Open Congress : Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.5896 To [amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes].

2012-06-04T20:00:00Z

To [amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes].

Bill Introduced: H.R.5731 Telemedicine Safety Act

2012-05-09T20:00:00Z

To prohibit Federal assistance for telemedicine abortions and to ban interstate abortions using telemedicine technology.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4141 International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012

2012-03-04T19:00:00Z

To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to take appropriate actions to improve the nutritional quality, quality control, and cost effectiveness of United States food assistance, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3569 Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act

2011-12-05T19:00:00Z

To improve Indian education, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3568 Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act

2011-12-05T19:00:00Z

To improve Indian education, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3554 Genetically Engineered Safety Act

2011-12-01T19:00:00Z

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, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of genetically engineered foods, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3115 Ensuring the Effective Use of United States Aid to Pakistan Act

2011-10-05T20:00:00Z

To prohibit non-security assistance to Pakistan, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2031 EATS Act

2011-05-25T20:00:00Z

To amend the Plant Protection Act to expedite the process for approval of certain biotechnology products, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1343 To return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United States.

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

To return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1083 Rural Broadband Initiative Act

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish an Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.408 Spending Reduction Act of 2011

2011-01-23T19:00:00Z

To reduce Federal spending by $2.5 trillion through fiscal year 2021.

Bill Introduced: H.R.307 Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2011

2011-01-17T19:00:00Z

To require persons who seek to retain seed harvested from the planting of patented seeds to register with the Secretary of Agriculture and pay fees set by the Secretary for retaining such seed, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.90 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.

2011-01-04T19:00:00Z

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.