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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [S.1244]
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2014 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) Office of the Chief Economist; (3) National Appeals Division; (4) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (5) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (6) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (7) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark L. Pryor
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Pryor. With Written Report No. 113-46. on 06/27/2013
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Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [S.10]
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Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). Establishes the agriculture risk coverage program through crop year 2018 for covered crops to make payments to producers for each planted crop when actual farm or county-wide crop revenue is below the agriculture risk coverage guarantee (89% of historical revenue). Requires producers to choose individual or county coverage. Authorizes: (1) nonrecourse
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S48-156) on 01/22/2013
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding certain provisions of the Senate amendment to H.B. 2642 relating to crop insurance. [HR-379]
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the House managers of the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.B. 2642 (Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013) agricultural and other programs) should: (1) agree to provisions regarding a premium subsidy limitation based on average adjusted gross income in excess of $750,000, (2) agree to provisions for a crop insurance study and the impacts of an adjusted gross income limitation, and (3) not agree to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul D. Ryan
Motion To Reconsider Laid On The Table Agreed To Without Objection. on 10/11/2013
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding certain provisions of the Senate amendment to H.B. 2642 relating to the Secretary of Agriculture's administration of tariff-rate quotas for raw and refined sugar. [HR-378]
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the House managers of the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill H.B. 2642 (Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013) should advance provisions to repeal the Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas language as added by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and thus restore the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to manage sugar supplies to meet domestic demand at reasonable prices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Considered As Unfinished Business. (consideration: Cr H6556) on 10/12/2013
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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, that the Committee on Agriculture should propose funding for programs that support specialty crops priorities, and that legislation should be passed that includes funding reflecting specialty crops as a growing and important part of United States agriculture. [HR-182]
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) specialty crops are a vital part of U.S. agriculture, (2) the Committee on Agriculture should propose funding for programs that support specialty crop priorities, and (3) legislation should be passed that includes funding reflecting specialty crops as a growing and important part of U.S. agriculture.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, And Foreign Agriculture. on 05/03/2013
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Expressing the sense of Congress that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated. [HCR-39]
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Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek through negotiated agreements under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) the elimination of all direct and indirect subsidies benefitting the production or export of sugar by any foreign country that: (1) exported more than 200,000 metric tons of sugar during 2013, or (2) has in effect a free trade agreement with the United States. Urges the President to: (1) report to Congress detailed information about how any of such countries has eliminated such subsidies, and (2) then
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 06/25/2013
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Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act [HB-943]
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Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance premium subsidy rates.
Sponsored by: Rep. John J. Duncan
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 03/13/2013
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [HB-933]
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 - Division A: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2013 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services: Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); Office of the Chief Economist; National Appeals Division; Office of Budget and Program Analysis; Office of the Chief Information Officer; Office of the Chief Financial Officer; Office
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Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Rogers
Signed By President. on 03/26/2013
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-83]
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Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish within the Empowering Insular Communities activity a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) and Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau); and (2) assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Presented To President. on 12/16/2014
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To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program. [HB-754]
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Vests title to real property and equipment acquired using funds provided by a grant under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program in the grant recipient in accordance with the compensation provisions in this Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Department Operations, Oversight, And Nutrition. on 03/13/2013
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Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act [HB-699]
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Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to repeal the FY2013 sequester and reduce the FY2014 sequester. Eliminates the 2% maximum permissible reduction in budget authority for veterans' medical care. Extends through FY2014 agricultural commodity programs generally under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, but not the direct payment programs for wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, long and medium grain rice, soybeans, other
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 03/01/2013
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Sugar Reform Act of 2013 [HB-693]
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Sugar Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane (18 cents per pound) and sugar beet processors through FY2017. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make specified sugarcane and sugar beet quantity estimates through crop year 2017. Requires that sugar allotments be appropriate to maintain adequate supplies at reasonable prices, taking into account all domestic supply sources,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 03/01/2013
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Protect our Prairies Act [HB-686]
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Protect our Prairies Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance assistance and noninsured crop disaster assistance for crops grown on native sod acreage converted to cropland for the first four years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 03/01/2013
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Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act [HB-5634]
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Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Secretary 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. Requires USDA to publicly disclose benefits for private insurance providers, including: (1) underwriting gains earned through participation in the federal crop insurance program;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott H. Peters
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 10/23/2014
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Urban Agriculture Production Act [HB-5616]
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Urban Agriculture Production Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The House Committee On Agriculture. on 09/18/2014
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Farm Protection Act of 2014 [HB-5542]
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Farm Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to extend: (1) the term and any due date of a marketing assistance loan, and (2) the due date for repayment of farm ownership, operating, or emergency loans. Requires the extensions in cases where a farmer has sold, transferred, or delivered the commodity subject to the loan to a purchaser who has filed for bankruptcy prior to payment. Provides that the extensions shall last until after the bankruptcy case is closed or dismissed. Suspends
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Cotton
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 09/30/2014
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Propane Supply and Security Act of 2014 [HB-5469]
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Propane Supply and Security Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to publish weekly inventory data on propane storage and propane markets, including pricing data for residential customers in states that voluntarily choose to participate in the State Heating Oil and Propane Program (SHOPP) of the EIA. Directs the Administrator to publish data on storage at: (1) major market centers, and (2) the regions reported in specified weekly and monthly inventory data. Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert E. Latta
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 09/30/2014
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-4800]
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2015 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) Office of the Chief Economist; (3) National Appeals Division; (4) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (5) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (6) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (7) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Aderholt
Considered Under The Provisions Of Rule H. Res. 616. (consideration: Cr H5265-5295; Text Of Title I As Reported In House: Cr H5287, H5289, H5290, H5291, H5293-5294, H5294, H5296, H5297, H5298-5299; Text Of Title Ii As Reported In House: Cr H5299; Text Of Title Iii As Reported In House: Cr H5301-5303; Text Of Title Iv As Reported In House: Cr H5303-5304; Text Of Title V As Reported In House: Cr H5304-5305; Text Of Title Vi As Reported In House: Cr H5305, H5307) on 06/11/2014
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Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014 [HB-4194]
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Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014 - Provides for the elimination or modification of reporting and notification requirements of specified federal agencies and departments. Title I: Department of Agriculture - Eliminates: peanut base acres data collection and publication under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; the report on export credit guarantees to emerging markets; the evaluation of the rural development, business and industry guaranteed loan program financing of locally or regionally produced food products; quarterly
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Signed By President. on 11/26/2014
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Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 [HB-3830]
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Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 - States 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 obtaining: (1) more open, equitable, and reciprocal market access; and (2) the reduction or elimination of trade barriers and distortions that are directly related to trade and investment and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Devin Nunes
Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committees On Rules, And The Budget, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 01/09/2014