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Bill· SS. 2723 (108th)open

Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2004 - Designates specified wilderness additions in Oregon as wilderness areas and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to construct a system of defensible fuel profile zones between the wilderness boundary and community boundary around Cascade Locks and Government Camp. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to communities that are gateways to Mount Hood Wilderness areas, villages surrounding Mount Hood, and appropriate county governments in Oregon. Withdraws wilderness areas designated under this Act from all forms of: (1) appropriation; (2) disposal under public law; (3) location, entry, and patent under mining law; and (4) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. Designates specified parts of Hood River, Zigzag River, Eagle Creek, and Fifteenmile Creek in Mount Hood National Forest as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Establishes the National Commission on Urban National Forests to examine the role urban national forests play in enriching the lives of urban populations served by such forests. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify the winter recreation area between Timberline and Government Camp and around Trillium Lake, Summit Meadows, and Multipor Mountain to be used for specified winter recreation and designate such area as Mount Hood National Forest Southside Winter Recreation Area; and (2) designate the Mount Hood Pedaler's Demonstration Experiment Area around Hell Roaring Creek, Shellrock Mountain, and Fifteenmile Creek and to monitor the effect of mountain biking on such Area's ecology and surrounding communities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide specified amounts to: (1) Cascade Locks and Hood River County to bury ground power lines adjacent to or within Mount Hood Wilderness areas; and (2) Clackamus County to replace four culverts on the wild and scenic river segments in that County. Excludes the part of Oregon State Highway 35 that is adjacent to wilderness areas in Mount Hood National Forest from wilderness under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds from Forest Service roads to improve access to wilderness over highway 26. Provides for a land exchange between the Secretary and Clackamus County. Directs the Secretary, in Mount Hood National Forest, to: (1) establish a forest health thinning program in plantation second growth stands in Mount Hood National Forest; (2) complete 5000 acres of precommercial thinning; (3) thin 1200 acres in Westside forest plantations; and (4) thin Eastside forests. Authorizes the Secretary to retain fees from the leases of recreation residences and special use permits in Mount Hood National Forest.

Bill· SS. 2761 (108th)referred

Heartland Investment and Rural Employment (HIRE) Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Heartland Investment and Rural Employment (HIRE) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions relating to agricultural cooperatives (Subchapter T), including concerning marketing rules, declaratory judgment relief, treatment of dividends on cooperative stock, and apportionment of credits among patrons of such cooperatives. Establishes a Subchapter T Commission to study the provisions of such Subchapter and make recommendations for change. Revises provisions relating to the self-employment income of farmers and other small business owners, including provisions relating to agricultural bonds, income averaging, involuntary conversions of livestock, and rules relating to Subchapter S corporations and subsidiaries. Allows individuals (currently limited to C corporations) a tax deduction for charitable contributions of food. Allows taxpayers engaged in a farming or commercial fishing business a tax deduction for contributions to a Farm, Fishing and Ranch Risk Management Account (FFARRM Account). Repeals occupational taxes on producers and marketers of alcoholic beverages. Enacts or amends provisions relating to investment in rural areas, allowing for a rural investment tax credit and a rural small business investment credit. Allows for the expansion of renewal community areas based on 2000 census data. Enacts or amends provisions relating to Indian tribal governments and reservations, including a new markets tax credit for Native American reservations, modifications of the authority of Indian tribal governments to issue tax-exempt bonds, and a tax credit for investment in tribal school modernization bonds. Allows a tax credit for the purchase of a residence in rural areas, Indian reservations, or areas of chronic economic distress.

Bill· HRH.R. 4909 (108th)referred

Tools for Community Initiatives Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Tools for Community Initiatives Act - Establishes the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (the Office) in the Executive Office of the President. Requires the Director of the Office to encourage faith-based and community initiatives and work to eliminate improper Federal barriers so as to allow faith-based and community entities to compete for Federal funding to the fullest opportunity permitted by law, including by: (1) developing, leading, and coordinating policies with respect to such initiatives; (2) coordinating public education activities designed to mobilize public support for such initiatives; (3) advising the President on options and ideas to assist, strengthen, and replicate successful initiatives; (4) developing and implementing strategic initiatives in keeping with policies that will strengthen families, communities, and the institutions of civil society; and (5) working to eliminate unnecessary legislative and regulatory barriers which impede the efforts of such initiatives to solve social problems. Requires the heads of the Departments of Education, Labor, Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Commerce, and Veteran Affairs, the Agency for International Development, and the Small Business Administration to designate a liaison to coordinate the activities of the department or agency with the Office.

