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| 115-hr-7372 | 115 | hr | 7372 | Protect SNAP Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-12-20 | 2018-12-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 5 | Protect SNAP Act This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from modifying certain regulations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) regarding the time limit for able-bodied adults, work requirements, and waivers of the requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:40:45Z | |
| 115-hr-7379 | 115 | hr | 7379 | American Agriculture First Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-12-20 | 2018-12-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] | NC | R | M001187 | 0 | American Agriculture First Act This bill requires the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to purchase at least 75% of the agricultural commodities of the Food Purchase and Distribution Program from domestically owned enterprises if it is necessary to respond to trade damage from retaliation by foreign nations with respect to agricultural commodities. The requirement does not apply if the Department of Agriculture reports to Congress that meeting the requirement is not possible because the agricultural commodities available from domestically owned enterprises cannot meet the supply needs of the AMS; or would result in a greater than 150% increase between (1) the amount necessary to purchase the agricultural commodities, and (2) the average cost of the agricultural commodities purchased by the AMS in the prior 3 years. The authority provided by this bill expires on September 30, 2023. | 2023-01-11T13:40:45Z | |
| 115-hr-7330 | 115 | hr | 7330 | Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-12-19 | 2018-12-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] | ME | D | P000597 | 9 | Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2018 This bill amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to reaffirm that the Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the National Institute for Food and Agriculture, and any successor agencies must be: (1) within the research, education, and economics mission area of the Department of Agriculture (USDA); and (2) administered by the USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics. USDA must locate each of the specified agencies and the majority of the staff of the agencies within the National Capital Region. | 2023-01-11T13:40:47Z | |
| 115-hr-7336 | 115 | hr | 7336 | Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-12-19 | 2018-12-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 0 | Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2018 This bill amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise the definition of "adulterated" to make explicit the authority of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue a recall of meat, poultry, and egg products that contain microbial pathogens associated with serious illness or death or are resistant to two or more antibiotics critically important for human medicine. The bill requires USDA to establish sampling protocols and testing procedures necessary to determine if meat, poultry, and egg products are adulterated under this bill and to prevent the entry, flow, or movement of those products into commerce. | 2023-01-11T13:40:47Z | |
| 115-hr-7338 | 115 | hr | 7338 | Safe Food Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-12-19 | 2018-12-19 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 0 | Safe Food Act of 2018 This bill establishes the Food Safety Administration (FSA) as an independent agency to administer and enforce food safety laws. The functions of specified federal agencies that relate to the administration or enforcement of food safety laws are transferred to the FSA. The FSA is directed to: promulgate regulations to protect the food supply from contamination; implement federal food safety inspection, labeling, enforcement, and research efforts to protect the public health; develop consistent and science-based standards for safe food; prioritize federal food safety efforts and deployment of resources to achieve the greatest benefit in reducing foodborne illness; administer a national food safety program based on an analysis of the hazards associated with different foods and the processing of different foods; require that all food and feed facilities register before operation or importation of food, feed, or ingredients; establish an accreditation system for foreign governments seeking to certify food for importation to the United States; establish requirements for tracing food and animals from point of origin to retail sale; establish and administer a food safety technology program to foster innovations with the potential to improve food safety; maintain or access an active surveillance system of food and epidemiological evidence; establish a sampling system to monitor contaminants in food; rank categories of food based on their health hazard; establish a national public education campaign on food safety; and conduct research relating to food safety. This bill includes provisions regarding prohibited acts, recall authority, penalties for violations of food safety laws, whistle-blower protection, and civil actions. | 2023-01-11T13:40:46Z | |
| 115-s-3716 | 115 | s | 3716 | REDUCE Government Waste Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-12-06 | 2018-12-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 1 | Removing Excessive Dollars to Uproot and Cut Expensive Government Waste Act or the REDUCE Government Waste Act This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to repeal the rules for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (Under a nonrecourse marketing assistance loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan.) The bill also prohibits federal funds from being used for the development of: (1) a beerbot or other robot bartender; or (2) insect-based foods for human consumption, including cricket farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods. | 2023-01-11T13:40:41Z | |
| 115-hr-7200 | 115 | hr | 7200 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-11-29 | 2018-11-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] | GA | R | S001189 | 0 | Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2018 This bill amends the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to extend the Department of Agriculture 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program. (Under current law, the program provides disaster payments to agricultural producers who suffered crop, tree, bush, and vine losses resulting from hurricanes and wildfires that occurred in the 2017 calendar year.) The bill extends the availability of the funding for the program through December 31, 2020, and expands the program to include losses resulting from hurricanes and wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018. | 2023-01-11T13:40:59Z | |
| 115-s-3681 | 115 | s | 3681 | Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-11-29 | 2018-11-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 1 | Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2018 This bill establishes the Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Program within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support activities to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to animal pests and diseases affecting the economic interests of the livestock industry and related U.S. industries. The bill also establishes a National Livestock Vaccine Bank within USDA to leverage, as appropriate, the mechanisms and infrastructure that have been developed for the management, storage, and distribution of the National Veterinary Stockpile. The vaccine bank must maintain a sufficient quantity of animal vaccine, antiviral, or therapeutic products: (1) to appropriately respond to the most damaging animal diseases affecting human health and the economy, and (2) be capable of deployment within 24 hours of an outbreak of the animal disease. | 2023-01-11T13:40:54Z | |
| 115-hr-7185 | 115 | hr | 7185 | Weekends Without Hunger Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-11-28 | 2018-11-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] | NV | D | T000468 | 28 | Weekends Without Hunger Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to provide commodities, on a competitive basis, to public or private nonprofit institutions to provide nutritious food to at-risk children on weekends and during extended school holidays throughout the year (At-risk children are children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.) | 2023-01-11T13:41:00Z | |
| 115-hr-7147 | 115 | hr | 7147 | To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops under the Market Facilitation Program. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-11-16 | 2018-12-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. | House | Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] | LA | R | A000374 | 0 | This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to treat a soybean crop as an eligible crop for payments under the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) if market conditions have discouraged or prevented a producer of a soybean crop from harvesting the crop or entering the crop into the stream of commerce. (The MFP provides payments to producers with commodities that have been significantly impacted by actions of foreign governments resulting in the loss of traditional exports.) | 2023-01-11T13:41:02Z | |
| 115-hr-7161 | 115 | hr | 7161 | Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-11-16 | 2018-11-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] | VT | D | W000800 | 0 | Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to make permanent, and expand to at least 15 states, the program to provide more flexibility for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to purchase domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables. The bill also provides additional mandatory funding for the program. | 2023-01-11T13:41:01Z | |
| 115-s-3637 | 115 | s | 3637 | Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-11-15 | 2018-11-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7054) | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to make permanent, and expand to at least 15 states, the program to provide more flexibility for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to purchase domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables. The bill also provides additional mandatory funding for the program. | 2023-01-11T13:40:56Z | |
