| U.S. House of Representative Bill |
Date Introduced |
H.R. 4 - Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family
Promotion Act of 2003
Reauthorizes
and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance
for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other
purposes |
February 14, 2003 |
H.R. 59 - Hunters Help the Hungry Act of 2003
Amends the Emergency
Food Assistance Act of 1983 to permit States to use administrative funds
to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing to
eligible recipient agencies of donated wild game |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 67 - Federally Declared Disaster Exemption
Act of 2003
Provides temporary
legal exemptions for certain land management activities of the Federal land
management agencies undertaken in federally declared disaster areas |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 92 - Companion Disaster Assistance Program
Act of 2002 (sic)
Provides emergency
disaster assistance to agricultural producers to respond to severe crop losses
incurred in 2001 and 2002 |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 119 - Harmful Invasive Weed Control Act
Requires the
Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide assistance through
States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful,
nonnative weeds on public and private land |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 121 - School Environment Protection Act
of 2003
Amends the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require local educational
agencies and schools to implement integrated pest management systems to minimize
the use of pesticides in schools and to provide parents, guardians, and employees
with notice of the use of pesticides in schools, and for other purposes |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 130 - Biofuels Energy Independence Act
of 2003
Provides for
a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve, and to authorize the Secretary of
Agriculture to make and guarantee loans for the production, distribution,
development, and storage of biofuels |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 140 - Tobacco Livelihood and Economic
Assistance for Our Farmers Act
Eliminates the
Federal quota and price support programs for tobacco, to compensate quota
holders and active producers for the loss of tobacco quota asset value,
to establish a permanent advisory board to determine and describe the physical
characteristics of United States farm-produced tobacco and unmanufactured
imported tobacco, and for other purposes |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 160 - Emergency Agricultural Disaster
Assistance Act of 2003
Provides emergency
disaster assistance to agricultural producers |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 186 - Sewage Sludge in Food Production
Consumer Notification Act of 2003
Amends the Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the egg, meat, and poultry inspection laws to
ensure that consumers receive notification regarding food products produced
from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on land on which sewage sludge was
applied |
January 7, 2003 |
| H.R. 187 - Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform
and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to allow for the financing of agricultural
sales to Cuba |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 188 - Cuba Reconciliation Act
Lifts the trade
embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes |
January 7, 2003 |
H.R. 245 - Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of
2003
Replaces the
existing Federal price support and quota programs for tobacco with price
support and quota programs designed to assist the actual producers of tobacco,
to compensate quota holders for the loss of tobacco quota asset value, to
provide assistance for active tobacco producers, including those producers
who forgo obtaining a tobacco production license, during the transition
of the new programs, and for other purposes |
January 8, 2003 |
H.R. 257 - Emergency Agricultural Disaster
Assistance Act of 2003
Provides emergency
disaster assistance to agricultural producers that incurred 2002 crop losses
due to damaging weather or related condition and to provide emergency disaster
assistance to livestock producers in counties that received a primary disaster
designation by the Secretary of Agriculture in calendar year 2001 or 2002,
and for other purposes |
January 8, 2003 |
H.R. 307 - Farm Disaster Emergency Assistance
Act of 2003
Provides emergency
disaster assistance to agricultural producers to respond to severe crop losses
and livestock losses incurred in 2001 and 2002, and for other purposes |
January 8, 2003 |
H.R. 341 - Louisiana Rice Economic Relief Act
of 2003
Provides economic
disaster assistance to producers of the 2002 crop of rice in the State of
Louisiana |
January 27, 2003 |
| H.R. 366 - Authorizes former Federal employees
who receive voluntary separation incentive payments under the Department
of Agriculture program to accept subsequent employment with the Federal Government,
without loss of their payments, when such employment is directly related
to fighting forest fires |
January 27, 2003 |
H.R. 376 - Emergency Farmer and Rancher Assistance
Act of 2003
Provides emergency
livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers
who suffered 2001 or 2002 crop year losses |
January 27, 2003 |
H.R. 380 - Property Tax Endowment Act of 2003
Provides full
funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program for the next five fiscal
years, to protect local jurisdictions against the loss of property tax revenues
when private lands are acquired by a Federal land management agency, and for
other purposes |
January 27, 2003 |
H.R. 387 - Wildfire Prevention and Forest Health
Protection Act
Authorizes the
Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects, which are necessary
to prevent the occurrence of wildfire likely to cause extreme harm to the
forest ecosystem, from laws that give rise to legal causes of action that
delay or prevent such projects |
January 27, 2003 |
| H.R. 396 - Provides assistance to the unemployed,
tax relief for average Americans, fiscal assistance to state and local governments,
and jobs and security through infrastructure investment, and for other purposes |
January 28, 2003 |
H.R. 420 - National Forest Organizational Camp
Fee Improvement Act of 2003
Establishes a
user fee system that provides for an equitable return to the Federal Government
