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112-s-3669 112 s 3669 A bill to provide assistance for watersheds adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters. Agriculture and Food 2012-12-11 2012-12-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] CO D B001267 1 Provides assistance, from Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated, for watersheds adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters. 2019-11-15T21:44:06Z  
112-hr-6600 112 hr 6600 Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-11-16 2012-12-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] NY D C001038 5 Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for the increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food and to modify the labeling of the commodities list under the emergency food assistance program to enable Kosher and Halal food bank operators to identify which commodities to obtain from local food banks. 2022-03-02T15:36:55Z  
112-s-3632 112 s 3632 Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-11-15 2012-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] NY D G000555 0 Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for the increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food and to modify the labeling of the commodities list under the emergency food assistance program to enable Kosher and Halal food bank operators to identify which commodities to obtain from local food banks. 2023-01-11T13:23:09Z  
112-hr-6567 112 hr 6567 State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-10-02 2012-12-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1] KS R H001057 11 State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2012 - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide federal financial assistance to the states in the form of a single grant to allow the states flexibility in providing, and financing the provision of, supplemental food and nutrition assistance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide each qualifying state with a specified quarterly grant for each of FY2013 through FY2022. Requires a state to certify that such supplemental food and nutrition assistance will include specified work and benefits use requirements. Authorizes states to: (1) set aside funds to be used during periods of unexpectedly high unemployment or program enrollment, and (2) use up to 30% of funds for other welfare-related programs. Prohibits supplemental food and nutrition assistance from being provided to aliens who are not residing legally in the United States. Requires annual state audits. Sets forth federal program authorities and nondiscrimination provisions. Repeals the: (1) the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program); (2) the emergency food assistance program; (3) community food projects; (4) the commodity supplemental food program; (5) the senior farmers' market nutrition program; and (6) the fresh fruit and vegetable program. 2020-02-10T16:50:31Z  
112-hr-6509 112 hr 6509 RICE Act Agriculture and Food 2012-09-21 2012-09-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 2 Reducing food-based Inorganic and Organic Compounds Exposure Act of 2012 or the RICE Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate a final regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act establishing the minimum quantity of total arsenic contained in rice or a rice product that will cause the rice or rice product to be deemed to be adulterated under the Act. Requires the regulation to: (1) apply the minimum quantity to rice and rice products regardless of the origin of the arsenic, (2) include the establishment of tolerances, and (3) establish a standard for total arsenic based on the maximum achievable reduction in cancer risk and be at least as protective as the allowable level set for total arsenic in bottled water under the Act. 2019-11-15T21:18:14Z  
112-hr-6518 112 hr 6518 State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-09-21 2012-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1] KS R H001057 4 State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2012 - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide federal financial assistance to the states in the form of a single grant to allow the states flexibility in providing, and in financing the provision of, supplemental food and nutrition assistance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide each qualifying state with a specified quarterly grant for each of FY2013-FY2022. Requires a state to certify that such supplemental food and nutrition assistance will include specified work and benefits use requirements. Authorizes states to: (1) set aside funds to be used during periods of unexpectedly high unemployment or program enrollment, and (2) use up to 30% of funds for other welfare-related programs. Prohibits supplemental food and nutrition assistance from being provided to aliens not residing legally in the United States. Requires annual state audits. Repeals: (1) the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program); (2) the emergency food assistance program; (3) community food projects; (4) the commodity supplemental food program; (5) the senior farmers' market nutrition program; and (6) the fresh fruit and vegetable program. 2020-02-10T16:50:32Z  
112-hr-6457 112 hr 6457 Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act Agriculture and Food 2012-09-20 2012-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] IN D C001072 5 Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to provide agricultural product market development grants to assist persons in preserving the quality and shelf-life of fruit and vegetable crops produced by such persons on qualified land through the use of mobile and fixed flash freezing and quick freezing units. 2021-09-28T14:41:23Z  
112-hr-6470 112 hr 6470 PESTT Act Agriculture and Food 2012-09-20 2012-11-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5] SC R M001182 12 Pest Elimination Services Transparency and Terminology or the PESTT Act - Amends the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988, with respect to nuisance animal control activities and agreements of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), to define "urban rodent control" (excepted from such activities) as efforts to directly control any mammal in the order Rodentia in a location that is not an airport or in a rural area. Requires the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress on activities carried out by the Wildlife Services program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that: (1) identifies activities that can be carried out by private sector entities, (2) prioritizes those vital to the protection of public health and safety and agricultural production and that can be performed by such entities, and (3) recommends ways to avoid duplication by the Wildlife Services program and the private sector. 2019-11-15T20:44:58Z  
112-s-3602 112 s 3602 Food Stamp Restoration Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-09-20 2012-09-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6554-6555) Senate Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] OK R I000024 0 Food Stamp Restoration Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), for each of FY2014-FY2021, to establish a food stamp block grant program under which the Secretary shall make annual grants to each participating state that establishes a food stamp program and submits a specified annual report to the Secretary. Requires a participating state to certify that its program includes: (1) work requirements; (2) mandatory drug testing; (3) verification of citizenship or lawful U.S. permanent residency; and (4) limitations on the eligible uses of benefits that are at least as restrictive as those in place for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program). Provides a grant to a participating state in an amount equal to the product of: (1) the specified amount made available for the applicable fiscal year, and (2) the proportion that the number of legal residents in the state whose income does not exceed 100% of the poverty line (applicable to a family of the size involved) bears to the number of such individuals in all participating states for the applicable fiscal year. Requires an annual Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit and report to Congress regarding the effectiveness of the nutritional assistance block grant program and the manner in which each participating state is implementing the program. Permits a participating state to use the grant in any appropriate manner to provide food stamps to its legal residents. Authorizes funds to remain available to a state for five years and requires any funds remaining unused after five years to be deposited in the Treasury.) Repeals: (1) the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, effective September 30, 2013; and (2) specified mandatory and direct funding provisions. 2019-11-15T21:44:06Z  
112-hr-6308 112 hr 6308 Transparency for Lethal Control Act Agriculture and Food 2012-08-02 2012-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. House Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] CA D D000598 4 Transparency for Lethal Control Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to submit an annual report to Congress (and make such report publicly available on the Internet) on the animals killed during the preceding year under the wildlife services program or by a state or local entity acting in cooperation with or on behalf of such program. 2019-11-15T20:44:34Z  
112-hres-760 112 hres 760 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should reject the provisions of H.R. 6083, as ordered reported by the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, that reduce the availability or amount of benefits provided under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) in effect under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. Agriculture and Food 2012-08-02 2012-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] MA D M000312 100 Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should reject the provisions of H.R. 6083, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture, that reduce the availability or amount of benefits provided under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) in effect under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 2021-09-28T12:46:42Z  