Bill· HRH.R. 4918 (108th)referred

To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land administered by the Department of Agriculture in the City of Bastrop, Louisiana, to the City to permit the City to establish and operate a regional emergency services training center for firefighters, police, and EMS personnel serving rural communities in northeast Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and western Mississippi.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, to the City of Bastrop, Louisiana, the facility located at 4673 Eugene Ware Road, Bastrop, Louisiana, commonly known as the Paradise Village Children's Home, and a parcel of real property consisting of approximately 27 acres located in the City to permit the City to establish and operate a regional emergency services training center for firefighters, police, and EMS personnel serving rural communities in northeast Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and western Mississippi.

Bill· HRH.R. 4960 (108th)referred

To prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for the 2005 crop of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco, which, if permitted to occur, would mean economic ruin for tobacco farmers and their families.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain the national marketing quota for 2005 Flue-cured and Burley tobacco at the 2004 level. Authorizes a producer-owned cooperative marketing association to fully settle a loan made for the 2005 crop of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco by forfeiting to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) the tobacco covered by the loan regardless of its condition. Provides that: (1) any resultant CCC losses shall not be charged to the No Net Cost Tobacco Account, and shall not affect the amount of certain Flue-cured or Burley tobacco assessments; and (2) forfeited tobacco shall not be counted for the Flue-cured or Burley tobacco quota, nor sold for use in the United States, except that the CCC may market directly or through the use of U.S. leaf dealers such tobacco outside the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 4987 (108th)referred

To provide for priority funding of water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility loans and grants and community facilities loans and grants for the communities in Burlington and Camden counties in New Jersey, affected by the flood which occurred on July 12, 2004.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Provides for priority funding of water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility loans and grants and community facilities loans and grants under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for the communities in Burlington and Camden counties, New Jersey, affected by the flood of July 12, 2004. Sets forth grant rates.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 741 (108th)passed

Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Elects a minority Member to the House Committees on Agriculture and on Small Business.

Bill· SS. 2709 (108th)open

National Reforestation Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2004

National Reforestation Act of 2004 - Increases, from $30 to $90 million, the amount that can be transferred to the Reforestation Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury in any fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to obligate sums in the Trust Fund for reforestation treatment to restore appropriate forest cover on forest land derived from the public domain that is capable of growing trees and that is a moderate fire intensity area or high fire intensity area or that has been severely affected by a nonfire natural disturbance event if the need for the treatment is identified in a specified report on herbicides and pesticides and the treatment occurs within five years of: (1) if there is no harvest activity following the wildfire or the nonfire natural disturbance event, a wildfire or a nonfire natural disturbance event; (2) if a regeneration harvest is the final cut in a stand in a disturbed area, the regeneration harvest; or (3) if a salvage harvest is the final cut in a stand in a disturbed area, the salvage harvest. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture, in addition to amounts authorized from the Trust Fund, to obligate up to ten percent of the sums the Secretary expends annually from the Trust Fund to supplement expenditures of the Forest Service to enter into cooperative agreements with colleges and universities to conduct research to promote or enhance reforestation.

Bill· HRH.R. 4887 (108th)open

Cumberland Island Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2004

Cumberland Island Wilderness Boundary Act of 2003 - Designates certain land (excluding specified roadways) in the Cumberland Island National Seashore as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and names it the Cumberland Island Wilderness (the Wilderness). Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to include in the Wilderness specified land to be acquired and also certain other land once all prohibited uses on it have ceased. Directs that the Wilderness be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act, with references to the Secretary of Agriculture in such Act where appropriate to be deemed references to the Secretary. Allows: (1) persons with an existing right to utility service on Cumberland Island to retain such right in the Wilderness after the enactment of this Act; and (2) the Secretary to grant contracts, as deemed appropriate, for the provision of tours to visitors of the Cumberland Island National Seashore.

Bill· HRH.R. 4874 (108th)open

Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2004

Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency financial assistance to producers who have suffered qualifying disaster-caused crop losses in 2004. Includes among covered crops livestock, fisheries, and trees from which a crop is harvested.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 729 (108th)referred

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the 50th anniversary of the food aid programs established under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2004

Recognizes, with respect to the 50th anniversary of the date of enactment of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Agriculture, and associated partners for providing emergency food assistance to address famine or other extraordinary relief requirements and for promoting economic, agricultural, educational, and community development in developing countries. Declares that the people of the United States should recognize: (1) the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the concessional credit program and the Food for Peace program under such Act; and (2) the accomplishments of USAID, the Department of Agriculture, and associated private voluntary organization and nongovernmental organization partners in alleviating hunger and poverty, bolstering development, and restoring hope around the world.

