Subject Agriculture and food | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | HB1947 | Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-19 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 271 Reported to House. Resolution provides for consideration of amendments to H.R. 1947 |
| US | SB954 | Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-12 Senate ordered measure printed as passed. |
| US | HB2007 | To eliminate the limitation on the period for which borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-03 |
| US | HB2121 | Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-03 |
| US | HB1752 | SNAP Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) establish a uniform reporting system to enable retail stores participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance progra... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1890 | Balancing Food, Farm, and the Environment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1929 | Enhancing Employment and Training Through Education Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1731 | 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] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1794 | 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] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1789 | Creating Crop Insurance Certainty for Farmers Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide specified advanced public notice and a period for public comment before any modification to the terms o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1995 | AFFIRM Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1932 | Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1882 | Safety Net Abuse Prevention (SNAP) Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using funds for any agreement with a foreign government to promote enrollment in the supplemental nutriti... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | SB956 | A bill to permanently suspend application of certain agricultural price support authority. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 |
| US | HB1933 | Let's Grow Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| 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 | SB860 | Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the biobased markets program to: (1) extend program funding through FY2018, (2) increase the number of categories of biobased products designate... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| 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 | HB1657 | Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) households in which each member receives cash assistance under the temporary assistance to needy fami... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1741 | Dairy Freedom Act - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a dairy producer margin insurance program to protect dairy producer income by paying participating dairy producers ma... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HR182 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) specialty crops are a vital part of U.S. agriculture, (2) the Committee on Agriculture should propose funding for programs that support specialty crop priorities, and (3) legislation shoul... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1510 | SNAP Improvement 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 supplemental security income program (SSI)... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1644 | Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) from paying more than 70% of the premium for any coverage, policy, or plan of insurance. Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to end agr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1611 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Forest Service, to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program to provi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1647 | Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), in consultation with the Great Lakes States, to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural no... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1567 | New Fair Deal Consolidating and Eliminating Outdated Subsidies Act of 2013 or New Fair Deal CEO's Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to repeal the sugar price support and production adjustment programs, an... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1606 | Crop Risk Options Plan Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make available to crop producers additional coverage to cover part of a crop insurance policy deductible based upon: (1) an individual or area yield and loss basis, (2) an ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1607 | Livestock Disaster Protection Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make FY2012-FY2018 livestock indemnity payments (at 75% of market value) to eligible producers on farms that have incurred livestock death losses in excess of the normal mor... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1610 | 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] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1589 | Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide coverages for eligible crops based on individual yields (other than for value-loss crops) un... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1727 | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend: (1) the conservation reserve and related programs, and (2) assistance to disadvantaged or beginning farmers or ranchers for access to the environme... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB837 | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend: (1) the conservation reserve and related programs, and (2) assistance to disadvantaged or beginning farmers or ranchers for access to the environme... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | HB1536 | Safeguarding American Commerce and Agriculture Act of 2013 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of Agriculture Inspection within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which shall be headed by an Assistant Commissione... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| 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 | HB1396 | California Federal 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 designat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1297 | Agricultural Credit Expansion Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for Farm Service Agency operating loans, farm ownership loans, conservation loans, and emergency loans. Deems specified embedded entitie... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 | HB1572 | STOP Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 |
| US | HB1616 | Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 |
| US | SB762 | Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) households in which each member receives cash assistance under the temporary assistance to needy fami... [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 | 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 | HB1590 | 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 | HB1545 | Amends the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act and the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to include within the definition of "state" the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| 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 |
