Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural research, Agricultural statistics, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alaska, Animal diseases, Animals, Appropriations, Aquaculture, Argentina, Biomass energy, Block grants, Budgets, Business, Canada, Caribbean area, Civil liberties, Congress, Congressional oversight, Crop insurance, Cuba, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Treasury, Economic policy, Electric utilities, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Energy, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export finance, Farm Credit Administration, Farm lands, Federal aid to research, Federal aid to water pollution control, Federal employees, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Fisheries, Fishing boats, Flood control, Food, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food relief, Foreign trade promotion, Forest fires, Government employees, Government lending, Government spending reductions, Grain, Grassland ecology, Groundwater, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat conservation, Hawaii, Hunger, Hurricanes, Illinois, Import restrictions, International relief, Latin America, Law, Layoffs, Marine resources, Marketing of farm produce, Meat, Meat inspection, Meat packing industry, Medical care, Medical supplies, Medicine, Missouri, Natural resources, North Carolina, Nutrition, Organic farming, Pest control, Plant diseases, Plant protection, Potable water, Poultry, Privatization, Regional economic development, Relocation, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research centers, Research grants, Rhode Island, Right to travel, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Sanctions (International law), School lunch program, Science policy, Solid wastes, State and local government, Swine, Technological innovations, Technology, Texas, Trade, Transfer of employees, Transportation, Trees, Trucking, Trucks, User charges, Vegetables, Vermont, Veterinary medicine, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Watersheds, West Virginia, Wetlands, Wisconsin
Latest Action: 07/21/2008 - Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Kohl. With written report No. 110-426. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 7/21/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2009 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (Department) programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) Office of the Chief Economist; (3) National Appeals Division; (4) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (5) Office of Homeland Security; (6) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (7) Office of the Chief Financial Officer;[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Acreage allotments, Administrative procedure, Agricultural assistance, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural credit, Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agricultural prices, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Animals, Armed forces, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Caribbean area, Chesapeake Bay, Child labor, Child nutrition, Children, Civil liberties, Commemorations, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Corn, Cotton, Crop insurance, Dairy industry, Dairy products, Death, Defense policy, Department of Agriculture, Developing countries, Disaster loans, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Energy, Energy conservation, Environmental protection, Export finance, Exports, Farm lands, Farmers, Farms, Federally-guaranteed loans, Feed grains, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Food, Food relief, Food safety, Food stamps, Forced labor, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Foreign trade promotion, Forest conservation, Forestry, Free trade, Futures trading, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grassland ecology, Grazing, Great Lakes, Grocery trade, Habitat conservation, Haiti, Honey, Horticulture, Housing, Housing subsidies, Human rights, Hunger, Illinois, Import restrictions, Imports, Indemnity, Indiana, International affairs, International agencies, Iowa, Irrigation, Job training, Lakes, Latin America, Law, Leases, Legumes, Livestock, Losses, Lumber trade, Marketing of farm produce, Marketing orders, Maryland, Michigan, Military pay, Milk, Minnesota, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Montana, Names, Natural resources, North Dakota, Nutrition, Ohio, Oilseeds, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Organic farming, Peanuts, Public contracts, Research and development facilities, Research centers, Rice, Right of privacy, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Saline waters, Science policy, Sediment control, Small business, Social security, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, Sorghum, South Dakota, Soybeans, Storage, Sugar, Tariff, Tariff preferences, Taxation, Technical assistance, Trade, Trade agreements, Trees, Vegetables, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Watersheds, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Welfare work participation, Wetlands, Wheat, Wildlife conservation, Wind power, Wisconsin, Wool
