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Introduced
November 16, 2017
Latest Action
November 16, 2017
Primary Sponsor
Earl BlumenauerDemocratic(OR)
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Food and Farm Act This bill reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address: commodity support, crop insurance, conservation, food assistance, nutrition, farm credit, beginning farmers and ranchers, food waste, research and educational programs, animal welfare, and regional food systems. The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to: repeal the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program and the Price Loss Coverage Program, impose additional limits on farm subsidies, extend crop insurance premium subsidies to farmers who plant crops to reduce erosion, require recipients of farm subsidies to comply with additional conservation requirements, authorize increased funding for conservation programs, authorize additional assistance under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for organic farmers, establish a loan program for conservation-based structural improvements, increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits, authorize additional assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers, establish the Office of Food Waste within USDA, authorize additional funding for research and education programs, require USDA to comply with certain animal welfare standards at federal agricultural research centers, require USDA to reinstate online posting of Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act enforcement records, and expand grant and loan programs for local and regional food systems.
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
HR 154 - Honoring our World War II Merchant Mariners Act of 2017 HR 5879/S 2127 - Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018 HR 5893/S 2916 - Energizing American Maritime Act HR 6175 - Maritime Safety Act of 2018 HR 1726 - Coast Guard Improvement and Reform Act of 2017 S.168/HR 1154 - Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act S.763 - Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act FY'2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations FY'2019 Agriculture Appropriations FY'2019 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations S.1984 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Coastwise Laws of the United States HR 3966 Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act HR 4425 Food and Farm Act S. 1894 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act HR 8 - Water Resources Development Act HR 5515 - John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 HR 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1581)
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
HR 154 - Honoring our World War II Merchant Mariners Act of 2017 HR 5879/S 2127 - Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018 HR 5893/S 2916 - Energizing American Maritime Act HR 6175 - Maritime Safety Act of 2018 HR 1726 - Coast Guard Improvement and Reform Act of 2017 S.168/HR 1154 - Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act S.763 - Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act FY'2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations FY'2019 Agriculture Appropriations FY'2019 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations S.1984 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Coastwise Laws of the United States HR 3966 Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act HR 4425 Food and Farm Act S. 1894 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act HR 8 - Water Resources Development Act HR 5515 - John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 HR 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
HR 154 - Honoring our World War II Merchant Mariners Act of 2017 HR 5879/S 2127 - Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018 HR 5893/S 2916 - Energizing American Maritime Act HR 6175 - Maritime Safety Act of 2018 HR 1726 - Coast Guard Improvement and Reform Act of 2017 S.168/HR 1154 - Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act S.763 - Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act FY'2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations FY'2019 Agriculture Appropriations FY'2019 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations S.1984 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Coastwise Laws of the United States HR 3966 Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act HR 4425 Food and Farm Act S. 1894 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act HR 8 - Water Resources Development Act HR 5515 - John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 HR 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
HR 154 - Honoring our World War II Merchant Mariners Act of 2017 HR 1240 - Energizing American Maritime Act HR 1726 - Coast Guard Improvement and Reform Act of 2017 S.168/HR 1154 - Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act S.763 - Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act HR 2810/S.1519 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 FY'2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations FY'2018 Agriculture Appropriations FY'2018 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations S.1984 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Coastwise Laws of the United States HR 3966 Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act HR 4425 Food and Farm Act S. 1894 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2017 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
HR 154 - Honoring our World War II Merchant Mariners Act of 2017 HR 1240 - Energizing American Maritime Act HR 1726 - Coast Guard Improvement and Reform Act of 2017 S.168/HR 1154 - Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act S.763 - Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act HR 2810/S.1519 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 FY'2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations FY'2018 Agriculture Appropriations FY'2018 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations S.1984 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Coastwise Laws of the United States HR 3966 Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act HR 4425 Food and Farm Act S. 1894 To Exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
| House |
| Referred to |
| November 16, 2017 |
| Democratic |
| OH |
| Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | CA |
| HR 2436 |
115th |
| Related bill |
| HR 1406 | 115th | Related bill |
| HR 1276 | 115th | Related bill |