for the occupancy and use of National Forest System lands and facilities
by organizational camps that serve the youth and disabled adults of America,
and for other purposes |
January 28, 2003 |
H.R. 455 - National Dairy Policy Act of 2003
Requires the
Secretary of Agriculture to use the Department of Agriculture's preferred
Option 1B as the price structure for Class I fluid milk under Federal milk
marketing orders, to provide emergency market loss payments to dairy producers
for any calendar year quarter in which the national average price for Class
III milk under Federal milk marketing orders is less than a target price
of $11.50 per hundredweight, and for other purposes |
January 29, 2002 |
H.R. 460 - Wildfire Prevention Act of 2003
Establishes Institutes
to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires
in forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West |
January 29, 2003 |
H.R. 482 - Florida National Forest Land Management
Act of 2003
Authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain land in the State
of Florida, and for other purposes |
January 29, 2003 |
| H.R. 526 - Directs certain
Federal agencies to issue rules that coordinate with the establishment
by the Federal Trade Commission of a list of telephone numbers of consumers
who do not want to receive telephone calls for telemarketing purposes |
February 4, 2003 |
H.R. 575 - Wildfire Response Act of 2003
Expedites the
process by which the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
may utilize military aircraft to fight wildfires, and for other purposes |
February 5, 2003 |
| H.R. 582 - 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 |
February 5, 2003 |
| H.R. 593 - Corrects certain inequities in the
second round of designation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities |
February 5, 2003 |
H.R. 652 - National Forest Ecosystem Protection
Act of 2002
Assures that
the American people have large areas of land in healthy natural condition
throughout the country to maximize wildland recreational opportunities
for people, maximize habitat protection for native wildlife and natural plant
communities, and to contribute to a preservation of water for use by downstream
metropolitan communities and other users, through the establishment of
a National Forest Ecosystem Protection Program composed of lands within
existing wilderness areas and adjacent primitive areas, and for other purposes |
February 7, 2003 |
H.R. 678 - Southern Empowerment and Economic
Development Act to authorize the Delta Black Belt Regional Authority
Amends the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for comprehensive community and
economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi
Delta region while leveraging existing efforts, entities, and resources |
February 11, 2003 |
H.R. 688 - Wood Preservation Safety Act of
2003
Directs the Secretary
of Agriculture to conduct a study of the effectiveness of silver-based biocides
as an alternative treatment to preserve wood |
February 11, 2003 |
H.R. 695 - Tamarisk Research and Control Act
of 2003
Authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to make a grant to support research to develop
enhanced methods for the long-term control and suppression of the invasive
plant species tamarisk in the Colorado River watershed in western Colorado
and eastern Utah |
February 11, 2003 |
H.R. 716 - IMPACT Act
Establishes grants
to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity,
obesity prevention, and for other purposes |
February
12, 2003 |
| H.R. 719 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards
Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock
intended for slaughter |
February 12, 2003 |
| H.R. 751 - Authorizes
increased fines for improper use of vehicles that results in damage to
public lands or national forests, and for other purposes |
February 12, 2003 |
H.R. 834 - Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish,
Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act
Responds to the
illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines in the United
States, and for other purposes |
February 13, 2003 |
H.R. 835 - Clearwater Basin Project Act
Provides for
enhanced collaborative forest stewardship management within the Clearwater
and Nez Perce National Forests in Idaho, and for other purposes |
February 13, 2003 |
H.R. 849 - Rodeo-Chediski Economic and Forest
Health Recovery Act
Authorizes the
Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects, which are necessary
to prevent the occurrence of wildfire likely to cause extreme harm to the
forest ecosystem, from laws that give rise to legal causes of action that
delay or prevent such projects |
February 13, 2003 |
H.R. 857 - The American Horse Slaughter Prevention
Act
Prevents the
slaughter of horses in and from the United States for human consumption
by prohibiting the slaughter of horses for human consumption and by prohibiting
the trade and transport of horseflesh and live horses intended for human
consumption, and for other purposes |
February 13, 2003 |
H.R. 936 - Leave No
Child Behind Act of 2003
Leaves no child
behind |
February 26, 2003 |
| H.R. 955 - Amends 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 |
February 27, 2003 |
H.R. 977 - Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of
2003
Amends the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide death and disability benefits
for aerial firefighters who work on a contract basis for the Forest Service
or an agency of the Department of the Interior and suffer death or disability
in the line of duty, and for other purposes |
February 27, 2003 |
H.R. 986 - Tobacco Market Transition Act
Replaces the
existing Federal tobacco program with a federally chartered corporation
to ensure the stability of the price and supply of domestically produced
tobacco, to compensate quota holders for the loss of tobacco quota asset
value, to provide transition assistance for active tobacco producers, to
increase the competitiveness of domestically produced tobacco, and for
other purposes |
February 27, 2003 |
H.R. 988 - Escaped Prescribed Fire Emergency
Assistance Act
Provides compensation
to individuals who are injured by an escaped prescribed fire and to amend
the tort procedure provisions of title 28, United States Code, relating
to claims for such fires, and for other purposes |
February 27, 2003 |
H.R. 1003 - Meat and Poultry Inspection Accountability
Act
Expands the enforcement
