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, 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, Fruit, 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 wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Algae, Alternative energy sources, Automobile engines, Biochemistry, Biomass energy, Budgets, Cellulose, Commercialization, Congressional reporting requirements, Diesel motor, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy consumption, Energy crops, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Enzymes, Federal aid to research, Feedstock, Food, Food supply, Forest conservation, Fuel consumption, Gasoline, Government information, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Greenhouse gases, Hydrogen, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Laboratories, Motor vehicle pollution control, Natural gas vehicles, Natural resources, Oils and fats, Pollution control, Refuse as fuel, Research and development, Research centers, Research grants, Science policy, Service stations, Soil conservation, Soil pollution, Solid wastes, Sustainable agriculture, Sustainable development, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology transfer, Transportation, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources
Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Hearings Held by Subcommittee on Engergy and Environment Prior to Introduction and Referral (June 14, 2007). Bill TextTo enhance research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of biofuels related technologies, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Reported to House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Biofuels Research and Development Enhancement Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a technology transfer center to disseminate information on research, development, and commercial application of technologies related to specified biofuels and biorefineries, including: (1) biochemical and thermochemical conversion technologies to make fuels from lignocellulosic feedstocks; (2) biotechnology processes that emphasize enzyme-based processing systems; (3) biogas technologies; and (4) other advances to enable biofuel development. (Sec. 3) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary to implement a biofuels research, development, and demonstration program related to existing transportation fuel distribution infrastructure [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Automobile engines, Biochemistry, Biomass energy, Budgets, Cellulose, Commercialization, Congressional reporting requirements, Diesel motor, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy consumption, Energy crops, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Enzymes, Federal aid to research, Feedstock, Fuel consumption, Gasoline, Government information, Government publicity, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Oils and fats, Refuse as fuel, Research and development, Research centers, Research grants, Science policy, Service stations, Solid wastes, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology transfer, Transportation
Latest Action: 06/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Bill TextTo enhance research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of biofuels related technologies, and for other purposes. 6/18/2007--Introduced. Biofuels Research and Development Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an information center on research, development, and commercial application of technologies related to biofuels and biorefineries, including: (1) biochemical and thermochemical conversion technologies to make fuels from lignocellulosic feedstocks; (2) biotechnology processes that emphasize enzyme-based processing systems; and (3) other advanced processes and technologies that will enable biofuel development. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary to implement a research, development, and demonstration program relating to: (1) existing transportation fuel distribution infrastructure and new alternative distribution infrastructure, focusing on the physical and chemical properties of biofuels and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Consumers, Department of Health and Human Services, Drug adulteration, Drug approvals, Drugs, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Intellectual property, Labeling, Medical care, Medicine, Patents, Science policy
Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6867) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the approval of biosimilars, and for other purposes. 5/24/2007--Introduced. Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow any person to submit an application for approval of a biologics license for a biosimilar, which is defined as a biological product that is claimed to be similar to a qualified biological product (the reference product). Defines a "qualified biological product" as a biotechnology-derived therapeutic biological or protein product licensed or approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve an application for a biosimilar only: (1) for indications for which the reference product is approved; and (2) if the application conforms to the applicable final product class-specific rule and the Secretary concludes that the product is safe, pure, and potent.Authorizes a person [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Acreage allotments, Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Aflatoxins, Africa (Sub-Saharan), Aged, 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 pollution, Agricultural prices, Agricultural research, Agricultural statistics, Agricultural subsidies, Agricultural surpluses, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Air pollution, Air pollution control, 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, Black colleges, Block grants, Broadband, Budgets, Business, Buy American, California, Carbon cycle, Caribbean area, Chesapeake Bay, Child health, Child labor, Child nutrition, Children, Civil liberties, Climate change, Colorado River development, 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, Dams, Death, Defense policy, Department of Agriculture, Developing countries, Diet, Disabled, Disaster loans, Disaster relief, Distance education, District of Columbia, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Economic policy, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Electric power production, Electronic benefits transfers, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy crops, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Entrepreneurs, 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tax, Saline waters, Scholarships, School lunch program, 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 security numbers, Social services, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, Solar energy, Solid wastes, Sorghum, South Dakota, Soybeans, Sports, State and local government, State taxation, Storage, Sugar, Surplus government property, Surveys, Sustainable agriculture, Swine, Tariff, Tariff preferences, Taxation, Technical assistance, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Television broadcasting, Terrorism, Trade, Trade agreements, Transportation, Trees, Urban affairs, Urban areas, Vegetables, Veterinary medicine, Virgin Islands, Virus diseases, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, 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, Women, Women in government, 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. 