Business Meeting

The House Agriculture Committee passed the 2008 Farm Bill making historic investments in conservation, nutrition and renewable energy while maintaining a strong safety net for America’s farmers and ranchers. Additionally, for the first time, the 2008 Farm Bill provides substantial funding for the fruit and vegetable industry.

Sponsors

H.R.2419 - Rep. Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn. (introduced 05/22/2010)

Bill Text

H.R.2419

Approved Amendments

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Title I - Commodity Programs

•Adopted Amendments:

Conaway Amendment as amended, by voice vote, regarding de minimis payments
Graves Amendment, by voice vote, regarding permanent debarment authority
Lampson Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Healthy Oils Incentive Program
Costa Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission
Everett Amendment, by voice vote, amending peanut loan repayments
Pomeroy Amendment, by voice vote, on the Federal crop insurance 508(h) process

•Title II - Conservation

Adopted Amendments:

Goodlatte Amendments considered en bloc, by voice vote, regarding 1)EQIP and pest management and 2) priorities and evaluation criteria under the Conservation Title
Etheridge Amendment, by voice vote, regarding gasifier technology
Costa Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Regional Water Enhancement Program
Musgrave Amendment, by voice vote, regarding "in stream flows" under EQIP
Walz Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Conservation Security Program evaluation and ranking process, and application process
Holden second-degree Amendment to a Goodlatte Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program
Moran Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

•Title III - Trade

Adopted Amendments:

Etheridge/Hayes Amendment, by division of the question, regarding tobacco leaf eligibility for the Market Access Program
Cardoza Amendment, by voice vote, regarding germplasm conservation
Moran Amendment, by voice vote, regarding non-emergency food assistance

•Title IV - Nutrition

Adopted Amendments:

Kagen/Fortenberry Amendment, by voice vote, regarding geographic preference on food procurement
King Amendment, by voice vote, regarding residential drug treatment programs
Schmidt Amendment, by voice vote, regarding nutrition education

•Title V - Credit

Adopted Amendment:

Goodlatte Amendment regarding rural development and farm loan program sourcing

•Title VI - Rural Development

Adopted Amendments:

Peterson Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the manager's amendment language on broadband
Boswell Amendment, by voice vote, regarding historic barn preservation
Boswell Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Rural Strategic Investment Program
Gillibrand Amendment, by voice vote, regarding local purchase preferences
Space Amendment as amended, by voice vote, regarding the USDA broadband loan program
Pomeroy Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Rural Cooperative Development Program
Herseth Sandlin Amendment, by voice vote, regarding rural public television stations
Walz Amendment as amended, by voice vote, regarding a rail study

•Title VII - Research

Adopted Amendments:

Smith Amendment, by voice vote, regarding ethanol by-products
Conaway Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Foreign Agriculture Service Grant overhead limitation
Kagen Amendment, by voice vote, expressing the sense of Congress on organic research

•Title VIII - Forestry

•Title IX - Energy

Adopted Amendments:

Herseth Sandlin Amendment, by voice vote, regarding biomass enzyme research
Conaway Amendment, by unanimous consent, expressing a sense of Congress on alternative fuels
Barrow Amendment, by voice vote, regarding a Future Farmsteads Program
Herseth Sandlin Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Biomass Advisory Committee
Lampson Amendment, by voice vote, regarding biobased procurement guidelines

•Title X - Horticulture and Organic Agriculture

Adopted Amendments:

Kagen Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the Farmer's Market Promotion Program
Cardoza Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the definition of speciality crops
Gillibrand Amendment, by voice vote, regarding organic conversion

•Title XI - Miscellaneous Provisions

Adopted Amendments:

Herseth Sandlin Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the closing of Farm Service Agency offices
Conaway Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the mandatory Country of Origin Labeling program
Herseth Sandlin Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the crop insurance access for native grassland
McCarthy Amendment, by voice vote, regarding regulation of exports of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, and noxious weeds
Etheridge/Neugebauer Amendment, by voice vote, relating to cotton classification services
Boswell Amendment, by voice vote, regarding a methamphetamine inhibitor grant program
King Amendment, as amended by unanimous consent, expressing a sense of the Committee regarding the classification of hazardous substances
Goodlatte Amendment, by voice vote, regarding the USDA Graduate School
Rogers Amendment, by roll call vote (26-Y, 17-N), regarding arbitration clauses contained in livestock and poultry contracts

Related Content

• Press Release: House Agriculture Committee Passes Groundbreaking Farm Bill
• Press Release: U.S. House of Representatives Passes Historic Farm Bill

