US Congress House Bill 2659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-4)
Status: Introduced on May 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to establish a program for cooperative research and development in agriculture with the government of Israel. The purpose of the program is to establish a framework to enhance the collaboration between the United States and Israel in research and development activities relating to agriculture, including between public and private entities. The bill also authorizes the Department of State to establish a binational task force to provide guidance and oversight with respect to the cooperative research and development program.

United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act

Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
2017-05-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-25	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4595)
2017-05-25	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2659/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2659/BILLS-115hr2659ih.pdf