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Bill· HRH.R. 2149 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2001
Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2001 - Sets forth the overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States for trade agreements (generally similar to the objectives of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (OTCA)), including to: (1) further strengthen the system of international trading disciplines and procedures, including dispute settlement; and (2) foster economic growth, raise living standards, and promote full employment in the United States and to enhance the global economy. Sets forth the principal U.S. negotiating objectives (generally similar to the principal OTCA negotiating objectives) regarding trade barriers and other trade distortions, trade in services, foreign investment, intellectual property, transparency, improvement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other multilateral and bilateral trade agreements, foreign regulatory practices, electronic commerce, reciprocal trade in agriculture, and WTO extended negotiations. Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to consult closely with Congress during trade negotiations. Sets forth the authority of the President (generally similar to the authority under OTCA) to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries regarding tariff and non-tariff barriers. States that a trade agreement may be entered into (before June 1, 2005; or June 1, 2007, if trade authorities procedures (or fast-track procedures) are extended under this Act) only if it makes progress in meeting the overall and principal trade negotiating objectives, and the President satisfies certain notification and consultation requirements set forth in this Act, including submission of the agreement for assessment by the International Trade Commission. Applies trade authorities procedures to bills implementing trade agreements if they consist of: (1) a provision approving a trade agreement entered into under this Act, and approving any statement of administrative action; and (2) if changes in existing laws or new statutory authority are required to implement such agreements, provisions necessary to implement them, either repealing or amending existing laws or providing new statutory law. Authorizes both Houses of Congress to adopt, within 60 days of each other, a procedural disapproval resolution denying trade authorities procedures to any trade agreement if the President has failed or refused to notify or consult with Congress about it. Exempts from the notice and consultation requirements of this Act any tariff or nontariff agreement which results from negotiations commenced before enactment of this Act, and which: (1) is entered into under the auspices of the WTO regarding the rules of origin work program; (2) is entered into with Chile or Singapore; or (3) establishes a Free Trade Area for the Americas. Requires the appointment of a Congressional Oversight Group to serve as advisor to the U.S. delegation after the President notifies Congress of his intention to enter into the negotiation of any tariff or nontariff trade agreement. Requires the President to submit an implementation and enforcement plan at the same time a final text of any tariff or nontariff trade agreement is submitted to Congress.
Bill· SS. 1018 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide crop year 2000 market loss assistance to apple producers. Establishes a quantity limit, but stipulates that there shall be no payment nor gross income eligibility limitations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2129 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Better Nutrition for School Children Act of 2001 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture's regulations for the school breakfast program under CNA and the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, including ones relating to food service in participating schools and service institutions in competition with such programs, shall cover such food service throughout the entire participating school, including the school grounds, until the end of the school day. Repeals a provision that restricts such regulations from prohibiting the sale of competitive foods.
Bill· HRH.R. 2139 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Rural America Broadband Deployment Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to eligible persons and entities to provide or improve broadband (high-speed Internet access) service in rural areas. Allows the Secretary to refinance existing loans when the refinancing is used for such purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 2144 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Control Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct sudden oak death syndrome programs of: (1) research, monitoring, and treatment; (2) management and fire prevention; and (3) outreach and education. Directs the Secretary to establish a Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Advisory Committee.
Bill· HRH.R. 2128 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide crop year 2000 market loss assistance to apple producers. Establishes a quantity limit, but stipulates that there shall be no other conditions for producer eligibility.
Bill· HRH.R. 2119 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 2001
National Historic Forests Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a National Register of Historic Forests consisting of designated National Forest System lands that are, or after restoration are, representative of prehistoric or historic U.S. landscapes; (2) administer such forests through the Forest Service; and (3) make grants to States, local governments, private entities and individuals, and Indian tribes for educational and related activities, including appropriate traditional tribal uses. Establishes: (1) in the Treasury the National Historic Forest Restoration Fund; and (2) the Advisory Council on Forest Restoration which shall perform advisory and educational functions, and provide for the establishment of local management advisory committees.
