automatic one-year extension and additional one-year extension for: (1) authorizations of appropriations in the Act scheduled to expire on September 30, 2007; and (2) termination of a program or authority in calendar year 2007.	2023-01-13T04:49:40Z
109-s-2009	109	s	2009	Agriculture Hurricane Recovery Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-15	2005-11-15	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12844-12847)	Senate	Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL]	FL	R	M001162	1	Agriculture Hurricane Recovery Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency assistance to farm or aquacultural producers (other than sugarcane producers) in a disaster county who incurred qualifying crop or quality losses with respect to the 2004, 2005, or 2006 crop due to damaging weather or related condition. Limits: (1) assistance to only one crop year; and (2) 2006 crop losses to only those losses caused by a 2005 hurricane or tropical storm. Directs the Secretary to make emergency financial assistance to: (1) commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county for eligible inventory losses due to a 2005 hurricane; (2) tropical fruit producers in a disaster county who have suffered a qualifying loss due to a 2005 hurricane; (3) citrus and vegetable producers in a disaster county for losses caused by a 2005 hurricane or tropical storm; (4) certain sugar processors in Florida and Louisiana to compensate first processors and producers for crop and other losses related to 2005 hurricanes, tropical storms, excessive rains, and floods; (5) livestock producers in a disaster county for 2005 or 2006 losses (as elected by a producer); and (6) producers in a disaster county for specified infrastructure losses caused by a 2005 hurricane. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include nursery trees, Christmas trees, pecan trees, timber, and forest products in the tree assistance program. Waives specified cost-sharing requirements related to 2005 hurricane assistance. Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to include nursery or fernery crop producers in the emergency conservation program. Provides assistance for farm producers in a disaster county for repairing structures, barns, storage facilities, poultry houses, beehives, greenhouses, and shade houses due to 2005 hurricane damage. Provides emergency grants for low-income migrant and seasonal farmworker assistance. Provides assistance for: (1) reseeding, rehabilitation, and restoration of oyster r…	2023-01-13T04:49:34Z
109-s-2002	109	s	2002	BSE and Other Prior Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-14	2005-11-14	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12768-12770)	Senate	Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]	IL	D	D000563	2	BSE and Other Prion Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act - Prohibits the importation of a covered article that: (1) if containing animal-derived material, does not state in English that the covered article contains animal-derived material and the name of the derivative animal, and if a ruminant, identifies the country of origin and states whether specified risk material from the ruminant is or may be part of the covered article; (2) if not containing animal-derived material, does not state in English that the covered article does not contain animal-derived material; and (3) contains animal-derived material from a ruminant that was in any country at a time at which there was a transmission risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Prohibits the introduction into interstate or foreign commerce of a covered article that contains: (1) specified risk material from a ruminant, or any material from a ruminant that was in any foreign country when there was a BSE transmission risk; or (2) any material from a ruminant exhibiting signs of a neurological disease. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop an enforcement plan for the regulatory ban of certain animal proteins in ruminant feed; (2) promulgate regulations prohibiting same-farm admixing of ruminant and nonruminant feed; (3) in conjunction with the National Prion Disease Pathology Research Center at Case Western Reserve University, expand survey efforts for prion diseases in humans; and (4) monitor animal feed and provide for the registration of certain animal feed businesses. Directs the Secretary to accelerate the establishment of a ruminant identification program capable of tracing, within 48 hours, the movements of disease-exposed animals from birth to slaughter. Directs the Secretaries to: (1) jointly establish a prion disease task force; and (2) develop appropriate compliance standards. Defines: (1) covered article; (2) prion disease; and (3) specified risk material.	2023-01-13T04:49:34Z
109-hr-4282	109	hr	4282	Health Freedom Protection Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-09	2005-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]	TX	R	P000583	22	Health Freedom Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to provide that a food or dietary supplement is not a drug solely because the label or labeling contains a claim to cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) restricting the reprinting and distribution or sale of any U.S. government publication or any accurate quotations of such a publication, including content concerning nutrients and disease treatment or prevention; or (2) construing the distribution or sale of, or accurate quotation from, such a publication in connection with the sale of a food or dietary supplement as evidence of an intent to sell that food or dietary supplement as a drug. Requires the Secretary to allow claims on food or nutrient labeling that characterize the relationship of a nutrient to the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of a disease (with no more than a three-sentence disclaimer) unless the Secretary proves by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) there is no scientific evidence that supports the claim; and (2) the claim is inherently misleading and incapable of being rendered nonmisleading through the addition of a disclaimer. Authorizes the use of specified health claims on the label of all foods and dietary supplements, including claims related to saw palmetto, omega-3 fatty acids, glucosamine, and calcium. Allows a statement for a dietary supplement to include words that are recognized as signs or symptoms of disease so long as the statement does not include the name of a specific disease. Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to exempt from being regulated as advertising: (1) government publications exempted from reprinting or distribution restrictions under FFDCA; or (2) accurate summaries of scientific publications. Places the burden of proof that an advertisement for a dietary supplement or ingredient is false and misleading on the Federal Trade Commission.	2023-01-13T04:49:41Z
109-hr-4257	109	hr	4257	Captive Supply Reform Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-11-08	2005-11-08	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]	ND	D	P000422	2	Captive Supply Reform Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 respecting livestock producer-packer forward contracts to: (1) require the inclusion of fixed dollar amount base pricing and public bidding; (2) prohibit formula pricing; (3) limit individual contract size; and (4) exclude from the definition of "formula price" futures-based prices and base adjustments resulting from factors outside packer control.	2023-01-13T04:49:42Z
109-hr-4167	109	hr	4167	National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-27	2006-03-09	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	House	Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]	MI	R	R000572	226	National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to prohibit any state or political subdivision from establishing or continuing in effect for any food in interstate commerce: (1) any requirement that is not identical to specified FFDCA provisions (that does not have substantially the same language and the differences would result in the imposition of materially different requirements), including those related to adulterated foods, unsafe food additives, and new animal drugs; or (2) any notification requirement that provides for a warning concerning the food's safety that is not identical to FFDCA provisions. Allows: (1) a state or political subdivision to enforce a state law that contains a requirement that is identical to a requirement in such FFDCA provisions unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services has considered a proposal for, and published a determination not to promulgate, a regulation relating to such requirement; and (2) current state notification or food safety requirements to continue for 180 days, during which such state may petition for an exemption or a new national standard. Allows a state to petition for an exemption or to establish a national standard regarding any requirement under FFDCA or the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act relating to food regulation. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Service to provide such an exemption if the requirement: (1) protects an important public interest that would otherwise be unprotected; (2) would not cause any food to be in violation of any federal law; and (3) would not unduly burden interstate commerce. Requires the Secretary to expedite consideration of such a petition that involves a notification requirement to warn of cancer or reproductive or birth defects or to provide information that will allow parents or guardians to understand, monitor, or limit a child's exposure to cancer-causing agents or reproductive or developmental toxins. Allows a state to establish a requirement that w…	2023-01-13T04:49:01Z
109-hr-4149	109	hr	4149	Payment Limitation Integrity Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-26	2005-11-16	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]	NE	R	F000449	1	Payment Limitation Integrity Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations to establish measurable standards to prevent the use of separate entities to exceed commodity payment limitations and to provide payments only to active farmers. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide that if the Secretary determines that a person has committed fraud in connection with the adoption of a scheme or device to evade payment limitations such person shall be ineligible for farm program payments in the crop year for which the scheme or device was adopted and the succeeding five crop years.	2023-01-13T04:49:52Z
109-s-1885	109	s	1885	Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-18	2005-10-18	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11480-11481)	Senate	Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]	NJ	D	L000123	8	Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a food employment empowerment and development program of grants to eligible public agencies and private nonprofit institutions to encourage the use of community resources to combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by creating opportunity through food recovery and job training.	2023-01-13T04:49:48Z
109-s-1877	109	s	1877	A bill to prohibit the closure or relocation of certain county offices of the Farm Service Agency.	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-17	2005-10-17	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]	MT	D	B000243	0	Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from closing or relocating a Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office in operation as of the date of enactment of this Act.	2023-01-13T04:49:48Z
