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Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a retailer of agricultural products and chemicals or a manufacturer, formulator, or distributor of certain pesticides a business tax credit for 30 percent of costs for or related to the protection of such chemicals or pesticides, including employee security training and background checks, installation of security equipment, and computer network safeguards. Sets a $2 million annual limit on such credit and a per facility limitation of $100,000 (reduced by credits received for the five prior taxable years). Terminates such credit after 2012.
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Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to provide for the review of agricultural mergers and acquisitions by the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Agricultural Antitrust Matters who shall: (1) be responsible for oversight and coordination of agriculture-related antitrust and related matters; and (2) work in coordination with the Task Force and the Department of Agriculture on all agricultural competition matters. Establishes under the authority of the Attorney General the Agriculture Competition Task Force to examine problems in agricultural competition. Amends the Clayton Act to revise the defendant's burden of proof in agribusiness mergers in which the plaintiff is: (1) the federal or state government; or (2) any other plaintiff. Directs the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E728) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a retailer of agricultural products and chemicals or a manufacturer, formulator, distributor, or transporter of certain pesticides a business tax credit for 30 percent of costs for or related to the protection of such chemicals or pesticides, including employee security training and background checks, installation of security equipment, and computer network safeguards. Sets a $2 million annual limit on such credit and a per facility limitation of $100,000 (reduced by credits received for the five prior taxable years). Terminates such credit after 2010.
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Latest Action: 05/02/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property. 5/2/2007--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the issuance of tax-exempt small issue bonds to finance the purchase of property or land used primarily for the processing of agricultural products.
Also tagged in: Aged, Agricultural credit, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Budgets, Business, Children, Congressional reporting requirements, Economic policy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Family farms, Farmers, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Food, Food stamps, Fruit, Gardening, Government lending, Marketing of farm produce, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Produce trade, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, School lunch program, Small business, Urban affairs, Urban areas, Vegetables, Welfare, WIC program, Women
Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Local Food and Farm Support Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grant program to support value-added agricultural products which shall include a socially disadvantaged farmer and rancher component and may include a small and individual producer grant component. Directs the Secretary to establish a Family Rancher and Rancher Viability and Innovation Fund. Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary, through the Agricultural Marketing Service, to: (1) establish a grant program for eligible entities to conduct enterprise [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Veto message received in Senate. Ordered held at the desk. Bill TextTo provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 5/22/2007--Introduced. Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007 - Extends and revises agricultural and related programs respecting: (1) commodities; (2) sugar; (3) dairy; (4) conservation; (5) exports and trade assistance; (6) food stamps and nutrition; (7) agricultural credit; (8) rural development; (9) rural electrification; (10) agricultural research; (11) forestry; (12) energy; (13) specialty crops; and (14) livestock.
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Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1258-1259) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for farmers' investments in value-added agriculture. 6/11/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Producers Value-Added Investment Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who materially participate in a farming business and certain farmer-owned entities a business tax credit up to $30,000 for investment in qualified value-added agricultural property. Defines "qualified value-added agricultural property" as depreciable property which is used to add value to a good or product, suitable for food or nonfood use, derived in whole or in part from organic matter which is available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, and domesticated animal wastes. Terminates the credit after 2012.
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Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform commodity programs and to increase nutrition, conservation, and energy programs of the Department of Agriculture, to reduce the national budget deficit, and for other purposes. 6/14/2007--Introduced. Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act of 2007 or FARM 21 Act of 2007 - Prohibits, after 2007, any direct, counter-cyclical or transition payment to an individual or entity whose adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to offer to enter into a risk management account with a qualifying farm or ranch operator. Extends direct payments and reduces payment amounts. Requires specified payment percentages, and 100% for FY2012, to be deposited into a risk management account. Links such payments to environmental stewardship. Extends counter-cyclical payments. Repeals: (1) the milk price support program; (2) specified commodity support [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a retailer of agricultural products and chemicals or a manufacturer, formulator, or distributor of certain pesticides a business tax credit for 30 percent of costs for or related to the protection of such chemicals or pesticides, including employee security training and background checks, installation of security equipment, and computer network safeguards. Sets a $2 million annual limit on such credit and a per facility limitation of $100,000 (reduced by credits received for the five prior taxable years). Terminates such credit after 2010.