Bill· SS. 997 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2001
Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Control Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct sudden oak death syndrome programs of: (1) research, monitoring, and treatment; (2) management and fire prevention; and (3) outreach and education. Directs the Secretary to establish a Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Advisory Committee.
Bill· HRH.R. 2111 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2001
Small Business Tax Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to small businesses, to, among other things: (1) provide for the full deduction of the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals; (2) increase the expensing limitation; (3) increase the business meal deduction, including individuals subject to Federal hours of service limits; (4) exclude income averaging for farmers and fishermen from alternative minimum tax liability; (5) repeal occupational taxes relating to distilled spirits, wine, and beer; (6) provide for an accelerated phase-in of specified increases in the volume cap on private activity bonds; and (7) exclude, subject to limitation, from gross income the discharge of certain qualified residential indebtedness. Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2001 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage, as of September 1, 2001, and April 1, 2002, respectively.
Bill· HRH.R. 2105 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2001
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide market loss payments to producers of the 2000 crop of red raspberries grown for processing.
Bill· HRH.R. 2084 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2001
Sound Science Methyl Bromide Act - Prohibits the use of Federal funds to implement any regulation requiring a reduction in the production or consumption of methyl bromide unless the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency have reported to Congress on the effects of methyl bromide on the ozone layer. Provides for review of the report by the National Academy of Sciences. Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to study the use of methyl bromide by other nations and identify those that will prohibit the importation of a U.S. product if it is not used for that product.
Bill· HRH.R. 2089 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2001
Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to extend loan deficiency payment eligibility for agricultural producers who are ineligible for marketing assistance loans but produce contract commodities.
Bill· HRH.R. 2081 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2001
Sugar Program Reform Act - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act with respect to the sugar program to: (1) reduce sugarcane loan rates through crop year 2004; (2) revise the sugar beet loan rate; (3) eliminate nonrecourse loans; and (4) eliminate sugar price supports after crop year 2002. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal sugar and crystalline fructose marketing quota and allotment provisions. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the President, beginning after the 2000-2001 quota year, to use all available authority to ensure that U.S. market raw sugar shall be available at not more than the higher of the world sugar price or the U.S. loan rate.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 45 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture should fully enforce the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure humane livestock slaughter and worker safety; and (2) United States policy should be that livestock handling and slaughter should be carried out only by humane methods.
Bill· SS. 977 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to authorize 2001 and 2002 nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas.
Bill· SS. 966 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Rural Broadband Enhancement Act - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to direct the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture to make loans or other extensions of credit to eligible entities (any non-Federal public or private entity that submits a qualifying project) to provide funds for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment for the provision of broadband telecommunications service in eligible rural communities (non-metropolitan areas with no more than 20,000 inhabitants). Prohibits any such loan or credit extension after September 20, 2006.
Bill· SS. 978 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Outfitter Policy Act of 2001 - Prohibits unauthorized outfitters from conducting commercial outfitted activities on Federal land. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish criteria for granting outfitter permits. Sets forth procedures for granting permits and describes permit requirements Requires fees for outfitter authorizations. Requires authorized outfitters to defend and indemnify the United States for costs or expenses associated with injury, death, or damage to any person or property caused by negligence or wanton disregard for persons or property arising out of an outfitter's activities. Requires outfitter permits to include a principal allocation of outfitter use and authorizes temporary permits to include such allocation. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust an allocation of use. Permits temporary allocations of use for up to two years and the renewal, transfer, or extension of such allocations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a process for annual evaluation of the performance of authorized outfitters; and (2) renew an authorization at the outfitter's request, under appropriate conditions. Makes outfitter permits transferable to qualified transferees under specified conditions. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements for authorized outfitters. Requires the Secretary to: (1) grant authorized outfitters full access to administrative remedies; and (2) establish an expedited procedure for consideration of appeals. Entitles outfitters that hold existing permits, contracts, or other authorizations to issuance of permits under this Act if their recent performance was determined good, satisfactory, or acceptable, or the equivalent.