Bill· HRH.R. 4858 (108th)referred

Farmers Markets Infrastructure Assistance Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2004

Farmers Markets Infrastructure Assistance Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans, loan guarantees, and grants to eligible public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the construction of new farmers markets, or the improvement or rehabilitation of existing farmers markets.

Bill· SS. 2674 (108th)passed

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2004

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005 - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (6) chemical demilitarization construction, defense; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts. Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000. Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies in the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States. Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, before issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the congressional defense committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments, and the extent and likelihood of Federal liability) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private party under the contract involved in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided under the contract; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure for missile defense studies of any funds appropriated for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program. Extends the due date for a findings report from the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States to the President and Congress. Directs the Secretary of the Army, upon determining that any portion of certain real property at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, is excess to the needs of the Army, to first offer such property to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the National Forest System.

Bill· SS. 2675 (108th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability of the cash method of accounting for small business, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2004

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain small business taxpayers from the requirements of using the accrual method of accounting and of using inventories. Allows such taxpayers to use a cash method of accounting if they meet the gross receipts test and are not engaged in farming as a corporation. Increases the amount of the gross receipts test to $10 million (currently, $5 million) and permits an annual inflation adjustment of that amount. Amends the Social Security Act to require State unemployment compensation laws to: (1) permit an employer to transfer its unemployment compensation risk experience to an acquiring business unless such transfer is made solely or primarily to enable the acquiring business to obtain a lower rate of unemployment contribution; and (2) provide for meaningful civil and criminal penalties for transfers made in violation of State unemployment compensation law. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disclose to State unemployment compensation agencies information from the National Directory of New Hires to assist States in administering an unemployment compensation program under Federal or State law. Provides penalties for the improper disclosure or misuse of information by State agency officers or employees.

Bill· HRH.R. 4838 (108th)open

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2004

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004 - Establishes A Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps to be composed of young adults enrolled as members of a service and conservation corps covered by a contract or cooperative agreement to work on projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, rehabilitate public land affected or altered by fires, and provide disaster relief. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with any service and conservation corps or State department of natural resources, agriculture, or forestry to carry out such projects. Directs the Secretaries to give priority to certain projects, including projects that will: (1) reduce hazardous fuels on public lands; (2) restore public land affected or threatened by disease or insect infestation; (3) rehabilitate public land affected or altered by fires; (4) assess public land at a high risk of reburn; and (5) address public land located near a municipal watershed and water supply.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 719 (108th)passed

Requesting the Senate to return to the House of Representatives the bill H.R. 4766.

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2004

Requests the Senate to return to the House of Representatives H.R. 4766 (FY 2005 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations).

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 402 (108th)passed

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the 50th anniversary of the food aid programs established under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2004

Expresses that the Senate, with respect to the 50th anniversary of the date of enactment of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 on July 10, 1954, recognizes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Agriculture, and associated partners for providing emergency food assistance to address famine or other extraordinary relief requirements and for promoting economic, agricultural, educational, and community development in developing countries. Declares that, July 10, 2004, is a day that recognizes: (1) the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the concessional credit program and the Food for Peace program under such Act; and (2) the accomplishments of USAID, the Department of Agriculture, and associated private voluntary organization and nongovernmental organization partners in alleviating hunger and poverty, bolstering development, and restoring hope around the world.

Bill· HRH.R. 4800 (108th)referred

Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2004

Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make annual State grants (based upon value of production) to enhance specialty crop competitiveness. Stipulates that such grants shall supplement and not replace State funds. Defines "specialty crop" as any crop other than wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco. Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to replace the agricultural marketing resource center pilot project with a State block grant program for value-added agricultural product market development. Directs the Secretary to establish a quality standardization program for certification of farmers and processors under quality assurance systems, which shall include 50 percent reimbursement of participant certification costs. Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the adjusted gross revenue insurance pilot program as a permanent program. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) expand the program to cover any county in which crops are produced; and (2) grant temporary policy subsidies for producers located in a county that has a high level of specialty crop production and has not had a high level of crop insurance coverage coverage. Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) make available to students in not more than 100 schools in each State, and in elementary and secondary schools on one Indian reservation, free fresh and dried fruits and vegetables throughout the school day in one or more school-designated areas; and (2) give priority to States that produce large quantities of specialty crops.

Bill· HRH.R. 4806 (108th)referred

Pine Springs Land Exchange Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2004

Pine Springs Land Exchange Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Lubbock Christian University by quitclaim deed all right of the United States to specified Federal lands in the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico, in exchange for the conveyance of certain non-Federal land owned by the University. Requires that: (1) title to the non-Federal land conform with the title approval standards of the Attorney General applicable to Federal land acquisitions and be otherwise acceptable to the Secretary; (2) the Secretary complete the land exchange within 180 days after this Act's enactment; and (3) the costs of implementing the exchange be shared equally by the Secretary and the University. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the correction of minor errors in the map and legal descriptions; (2) valuation of the land to be conveyed; (3) equalization of values; (4) the treatment of cash equalization payments received; (5) revocation and withdrawal of Federal land; and (6) administration of land acquired by the United States.

