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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015 [HB-1930]
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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015 Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the authority of the Department of the Interior to reduce or eliminate royalty payments for oil and natural gas leases in the Outer Continental Shelf. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to increase minimum royalty payments for coal, oil, and natural gas leases. Amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to prohibit payment of interest upon any overpayment of royalties. Amends the Oil Pollution Act to eliminate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 08/18/2015
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Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 [HB-1890]
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Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Declares the overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to any agreement with a foreign country to reduce or eliminate existing tariffs or nontariff barriers of that country or the United States that are unduly burdening and restricting U.S. trade. Includes among such objectives: more open, equitable, and reciprocal market access; the reduction or elimination of trade barriers and distortions that are directly related to trade and investment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Cuellar
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-100, Part I. on 05/01/2015
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Sugar Reform Act of 2015 [HB-1714]
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Sugar Reform Act of 2015 This bill revises the Department of Agriculture (USDA) sugar program to decrease price support levels and make other modifications. The bill amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to decrease the rate for price support loans to processors of domestically grown sugarcane and sugar beets. The loan rate is the price level at which processors can take out loans. The bill amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to require USDA to set the marketing allotments at a level appropriate to maintain
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 04/20/2015
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Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act [HB-1322]
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Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act This bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publicly disclose crop insurance premium subsidies paid on behalf of Members of Congress and their immediate families, Cabinet Secretaries and their immediate families, or entities of which any of these individuals is a majority shareholder. USDA must publicly disclose for private insurance providers: (1) underwriting gains earned through participation in the federal crop insurance program; and (2) amounts
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 03/23/2015
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Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act [HB-1314]
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Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act TITLE I--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase the discretionary spending limits for FY2016 and FY2017. The bill revises procedures for implementing the sequester of direct spending, which is required under current law and involves cuts that interact with discretionary spending levels. The bill requires the sequester to take place in FY2016 and FY2017 as if the amendments that this bill makes to the discretionary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Presented To President. on 11/02/2015
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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2020 [S.4887]
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A bill to eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/10/2020
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An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023. [SCR-8]
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Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2013, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2013-FY2023 with respect to: (1) federal revenues, (2) new budget authority, (3) budget outlays, (4) deficits, (5) public debt, and (6) debt held by the public. (Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for the Social Security Administration (SSA),
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Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Conference Held. on 11/13/2013
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A bill to permanently suspend application of certain agricultural price support authority. [S.956]
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Suspends specified agricultural price support authorities under: (1) the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with regard to covered commodities, peanuts, sugar, and milk; (2) the Agricultural Act of 1949 with regard to covered commodities, peanuts, sugar, and milk; and (3) a certain quota resolution with regard to wheat.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/15/2013
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Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [S.954]
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Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Title I: Commodity Programs - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - (Sec. 1101) Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to repeal, but continue for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). (Sec. 1105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for a farm's base acreage adjustment for covered commodities if: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated, (2) cropland
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Sponsored by: Sen. Debbie Stabenow
By Senator Stabenow From Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Filed Written Report Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 08/01/2013. Report No. 113-88. Additional Views Filed. on 09/04/2013
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Balancing Food, Farm, and the Environment Act of 2013 [S.923]
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Balancing Food, Farm, and the Environment Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make a producer violating certain conservation requirements under the highly erodible land or wetland programs ineligible for federal crop insurance premiums. Requires producers under the highly erodible land program and the wetland conservation program to comply with specified conservation requirements. Extends and revises: (1) the conservation reserve program, (2) the conservation stewardship program, and (3) the environmental quality incentives program.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/09/2013
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Maple Tapping Access Program Act [S.879]
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Maple Tapping Access Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to states and tribal governments to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through: (1) promotion of research and education, (2) promotion of natural resource sustainability, (3) market promotion, and (4) encouragement of owners and operators of privately held land to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities or to voluntarily make the land available to the public for maple-sugaring activities. Defines "maple-sugaring" as the collection of sap
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Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Schumer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/07/2013
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Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 [S.837]
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Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend: (1) the conservation reserve and related programs, and (2) assistance to disadvantaged or beginning farmers or ranchers for access to the environmental quality incentives and the conservation stewardship programs. Permits conservation reserve contract modification to facilitate transfers from retiring owners to limited resource farmers or ranchers. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) reduce the number of operating years
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3038-3039) on 04/25/2013
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Healthy Food Financing Initiative [S.821]
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Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide assistance in order to: (1) improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas; (2) create and preserve quality jobs; and (3) revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved, urban, suburban, and rural areas.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/25/2013
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Prairie Protection Act of 2013 [S.801]
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Prairie Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance assistance and noninsured crop disaster assistance for crops grown on native sod acreage converted to cropland for the first four years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/24/2013
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Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Act [S.784]
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Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act regarding the value-added agricultural product market development grants program to: (1) include farmers and ranchers who are veterans among priority recipients, and (2) authorize program appropriations through FY2017. Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 regarding the outreach and assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers program to: (1) include farmers and ranchers who are veterans, and (2) extend mandatory
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Johanns
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2901) on 04/23/2013
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Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act [S.754]
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Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act - Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include farmed shellfish as a specialty crop.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/17/2013
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Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 [S.751]
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Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to consider mung beans and pulse crops as covered commodities whose planting on base acres is prohibited unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest. Provides that: (1) as of crop year 2014 producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for any covered commodity for a crop year by one acre for each acre used for the production of fruits or vegetables (other than potatoes) for processing; (2) such acres devoted to fruits or vegetables shall be
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/17/2013
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A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a market-driven inventory system. [S.746]
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Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), for each of the 2014-2018 crops of each market commodity, to make recourse loans available to producers on a farm electing to participate in the program. Sets forth: (1) the recourse loan rate for corn, oats, barley, grain sorghum, wheat, and soybeans; and (2) market commodity-specific limitations on participation (inventory caps) for such crops. Requires participating producers, until the Secretary authorizes loan repayment and release, to: (1)
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Sponsored by: Sen. William M. Cowan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/17/2013
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Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [S.679]
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Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 regarding the supplemental food assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to include as a retail store an agricultural producer marketing agricultural products directly to consumers. Requires participating retailers to pay 100% of the costs of acquiring, and arranging for the implementation of, electronic benefit transfer (EBT) point-of-sale equipment and supplies. Allows exemptions, including for farmers' markets, direct farmer-to-consumer
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/09/2013
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Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2013 [S.678]
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Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2013 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a local farm business and market garden loan program to make available to eligible lending entities loans to develop revolving loan funds to assist: (1) producers in establishing local farm business projects or market garden projects that will produce fresh foods locally, and (2) local farm business projects and market garden projects to create local employment
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/09/2013