Bill· HRH.R. 2038 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Rural Broadband Enhancement Act - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to direct the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture to make loans or other extensions of credit to eligible entities (any non-Federal public or private entity that submits a qualifying project) to provide funds for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment for the provision of broadband telecommunications service in eligible rural communities (non-metropolitan areas with no more than 20,000 inhabitants). Prohibits any such loan or credit extension after September 20, 2006.
Bill· HRH.R. 2027 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to extend loan deficiency payment eligibility for agricultural producers who are ineligible for marketing assistance loans but produce contract commodities.
Bill· HRH.R. 2004 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a priority research program to: (1) enhance the nitrogen-fixing ability of legumes; and (2) develop other such plants and legume varieties.
Bill· HRH.R. 2002 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Animal Health Protection Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the importation, entry, or further movement in the United States, or order the destruction or removal, of animals (including livestock) and related conveyances and facilities for reasons of livestock pest or disease control, or humane treatment. Authorizes related activities respecting exportation, interstate movement, cooperative agreements, enforcement and penalties, seizure, and quarantine and disease and pest eradication. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish a veterinary accreditation program; and (2) enter into reimbursable fee agreements for preclearance abroad of animals or articles for movement into the United States.
Bill· SS. 932 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Conservation Security Act of 2001 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a conservation security program to assist agricultural owners and operators promote conservation of soil, water, and related resources such as wildlife and wetlands. Requires a participant to submit a resource security plan. Sets forth three tiers of resource security plan conservation practices, and bases a participant's annual payments upon implemented tiers.
Bill· SS. 925 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Medicare Extension of Drugs to Seniors (MEDS) Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Prescription Medicine Benefit for the Aged and Disabled) establishing a voluntary insurance program to provide prescription medicine benefits, including pharmacy services, for eligible individuals (including low-income individuals) who are aged or disabled or have end-stage renal disease, and who elect to enroll during a prescribed period, to be financed from monthly premium payments by enrollees together with Federal appropriations. Creates the Prescription Medicine Insurance Account within the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement an Employer Incentive Program that encourages employers to provide adequate prescription medicine benefits to retired individuals and maintain such existing benefit programs. Outlines provisions for substantial reductions in the price of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, with respect to the importation of certain prescription drugs, to revise testing requirements (granting the Secretary certain waiver discretion) and add approved labeling requirements. Requires the recipient of a patent to make a reasonable pricing agreement with the Secretary (or the Secretary to waive such an agreement in the public interest) if any Federal agency or any non-profit entity: (1) undertakes federally funded health care research and development; and (2) is to convey or provide a patent or other exclusive right to use such research and development for a drug or other health care technology.
Bill· HRH.R. 1938 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Conservation Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend program authority and funding for the: (1) environmental conservation acreage reserve program; (2) conservation reserve program, including the wildlife use provision; (3) wetlands reserve program; and (4) environmental quality incentives program. Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 1996 to extend and increase funding for the wildlife habitat incentives program. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise the environmental quality incentives program respecting: (1) land management practices; (2) minimum contract term; (3) fund carryover; and (4) confined animal feeding operations and conservation priority areas. Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to use specified funds for pilot programs to prevent listing of threatened or endangered species through the development of critical habitats for such species. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 respecting the conservation reserve program to: (1) direct the Secretary to carry out at least ten pilot programs that address local and regional cropland and conservation issues; (2) expand haying and grazing authority; and (3) revise base history provisions. Increases maximum wetlands reserve program acreage. Expresses the sense of Congress concerning minimum funding for, and the importance of, conservation technical assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 1949 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Conservation Security Act of 2001 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a conservation security program to assist agricultural owners and operators promote conservation of soil, water, and related resources such as wildlife and wetlands. Requires a participant to submit a resource security plan. Sets forth three tiers of resource security plan conservation practices, and bases a participant's annual payments upon implemented tiers.
