To provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees of the Department in coordination with other disaster agencies in response to a federally declared disaster area as a result of a disaster.
Latest action · Nov 18, 2003 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 24, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate Department of Agriculture employees to serve for up to 30 days as disaster liaisons to State and local Department Service Centers to coordinate assistance with other designated disaster agencies in a federally declared disaster area.
Defines "federally declared disaster area" for such purposes.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 24, 2003 to Oct 20, 2003; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | Sep 24, 2003 |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Oct 1, 2003 | |
| D-PR | Anibal Acevedo-Vila | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Peter Deutsch | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Oct 20, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Oct 20, 2003 | |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Oct 20, 2003 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Oct 20, 2003 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Oct 20, 2003 | |
| R-SD | William J. Janklow | Oct 20, 2003 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2003Markup Oct 29, 2003 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Oct 1, 2003Discharged Oct 29, 2003 | |
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2003 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2003Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Nov 17, 2003Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11167-11169)
- Nov 17, 2003DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3157.
- Nov 17, 2003Mr. Gutknecht moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Nov 17, 2003Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11167)
- Nov 17, 2003Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 29, 2003Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry Discharged.
- Oct 29, 2003Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 29, 2003Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Oct 1, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Sep 24, 2003Introduced in House
- Sep 24, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H11167–H11169Text printed H11167 | Charles W. Stenholm D-TX, Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA, Gil Gutknecht R-MN, Joe Baca D-CA, Madeleine Z. Bordallo D-GU, Roy Blunt R-MO | Nov 17, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 10, 2003H.R. 3157, A bill to provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on October 29, 2003</p>
- Nov 10, 2003H.R. 3157, A bill to provide for the designation of a Department of AgricultureCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on October 29, 2003
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees of the Department in coordination with other disaster agencies in response to a federally declared disaster area as a result of a disaster.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural insurance
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agriculture and Food
- Department of Agriculture
- Disaster relief
- Disasters
- Emergency Management
- Executive reorganization
- Federal employees
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Forest fires
- Government Operations and Politics
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Transfer of employees
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2003Referred in Senate
- Nov 17, 2003Engrossed in House
- Sep 24, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.