5/22/2008--Public Law. (There is 1 other summary) Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - Title I: Commodity Programs - (Sec. 1001) Defines specified terms. Subtitle A: Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments - (Sec. 1101) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to adjust base acres for covered commodities for a farm whenever: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated; (2) cropland is released from coverage under a conservation reserve contract; or (3) the producer has eligible pulse crop or oilseed acreage. Requires election of either direct payments and counter-cyclical payments or conservation payments if the base adjustment is made due to a change in status of a conservation reserve contract. Requires a reduction in base acres if the sum of base acres and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural colleges, Agricultural diversification, Agricultural education, Agricultural experiment stations, Agricultural extension work, Agricultural research, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Animal diseases, Animals, Aquaculture, Authorization, Barley, Biological warfare, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Carbon cycle, Children, Colleges, Counterterrorism, Department of Agriculture, Diesel motor, Disabled, Distance education, District of Columbia, Economic policy, Education, Energy, Energy crops, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Entrepreneurs, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Farmers, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Food, Food stamps, Foreign policy, Foreign students, Forestry, Forestry research, Genetics, Government procurement, Graduate education, Health promotion, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Indian education, Indians, International affairs, International competitiveness, International education, Land use, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Minority education, Natural resources, Nutrition, Oils and fats, Organic farming, Pest control, Plant diseases, Public contracts, Range management, Refuse as fuel, Research and development, Research centers, Research grants, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Scholarships, Science policy, Scientific education, Scientific instruments and apparatus, Security measures, Self-help devices for the disabled, Solid wastes, State and local government, State laws, Sustainable agriculture, Technology, Telecommunication, Terrorism, Tourism, Trade, Transportation, Veterinary medicine, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Welfare, Wheat, Youth services
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1106-1107) Bill TextTo reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs, to establish the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture as an independent agency reporting to and coordinating with the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Creating Research Extension and Teaching Excellence for the 21st Century Act of 2007 or CREATE-21 Act of 2007 - Establishes the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture, which shall be located in Washington, DC. Transfers specified authorities of the Department of Agriculture and other authorities to the Institutes. Sets forth organizational and funding provisions. Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to repeal authority for the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. Eliminates specified funding provisions respecting agricultural research [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Aged, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural cooperatives, Agricultural credit, Agricultural education, Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agricultural extension work, Agricultural industries, Agricultural innovations, Agricultural insurance, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural prices, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, American Samoa, Animals, Armed forces, Authorization, Bees, Biomass energy, Block grants, Budgets, Business, Carbon cycle, Cellulose, Chesapeake Bay, Children, Climate change, Competitive bidding, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Connecticut, Conservation easements, Consumer education, Consumers, Crop insurance, Dairy industry, Day care, Defense economics, Defense policy, Defense procurement, Economic policy, Education, Electric power production, Elementary and secondary education, Energy, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Environmental research, Executive departments, Farm income, Farm lands, Farm produce, Farms, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Food, Food relief, Food safety, Food stamps, Foreign trade promotion, Forest conservation, Forest management, Fruit, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Great Lakes, Greenhouse gases, Habitat conservation, Higher education, Hydroelectric power, Immigrants, Immigration, Income, Income tax, Indemnity, Indians, Individual retirement accounts, Industrial buildings, Job training, Land transfers, Land use, Landfills, Law, Livestock, Marketing of farm produce, Marketing orders, Massachusetts, Methane, Military pay, Milk, Minorities, Nanotechnology, Natural resources, New York State, Nutrition, Open space lands, Organic farming, Pensions, Post exchanges, Poultry, Private forests, Product development, Public contracts, Puerto Rico, Range management, Rebates, Research and development, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Scholarships, Science policy, Service academies, Shellfish, Small business, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, Solar energy, Solid wastes, Standards, State and local government, Strategic planning, Student loan funds, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Technology, Technology transfer, Trade, Vegetables, Water conservation, Water resources, Watersheds, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Welfare work participation, Wetlands, WIC program, Wind power
Latest Action: 05/17/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Farm, Nutrition, and Community Investment Act of 2007 - Extends and revises various agricultural programs, including programs respecting: (1) milk and dairy; (2) conservation security; (3) conservation reserve; (4) wetlands reserve; (5) environmental quality incentives; (6) farmland protection; (7) cooperative conservation partnership initiative; (8) wildlife habitat; (9) conservation loan guarantees; (10) market access; (11) food stamps; (12) farm and ranch profitability grants; (13) community forest and open space conservation; (14) healthy forests reserve; (15) biomass and renewable energy; (16) specialty crops, farmers' markets, and nutrition; (17) organic agriculture programs; (18) crop insurance; and (18) colony collapse disorder.