Bill· HRH.R. 1933 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to, until December 31, 2005: (1) provide for the treatment, as an involuntary conversion, of qualified dispositions of dairy property which is certified by the Secretary of Agriculture as having been the subject of an agreement under the bovine tuberculosis eradication program, as implemented pursuant to the Declaration of Emergency Because of Bovine Tuberculosis; and (2) permit the expensing of qualified dairy property reclamation costs.
Bill· SS. 923 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001
Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to extend loan deficiency payment eligibility for agricultural producers who are ineligible for marketing assistance loans but produce contract commodities.
Bill· SS. 907 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
Investment in Value-Added Agriculture Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the alcohol motor fuel excise tax credit. Authorizes the pro rata allocation of the small ethanol producer credit among patrons of a qualifying cooperative organization. Increases the size of a qualifying producer. Revises such credit respecting: (1) carryback and carryforward; (2) passive activity; (3) minimum tax; and (4) income inclusion addback. Establishes a limited value-added agricultural property investment credit, which shall be available to: (1) a person who materially participates in an eligible farming business; or (2) an eligible farmer-owned entity. States that such credit shall not apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2007.
Bill· SS. 909 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
Exempts any migratory bird management carried out by the Secretary of Agriculture through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service from the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (including regulations). Authorizes a Service employee acting under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to: (1) issue a depredation permit to a Service stakeholder or cooperator; and (2) manage and take migratory birds.
Bill· HRH.R. 1888 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
Corporate Welfare Elimination Act of 2001 - Title I: Tax Reform - Termination of Energy and Natural Resource Tax Subsidies Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal or terminate the following: (1) the expensing of intangible drilling and development costs and of mining exploration and development costs; (2) the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source; (3) the percentage depletion deduction for mines, oil and gas wells, other natural deposits, and timber; (4) tax benefits for alcohol fuels; (5) the enhanced oil recovery credit; (6) the credit and deduction for electric vehicles, clean-fuel vehicles, and certain refueling property; (7) the deduction for tertiary injectants; (8) the rehabilitation credit for non-historic structures (reduces such credit for certified historic structures); (9) the provisions concerning the treatment of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Organizations; (10) the small life insurance company deduction; (11) the alternative tax on small property and casualty insurance companies; (12) provisions permitting farming businesses to use the cash method of accounting; (13) the deduction for soil and water conservation expenditures; (14) the deduction for expenditures by farmers for fertilizer, etc.; (15) certain exceptions permitting farm businesses to use the cash method of accounting; (16) the exclusion for the cancellation of qualified farm indebtedness; (17) the exclusion for certain cost-sharing payments; (18) the reforestation credit; (19) the rapid amortization of reforestation expenditures; (20) the exclusion of certain income of citizens or residents living abroad; (21) the exclusion for income of foreign sales corporations; (22) the deferral of income of controlled foreign corporations; (23) the deferral of tax under the Merchant Marine Capital Construction Fund; (24) the special treatment for magazine circulation expenditures; and (25) the special treatment for returns of magazines, paperbacks, and records. Title II: Natural Resources - Public Resources Deficit Reduction Act of 2001 - Subtitle A: General Provisions -Prohibits any timber, minerals, forage, or other natural resources owned by the United States and any federally owned water, or hydroelectric energy of a Federal facility from being sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of by any Federal entity for less than fair market value. (Sec. 212) Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to establish and collect user fees as necessary to reimburse the United States for expenses incurred in administering programs. (Sec. 213) Requires the revenues from the sale, lease, and transfer of Federal assets to be included in the President's budget submission to Congress. Subtitle B: Revenue from Mining Claims - Requires the holders of mining claims to pay an annual claim maintenance fee of $100 per claim per calendar year. Allows the waiver of such fee for holders of more than ten claims. (Sec. 223) Requires claimholders to pay a royalty of eight percent of gross income for production of locatable minerals on Federal lands. (Sec. 224) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on gross income resulting from the severance of any locatable mineral, or mineral concentrates or products, from a mine or other natural deposit. Makes such tax inapplicable to gross income to which a royalty is imposed. (Sec. 225) Establishes the Abandoned Locatable Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past mineral activities on Federal lands. Credits the royalties and excise tax under this title to such Fund. (Sec. 226) Prohibits the issuance of a patent for any mining claim unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed before January 27, 1995; and (2) all requirements are met under the Revised Statutes for vein or lode claims and for placer claims. (Sec. 227) Requires the Secretary to adjust all dollar amounts under this title for changes in purchasing power every ten years, employing the Consumer Price Index as the basis for adjustment. Subtitle C: Use or Disposal of Federal Natural Resources - Amends the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest lands in the 16 contiguous Western States, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public domain lands, where domestic livestock grazing is permitted under applicable law, to establish an annual domestic livestock grazing fee equal to fair market value, based on a specified formula. