US Committee | Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | SB956 | A bill to permanently suspend application of certain agricultural price support authority. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 |
| US | SB923 | Balancing Food, Farm, and the Environment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB879 | Maple Tapping Access Program Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB859 | Animal and Public Health Protection Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to offer to enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements with eligible laboratories to: (1) d... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | SB860 | Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | SB820 | Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise provisions concerning housing and treatment of egg-laying hens and enforcement of such requirements. Sets forth separate caging device and environmental... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB849 | Permanent Stewardship Contracting Authority Act of 2013 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private perso... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB837 | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB811 | Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2013 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to: (1) provide for the increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food if such food is cost neutral as compared to food that is not from food manufacturers with a Koshe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB821 | Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide assistance in order to: (1) improve access to heal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB801 | Prairie Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance assistance and noninsured crop disaster assistance for crops grown on native sod acreage converted to cropland for the first four years. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | SB784 | Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act regarding the value-added agricultural product market development grants program to: (1) include farmers and ranchers who are veterans among priority r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | SB762 | A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | SB754 | Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act - Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include farmed shellfish as a specialty crop. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 |
| US | SB751 | Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to consider mung beans and pulse crops as covered commodities whose planting on base acres is prohibited unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before har... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 |
| US | SB745 | National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to designate as part of an insect and diseas... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 |
| US | SB746 | Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), for each of the 2014-2018 crops of each market commodity, to make recourse loans available to producers on a farm electing to participate in the prog... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 |
| US | SB694 | Apple Red Tape Elimination Act of 2013 - Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall have no authority to inspect apples prior to export. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 |
| US | SB670 | Dairy Pricing Reform Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to use a pre-hearing public information session to determine whether to conduct a formal hearing to consider alternative formulas for Class III milk product pricing. Dire... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | SB679 | Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | SB678 | Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2013 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a local farm business and market garden loan program to mak... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | SB677 | Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make available to crop producers a supplemental coverage option (based on area yield and loss) to cover part of a crop insurance policy deductible. Triggers such optio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | SB666 | Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from knowingly attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor (a person under the age of 18) to attend such a venture. Subjects any per... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | SB661 | Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to implement procedures to ensure that not less than 600,000 acres of federal land each fiscal year ar... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | SB663 | California Milk Marketing Order Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers, to designate California as a separate federal milk marketing order. Provides that if so designated, the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | SB632 | Repeals a provision of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 establishing an inspection and grading program for catfish and other species of farm-raised fish shellfish effective on the date of enactment of such Act. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | SB605 | Dairy Income Fairness Act of 2013 - Establishes a dairy production margin protection program under which participating dairy operations are paid: (1) basic production margin protection program payments when production margins are less than threshold ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| US | SB463 | Forest Products Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include in the definition of "biobased product" forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| US | SB458 | Improve Nutrition Program Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make households in which each member receives state assistance under the temporary assistance to needy families program (TANF), the s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| US | SB446 | Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance premium subsidy rates. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| US | SB427 | Sensible School Lunch Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from promulgating rules and regulations applicable to the school lunch and breakfast programs that establish a maximum quanti... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | SB395 | Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a "high volume retail breeder" as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-27 |
| US | SB386 | Rural Educator and American Community Housing Act of 2013 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide grants, loan guarantees, or other financial mechanisms to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| US | SB345 | Sugar Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane (18 cents per pound) and sugar beet processors through FY2017. Amends the Agricultural ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 |
| US | SB334 | Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to end agricultural direct payments beginning with the 2013 crop year. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 |
| US | SB281 | Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish a per farm cap of $50,000 on commodity program benefits and $75,000 on marketing loan program benefits ($125,000 total). Increases such limit to $250,000 for marri... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-12 |
| US | SB274 | Children Eating Well Act or the CHEW Act - Requires each local educational agency (LEA) participating in the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) develop and implement health... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 |
| US | SB243 | Provides assistance, from Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated, for watersheds adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-07 |
| US | SB175 | Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide that no permit shall be required for: (1) the use of a pesticide that is registered or otherwise authorized for use under such Act; (2) the use of a biological control organism... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-29 |
| US | SB141 | Makes livestock indemnity payments (at 65% of an animal's market value) through FY2013 to eligible producers on farms that have incurred excess livestock death losses due to: (1) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 |
| US | SB10 | Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). Establishes the agriculture risk coverage program... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-22 |