options under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products
Inspection Act to include the imposition of civil money penalties, and to
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand enforcement options
to include such penalties with respect to meat and poultry |
February 27, 2003 |
H.R. 1014 - Gateway Communities Cooperation
Act
Requires Federal
land managers to support, and to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with,
designated gateway communities, to improve the ability of gateway communities
to participate in Federal land management planning conducted by the Forest
Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior, and to respond to
the impacts of the public use of the Federal lands administered by these
agencies, and for other purposes |
February 27, 2003 |
H.R. 1021 - Senior Nutrition Act of 2003
Amends the Agriculture
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to assist the neediest of senior citizens
by modifying the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under
the commodity supplemental food program to take into account the extraordinarily
high out-of-pocket medical expenses that senior citizens pay, and for other
purposes |
February 27, 2003 |
H.R. 1038 - Public Lands Fire Regulations
Enforcement Act of 2003
Increases the
penalties to be imposed for a violation of fire regulations applicable to
the public lands, National Park System lands, or National Forest System lands
when the violation results in damage to public or private property, to specify
the purpose for which collected fines may be used, and for other purposes |
February 27, 2003 |
H.R. 1042 - Forest Restoration and Fire Risk
Reduction Act
Authorizes collaborative
forest restoration and wildland fire hazard mitigation projects on National
Forest System lands and other public and private lands, to improve the
implementation of the National Fire Plan, and for other purposes |
February 27, 2003 |
H.R. 1061 - Wildfire Response Enhancement
Act
Removes a restriction
on the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior to enter into agreements with any Federal agency to acquire goods
and services directly related to improving or using the wildfire fighting
capability of those agencies |
March 4, 2003 |
| H.R. 1091 - Amends the Agricultural Reconciliation
Act of 1993 to make leaf tobacco an eligible commodity for the Market Access
Program |
March 5, 2003 |
H.R. 1109 - Market Oversight Consolidation
and OTC Derivatives Regulation Act
Establishes a
Financial Markets Oversight Commission in order to combine the functions
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange
Commission in a single independent regulatory commission, and for other purposes |
March 6, 2003 |
| H.R. 1279 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel |
March 13, 2003 |
H.R. 1293 - Family Farm and Ranch Innovation
Act of 2003
Authorizes the
Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture to assist
farmers and ranchers seeking to develop and implement agricultural innovation
plans in order to increase their profitability in ways that provide environmental
benefits, and for other purposes |
March 13, 2003 |
H.R. 1311 - Rural Fire Department Equipment
Priority Act of 2003
Amends title
10, United States Code, to support the Federal Excess Personal Property
program of the Forest Service by making it a priority of the Department
of Defense to transfer to the Forest Service excess personal property of
the Department that is suitable to be loaned under the program to rural
fire departments |
March 18, 2003 |
H.R 1367 - National Veterinary Medical Services
Act
Authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a loan repayment program regarding
the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations, and for other
purposes |
March 19, 2003 |
H.R. 1517 - Land Reinvestment Act
Amends the Land
and Water Conservation Fund to limit the use of funds available from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to use for maintenance |
March 31, 2003 |
H.R. 1532 - Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement
Act
Amends the Animal
Welfare Act to strengthen enforcement of provisions relating to animal fighting,
and for other purposes |
April 1, 2003 |
| H.R. 1550 - Authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to improve the commercial
value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation
fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes |
April 1, 2003 |
H.R. 1556 - Phase III Implementation Act
Replaces the
existing Federal price support and quota programs for flue-cured and burley
tobacco with a licensing program designed to assist the actual producers
of flue-cured and burley tobacco, and for other purposes |
April 2, 2003 |
H.R. 1574 - Rice Farmer Fairness Act of 2003
Amends the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require, as a condition on the
receipt of direct payments or counter-cyclical payments under such Act for
rice produced by tenants and sharecroppers in Texas, that the producers on
the farm agree to retain the rice cropland in production for the next crop
year |
April 2, 2003 |
H.R. 1595 - Healthy Public Lands, Healthy
Communities Act
Furthers cooperation
and support among Federal land managers and designated gateway communities
where the results of such cooperation and support are likely to be mutually
beneficial, and for other purposes |
April 3, 2003 |
H.R. 1621 - Federal Lands Hazardous Fuels
Reduction Act of 2003
Provide environmentally
sound, expedited procedures for the planning and implementation of hazardous
fuels reduction activities for wild-fire prone National Forest System lands
and lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, and for other
purposes |
April 3, 2003 |
H.R. 1650 - Milk Regulatory Equity Act of
2003
Ensure regulatory
equity between and among all dairy farmers and handlers, including producers
also acting as handlers, for sales of packaged fluid milk into certain non-federally
regulated milk marketing areas from federally regulated areas and to apply
minimum milk price requirements to certain handlers of Class I milk products
in the Arizona-Las Vegas marketing area under certain circumstances |
April 7, 2003 |
H.R. 1659 - Milk Regulatory Equity Act of
2003
Ensures regulatory
equity between and among all dairy farmers and handlers, including producers
also acting as handlers, for sales of packaged fluid milk into certain non-federally
regulated milk marketing areas from federally regulated areas |
April 8, 2003 |
