This site contains the text of all the bills as introduced in the 106th Congress that have been referred
to the House Agriculture Committee, and other ag-related bills not referred to the Agriculture Committee.

Last updated: Thursday, November 2, 2000

Bills Referred to the Agriculture Committee

U.S. House of Representatives Bill Date Introduced
H.R. 17 - Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1999  January 6, 1999 
H.R. 169 - amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 January 6, 1999 
H.R. 212 - Freedom to Market Act January 6, 1999
H.R. 217 - authorizes the provision of economic assistance to certain hog producers January 6, 1999
H.R. 222 - Imported Meat Labeling Act of 1999 January 6, 1999
H.R. 261 - amends the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the egg, meat, and poultry inspection laws January 6, 1999
H.R. 294 - Private Property Protection Act of 1999 January 6, 1999
H.R. 328 - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1999 January 19, 1999
H.R. 408 - amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to expand the number of acres authorized for inclusion in the conservation reserve January 19, 1999
H.R. 443 - Downed Animal Protection Act February 2, 1999
H.R. 444 - Dairy Promotion Fairness Act February 2, 1999
H.R. 453 - Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1999 February 2, 1999
H.R. 473 - ensures that crop losses resulting from plant viruses and other plant diseases are covered by crop insurance and the noninsured crop assistance program February 2, 1999
H.R. 578 - amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for the conveyance of real property acquired under such Act to schools and nonprofit organizations involved in teaching February 4, 1999
H.R. 609 - Export Apple Act February 3, 1999
H.R. 693 - Livestock Industry Fairness and Enhancement Act February 10, 1999
H.R. 728 - The Small Watershed Rehabilitation Amendments of 1999 February 11, 1999
H.R. 734 - prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from discounting loan deficiency payments under the Agricultural Market Transition Act for club wheat February 11, 1999
H.R. 765 - amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to cover birds of the order Ratitae that are raised for use as human food February 12, 1999
H.R. 786 - Forest Tax Relief Act February 23, 1999
H.R. 798 - Resources 2000 Act February 23, 1999
H.R. 817 - United States Agricultural Trade Act of 1999 February 24, 1999
H.R. 852 - Freedom to E-File Act February 25, 1999
H.R. 882 - nullifies any reservation of funds during fiscal year 1999 for guaranteed loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for qualified beginning farmers or ranchers February 25, 1999
H.R. 921 - Swine Producers Market Loss Assistance Act of 1999 March 2, 1999
H.R. 983 - Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat and Poultry Act March 4, 1999
H.R. 1135 - directs the Secretary of Agriculture to complete a land exchange with Georgia Power Company March 16, 1999
H.R. 1144 - Country-of-Origin Meat Labeling Act of 1999 March 17, 1999
H.R. 1145 - Produce Consumers' Right-to-Know Act March 17, 1999
H.R. 1185 - Timber-Dependent Counties Stabilization Act of 1999 March 18, 1999
H.R. 1212 - protects producers of agricultural commodities who applied for a Crop Revenue Coverage PLUS supplemental endorsement for the 1999 crop year March 22, 1999
H.R. 1275 - amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the interstate movement of live birds for the purpose of having the birds participate in animal fighting March 24, 1999
H.R. 1299 - Restore Agriculture Productivity Act of 1999 March 25, 1999
H.R. 1324 - Food Banks Relief Act of 1999 March 25, 1999
H.R. 1334 - FQPA Implementation Act of 1999 March 25, 1999
H.R. 1396 - National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 1999 April 13, 1999
H.R. 1399 - Fairness for Legal Immigrants Act of 1999 April 14, 1999
H.R. 1402 - requires the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the Class I milk price structure known as Option 1-A as part of the implementation of the final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders. April 14, 1999
H.R. 1468 - Farm Income Security Act of 1999 - amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to eliminate the limitation on loan rates for marketing assistance loans through the 2002 crop year April 15, 1999
H.R. 1470 - Corporate Responsibility Act of 1999 April 15, 1999
H.R. 1504 - Plant Protection Act April 21, 1999
H.R. 1510 - Environmental Justice Act of 1999 April 21, 1999
H.R. 1522 - Community Protection and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 1999 April 22, 1999
H.R. 1523 - Forest Roads-Community Right-To-Know Act April 22, 1999
H.R. 1530 - Forestry Initiative to Restore the Environment Act of 1999 April 22, 1999
H.R. 1535 - extends the milk price support program through 2002 at the rate in effect for 1999. April 22, 1999
H.R. 1536 - Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1999 April 22, 1999
H.R. 1574 - Rabbit Inspection Act of 1999  April 27, 1999
H.R. 1578 - Protect America's Agricultural Lands Act of 1999 April 27, 1999
H.R. 1592 - Regulatory Fairness and Openness Act of 1999 April 28, 1999
