US Congress House Bill 3871 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-10)
Status: Introduced on September 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-09-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP). USDA must modernize the international trade tracking and data collection systems of the NOP, which must include ensuring that trade and transaction certificates are fully traceable without unduly hindering trade. The bill authorizes mandatory funding to be used for this purpose and for maintaining previous database and technology upgrades. The bill modifies requirements for recordkeeping, investigations, and enforcement with respect to the organic certification process to: allow parties to an active investigation to share confidential business information with government officers or employees and certifying agents involved in the investigation, require federal agencies that administer cross-border documentation systems to provide USDA with access to the data from the systems, allow the NOP to grant an accredited certifying agent the authority to require additional documentation or verification before granting certification, and require USDA to issue regulations limiting the type of operations that are excluded from certification. With respect to the accreditation process for certifying agents, the bill: (1) authorizes USDA to oversee and approve certifying agents operating in a foreign country, and (2) requires certifying agents that intend to operate in a foreign country to be annually authorized.

Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2017

Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-09-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2017-09-28	House	Introduced in House

HB2 (Related) 2018-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 115-334.
HR891 (Similar To) 2018-05-16 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR1176 (Similar To) 2018-12-12 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3871/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3871/BILLS-115hr3871ih.pdf