Fair and Accurate Ingredient Representation on Labels Act of 2024 FAIR Labels Act of 2024 [S.3693]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to ensure that consumers can make informed decisions in choosing between meat and poultry products and imitation meat and imitation poultry products, and for other purposes.
S.3693: Fair and Accurate Ingredient Representation on Labels Act of 2024 FAIR Labels Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger W. Marshall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 01/30/2024
AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024 [HB-7131]
[Agriculture ]
[Trade ]
[International ]
To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to establish an additional reporting requirement, and for other purposes.
HB-7131: AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Rep. David G. Valadao
Introduced In House on 01/30/2024
Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2024 [S.3661]
[Agriculture ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Food ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to periodically assess cybersecurity threats to, and vulnerabilities in, the agriculture and food critical infrastructure sector and to provide recommendations to enhance their security and resilience, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an annual cross-sector simulation exercise relating to a food-related emergency or disruption, and for other purposes.
S.3661: Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 01/25/2024
AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024 [S.3666]
[Agriculture ]
[Trade ]
A bill to amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to establish an additional reporting requirement, and for other purposes.
S.3666: AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 01/25/2024
Banning EPA’s Encroachment on Facilities Act [HB-7079]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Water ]
To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing certain changes to regulations regarding meat and poultry products effluent discharges, and for other purposes.
HB-7079: Banning EPA’s Encroachment on Facilities Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Estes
Introduced In House on 01/25/2024
Hunger Clearinghouse Enhancement Act of 2024 [S.3645]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to fund the information clearinghouse through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes.
S.3645: Hunger Clearinghouse Enhancement Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 01/23/2024
Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2024 [HB-7062]
[Agriculture ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Food ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to periodically assess cybersecurity threats to, and vulnerabilities in, the agriculture and food critical infrastructure sector and to provide recommendations to enhance their security and resilience, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an annual cross-sector simulation exercise relating to a food-related emergency or disruption, and for other purposes.
HB-7062: Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Bacon
Introduced In House on 01/22/2024
Farmers’ Market Expansion Act of 2024 [HB-7064]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Senior Citizens ]
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include the provision of tree nuts (including shelled tree nuts) under the seniors farmers' market nutrition program, and for other purposes.
HB-7064: Farmers’ Market Expansion Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Rep. Felix Barry Moore
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, And Horticulture. on 08/29/2024
Research for Healthy Soils Act [S.3623]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Food ]
[Water ]
A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include as a high-priority research and extension area research on microplastics in land-applied biosolids on farmland, and for other purposes.
S.3623: Research for Healthy Soils Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 01/18/2024
HB-6916: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report regarding outreach provided to veterans about the availability of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Levin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, And Horticulture. on 08/29/2024
You have voted HB-6916: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report regarding outreach provided to veterans about the availability of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008..
Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act [HB-6921]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize payments under the environmental quality incentives program to assist producers in implementing certain conservation practices along the southern border of Texas, and for other purposes.
HB-6921: Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Cuellar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Research, And Biotechnology. on 08/29/2024
MORE USDA Grants Act More Opportunities for Rural Economies from USDA Grants Act [HB-6891]
[Agriculture ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
To improve the process for awarding grants under certain programs of the Department of Agriculture to certain counties in which the majority of land is owned or managed by the Federal Government and to other units of local government and Tribal governments in those counties, and for other purposes.
HB-6891: MORE USDA Grants Act More Opportunities for Rural Economies from USDA Grants Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Celeste Maloy
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, And Rural Development. on 08/29/2024
Streamlining Conservation Practice Standards Act [HB-6877]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
To amend section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 to enhance and update conservation practice standards, and for other purposes.
HB-6877: Streamlining Conservation Practice Standards Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Abigail Spanberger
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Research, And Biotechnology. on 08/29/2024