H.R. 1617 - amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to provide for the eventual removal of intrastate distribution restrictions on State inspected meat and poultry April 28, 1999
H.R. 1644 - Cuban Food and Medicine Security Act of 1999 April 29, 1999
H.R. 1698 - USDA Grade Rescission Act of 1999 May 5, 1999
H.R. 1727 - eliminates the fees associated with Forest Service special use permits that authorize a church to use structures and improvements on National Forest System lands for religious or educational purposes. May 6, 1999
H.R. 1758 - Dairy Revenue Protection Act of 199 May 11, 1999
H.R. 1828 - Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act May 17, 1999
H.R. 1836 - properly balances the wind and water erosion criteria and the wildlife suitability criteria to be used in the 18th signup of land in the conservation reserve program. May 18, 1999
H.R. 1850 - Sugar Program Reform Act May 18, 1999
H.R. 1913 - Pesticide Registration Harmonization Act of 1999 May 24, 1999
H.R. 1950 - amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland protection program.  May 26, 1999
H.R. 1983 - Agricultural Credit Act of 1999 May 27, 1999
H.R. 2066 - amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the annual enrollment of land in the wetlands reserve program, extends the program through 2005, and for other purposes. June 8, 1999
H.R. 2203 - Corporate Welfare Elimination Act of 1999 June 15, 1999
H.R. 2222 - Public Resources Debt Reduction Act of 1999 June 15, 1999
H.R. 2225 - Crop Insurance Equity Act of 1999 June 15, 1999
H.R. 2237 - authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency assistance to apple producers and onion producers in the State of New York who incurred extensive crop losses in 1998 June16, 1999
H.R. 2239 - Crop Insurance Equalization Act of 1999 June 16, 1999
H.R. 2295 - Forest Access Immediate Relief Act of 1999 June 22, 1999
H.R. 2322 - amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to terminate Federal milk marketing orders. June 23, 1999
H.R. 2323 - requires the national pooling of receipts under Federal milk marketing orders. June 23, 1999
H.R. 2324 - amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to terminate Federal milk marketing orders and to replace such orders with a program to verify receipts of milk. June 23, 1999
H.R. 2389 - County Schools Funding Revitalization Act of 1999 June 30, 1999
H.R. 2395 - amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to extend through fiscal year 2002 the authority for the advance payment, in full, of the payments required under production flexibility contracts.  June 30, 1999
H.R. 2512 - Act to Save America's Forests July 14, 1999
H.R. 2530 - amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase the maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the 1999 crop year.  July 15, 1999
H.R. 2559 - Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 1999 July 20, 1999
H.R. 2568 - Market Loss Assistance Act of 199 July 20, 1999
H.R. 2571 - provides for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, repeals peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and requires the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.  July 20, 1999
H.R. 2578 - amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to allow business and industry guaranteed loans to be made for farmer-owned projects that add value to or process agricultural products.  July 21, 1999
H.R. 2581 - Ensuring the Safety of Imported Meat and Poultry Act of 1999 July 21, 1999
H.R. 2583 - provides a temporary exception for certain Minnesota counties from the limitation on the percentage of crop land that may be enrolled in the conservation reserve and wetlands reserve programs.  July 21, 1999
H.R. 2598 - terminates the price support and marketing quota programs for peanuts.  July 22, 1999
H.R. 2599 - terminates the Federal price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane.  July 22, 1999
H.R. 2632 - Dugger Mountain Wilderness Act of 1999 July 29, 1999
H.R. 2649 - reduces Federal spending in several programs.  July 29, 1999
H.R. 2703 - ensures that land enrolled in the land conservation program of the State of Minnesota known as Reinvest in Minnesota remains eligible for enrollment in the conservation reserve upon the expiration of the Reinvest in Minnesota contract.  August 4, 1999
H.R. 2704 - Farmer Owned Reserve Restoration Act of 1999 August 4, 1999
H.R. 2709 - Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability Act of 1999 August 4, 1999
H.R. 2716 - provides supplemental market loss payments for farm owners and producers for certain 1999 crops August 5, 1999
H.R. 2738 - Food Stamp Outreach and Research for Kids Act of 1999 August 5, 1999
H.R. 2743 - Farm and Ranch Emergency Assistance Act of 1999  August 5, 1999
H.R. 2767  - expands the enforcement options under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to include the imposition of civil money penalties.  August 5, 1999
H.R. 2772 - amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide a variant of loan deficiency payments to producers who are otherwise eligible for such payments, but who elect to use acreage planted to the eligible commodity for the grazing of livestock.  August 5, 1999