Latest Action: 06/18/2008 - Vetoed by President. (text of veto message: CR H5535) Bill TextTo provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 5/22/2008--Introduced. Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - Provides for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through FY2012.Revises agricultural and related programs, including provisions respecting: (1) commodity programs; (2) conservation; (3) trade; (4) nutrition; (5) credit; (6) rural development; (7) research and related matters; (8) forestry; (9) energy; (10) horticulture and organic agriculture; (11) livestock; (12) crop insurance and disaster assistance; (13) socially disadvantaged and limited resource producers; and (14) miscellaneous programs.Directs the President to establish and maintain an importer declaration program with respect to the importation of softwood lumber and softwood lumber products.Establishes the Bill Emerson National Hunger [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Business, Business records, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Department of Health and Human Services, Emergency management, Executive departments, Food, Food industry, Food safety, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Imports, Information technology, Laboratories, Meat packing industry, Packaging, Quality control, Risk, Science policy, Standards, Technical assistance, Technology, Trade, Trade agreements, Vegetables
Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish new procedures and requirements to improve the safety of food, whether produced and distributed domestically or imported into the United States, by providing for improved information technology to identify high-risk imports and for enhanced capacity in the United States and in foreign governments to identify and address food safety issues on a scientific basis, and for other purposes. 4/24/2008--Introduced. Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act of 2008 or Safe FEAST Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to grant the Secretary of Health and Human Services access to certain records relating to an article of food during a food-related emergency. Requires: (1) owners and operators of facilities engaged in manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding food for consumption in the United States (with specified exceptions) to take specified steps regarding hazard [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Acreage allotments, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Aged, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural cooperatives, Agricultural credit, Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agricultural labor, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural prices, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Ammonia, Animal diseases, Animals, Aquifers, Arid regions, Biomass energy, Biotechnology, Block grants, Broadband, Budgets, Business, Buy American, Chesapeake Bay, Child labor, Child nutrition, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Civil rights enforcement, Collection of accounts, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Consumer education, Consumers, Contracts, Cotton, Crop insurance, Customs unions, Dairy industry, Dairy products, Dams, Day care, Department of Agriculture, Developing countries, Disabled, Disaster relief, Discrimination, Dispute settlement, Droughts, Drug abuse, Economic policy, Electric power production, Electric power transmission, Electrification, Emergency management, Energy, Energy crops, Energy demand, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export finance, Farm income, Farm lands, Farmers, Federal aid to health facilities, Federally-guaranteed loans, Feed grains, Fertilizers, Finance, Floods, Food, Food relief, Food safety, Food stamps, Forced labor, Foreclosure, Foreign policy, Foreign trade promotion, Forest conservation, Foundations, Fraud, Free trade, Germplasm resources, Goats, Government information, Government lending, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grading (Agricultural products), Grassland ecology, Grazing, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Groundwater, Habitat conservation, Hawaiians, Health education, Higher education, Historic sites, Honey, Horticulture, Hospitals, Human rights, Hunger, Identification devices, Income, Indian education, Indians, Indigenous peoples, Infrastructure, Insurance premiums, International affairs, Internet, Job training, Labeling, Labor, Labor supply, Lakes, Landscape protection, Latin America, Law, Limitation of actions, Livestock, Marketing of farm produce, Marketing orders, Meat inspection, Methamphetamine, Mexico, Migrant labor, Milk, Minorities, Natural resources, Non-native species, Nongovernmental organizations, Nutrition, Organic farming, Parasitic diseases, Peanuts, Performance measurement, Pest control, Plant breeding, Plant diseases, Plant protection, Potatoes, Poultry, Propane, Puerto Rico, Rabies, Railroad freight operations, Range management, Reinsurance, Research and development, Restoration ecology, Rice, Right of privacy, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural health, Sales tax, Saline waters, Scholarships, Science policy, Seasonal labor, Seeds, Sheep, Small business, Social services, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, State and local government, Storage, Sugar, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Territories (U.S.), Texas, Trade, Trade agreements, Transportation, Unemployment, Vegetables, Veterinary medicine, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Water supply, Watersheds, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Wells, Wetlands, Wheat, Working poor
Latest Action: 11/02/2007 - Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Harkin. With written report No. 110-220. Additional views filed. Bill TextAn original bill to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 11/2/2007--Introduced. Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 - Revises agricultural and related programs and provisions respecting: (1) producer income; (2) conservation; (3) trade; (4) nutrition; (5) credit; (6) rural development and investment; (7) research and related matters; (8) forestry; (9) energy; (10) livestock marketing; and (11) agricultural security.