Bill· SS. 2622 (108th)referred

Pecos National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2004

Pecos National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2004 - Directs, on conveyance by the landowner(s) of approximately 154 acres of specified non-Federal land in Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico to the Secretary of the Interior: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to the landowner(s) approximately 160 acres of specified Federal land within the Sante Fe National Forest in New Mexico; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior shall grant the landowner(s) an easement for water pipelines to two well sites located in the Park.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 710 (108th)passed

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4766) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2004

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4766) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.

Bill· HRH.R. 4766 (108th)referred

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 7 July 2004

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes FY 2005 appropriations for the: (1) Department of Agriculture; (2) Food and Drug Administration; (3) Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and (4) Farm Credit Administration. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

Bill· SS. 2609 (108th)referred

A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend and improve national dairy market loss payments.

United States · United States Congress · 6 July 2004

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to national dairy market loss payments to: (1) extend, by two years, program sign-up and contract periods; and (2) double single dairy operation payment quantities.

Bill· HRH.R. 4760 (108th)referred

DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 6 July 2004

DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2004 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005, and authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 through 2009: (1) to carry out the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), the amendments made by DSHEA, and all applicable regulatory requirements for dietary supplements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) for expanded research and development of consumer information, including information on safety and beneficial effects, of dietary supplements by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to: (1) fully and appropriately use such funds to regulate dietary supplements; and (2) report annually on DSHEA implementation and enforcement.

Bill· HRH.R. 4747 (108th)referred

Dietary Supplement Regulatory Implementation Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2004

Dietary Supplement Regulatory Implementation Act of 2004 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005, and authorizes appropriations for FY 2006 through 2009: (1) to carry out the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), the amendments made by DSHEA, and all applicable regulatory requirements for dietary supplements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) for expanded research and development of consumer information, including information on safety and beneficial effects, of dietary supplements by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to: (1) fully and appropriately use such funds to regulate dietary supplements; (2) report annually on DSHEA implementation and enforcement; (3) carry out programs to educate health professionals and consumers on the safety and health benefits of the dietary supplements, including the potential for interactions of dietary supplements and drugs (using specified funds authorized by this Act); and (4) establish a system for the requirements for the reporting of serious adverse experiences associated with the use of a dietary supplement received by the manufacturer, packer, or distributor whose name appears on the label of the product. Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids.

Bill· HRH.R. 4735 (108th)referred

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make a grant to the World Food Prize Foundation to assist the Foundation in covering renovation expenses related to the World Food Prize, which is awarded to individuals who make vital contributions to improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food throughout the world.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2004

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make a grant to the World Food Prize Foundation of Des Moines, Iowa, to assist the Foundation in covering renovation expenses related to its award of the World Food Prize, which honors individuals who make vital contributions to improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food throughout the world.

Bill· HRH.R. 4725 (108th)open

Glover River Wild and Scenic River Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2004

Glover River Wild and Scenic River Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Glover River in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and administer the comprehensive management plan for that segment.

Bill· HRH.R. 4727 (108th)referred

Market Access Program Elimination Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2004

Market Access Program Elimination Act - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the market access program.

Bill· HRH.R. 4721 (108th)referred

Estate Tax Deferral for Working Farms and Land Conservation Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2004

Estate Tax Deferral for Working Farms and Land Conservation Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude property used by a decedent's heir as farmland from the gross income of the decedent's estate. Imposes an additional estate tax if the decedent's heir disposes of such farmland or ceases to use it for farming purposes. Repeals the $500,000 limitation on the estate tax exclusion for land subject to a qualified conservation easement.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 468 (108th)referred

Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the world's freshwater resources.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2004

Water for the World Resolution - Declares that Congress: (1) recognizes that government policies should ensure that all individuals have equitable access to water and that no one is cut off from water for survival due to economic constraints; and (2) upholds the principle that governments should engage all members of society in direct participation in overseeing decisions about the conservation, distribution, use, and management of water in their communities. Recognizes that more sustainable agricultural practices are necessary to protect water resources. Affirms that Congress firmly commits itself to met the Millennium Development Goals, especially as they pertain to universal access to water and sanitation. Asserts that Federal policies should ensure that in the United States direct and indirect sources of water pollution, including factories, refineries, commercial agriculture, and wastewater treatment plants, are adequately regulated and those responsible held accountable for the pollution they cause.

Bill· SS. 2583 (108th)referred