Open Congress : Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.6331 To amend the environmental quality incentives program of the Department of Agriculture to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to active agricultural producers for the construction of reservoirs as part of their agricultural operations for the storage of water, and for other purposes.

2006-11-15T00:00:00Z

To amend the environmental quality incentives program of the Department of Agriculture to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to active agricultural producers for the construction of reservoirs as part of their agricultural operations for the storage of water, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6193 EAT Healthy America Act

2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

To continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops for American consumers and international markets, to enhance the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6064 Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2006

2006-09-13T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize Department of Agriculture conservation and energy programs and certain other programs of the Department, to modify the operation and administration of these programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6000 To revise the Farmland Protection Program of the Department of Agriculture.

2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

To revise the Farmland Protection Program of the Department of Agriculture.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5925 To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes.

2006-07-27T00:00:00Z

To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.956 Congratulating the Department of Agronomy in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University for 100 years of excellent service to Kansas agriculture.

2006-07-26T00:00:00Z

Congratulating the Department of Agronomy in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University for 100 years of excellent service to Kansas agriculture.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5832 National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006

2006-07-19T00:00:00Z

To establish the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to provide funding for the support of fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5827 To make Celina, Ohio, eligible for certain rural development loans and grants.

2006-07-18T00:00:00Z

To make Celina, Ohio, eligible for certain rural development loans and grants.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5380 New Homestead Act of 2006

2006-05-11T00:00:00Z

To reward the hard work and risk of individuals who choose to live in and help preserve America's small, rural towns, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5313 Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act

2006-05-09T00:00:00Z

To reserve a small percentage of the amounts made available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the farmland protection program to fund challenge grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements and other interests in land to be held by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5269 Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically engineered material, or that is produced with a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5270 Real Solutions to World Hunger Act of 2005

2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

To ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5266 Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act

2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

To provide additional protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, to ensure fairness for farmers and ranchers in their dealings with biotech companies that sell genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5267 Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2005

2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

To prohibit the open-air cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops, to prohibit the use of common human food or animal feed as the host plant for a genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial chemical, to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent human, animal, and general environmental exposure to genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5128 National Ag Science Center Act of 2006

2006-04-06T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to facilitate the establishment of the National Ag Science Center in Stanislaus County, California.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5082 Southern Empowerment and Economic Development Act to authorize the Delta Black Belt Regional Authority

2006-04-04T00:00:00Z

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for comprehensive community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region while leveraging existing efforts, entities, and resources.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4567 Sodium Fluoroacetate Elimination Act

2005-12-16T00:00:00Z

To prohibit the manufacture, processing, possession, or distribution in commerce of the poison sodium flouroacetate (known as "Compound 1080"), to provide for the collection and destruction of remaining stocks of sodium flouroacetate, to compensate persons who turn in sodium flouroacetate to the Secretary of Agriculture for destruction, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4342 To enhance the effectiveness of rural business financing programs.

2005-11-16T00:00:00Z

To enhance the effectiveness of rural business financing programs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3468 Hawaii Invasive Species Prevention Act

2005-07-27T00:00:00Z

To recognize the unique ecosystems of the Hawaiian islands and the threat to these ecosystems posed by non-native plants, animals, and plant and animal diseases, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to expand Federal efforts to prevent the introduction in Hawaii of non-native plants, animals, and plant and animal diseases, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3467 To amend the adjusted gross income limitation on participation in conservation programs administered by the Department of Agriculture to exempt producers operating in the State of Hawaii.

2005-07-27T00:00:00Z

To amend the adjusted gross income limitation on participation in conservation programs administered by the Department of Agriculture to exempt producers operating in the State of Hawaii.