HR 955 IH 

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 955

To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to reinstate the requirement that a farm, in order to be certified as an organic farm with respect to livestock produced on the farm, feed the livestock with organically produced feed.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 27, 2003

Mr. FARR (for himself, Mr. KIND, Mr. SHERWOOD, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HONDA, Mr. OLVER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. LEE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. HINCHEY, and Mr. BOEHLERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 


A BILL

To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to reinstate the requirement that a farm, in order to be certified as an organic farm with respect to livestock produced on the farm, feed the livestock with organically produced feed.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF ORGANICALLY PRODUCED FEED FOR CERTIFICATION AS ORGANIC FARM.

    Section 771 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003; Public Law 108-7), is repealed.
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