Also tagged in: Agricultural conservation, Agricultural innovations, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alternative energy sources, Aquaculture, Biomass energy, Budget deficits, Budgets, Business, Chesapeake Bay, Child nutrition, Children, College costs, Consumers, Crop insurance, Department of Agriculture, Diet, Economic policy, Education, Education savings accounts, Elementary and secondary education, Employment of the disadvantaged, Energy, Energy crops, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Finance, Food, Food industry, Food relief, Food safety, Food service, Food stamps, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Forest conservation, Forest health, Government procurement, Grants-in-aid, Grassland ecology, Grazing, Higher education, Hunger, Income, Individual retirement accounts, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Integrated pest management, Job training, Labor, Land use, Marketing of farm produce, Military pay, Natural resources, Non-native species, Nutrition, Organic farming, Pensions, Pest control, Public contracts, Research and development, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, School lunch program, Science policy, Sediment control, Small business, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Trade, Unemployment, Vegetables, Water pollution control, Water resources, Watersheds, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Wetlands, WIC program
Latest Action: 10/24/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to extend and improve agricultural programs, and for other purposes. 10/24/2007--Introduced. Farm, Ranch, Equity, Stewardship, and Health Act of 2007 - Amends the federal crop insurance program. Establishes: (1) a risk management account contract program; (2) a conservation planning pilot program; (3) a nutrient reduction and sediment control pilot program for the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (4) a national clean plant network; (5) an Office of Pest Management Policy; and (6) a program of hunger-free community collaborative and infrastructure grants. Extends and revises specified programs for: (1) commodity assistance; (2) conservation; (3) specialty crops; (4) food programs and nutrition, (5) agricultural trade; (6) rural development; (7) forestry; and (8) energy, including biobased products. Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2007 or FEED Act of 2007 - Establishes the food employment empowerment and development program to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Mr. Kucinich moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Watermelon Month. 4/29/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Watermelon Month to recognize watermelon's health benefits and importance to the U.S. agriculture industry.
Also tagged in: Agricultural assistance, Agricultural colleges, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural credit, Agricultural education, Agricultural experiment stations, Agricultural extension work, Agricultural research, Agricultural statistics, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alien labor, Alternative energy sources, Animals, Apartment houses, Appropriations, Block grants, Broadband, Broadcast journalism, Budgets, Business, California, Child nutrition, Children, China, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional oversight, Credit insurance, Crop insurance, Dairy industry, Dairy products, Dams, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Disaster relief, Distance education, Drugs, East Asia, Economic policy, Economic research, Education, Electronic data interchange, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Energy, Energy conservation, Enterprise zones, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export finance, Farm Credit Administration, Farm lands, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to housing, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Flood control, Food, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food relief, Food safety, Food stamps, Foreign aid, Futures trading, Government and the press, Government corporations, Government information, Government lending, Government publicity, Grassland ecology, Groundwater, Habitat conservation, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Higher education, Horses, Housing, Housing subsidies, Illegal aliens, Illinois, Immigration, Imports, Independent regulatory commissions, Indian lands, Indians, Infrastructure, Insect control, Inspectors general, Irrigation, Labor, Laboratories, Lighting, Livestock, Meat inspection, Medical care, Medicine, Methyl bromide, Minorities, Mississippi, Natural resources, North Carolina, Nutrition, Pest control, Pesticides, Politics and government, Poultry, Prescription pricing, Public contracts, Rental housing, Rescission of appropriated funds, Residential rehabilitation, Restoration ecology, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural housing, Scholarships, School lunch program, Science policy, Sewage treatment, Sewerage, Solid wastes, State and local government, Surveys, Technology, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Texas, Trade, Vegetables, Washington State, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Watersheds, Welfare, West Virginia, Wetlands, WIC program, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331. Bill TextMaking appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 8/2/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2008 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (Department) programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) executive operations; (3) National Appeals Division; (4) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (5) Homeland Security Staff; (6) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (7) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (8) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; (9) Office of Civil Rights; (10) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (11) agriculture buildings and facilities [...] show full description
Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8880) Bill TextA resolution designating July 2007 as "National Watermelon Month". 7/9/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Supports the goals and ideals of National Watermelon Month. Calls on the federal government, states, localities, schools, nonprofit organizations, businesses, other entities, and the people of the United States to observe the month with appropriate programs and activities. Designates July 2007 as National Watermelon Month.
