To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment.
Latest action · Nov 21, 2003 Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
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.
- IntroducedNov 6, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes the Federal Interagency Task Force to Promote the Benefits, Safety, and Potential Uses of Agricultural Biotechnology to improve interagency cooperation and to develop and disseminate accurate written scientific information on the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology.
Terminates the Task Force ten years after enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 6, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Cass Ballenger | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| D-TX | Charles W. Stenholm | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-MT | Denny Rehberg | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-NE | Doug Bereuter | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-IL | Henry J. Hyde | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Nov 6, 2003 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 6, 2003 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Nov 6, 2003 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Nov 17, 2003 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2003Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- Nov 17, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
- Nov 6, 2003Introduced in House
- Nov 6, 2003Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 committee concerned.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural production
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Biotechnology
- Commerce
- Communication in science
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Developing countries
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Feeds
- Food safety
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- International Affairs
- Nutrition
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sustainable agriculture
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2003Introduced in House
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