109-hr-4015	109	hr	4015	Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-07	2005-10-17	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]	CA	R	N000181	43	Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject specified Class I milk handlers (including producer-handlers) to federal milk marketing order minimum and uniform price requirements applicable to the county in which the plant of the handler is located, at federal order class prices, if the handler has packaged fluid milk product route dispositions, or sales of packaged fluid milk products to other plants, in a marketing area located in a state that requires handlers to pay minimum prices for raw milk purchases. Exempts from such provision: (1) a handler operating a nonpool plant; (2) a producer-handler for any month during which packaged fluid milk route dispositions and sales to other plants are less than three million pounds of milk; or (3) specified handlers whose fluid milk products are disposed of as route dispositions or transfers, or whose dispositions or transfers are in states requiring minimum prices for raw milk purchases. Subjects a Class I milk handler in the Arizona-Las Vegas marketing area (Order 131) to minimum milk price requirements for any month in which the handler distributes in such area at least three million pounds of Class I products from his or her own production. Excludes Nevada from federal milk marketing orders.	2023-01-13T04:49:56Z
109-hr-4031	109	hr	4031	Nursery and Tropical Fruit Producer Hurricane Relief Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-07	2005-10-17	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.	House	Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]	FL	R	D000600	8	Nursery and Tropical Fruit Producer Hurricane Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use necessary Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to make emergency financial assistance available to: (1) commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county for eligible inventory losses due to Hurricane Dennis, Katrina, or Rita; and (2) tropical fruit producers in a disaster county who have suffered a loss of 35 percent or more relative to expected production, due to any of those hurricanes. Provides for the calculation of losses and payments. Directs the Secretary to use necessary CCC funds to make emergency financial assistance to commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county to help cover debris removal and associated costs due to any of those hurricanes. Amends the: (1) Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to include a producer of nursery or fernery crops within the term "agricultural producer" for purposes of its emergency conservation program; and (2) Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include nursery growers that produce field- or container-grown trees within the term "eligible orchardist" for purposes of its tree assistance program. Designates amounts provided under this Act as an emergency requirement under the FY2006 Concurrent Budget Resolution.	2023-01-13T04:49:55Z
109-hr-4049	109	hr	4049	Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-07	2005-10-20	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]	CA	R	P000419	35	Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with any state department of agriculture for assisting early pest (plant pest) detection and surveillance efforts by such department through an array of methods, including survey, pest trapping, sampling or surveillance of domestic shipments, specimen collection, and modeling and mapping of pest populations. Requires the Secretary, in determining whether to enter into such an agreement, to consider specified factors, including: (1) the potential economic risk to the state's people, plants, livestock, property, economy, and environment due to the introduction of a pest; and (2) the likelihood that the early pest detection and surveillance activity will prevent the introduction or facilitate the eradication of a pest.	2023-01-13T04:49:54Z
109-hr-3969	109	hr	3969	To provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees of the Department in coordination with other disaster agencies in responding to federally declared disasters.	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-06	2005-10-20	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]	MO	R	B000575	12	Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to deploy disaster liaisons to state and local Department of Agriculture Service Centers to coordinate Department assistance with other designated disaster agencies in a federally declared disaster area whenever Federal Emergency Management personnel are deployed in that area. Defines "federally declared disaster area" for such purposes.	2023-01-13T04:49:57Z
109-hr-3974	109	hr	3974	To prohibit the closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency offices pending the completion of the next omnibus agriculture law.	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-06	2005-10-20	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]	OK	R	L000491	26	Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from closing or relocating a county or local Farm Service Agency office before the later of: (1) October 1, 2007; or (2) the date of the enactment of an omnibus Act authorizing FY2008 funds for the Department of Agriculture.	2023-01-13T04:49:57Z
109-hr-3998	109	hr	3998	To provide farm debt and program relief to African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of Department of Agriculture farm credit programs and other agriculture programs, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	2005-10-06	2005-10-17	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]	GA	D	M000523	1	Forgives all indebtedness, in connection with all farm operating loan program debt agreements entered into with the Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and requires payment of the minimum relief raised in the combined cases Pigford et al. v. Glickman and Brewington et al v. Glickman, with respect to each African-American farmer who: (1) was an "actual farmer" during the period beginning on January 1, 1981, and extending through December 30, 1996; and (2) applied for, but failed to receive, farm credit program debt relief pursuant to specified federal law or through the Black Farmer Settlement as authorized by the previously mentioned cases.	2023-01-13T04:49:56Z