Also tagged in: Agribusiness, 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, 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: Access to health care, Aged, Agriculture, Authorization, Bicycles, Block grants, Budgets, Business, Cardiovascular diseases, Child health, Child nutrition, Children, Chronically ill, Civil rights, Clinics, Communication in medicine, Communications, Community health services, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporations, Curricula, Day care, Department of Health and Human Services, Depressed areas, Diabetes, Disabled, Eating disorders, Economic policy, Education, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Employee training, Ethnic relations, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Exercise, Families, Family medicine, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to research, Food, Food relief, Food service, Geriatrics, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Grocery trade, Health counseling, Health education, Health planning, Health policy, Health surveys, Hereditary diseases, Higher education, Hospitals, Human behavior, Hunger, Indian medical care, Indians, Internet, Job training, Labor, Language and languages, Lifestyle, Marketing, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medical residents, Medical screening, Medical statistics, Medicare, Medicine, Mental health, Minorities, Minority health, Nonprofit organizations, Nursing homes, Nutrition, Obesity, Occupational health and safety, Parent and child, Pediatrics, Physical education and training, Physical fitness, Prejudice, Preventive medicine, Public health administration, Public service advertising, Public-private partnerships, Quality of care, Quality of life, Recreation, Recreation centers, Research grants, Rural affairs, Rural health, School health programs, School lunch program, School personnel, School-age child care, Science policy, Secondary education, Social services, Sports, State and local government, Stress (Psychology), Students, Sunset legislation, Teacher education, Technology, Telecommunication, Teleconferencing, Trails, Transportation, Urban affairs, Vegetables, Volunteer workers, Walking, Web sites, Weight loss, Welfare
Latest Action: 06/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity, obesity and eating disorder prevention, and for other purposes. 6/12/2007--Introduced. Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act or the IMPACT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand an existing grant program for training for health profession students to include the treatment of individuals who are overweight, obese, or have eating disorders. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for the training of primary care physicians and other health professions on how to identify, treat, and prevent obesity or eating disorders and aid individuals who are overweight or obese or who suffer from eating disorders. Requires the Secretary, acting though the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants for the planning and implementation of programs that promote healthy eating behaviors and physical [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/26/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Bill TextTo provide for the establishment of a disabled farmers' market nutrition pilot program. 6/11/2007--Introduced. Disabled Farmers' Market Nutrition Pilot Program of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a farmers' market nutrition pilot program for disabled individuals in California, the Northeast, the Southeast, and the Midwest. States that the program's purposes are to: (1) provide fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs to low-income disabled individuals; (2) increase domestic consumption of agricultural commodities; and (3) develop new and additional farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs.
Also tagged in: Acreage allotments, Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Aflatoxins, Agribusiness, 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, Commercialization, Computers, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Consumer education, Consumers, Corn, Cotton, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Crop insurance, Dairy industry, Dairy products, Death, Defense policy, Department of Agriculture, Developing countries, Disabled, Disaster loans, Disaster relief, Distance education, District of Columbia, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Economic policy, Education, Electric power production, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy crops, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Entrepreneurs, Environmental protection, Eutrophication, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export finance, Exports, Farm lands, Farmers, Farms, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Federal aid to water pollution control, 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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, 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