H.R. 1667 - Minority Farmers Fairness Act
of 2003
Provides an additional
opportunity for administrative or judicial relief for socially disadvantaged
farmers and ranchers who were discriminated against by the Department of
Agriculture in farm credit and benefit programs |
April 8, 2003 |
H.R. 1679 - Forest Protection and Wildfire
Prevention Act of 2003
- Repeals the
so-called Forest Service Appeals Reform Act and to authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to develop an administrative appeals process for the Forest
Service in the same manner as other Federal land management agencies |
April 8, 203 |
H.R. 1686 - New Homestead Economic Opportunity
Act
Rewards the hard
work and risk of individuals who choose to live in and help preserve America's
small, rural towns, and for other purposes |
April 9, 2003 |
| H.R. 1698 - Lifts the trade embargo on Cuba,
and for other purposes |
April 9, 2003 |
H.R. 1904 - Healthy Forests Restoration Act
of 2003
Improves the
capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest
System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed at protecting communities,
watersheds, and certain other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire,
to enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and
rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape,
and for other purposes. |
May 1, 2003 |
| H.R. 1907 - Amends the Food Security Act of
1985 to ensure the availability of funds to provide technical assistance for
certain conservation programs of the Department of Agriculture |
May 1, 2003 |
| H.R. 1942 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel |
May 1, 2003 |
| H.R. 1964 - Establishes
the Highlands Stewardship Area in the States of Connecticut, New Jersey,
New York, and Pennsylvania, and for other purposes |
May 6, 2003 |
H.R. 1990 - Family Dairy Farmer Preservation
Act of 2003
Establishes a
counter-cyclical income support program for dairy producers |
May 6, 2003 |
| H.R. 2054 - Amends the Bill Emerson Humanitarian
Trust Act to provide clarification with respect to the period of time for
which funds may be held in the trust established under that Act |
May 9, 2003 |
H.R. 2057 - Chronic Wasting Disease Support
for States Act of 2003
Provides for
a multi-agency cooperative effort to encourage further research regarding
the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further
spread of the disease in deer and elk herds, to monitor the incidence of
the disease, to support State efforts to control the disease, and for other
purposes |
May 9, 2003 |
| H.R. 2119 - Provides for the use by the State
of North Carolina of Federal lands, improvements, equipment, and resource
materials at the Oxford Research Station in Granville County, North Carolina |
May 15, 2003 |
H.R. 2169 - National Forest Protection and
Restoration Act
Saves taxpayers
money, reduce the deficit, cut corporate welfare, protect communities from
wildfires, encourage Federal land management agency reform and accountability,
and protect and restore America's natural heritage by eliminating the fiscally
wasteful and ecologically destructive commercial logging program on Federal
public lands, restoring native biodiversity in our Federal public forests,
and facilitating the economic recovery and diversification of communities
affected by the Federal logging program |
May 20, 2003 |
H.R. 2181 - Farming Flexibility Act of 2003
Amends the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance the ability of oilseed
producers to use oilseed base acres for the production of fruits and vegetables |
May 21, 2003 |
H.R. 2194 - New Homestead Act of 2003
Rewards the hard
work and risk of individuals who choose to live in and help preserve America's
small, rural towns, and for other purposes |
May 21, 2003 |
H.R. 2203 - Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction
and Enforcement Act
Clarifies the
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe performance standards
for the reduction of pathogens in meat, meat products, poultry, and poultry
products processed by establishments receiving inspection services and to
enforce the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System requirements,
sanitation requirements, and the performance standards |
May 22, 2003 |
H.R. 2270 - Farm Commodity Fair Labeling Act
of 2003
Amends the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the country of origin labeling requirements
of such Act to additional agricultural commodities, to provide for the
implementation of such requirements to certain covered commodities, and
for other purposes |
May 22, 2003 |
H.R. 2273 - Unsafe Meat and Poultry Recall
Act
Amends the Federal
Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to order the recall of meat and poultry that
is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe |
May 22, 2003 |
| H.R. 2304 - Resolves boundary conflicts in
the vicinity of the Mark Twain National Forest in Barry and Stone Counties,
Missouri, that resulted from private landowner reliance on a subsequent Federal
survey, and for other purposes |
June 3, 2003 |
H.R. 2363 - Right Start Act of 2003
Improves early
learning opportunities and promote preparedness by increasing the availability
of Head Start programs, to increase the availability and affordability of
quality child care, to reduce child hunger and encourage healthy eating
habits, to facilitate parental involvement, and for other purposes |
June 5, 2003 |
H.R. 2369 - National Forest Roadless Area
Conservation Act
Protects inventoried
roadless areas in the National Forest System, and for other purposes |
June 5, 2003 |
H.R. 2416 - Paleontological Resources Preservation
Act
Provides for
the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other
purposes |
June 11, 2003 |
H.R. 2430 - Chronic Wasting Disease Research,
Monitoring, and Education Enhancement Act of 2003
Amends the Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act to coordinate and strengthen scientific research
and monitoring, and to promote public outreach, education, and awareness,
of Chronic Wasting Disease affecting free-ranging populations of deer and
elk, and for other purposes |
June 11, 2003 |
H.R. 2431 - Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force
Establishment Act of 2003
Establishes a
National Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force, and for other purposes |
June 11, 2003 |
| H.R. 2447 - Establishes a Federal interagency
task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural
biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity,