109-s-1804	109	s	1804	Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-30	2005-09-30	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]	AR	D	L000035	2	Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to producers on a farm eligible for 2005 direct payments for a covered commodity if: (1) the farm is located in a disaster county; or (2) the producers on the farm have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to damaging weather or related conditions. Requires as a condition for such assistance that producers of: (1) a covered commodity and other insurable commodities for each of the next two crop years obtain at least federal crop catastrophic risk protection, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received; and (2) eligible noninsurable commodities for each of the next two crop or calendar years file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the state filing deadline, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make emergency financial assistance to producers (crop, timber, fisheries, and livestock producers) who have incurred losses in a disaster-designated county; (2) use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to carry out the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program for livestock producers in a disaster county, and for catfish producers; (3) transfer CCC funds for emergency surplus removal of agricultural commodities; (4) use CCC funds for assistance to fruit and vegetable producers, and for producers and first handlers of the 2005 cottonseed crop; and (5) make CCC commodity or payment assistance to certain loan-eligible first processors in a disaster-designated state to partially compensate producers and first processors for crop and other losses related to such natural disaster.	2023-01-13T04:49:59Z
109-hr-3931	109	hr	3931	Downed Animal Protection Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-28	2005-10-06	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.	House	Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]	NY	D	A000022	143	Downed Animal Protection Act - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory livestock in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such livestock become nonambulatory. Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized. Requires an entity to: (1) humanely euthanize nonambulatory livestock (while not limiting the Secretary's ability to test nonambulatory livestock for disease, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy); and (2) not move nonambulatory livestock while such livestock is conscious, and ensure that such livestock remains unconscious until death. Prohibits an inspector at an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act to pass nonambulatory livestock, carcass, or carcass parts through inspection. Requires an inspector or other employee at such establishment to label such material as "inspected and condemned." Defines "covered entity," "nonambulatory livestock," and "humanely euthanize."	2023-01-13T04:50:08Z
109-s-1779	109	s	1779	Downed Animal Protection Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-28	2005-09-28	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10597)	Senate	Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]	HI	D	A000069	26	Downed Animal Protection Act - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory livestock in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such livestock become nonambulatory. Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized. Requires an entity to: (1) humanely euthanize nonambulatory livestock (while not limiting the Secretary's ability to test nonambulatory livestock for disease, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy); and (2) not move nonambulatory livestock while such livestock is conscious, and ensure that such livestock remains unconscious until death. Prohibits an inspector at an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act to pass nonambulatory livestock, carcass, or carcass parts through inspection. Requires an inspector or other employee at such establishment to label such material as "inspected and condemned." Defines "covered entity," "nonambulatory livestock," and "humanely euthanize."	2023-01-13T04:49:59Z
109-s-1776	109	s	1776	Permanent Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-27	2005-09-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]	MN	D	D000596	0	Permanent Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, as of the 2005 crop year, to make emergency financial assistance to farm producers in a county located in a disaster-designated area who incur qualifying crop losses for an insurable crop due to damaging weather or related condition.	2023-01-13T04:49:59Z
109-s-1752	109	s	1752	A bill to amend the United States Grain Standards Act to reauthorize that Act.	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-22	2005-09-30	Became Public Law No: 109-83.	Senate	Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]	GA	R	C000286	1	(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to extend through FY2015: (1) authority for inspection, weighing, and supervisory fees, supervisory and administrative cost limitations, and the advisory committee; and (2) authorization of appropriations.	2023-01-13T04:50:00Z
109-hr-3846	109	hr	3846	To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the Milk Income Loss Contract Program through the end of calendar year 2005.	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-21	2005-09-26	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]	WI	R	G000545	0	Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the sign-up date and contract duration for national dairy market loss payments through December 31, 2005.	2023-01-13T04:50:10Z