H.R. 2766 - Safe Air Travel for Animals Act August 5, 1999
H.R. 2779 - amends the Food Security Act of 1985, gives producers greater flexibility in enrollling certain marginal land in the conservation reserve, and for other purposes.  Augus 5, 1999
H.R. 2790 - Lyme Disease Initiative of 1999 August 5, 1999
H.R. 2792 - Supplemental Income Payments for Farmers Act August 5, 1999
H.R. 2793 - Agricultural Water Quality Policy Oversight Act of 1999 August 5, 1999
H.R. 2819 - Biomass Research and Development Act of 1999  September 8, 1999
H.R. 2827 - National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act of 1999 September 9, 1999
H.R. 2829 - amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with administrative authority to investigate live poultry dealers, and for other purposes.  September 9, 1999
H.R. 2830 - Family Farmer Cooperative Marketing Amendments Act of 1999 September 9, 1999
H.R. 2831 - Emergency Medical Services Efficiency Act of 1999 September 9, 1999
H.R. 2843 - Emergency Assistance for Farmers and Ranchers Act of 1999 September 13, 1999
H.R. 2868 - guarantees States and counties containing Federal forest lands consistent compensation for the loss of property tax revenues from such lands instead of a percentage of the declining revenues derived from timber sales.  September 15, 1999
H.R. 2924 - Hedge Fund Disclosure Act September 23, 1999
H.R. 2962 - provides for the issuance of a promotion, research, and information order applicable to certain handlers of Hass avocados. September 28, 1999
H.R. 2972 - redesignates the Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center in the State of Arkansas as the Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center.  September 29, 1999
H.R. 2996 - Forest Service Financial Accountability Restoration Act of 1999 October 1, 1999
H.R. 3040 - requires the appointment of the Chief of the Forest Service by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.  October 7, 1999
H.R. 3083 - Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 1999 October 14, 1999
H.R. 3085 - Discretionary Spending Offsets Act for Fiscal Year 2000 October 14, 1999
H.R. 3089 - provides for a comprehensive scientific review of the current conservation status of the northern spotted owl as a result of implementation of the President's Northwest Forest Plan, which is a national strategy for the recovery of the species on public forest lands.  October 18, 1999
H.R. 3098 - Mahoning Valley Infrastructure Improvement Act of 1999 October 18, 1999
H.R. 3101 - responds to drought conditions in various States by authorizing farmers and ranchers in drought areas to use certain conservation reserve lands for haying and grazing during the remainder of 1999.  October 19, 1999
H.R. 3104 - provides needed flexibility to the United States Department of Agriculture to help developing countries and move surplus commodities from the United States.  October 19, 1999
H.R. 3140 - Food and Medicine for the World Act October 25, 1999
H.R. 3159 - Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 1999 October 27, 1999
H.R. 3161 -  Federal Research Investment Act October 28, 1999
H.R. 3192 - Hunger Relief Act of 2000  November 1, 1999
H.R. 3217 - assists the efforts of farmers and cooperatives seeking to engage in value-added processing of agricultural goods.  November 4, 1999
H.R. 3263 - Peanut Labeling Act of 1999  November 9, 1999
H.R. 3275 - School Environment Protection Act of 1999 November 9, 1999
H.R. 3304 - Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 1999 November 10, 1999
H.R. 3321 - Electronic Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 1999  November 10, 1999
H.R. 3324 - amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control swine intended for slaughter. November 10, 1999
H.R. 3377 - Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act November 16, 1999
H.R. 3388 - Lake Tahoe Restoration Act November 16, 1999
H.R. 3428 - provides for the modification and implementation of the final rule for the consideration and reform of Federal milk marketing orders, and for other purposes.  November 17, 1999
H.R. 3453 - Emergency Food Assistance Enhancement Act of 1999 November 18, 1999
H.R. 3501 - Stewardship Education, Recreation, and Volunteers for the Environment Act of 1999 November 18, 1999
H.R. 3513 - Value-Added Development Act for American Agriculture November 19, 1999
H.R. 3526 - Egg Safety Act of 2000 January 24, 2000
H.R. 3552 - Food Equality Detection Act of 2000 January 31, 2000
H.R. 3593 - Agricultural Market Access and Development Act of 2000 February 8, 2000
H.R. 3615 - Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act February 10, 2000
H.R. 3653 - amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild chicken houses destroyed by disasters.  February 14, 2000
H.R. 3661 - General Aviation Access Act February 15, 2000
H.R. 3685 - USDA Civil Rights Resolution Act of 2000 February 16, 2000
H.R. 3847 - amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to authorize a program to encourage agricultural producers to rest and rehabilitates croplands while enhancing soil and water conservation and wildlife habitat March 8, 2000
