All Agronomy Legislation - Federal Government

Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Bill Text
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

2/4/2008--Introduced.

Requires, if the Secretary of the Interior acquires by donation from the Borlaug Heritage Foundation fee simple and unencumbered title to the Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace site and the Norman E. Borlaug Childhood Home site (both in Cresco, Iowa) and any related personal property, designation of all such property as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the "Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic Site."

Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Bill Text
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

1/23/2008--Introduced.

Requires, if the Secretary of the Interior acquires by donation from the Borlaug Heritage Foundation fee simple and unencumbered title to the Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace site and the Norman E. Borlaug Childhood Home site (both in Cresco, Iowa) and any related personal property, designation of all such property as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the "Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic Site."

Latest Action: 10/31/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13645-13646; text as passed Senate: CR S13645-13646; text of measure as introduced: CR S13641)

Bill Text
A resolution recognizing 2007 as the year of the 100th Anniversary of the American Society of Agronomy.

10/31/2007--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.)

Recognizes 2007 as the 100th anniversary of the American Society of Agronomy.

Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.

Bill Text
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Society of Agronomy.

10/30/2007--Introduced.

Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the American Society of Agronomy.

Latest Action: 06/15/2007 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Bill Text
Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug.

6/14/2007--Passed Senate without amendment.    (There are 2 other summaries)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on July 17, 2007, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug.

Latest Action: 03/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.

Bill Text
Congratulating the Department of Agronomy in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University for 100 years of excellent service to Kansas agriculture.

2/5/2007--Introduced.

Congratulates and commends the Department of Agronomy in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University for 100 years of excellent service to Kansas and the world.