HR 955 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Organic Farms bill

Official title 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 Spreadsheet

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.

IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-PA	Don Sherwood	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CO	Mark Udall	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Feb 27, 2003
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-NM	Tom Udall	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Mar 5, 2003
D-MA	Barney Frank		Mar 5, 2003
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Mar 5, 2003
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Mar 5, 2003
D-WA	Brian Baird		Mar 5, 2003
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Mar 5, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Mar 5, 2003
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Mar 5, 2003
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Mar 5, 2003
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Mar 5, 2003
D-VA	James P. Moran		Mar 5, 2003
D-CA	Jane Harman		Mar 5, 2003
R-NH	Jeb Bradley		Mar 5, 2003
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		Mar 5, 2003
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 5, 2003
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Mar 5, 2003
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 5, 2003
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Mar 5, 2003
D-MN	Martin Olav Sabo		Mar 5, 2003
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Mar 5, 2003
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Mar 5, 2003
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Mar 5, 2003
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Mar 5, 2003
D-WA	Adam Smith		Mar 27, 2003
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Mar 27, 2003
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Mar 27, 2003
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Mar 27, 2003
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Mar 27, 2003
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Mar 27, 2003
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Mar 27, 2003
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Mar 27, 2003
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Mar 27, 2003
D-HI	Ed Case		Mar 27, 2003
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Mar 27, 2003
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Mar 27, 2003
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Mar 27, 2003
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 27, 2003
R-MI	Fred Upton		Mar 27, 2003
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		Mar 27, 2003
R-OR	Greg Walden		Mar 27, 2003
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Mar 27, 2003
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Mar 27, 2003
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Mar 27, 2003
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 27, 2003
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Mar 27, 2003
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Mar 27, 2003
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Mar 27, 2003
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Mar 27, 2003
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Mar 27, 2003
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Mar 27, 2003
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 27, 2003
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Mar 27, 2003
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Mar 27, 2003
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Mar 27, 2003
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Mar 27, 2003
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Mar 27, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Mar 27, 2003
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Mar 27, 2003
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Mar 27, 2003
D-PA	Tim Holden		Mar 27, 2003
R-IA	Tom Latham		Mar 27, 2003
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Mar 27, 2003
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Mar 27, 2003
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Mar 27, 2003
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 8, 2003
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Apr 8, 2003
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Apr 8, 2003
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Apr 8, 2003
R-IA	James A. Leach		Apr 8, 2003
R-PA	James C. Greenwood		Apr 8, 2003
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Apr 8, 2003
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Apr 8, 2003
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Apr 8, 2003
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Apr 8, 2003
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Apr 8, 2003
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Apr 8, 2003
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Apr 8, 2003
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Apr 8, 2003
D-NY	Steve Israel		Apr 8, 2003
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Apr 8, 2003
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Nov 20, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Feb 27, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: 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.
Popular Titles: Organic Farms bill

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Feb 27, 2003Introduced in House

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