Legislation

109th Congress

Digest of bills within the jurisdiction of the Committee on which action has been taken:

H.R. 5103

A bill to provide for the conveyance of the former Konnarock Lutheran Girls School in Smyth County, Virginia, which is currently owned by the United States and administered by the Forest Service, to facilitate the restoration and reuse of the property, and for other purposes. (Passed Committee by voice vote and ordered to be reported favorably to the House with the recommendation that it pass, September 21, 2006)


Section by section

Statement of Chairman Goodlatte during consideration of H.R. 5103 (September 21, 2006)

 

H.R. 5313

A bill to reserve 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. (Passed Committee by voice vote and ordered to be reported favorably to the House with the recommendation that it pass, September 21, 2006)


Section by Section

Statement of Chairman Goodlatte during consideration of H.R. 5313 (September 21, 2006)

 

H.R. 4559

A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain isolated parcels of National Forest System land in Florence and Langlade Counties, Wisconsin, and for other purposes. (Passed Committee by voice vote and ordered to be reported favorably to the House with the recommendation that it pass, September 21, 2006)


Section by Section

Statement of Chairman Goodlatte during consideration of H.R. 4559 (September 21, 2006)

 

H.Con.Res. 424

A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber. (Passed Committee by voice vote and ordered to be reported favorably to the House with the recommendation that it pass, September 21, 2006)


Brief Summary

Statement of Chairman Goodlatte during consideration of H.Con.Res. 424 (September 21, 2006)

 

H.R. 503

A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (Ordered to be reported unfavorably to the House with the recommendation that it not pass, July 27, 2006; Final Report filed September 6, 2006).

Amendments agreed to:

Peterson Amendment

Salazar Amendment

Conaway Amendment

King Amendment 2

King Amendment 3

King Amendment 5

Final Committee Report (Filed September 6, 2006)

 

H.R. 3849

Bill involves three separate treaties that govern international production, use, and distribution of certain pesticides and hazardous chemicals. The treaties include: the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (PICs), the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP POPs), and the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (POPs) (Reported out of Committee, July 27, 2006)

 

H.Con.Res. 424

Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber. (Introduced by Chairman Goodlatte June 7, 2006)

 

H.R. 4015/S.2120

Title: Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 (Signed into Public Law April 11, 2006, P.L. 109-215)

 

H.R. 599

Title: Federal Lands Restoration, Enhancements, Public Education and Information Resources Act of 2005 (Reported in the House June 15, 2005)

 

H.R. 1930

Title: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State mediation programs (Signed into Public Law June 29, 2005, P.L. 190-17)

 

H.R. 1905

Title: Small Tracts Reform Act (Reported in the House July 14, 2005)

 

H.R. 3421

Title: To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, to facilitate the official inspection at export port locations of grain required or authorized to be inspected under such Act, and for other purposes. (Reported out of the Committee on July 27, 2005)

 

H.R. 3408

Title: To reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 1999 and to amend the swine reporting provisions of that Act. (Passed by the House September 14, 2005)

 

H.R. 6

Title: Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Signed into Public Law August 8, 2005, P.L. 109-58)

 

H.R. 3405

Title: Strengthening the Ownership of Private Property Act of 2005 (Reported out of Committee October 31, 2005)

 

H.R. 2875

Title: Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005 (Reported in the House November 7, 2005)

 

H.R. 585

Title: Gateway Communities Cooperation Act (Passed by the House December 6, 2005)

 

H.R. 3818

Title: Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2005 (Reported in the House December 6, 2005)

 

H.R. 975

Title: TRAIL Act (Passed by the House December 13, 2005)

 

H.R. 2720

Title: Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act (Reported in the House December 13, 2005)

 

H.R. 4473

Title: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Passed by the House December 14, 2005)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

108th Congress Legislation Archive