To reform the safety net for farmers and ranchers, enhance soil, water, and habitat conservation, encourage beginning farmers and ranchers, strengthen nutrition for Americans, support agriculture research and innovation, reduce food waste, improve animal welfare, and invest in regional food systems, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-4425| House
| Updated: 11/16/2017
Earl Blumenauer
Democratic Representative
Oregon
Cosponsors (5)
Ways and Means Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Agriculture Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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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Introduced in House
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)
Agriculture and Food
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesAgricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural educationAgricultural insuranceAgricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural practices and innovationsAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural researchAir qualityAlaskaAmerican SamoaAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsCaribbean areaCharitable contributionsClimate change and greenhouse gasesCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightConsumer affairsCrimes against animals and natural resourcesDepartment of AgricultureEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFarmlandFood assistance and reliefFood industry and servicesFood supply, safety, and labelingGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGuamHawaiiIncome tax creditsLivestockMammalsMeatMinority and disadvantaged businessesNutrition and dietPoverty and welfare assistancePuerto RicoResearch administration and fundingSolid waste and recyclingTrade restrictionsU.S. territories and protectoratesVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVirgin IslandsWetlands
To reform the safety net for farmers and ranchers, enhance soil, water, and habitat conservation, encourage beginning farmers and ranchers, strengthen nutrition for Americans, support agriculture research and innovation, reduce food waste, improve animal welfare, and invest in regional food systems, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-4425| House
| Updated: 11/16/2017
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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Introduced in House
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)
Earl Blumenauer
Democratic Representative
Oregon
Cosponsors (5)
Ways and Means Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Agriculture Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Agriculture and Food
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- HR 115-5849: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
- HR 115-1406: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption.
- HR 115-1276: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
- HR 115-2436: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize the organic agriculture research and extension initiative.
- HR 115-5627: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the environmental quality incentives program, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesAgricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural educationAgricultural insuranceAgricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural practices and innovationsAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural researchAir qualityAlaskaAmerican SamoaAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsCaribbean areaCharitable contributionsClimate change and greenhouse gasesCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightConsumer affairsCrimes against animals and natural resourcesDepartment of AgricultureEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFarmlandFood assistance and reliefFood industry and servicesFood supply, safety, and labelingGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGuamHawaiiIncome tax creditsLivestockMammalsMeatMinority and disadvantaged businessesNutrition and dietPoverty and welfare assistancePuerto RicoResearch administration and fundingSolid waste and recyclingTrade restrictionsU.S. territories and protectoratesVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVirgin IslandsWetlands