112-hr-6269 112 hr 6269 Disabled Veterans Nutrition Fairness Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-08-01 2012-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12] CA D S001175 0 Disabled Veterans Nutrition Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly food stamp) benefits to include certain veterans with pending service-connected disability claims. 2019-11-15T20:44:58Z  
112-hr-6270 112 hr 6270 Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-08-01 2012-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. House Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12] CA D S001175 0 Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require annual disclosure of specified crop insurance premium subsidy information in the public interest. 2019-11-15T20:44:33Z  
112-hr-6233 112 hr 6233 Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-07-31 2012-09-10 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. House Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] OK R L000491 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make FY2012 livestock indemnity payments from Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to eligible producers on farms that have incurred livestock death losses in excess of the normal mortality due to: (1) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law, including wolves and avian predators; or (2) adverse weather, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease, wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold. Sets payment rates at 75% of the market value of the applicable livestock on the day before death. Directs the Secretary to provide FY2012 compensation from CCC funds for losses to eligible livestock producers due to grazing losses for covered livestock caused by drought or fire. States that an eligible livestock producer may receive drought assistance only for grazing losses for covered livestock that occur on land that is: (1) native or improved pasture land with permanent vegetative cover, or (2) planted with a crop that specifically provides grazing for covered livestock. Prohibits assistance for grazing losses on land used for haying or grazing under the conservation reserve program. Sets the monthly drought payment rate at 60% of the lesser of: (1) the producer's monthly feed cost for all owned or leased covered livestock, or (2) the producer's monthly feed cost calculated by using the normal carrying capacity of the producer's eligible grazing land. (Establishes a partial payment rate where a producer has disposed of covered livestock because of drought.) States that an eligible livestock producer may receive fire assistance only if: (1) the grazing losses occur on federally-managed rangeland, and (2) the producer is prohibited by the federal agency from grazing the normal permitted livestock on such rangeland du… 2022-03-02T05:33:29Z  
112-hr-6239 112 hr 6239 SNAP Fraud Prevention Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-07-31 2012-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] MO R G000546 1 SNAP Fraud Prevention Act of 2012 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the payment of a deposit fee in excess of any state fee reimbursement to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) for the return of empty bottles and cans used to contain food purchased with SNAP benefits. 2019-11-15T20:44:58Z  
112-hr-6228 112 hr 6228 To provide a one-year extension of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, with certain modifications and exceptions, to make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 2012-07-30 2012-07-30 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] OK R L000491 0 Extends through September 30, 2013, with specified exceptions, programs under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. Suspends specified price support authorities. Extends specified: (1) commodity programs, (2) conservation programs, (3) employment and training programs, (4) research programs, (5) energy programs, and (6) horticulture and organic agriculture programs. Extends the program of outreach and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. Provides assistance for livestock losses caused by: (1) adverse weather or attacks by federally reintroduced animals, and (2) drought or fire. Provides assistance for orchardists and nursery tree growers for commercial losses caused by natural disasters. 2019-11-15T20:44:33Z  
112-hr-6231 112 hr 6231 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program. Agriculture and Food 2012-07-30 2012-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. House Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] WI R R000587 1 Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Forest Service, to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program to provide technical services for conservation-related programs and authorities carried out by the Secretary on such lands. 2019-11-15T21:28:19Z  
112-hr-6192 112 hr 6192 Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-07-25 2012-08-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] MO R E000172 1 Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 - Extends through FY2012: (1) the livestock indemnity program; (2) the livestock forage disaster program; (3) emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish; and (4) the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund. 2019-11-15T21:43:29Z  
112-hr-6200 112 hr 6200 Safety And Fraud Enforcement for Seafood Act Agriculture and Food 2012-07-25 2012-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. House Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] MA D M000133 19 Safety And Fraud Enforcement for Seafood Act - Requires the Secretaries of Commerce and Health and Human Services (HHS) to execute a memorandum of understanding to improve interagency cooperation on seafood safety, building upon any prior agreement, including those under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Includes in such a memorandum processes concerning efficient use of inspection personnel, intergovernmental cooperation, use of data, monitoring of substances used in fish farming, and prescreening of imported seafood by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Establishes the following coordination requirements: (1) development of a process to expedite the importation of seafood from foreign countries and exporters that consistently adhere to the highest standards for seafood safety, (2) use of the national sea grant college program for outreach activities, and (3) collection of information to prevent seafood fraud. Defines "seafood fraud" as the mislabeling or misrepresentation of seafood in violation of this Act or other applicable federal laws and regulations. Provides standards for refusal of admission of imported seafood based upon findings of failure to meet controls of existing fishery product regulations, the use of treatments or feed containing substances not approved for use by U.S. aquaculturists, or a level of any substance above the maximum deemed safe for consumption by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Provides procedures for import certifications and allowance of individual shipments in certain cases. Includes, in fishery management plan data required to be submitted in the course of fish processing, information that accompanies seafood (including by labeling) through final sale concerning market and species names, production method, catch or aquaculture area, and weight, number, or product transformation. Requires a public website to list exporters of seafood to the United States and track violations. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to increase the n… 2021-04-19T19:41:55Z  
112-hr-6167 112 hr 6167 Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-07-23 2012-07-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] IA D L000565 6 Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 - Extends through FY2012: (1) the supplemental agricultural disaster assistance program; (2) the supplemental revenue assistance payments (SURE) program; (3) the livestock indemnity program; (4) the livestock forage disaster program; (5) the emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish; (6) the tree assistance program; and (7) the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund. 2019-11-15T21:46:28Z  
112-s-3395 112 s 3395 Wildfire and Drought Relief for Ranchers and Farmers Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-07-17 2012-07-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] OR D M001176 3 Wildfire and Drought Relief for Ranchers and Farmers Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds in FY2012 for the following supplemental agricultural disaster programs: (1) the livestock indemnity program; (2) the livestock forage disaster program; (3) the emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish program; and (4) the tree assistance program. 2019-11-15T21:47:02Z  
112-s-3384 112 s 3384 Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Extension Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-07-12 2012-07-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MT D B000243 5 Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Extension Act of 2012 - Extends through FY2012: (1) the supplemental agricultural disaster assistance program; (2) the supplemental revenue assistance payments (SURE) program; (3) the livestock indemnity program; (4) the livestock forage disaster program; (5) the emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish; (6) the tree assistance program; and (7) the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund. 2019-11-15T21:47:05Z  
112-hr-6098 112 hr 6098 Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act Agriculture and Food 2012-07-11 2012-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. House Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] AZ R F000444 3 Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance premium subsidy rates. 2022-03-02T16:39:41Z  
112-s-3368 112 s 3368 A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act to prohibit the provision of funds made available to carry out that Act in any State that allows income deductions for controlled substances, including medical marijuana. Agriculture and Food 2012-07-10 2012-07-10 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 and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit any funds made available to carry out such Act from being provided to households in any state that allows income deductions for schedule I controlled substances, including medical marijuana. 2019-11-15T21:47:06Z  