109-hr-3847	109	hr	3847	To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the Milk Income Loss Contract Program through the end of fiscal year 2007.	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-21	2005-09-26	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]	WI	R	G000545	0	Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the sign-up date and contract duration for national dairy market loss payments through September 30, 2007.	2023-01-13T04:50:10Z
109-hr-3848	109	hr	3848	To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the Milk Income Loss Contract Program for an additional month.	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-21	2005-09-26	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]	WI	R	G000545	0	Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the sign-up date and contract duration for national dairy market loss payments through October 31, 2005.	2023-01-13T04:50:10Z
109-s-1742	109	s	1742	A bill to amend the Food and Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude certain military housing allowances from the eligibility requirements for food stamps.	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-21	2005-09-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]	KS	R	R000307	0	Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude certain military housing allowances from food stamp eligibility requirements.	2023-01-13T04:50:00Z
109-hr-3754	109	hr	3754	Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-13	2005-09-21	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]	ND	D	P000422	4	Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest). Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2005 losses in an emergency-designated county, with set-asides for the American Indian livestock program; (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005 livestock disaster losses, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, and anthrax; (3) additional assistance for the emergency conservation and the emergency watershed protection programs; (4) compensation for certain owners of flooded crop and grazing land in North Dakota; and (5) supplemental loss payments under a specified rate to producers who received crop year 2005 commodity assistance. Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) provide drought disaster relief authority for farm-related and non-farm-related small businesses; and (2) authorize FY2005-FY2008 drought disaster loans for non-farm-related small businesses. Directs the Secretary to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for: (1) grants for agricultural promotion; (2) state-specified grants; and (3) additional grants for agricultural promotion, including food bank and nutrition program assistance, to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and any other state that is housing evacuees or suffering damage from Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. Directs the Secretary to extend the settlement date of certain marketing assistance loans. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the sign-up date and contract duration for national dairy market loss payments to September 30, 2006. Transfers Treasury funds to the Secretary of Commerce for assistance to New England fisheries suffering from the red tide outbreak.	2023-01-13T04:50:13Z
109-s-1692	109	s	1692	Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-13	2005-09-22	Star Print ordered on the bill.	Senate	Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]	ND	D	C000705	8	Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest). Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2005 losses in an emergency-designated county, with set-asides for the American Indian livestock program; (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005 livestock disaster losses, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, and anthrax; (3) additional assistance for the emergency conservation and the emergency watershed protection programs; (4) compensation for certain owners of flooded crop and grazing land in North Dakota; and (5) supplemental loss payments under a specified rate to producers who received crop year 2005 commodity assistance. Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) provide drought disaster relief authority for farm-related and non-farm-related small businesses; and (2) authorize FY2005-FY2008 drought disaster loans for non-farm-related small businesses. Directs the Secretary to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for: (1) grants for agricultural promotion; (2) state-specified grants; and (3) additional grants for agricultural promotion, including food bank and nutrition program assistance, to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and any other state that is housing evacuees or suffering damage from Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. Directs the Secretary to extend the settlement date of certain marketing assistance loans. Transfers Treasury funds to the Secretary of Commerce for assistance to New England fisheries suffering from the red tide outbreak.	2023-01-13T04:50:01Z