| 115-hr-7110 | 115 | hr | 7110 | Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-10-30 | 2018-12-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. | House | Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] | CA | D | P000613 | 1 | Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Specialty Crop Mechanization Challenges program to carry out prize competitions for the mechanization of specialty crop production. (Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture.) The program must include at least one prize competition for solutions to automate or alleviate stresses on the workforce during each of the following: the planting of specialty crops, tasks associated with the management of specialty crops, the harvesting of specialty crops, and processing and preparing specialty crops for distribution. USDA must assemble prize committees to determine the scope, details, requirements, judging criteria, and incentives for each competition. | 2023-01-11T13:41:13Z | |
| 115-hr-7088 | 115 | hr | 7088 | Crop Insurance Fairness Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-10-23 | 2018-12-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. | House | Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] | NM | D | L000580 | 1 | Crop Insurance Fairness Act of 2018 This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from modifying the method of determining assigned yields for the noninsured crop disaster assistance program unless: (1) USDA provides public notice of the modified method and the method does not apply earlier than the first crop year that is one year after the notice is provided; or (2) the modified method will increase the payment amount of the producer. | 2023-01-11T13:41:14Z | |
| 115-s-3586 | 115 | s | 3586 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency payments to dairy producers. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-10-11 | 2018-10-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 0 | This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue emergency payments to dairy producers. USDA must develop criteria for the payments that give priority to producers who are: (1) located in a state with a high cost of dairy production compared to other states, and (2) on a farm with a high cost of dairy production based on the size of the farm. The emergency payments provided under this bill must be at least $10,000 but no greater than $20,000 per dairy operation. USDA must use $556 million in Commodity Credit Corporation funds to carry out this bill. The bill designates the spending as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010 and the FY2018 congressional budget resolution. (This exempts the spending from various budget enforcement rules.) | 2023-01-11T13:41:08Z | |
| 115-sres-679 | 115 | sres | 679 | A resolution designating October 16, 2018, as "World Food Day". | Agriculture and Food | 2018-10-11 | 2018-10-11 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6824) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 3 | Designates October 16, 2018, as World Food Day and encourages the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. | 2023-01-11T13:41:05Z | |
| 115-hres-1113 | 115 | hres | 1113 | Expressing support for the designation of October 16 as World Food Day. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-10-02 | 2018-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] | ME | D | P000597 | 3 | Expresses support for the designation of World Food Day and encourages the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. | 2023-01-11T13:41:13Z | |
| 115-hr-6977 | 115 | hr | 6977 | No Blame, No Shame Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-09-28 | 2018-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | No Blame, No Shame Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish requirements for the treatment of a child who is a student at a school participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and is unable to pay for a meal at the school. The bill applies to a child who either does not have funds to pay for a meal or has outstanding credit that was extended by a school food authority. A local educational agency may not permit: the public identification of the child, such as by requiring a wristband or hand stamp; the stigmatization of the child, such as by preventing participation in school events; or requirements for the child to perform chores or activities that are not required of students generally or dispose of food after it has been served to the child. Any communication related to outstanding credit must be directed to the child's parent or guardian. The bill sets forth reporting and disclosure requirements regarding school meal collection policies, violations of this bill, and the amount of student meal debt. The bill also: (1) establishes penalties for violations, and (2) prohibits the use of collection agencies to collect an outstanding debt if the agency charges the child or the child's family fees that are in addition to the debt. | 2023-01-11T13:41:26Z | |
| 115-hr-6934 | 115 | hr | 6934 | Breakfast After the Bell Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-09-27 | 2018-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] | CA | D | B001287 | 0 | Breakfast After the Bell Act of 2018 This bill provides increased reimbursements under the School Breakfast Program to schools that serve breakfasts through a breakfast after the bell program. A "breakfast after the bell program" is a program that: (1) serves breakfast to students after the start of the school day; and (2) uses a service model, including service of breakfast in the classroom or at a kiosk outside the cafeteria of the school, that the state educational agency determines increases participation in the breakfast program. | 2023-01-11T13:41:28Z | |
| 115-hr-6961 | 115 | hr | 6961 | DRIP Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-09-27 | 2018-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | House | Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] | AZ | D | S001191 | 4 | Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act or the DRIP Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to qualified partnerships to: (1) remove non-native plant species that contribute to drought conditions, and (2) replace the non-native plant species with native plant species. A "non-native plant species" is a plant species that: (1) is non-native (or alien) to an ecosystem; and (2) when introduced to the ecosystem causes, or is likely to cause, economic harm, environmental harm, or harm to human health. A "qualified partnership" is a partnership between: (1) at least one flood control district; and (2) at least one city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state. | 2023-01-11T13:41:27Z | |
| 115-sres-649 | 115 | sres | 649 | A resolution recognizing the contributions of American Viticultural Areas and winegrowing regions. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-09-25 | 2018-09-25 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6311; text: CR S6308) | Senate | Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] | MO | R | B000575 | 2 | Recognizes: (1) the contributions made by wines and distinctive wine-growing regions in the United States; and (2) the value created in domestic and foreign markets by promoting wines from distinctive wine-growing regions in the United States, including wines protected by an American Viticultural Area designation or other appellation of origin. Expresses support for efforts to promote awareness of and appreciation for the regions. | 2020-09-28T22:42:22Z | |
| 115-hr-6699 | 115 | hr | 6699 | Agricultural Export Promotion Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-09-04 | 2018-09-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] | IL | D | B001286 | 0 | Agricultural Export Promotion Act of 2018 This bill establishes the United States Agricultural Export Promotion Fund and requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer to the fund an amount equivalent to certain duties imposed on imported goods under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 or the Trade Act of 1974. The amounts in the fund must be available to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), without further appropriation, for carrying out activities of the Foreign Market Development Program, the Market Access Program, and the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops program to promote exports of U.S. agricultural commodities and products. In carrying out this bill, USDA must, to the maximum extent practicable, give priority to promoting exports of agricultural commodities and products of U.S. businesses that are adversely affected by increased duties imposed on U.S. exports by foreign countries in response to increased duties imposed by the United States on imports from the countries. | 2023-01-11T13:41:36Z | |
| 115-s-3407 | 115 | s | 3407 | Agricultural Export Promotion Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-09-04 | 2018-09-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] | ND | D | H001069 | 1 | Agricultural Export Promotion Act of 2018 This bill establishes the United States Agricultural Export Promotion Fund and requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer to the fund an amount equivalent to certain duties imposed on imported goods under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 or the Trade Act of 1974. The amounts in the fund must be available to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), without further appropriation, for carrying out activities of the Foreign Market Development Program, the Market Access Program, and the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops program to promote exports of U.S. agricultural commodities and products. In carrying out this bill, USDA must, to the maximum extent practicable, give priority to promoting exports of agricultural commodities and products of U.S. businesses that are adversely affected by increased duties imposed on U.S. exports by foreign countries in response to increased duties imposed by the United States on imports from the countries. | 2023-01-11T13:41:22Z | |
| 115-sres-599 | 115 | sres | 599 | A resolution designating September 25, 2018, as "National Lobster Day". | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-30 | 2018-07-30 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5462; text: CR S5459) | Senate | Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] | ME | I | K000383 | 8 | Designates September 25, 2018, as National Lobster Day. | 2020-09-28T22:42:13Z | |
| 115-hr-6541 | 115 | hr | 6541 | Local Control of School Lunch Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-26 | 2018-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] | MO | R | H001053 | 1 | Local Control of School Lunch Act This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from establishing or applying certain minimum nutrition requirements for the National School Lunch Program. The bill applies to requirements regarding: target 1 sodium, calorie limitations, and the percentage of grains made with enriched or whole grain flour. With respect to grains and meats served in school breakfasts, USDA must apply meal requirements in regulations that were in effect on September 12, 2008. This bill also amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to repeal requirements for school food authorities to use a specified formula (known as paid lunch equity requirements) to establish a price for paid lunches served to students who are not certified to receive free or reduced price meals. | 2023-01-11T13:41:56Z | |
