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

Bill Enacted: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007

2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

May 22, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-234.

Bill Vetoed: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007

2008-05-21T00:00:00Z

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

May 21, 2008: Vetoed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007

2008-05-20T00:00:00Z

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

May 20, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007

2008-05-15T00:00:00Z

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

May 15, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4626 CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2007

2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

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.3009 Market Transparency Reporting of United States Transactions Act of 2007

2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

To enhance transparency of trading in over-the-counter derivatives in natural gas.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007

2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2401 Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967

2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

To provide for greater access and opportunities for socially disadvantaged farmers, to create incentives for research, conservation, and market viability, to provide a healthy and just work environment for agricultural workers, to provide Americans with healthier food choices, to address hunger and poverty in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2364 Local Food and Farm Support Act

2007-05-17T00:00:00Z

To promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2341 Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act

2007-05-16T00:00:00Z

To prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, and to require additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of securities transaction, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2348 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2007

2007-05-16T00:00:00Z

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Development Act of 2002 to support beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2144 Federal Dairy Education Loan Forgiveness Act

2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

To extend and enhance farm, nutrition, and community development programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1882 Farm Risk Management Act of 2007

2007-04-17T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize agricultural producers to establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm risk management accounts in lieu of obtaining federally subsidized crop insurance or noninsured crop assistance, to provide for contributions to such accounts by the Secretary of Agriculture, to specify the situations in which amounts may be paid to producers from such accounts, and to limit the total amount of such distributions to a producer during a taxable year, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1825 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 or an area revenue plan of insurance, and for other purposes.

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

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 or an area revenue plan of insurance, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1600 Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act

2007-03-20T00:00:00Z

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.1371 Farming Flexibility Act of 2007

2007-03-07T00:00:00Z

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on the base acres of the farm.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1116 To require that the payment rate used to make any direct payments with respect to wheat for the 2008 through 2012 crop years be $1.20 per bushel.

2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

To require that the payment rate used to make any direct payments with respect to wheat for the 2008 through 2012 crop years be $1.20 per bushel.

Bill Introduced: H.R.594 Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2007

2007-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

Bill Introduced: H.R.419 Natural Disaster Relief Act

2007-01-11T00:00:00Z

To provide assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses in 2005, 2006, or 2007 as a result of natural disasters, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.124 Farm Programs Payment Limitation Integrity Act

2007-01-04T00:00:00Z

To require the prompt issuance by the Secretary of Agriculture of regulations to restore integrity to the payment limitation requirements applicable to commodity payments and benefits, to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse related to the receipt of commodity payments and benefits, and for other purposes.