HR 955 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to reinstate the requirement that a farm, in order to be certified as an organic farm with respect to livestock produced on the farm, feed the livestock with organically produced feed.

Introduced Feb 27, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Sam Farr D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 27, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to repeal the provision permitting a farm to be certified as organic with respect to livestock produced on such farm if it uses non-organically produced feed under certain cost-based circumstances.

Cosponsors 104

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2003 to Nov 20, 2003, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-CABob FilnerOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalFeb 27, 2003
R-PADon SherwoodOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalFeb 27, 2003
R-WAGeorge R. Nethercutt Jr.OriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-CALois CappsOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-CALoretta SanchezOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalFeb 27, 2003
D-COMark UdallOriginalFeb 27, 2003
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 27, 2003Introduced in House
  2. Feb 27, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

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