Encouraging the consumption of Fair Trade Certified coffee.
Latest action · Aug 25, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2003
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Fair Trade Certified coffee should be made available at all events and food service locations in the legislative and executive branches of Government, including through indirect purchases by food service providers; and (2) information should be made available to the public and State and local governments about the importance of such coffee.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2003 to Oct 8, 2003; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jul 25, 2003 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Oct 8, 2003 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2003 |
| Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee | Referred Aug 25, 2003 | |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jul 25, 2003 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 25, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
- Jul 25, 2003Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1632-1633)
- Jul 25, 2003Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1632 | Fortney Pete Stark D-CA | Jul 25, 2003 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Encouraging the consumption of Fair Trade Certified coffee.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Agricultural credit
- Agricultural prices
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Animals
- Biological diversity
- Coffee
- Congress
- Congressional ethics
- Environmental Protection
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Food service
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government ethics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Habitat conservation
- International Affairs
- International environmental cooperation
- Organic farming
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Sustainable agriculture
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2003Introduced in House
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