109-s-1695	109	s	1695	Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-13	2005-09-13	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]	IA	D	H000206	3	Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide expedited and increased food stamp benefits for households in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (including areas that were disaster-designated as a result of Hurricane Katrina) or a related condition. Includes as an eligible household a household: (1) in an affected area; (2) in which a member worked in an affected area immediately prior to August 29, 2005; (3) that was displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or a related condition to other areas of the same or another state; (4) that the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) determines should receive relief; or (5) containing one or more individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. Treats lawful aliens in the same manner as refugees for food stamp household eligibility purposes. Authorizes the Secretary, under expedited procedures, to use specified food stamp program funds in FY2005-FY2006 for contracts with nonprofit organizations to support household and community efforts to address food assistance and related needs resulting from Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Secretary specified amounts (which shall be available without further appropriation) for food assistance to eligible recipients, including special supplemental foods for pregnant women and infants (WIC) or for other individuals with special needs, infant formula, bottled water, and fruit juices; (2) the Secretary to use additional commodity distribution funds for food assistance to such recipients. Includes as an eligible recipient a person who: (1) is a victim of Hurricane Katrina or a related condition; (2) has been displaced by Hurricane Katrina or a related condition; or (3) is temporarily housing one or more individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. Authorizes the Secretary to modify assistance conditions for programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act…	2023-01-13T04:50:01Z
109-hr-3702	109	hr	3702	Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-08	2005-09-08	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]	AR	D	B000420	10	Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to producers on a farm eligible for 2005 direct payments for a covered commodity if: (1) the farm is located in a disaster county; or (2) the producers on the farm have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to damaging weather or related conditions. Requires as a condition for such assistance that producers of: (1) a covered commodity and other insurable commodities for each of the next two crop years obtain at least federal crop catastrophic risk protection, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received; and (2) eligible noninsurable commodities for each of the next two crop or calendar years file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the state filing deadline, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make emergency financial assistance to producers (crop, timber, fisheries, and livestock producers) who have incurred losses in a disaster-designated county; (2) use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to carry out the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program for livestock producers in a disaster county, and for catfish producers; (3) transfer CCC funds for emergency surplus removal of agricultural commodities; (4) use CCC funds for assistance to fruit and vegetable producers, and for producers and first handlers of the 2005 cottonseed crop; and (5) make CCC commodity or payment assistance to certain loan-eligible first processors in a disaster-designated state to partially compensate producers and first processors for crop and other losses related to such natural disaster.	2023-01-13T04:50:15Z
109-s-1636	109	s	1636	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.	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-08	2005-09-08	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]	IL	D	D000563	3	Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005 to provide emergency crop disaster assistance to agricultural producers who incurred qualifying 2005 losses due to damaging weather or related conditions. (Eliminates the provision limiting 2005 crop assistance to only producers who suffered losses in 2004 from hurricanes or tropical storms in disaster-designated counties.) Provides emergency tree assistance to commercial orchardists and timber producers who incurred qualifying natural disaster-caused losses in 2005. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to carry out the 2002 livestock compensation program for eligible: (1) livestock producers who are in a disaster county; and (2) catfish producers.	2023-01-13T04:50:03Z
109-s-1643	109	s	1643	Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-08	2005-09-08	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9847-9848)	Senate	Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]	IA	D	H000206	1	Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide expedited and increased food stamp benefits for households in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (including areas that were disaster-designated as a result of Hurricane Katrina) or a related condition. Includes as an eligible household a household: (1) in an affected area; (2) in which a member worked in an affected area immediately prior to August 29, 2005; (3) that was displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or a related condition to other areas of the same or another state; (4) that the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) determines should receive relief; or (5) containing one or more individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. Authorizes the Secretary, under expedited procedures, to use specified food stamp program funds in FY2005-FY2006 for contracts with nonprofit organizations to support household and community efforts to address food assistance and related needs resulting from Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Secretary specified amounts (which shall be available without further appropriation) for food assistance to eligible recipients, including special supplemental foods for pregnant women and infants (WIC) or for other individuals with special needs, infant formula, bottled water, and fruit juices; (2) the Secretary to use additional commodity distribution funds for food assistance to such recipients. Includes as an eligible recipient a person who: (1) is a victim of Hurricane Katrina or a related condition; (2) has been displaced by Hurricane Katrina or a related condition; or (3) is temporarily housing one or more individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Secretary additional WIC and commodity supplemental food program funds (which shall be available without further appropriation) for persons victimized or displaced by …	2023-01-13T04:50:03Z