H.R. 3863 - continues for 2000 the Department of Agriculture program to provide emergency assistance to dairy producers March 8, 2000
H.R. 3864 - extends the milk price support program through 2002 at an increased price support rate.  March 8, 2000
H.R. 3910 - Affordable Drinking Water Act March 14, 2000
H.R. 3996 - Value-Added Development Act for American Agriculture March 15, 2000
H.R. 4013 - Upper Mississippi River Basin Conservation Act of 2000 March 16, 2000
H.R. 4018 - amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish an educational program to improve the risk management skills of agricultural producers  March 16, 2000
H.R. 4039 - AIDS Orphans Relief Act of 2000 March 21, 2000
H.R. 4073 - amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to include pigeons that are distributed in commerce for use as human food March 23, 2000
H.R. 4122 - Rural Broadband Enhancement Act March 29, 2000
H.R. 4128 - Help Emergency Responders Operate Act March 29, 2000
H.R. 4146 - Help Emergency Responders Operate Act March 30, 2000
H.R. 4175 - Fresh Meat and Poultry Consumer Awareness Act of 2000 April 4, 2000
H.R. 4203 - Over-the-Counter Derivatives Systemic Risk Reduction Act of 2000 April 6, 2000
H.R. 4218 - amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to allow for the continued dissemination of statistical industry information relating to olive handlers with the consent of those handlers April 6, 2000
H.R. 4285 - Texas National Forests Improvement Act of 1999 April13, 2000
H.R. 4299 - National Recreation Lakes Act April 13, 2000
H.R. 4321 - Antitrust Enforcement Improvement Act of 2000 April 13, 2000
H.R. 4339 - Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2000 April 13, 2000
H.R. 4377 - Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 2000 May 4, 2000
H.R. 4378 - Farmers for Africa Act of 2000 May 4, 2000
H.R. 4415 - amends the Animal Welfare Act to require humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal May 10, 2000
H.R. 4523 - amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to permit a producer to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop May 23, 2000
H.R. 4524 - amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to increase the number of farmers eligible for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans or loan deficiency payments and the amount of production for which such loans and payments are available May 23, 2000
H.R. 4535 - Safe and Fair Farm Aid Bill May 24, 2000
H.R. 4541 - Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 May 25, 2000
H.R. 4572 - eliminate the regional system of organizing the National Forest System and to replace the regional offices of the Forest Service with State offices May 25, 2000
H.R. 4580 - provides further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes June 6, 2000
H.R. 4627 - Food Biotechnology Information Initiative Act June 9, 2000
H.R. 4646 - designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas, and for other purposes June 13, 2000
H.R. 4648 - Congressional Hunger Fellows Act of 2000 June 13, 2000
H.R. 4675 - USDA Accountability and Equity Act of 2000 June 15, 2000
H.R. 4687 - provides for the identification and discipline of members of county and area committees established under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, and employees of such committees, who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, and other participants in programs of the Department of Agriculture on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap June 15, 2000
H.R. 4688 - amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants for State mediation programs dealing with agricultural issues, and for other purposes June 15, 2000
H.R. 4691 - amend the farmland protection program of the Department of Agriculture to facilitate a regional approach to the acquisition of permanent conservation easements in the Chino Basin in the State of California June 19, 2000
H.R. 4726 - Southern High Plains Groundwater Resource Conservation Act June 22, 2000
H.R. 4768 - Escaped Prescribed Fire Emergency Assistance Act June 27, 2000
H.R. 4788 - United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2000 June 29, 2000
H.R. 4801 - Animal Health Protection Act June 29, 2000
H.R. 4819 - amends the Wildlife Services Program of the Department of Agriculture to emphasize the use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection and targets assistance under the program to operators of small farms and ranches through grants, training, and research regarding the use of nonlethal methods to predator control July 10. 2000
H.R. 4828 - Steens Mountain Wilderness Act of 2000 July 12, 2000
H.R. 4858 - Native American Elders Assistance Act July 13, 2000
H.R. 4885 - Rural America Prosperity Act of 2000 July 19, 2000
H.R. 4889 - directd the Secretary of Agriculture to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land located in Sumter County, South Carolina, to facilitate a land exchange involving that land and to provide for the conveyance to the mineral interests of the United States in that lan July 19, 2000
H.R. 4894 - amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase the maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the 2000 crop year July 19, 2000
