Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Animals, Business, Business records, Cattle, Collection of accounts, Consumer education, Consumers, Defective products, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Food, Food industry, Food safety, Government information, Government paperwork, Horses, Judicial review, Labeling, Law, Livestock, Meat, Meat inspection, Meat packing industry, Poultry, Produce trade, Sheep, Swine
Latest Action: 07/15/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes. 7/15/2008--Introduced. Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2008 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2008- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, eggs, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure [...] 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, Fruit, Germplasm resources, 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: Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Animals, Business, Business records, Cattle, Collection of accounts, Consumer education, Consumers, Defective products, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Food, Food industry, Food labeling, Food safety, Government information, Government paperwork, Horses, Judicial review, Labeling, Law, Livestock, Meat, Meat inspection, Meat packing industry, Poultry, Produce trade, Sheep, Swine
Latest Action: 09/06/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes. 9/6/2007--Introduced. Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2007 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2007- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure of voluntary action) nondistribution and recall, withdrawal of inspectors from [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Animals, Business, Business records, Cattle, Consumers, Food, Food industry, Food labeling, Food safety, Government information, Government paperwork, Horses, Labeling, Livestock, Meat, Meat inspection, Meat packing industry, Poultry, Produce trade, Sheep, Swine
Latest Action: 09/06/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 committe Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of food, meat, and poultry products through enhanced traceability, and for other purposes. 9/6/2007--Introduced. Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act of 2007 or TRACE Act of 2007- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a traceability system for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food. States that cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, and poultry presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to trace: (1) each animal to any location at which the animal was held at any time before [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Appropriations, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Budgets, Business, Cattle, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Food, Food safety, Horses, Livestock, Meat inspection, Meat packing industry, Medical care, Medicine, Public contracts, Sheep
Latest Action: 06/26/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Bill TextTo prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to approve for human consumption animals that do not stand and walk unassisted. 6/12/2007--Introduced. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to approve or contract with any person or entity to approve for human consumption any cow, sheep, pig, goat, or horse, mule, or other equine that does not stand and walk unassisted at any time while the animal is alive at a slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar establishment.
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Agricultural statistics, Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Armed forces, Budgets, Business, Cattle, Confidential communications, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost accounting, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Data banks, Defense policy, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Electronic government information, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal preemption, Finance, Government information, Government paperwork, Grants-in-aid, Health policy, Health surveys, Identification devices, Law, Livestock, Medical care, Medicine, National security, Performance measurement, Poultry, Public health, Sheep, State and local government, State laws, Swine, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade secrets, Veterinary medicine
Latest Action: 05/14/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Bill TextTo establish a Livestock Identification Board to create and implement a national livestock identification system. 5/14/2007--Introduced. Livestock Identification and Marketing Opportunities Act - Establishes the Livestock Identification Board which shall: (1) establish an electronic livestock identification system (livestock system) that is capable of tracing all U.S. livestock from the time of first movement from its original premise to the time of slaughter in less than 48 hours, and tracking all relevant livestock information (identification number, species, date of birth); (2) maintain a centralized livestock data system; and (3) determine the official livestock system identification technology. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a U.S. premise identification system. Authorizes the owner of an animal or group of animals that is not subject to the livestock livestock system to voluntarily subject such animal, or group of animals, to system [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Business records, Cattle, Consumers, Criminal justice, Food, Food industry, Food safety, Fraud, Government information, Government paperwork, Horses, Identification devices, Livestock, Meat inspection, Meat packing industry, Poultry, Produce trade, Sheep, Swine
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, and for other purposes. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that amenable species presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal or group of animals to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food and food product forward [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Admission of nonimmigrants, Agricultural labor, Agriculture, Alien labor, Aliens, Animals, Business, Civil liberties, Dairy industry, Damages, Department of Agriculture, Department of Homeland Security, Disaster relief, Electronic data interchange, Electronic government information, Emergency management, Employee benefit plans, Employee rights, Employers' liability, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Fines (Penalties), Government information, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Labor, Labor disputes, Law, Legal aid, Livestock, Mediation, Ombudsman, Politics and government, Recruiting of employees, Right of property, Sheep, Technology, Telecommunication, Temporary employment, Transfer of employees, Transportation, Travel costs, Visas, Wages
Latest Action: 05/04/2007 - Executive Comment Requested from Dept of Homeland Security. Bill TextTo simplify the process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to increase access to such workers, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise employer and employee association application requirements for admission of H-2A temporary agricultural workers, including assurances: (1) that the job opportunity is temporary, and is not the result of a labor dispute; (2) that attempts have been made to hire U.S. workers; (3) respecting wages and benefits, and labor law compliance; (4) respecting nondisplacement of U.S. workers; and (5) respecting placement with other employers. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a mandatory employment verification program. Revises related provisions respecting: (1) penalties; and (2) admissions and extensions of stay. Provides [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Air routes, Airports, Airspace (Law), All terrain vehicles, Animals, Architecture and the disabled, Bears, Bicycles, Bikeways, Budgets, Business, Camping, Compensation (Law), Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Construction costs, Deer, Disabled, Economic policy, Elk, Emergency management, Eminent domain, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Federal-Indian relations, Fire prevention, Fishing, Forest conservation, Forest fires, Forest health, Forest management, Forest roads, Government aircraft, Government information, Grants-in-aid, Grazing, Habitat conservation, Horses, Hunting, Idaho, Indians, Infrastructure, Insect control, Land transfers, Land use, Law, Licenses, Logging, Lumber trade, Maintenance and repair, Maps, Military aviation, Mining claims, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Motorcycles, National forests, National recreation areas, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Outdoor recreation, Parking facilities, Pedestrians, Planning, Plant protection, Public lands, Recreation areas, Relocation, Restoration ecology, Right-of-way, Risk, Road construction, Science policy, Sheep, Snowmobiles, Sports, State and local government, State laws, State parks, Sustainable development, Tourism, Trails, Transportation, Trapping, Tree diseases, User charges, Water conservation, Water resources, Water resources development, Water rights, Wilderness areas, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife management, Wolves
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey specified parcels of federal land to certain counties and cities in central Idaho. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey, to the state of Idaho a specified [...] show full description
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