112-hr-6083 112 hr 6083 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-07-09 2012-09-13 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 481. House Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] OK R L000491 1 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 - Title I: Commodities - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - Repeals, but continues for crop year 2012: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). Provides for crop years 2013-2017 either: (1) price loss coverage if a covered commodity's effective price is less than its reference price; or (2) alternative revenue loss coverage, as a permanent one-time election, if a covered commodity's county revenue is less than the county revenue loss coverage trigger. Subtitle B: Marketing Loans - Authorizes: (1) nonrecourse marketing assistance loans, (2) loan deficiency payments, (3) payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage, (4) programs for upland cotton and extra long staple cotton, (5) assistance for peanuts, and (6) recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton. Subtitle C: Sugar - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make nonrecourse loans to processors of domestically grown sugarcane and domestically grown sugar beets through crop year 2017. Directs the Secretary to make sugarcane and sugar beet quantity estimates through crop year 2017 for: (1) human consumption, (2) carryover stocks, (3) carry-in stocks, (4) domestic processing, and (5) imports. Subtitle D: Dairy - Part I: Dairy Producer Margin Protection and Dairy Market Stabilization Programs - Establishes a dairy production margin protection program under which participating dairy operations are paid: (1) basic production margin protection program payments when production margins are less than threshold levels, and (2) supplemental production margin protection program payments if purchased by a participating dairy operation. Provides for program retroactivity. Establishes a dairy market stabilization program to assist in balancing the supply of milk with demand when participating dairy operations are experiencing low or negative operating margins. Terminates the production margin protection a… 2022-03-02T05:33:29Z  
112-hr-6034 112 hr 6034 Advancing Agricultural Floodplain Management Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-06-27 2012-07-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. House Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10] CA D G000559 6 Advancing Agricultural Floodplain Management Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to jointly establish a task force to analyze the challenges faced by agricultural areas and rural communities designated as having special flood hazards for purposes of the national flood insurance program. Terminates the task force 120 days after it submits its report to Congress as required by this Act. 2019-11-15T21:00:57Z  
112-hr-6022 112 hr 6022 Containing Risk, Offering Protection Act Agriculture and Food 2012-06-26 2012-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. House Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11] CA D M001166 2 Containing Risk, Offering Protection Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to include coverage for losses to an insured commodity when, as a result of a federally-imposed quarantine, the commodity must be destroyed or is unable to be marketed or utilized for its intended purpose. 2019-11-15T20:50:53Z  
112-hr-5961 112 hr 5961 Farmer's Privacy Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-06-19 2012-09-20 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 493. House Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] WV R C001047 14 Farmer's Privacy Act of 2012 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in exercising any authority under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act), from conducting aerial surveillance of agricultural land unless the Administrator has: (1) obtained the voluntary written consent of the owner or operator of the land to be surveilled, and (2) obtained from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia a certification of reasonable suspicion that a violation of the Act exists in the area to be surveilled. Requires the Administrator to ensure that such consent: (1) specifies a period of up to one year during which the consent is effective, (2) contains a specific description of the geographical area to be surveilled, (3) contains limitations on the days and times during which the surveillance may be conducted if requested by such owner or operator, and (4) is granted voluntarily. Prohibits the Administrator from threatening additional, more detailed, or more thorough inspections or coercing or enticing such owner's or operator's consent. Prohibits the Administrator, except where a land operator or owner has petitioned for copies of information collected through aerial surveillance permitted under this Act or where the information is pertinent to an active EPA investigation or prosecution, from disclosing information collected through such surveillance. Excepts information collected through such surveillance from the Freedom of Information Act. Requires the destruction of information collected through aerial surveillance conducted under this Act not later than 30 days after collection, unless it is pertinent to an active EPA investigation or prosecution. 2022-03-02T15:16:58Z  
112-hr-5962 112 hr 5962 Organic Standards Protection Act Agriculture and Food 2012-06-19 2012-06-19 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] CA D C001036 14 Amends the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to require all persons, including producers, handlers, and certifying agents, required to report information to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) under such Act to maintain all contracts, agreements, receipts, and other records associated with the organic certification program for 5 years (10 years for a certifying agent). Authorizes investigative and enforcement actions for violations of such Act. 2019-11-15T20:50:56Z  
112-hr-5955 112 hr 5955 Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-06-18 2012-07-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. House Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] OH D K000009 19 Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the biobased markets program to: (1) extend program funding through FY2017, (2) increase the number of categories of biobased products designated and individual biobased products eligible for preferred purchasing, and (3) provide for a program of biobased product education and promotion activities. Amends the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend Program funding through FY2017; (2) make nonprofit organizations eligible for assistance; (3) provide loan guarantees and grants to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy system purchases, with a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects project size; and (4) permit the combined amount of a grant and a loan guarantee to cover all eligible activity costs. Extends funding through FY2017 for: (1) biorefinery assistance, (2) the biodiesel fuel education program, (3) biomass research and development, (4) the Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative, (5) the biomass crop assistance program, (6) the forest biomass for energy program, and (7) the community wood energy program. 2021-04-19T19:38:34Z  
112-sres-484 112 sres 484 A resolution designating June 7, 2012, as "National Hunger Awareness Day". Agriculture and Food 2012-06-06 2012-06-06 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3798-3799; text as passed Senate: CR S3799; text of measure as introduced: CR S3782-3783) Senate Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] AR R B001236 6 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Designates June 7, 2012, as National Hunger Awareness Day. Calls on the people of the United States to observe such Day by improving programs and public policies that reduce hunger and food insecurity in the United States. 2019-02-20T22:50:45Z  
112-s-3258 112 s 3258 A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify the maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for purposes of the closure or relocation of a county office for the Farm Service Agency. Agriculture and Food 2012-06-04 2012-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] MO D M001170 0 Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to prohibit the closing of a Farm Service Agency county or field office unless there is another Agency office not more than 20 driving miles away. 2022-02-03T05:53:47Z  
112-hr-5873 112 hr 5873 Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-05-31 2012-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. House Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] PA R T000467 49 Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include in the definition of "biobased product" forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the product's age, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging. Defines "forest product" as a product made from materials derived from the practice of forestry or the management of growing timber, including: (1) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, and wood products; and (2) any recycled products derived from forest materials. 2022-02-03T05:53:53Z  
112-hr-5879 112 hr 5879 Protect our Prairies Act Agriculture and Food 2012-05-31 2012-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. House Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] SD R N000184 10 Protect our Prairies Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance assistance and noninsured crop disaster assistance for crops grown on native sod acreage converted to cropland for the first four years. 2019-11-15T20:50:57Z  
112-s-3239 112 s 3239 Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-05-24 2012-07-26 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-695. Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 19 Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise housing and treatment of egg-laying hens and related enforcement provisions. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to delegate to the California Department of Food and Agriculture certain enforcement authority with respect to eggs produced, shipped, handled, transported or received in California prior to the date that is 18 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 2019-11-15T21:47:05Z  