H.R. 4895 - amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase the maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during each of crop years 2000, 2001, and 2002 July 19, 2000
H.R. 4965 - amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to extend the time period during which persons may file a complaint alleging the preparation of false inspection certificates at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, New Yor July 26, 2000
H.R. 4979 - Family Farm Safety Net Act July 26, 2000
H.R. 5051 - National Family Farm Dairy Equity Act of 2000 July 27, 2000
H.R. 5052 - Fairness for Dairy Farmers Act of 2000 July 27, 2000
H.R. 5057 - Shambala Wild Animal Protection Act of 2000 July 27, 2000
H.R. 5069 - Comprehensive Rural Telecommunications Act July 27, 2000
H.R. 5077 - Increased Environmental Compliance Act of 2000 July 27, 2000
H.R. 5095 - requires the Secretary of Agriculture to complete a report regarding the safety and monitoring of genetically engineered foods, and for other purposes July 27, 2000
H.R. 5098 - Colorado Forest Restoration and Fire Reduction Act July 27, 2000
H.R. 5125 - amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide for the payment of special loan deficiency payments to producers who are eligible for loan deficiency payments, but who suffered yield losses due to damaging weather or related condition in a federally declared disaster area September 7, 2000
H.R. 5141 - directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land located in Sumter County, South Carolina, facilitates a land exchange involving that land and providea for an exchange of the mineral interests of the United States in that land September 7, 2000
H.R. 5165 - Community Character Act of 2000 September 13, 2000
H.R. 5169 - Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000 September 13, 2000
H.R. 5186 - Veterinary Health Enhancement Act September 14, 2000
H.R. 5187 - amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit a State to register a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use within that State September 14, 2000
H.R. 5205 - Food Security and Land Stewardship Act of 2000 September 19, 2000
H.R. 5223 - National Forests Improvement Pilot Program Act September 20, 2000
H.R. 5224 - International Food Relief Partnership Act of 2000 September 20, 2000
H.R. 5280 - amends the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 to add White Earth Tribal and Community College to the list of 1994 Institutions September 25, 2000
H.R. 5297 - amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost share assistance for the construction of reservoir structures for the storage of water in rural areas, and for other purposes September 26, 2000
H.R. 5356 - Dairy Farmer Viability Act October 2, 2000
H.R. 5360 - directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of, and make necessary recommendations to Congress regarding, Federal and State laws that regulate private ownership of exotic wild animals October 3, 2000
H.R. 5367 - Packers and Stockyards Enforcement Improvement Act of 2000 October 3, 2000
H.R. 5372 - Dairy Market Enhancement Act of 2000 October 3, 2000
H.R. 5382 - allows the Secretary of Agriculture to use existing authorities to provide export promotion assistance for tobacco and tobacco products of the United States October 4, 2000
H.R. 5493 - Gateway Communities Cooperation Act of 2000 October 18, 2000
H.R. 5495 - Dairy Market Enhancement Act of 2000 October 18, 2000
H.R. 5511 - Conservation Security Act of 2000 October 19, 2000

Reports from the House Agriculture Committee

U.S. House of Representatives Bill / Report No. Report Date
H.R. 4541 / 106-711  - Commodities Futures Moderization Act of 2000 June 29, 2000

Ag-Related Bills Not Referred to the Agriculture Committee

U.S. House of Representatives Bill Date Introduced
H.R. 744 - rescinds the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. February 11, 1999
H.R. 1503 - amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion for gain from sale of farmland which is similar to the exclusion from gain on the sale of a principal residence.  April 21, 1999
H.R. 1874 - amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the maximum amount of wages that a farmer can pay for agricultural labor without being subject to the Federal unemployment tax on that labor to reflect inflation since the unemployment tax was first established, and to provide for an annual inflation adjustment in such maximum amount of wages May 19, 1999
H.R. 1906 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 May 21, 1999
H.R. 2129 - National Uniformity for Food Act of 1999 June 10, 1999
H.R. 2345 - Safe Food Act of 1999 June 24, 1999
H.Res. 224 - a resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on agricultural trade negotiations. June 25, 1999
H.R. 2897 - Freshness Disclosure Act of 1999 September 21, 1999
H.R. 3173 - amends the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. October 28, 1999
H.R. 5532 - Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act October 24, 2000
H.R. 5591 - FDA Food Embargo Authority Act October 27, 2000


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