Subcommittee Action

Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

• Title I - Commodity Programs (Updated. Posted June 15, 2007)
• Title I - Outline (Posted June 15, 2007)
• Title I - Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted June 19, 2007)
  • Adopted Amendments: (Posted June 20, 2007)
    • Etheridge Amendment to substitute an extension of the 2002 Farm Bill language in place of the discussion draft
    • Etheridge Extension Substitute Summary
    • Marshall Amendment to adjust premiums and discounts associated with cotton under loan and to recalculate the adjusted world price of cotton basen on Far East markets
    • Boustany Amendment, a second-degree amendment to the Marshall Amendment, to separate marketing loans, loan rates, and target prices for long grain and medium/short grain rice
    • Boustany Amendment to make technical corrections to the target price and loan rate for rice
    • Boyda Amendment to establish a single corn and sorghum loan rate in each county
    • Ellsworth Amendment to create a pilot program in Indiana to allow for the the planting of tomatoes grown and contracted for processing on up to 10,000 base acres
    • Moran Amendment expressing the sense of Congress that money used to fund programs under the Subcommittee's jurisdiction should not be transferred to fund programs under other Farm Bill titles
• Title I -Crop Insurance (Posted June 18, 2007)
• Title I - Crop Insurance Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted June 19, 2007)
  • Adopted Amendments: (June 19, 2007)
    • Neugebauer Amendment on supplemental crop insurance coverage

Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry

• Title IV - Nutrition (Updated. Posted June 13, 2007)
• Nutrition Title Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted June 13, 2007)
• Summary of Nutrition Title Changes (Posted June 14, 2007)

• Adopted Amendments: (June 14, 2007)
  • Kagen Amendment on strategies to target obesity
  • Baca Amendment on Federal Buy American requirements
  • Baca/Bonner Amendment on renaming the Food Stamp Program
  • Baca/Boustany Amendment on Food Stamp Nutrition Education
• Title VIII - Forestry (Posted June 12, 2007)
• Forestry Title Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted June 13, 2007)

Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture

• Title VI - Rural Development (Revised. Posted June 5, 2007)

• Rural Development Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted June 5, 2007)
• Adopted Amendments: (June 6, 2007)
  • McIntyre Amendment on criteria to be applied in considering applications for rural development projects
  • Salazar Amendment on comprehensive rural broadband strategy
  • Barrow Amendment on technology transfer for rural areas
• Title I - Sugar (Posted June 4, 2007)

• Sugar Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted June 5, 2007)
• Title I - Peanuts (Posted June 5, 2007)
• Peanuts Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted June 5, 2007)

Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture

• Provisions Under Jurisdiction of Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Subcommittee (Posted June 5, 2007)
  • Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted June 6, 2007)
  • Adopted Amendments: (June 7, 2007)
    • Cardoza Amendment on evaluation of USDA commodity purchasing process
    • Foxx Amendment to redirect funds for USDA to collecet organic production and market data
    • McCarthy Amendment to establish a Fresh Produce Education Initiative
    • Kuhl Amendment to establish a National Clean Plant Network
    • Kuhl Amendment on payment limitation cap for Tree Assistance Program

Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry

• Title I - Provisions Under Jurisdiction of Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee (Posted May 23, 2007)
• Title I - Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted May 23, 2007)

Adopted Amendments: (Posted May 24, 2007)

• Boswell Amendment on voluntary arbitration for livestock and poultry producers
• Kagen Amendment on federal support for veal producers

Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research

Conservation (Posted May 22, 2007)

Conservation Title Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted May 21, 2007)

Adopted Amendments: (all posted May 23, 2007)

• Costa Amendment on GRP Priority for Long-term Contracts and Easements
• Walz Amendment on Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative
• Graves Amendment on Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative
• Cardoza Amendment on Adjusted Gross Income Limitation on Conservation Programs
• Herseth Sandlin Amendment on Bison and Livestock Definitions
• Cardoza Amendment on Voluntary Sustainability Practices

Credit (Posted May 22, 2007)

• Credit Title Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted May 21, 2007)

Energy (Posted May 21, 2007)

• Energy Title Technical Changes (Posted May 21, 2007)
• Energy Title Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted May 21, 2007)
• Adopted Amendments: (All Posted May 23, 2007)
  • Kagen Amendment on Energy Indpendent Farm Pilot Program
  • Herseth Sandlin Amendment on Renewable Energy Systems
  • Salazar Amendment on Agricultural Cellulosic biomass
  • Fortenberry Amendment on Rural Energy Self Sufficiency Initiative
  • Cardoza Amendment on Agricultural Biofuels Internship Program

Research (Posted May 21, 2007)

• Research Title Section-by-Section Analysis (Posted May 22, 2007)