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Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 [S.2283]
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Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 This bill amends the Small Business Act to provide statutory authority for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Credit Risk Management and the SBA Lender Oversight Committee. For FY2018 and each ensuing fiscal year, the SBA may, with congressional approval, increase the cap for general business loans if the cap will be reached within that fiscal year. An increase may only be implemented once each fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi
By Senator Risch From Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship Filed Written Report. Report No. 115-265. on 06/05/2018
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Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 [HB-4743]
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Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Small Business Act to provide statutory authority for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Credit Risk Management (OCRM) and the SBA Lender Oversight Committee. The bill modifies the OCRM's supervisory duties and the committee's review of OCRM formal enforcement action recommendations. The bill requires OCRM to supervise: lenders making loans under the SBA's guaranteed loan program, commonly known as 7(a) lenders; lending partners or SBA intermediary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Signed By President. on 06/21/2018
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Next Generation in Agriculture Act [S.2762]
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Next Generation in Agriculture Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/26/2018
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Harvest Price Subsidy Prohibition Act [HB-4305]
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Harvest Price Subsidy Prohibition Act This bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation from paying a premium subsidy for a crop insurance policy that is based on the actual market price of an agricultural commodity at the time of harvest.
Sponsored by: Rep. John J. Duncan
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 12/05/2017
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A bill to limit the level of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to agricultural producers. [S.2713]
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A bill to limit the level of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to agricultural producers. 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/19/2018
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SOIL Stewardship Act Strengthening Our Investment in Land Stewardship Act [HB-5188]
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SOIL Stewardship Act Strengthening Our Investment in Land 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/06/2018
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American Food for American Schools Act of 2018 [S.2641]
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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,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/10/2018
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Give Our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018 [S.2557]
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Give Our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize and modify several Department of Agriculture conservation programs, including the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The bill includes provisions related to: payment rates and enrollment levels; the CRP eligibility requirements for land; the ranking of CSP applications; CSP payments for cover crop activities, comprehensive conservation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 03/15/2018
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EQIP Improvement Act of 2018 [S.2624]
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EQIP Improvement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify 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 modifies EQIP to: reduce the maximum federal cost-share from 75% to 40% for specified practices, repeal the requirement for at least 60% of the funds made available for EQIP payments to be targeted at practices relating to livestock
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 03/22/2018
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A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to improve access to grants and loans for evidence-based substance use disorder treatment services in rural areas, and for other purposes. [S.1678]
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A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to improve access to grants and loans for evidence-based substance use disorder treatment services in rural areas, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, with respect to the Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program, to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prioritize loans and grants for substance use disorder treatment services. (Under current law, the program provides funding to develop essential community facilities
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 07/31/2017
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Addiction Recovery for Rural Communities Act [HB-3566]
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Addiction Recovery for Rural Communities Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 09/01/2017
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Food Recovery Act of 2017 [HB-3444]
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Food Recovery Act of 2017 This bill provides funding and establishes requirements to reduce food waste and standardize date labeling on food. The bill authorizes grants or loans for activities related to: raising awareness about wasted food and food recovery efforts to reduce the quantity of wasted food, reducing food waste at schools and farms, and installing facilities that include composting or anaerobic digesters that use food or crop waste to produce energy. The bill provides funds for: (1) state storage and distribution costs under the Emergency
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/28/2017
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Feeding America through Farm Flexibility Act of 2017' [HB-3433]
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Feeding America through Farm Flexibility Act of 2017'
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Kelly
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 09/01/2017
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Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 [HB-3354]
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Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 230. on 09/27/2017
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Wetland Determinations Efficiency and Transparency Act [HB-3235]
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Wetland Determinations Efficiency and Transparency Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 08/08/2017
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Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 [HB-2]
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Agriculture and Nutrition 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 election to obtain either Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage for
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Sponsored by: Rep. K. Michael Conaway
Signed By President. on 12/20/2018
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Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017 [S.1237]
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Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S3216; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S3215-3216) on 05/25/2017
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End Subsidies for Tobacco Act [HB-2730]
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End Subsidies for Tobacco Act This bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit the Department of Agriculture from subsidizing crop insurance premiums for tobacco. Any savings that occur as a result of this bill must be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 06/26/2017
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Commodity Program Improvement Act of 2017 [S.1259]
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Commodity Program Improvement Act of 2017 This bill reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) commodity programs that were included in the 2014 farm bill (the Agricultural Act of 2014). The programs provide price and income support to farmers for covered commodities. The bill modifies the Agricultural Risk Coverage-County program, which provides revenue loss coverage at the county level by issuing payments when the actual county crop revenue of a covered commodity is below a specified amount. USDA currently calculates payments
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Thune
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/25/2017
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that specialty crops are a vital part of agriculture in the United States, and that Congress should fund programs that support specialty crops. [HR-346]
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that specialty crops are a vital part of agriculture in the United States, and that Congress should fund programs that support specialty crops. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) specialty crops (fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture) are a vital part of agriculture in the United States, and (2) Congress should pass legislation funding programs that support specialty crops.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Biotechnology, Horticulture, And Research. on 06/08/2017