| 115-hr-6516 | 115 | hr | 6516 | Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-25 | 2018-07-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 0 | Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2018 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in order to give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status. An "eligible household" is a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs. The amount on each summer EBT card is set at $150 per child in 2019, with adjustments thereafter reflecting changes in reimbursement rates for school meals under the school lunch program. If children are enrolled to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs, they must be enrolled in this program without further application. Summer EBT cards may be used only to purchase food from retail food stores that have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). | 2023-01-11T13:41:57Z | |
| 115-s-3268 | 115 | s | 3268 | Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-25 | 2018-07-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 0 | Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2018 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in order to give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status. An "eligible household" is a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs. The amount on each summer EBT card is set at $150 per child in 2019, with adjustments thereafter reflecting changes in reimbursement rates for school meals under the school lunch program. If children are enrolled to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs, they must be enrolled in this program without further application. Summer EBT cards may be used only to purchase food from retail food stores that have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). | 2023-01-11T13:41:47Z | |
| 115-hr-6500 | 115 | hr | 6500 | VET-2-FARM Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-24 | 2018-07-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | W000799 | 17 | Veteran Empowerment and Training to Facilitate Agricultural Revitalization and Mobilization Act of 2018 or the VET-2-FARM Act of 2018 This bill expands the assistance that is available to veteran farmers or ranchers from Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The bill also specifies or modifies the definition of "veteran farmer or rancher" for several USDA programs, requires the USDA Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison to provide additional information to veterans and members of the Armed Forces regarding agriculture-related employment and training opportunities, requires the USDA Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison to consult with specified federal departments and agencies regarding activities that assist veterans with agriculture-related employment, and requires USDA to report annually to Congress regarding positions and training opportunities for members of the Armed Forces and veterans. | 2023-01-11T13:41:58Z | |
| 115-hr-6474 | 115 | hr | 6474 | AG RESEARCH Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-23 | 2018-08-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. | House | Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] | HI | D | G000571 | 20 | Augmenting Research and Educational Sites to Ensure Agriculture Remains Cutting-Edge and Helpful Act or the AG RESEARCH Act This bill amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to provide funding for maintenance at agricultural research facilities. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture to: (1) establish a grant program within the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide agricultural research facilities with a federal share of the cost for the alteration, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of the research facilities or the equipment necessary for agricultural research; and (2) use specified Commodity Credit Corporation funds to provide direct payments to research facilities of the Agricultural Research Service for addressing deferred maintenance. | 2023-01-11T13:41:59Z | |
| 115-hr-6477 | 115 | hr | 6477 | SNAP-Ed Fights Lead Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-23 | 2018-08-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. | House | Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] | WI | D | M001160 | 0 | SNAP-Ed Fights Lead Act of 2018 This bill modifies the nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program carried out under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (known as SNAP-Ed) to require the Department of Agriculture to ensure that program includes messaging and educational activities related to lead poisoning prevention and mitigation. The bill also modifies the requirements for state nutrition education plans. | 2023-01-11T13:41:59Z | |
| 115-hr-6457 | 115 | hr | 6457 | Carbon Utilization Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-19 | 2018-07-19 | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] | CA | D | P000608 | 1 | Carbon Utilization Act of 2018 This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to authorize additional grants, loans, and loan guarantees for carbon utilization technologies, such as carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration; and biogas systems. The bill also requires USDA to establish: (1) a carbon utilization education program, and (2) an interagency biogas opportunities task force. | 2023-01-11T13:41:59Z | |
| 115-hr-6394 | 115 | hr | 6394 | Healthy Food Choices Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-17 | 2018-08-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. | House | Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] | TN | R | R000582 | 0 | Healthy Food Choices Act This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to apply nutritional standards for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to foods purchased for the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). Under current law, foods purchased for WIC must: (1) contain nutrients determined by nutritional research to be lacking in the diets of pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, or children; or (2) promote the health of the population served by the program. | 2023-01-11T13:42:01Z | |
| 115-hr-6404 | 115 | hr | 6404 | To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to provide for a set aside for small fruits in the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-17 | 2018-08-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. | House | Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] | WA | D | D000617 | 1 | This bill amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to require specified funds provided for the Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative to be reserved to support research to: (1) promote sustainable production of berry and grape crops; and (2) to improve, with respect to such crops, the ability to forecast pest and disease spread and to implement precision pest and disease management strategies. | 2023-01-11T13:42:01Z | |
| 115-hr-6336 | 115 | hr | 6336 | Fair Access for Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-07-11 | 2018-07-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] | OH | D | F000455 | 2 | Fair Access for Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 This bill makes certain farmers operating on land that is heirs' property (e.g., property received from an owner who died without a will) eligible to receive a farm number and participate in Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The bill also requires USDA to collect and report on data related to farmland ownership, tenure, transition, and entry of beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. | 2023-01-11T13:42:03Z | |
| 115-s-3140 | 115 | s | 3140 | SALE Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-26 | 2018-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 10 | Securing All Livestock Equitably Act of 2018 or the SALE Act of 2018 This bill amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to require all livestock purchased by a dealer in cash sales and all inventories of, or receivables or proceeds from, such livestock to be held by the dealer in a trust until all unpaid cash sellers of the livestock have been paid. The bill exempts from the requirement any dealer whose average annual purchases of livestock do not exceed $250,000. A dealer and cash seller may voluntarily waive the requirement using a written agreement that meets specified requirements. The bill also specifies requirements regarding enforcement, preserving a trust, notifying lien holders, and purchasing or transferring livestock that is subject to a trust. | 2023-01-11T13:42:07Z | |
| 115-hr-6208 | 115 | hr | 6208 | Puerto Rico Flexibility in Food Assistance Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-25 | 2018-06-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | V000081 | 0 | Puerto Rico Flexibility in Food Assistance Act of 2018 This bill modifies the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrition Assistance Program to: (1) authorize additional funds during FY2020 and FY2021 for the block grant for Puerto Rico, and (2) allow participants in Puerto Rico to receive benefits in cash after USDA determines that access to benefits is limited or unavailable as a result of a natural disaster. | 2023-01-11T13:42:18Z | |
| 115-hr-6212 | 115 | hr | 6212 | Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-25 | 2018-06-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] | LA | R | H001077 | 0 | Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the importation of any seafood from a foreign country unless the country complies with U.S. standards for seafood manufacturing, processing, and holding. Among other requirements, the bill requires an annual inspection of each foreign facility that exports seafood to the United States to ensure compliance with U.S. standards. | 2023-01-11T13:42:18Z | |
| 115-s-3103 | 115 | s | 3103 | Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-21 | 2018-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] | IN | R | Y000064 | 3 | Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program. The purpose of the program is to remove, resolve, or mitigate significant regulatory nontariff barriers to the export of U.S. agricultural commodities into foreign markets through policy advocacy and certain targeted projects. | 2023-01-11T13:42:08Z | |
| 115-s-3104 | 115 | s | 3104 | Expanded SUTA Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-21 | 2018-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | MT | D | T000464 | 2 | Expanded SUTA Act of 2018 This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to expand the Department Agriculture (USDA) Substantially Underserved Trust Area (SUTA) authority to: (1) include all programs administered by the USDA rural development mission area, and (2) specify that USDA may use the authority for certain communities within former Indian reservations. (Under current law, the SUTA authority is limited to certain programs administered by the USDA Rural Utilities Service. The authority permits USDA to modify or waive certain requirements and procedures for loans and grants in order to improve the availability of programs in communities on trust land [e.g., land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans] that have a high need for the benefits of an eligible program.) | 2023-01-11T13:42:08Z | |