112-s-3240 112 s 3240 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-05-24 2012-08-28 By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/02/2012. Report No. 112-203. Additional views filed. Senate Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] MI D S000770 397 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 - Title I: Commodity Programs - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - (Sec. 1101) Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to repeal, but continue for crop year 2012: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). (Sec. 1105) Authorizes agriculture risk coverage (ARC) payments for covered commodities for the 2013-2017 crop years. Requires producers to make a one-time, binding election to receive either individual or county coverage for all covered commodities and all acres under the control of the producer. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make ARC payments when a producer's actual crop revenue for a covered commodity is less than the agriculture risk coverage guarantee. Establishes the agriculture risk guarantee as 89% of the benchmark revenue (obtained by multiplying the five-year individual or county yield by the five-year national average price). Sets forth payment rate and payment amount provisions. (Sec. 1106) Requires producers to comply with specified requirements, including conservation and wetland provisions, in order to qualify for ARC payments. Terminates ARC payments upon a change in the interest of the producer unless the transferee assumes all ARC obligations. Subtitle B: Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments - (Sec. 1201) Defines loan commodity as wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, peanuts, soybeans, other oilseeds, graded wool, nongraded wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas. Directs the Secretary to make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans available to producers for each of the 2013-2017 crops of each loan commodity. Requires producers to comply with specified requirements, including conservation and wetland provisions, in order to qualify for such loans. Sets forth a special rule for peanuts. Permits a producer to obta… 2022-02-03T05:56:57Z  
112-hr-5825 112 hr 5825 Rural Energy Improvement Act Agriculture and Food 2012-05-17 2012-05-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. House Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] VT D W000800 2 Rural Energy Improvement Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend the Program through FY2017, (2) create a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects project costs, and (3) prohibit requiring a second meter for on-farm residential portions of rural projects connected to the energy grid. 2019-11-15T20:50:53Z  
112-hres-664 112 hres 664 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding funding for feeding assistance programs, especially those affecting children. Agriculture and Food 2012-05-17 2012-05-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] OH D F000455 2 Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be no reduction in funding for feeding assistance programs, especially those affecting children. 2019-11-15T20:50:53Z  
112-hres-655 112 hres 655 Expressing support for the designation of June 7, 2012, as National Hunger Awareness Day. Agriculture and Food 2012-05-10 2012-05-10 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. House Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] VA D M000933 18 Supports the designation of June 7, 2012, as National Hunger Awareness Day. 2021-09-28T12:44:49Z  
112-sres-458 112 sres 458 A resolution commemorating May 15, 2012, as the sesquicentennial of the founding of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture and Food 2012-05-10 2012-05-10 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3103-3104; text as passed Senate: CR S3103-3104; text of measure as introduced: CR S3091) Senate Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] NE R J000291 2 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Congratulates the men and women of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the occasion of USDA's 150th anniversary. Celebrates U.S. agriculture's growth and success. Honors U.S. farmers and ranchers whose ingenuity, adaptability, and skill have created the safest and most abundant food supply in history. 2019-02-20T22:50:30Z  
112-hr-5143 112 hr 5143 To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute. Agriculture and Food 2012-04-27 2012-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] WI D K000188 4 Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from making payments, either directly or through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), to the Brazilian Cotton Institute. 2019-11-15T20:46:27Z  
112-hr-4948 112 hr 4948 Livestock Disaster Protection Act Agriculture and Food 2012-04-26 2012-05-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. House Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] SD R N000184 0 Livestock Disaster Protection Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make FY2012-FY2017 livestock indemnity payments (at 75% of market value) to eligible producers on farms that have incurred livestock death losses in excess of the normal mortality due to: (1) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law, including wolves and avian predators; or (2) adverse weather, disease, or wildfires. Provides FY2012-FY2017 compensation for losses to eligible livestock producers for livestock grazing losses due to specified drought or fire circumstances. Excludes from coverage grazing losses on conservation reserve program land used for haying or grazing. Provides FY2012-FY2017 emergency relief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish to reduce losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires. 2019-11-15T20:46:33Z  
112-s-2346 112 s 2346 Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-04-25 2012-04-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] AR D P000590 5 Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to redefine "biobased product" as a commercial or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or an intermediate ingredient or feedstock. Includes within such definition forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding market maturity. Defines "forest product" as a product made from materials derived from the practice of forestry or the management of growing timber, and includes: (1) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, and wood products; and (2) any recycled products derived from forest materials. 2019-11-15T21:44:56Z  
112-s-2294 112 s 2294 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Fairness Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-04-18 2012-04-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 4 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide technical assistance to a Chesapeake Bay state (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia) to: (1) assist in developing water quality goals that reduce losses of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment from agricultural or nonindustrial private forest land in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2) assist in developing protocols to confirm producer or owner compliance with water quality laws; and (3) harmonize water quality trading technical guidelines in preparation for interstate trading. Authorizes the Secretary to provide: (1) financial and technical assistance to a Chesapeake Bay state to assist agricultural producers or owners promote water quality goals or conduct water quality trading preparation activities, and (2) technical assistance to agricultural producers and owners of nonindustrial private forest land in the Chesapeake Bay watershed for conservation services. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to set aside certain watershed funds for projects located within the watershed of any water for which the federal government has established a multi-state maximum daily pollutant load, with priority given to projects that address agricultural and silvicultural sources. Directs the Secretary to coordinate with each federal agency owning or operating a facility within the Chesapeake Basin the development of plans that maximize forest cover at the facility. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-s-2298 112 s 2298 Connecting Rural America Act Agriculture and Food 2012-04-18 2012-04-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] OH D B000944 0 Connecting Rural America Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to include grants in the rural broadband loan program. Limits grants to not more than 50% of a project's development costs, with a waiver for up to 75% of such costs. Provides higher grant rates for communities that are small, remote, high poverty, and working with specified stakeholders. Authorizes appropriations for the program. 2022-01-12T15:03:51Z  
112-hr-4351 112 hr 4351 Let's Grow Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-04-16 2012-09-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. House Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] OH D F000455 28 Let's Grow Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (Secretary) to carry out the Green and Healthy Corner Store Initiative to assist qualified convenience stores expand their offering of fruits and vegetables. Directs the Secretary to make grants to provide access to farmers' markets for communities with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly areas of predominantly lower-income communities. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a pilot grant program to allow local and tribal governments to conduct food security assessments. Directs the Secretary, regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamp program), to: (1) establish a Fresh Incentive Program to improve participant access to local fruits and vegetables, and (2) provide grants to urban farmers' markets for installation of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) systems. Directs the Secretary to make grants for a Farm-to-Preschool program that fosters the connection between preschools, Head Start programs, childcare or day care centers, kindergarten readiness programs and in-home care facilities with small- or medium-sized agricultural producers to develop an industry-leading preschool nutrition education and meal program. Establishes in USDA a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to: (1) improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas; (2) create and preserve quality jobs; and (3) revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved, urban, suburban, and rural areas. Directs the Secretary to provide grants for urban and Native American community gardens. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to convert abandoned or foreclosed property to urban agricultural use; (2) enter into an agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide the Corporation with funds to support the creation of the HarvestCorps program; and (3)… 2021-04-19T19:33:46Z  