and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food
and the environment |
June 12, 2003 |
| H.R. 2474 - Requires that funds made available
for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 for the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger
Fellowships be administered through the Congressional Hunger Center |
June 16, 2003 |
H.R. 2519 - Downed Animal Protection Act
Amends the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to ensure the humane slaughter
of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes |
June 19, 2003 |
| H.R. 2586 - Provides for the conveyance of
certain National Forest System lands to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin |
June 24, 2003 |
| H.R. 2592 - Promotes improved nutrition for
needy Americans, including women, infants, children, and students, by revising
and enhancing Federal nutrition programs to incorporate a greater role for
fruits, vegetables, and 100 percent juice products |
June 24, 2003 |
H.R. 2615 - Rebuild America Act of 2003
Provides funding
for infrastructure investment to restore the United States economy and to
enhance the security of transportation and environmental facilities throughout
the United States |
June 26, 2003 |
H.R. 2636 - Chronic Wasting Disease Financial
Assistance Act of 2003
Authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior to make grants to State and tribal governments
to assist State and tribal efforts to manage and control the spread of chronic
wasting disease in deer and elk herds, and for other purposes |
June 26, 2003 |
H.R. 2639 - Community and Forest Protection
Act
Expedites procedures
for hazardous fuels reduction activities and restoration in wildland fire
prone National Forests, and for other purposes |
June 26, 2003 |
H.R. 2684 - Emergency Agricultural Disaster
Assistance Act of 2003
Provides emergency
assistance to producers that have suffered crop losses due to disasters |
July 9, 2003 |
H.R. 2696 - The Southwest Forest Health and
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2003
Establishes Institutes
to demonstrate and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce
the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and
woodland ecosystems of the interior West |
July 10, 2003 |
H.R. 2703 - Farmland Protection Program Challenge
Grant Act of 2003
Reserves a small
percentage of the amounts made available to the Secretary of Agriculture
for the farmland protection program to fund challenge grants to encourage
the purchase of conservation easements and other interests in land to be held
by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity, and for other purposes |
July 10, 2003 |
H.R. 2707 - Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control
Demonstration Act
Directs the Secretaries
of the Interior and Agriculture, acting through the U.S. Forest Service,
to carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through
control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive on forests and public lands administered
by the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service |
July 10, 2003 |
H.R. 2716 - Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act
Amends the Compact
of Free Association of 1985 to provide for adequate ompact-impact aid |
July 14, 2003 |
H.R. 2770 - American Indian Welfare Reform
Act
Amends part A
of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize and improve the operation
of temporary assistance to needy families programs operated by Indian tribes,
and for other purposes |
July 17, 2003 |
H.R. 2776 - Backcountry Landing Strip Access
Act
Helps ensure
general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over
that land |
July 17, 2003 |
H.R. 2871 - National Drought Preparedness
Act of 2003
Establishes a
National Drought Council within the Department of Agriculture, to improve
national drought preparedness, mitigation, and response efforts, and for
other purposes |
July 24, 2003 |
H.R. 2897 - Bringing America Home Act
Ends homelessness
in the United States |
July 25, 2003 |
H.R. 2916 - Genetically Engineered Food Right
to Know Act
Amends the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry
Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically
engineered material, or that is produced with a genetically engineered material,
be labeled accordingly |
July 25, 2003 |
H.R. 2918 - Genetically Engineered Crop and
Animal Farmer Protection Act of 2003
Provides additional
protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically
engineered seeds, plants, or animals, to ensure fairness for farmers and
ranchers in their dealings with biotech companies that sell genetically engineered
seeds, plants, or animals, and for other purposes |
July 25, 2003 |
H.R. 2920 - Real Solutions to World Hunger
Act of 2003
Ensures that
efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered
animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while
protecting human health and the environment, and for other purposes |
July 25, 2003 |
H.R. 2921 - Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical
and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2003
Prohibits the
open-air cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial
crops, to prohibit the use of common human food or animal feed as the host
plant for a genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial chemical,
to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation,
and disposal of pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to
prevent human, animal, and general environmental exposure to genetically
engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts, and
for other purposes |
July 25, 2003 |
H.R. 2966 - Right-to-Ride Livestock on Federal
Lands Act of 2003
Preserves the
use and access of pack and saddle stock animals on public lands, including
wilderness areas, national monuments, and other specifically designated areas,
administered by the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management,
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service where there
is a historical tradition of such use, and for other purposes |
July 25, 2003 |
| H.R. 2976 - Directs
the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain land within the Ottawa
National Forest to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, and for other purposes |
July 25, 2003 |
| H.R. 2984 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment
Act to remove the requirement that processors be members of an agency administering