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Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to provide for the review of agricultural mergers and acquisitions by the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Agricultural Antitrust Matters who shall: (1) be responsible for oversight and coordination of agriculture-related antitrust and related matters; and (2) work in coordination with the Task Force and the Department of Agriculture on all agricultural competition matters. Establishes under the authority of the Attorney General the Agriculture Competition Task Force to examine problems in agricultural competition. Amends the Clayton Act to revise the defendant's burden of proof in agribusiness mergers in which the plaintiff is: (1) the federal or state government; or (2) any other plaintiff. Directs the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural conservation, Agricultural credit, Agricultural labor, Agricultural prices, Agricultural subsidies, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alternative energy sources, American Samoa, Animals, Armed forces, Authorization, Biomass energy, Block grants, Broadband, Budget deficits, Budgets, Business, Child nutrition, Children, Crop insurance, Day care, Defense policy, Department of Agriculture, Disasters, Distance education, Economic policy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Energy, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Entrepreneurs, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Farm lands, Federal aid to research, Federal budgets, Finance, Fire fighters, Food, Food relief, Food stamps, Foreign aid, Forest conservation, Fruit, Government lending, Government spending reductions, Grants-in-aid, Grassland ecology, Greenhouse gases, Habitat conservation, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Labor, Law enforcement officers, Marketing of farm produce, Medical care, Medicine, Methane, Military pay, Milk, Natural resources, Nongovernmental organizations, Nutrition, Paramedical personnel, Pensions, Police, Puerto Rico, Refuse as fuel, Research and development, Research grants, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, School lunch program, Science policy, Small business, Solid wastes, State and local government, Sugar, Tariff, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Trade, Vegetables, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water supply, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Wetlands, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform commodity programs and to increase nutrition, conservation, and energy programs of the Department of Agriculture, to reduce the national budget deficit, and for other purposes. 6/14/2007--Introduced. Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act of 2007 or FARM 21 Act of 2007 - Prohibits, after 2007, any direct, counter-cyclical or transition payment to an individual or entity whose adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to offer to enter into a risk management account with a qualifying farm or ranch operator. Extends direct payments and reduces payment amounts. Requires specified payment percentages, and 100% for FY2012, to be deposited into a risk management account. Links such payments to environmental stewardship. Extends counter-cyclical payments. Repeals: (1) the milk price support program; (2) specified commodity support [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural cooperatives, Agricultural machinery, Agriculture, Business, Corporation taxes, Families, Family farms, Farmers, Income tax, Investment tax credit, Minimum tax, Partnerships, Small business, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation
Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1258-1259) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for farmers' investments in value-added agriculture. 6/11/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Producers Value-Added Investment Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who materially participate in a farming business and certain farmer-owned entities a business tax credit up to $30,000 for investment in qualified value-added agricultural property. Defines "qualified value-added agricultural property" as depreciable property which is used to add value to a good or product, suitable for food or nonfood use, derived in whole or in part from organic matter which is available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, and domesticated animal wastes. Terminates the credit after 2012.
Also tagged in: Acreage allotments, Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Aflatoxins, Agricultural assistance, Agricultural colleges, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural credit, Agricultural education, Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agricultural experiment stations, Agricultural extension work, Agricultural innovations, Agricultural labor, Agricultural prices, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Air pollution, Alabama, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alcoholism, Alternative crops, Alternative energy sources, American Samoa, Animal diseases, Animals, Appropriations, Aquaculture, Armed forces, Authorization, Barley, Bees, Biological warfare, Biomass energy, Biotechnology, Black colleges, Block grants, Broadband, Budgets, Business, Buy American, California, Carbon cycle, Caribbean area, Chesapeake Bay, Child labor, Child nutrition, Children, Civil liberties, Climate change, Commemorations, Commercial arbitration, 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Illinois, Import restrictions, Imports, Indemnity, Indian lands, Indiana, Indians, Influenza, Information technology, Insect control, Insurance premiums, International affairs, International agencies, International education, Iowa, Job training, Labor, Laboratories, Lakes, Landowners, Latin America, Law, Leases, Legumes, Lighting, Livestock, Losses, Lumber trade, Marketing of farm produce, Marketing orders, Marshall Islands, Maryland, Meat, Meat inspection, Medical care, Medical laboratories, Medical research, Medicine, Methamphetamine, Michigan, Micronesia, Migrant labor, Military pay, Milk, Minnesota, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Minority education, Missouri, Mortgages, Names, Natural gas, Natural resources, Nonprofit organizations, Nutrition, Obesity, Oceania, Ohio, Oilseeds, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Organic farming, Palau Islands, Paramedical personnel, Peanuts, Pest control, Pesticides, Pipelines, Plant breeding, Plant diseases, Plant protection, Plants, Policy