112-hr-4346 112 hr 4346 REAL Beef Act Agriculture and Food 2012-03-30 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. House Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] ME D P000597 15 Requiring Easy and Accurate Labeling of Beef Act or the REAL Beef Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require a package or other container of meat at the final point of sale that contains low-temperature rendered product (lean finely textured beef) to bear a label stating that it contains such product. 2021-04-19T19:33:42Z  
112-hr-4296 112 hr 4296 To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish. Agriculture and Food 2012-03-29 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. House Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] MO R H001053 50 Repeals a provision of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 establishing an inspection and grading program for catfish and other species of farm-raised fish shellfish effective on the date of enactment of such Act. 2019-11-15T20:44:31Z  
112-hr-4313 112 hr 4313 Farm Service Accountability Act Agriculture and Food 2012-03-29 2012-05-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit. House Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] IA D B000652 15 Farm Service Accountability Act - Amends the the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from closing or relocating a Farm Service Agency county or field office in a state if the Secretary determines that the office has a high workload volume compared with other county offices in the state. 2019-11-15T20:44:31Z  
112-hr-4318 112 hr 4318 To prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine. Agriculture and Food 2012-03-29 2012-04-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] MN D E000288 10 Prohibits the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of atrazine (pesticide) or an atrazine product. 2019-11-15T21:46:51Z  
112-hr-4328 112 hr 4328 Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-03-29 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. House Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] MI R M001150 1 Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), in consultation with the Great Lakes States, to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural non-point source pollution prevention. Defines "Great Lakes State" as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin. 2022-02-03T05:59:46Z  
112-hr-4330 112 hr 4330 To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify the maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for purposes of the closure or relocation of a county office for the Farm Service Agency. Agriculture and Food 2012-03-29 2012-05-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit. House Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] SD R N000184 11 Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to prohibit the closing of a Farm Service Agency county or field office unless there is another Agency office not more than 20 driving miles away. 2022-02-03T06:02:21Z  
112-hr-4333 112 hr 4333 Enhancing Nutrition Services to the Elderly and Disabled Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-03-29 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] MN R P000594 3 Enhancing Nutrition Services to the Elderly and Disabled Act of 2012 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to include as a "retail food store" under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) a public or private nonprofit food purchasing and delivery service that: (1) serves individuals who are unable to shop for food and who are at least 60 years old or physically or mentally handicapped or otherwise disabled, and (2) notifies the participating household at the time of order that any delivery fee cannot be paid with SNAP benefits. 2022-03-02T15:36:55Z  
112-s-2261 112 s 2261 Revenue Loss Assistance and Crop Insurance Enhancement Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-03-29 2012-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] ND D C000705 2 Revenue Loss Assistance and Crop Insurance Enhancement Act of 2012 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a revenue loss assistance program (program) beginning with crop year 2013 in lieu of the supplemental revenue assistance payments (SURE) and the average crop revenue election programs (ACRE). (Extends the SURE program for crop year 2012.) Provides producers with program assistance for losses between 12% and 25 % of their historic revenue. Provides counter-cyclical payments for each covered commodity through crop year 2017 on farms for which payment yields and base acres are established if the effective price for the covered commodity is less than its target price. Sets forth 2013-2017 target prices, payment rates, and payment amounts for covered commodities. Provides a special payment calculation rule for long grain and medium grain rice, and a specified four-year alternative election. Sets forth 2013-2017 commodity marketing assistance loan rates. Extends specified agricultural and livestock assistance programs. Repeals the direct payment and ACRE programs. Limits the total revenue loss assistance payments and countercyclical payments that a person or entity may receive in a crop year. Reduces the catastrophic risk protection coverage premium. Authorizes agricultural producers to purchase supplemental crop insurance coverage based on: (1) an individual yield and loss basis, or an area yield and loss basis; or (2) an individual yield and loss basis, supplemented with coverage based on an area yield and loss basis to cover a part of the deductible under the individual yield and loss policy. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-s-2270 112 s 2270 Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-03-29 2012-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 5 Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the biobased markets program to: (1) extend program funding through FY2017, (2) increase the number of categories of biobased products designated and individual biobased products eligible for preferred purchasing, and (3) provide for a program of biobased product education and promotion activities. Amends the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend Program funding through FY2017; (2) make nonprofit organizations eligible for assistance; (3) provide loan guarantees and grants to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy system purchases, with a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects project size; and (4) permit the combined amount of a grant and a loan guarantee to cover all eligible activity costs. Extends funding through FY2017 for: (1) biorefinery assistance, (2) the biodiesel fuel education program, (3) biomass research and development, (4) the Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative, (5) the biomass crop assistance program, (6) the forest biomass for energy program, and (7) the community wood energy program. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-s-2274 112 s 2274 A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. Agriculture and Food 2012-03-29 2012-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] KS R R000307 5 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research to: (1) advance USDA's research mission by supporting agricultural research focused on addressing key problems of national and international significance; and (2) foster collaboration with agricultural researchers from the federal government, institutions of higher education, industry, and nonprofit organizations. Directs the Foundation to: (1) award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, scientists and entities to advance Foundation goals; (2) identify and coordinate existing and proposed federal research and development programs relating to Foundation purposes; (3) identify unmet and emerging agricultural research needs; (4) facilitate technology transfer and information release to the agricultural research community; and (5) promote the development of the next generation of agricultural research scientists. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-hr-4280 112 hr 4280 Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-03-28 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] PR D P000596 12 Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2012 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to: (1) include Puerto Rico in the definition of state for purposes of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamp) eligibility, and (2) remove Puerto Rico from the consolidated block grant program upon the effective date of the amendments made by this Act. Provides for the application by, and approval of, retail food stores in Puerto Rico for program participation. 2021-09-28T14:31:04Z  
112-hr-4284 112 hr 4284 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 2012-03-28 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. House Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] IA D B001259 1 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. 2022-02-03T05:54:21Z  