| 115-s-3113 | 115 | s | 3113 | Dairy Business Innovation Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-21 | 2018-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 4 | Dairy Business Innovation Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish at least three regionally located product and business innovation initiatives to provide grants and technical assistance to dairy businesses. | 2023-01-11T13:42:08Z | |
| 115-s-3117 | 115 | s | 3117 | Fair Access for Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-21 | 2018-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] | AL | D | J000300 | 1 | Fair Access for Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 This bill makes certain farmers operating on land that is heirs' property (e.g., property received from an owner who died without a will) eligible to receive a farm number and participate in Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The bill also requires USDA to collect and report on data related to farmland ownership, tenure, transition, and entry of beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. | 2023-01-11T13:42:08Z | |
| 115-s-3092 | 115 | s | 3092 | Emergency SNAP Lapse Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-20 | 2018-06-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] | LA | R | K000393 | 0 | Emergency SNAP Lapse Act This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) funds from state agencies that do not provide sufficient funds to pay the state share of the administrative costs of the program. To participate in SNAP, state agencies must submit annually to USDA a statement certifying the amount of funds committed by the state agency to pay the state share of the administrative costs for the year. If the state agency has not committed sufficient funds, USDA must notify the agency, provide a specified period of time to correct the failure, and withhold SNAP funds if the failure is not corrected. USDA must use any funds that are withheld from a state to provide grants to private nonprofit entities within the state for the costs of: (1) providing food to individuals in need; and (2) administering the grants, including hiring additional personnel. | 2023-01-11T13:42:08Z | |
| 115-hr-6132 | 115 | hr | 6132 | Federal School Meals Parity Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-19 | 2018-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | B001245 | 1 | Federal School Meals Parity Act This bill increases the reimbursement rates for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) school meal and child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. The bill also requires USDA to report on the reimbursement rates and costs for providing meals and supplements under the programs in U.S. territories and in the states. | 2023-01-11T13:42:21Z | |
| 115-s-3080 | 115 | s | 3080 | Food Security, Housing, and Sanitation Improvements in Rural, Remote, and Frontier Areas Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-18 | 2018-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 1 | Food Security, Housing, and Sanitation Improvements in Rural, Remote, and Frontier Areas Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture programs, including several programs that provide assistance to farms, fisheries, local governments, and other entities in Alaska. The bill addresses policies and programs regarding food security, conservation, trade, rural development, research, and horticulture and organics. | 2023-01-11T13:42:09Z | |
| 115-hr-6091 | 115 | hr | 6091 | REAL Opportunity Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-13 | 2018-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. | House | Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] | NC | D | A000370 | 1 | Recognizing and Encouraging Agricultural Leadership Opportunity Act or the REAL Opportunity Act This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to require the Department of Agriculture to establish up to six Centers of Excellence and Leadership led by 1890 Institutions (historically black land-grant colleges and universities that were established under the Second Morrill Act of 1890) to award grants, conduct activities, and develop public-private partnerships related to specified research and outreach goals. | 2023-01-11T13:42:22Z | |
| 115-s-3062 | 115 | s | 3062 | VET-2-FARM Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-13 | 2018-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] | MN | D | S001203 | 0 | Veteran Empowerment and Training to Facilitate Agricultural Revitalization and Mobilization Act of 2018 or the VET-2-FARM Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison to provide additional information to veterans and members of the Armed Forces regarding agriculture-related employment and training opportunities. The Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison must: provide information to veterans concerning the availability of, and eligibility requirements for, positions identified within USDA that are available to employ or train veterans; consult with specified federal departments and agencies regarding activities that assist veterans with agriculture-related employment; and establish and periodically update a website with information regarding employment and training opportunities for service members and veterans. USDA must report annually to Congress regarding positions and training opportunities for members of the Armed Forces and veterans. | 2023-01-11T13:42:10Z | |
| 115-sres-540 | 115 | sres | 540 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that flowers grown in the United States support the farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the United States, that flower farming is an honorable vocation, and designating July as "American Grown Flower Month". | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-12 | 2018-06-12 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3763) | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 2 | Designates July 2018 as American Grown Flower Month and recognizes that flowers grown in the United States support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and the economy; are a vital part of the U.S. agricultural industry; and enhance the ability of the people of the United States to celebrate holidays and special occasions. | 2023-01-11T13:42:05Z | |
| 115-s-3042 | 115 | s | 3042 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-11 | 2018-06-18 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470. | Senate | Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] | KS | R | R000307 | 1 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address: commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, energy, horticulture, and crop insurance. The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to: require farmers to make a new one-time election to obtain either Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage for the 2019-2023 crop years; replace the Dairy Margin Protection Program with Dairy Risk Coverage and modify coverage levels and premiums; make Indian tribes and tribal organizations eligible for supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs; reduce the adjusted gross income limitation for receiving benefits under commodity and conservation programs; modify funding levels and requirements for several conservation programs, consolidate several existing trade and export promotion programs into a new Priority Trade Promotion, Development, and Assistance program; legalize industrial hemp and make hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program; establish an interstate data system to prevent the simultaneous issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to an individual by more than one state; increase the loan limits for farm ownership and operating loans; modify the experience requirement for farm ownership loans; authorize a categorical exclusion from requirements for environmental assessments and environmental impact statements for certain forest management projects with the primary purpose of protecting, restoring, or improving habitat for the greater sage-grouse or mule deer; and modify the organic certification requirements for imported agricultural products. | 2023-01-11T13:42:10Z | |
| 115-hr-6045 | 115 | hr | 6045 | McIntire-Stennis Act District of Columbia Equality Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-07 | 2018-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 0 | McIntire-Stennis Act District of Columbia Equality Act This bill makes the District of Columbia eligible for funding under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. (Under the Act, the Department of Agriculture provides funding to states for forestry research and graduate training at colleges and universities.) | 2023-01-11T13:42:23Z | |
| 115-s-3025 | 115 | s | 3025 | Fraud Reduction Through Photographic Identification Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-07 | 2018-06-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] | LA | R | K000393 | 0 | Fraud Reduction Through Photographic Identification Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) beneficiaries to show photographic identification when making purchases using SNAP benefits. State agencies must require the electronic benefits transfer card used for SNAP benefits to list the names of: the head of the household, each adult member of the household, and each adult that is not a member of the household that is authorized to use that card. Each individual listed on the card must show photographic identification at the point of sale when using the card. A head of a household is not required to show photographic identification if the card includes a photograph of that individual. | 2023-01-11T13:42:11Z | |
| 115-s-3034 | 115 | s | 3034 | Rural Jobs and Investment Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-07 | 2018-06-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 2 | Rural Jobs and Investment Act of 2018 This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant program for establishing jobs accelerators that are located in or serve low-income rural communities. The jobs accelerators are centers or programs that may provide co-working space, in-demand skills training, entrepreneurship support, and other specified services. USDA must establish an interagency federal task force to support the network of jobs accelerators by providing certain information, technical assistance, support services, and opportunities for collaboration. The bill also reauthorizes and modifies the USDA Rural Business Investment Program. The modifications address the limitation on rural business and investment companies controlled by Farm Credit System institutions and coordination with the Small Business Administration Small Business Investment Company program. | 2023-01-11T13:42:11Z | |