a marketing order applicable to pears |
July 25, 2003 |
H.R. 3083 - Country of Origin Labeling Amendment
Act of 2003
Amends the country
of origin labeling requirements of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
to specify the model upon which the certification program for producers shall
be based, to facilitate verification of compliance with the requirements,
to impose a schedule of penalties for violation of the requirements, and
for other purposes |
September 11, 2003 |
| H.R. 3157 - Provides for the designation of
a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees
of the Department in coordination with other disaster agencies in response
to a federally declared disaster area as a result of a disaster |
September 24, 2003 |
H.R. 3160 - Tobacco Reduction, Accountability,
and Community Enhancement Act of 2003
Eliminates the
Federal quota and price support programs for tobacco, to provide transitional
assistance to tobacco quota holders and traditional producers of tobacco
affected by the elimination of these programs, to ensure the future quality
and availability of United States-grown tobacco, to protect against the
disruption of tobacco markets, to establish a trust fund to finance this
Act, and for other purposes |
September 24, 2003 |
H.R. 3188 - Pesticide Registration Improvement
Act of 2003
Amends the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for the enhanced review
of covered pesticide products, to authorize fees for certain pesticide products,
and to extend and improve the collection of maintenance fees |
September 25, 2003 |
| H.R. 3217 - Provides for the conveyance of
several small parcels of National Forest System land in the Apalachicola
National Forest, Florida, to resolve boundary discrepancies involving the
Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla County, Florida, and for other
purposes |
October 1, 2003 |
H.R. 3242 - Specialty Crops Competitiveness
Act of 2003
Ensures an abundant
and affordable supply of highly nutritious fruits, vegetables, and other
specialty crops for American consumers and international markets by enhancing
the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops, and for other
purposes |
October 2, 2003 |
H.R. 3247 - Trail Responsibility and Accountability
for the Improvement of Lands Act (TRAIL Act) of 2003
Provides consistent
enforcement authority to the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park
Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service
to respond to violations of regulations regarding the management, use, and
protection of public lands under the jurisdiction of these agencies, to
clarify the purposes for which collected fines may be used, and for other
purposes |
October 2, 2003 |
| H.R. 3249 - Extends the term of the Forest
Counties Payments Committee |
October 3, 2003 |
H.R. 3283 - Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act
Improves recreational
facilities and visitor opportunities on Federal recreational lands by reinvesting
receipts from fair and consistent recreational fees and passes, and for
other purposes |
October 8, 2003 |
H.R. 3284 - Border Economic Recovery Act for
Health and the Environment
Improves the
health of residents of, and the environment in, the United States-Mexico
border area |
October 8, 2003 |
H.R. 3290 - Fair Nutrition for American Citizens
Act of 2003
Amends the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the amount payable to the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico to provide nutrition assistance under such Act |
October 15, 2003 |
H.R. 3298 - Active Reservists and National
Guard Farm Loan Relief Act of 2003
Provides relief
to mobilized military reservists from certain Federal agricultural loan obligations |
October 15, 2003 |
| H.R. 3308 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment
Act to convert the dairy forward pricing program into a permanent program
of the Department of Agriculture |
October 16, 2003 |
| H.R. 3312 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment
Act to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject
to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, quality, or maturity,
and for other purposes |
October 16, 2003 |
| H.R. 3319 - Amends the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide |
October 16, 2003 |
| H.R. 3320 - Improves migratory bird management
by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture,
and for other purposes |
October 16, 2003 |
H.R. 3324 - Voluntary Grazing Permit Buyout
Act
Provides compensation
to livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease
on Federal lands, and for other purposes |
October 16, 2003 |
| H.R. 3372 - Designates the facility of the
Agriculture Research Service of the Department of Agriculture located at
State Highway 26 West in Poplarville, Mississippi, as the `Thad Cochran Southern
Horticultural Laboratory' |
October 21, 2003 |
H.R. 3402 - Permanent Emergency Agricultural
Assistance Act
Establishes permanent
authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to quickly assist agricultural
producers who incur crop losses as a result of damaging weather or related
condition in federally declared disaster areas, to provide emergency disaster
assistance to agricultural producers for qualifying crop losses for the 2001,
2002, or 2003 crops, to continue the livestock assistance program, and for
other purposes |
October 29, 2003 |
H.R. 3422 - Bridges to the Cuban People Act
of 2003
Provides the
people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from the United States,
to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba, to provide scholarships for certain
Cuban nationals, and for other purposes |
October 30, 2003 |
| H.R. 3433 - Transfers Federal lands between
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior |
November 4, 2003 |
H.R. 3459 - Healthcare Equality and Accountability
Act
Improves the
health of minority individuals |
November 6, 2003 |
| H.R. 3472 - Establishes a Federal interagency
task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural
biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity,
and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food
and the environment |
November 6, 2003 |
H.R. 3479 -Brown Tree Snake Control and Eradication
Act of 2003
Provides for
the control and eradication of the brown tree snake on the island of Guam
and the prevention of the introduction of the brown tree snake to other
areas of the United States, and for other purposes |