112-s-2225 112 s 2225 A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize and improve the Rural Energy for America program. Agriculture and Food 2012-03-22 2012-03-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2003) Senate Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] MN D F000457 1 Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend the Program through FY2017, (2) make nonprofit organizations eligible for assistance, (3) make assistance available to purchase unique components of renewable energy systems, (4) create a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects project size, (5) prohibit requiring a second meter for on-farm residential portions of rural projects connected to the energy grid, (6) permit the combined amount of a grant and a loan guarantee to cover all eligible activity costs, and (7) limit individual grant amounts for feasibility studies. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-s-2216 112 s 2216 Rural Energy Savings Program Act Agriculture and Food 2012-03-21 2012-03-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] OR D M001176 1 Rural Energy Savings Program Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Rural Utilities Service, to make interest-free loans to eligible entities (public power districts, public utility districts, or specified electric cooperatives that borrowed and repaid, prepaid, or are paying an electric loan made or guaranteed by the Rural Utilities Service) for loans to consumers to implement energy efficient measures. Provides a special advance for start-up activities. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with a qualified entity to provide verification and measurement activities and employee technical assistance and training. Directs the Secretary to offer to enter into agreements with eligible entities, or groups of eligible entities, that have specified energy efficiency programs to establish energy efficiency loan demonstration projects. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-s-2217 112 s 2217 Rural America Preservation Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-03-21 2012-03-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1936-1938) Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 6 Rural America Preservation Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to cap maximum annual crop year direct and indirect payments to an individual or a legal entity for: (1) covered commodities, at $125,000 (maximum of $75,000 in marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments and $50,000 for other payments); and (2) peanuts, at $125,000 (maximum of $75,000 in marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments and $50,000 for other payments). Provides that an eligible person and spouse in a single farming operation may jointly receive up to twice such amount. Revises provisions respecting limitation of benefits to active farmers. Makes foreign individuals and foreign entities ineligible for agricultural program benefits. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-s-2208 112 s 2208 A bill to amend the Export Apple Act to permit the export of apples to Canada in bulk bins without certification by the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture and Food 2012-03-20 2012-03-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] NY D G000555 0 Amends the Export Apple Act to permit apples to be exported to Canada in bulk bins (a quantity of apples weighing more than 100 pounds) without complying with certain inspection and certification requirements. 2019-02-20T23:26:37Z  
112-hr-4162 112 hr 4162 Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-03-07 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. House Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] MI R M001150 0 Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), in consultation with the Great Lakes States, to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural non-point source pollution prevention. Defines "Great Lakes State" as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin. 2019-11-15T20:44:31Z  
112-s-2155 112 s 2155 A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to promote biobased manufacturing. Agriculture and Food 2012-03-05 2012-03-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] MI D S000770 11 Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include facilities that convert renewable biomass into renewable chemicals in the definitions of "biomass conversion facility" and "biorefinery." Defines "renewable chemical" as a monomer, polymer, plastic, or formulated product produced from renewable biomass. Amends the biobased markets program to: (1) require federal procuring agencies to issue a certain number of biobased-only contracts; and (2) require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to designate intermediate ingredients or feedstocks and assembled and finished biobased products in the program guidelines; (3) require the Secretary to issue criteria for determining which assembled and finished products may carry the USDA Certified Biobased Product label; (4) require the Secretary to assess the economic impact of the biobased products industry; (5) authorize the Secretary to carry out outreach, education, and promotion activities; and (6) authorize the Secretary to perform audits. Makes renewable chemicals and biobased product manufacturing eligible for grant and loan guarantee assistance. Eliminates feedstocks research, development, and demonstration activities from the Biomass Research and Development Initiative. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-s-2141 112 s 2141 A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter. Agriculture and Food 2012-02-29 2012-02-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1150) Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 3 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. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-hres-564 112 hres 564 Recognizing the critical importance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), formerly called the food stamp program. Agriculture and Food 2012-02-27 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] IL D S001145 48 Recognizes: (1) that no ethnic, demographic, religious, or cultural group has been unaffected by our economic struggles; and (2) the significance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP). Supports adequate funding for SNAP as a means of preventing hunger and strengthening the nation. 2021-09-28T12:43:00Z  
112-hr-4085 112 hr 4085 MILC Continuation Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-02-17 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. House Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] VT D W000800 7 MILC Continuation Act of 2012 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to extend, for one year, the milk income loss contract program. 2019-11-15T20:44:30Z  
112-s-2126 112 s 2126 MILC Continuation Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-02-17 2012-02-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 1 MILC Continuation Act of 2012 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to extend, for one year, the milk income loss contract program. 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z  
112-hr-4015 112 hr 4015 Responsible Farming Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-02-13 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. House Rep. Scott, Tim [R-SC-1] SC R S001184 0 Responsible Farming Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the conservation stewardship program. States that such repeal shall not be construed to affect the terms and conditions of any stewardship contract that was entered into on or before the date of enactment of this Act. 2019-11-15T20:44:30Z  
112-hr-4012 112 hr 4012 Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion Act Agriculture and Food 2012-02-09 2012-02-09 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] VT D W000800 2 Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion Act - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion program to promote community-supported agriculture. Provides Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funding for the program through FY2018. 2019-11-15T20:44:29Z  
112-hr-3984 112 hr 3984 APPLE Juice Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-02-08 2012-02-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] NJ D P000034 16 Arsenic Prevention and Protection from Lead Exposure in Juice Act of 2012 or the APPLE Juice Act of 2012 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to promulgate final regulations establishing tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to limit the quantity of total arsenic and lead in beverages containing fruit juice. Requires the limitations on total arsenic and lead in such beverages to be no less stringent than the allowable level for total arsenic and lead in bottled water under the FFDCA. Provides that if there are no such tolerances in effect within two years, a beverage containing fruit juice shall be deemed to be adulterated if the quantity of total arsenic or lead in the beverage exceeds the limits of the allowable level for total arsenic or lead, respectively, in bottled water. 2021-09-28T14:25:14Z  
112-hr-3914 112 hr 3914 To amend the Export Apple Act to permit the export of apples to Canada in bulk bins without certification by the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture and Food 2012-02-07 2012-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23] NY D O000169 3 Amends the Export Apple Act to permit apples to be exported to Canada in bulk bins (a quantity of apples weighing more than 100 pounds) without complying with certain inspection and certification requirements. 2019-11-15T20:44:58Z  
112-hr-3905 112 hr 3905 Veterans Gardens Employment and Opportunity Act Agriculture and Food 2012-02-06 2012-02-06 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] CA D B001234 6 Veterans Gardens Employment and Opportunity Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to award grants to eligible entities to establish gardens that are fully operated by veterans and are designed to produce food that can be sold to individuals, schools, and restaurants through farmers' markets or otherwise. Gives priority to entities seeking to establish a garden located on, or convenient to, the grounds of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility. 2021-04-19T19:26:38Z  
112-hr-3848 112 hr 3848 Protecting Foods and Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-01-31 2012-01-31 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] TN R D000616 34 Protecting Foods and Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2012 - Prohibits the use of any appropriation for print, radio, television or any other media advertisement, campaign, or form of publicity against the use of a food or beverage that is lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 2019-11-15T21:15:52Z  
