Open Congress : House Agriculture - Major Bill Actions2008-10-03T00:00:00Zopencongress.orgtag:opencongress.org,2007-01-01:/committee/169Bill Sent To President: H.R.6849 To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/1766072008-10-03T00:00:00Z
To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.<br /><br />October 03, 2008: Presented to President. Bill Sent To President: H.R.6849 To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-29:/action/1761252008-09-29T00:00:00Z
To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.<br /><br />September 29, 2008: Cleared for White House. Bill Introduced: H.R.7239 To reduce gasoline prices, to lessen the dependence of the United States on foreign oil, to strengthen the economy of the United States, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-29:/action/1759992008-09-29T00:00:00Z
To reduce gasoline prices, to lessen the dependence of the United States on foreign oil, to strengthen the economy of the United States, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.7202 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-28:/action/1756932008-09-28T00:00:00Z
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.7143 To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/action/1745972008-09-26T00:00:00Z
To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.7151 To sustain wildlife on America's public lands.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/action/1746192008-09-26T00:00:00Z
To sustain wildlife on America's public lands.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.7090 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal land, to designate certain Federal land as Ancient forests, roadless areas, watershed protection areas, and special areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited, to transfer administrative jurisdiction of Giant Sequoia National Monument to the National Park Service, to consider areas for inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-25:/action/1744462008-09-25T00:00:00Z
To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal land, to designate certain Federal land as Ancient forests, roadless areas, watershed protection areas, and special areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited, to transfer administrative jurisdiction of Giant Sequoia National Monument to the National Park Service, to consider areas for inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.3597 A bill to provide that funds allocated for community food projects for fiscal year 2008 shall remain available until September 30, 2009.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-25:/action/1747512008-09-25T00:00:00Z
A bill to provide that funds allocated for community food projects for fiscal year 2008 shall remain available until September 30, 2009.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6981 To make technical corrections to section 4406 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-22:/action/1725832008-09-22T00:00:00Z
To make technical corrections to section 4406 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.422 Recognizing the importance of the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first experimental forest at Fort Valley, Arizona.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-22:/action/1726202008-09-22T00:00:00Z
Recognizing the importance of the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first experimental forest at Fort Valley, Arizona.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.Res.1477 Recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program directed at constructing environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-22:/action/1726402008-09-22T00:00:00Z
Recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program directed at constructing environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6944 Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Expansion Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-18:/action/1721762008-09-18T00:00:00Z
To transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Joliet Training Area in Will County, Illinois, to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, to provide for the conveyance of several parcels of the Joliet Training Area, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6949 Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-09-18:/action/1721932008-09-18T00:00:00Z
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6976 Preventing Manipulation in Commodity Markets Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-18:/action/1722622008-09-18T00:00:00Z
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6921 Commodity Prices Oversight and Transparency Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/action/1719312008-09-17T00:00:00Z
To provide additional oversight and transparency to the commodity futures markets by authorizing greater resources and authority for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6849 To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-09:/action/1706802008-09-09T00:00:00Z
To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6779 State Enhanced Authority for Coastal and Ocean Resources Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-01:/action/1699832008-08-01T00:00:00Z
To provide for secure rural schools and counties, and State enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6787 Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-01:/action/1700092008-08-01T00:00:00Z
To amend Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expand the areas of Federal land on which hazardous fuel reduction projects may be conducted under that Act.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6793 To provide for grants to assist municipalities to facilitate the ability of local farmers to grow food crops and certain livestock to be sold locally, grants to enable local nongovernmental farming associations to support the formation of community-supported agricultural projects, and grants to provide start-up funds to farmers who must diversify their operations in order to participate in the projects, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-01:/action/1700322008-08-01T00:00:00Z
To provide for grants to assist municipalities to facilitate the ability of local farmers to grow food crops and certain livestock to be sold locally, grants to enable local nongovernmental farming associations to support the formation of community-supported agricultural projects, and grants to provide start-up funds to farmers who must diversify their operations in order to participate in the projects, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6817 Fulfilling U.S. Energy Leadership Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-01:/action/1700952008-08-01T00:00:00Z
To increase domestic energy production and diversify America's energy portfolio.<br /><br />