November 7, 2003 |
H.R. 3482 - Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife
Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2003
Amends the Food
Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operators of privately-held
farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land available for access by
the public under programs administered by States |
November 7, 2003 |
H.R. 3484 - Puppy Protection Act of 2003
Amends the Animal
Welfare Act to improve the standards for the care and treatment of certain
animals, and for other purposes |
November 7, 2003 |
| H.R. 3500 - Prohibits the anticipated extreme
reduction in the national marketing quotas for the 2004 crop of Flue-cured
and Burley tobacco, which, if permitted to occur, would mean economic ruin
for tobacco farmers and their families |
November 17, 2003 |
H.R. 3514 - Pennsylvania National Forest Improvement
Act of 2003
Authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands and improvements associated
with the National Forest System in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other
purposes |
November 18, 2003 |
H.R. 3546 - Meat and Poultry Products Traceability
and Safety Act of 2003
Amends the Federal
Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the
safety of meat and poultry products by enhancing the ability of the Secretary
of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, and location of a meat or
poultry product through a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification,
and for other purposes. |
November 20, 2003 |
H.R. 3547 - SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food
Act
Amends the Federal
Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food
safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes |
November 20, 2003 |
| H.R. 3566 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry
Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program using geospatial and information
management technologies to inventory, monitor, characterize, assess, and
identify forest stands and potential forest stands, and for other purposes |
November 20, 2003 |
H.R. 3572 - AGOA III Act
Amends the African
Growth and Opportunity Act to expand certain trade benefits to eligible sub-Saharan
African countries, and for other purposes |
November 21, 2003 |
H.R. 3604 - Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform
Act of 2003
Simplifies the
process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers under section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to increase
access to such workers, and for other purposes |
November 21, 2003 |
H.R. 3629 - Arsenic-Treated Wood Prohibition
Act
Amends the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Solid Waste Disposal
Act to establish prohibitions and requirements relating to arsenic-treated
wood, and for other purposes |
November 21, 2003 |
H.R. 3640 - Cost of Living Measurement and
Index Act of 2003
Requires the
Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop a methodology for measuring
the cost of living in each State, and to require the Comptroller General
to determine how certain Federal benefits would be increased if the determination
of those benefits were based on that methodology |
November 21, 2003 |
H.R. 3705 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection
Act to enhance the safety of beef and beef food products originating in the
United States by requiring the testing of cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(commonly known as mad cow disease) at the time of slaughter, and for other
purposes
|
January 20, 2004
|
H.R. 3714 - Provide better protection against
bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other prion diseases
|
January 21, 2004
|
H.R. 3732 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 to repeal the recently enacted two-year delay in the implementation
of the country of origin labeling requirements of such Act for certain agricultural
commodities
|
January 27, 2004
|
H.R. 3744 - Authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative sites
and other land in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and
to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire, construct, or
improve administrative sites, and for other purposes
|
January 28, 2004
|
H.R. 3787 - National Farm Animal Identification
and Records Act
Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to require the establishment of
an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, to prevent the
unauthorized release of information collected under the system, to promote
an objective review of Department of Agriculture responses to livestock disease
outbreaks, and for other purposes
|
February 10, 2004
|
H.R. 3822 - National Livestock Identification
Act
Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture
to establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, and
for other purposes
|
February 24, 2004
|
H.R. 3846 - Tribal Forest Protection Act
of 2004
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
to enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain
criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land
|
February 26, 2004
|
H.R. 3886 - Amends the Food Security Act
of 1985 to expand the pilot program for the enrollment of certain wetlands
and its buffer acreage in the conservation reserve program to include the
enrollment of certain playas and its buffer acreage, and for other purposes
|
March 3, 2004
|
H.R. 3944 - Provides for the conveyance
of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in
Riverside, California, and for other purposes
|
March 11, 2004
|
H.R. 3961 - United States Animal Identification
Plan Implementation Act
Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture
to implement the United States Animal Identification Plan developed by the
National Animal Identification Development Team, and for other purposes
|
March 11, 2004
|
H.R. 3990 - Amends the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend contracts for national dairy market
loss payments through fiscal year 2007
|
March 17, 2004
|
H.R. 3993 - Country-of-Origin Labeling Enhancement
Act of 2004
Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as recently amended by
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004, to expedite the implementation of the
country of origin labeling requirements of such Act, to impose certain recordkeeping
requirements on retailers subject to such Act, to clarify the authority to