sciences, Politics and government, Poultry, Public broadcasting, Public contracts, Public lands, Public service advertising, Puerto Rico, Radio broadcasting, Railroads, Range management, Refuse and refuse disposal, Refuse as fuel, Reinsurance, Research and development, Research and development facilities, Research centers, Research grants, Restaurants, Restoration ecology, Rice, Right of privacy, Risk, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural health, Saline waters, Scholarships, Science policy, Scientific instruments and apparatus, Seasonal labor, Sediment control, Self-help devices for the disabled, Sheep, Single family housing, Small business, Social security, Social services, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, Solar energy, Solid wastes, Sorghum, Soybeans, State and local government, Storage, Sugar, Surplus government property, Swine, Tariff, Tariff preferences, Taxation, Technical assistance, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Television broadcasting, Terrorism, Trade, Trade agreements, Transportation, Trees, Vegetables, Veterinary medicine, Virus diseases, Waste water treatment, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water supply, Watersheds, Weather forecasting, Weeds, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Welfare work participation, Wells, Wetlands, Wheat, Wildlife conservation, Wind power, Wisconsin, Wool
Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Veto message received in Senate. Ordered held at the desk. Bill TextTo provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 5/22/2007--Introduced. Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007 - Extends and revises agricultural and related programs respecting: (1) commodities; (2) sugar; (3) dairy; (4) conservation; (5) exports and trade assistance; (6) food stamps and nutrition; (7) agricultural credit; (8) rural development; (9) rural electrification; (10) agricultural research; (11) forestry; (12) energy; (13) specialty crops; and (14) livestock.
Also tagged in: Aged, Agricultural credit, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Budgets, Business, Children, Congressional reporting requirements, Economic policy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Family farms, Farmers, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Food, Food stamps, Fruit, Gardening, Government lending, Marketing of farm produce, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Produce trade, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, School lunch program, Small business, Urban affairs, Urban areas, Vegetables, Welfare, WIC program, Women
Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Local Food and Farm Support Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grant program to support value-added agricultural products which shall include a socially disadvantaged farmer and rancher component and may include a small and individual producer grant component. Directs the Secretary to establish a Family Rancher and Rancher Viability and Innovation Fund. Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary, through the Agricultural Marketing Service, to: (1) establish a grant program for eligible entities to conduct enterprise [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Bonds, Business, Equipment and supplies, Food, Food industry, Food preservation, Income tax, Meat packing industry, Packaging, Taxation
Latest Action: 05/02/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property. 5/2/2007--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the issuance of tax-exempt small issue bonds to finance the purchase of property or land used primarily for the processing of agricultural products.
Also tagged in: Agricultural chemicals, Agriculture, Business, Chemical industries, Computer security measures, Costs, Employee training, Environmental protection, Fertilizers, Hazardous substances, Income tax, Industrial buildings, Job training, Lighting, Pesticides, Security measures, Tax credits, Taxation, Technology, Video tape recording
Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E728) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a retailer of agricultural products and chemicals or a manufacturer, formulator, distributor, or transporter of certain pesticides a business tax credit for 30 percent of costs for or related to the protection of such chemicals or pesticides, including employee security training and background checks, installation of security equipment, and computer network safeguards. Sets a $2 million annual limit on such credit and a per facility limitation of $100,000 (reduced by credits received for the five prior taxable years). Terminates such credit after 2010.
Also tagged in: Agricultural chemicals, Agriculture, Business, Chemical industries, Computer security measures, Costs, Employee training, Environmental protection, Fertilizers, Hazardous substances, Income tax, Industrial buildings, Job training, Lighting, Pesticides, Security measures, Tax credits, Taxation, Technology, Video tape recording
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a retailer of agricultural products and chemicals or a manufacturer, formulator, or distributor of certain pesticides a business tax credit for 30 percent of costs for or related to the protection of such chemicals or pesticides, including employee security training and background checks, installation of security equipment, and computer network safeguards. Sets a $2 million annual limit on such credit and a per facility limitation of $100,000 (reduced by credits received for the five prior taxable years). Terminates such credit after 2012.
Also tagged in: Agricultural chemicals, Agriculture, Business, Chemical industries, Computer security measures, Costs, Employee training, Environmental protection, Fertilizers, Hazardous substances, Income tax, Industrial buildings, Job training, Lighting, Pesticides, Security measures, Tax credits, Taxation, Technology, Video tape recording
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a retailer of agricultural products and chemicals or a manufacturer, formulator, or distributor of certain pesticides a business tax credit for 30 percent of costs for or related to the protection of such chemicals or pesticides, including employee security training and background checks, installation of security equipment, and computer network safeguards. Sets a $2 million annual limit on such credit and a per facility limitation of $100,000 (reduced by credits received for the five prior taxable years). Terminates such credit after 2010.
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