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109th CongressDigest of bills within the jurisdiction of the Committee on which action has been taken:H.R. 5103A 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) Statement of Chairman Goodlatte during consideration of H.R. 5103 (September 21, 2006)
H.R. 5313A 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) Statement of Chairman Goodlatte during consideration of H.R. 5313 (September 21, 2006)
H.R. 4559A 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) Statement of Chairman Goodlatte during consideration of H.R. 4559 (September 21, 2006)
H.Con.Res. 424A 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) Statement of Chairman Goodlatte during consideration of H.Con.Res. 424 (September 21, 2006) H.R. 503A 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: Final Committee Report (Filed September 6, 2006)
H.R. 3849Bill 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. 424Expressing 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.2120Title: Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 (Signed into Public Law April 11, 2006, P.L. 109-215)
H.R. 599Title: Federal Lands Restoration, Enhancements, Public Education and Information Resources Act of 2005 (Reported in the House June 15, 2005)
H.R. 1930Title: 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. 1905Title: Small Tracts Reform Act (Reported in the House July 14, 2005)
H.R. 3421Title: 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. 3408Title: 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. 6Title: Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Signed into Public Law August 8, 2005, P.L. 109-58)
H.R. 3405Title: Strengthening the Ownership of Private Property Act of 2005 (Reported out of Committee October 31, 2005)
H.R. 2875Title: Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005 (Reported in the House November 7, 2005)
H.R. 585Title: Gateway Communities Cooperation Act (Passed by the House December 6, 2005)
H.R. 3818Title: Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2005 (Reported in the House December 6, 2005)
H.R. 975Title: TRAIL Act (Passed by the House December 13, 2005)
H.R. 2720Title: Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act (Reported in the House December 13, 2005)
H.R. 4473Title: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Passed by the House December 14, 2005)
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