Legislation

108th Congress

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

Draft - Voluntary Country-of-Origin Legislation

Title: To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin information with respect to cetain agricultural products, and for other purposes

H.R.2474

Title: To authorize the Congressional Hunger Center to award Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships for fiscal years 2003 and 2004

H.R.1904

Title: An act to improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed at protecting communities, watersheds, and certain other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape, and for other purposes.

H.J.RES.74

Title: Recognizing the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th anniversary for the important service it provides to the Nation.

H.R.482

Title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain land in the State of Florida, and for other purposes.

H.R.1367

Title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations, and for other purposes.

H.J. RES.49

Title: Recognizing the important service to the Nation provided by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

H.R. 4

Title: To reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes.

H.R.6

Title: To enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes.

H.R.1038

Title: To increase the penalties to be imposed for a violation of fire regulations applicable to the public lands, National Park System lands, or National Forest System lands when the violation results in damage to public or private property, to specify the purpose for which collected fines may be used, and for other purposes.

H.R.1964

Title: To assist the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in conserving priority lands and natural resources in the Highlands region, and for other purposes.

H.R.1907

Title: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to ensure the availability of funds to provide technical assistance for certain conservation programs of the Department of Agriculture

H.R.2304

Title: To resolve boundary conflicts in the vicinity of the Mark Twain National Forest in Barry and Stone Counties, Missouri, that resulted from private landowner reliance on a subsequent Federal survey, and for other purposes.

H.R.2696

Title: To establish Institutes to demonstrate and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West.

H.R.3157

Title: To provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees of the Department in coordination with other disaster agencies in response to a federally declared disaster area as a result of a disaster.

H.R.3217

Title: To provide for the conveyance of several small parcels of National Forest System land in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, to resolve boundary discrepancies involving the Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla County, Florida, and for other purposes.

H.R.3249

Title: To extend the term of the Forest Counties Payments Committee.

S.523

Title: A bill to make technical corrections to law relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.

S.2241

Title: A bill to reauthorize certain school lunch and child nutrition programs through June 30, 2004.

H.R.2707

Title: To provide for an assessment of the extent of the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive on lands in the Western United States and efforts to date to control such invasion on public and private lands, including tribal lands, to establish a demonstration program to address the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive, and for other purposes.