| 115-s-3005 | 115 | s | 3005 | Urban Agriculture Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-06 | 2018-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 7 | Urban Agriculture Act of 2018 This bill establishes an Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural practices. The bill also makes farmers developing innovative agricultural production practices and using traditional practices in innovative areas such as urban areas eligible for various USDA loan and grant programs. USDA must work with producers to mitigate the presence of contaminants in soil by taking several specified actions, such as establishing a coordinated soil testing protocol, coordinating and conducting research, and providing soil assessment and remediation technical assistance. The bill establishes various USDA pilot projects, including programs to: establish urban and suburban county committees, increase municipal compost and food waste reduction activities; and strengthen marketplace links between healthy food consumption, good environmental practices, and direct public health outcomes. | 2023-01-11T13:42:12Z | |
| 115-s-2989 | 115 | s | 2989 | COVER Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-05 | 2018-06-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | CO | D | B001267 | 0 | Conservation for Very Erodible Row Cropland Act of 2018 or the COVER Act This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs to authorize additional assistance for farm practices related to soil health and carbon storage. The bill modifies the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to require USDA to provide payments under the program for practices that: improve soil health, enhance the ability of a farmer to absorb and recover from shocks and stresses to production, increase the storage of carbon on agricultural land, and achieve other conservation outcomes determined by USDA. The bill modifies the Conservation Innovation Grants program to establish a pilot program to provide payments to encourage: (1) the measurement of outcomes relating to the planting of a regionally appropriate cover crop, and (2) opportunities to increase farm income. In carrying out the program, USDA must prioritize certain projects with third-party partners such as academic entities, carbon offset protocol developers, livestock producers, and food manufacturers. | 2023-01-11T13:42:12Z | |
| 115-s-2997 | 115 | s | 2997 | Carbon Utilization Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-05 | 2018-06-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | CO | D | B001267 | 1 | Carbon Utilization Act of 2018 This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to authorize additional grants, loans, and loan guarantees for carbon utilization technologies, such as carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration; and biogas systems. The bill also requires USDA to establish: (1) a carbon utilization education program, and (2) an interagency biogas opportunities task force. | 2023-01-11T13:42:12Z | |
| 115-sres-532 | 115 | sres | 532 | A resolution designating the week of June 4 through June 10, 2018, as "Hemp History Week". | Agriculture and Food | 2018-06-05 | 2018-06-05 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2997; text: CR S2993) | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 3 | Designates the week of June 4-June 10, 2018, as Hemp History Week. Recognizes the historical relevance and growing economic potential of industrial hemp. | 2020-09-28T22:42:01Z | |
| 115-hr-5978 | 115 | hr | 5978 | Farm Support Integrity for Family Farms Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-25 | 2018-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. | House | Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] | NC | R | M001187 | 0 | Farm Support Integrity for Family Farms Act The bill modifies Department of Agriculture commodity programs with respect to: (1) payment limitations, and (2) the requirement to be actively engaged in farming in order to receive payments. | 2023-01-11T13:42:35Z | |
| 115-s-2964 | 115 | s | 2964 | Seeds for the Future Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-24 | 2018-05-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 0 | Seeds for the Future Act This bill amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure that at least $50 million of USDA grant funding is used each year for competitive research grants that support the development of public cultivars. A "cultivar" is a variety of plant that has been intentionally selected for use in cultivation because of its improved characteristics. A "public cultivar" is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance. The bill also amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a public cultivar research activities coordinator within USDA to coordinate research activities relating to the breeding of public cultivars. | 2023-01-11T13:42:27Z | |
| 115-s-2978 | 115 | s | 2978 | Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-24 | 2018-05-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 3 | Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2018 This bill modifies and provides statutory authority for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). CREP is a subprogram of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), under which USDA partners with states to target high-priority conservation concerns, and the states contribute funding to allow for higher CRP payments and continuous sign-ups to address the concerns. The bill directs USDA, to the maximum extent practicable, to enroll at least 3 million acres of land in CREP by September 30, 2023. | 2023-01-11T13:42:26Z | |
| 115-s-2927 | 115 | s | 2927 | Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-23 | 2018-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 1 | Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2018 This bill modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) requirements and procedures for imported organic agricultural products. The bill modifies requirements and procedures regarding: exclusions from certification; documentation, traceability, and data collection; the accreditation program; the investigation process; and data organization and access. The bill also requires USDA and the Department of Homeland Security to jointly establish an interagency working group to facilitate coordination and information sharing regarding imports of organically produced agricultural products. | 2023-01-11T13:42:28Z | |
| 115-s-2874 | 115 | s | 2874 | SOIL Stewardship Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-17 | 2018-05-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] | MN | D | S001203 | 0 | Strengthening Our Investment in Land Stewardship Act or the SOIL Stewardship Act This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize and modify Department of Agriculture conservation programs, including the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program. The bill addresses requirements for the programs relating to: enrollment and funding levels, the length and renewal process for contracts, payment rates, payment limitations, coordinating the application and enrollment processes for the two programs, set-asides and the enrollment process for beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers, soil health and carbon storage, and organic production. | 2023-01-11T13:42:30Z | |
| 115-hr-5849 | 115 | hr | 5849 | Food Security Improvement Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-16 | 2018-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. | House | Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] | FL | D | D000610 | 13 | Food Security Improvement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to be calculated using a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan using the diet described in the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion's publication entitled "The Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans, 2007" and adjustments specified in this bill. The bill revises the amounts of nutrition assistance block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa and requires the amounts to be modified based on adjustments to the low-cost food plan. | 2023-01-11T13:39:29Z | |
| 115-hr-5824 | 115 | hr | 5824 | Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-15 | 2018-05-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] | NM | D | L000580 | 2 | Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program. (The program provides funding to assist socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in participating in USDA programs and in owning and operating farms and ranches.) The bill includes provisions that: authorize multiyear grants, contracts, and agreements for terms of up to three years; require USDA to establish an external peer review process to use in making grants and entering into contracts and agreements; and modify reporting requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:39:30Z | |
| 115-hr-5825 | 115 | hr | 5825 | Whole Farm Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-15 | 2018-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. | House | Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] | NY | D | M001185 | 0 | Whole Farm Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 2018 This bill modifies requirements for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) crop insurance policy, which covers all commodities on a farm under a single policy. The bill requires USDA to: expand coverage for beginning farmers under the Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program to allow the farmers to develop the revenue history necessary to qualify for WFRP; allow insurance providers to use alternative compensation structures based on the time necessary to write and administer the plans; ensure that that all producers, including producers with expected revenue from an operation that is greater than 35% of the revenue for the previous year, are able to obtain coverage; and reduce paperwork requirements for the program. | 2023-01-11T13:39:30Z | |
| 115-s-2839 | 115 | s | 2839 | Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-15 | 2018-05-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] | MD | D | V000128 | 6 | Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program. (The program provides funding to assist socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in participating in USDA programs and in owning and operating farms and ranches.) The bill includes provisions that: authorize multiyear grants, contracts, and agreements for terms of up to three years; require USDA to establish an external peer review process to use in making grants and entering into contracts and agreements; and modify reporting requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z | |