112-hr-3798 112 hr 3798 Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 Agriculture and Food 2012-01-23 2012-02-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. House Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] OR D S001180 154 Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise housing and treatment of egg-laying hens and related enforcement provisions. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to delegate to the California Department of Food and Agriculture certain enforcement authority with respect to eggs produced, shipped, handled, transported or received in California prior to the date that is 18 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 2021-09-28T14:22:52Z  
112-hr-3777 112 hr 3777 To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program. Agriculture and Food 2012-01-17 2012-02-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Vests title to real property and equipment acquired using funds provided by a grant under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program in the grant recipient in accordance with the compensation provisions in this Act. 2019-11-15T20:44:30Z  
112-hr-3740 112 hr 3740 Farmers Disaster Assistance Act of 2011 Agriculture and Food 2011-12-20 2011-12-20 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] NC D B001251 6 Farmers Disaster Assistance Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make supplemental payments to agricultural producers receiving direct payments for covered commodities, direct payments for peanuts, or average crop revenue election (ACRE) payments in disaster counties that had qualifying losses for the 2011 crop year. Sets forth related insurance requirements. Directs the Secretary to provide grants to qualifying states through September 30, 2012, to assist specialty crop producers for losses due to excessive rainfall and related conditions affecting the 2011 crops. Eliminates numerical and durational limitations on operating loan waivers for a farm or a ranch in a county which in 2011: (1) has been substantially affected by a natural disaster, or (2) is included in a presidentially-designated major disaster or emergency area. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to suspend through December 31, 2013, the limitation on the period for which borrowers are eligible for guaranteed farm operating loans in a county which in 2011: (1) has been substantially affected by a natural disaster, or (2) is included in a presidentially-designated major disaster or emergency area. 2019-11-15T20:46:31Z  
112-hr-3704 112 hr 3704 Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act Agriculture and Food 2011-12-16 2012-01-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. House Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] NY D A000022 29 Downed Animal and Food Safety 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 (USDA) to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by specified entities, 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 unless required for a specific test for disease. Prohibits an inspector at an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act from passing through inspection any nonambulatory livestock, carcass, or carcass parts and requires an inspector at such establishment to label such material as "inspected and condemned." 2021-09-28T14:21:32Z  
112-s-2016 112 s 2016 Fresh Regional Eating for Schools and Health Act of 2011 Agriculture and Food 2011-12-16 2011-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] OR D W000779 0 Fresh Regional Eating for Schools and Health Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamp program) to: (1) authorize pilot programs that will assist SNAP beneficiaries in meeting federal nutrition guidelines and promote innovative local projects, (2) implement smartphone and tablet technology for acceptance of electronic benefit transfers, (3) require retail stores with gross annual SNAP sales in excess of $1 million to report food purchased by program recipients to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and (4) include qualifying online food retailers within SNAP. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 regarding the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children program (WIC) to: (1) implement smartphone and tablet technology for acceptance of electronic benefit transfers; and (2) permit retail stores to receive alternative program training, including through videoconferencing. Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit schools to use 50% of USDA funds for agricultural commodities to purchase locally grown food for food service programs under such Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act regarding direct agricultural real estate loans to: (1) extend eligibility to a new farmer who has obtained a baccalaureate degree related to farm management (including horticulture and agricultural business management), and (2) suspend loan time limits. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to extend operating loan eligibility to food banks and other nonprofit hunger assistance organizations. 2023-01-11T13:23:00Z  
112-hr-3678 112 hr 3678 Fairness for Family Farmers Act Agriculture and Food 2011-12-15 2012-01-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11] CA D M001166 0 Fairness for Family Farmers Act - Amends the Plant Protection Act to provide assistance to certain owners as compensation for economic losses due to quarantine. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to eliminate the requirement that a person demonstrate an inability to obtain credit elsewhere in order to qualify for a family farm emergency loan. 2019-11-15T20:46:31Z  
112-hr-3665 112 hr 3665 Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act Agriculture and Food 2011-12-14 2012-01-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 28 Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to impose a fee on each agreement, contract, or transaction that is a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery, an option on such a contract, or a swap to recover the government's cost of the annual CFTC appropriation for the fiscal year. 2021-09-28T14:21:00Z  
112-hr-3652 112 hr 3652 Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2011 Agriculture and Food 2011-12-13 2012-01-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] TN R D000616 29 Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to repeal the authority to make performance-based bonus payments to states under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamps). 2019-11-15T20:46:32Z  
112-s-1955 112 s 1955 A bill to authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption. Agriculture and Food 2011-12-07 2011-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] KY R P000603 0 Prohibits a federal department, agency, or court from taking any action that would prohibit, regulate, or otherwise restrict the interstate traffic of milk or a milk product that is unpasteurized and packaged for direct human consumption, if such restriction is based on the determination that solely because of being unpasteurized the milk or milk product is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise in violation of federal law. 2020-02-10T17:06:50Z  
112-hr-3553 112 hr 3553 Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act Agriculture and Food 2011-12-02 2011-12-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] OH D K000336 31 Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act 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 purposes of the FFDCA, 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. 2021-09-28T14:18:47Z  
112-hr-3554 112 hr 3554 Genetically Engineered Safety Act Agriculture and Food 2011-12-02 2011-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture. House Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] OH D K000336 4 Genetically Engineered Safety Act - Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2011 - Prohibits: (1) a pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop from being 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 (USDA) 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. 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 (HHS) 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 of Health and Human Services for failure to perform a mandatory act or duty related to genetic food additives. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect a filing fee for petitions to: (1) defray costs related to such petitions, and (2) provide for research on the safety of genetic food additives. Authorizes an officer or employee conducting an inspection to order the detent… 2021-09-28T14:18:50Z  
112-hr-3555 112 hr 3555 Genetically Engineered Technology Farmer Protection Act Agriculture and Food 2011-12-02 2011-12-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. House Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] OH D K000336 7 Genetically Engineered Technology Farmer Protection Act - 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 (USDA) 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 (EPA) 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, (3) reduce a pesticide's use if it is determined to be facilitating Bt-toxin resistance in pests, and (4) establish an advisory panel. 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 suits against the Secretary, a federal agency, or an individual. Genetically Engineered Organism Liability Act of 2011 - States that: (1) a biotech company sha… 2021-09-28T14:18:50Z  
112-hr-3525 112 hr 3525 Healthy Food Financing Initiative Agriculture and Food 2011-11-30 2011-11-30 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] PA D S001162 7 Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to: (1) improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas; (2) create quality jobs; and (3) revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved urban, suburban, and rural areas. 2021-04-19T19:19:25Z  
112-s-1926 112 s 1926 Healthy Food Financing Initiative Agriculture and Food 2011-11-30 2011-11-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] NY D G000555 10 Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to: (1) improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas; (2) create quality jobs; and (3) revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved, urban, suburban, and rural areas. 2019-11-15T21:47:31Z  
