Open Congress : Horticulture and Organic Agriculture - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.6273 To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.

2010-09-28T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6087 To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.

2010-08-09T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5498 WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010

2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

To enhance homeland security by improving efforts to prevent, deter, prepare for, detect, attribute, respond to, and recover from an attack with a weapon of mass destruction, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5326 To repeal the national organic certification cost-share program.

2010-05-17T20:00:00Z

To repeal the national organic certification cost-share program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5124 To prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine.

2010-04-21T20:00:00Z

To prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5101 Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2010

2010-04-20T20:00:00Z

To expand the science and stewardship of America's most important wildlife corridors.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5105 To establish a Chief Veterinary Officer in the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

2010-04-20T20:00:00Z

To establish a Chief Veterinary Officer in the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5057 WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010

2010-04-14T20:00:00Z

To prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to prepare for attacks using weapons of mass destruction, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4678 Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2010

2010-02-23T19:00:00Z

To require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the United States to establish registered agents in the United States who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4215 Brucella Abortus Removal Act of 2009

2009-12-06T19:00:00Z

To prohibit the inclusion of brucella abortus in certain lists of dangerous biological agents and toxins.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4177 Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2009

2009-12-01T19:00:00Z

To provide emergency disaster assistance to certain agricultural producers that suffered losses during 2009, to provide emergency disaster assistance to certain livestock producers that suffered losses during 2008 or 2009, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4159 School Environment Protection Act of 2009

2009-11-30T19:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require local educational agencies and schools to implement integrated pest management programs to minimize the use of pesticides in schools and to provide parents, guardians, and employees with notice of the use of pesticides in schools, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.458 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should encourage organic farming, gardening, local food production, and farmers' markets.

2009-05-18T20:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should encourage organic farming, gardening, local food production, and farmers' markets.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.317 Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and for other purposes.

2009-03-31T20:00:00Z

Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1655 Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act

2009-03-18T20:00:00Z

To enhance the safety of ports of entry in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1225 Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2009

2009-02-25T19:00:00Z

To reauthorize the Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to improve oversight of high containment laboratories.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1226 Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act of 2009

2009-02-25T19:00:00Z

To prohibit the importation of ruminants and swine, and fresh and frozen meat and products of ruminants and swine, from Argentina until the Secretary of Agriculture certifies to Congress that every region of Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination.

Bill Introduced: H.R.800 Farming Flexibility Act of 2009

2009-02-02T19:00:00Z

To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6671 Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008

2008-07-29T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize the Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to improve oversight of high containment laboratories.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6637 Genetically Engineered Technology Farmer Protection Act

2008-07-28T20:00:00Z

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, to assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms, and for other purposes.