Also tagged in: Business, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Deceptive advertising, Drug approvals, Drug industry, Drugs, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Health policy, Labeling, Licenses, Medical care, Medicine, Proteins, Technology
Latest Action: 04/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the approval of similar biological products, and for other purposes. 4/19/2007--Introduced. Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow any person to submit an application for approval of a biologics license for a biological product that is claimed to be similar to a qualified biological product (reference product) after 12 years have elapsed since the reference product was approved or licensed.Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve such a similar biological product: (1) only if the applicant demonstrates that the product conforms to the applicable final product-class specific guidance and the Secretary concludes the product is safe, pure, and potent; (2) only for indications for which the reference product is approved; and (3) to be effective only after at least 14 years have elapsed since the reference product was approved [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Advice and consent of the Senate, Agricultural colleges, Agricultural diversification, Agricultural education, Agricultural experiment stations, Agricultural extension work, Agricultural research, Agriculture, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative agriculture, Animals, Appropriations, Aquaculture, Authorization, Biomass energy, Budgets, Congress, Developing countries, Disabled, Distance education, Education, Energy, Energy crops, Energy research, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Farmers, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Food, Fungi, Genetics, Grain, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Minorities, Minority education, Nutrition, Organic farming, Pest control, Plant diseases, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Quality of products, Range management, Research and development, Research centers, Research grants, Scholarships, Science policy, Scientific instruments and apparatus, Self-help devices for the disabled, Telecommunication, Veterinary medicine, Wheat
Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs, to establish the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture as an independent agency reporting to and coordinating with the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 4/12/2007--Introduced. Creating Research Extension and Teaching Excellence for the 21st Century Act of 2007 or CREATE-21 Act of 2007 - Establishes the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture, which shall be located in Washington, DC. Transfers specified authorities of the Department of Agriculture and other authorities to the Institutes. Sets forth organizational and funding provisions. Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to repeal authority for the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. Eliminates specified funding provisions respecting agricultural [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Antibiotics, Business, Clinical trials, Communicable diseases, Congressional reporting requirements, Department of Health and Human Services, Drug approvals, Drug industry, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Income tax, Influenza, Intellectual property, Investment tax credit, Law, Medical care, Medical tests, Medicine, Patents, Pharmaceutical research, Public health, Research and development, Research and development tax credit, Science policy, Small business, State and local government, State laws, Surveys, Tax administration, Taxation, Technology, Vaccines
Latest Action: 04/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Bill TextTo provide incentives for pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, and medical device companies to invest in research and development with respect to antibiotic drugs, antivirals, diagnostic tests, and vaccines that may be used to identify, treat, or prevent serious and life-threatening infectious diseases. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Beating Infections through Research and Development Act of 2007 - Sets forth circumstances under which the term of a patent may be extended for qualified infectious disease products.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate qualified infectious disease products as fast-track products for approval.Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to expand and intensify efforts to assist small manufacturers to conduct end-stage clinical trials on qualified infectious disease products.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish [...] show full description
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