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) abolition of grazing advisory boards; and (2) the U.S. share of receipts. (Sec. 232) Amends the National Forest Management Act of 1976 to prohibit below-cost timber sales from National Forest System Lands. (Sec. 233) Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Agriculture in revising land management plans to take into account the economic suitability of lands for timber production. (Sec. 234) Amends the Food Security Act of 1995 and the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide for the reduction of payment limitations for persons who receive Federal irrigation water for agricultural purposes. (Sec. 237) Amends the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 to repeal the livestock feed assistance program. (Sec. 238) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to require that oil and gas rental prices for leases on public lands be established at fair market value. (Sec. 239) Requires that permits for the use of communications sites on public lands be established at fair market prices.
Bill· HRH.R. 1894 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
Farmers to Africa and the Caribbean Basin Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Farmers for Africa and Caribbean Basin Program to provide grants for exchange programs with African-American and other American farmers and other agricultural specialists and (sub-Saharan) African, Caribbean Basin, and other developing-nation farmers.
Bill· HRH.R. 1878 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001
National Family Farm Dairy Equity Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make direct payments to milk producers: (1) who agree to make specified milk marketing reductions: and (2) whenever the (three-month) average milk price for a given month is less than a specified target price.
Bill· HRH.R. 1849 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001
Access to Books for Children Act - ABC Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to local agencies to provide vouchers to women participating in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) for the purchase of educational books for their infants and children. Limits to one $5 voucher the maximum amount any one woman may receive, regardless of the number of her infants or children. Makes specified amounts from the Department of Education available for such book voucher program. Authorizes additional amounts to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1856 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001
Black Farmer Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide in the case of any person who is certified to be a member of the plaintiff class in the settlement of the consolidated actions entitled "Pigford, et al. v. Glickman," No. 97-1978 (D.D.C.) (PLF), and "Brewington, et al. v. Glickman" No. 98-1693 (D.D.C.) (PLF) (concerning relief from Federal tax liability arising from the settlement of claims brought by African American farmers against the Department of Agriculture for discrimination in farm credit and benefit programs) amounts received from the settlement of claims shall: (1) be excluded from taxation; and (2) not considered as income or resources when determining eligibility for any federally funded program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1817 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2001
Consumer Food Safety Act of 2001 - Declares that persons who produce or process food for human consumption are responsible for preventing or minimizing food safety hazards. Mandates a national program to protect human health by ensuring that the food industry has effective safety programs for food consumed in the United States. Requires that any food processing facility and importer register. Mandates regulations: (1) setting standards for sanitation and tolerances for biological, chemical, and physical hazards; (2) requiring process controls, recordkeeping, and sampling; (3) providing for agency records access; (4) unannounced inspections at least quarterly of processing and importing facilities; and (5) tolerances (including indicators) for contaminants. Authorizes assistance to a State in planning and implementing a food safety program. Mandates a comprehensive and efficient system to ensure imported food safety. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with any nation desiring to export food to the United States. Sets forth requirements for the agreement, including reciprocity. Mandates: (1) inclusion of food in an active surveillance system and more accurate assessment of the frequency and sources of U.S. human illness associated with food; (2) establishment of guidelines for a sampling system; and (3) ranking of food categories based on their hazard to human health and approaches to minimize hazards. Requires: (1) a national food safety public education program; (2) regional and national food safety advisories; (3) standardized written and broadcast advisory formats; and (4) incorporation of State and local advisories into the national program. Provides, if there is a reasonable probability that the food would present a public health threat, for voluntary and mandatory recalls. Authorizes the Secretary to impose traceability requirements on a type or class of food when necessary to assure the protection of public health. Authorizes civil actions and monetary penalties for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1816 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2001
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem food to be misbranded unless certain labeling information is provided concerning: (1) raw or partially cooked eggs, fish and shellfish, dairy products, or unpasteurized juice in ready-to-eat form; (2) frozen fish and shellfish other than smoked, cured, cooked, or commercially sterilized; (3) raw eggs; (4) country of origin for perishable agricultural commodities or derived products ; (5) freshness dates; (6) food labeled as natural; (7) kosher and kosher-style foods; (8) unit pricing; and (9) grades (where customary) for farm products.