| 115-hr-5764 | 115 | hr | 5764 | Growing Value-Added Economies Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-10 | 2018-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. | House | Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] | NM | D | L000570 | 4 | Growing Value-Added Economies Act This bill amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Value-Added Producer Grants Program. (The program provides grants for the development and marketing of value-added agricultural products, which are products that have increased in value due to processing.) The bill modifies the program to require USDA to: establish independent external review panels to review and evaluate each eligible application based on merit and relevance, develop and implement an outreach and technical assistance strategy, and provide for periodic evaluations that measure the impact of the program and the impact of projects on achieving the purposes of the program. The bill also: (1) provides mandatory funding for the program; and (2) prohibits more than 5% of the total annual funding for the program from being used for administrative expenses, program evaluation, outreach, and technical assistance. | 2023-01-11T13:39:33Z | |
| 115-hres-890 | 115 | hres | 890 | Recognizing the National Association of Letter Carriers' one-day food drive. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-10 | 2018-05-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. | House | Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] | OH | R | J000295 | 3 | Recognizes the National Association of Letter Carriers' one-day food drive and honors the association for its community service and philanthropic efforts. | 2023-01-11T13:42:34Z | |
| 115-s-2813 | 115 | s | 2813 | Local Cheese Promotion and Dairy Support Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-10 | 2018-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] | CT | D | M001169 | 1 | Local Cheese Promotion and Dairy Support Act of 2018 This bill amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to establish a Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to provide competitive grants to small cheese producers and cooperative groups of small cheese producers. In awarding grants, USDA must define the term "small cheese producer" and give preference to producers that use locally or regionally sourced product to produce cheese. Grant recipients may use the funds to: purchase equipment or renovate and make repairs to production facilities, develop a business plan or perform a feasibility study to grow the business, promote and market cheese, participate in accounting and financial literacy education and training, carry out food safety upgrades and training, and participate in job training. Using no more than 10% of the funds provided for this bill, USDA must establish a cheese production, education, and promotion pilot project at eligible institutions, including: land-grant colleges or universities, local offices of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture or other regional USDA offices, groups of regional experts that advise beginning farmers or ranchers, or nonprofit organizations. | 2023-01-11T13:42:32Z | |
| 115-s-2814 | 115 | s | 2814 | New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-10 | 2018-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] | SD | R | R000605 | 2 | New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2018 This bill allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold in interstate commerce. (Under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.) | 2023-01-11T13:42:32Z | |
| 115-s-2822 | 115 | s | 2822 | Farmer Veteran Opportunity Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-10 | 2018-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 1 | Farmer Veteran Opportunity Act of 2018 This bill expands the assistance that is available to veteran farmers or ranchers from various Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The bill also specifies or modifies the definition of "veteran farmer or rancher" for several USDA programs. | 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z | |
| 115-s-2824 | 115 | s | 2824 | Farm to Food Bank Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-10 | 2018-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 0 | Farm to Food Bank Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program to allocate funding to states to support the establishment and administration of farm to food bank programs. A "farm to food bank program" is a program under which agricultural producers donate food products to a food bank, an association of food banks, or a food assistance network for free distribution to individuals in need. The bill also amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to establish a procedure under which an insured crop that is donated by a producer does not qualify as a produced crop under a crop insurance claim. USDA must coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study to evaluate and determine methods of measuring food waste, standards for the volume of food waste, and causal factors for food waste. | 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z | |
| 115-s-2833 | 115 | s | 2833 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve the calculation of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-10 | 2018-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] | ND | R | H001061 | 0 | This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use certain data to calculate payments for county coverage under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program (ARC). (ARC provides revenue loss coverage by issuing payments to farmers when the actual county crop revenue of a covered commodity is below a specified amount.) In the case of country coverage, USDA must calculate payments using county data of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. If this data is unavailable, USDA must use comparable county data, as determined by the applicable state office of the Farm Service Agency. | 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z | |
| 115-s-2834 | 115 | s | 2834 | Wetland Delineation Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-10 | 2018-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] | ND | R | H001061 | 0 | Wetland Delineation Act of 2018 This bill modifies wetland conservation requirements that deny various Department of Agriculture (USDA) program benefits to agricultural producers who plant crops on certain converted wetlands. The bill requires USDA to (1) determine that an exemption permitted under current law does not apply to a producer before determining that a producer is ineligible for benefits, and (2) publish categorical minimal effect exemptions within 180 days of the enactment of this bill. The bill also authorizes additional funding for the wetland mitigation banking program. | 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z | |
| 115-hr-5740 | 115 | hr | 5740 | Enhancing Law Enforcement Resources Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-09 | 2018-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. | House | Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] | OH | R | J000295 | 0 | Enhancing Law Enforcement Resources Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow state agencies administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to disclose a household member's address, Social Security number, and photograph to a law enforcement officer who provides the member's household electronic benefit transfer card number to locate or apprehend the member for specified law enforcement purposes and as an official duty. | 2023-01-11T13:39:34Z | |
| 115-hr-5696 | 115 | hr | 5696 | Combating Lead Poisoning Through Nutrition Education Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-05-07 | 2018-05-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. | House | Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] | WI | D | M001160 | 0 | Combating Lead Poisoning Through Nutrition Education Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to carry out a nutrition education program to support and award grants for community-wide messaging and outreach on: (1) the harmful impacts of lead exposure; and (2) the important role nutrition plays in a diet protective against lead exposure, especially for children. | 2023-01-11T13:39:35Z | |
| 115-hr-5667 | 115 | hr | 5667 | Acer Access and Development Program Reauthorization Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-27 | 2018-05-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. | House | Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] | VT | D | W000800 | 1 | Acer Access and Development Program Reauthorization Act This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to reauthorize the Acer Access and Development Program through FY2023. (The Department of Agriculture program provides grants to states, tribal governments, and research institutions to promote the domestic maple syrup industry.) | 2023-01-11T13:39:45Z | |
| 115-hr-5627 | 115 | hr | 5627 | Farmers CARE Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-26 | 2018-04-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] | CA | D | H001068 | 9 | Farmers Conserving Agricultural Resources through EQIP Act or the Farmers CARE Act This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). (EQIP provides financial and technical assistance for agricultural producers and land owners to implement certain conservation practices.) The bill expands and modifies the purposes of the program. It also includes modifications that: increase payments for certain land management and vegetative practices that result in highly cost-effective treatment of priority resource concerns; prohibit payments for large confined animal feeding operations to construct an animal waste management facility or any associated waste transport or transfer device; repeal the allocation of funding for practices relating to livestock production; increase the allocation of funding for practices relating to improving fish and wildlife habitat; specify an allocation of funding for producers who participate in an independent animal welfare certification program; add payments for certain practices that promote ground and surface water conservation; remove the payment limitation for practices related to organic production; add payments for certain conservation practices related to antibiotic use and pasture-based production systems; prioritize applications that address priority resource concerns identified by USDA; and reduce the limitation on total EQIP payments. | 2023-01-11T13:39:47Z | |
| 115-hr-5629 | 115 | hr | 5629 | President Trump's Farm Bill Reforms Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-26 | 2018-04-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] | SC | R | N000190 | 1 | President Trump's Farm Bill Reforms Act of 2018 This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to reduce farm subsidies and revise eligibility requirements. The bill includes provisions that: reduce crop insurance premium subsidies; eliminate the separate payment limitation for peanuts; terminate the use of commodity certificates to pay off marketing assistance loans; eliminate crop insurance premium subsidies and payments under conservation and commodity programs for farms with annual adjusted gross incomes that exceed $500,000; prohibit more than one person in a farming operation from qualifying as a farm manager actively engaged in farming for the purposes of receiving payments under USDA commodity programs; and limit the average rate of return for private insurance companies participating in the Federal Crop Insurance Program to 12% of retained premiums. | 2023-01-11T13:39:47Z | |