112-sres-341 112 sres 341 A resolution designating the first full week of December in 2011 as "National Christmas Tree Week". Agriculture and Food 2011-11-30 2011-11-30 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8074; text as passed Senate: CR S8074; text of measure as introduced: CR S8072) Senate Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] OR D M001176 8 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Designates the first full week of December in 2011 as National Christmas Tree Week. Encourages the celebration of Christmas trees during that week. Recognizes the role Christmas trees have played in U.S. history. Reaffirms the environmental benefits of Christmas tree farms and recycled Christmas trees and encourages the recycling of such trees after the holiday season. 2022-02-03T05:54:26Z  
112-hr-3499 112 hr 3499 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection. Agriculture and Food 2011-11-18 2011-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] NC D P000523 0 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Farm Service Agency, to compensate certain poultry producers whose production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection. Requires a producer seeking compensation to document the contract's termination or non-renewal and the economic losses incurred from such termination or non-renewal. 2019-11-15T20:52:13Z  
112-s-1905 112 s 1905 Specialty Crop Insurance Act of 2011 Agriculture and Food 2011-11-18 2011-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] NY D G000555 0 Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to revise crop insurance provisions regarding approval of advance payments for a portion of specialty crop research and development costs. 2019-11-15T21:47:30Z  
112-hr-3454 112 hr 3454 Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011 Agriculture and Food 2011-11-17 2011-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. House Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2] AL R R000591 7 Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set forth the maximum number of acres that may be enrolled at any one time in the conservation reserve program through FY2017. Prohibits the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve that is classified as class I or class II land under the National Soil Survey Handbook's land capability classification system. 2019-11-15T20:52:10Z  
112-s-1888 112 s 1888 Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2011 Agriculture and Food 2011-11-17 2011-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 1 Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a local farm business and market garden loan program to make available to eligible lending entities loans to develop revolving loan funds to assist: (1) producers in establishing local farm business projects or market garden projects that will produce fresh foods locally, and (2) local farm business projects and market garden projects to create local employment opportunities. Sets forth program provisions. 2019-11-15T21:47:30Z  
112-hr-3437 112 hr 3437 Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program Act Agriculture and Food 2011-11-16 2011-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] NC D B001251 63 Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program Act - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide for fellowships to conduct research and education on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition. Requires the President to use U.S. influence at the United Nations (U.N.) to urge the creation within the Food and Agriculture Organization of fellowship positions for Clayton Fellows to conduct research and education programs on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition. 2021-09-28T14:16:18Z  
112-sres-326 112 sres 326 A resolution designating Thursday, November 17, 2011, as "Feed America Day". Agriculture and Food 2011-11-16 2011-11-16 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7629-7630; text as passed Senate: CR S7629; text of measure as introduced: CR S7618-7619) Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 5 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates November 17, 2011, as Feed America Day. Encourages the people of the United States to sacrifice two meals on Thursday, November 17, 2011, and to donate the money that would have been spent on that food to the religious or charitable organization of their choice for the purpose of feeding the hungry. 2019-02-20T22:49:10Z  
112-hjres-85 112 hjres 85 Disapproving the rule of the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture with respect to the establishment of a Christmas tree promotion, research, and information program. Agriculture and Food 2011-11-10 2011-11-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] LA R S001176 40 Disapproves the Agricultural Marketing Service rule relating to the establishment of a Christmas tree promotion, research, and information program. States that such rule shall have no force or effect. 2019-11-15T20:52:17Z  
112-hr-3403 112 hr 3403 Save Christmas Act Agriculture and Food 2011-11-10 2011-11-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . House Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8] IL R W000811 5 Save Christmas Act - States that the Agricultural Marketing Service rule relating to the establishment of a Christmas tree promotion, research, and information program shall have no force or effect and no substantially similar rule may be promulgated. 2022-03-02T05:20:15Z  
112-s-1850 112 s 1850 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011 Agriculture and Food 2011-11-10 2011-11-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7374-7377) Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 13 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend: (1) the conservation reserve and related programs, (2) the pilot program for enrollment of wetland and buffer acreage in the conservation reserve program, (3) the environmental quality incentives program, (4) activities to address air quality concerns from agricultural operations, and (5) the conservation access program. Permits conservation reserve contract modification to facilitate transfers from retiring owners to limited resource farmers or ranchers. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) reduce the number of operating years required for a beginning farmer or rancher to qualify for a direct real estate loan, (2) authorize micro loans for beginning farmers or ranchers who are between 19 and 35 years old, (3) extend real estate and operating loan authority at increased levels, (4) revise private source transition provisions, (5) make the direct operating loan set-aside for beginning farmers and ranchers permanent, (6) permit loans and grants for entrepreneurial farm and farm-related enterprises, and (7) extend the beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program. Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to extend the value-added agricultural product market development grant program. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the beginning farmer and rancher development program. Provides assistance for agricultural rehabilitation and vocational training for veterans. Amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to extend the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. Provides priority assistance for new farming opportunities, including young, beginning, socially disadvantaged, and immigrant issues, as well as farm entry, transition, and transfer issues. Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to express the sense of Congress that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) should remove barriers and ensure effecti… 2019-11-15T21:47:27Z  
112-hr-3372 112 hr 3372 Dairy Pricing Deregulation Act Agriculture and Food 2011-11-04 2011-11-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. House Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8] IL R W000811 1 Dairy Pricing Deregulation Act - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to revise the terms of federal milk marketing orders. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) survey and publish data regarding milk handler payments for milk purchased from producers or associations of producers, and (2) publish such data on a national weighted-average basis and on a regional basis with respect to as many multi-state regions as the Secretary determines appropriate. 2019-11-15T20:52:13Z  
112-hr-3336 112 hr 3336 Small Business Credit Availability Act Agriculture and Food 2011-11-03 2012-04-26 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. House Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] MO R H001053 2 Small Business Credit Availability Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act (as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act [Dodd-Frank]) to exclude from regulation as a swap dealer an insured depository institution, or a U.S. uninsured branch or agency of a foreign bank that has a prudential regulator. Permits designation of a person as a swap dealer for a single type, class, or category of swap or activity, and yet considered not to be a swap dealer for other types, classes, or categories of swaps or activities. Excludes from the definition of "swap dealer" a person that enters into swaps for such person's own account: (1) either individually or in a fiduciary capacity, but not as part of specified business activities; (2) in order to either hedge or mitigate commercial risk; or (3) to comply with state or local governmental regulations. Excludes also from factors determinative of "swap dealer" a swap entered into for a person's own account and that involves a capacity contract, a renewable energy credit, an emissions allowance, or an emissions offset if such instrument is used to meet obligations under state or local governmental regulations. (Sec. 3) Excludes outright from the meaning of financial entity any small bank, savings association, farm credit system institution, non-profit cooperative lender controlled by electric cooperatives, or credit union if the aggregate uncollateralized outward exposure plus aggregate potential outward exposure with respect to its swaps does not exceed $1 billion. (Thus exempts such entities from the clearing requirement.) (Sec. 4) Redefines "major swap participant" to exclude an entity whose primary business is providing financing that facilitates the sale or lease of products by or on behalf of the parent company or its subsidiary, and uses derivatives only for the purpose of hedging underlying commercial risks in a consolidated financing and leasing portfolio at least 90% of which, as of the end of its pre… 2022-02-28T11:39:40Z  

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