Open Congress : Farm Commodities and Risk Management - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.6018 To provide temporary duty reductions for certain cotton fabrics, and for other purposes.

2006-07-27T20:00:00Z

To provide temporary duty reductions for certain cotton fabrics, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5853 Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2006

2006-07-19T20:00:00Z

To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to add a provision relating to reporting and recordkeeping for positions involving energy commodities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5248 Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2006

2006-04-26T20:00:00Z

To regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4473 Commodity Futures Trading Commission bill

2005-12-07T19:00:00Z

To reauthorize and amend the Commodity Exchange Act to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3660 Rice Farmer Fairness Act

2005-09-05T20:00:00Z

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require, as a condition on the receipt of direct payments or counter-cyclical payments under such Act for rice produced by tenants and sharecroppers in Texas, that the producers on the farm agree to retain the rice cropland in production for the next crop year.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3536 To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand the Agricultural Management Assistance Program to include the State of Hawaii.

2005-07-27T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand the Agricultural Management Assistance Program to include the State of Hawaii.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1945 To provide temporary duty reductions for certain cotton fabrics, and for other purposes.

2005-04-26T20:00:00Z

To provide temporary duty reductions for certain cotton fabrics, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1638 Commodities Exchange Improvements Act of 2005

2005-04-13T20:00:00Z

To reinstate regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act of futures contracts, swaps, and hybrid instruments involving natural gas, to require review and approval by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of rules applicable to transactions involving natural gas, to provide for the reporting of large positions in natural gas, to provide for cash settlement for certain contracts of sale for future delivery of natural gas, to temporarily prohibit members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from going to work for organizations subject to regulation by the Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1118 Permanent Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act

2005-03-02T19:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to establish permanent authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to quickly provide disaster relief to agricultural producers who incur crop losses as a result of damaging weather or related condition in federally declared disaster areas, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.721 To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to offer farmers supplemental crop insurance based on an area yield and loss plan of insurance, and for other purposes.

2005-02-08T19:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to offer farmers supplemental crop insurance based on an area yield and loss plan of insurance, and for other purposes.