| 115-hr-5640 | 115 | hr | 5640 | WHOLE MILK Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-26 | 2018-04-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] | PA | R | M001179 | 13 | Wholesome Healthy Original Lactic Excellence Making Intelligent Literate Kids Act or the WHOLE MILK Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to serve unflavored whole milk. | 2023-01-11T13:39:46Z | |
| 115-s-2762 | 115 | s | 2762 | Next Generation in Agriculture Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-26 | 2018-04-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] | ND | D | H001069 | 6 | Next Generation in Agriculture Act This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and policies to provide additional assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers. The bill includes provisions that reauthorize and modify the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, create a permanent National Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coordinator and an Agricultural Youth Coordinator within USDA, establish a next generation agriculture technology challenge competition to provide an incentive for the development of innovative mobile technology that removes barriers to entry in the marketplace for beginning farmers and ranchers, and modify the definitions used for the Federal Crop Insurance Program to specify that a beginning farmer or rancher includes a farmer or rancher who has not farmed for more than 10 years (currently 5 years). | 2023-01-11T13:39:39Z | |
| 115-s-2787 | 115 | s | 2787 | Food Donation Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-26 | 2018-04-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | Food Donation Act of 2018 This bill amends the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to expand the liability protections for the donation of food. The bill expands the liability protections to include donations of an apparently fit grocery product or apparently wholesome food: that is mislabeled in a manner that is not related to safety and safety-related labeling standards and regulations; meets safety and safety-related labeling standards and regulations but is past the date label; for which the recipient is charged a "good Samaritan reduced" price that is no greater than the cost of handling, administering, and distributing the product; or that is donated directly to a needy individual by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education. The Department of Agriculture must: (1) issue regulations with respect to the safety and safety-related labeling standards of apparently wholesome food and an apparently fit grocery product under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, (2) promote awareness of food donation under the Act, and (3) issue guidance with respect to the amendments made by this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:39:38Z | |
| 115-s-2790 | 115 | s | 2790 | Community Wood Energy Innovation Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-26 | 2018-04-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 2 | Community Wood Energy Innovation Act of 2018 This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize and modify the Forest Service Community Wood Energy Program. Under current law, the program provides grants for: (1) state and local governments to develop community wood energy plans or acquire or upgrade community wood energy systems, and (2) for biomass consumer cooperatives. The bill makes private entities eligible for grants and modifies the purposes for which the grants may be used. The grants may be used to install a community wood energy system or to build an innovative wood product facility in an area in which the market for low-value, low-quality wood used by the community wood energy system or innovative wood product facility has declined. | 2023-01-11T13:39:38Z | |
| 115-s-2749 | 115 | s | 2749 | Agriculture Risk Coverage Improvement and Innovation Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-25 | 2018-04-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 2 | Agriculture Risk Coverage Improvement and Innovation Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes and modifies Department of Agriculture commodity programs, including the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program and the Price Loss Coverage Program. The bill modifies payment calculations, coverage levels, and other requirements of the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program. | 2023-01-11T13:39:39Z | |
| 115-s-2733 | 115 | s | 2733 | Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-24 | 2018-04-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] | VA | D | W000805 | 3 | Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Act of 2018 This bill amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to rename: (1) the Department of Agriculture as the "Department of Agriculture and Rural Development," and (2) the position of Secretary of Agriculture as the "Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development." | 2023-01-11T13:39:40Z | |
| 115-s-2712 | 115 | s | 2712 | FARMERS FIRST Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-19 | 2018-04-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 12 | Facilitating Accessible Resources for Mental health and Encouraging Rural Solutions For Immediate Response to Stressful Times Act or the FARMERS FIRST Act This bill amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants to state departments of agriculture, state cooperative extension services, and nonprofit organizations for cooperative programs to establish farm and ranch stress assistance networks. The networks must provide stress assistance programs to farmers and ranchers, including counseling and support through: telephone helplines and websites, training for advocates for affected individuals, support groups, outreach services and activities, and home delivery of assistance for farm residents who are homebound. USDA must coordinate with the Department of Health and Services (HHS) to establish the grant program and a National Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network to coordinate the stress assistance programs on a national scale. USDA and HHS must also establish an advisory committee to report on the state of behavioral and mental health in farmers and ranchers. | 2023-01-11T13:39:40Z | |
| 115-s-2713 | 115 | s | 2713 | A bill to limit the level of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to agricultural producers. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-19 | 2018-04-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 2 | This bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to limit federal crop insurance premium subsidies provided to agricultural producers to $40,000. The limit applies to the total amount of premiums paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on behalf of a person or legal entity for all policies issued for a crop year. | 2023-01-11T13:39:40Z | |
| 115-s-2723 | 115 | s | 2723 | SNAP for Kids Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-19 | 2018-04-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 6 | SNAP for Kids Act of 2018 This bill modifies the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to (1) increase benefits for certain small households with children who are 5-17 years old, and (2) require benefits for the households to be calculated using the low-cost food plan. The "low-cost food plan" is the diet required to feed a family of 4, consisting of a man and a woman 19-50 years old, a child 6-8 years old, and a child 9-11 years old, at a cost that is in the second quartile of food expenditures for those families in the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:39:40Z | |
| 115-hr-5563 | 115 | hr | 5563 | Gus Schumacher Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Reauthorization Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-18 | 2018-05-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. | House | Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | K000380 | 10 | Gus Schumacher Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grant program. The program supports projects to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables among low-income consumers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) by providing incentives at the point of purchase. The bill renames the program the Gus Schumacher Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive program and modifies requirements regarding the nonfederal share, application criteria, and the priorities for awarding grants. The bill also requires USDA to establish a Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Evaluation, and Information Center to assist grant recipients. | 2023-01-11T13:39:49Z | |
| 115-hr-5530 | 115 | hr | 5530 | To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal desert terminal lakes assistance. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-17 | 2018-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | House | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | UT | R | B001250 | 0 | This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal the Desert Terminal Lakes Program. (The Department of Agriculture program requires the transfer of certain Commodity Credit Corporation funds to the Bureau of Reclamation to provide water to at-risk natural desert terminal lakes.) | 2023-01-11T13:39:51Z | |
| 115-s-2685 | 115 | s | 2685 | Farmers of Tomorrow Act | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-17 | 2018-04-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 2 | Farmers of Tomorrow Act This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for Department of Agriculture (USDA) direct farm ownership loans by modifying the three-year experience requirement. (Under current law, USDA may make a direct farm ownership loan only to a farmer or rancher who has participated in the business operations of a farm or ranch for at least three years or has other acceptable experience.) The bill modifies the experience requirement to specify a list of acceptable experience and educational criteria that USDA may count for an applicant to meet or reduce the necessary experience requirement. | 2023-01-11T13:39:41Z | |
| 115-hr-2 | 115 | hr | 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-12 | 2018-12-20 | Became Public Law No: 115-334. | House | Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] | TX | R | C001062 | 483 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture programs that address: commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, energy, horticulture, crop insurance, livestock, agriculture and food defense, and historically underserved producers. For more detailed information, see Congressional Research Service Report R45525, The 2018 Farm Bill (P.L. 115-334): Summary and Side-by-Side Comparison. | 2023-03-22T19:50:47Z | |