109-hr-3660	109	hr	3660	Rice Farmer Fairness Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-06	2005-09-12	Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.	House	Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]	TX	R	P000583	0	Rice Farmer Fairness Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require, as a condition on the receipt of direct or counter-cyclical payments for rice produced in Texas where the the principal producer of the rice is a tenant or sharecropper, that the producers on the farm agree to retain the rice cropland in production or a cropping system rotation for the next crop year.	2023-01-13T04:50:16Z
109-s-1613	109	s	1613	A bill to amend the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 to extend the termination date for mandatory price reporting.	Agriculture and Food	2005-09-06	2005-09-14	Held at the desk.	Senate	Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]	IA	R	G000386	1	(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 1999 to extend the termination date of such Act's mandatory beef and swine reporting and related authorities to September 30, 2006.	2023-01-13T04:50:04Z
109-s-1555	109	s	1555	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.	Agriculture and Food	2005-07-29	2005-07-29	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9473)	Senate	Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]	WA	D	C000127	9	Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to the senior farmers' market nutrition program to: (1) increase program funding; (2) expand the program to include locally produced farm products as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (3) permit up to ten percent of program funds to be used for administrative costs.	2023-01-13T04:50:21Z
109-s-1556	109	s	1556	Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act	Agriculture and Food	2005-07-29	2005-07-29	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9474-9475)	Senate	Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]	OR	D	W000779	0	Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act - Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include within the definition of specialty crop: (1) farm-raised or wild-harvested fish and shellfish; and (2) organically produced specialty crops. Makes the authorization of appropriations for state specialty crop block grants permanent. Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to replace the agricultural marketing resource center pilot project with a state block grant program for value-added agricultural product market development. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an incentive program for third-party certification of agricultural producers and processors for quality and production practices that increase agricultural commodity marketability or value. Provides for up 50% reimbursement of participant certification costs. Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the adjusted gross revenue insurance pilot program as a permanent program. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) expand the program to cover any county in which crops are produced; and (2) grant temporary policy subsidies for producers located in a county that has a high level of specialty crop production and has not had a high level of crop insurance coverage coverage. Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) make available to students in not more than 100 schools in each state, and in elementary and secondary schools on one Indian reservation, free fresh and dried fruits and vegetables throughout the school day in one or more school-designated areas; and (2) give priority to states that produce large quantities of specialty crops. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase operating loan limits for loans guaranteed other than by the Secretary. Revises the related inflation percentage determination. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to establish the position of Assistant United States Trade Repres…	2023-01-13T04:50:21Z
109-s-1582	109	s	1582	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.	Agriculture and Food	2005-07-29	2005-07-29	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]	GA	R	C000286	1	Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to extend: (1) authority for inspection, weighing, and supervisory fees, supervisory and administrative cost limitations, and the advisory committee; and (2) authorization of appropriations. Authorizes with respect to export port locations of grain: (1) private entity performance of official inspection and weighing activities; and (2) use of more than one designated person or entity to perform such activities. (Makes certain geographic boundary provisions inapplicable to designated agencies at export port locations.)	2023-01-13T04:50:21Z
109-hr-3535	109	hr	3535	To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require country of origin labeling for macadamia nuts.	Agriculture and Food	2005-07-28	2005-09-08	Executive Comment Requested from USDA.	House	Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2]	HI	D	C001055	0	Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require: (1) country of origin labeling for macadamia nuts (covered commodity); and (2) that macadamia nuts be exclusively produced in the United States in order to be designated as U.S. country of origin.	2023-01-13T04:50:32Z

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