Bill· HRH.R. 1800 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2001
Upper Mississippi River Basin Conservation Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), through the United States Geological Service, to establish a nutrient and sediment monitoring network for the Basin to: (1) monitor sediment and nutrient loss; (2) record changes to sediment and nutrient loss; (3) provide coordinated data to be used in computer modeling of the Basin; and (4) identify major sources for targeting resources to reduce sediment and nutrient loss. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish guidelines for related data collection and storage activities; (2) inventory the sediment and monitoring efforts of governmental and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of creating a baseline understanding of overlap, data gaps, and redundancies; and (3) collaborate with other public and private monitoring efforts in establishing the monitoring program. Directs the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an assessment of water resource and water quality management within the Basin. Requires the Director of the United States Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to establish a computer modeling program of nutrient and sediment sources in the Basin. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) work with public and private entities to evaluate best management practices to reduce nutrient and sediment loss; (2) assess such practices' economic risks; and (3) administer a grant program to demonstrate such practices. Requires the Director to establish an Internet-based system to distribute information about nutrient and sediment loss reduction projects and nutrient and sediment levels in the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide for privacy of personal data received with respect to natural resources conservation programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Advisory Council on the Upper Mississippi River Stewardship Initiative. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to establish an Interagency Working Group to coordinate Federal nutrient and sediment reduction efforts in the Basin.
Bill· HRH.R. 1821 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that cooperative marketing includes the value-added processing of the products of cooperative members and other producers through animals by: (1) feeding such products to cattle, hogs, fish, chickens, or other animals; and then (2) selling the animals (or animal products) which were fed such feed products. Authorizes a U.S. district court to issue a declaratory judgment relating to the initial or continuing qualification of a farmers' cooperative as tax-exempt.
Bill· SS. 855 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2001
Children's Environmental Protection Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure that each environmental pollutant standard protects children and other vulnerable subpopulations with an adequate margin of safety, evaluate child susceptibility data concerning any pollutant for which a standard is established, and adopt an additional margin of safety in the absence of reliable data. Requires the Administrator to annually repromulgate at least three of the standards identified by the Children's Environmental Health Protection Advisory Committee (established by this Act) as posing a special risk to children or publish a finding explaining the decision not to do so. Requires each federally funded school and day care center to reduce child pesticide exposure and provide parents with advance notification of any pesticide application. Directs the Administrator to distribute certain EPA guidance for a least toxic pest control strategy and an annual list of pesticides that contain an identified carcinogen, developmental or reproductive toxin, category I or II acute nerve toxin, or endocrine disrupter. Bars federally funded facilities from applying any such pesticide. Requires parental notice and the posting of warning signs before pesticide applications. Directs the Administrator to identify pollutants commonly used or found in areas accessible to children and publish lists of safer substances, exposure reduction guidelines, and right-to-know information. Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to require the Administrator to identify, and establish thresholds for, toxic chemicals that may present a significant risk to children's health or the environment. Requires reporting by other substantially contributing facilities. Amends TSCA to direct the Administrator and the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services to coordinate and support research to examine the health effects and toxicity of environmental pollutants on children and vulnerable subpopulations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1772 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2001
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey specified land and a right-of-way to Ephraim City, Utah, if the City conveys specified industrial park property to the United States. Provides that any land conveyed to the United States pursuant to this Act shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service.