impose civil penalties under such Act, and for other purposes
|
March 18, 2004
|
H.R. 3997 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture
to convey to the New Hope Cemetery Association a small parcel of National
Forest System land in the State of Arkansas for use as a cemetery
|
March 18, 2004
|
H.R. 4001 - Authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture to use the Agricultural Research Service to conduct research
regarding the likelihood and risks of the transfer between animal species
of the proteinaceous infectious particles, known as prions, that cause transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies, and for other purposes
|
March 18, 2004
|
H.R. 4005 - Exempts certain animal identification
information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
|
March 18, 2004
|
H.R. 4006 - Captive Supply Reform Act
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to prohibit the use of certain
anti-competitive forward contracts
|
March 18, 2004
|
H.R. 4033 - Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform
Act of 2004
Terminates the Federal tobacco quota and price support programs, to require
the payment of fair and equitable compensation for tobacco quota holders
and active tobacco producers adversely affected by the termination of such
programs, and for other purposes
|
March 25, 2004
|
H.R. 4094 - Amends the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to establish a Federal income tax credit for production of
energy from geothermal energy resources, and for other purposes
|
March 31, 2004
|
H.R. 4121 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection
Act to help ensure a healthy food supply, and for other purposes
|
April 1, 2004
|
H.R. 4163 - Provides for a greater number
of members on certain combined Farm Service Agency county committees
|
April 2, 2004
|
H.R. 4189 - Modifies and improve
the funding structure of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program
|
April 21, 2004
|
H.R. 4202 - Designates additional
National Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness, to
establish the Seng Mountain and Crawfish Valley Scenic Areas, to provide
for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas,
and for other purposes
|
April 22, 2004
|
H.R. 4210 - Amends the Farm
Credit Act of 1971 to support the commercial fishing industry
|
April 22, 2004
|
H.R. 4223 - Requires the Commodity
Credit Corporation to support the development of a domestic casein and milk
protein concentrate industry, and for other purposes
|
April 27, 2004
|
H.R. 4297 - Provides loan guarantees
for renewable energy projects using biomass material
|
May 5, 2004
|
H.R. 4446 - Amends the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform funding for the Seniors
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and for other purposes
|
May 20, 2004
|
H.R. 4456 - Requires labeling
of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest
|
May 20, 2004
|
H.R. 4457 - Requires congressional
renewal of trade and travel restrictions on Cuba
|
May 20, 2004
|
H.R. 4503 - Enhances energy
conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity
in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes
|
June 3, 2004
|
H.R. 4520 - Amends the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such Code and make our manufacturing,
service, and high-technology businesses and workers more competitive and
productive both at home and abroad
|
June 4, 2004
|
H.R. 4533 - Requires the temporary
reinstatement of contracts for large air tankers that were canceled on May
10, 2004, by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
|
June 9, 2004
|
H.R. 4560 - Provides multilateral
and bilateral debt relief for developing countries, and for other purposes
|
June 14, 2004
|
H.R. 4569 - Provides for the
development of a national plan for the control and management of Sudden Oak
Death, a tree disease caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora ramorum,
and for other purposes
|
June 15, 2004
|
H.R. 4576 - Amends the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a voluntary program for the provision
of country of origin information with respect to certain agricultural products,
and for other purposes
|
June 15, 2004
|
H.R. 4583 - Amends the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to base the counter-cyclical payment
rate for the 2003 crop year for producers whose farming operations are located
in certain declared disaster areas on the total of the partial payments for
that crop year
|
June 15, 2004
|
H.R. 4597 - Establishes regional
dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income
of dairy producers
|
June 16, 2004
|
H.R. 4617 - Amends the Small
Tracts Act to facilitate the exchange of small tracts of land, and for other
purposes
|
June 18, 2004
|
H.R. 4620 - Confirms the authority
of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation to enter
into memorandums of understanding with a State regarding the collection of
approved State commodity assessments on behalf of the State from the proceeds
of marketing assistance loans
|
June 18, 2004
|
H.R. 4693 - Requires persons
who seek to retain seed harvested from the planting of patented seeds to
register with the Secretary of Agriculture and pay fees set by the Secretary
for retaining such seed, and for other purposes
|
June 24, 2004
|
H.R. 4696 - Promotes the use
of anaerobic digesters by agricultural producers and rural small businesses
to produce renewable energy and improve environmental quality
|
June 24, 2004
|
H.R. 4702 - Requires farmers
to be offered supplemental crop insurance based on an area yield and loss
plan of insurance
|
June 24, 2004
|
H.R. 4705 - Provides crop and
livestock disaster assistance
|
June 24, 2004
|
H.R. 4727 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to eliminate
the market access program
|
June 25, 2004
|
H.R. 4735 - Authorizes the Secretary
of Agriculture to make a grant to the World Food Prize Foundation to assist
the Foundation in covering renovation expenses related to the World Food
Prize, which is awarded to individuals who make vital contributions to improving
the quality, quantity, or availability of food throughout the world
|
June 25, 2004
|
H.R. 4800 - Supports specialty
crop producers and production in the United States, to improve the program
of value-added agricultural product market development grants by routing
the grant funds through State departments of agriculture, and for other purposes
|
July 9, 2004
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