Agriculture And Food
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To amend the Export Apple Act to permit the export of apples to Canada in bulk bins without certification by the Department of Agriculture. [HB-3914]
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[Trade ]
[Food ]
Amends the Export Apple Act to permit apples to be exported to Canada in bulk bins (a quantity of apples weighing more than 100 pounds) without complying with certain inspection and certification requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul D. Tonko
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition And Horticulture . on 04/12/2012
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Veterans Gardens Employment and Opportunity Act [HB-3905]
[Agriculture ]
[Veterans ]
[Food ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
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Veterans Gardens Employment and Opportunity Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to award grants to eligible entities to establish gardens that are fully operated by veterans and are designed to produce food that can be sold to individuals, schools, and restaurants through farmers' markets or otherwise. Gives priority to entities seeking to establish a garden located on, or convenient to, the grounds of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The House Committee On Agriculture. on 02/06/2012
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Protecting Foods and Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2012 [HB-3848]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Media and Advertising ]
Protecting Foods and Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2012 - Prohibits the use of any appropriation for print, radio, television or any other media advertisement, campaign, or form of publicity against the use of a food or beverage that is lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 01/31/2012
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Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 [HB-3798]
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[Animals ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise housing and treatment of egg-laying hens and related enforcement provisions. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to delegate to the California Department of Food and Agriculture certain enforcement authority with respect to eggs produced, shipped, handled, transported or received in California prior to the date that is 18 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry. on 02/08/2012
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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-3777]
[Real Estate ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Agriculture ]
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 Credit. on 02/08/2012
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Farmers Disaster Assistance Act of 2011 [HB-3740]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Insurance ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
Farmers Disaster Assistance Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make supplemental payments to agricultural producers receiving direct payments for covered commodities, direct payments for peanuts, or average crop revenue election (ACRE) payments in disaster counties that had qualifying losses for the 2011 crop year. Sets forth related insurance requirements. Directs the Secretary to provide grants to qualifying states through September 30, 2012, to assist specialty crop producers for losses due to excessive rainfall and
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Sponsored by: Rep. David E. Price
Referred To The House Committee On Agriculture. on 12/20/2011
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Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act [HB-3704]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory livestock in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such livestock become nonambulatory. Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by specified entities, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized. Requires an
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry. on 01/17/2012
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Fairness for Family Farmers Act [HB-3678]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Food ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
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Fairness for Family Farmers Act - Amends the Plant Protection Act to provide assistance to certain owners as compensation for economic losses due to quarantine. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to eliminate the requirement that a person demonstrate an inability to obtain credit elsewhere in order to qualify for a family farm emergency loan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry McNerney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition And Horticulture . on 01/17/2012
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Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act [HB-3665]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to impose a fee on each agreement, contract, or transaction that is a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery, an option on such a contract, or a swap to recover the government's cost of the annual CFTC appropriation for the fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 01/17/2012
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Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2011 [HB-3652]
[Food ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Social Security ]
[Poverty ]
Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to repeal the authority to make performance-based bonus payments to states under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamps).
Sponsored by: Rep. David P. Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition And Horticulture . on 01/17/2012
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Genetically Engineered Technology Farmer Protection Act [HB-3555]
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[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Genetically Engineered Technology Farmer Protection Act - Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act - Requires a biotech company that sells any genetically engineered animal, plant, or seed that will be used in the United States to: (1) provide the purchaser with written notice of possible legal and environmental risks of such article's use (such disclosure shall neither relieve the company from liability nor be construed to create purchaser liability), and (2) disclose any technology fees to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Commercial And Administrative Law. on 12/14/2011
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Genetically Engineered Safety Act [HB-3554]
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[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Genetically Engineered Safety Act - Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2011 - Prohibits: (1) a pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop from being grown, raised, or otherwise cultivated until the final regulations and tracking system required by this Act are in effect; and (2) cultivation of a pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop in an open air environment, or in a food commonly used for human food or domestic animal feed. Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a tracking system to regulate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, And Foreign Agriculture. on 12/19/2011
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Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act [HB-3553]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to deem a food misbranded if it contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material unless its labeling contains statements meeting specified requirements. Requires the periodic testing of such foods transferred along a chain of distribution to assure accuracy of labels, subject to specified exceptions. Excludes, in all three Acts, food: (1) served in restaurants;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/09/2011
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Healthy Food Financing Initiative [HB-3525]
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[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
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[Poverty ]
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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: (1) improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas; (2) create 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: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The House Committee On Agriculture. on 11/30/2011
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Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2011 [HB-350]
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[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Agriculture ]
Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to replace current Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) administrative cost provisions with provisions authorizing 75% reimbursement for specified state activities to increase program access. States that fingerprinting shall not be required for program participation. Beyond the Soup Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Beyond the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition And Horticulture . on 03/09/2011
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To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection. [HB-3499]
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[Small Business ]
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Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Farm Service Agency, to compensate certain poultry producers whose production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection. Requires a producer seeking compensation to document the contract's termination or non-renewal and the economic losses incurred from such termination or non-renewal.
Sponsored by: Rep. David E. Price
Referred To The House Committee On Agriculture. on 11/18/2011
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Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011 [HB-3454]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Food ]
Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set forth the maximum number of acres that may be enrolled at any one time in the conservation reserve program through FY2017. Prohibits the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve that is classified as class I or class II land under the National Soil Survey Handbook's land capability classification system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri A. Sewell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 12/19/2011
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Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program Act [HB-3437]
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[Food ]
[International ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program Act - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide for fellowships to conduct research and education on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition. Requires the President to use U.S. influence at the United Nations (U.N.) to urge the creation within the Food and Agriculture Organization of fellowship positions for Clayton Fellows to conduct research and education
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition And Horticulture . on 12/19/2011
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Save Christmas Act [HB-3403]
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Save Christmas Act - States that the Agricultural Marketing Service rule relating to the establishment of a Christmas tree promotion, research, and information program shall have no force or effect and no substantially similar rule may be promulgated.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Marino
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition And Horticulture . on 11/29/2011
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Dairy Pricing Deregulation Act [HB-3372]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
Dairy Pricing Deregulation Act - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to revise the terms of federal milk marketing orders. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) survey and publish data regarding milk handler payments for milk purchased from producers or associations of producers, and (2) publish such data on a national weighted-average basis and on a regional basis with respect to as many multi-state regions as the Secretary determines appropriate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Biggert
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry. on 11/29/2011