Bill· HRH.R. 1790 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2001
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance (replanting assistance and/or seedlings) to eligible commercial orchardists and tree farmers who have suffered qualifying tree losses caused by a natural disaster. Makes such provision applicable to losses incurred after January 1, 2000.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 135 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2001
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 581 (wildland fire management).
Bill· SS. 822 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Community Forestry and Agriculture Conservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat a bond issued to acquire land together with any renewable resources associated with the land on land subject to a conservation restriction as a tax-exempt (qualified 501(c)(3)) bond if the revenues from are used in a manner consistent with the charitable purpose.
Bill· SS. 820 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress on forest carbon management in the National Forest System, including its impact upon timber harvests, wildlife habitat, recreation, and forest health. Prescribes guidelines on reporting, monitoring, and verification of carbon storage from tree planting and forest management actions. Directs the Secretary to establish a Carbon and Forestry Advisory Council to: (1) advise on voluntary reporting of greenhouse gas sequestration from forest management actions; (2) estimate the effect of proposed implementation on carbon sequestration and storage; and (3) assist the Secretary in assessing forest vulnerability to climate change. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the monitoring of forest carbon; and (2) forest carbon cooperative agreements and loan program on specified lands. Instructs the Secretary to establish an assistance program provided through State revolving loan funds to Indian tribes and owners of nonindustrial private forest land to undertake forestry carbon activities. Permits the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana to apply for funding from the Bonneville Power Administration for purposes of funding loans that meet both the objectives of this Act and certain fish and wildlife objectives of the Bonneville Power Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 1721 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit the use of farm ownership loans to refinance loans.
Bill· HRH.R. 1711 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Community Forestry and Agriculture Conservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat a bond issued to acquire land together with any renewable resources associated with the land on land subject to a conservation restriction as a tax-exempt (qualified 501(c)(3)) bond if the revenues from are used in a manner consistent with the charitable purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 1700 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, using specified authority under the Agricultural Act of 1949, to provide eligible commodities and financial and technical assistance to establish and expand overseas preschool and school feeding programs, and maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs. Urges the President to engage multilateral and private sector involvement.
Bill· HRH.R. 1740 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Appropriations Act, 2001 to repeal the wool and mohair subsidy.
Bill· HRH.R. 1689 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001
Grassland Reserve Act - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grassland reserve program for land that is or has historically been natural grass or shrubland and has significant potential for animal or plant restoration. Sets forth provisions respecting landowner easement payments and permitted and prohibited practices.
Bill· HRH.R. 1671 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001
Safe Food Act of 2001 - Establishes in the executive branch an independent Food Safety Administration which shall administer and enforce the food safety laws for the protection of the public health. Directs the Administrator of Food Safety to oversee the: (1) implementation of Federal food safety inspection, enforcement, and research efforts, based on scientifically supportable assessments of risks to public health; (2) development of consistent and science-based standards for safe food; (3) coordination and prioritization of food safety research and education programs with other Federal agencies; (4) coordination of the Federal response to foodborne illness outbreaks with other Federal agencies and State agencies; and (5) integration of Federal food safety activities with State and local agencies. Transfers to the Administration all functions of the following Federal agencies that relate to administration or enforcement of the food safety laws, as determined by the President: (1) the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); (3) the Center for Veterinary Medicine of FDA; (4) the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce as it relates to the Seafood Inspection Program; and (5) such others as the President may designate by executive order.