| 115-hr-5485 | 115 | hr | 5485 | Hemp Farming Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-12 | 2018-04-12 | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1] | KY | R | C001108 | 14 | Hemp Farming Act of 2018 This bill legalizes industrial hemp that has a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration of no more than 0.3% by removing it from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. States and Indian tribes may regulate the production of hemp by submitting a plan to the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bill also makes hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program and certain USDA research grants. | 2023-01-11T13:39:52Z | |
| 115-hr-5487 | 115 | hr | 5487 | Regional Conservation Partnership Program Improvement Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-12 | 2018-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | House | Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] | CA | D | C001059 | 0 | Regional Conservation Partnership Program Improvement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make several modifications to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). (The RCPP currently operates through several USDA conservation programs to provide funding for partners to join in efforts with producers to increase the restoration and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on regional or watershed scales.) The bill modifies the program to: require the RCPP to be operated as a separate program rather than through several existing USDA conservation programs, expand the purposes of the program, expand the authority of project partners to define the scope of the activities that will help achieve conservation benefits, require USDA to set timelines for entering into contracts and providing funding, require USDA to establish program coordinators in each state, modify the requirements for allocating funding for the program, modify the application process and requirements for program contracts, authorize USDA to award grants to partners to directly operate conservation projects, authorize USDA to advance funding to partners for project development and outreach activities, and establish reporting requirements for partners regarding the progress made toward addressing natural resource concerns and related outcomes of the projects. | 2023-01-11T13:39:52Z | |
| 115-hr-5491 | 115 | hr | 5491 | Rural Health Insurance Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-12 | 2018-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. | House | Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] | NE | R | F000449 | 0 | Rural Health Insurance Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide loans and grants to assist in the establishment of agricultural association health plans to help bring new health options and lower priced health care coverage to rural Americans. | 2023-01-11T13:39:52Z | |
| 115-s-2667 | 115 | s | 2667 | Hemp Farming Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-12 | 2018-04-16 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 29 | Hemp Farming Act of 2018 This bill legalizes industrial hemp that has a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration of no more than 0.3% by removing it from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. States and Indian tribes may regulate the production of hemp by submitting a plan to the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bill also makes hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program and certain USDA research grants. | 2022-02-02T05:51:35Z | |
| 115-hr-5478 | 115 | hr | 5478 | Northern Mariana Islands Enhanced Nutrition Assistance Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-11 | 2018-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. | House | Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] | MP | D | S001177 | 0 | Northern Mariana Islands Enhanced Nutrition Assistance Act of 2018 This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to reauthorize through FY2023 the pilot program for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to operate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) in the same manner in which the program is operated in the states. The bill prohibits funds available for the pilot program from being provided for the Northern Mariana Islands nutrition assistance program block grant during a year in which more than $8.5 million in unexpended pilot program funds remain available for the grant. | 2023-01-11T13:39:52Z | |
| 115-hr-5448 | 115 | hr | 5448 | To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to provide eligibility under the assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities to veterans with disabilities and their families. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-10 | 2018-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. | House | Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] | FL | D | S001200 | 2 | This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities. (The program provides grants for programs to provide agricultural education and assistance directed at accommodating disability in farm operations for disabled individuals and family members engaged in farming and farm-related occupations.) The bill modifies the program to specify that veterans are eligible for assistance under the program, including disabled veterans and family members who: (1) are engaged in farming and farm-related occupations, and (2) are pursuing new farming opportunities. The bill also permits the grants to be used for programs that provide behavioral therapy programs to assist veterans with mental service-connected disabilities, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. | 2023-01-11T13:39:53Z | |
| 115-hr-5449 | 115 | hr | 5449 | To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to support a smart agriculture industry technology roadmap, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-10 | 2018-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. | House | Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] | FL | D | S001200 | 0 | This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to: (1) reauthorize the Agriculture Innovation Center Demonstration Program through FY2023, and (2) require the Department of Agriculture to use $500,000 of the funds provided each year for the program to support a public-private partnership to produce and update a smart agriculture industry technology roadmap. A smart agriculture industry technology roadmap is a set of policies designed to: (1) guide the future development of technology in the agriculture industry; and (2) help align the efforts of the U.S agriculture industry, the research community, and other members of the agriculture community to increase U.S. efforts to become the global leader in smart farming and agriculture. | 2023-01-11T13:39:53Z | |
| 115-hr-5450 | 115 | hr | 5450 | To increase the access of small farmers in Puerto Rico to Federal agriculture programs, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-10 | 2018-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. | House | Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] | FL | D | S001200 | 0 | This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Advocacy and Outreach to increase the access of small farmers who grow specialty crops in Puerto Rico to loans under several USDA programs. (Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture.) The programs covered by the bill include microloan programs, programs for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, programs for beginning farmers, and the emergency loan program. The USDA Office of Advocacy and Outreach must also carry out a training program to teach best farming practices to small farmers in Puerto Rico. The Department of the Interior must develop a program to allow small farmers to farm on federal land in Puerto Rico if: (1) the land is not environmentally sensitive, (2) farming on the land will not harm endangered native species or natural habitats, and (3) the land is suitable for farming. | 2023-01-11T13:39:53Z | |
| 115-hr-5462 | 115 | hr | 5462 | Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-10 | 2018-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. | House | Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] | MN | D | P000258 | 0 | Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Margin Protection Program for dairy producers, which is a voluntary program that pays participating dairy operations when a formula-based national margin (the difference between milk prices and feed costs) falls below a producer-selected insured margin. The bill changes the name of the program to the Dairy Risk Management Program and modifies coverage levels and premiums. With respect to other USDA dairy programs, the bill: reauthorizes the Dairy Forward Pricing Program, reauthorizes the Dairy Indemnity Program, reauthorizes the Dairy Promotion and Research Program, and repeals the Dairy Product Donation Program. | 2023-01-11T13:39:53Z | |
| 115-s-2641 | 115 | s | 2641 | American Food for American Schools Act of 2018 | Agriculture and Food | 2018-04-10 | 2018-04-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] | AK | R | S001198 | 1 | American Food for American Schools Act of 2018 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require school food authorities (SFAs) to request a waiver from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase foreign commodities or products for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). SFAs may purchase foreign commodities or products without a waiver if the commodities or products are not produced or available domestically. (Under current law, Buy American provisions require SFAs to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products for the NSLP. There are limited exceptions which permit the purchase of foreign products in circumstances when using domestic products is truly not practicable. If an SFA uses an exception, there is no requirement to request a waiver to purchase a foreign product or commodity, but the SFA must keep documentation justifying the exception.) USDA may not grant a waiver for an SFA to purchase foreign commodities or products unless: (1) the commodities or products are not produced domestically in sufficient amounts or of satisfactory quality, (2) the domestic commodities or products would be significantly higher in price than foreign commodities or products, and (3) the SFA agrees to make the waiver publicly available on its website and email a notification of the waiver to parents or guardians of students who will be served the foreign commodity or product purchased pursuant to the waiver. | 2023-01-11T13:39:43Z |
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CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);