Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
Latest action · Jul 17, 2003 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 216.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 17, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 2004 for the following Department of Agriculture programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) executive operations; (3) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (4) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (5) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; (6) Office of Civil Rights; (7) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (8) agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments; (9) hazardous materials management; (10) departmental administration; (11) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations; (12) Office of Communications; (13) Office of the Inspector General; (14) Office of the General Counsel; (15) Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics; (16) Economic Research Service; (17) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (18) Agricultural Research Service; (19) Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; (20) Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; (21) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (22) Agricultural Marketing Service; (23) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; (24) Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety; (25) Food Safety and Inspection Service; (26) Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; (27) Farm Service Agency; (28) Risk Management Agency; (29) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund; and (30) Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.Title II: Conservation Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment; and (2) Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Title III: Rural Development Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development; (2) Rural Housing Service; (3) Rural Business-Cooperative Service; and (4) Rural Utilities Service.
Title IV: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services; and (2) Food and Nutrition Service.
Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Foreign Agricultural Service; (2) Public Law 480 program account, title I ocean freight differential grants, and title II grants; (3) McGovern-Dole international food for education and child nutrition program grants; and (4) Commodity Credit Corporation export loans program account.
Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration- Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Food and Drug Administration (FDA); (2) Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and (3) Farm Credit Administration.
Title VII: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 721) Prohibits FDA fund use to reduce the FDA District Office in Detroit, Michigan, below specified staffing levels. Stipulates that such provision shall not apply to FDA field laboratory facilities in Detroit, except that such personnel shall be assigned to Detroit-vicinity facilities.
(Sec. 723) Prohibits fund use to relocate a State Rural Development office unless cost and operation effective.
(Sec. 724) Obligates specified amounts of agricultural commodities to assist foreign countries mitigate the effects of HIV and AIDS.
(Sec. 725) Makes additional appropriations for Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships.
(Sec. 727) Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase the funding level for the national sheep industry improvement center.
(Sec. 729) Prohibits FDA fund use to close or relocate the FDA Division of Drug Analysis, St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits of St. Louis, Missouri.
(Sec. 731) Directs the Natural Resources Conservation Service to provide assistance for the Upper Tygart Valley Watershed project, West Virginia.
(Sec. 732) Authorizes Department agencies and office to use unobligated salaries and expense funds to reimburse the Office of General Counsel for representing them in employee complaints before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or the Merit Systems Protection Board without prior approval of the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations.
(Sec. 733) Prohibits fund use for older dam rehabilitation under the Watershed Protection and and Flood Prevention Act.
(Sec. 734) Prohibits fund use to for the rural strategic investment program under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
(Sec. 735) Prohibits fund use for the rural firefighters and emergency personnel grant program.
(Sec. 736) Authorizes the Natural Resources Conservation Service to provide financial and technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program for the: (1) Kuhn Bayou and Ditch 26 Improvement projects in Arkansas; (2) Matanuska River erosion control project in Alaska; (3) DuPage County Sawmill Creek Watershed project in Illinois; and (4) Coal Creek project in Utah.
(Sec. 737) Limits Commodity Credit Corporation reimbursement for commodity releases under the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act to $20 million for fiscal years up to and including 2004. Requires that such funds be used to replenish the trust through producer or market commodity purchases.
(Sec. 738) Authorizes the Natural Resources Conservation Service to provide financial and technical assistance to the Dry Creek project, Utah.
(Sec. 739) Authorizes the Secretary to permit Department employees to carry firearms for personal protection when on duty in remote field locations.
(Sec. 740) Prohibits fund use under this Act for a review of the Agricultural Research Service, as provided for by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
(Sec. 741) Authorizes the Secretary to use up to $10 million of food stamp funds for commodity distribution costs.
(Sec. 742) Limits wetlands reserve program enrollment acreage for 2004.
(Sec. 743) Directs the Secretary, with respect to rural electric and telephone loan guarantees, and with lender consent, to structure the annual fee not to exceed an average of 30 basis points per year in order to ensure the availability of funds to pay guarantee costs.
(Sec. 744) Limits funds for the following programs under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002: (1) ground and surface water conservation program; (2) grazing, wildlife habitat incentive, and Great Lakes Basin programs; and (3) farmland protection program.
(Sec. 747) Appropriates $3 million for the Northern Great Plains Regional Authority. States that the FY 2004 Federal share of the Authority's administrative expenses shall be 100 percent.
(Sec. 748) Prohibits fund use for the following programs under the the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002: (1) rural business investment (other than application review and promulgation of regulations); (2) rural broadband access; and (3) loans for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements.
(Sec. 751) Authorizes Department agencies and offices to use discretionary funds for preparing for final agency decisions regarding discrimination complaints.
(Sec. 752) States that in the case of a high cost isolated rural area that is not connected to a road system in Alaska, the maximum level for the single family housing assistance shall be 150 percent of the average income level in the metropolitan areas of the State and 115 percent of all other eligible areas of the State.
(Sec. 753) Rescinds any unobligated balances in the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Revolving Fund.
(Sec. 754) Appropriates $2 million for the Denali Commission to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water supplies.
(Sec. 755) Considers, until receipt of the 2010 census, Vicksburg, Mississippi; Aberdeen, South Dakota; and Starkville, Mississippi to be eligible for rural housing programs under the Housing Act of 1949.
(Sec. 756) Considers, until receipt of the 2010 census, Berlin, New Hampshire to be eligible for rural community advancement program loans and grants.
(Sec. 757) Prohibits, without specific congressional authorization, fund use to study or enter into a contract with a private party for competitive sourcing activities relating to rural development or farm loan programs, animal disease research, or grant review or management activities.
(Sec. 759) Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make the educational management assistance program a program under which a State receives grants and then provides financial assistance to producers rather than a direct financial assistance to producer program.
(Sec. 760) Amends the the Trade Sanctions Reform And Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate regulations authorizing certain travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba relating to the commercial export sale of agricultural and medical goods.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Appropriations Committee | Markup Jul 17, 2003Reported as an original measure Jul 17, 2003 |
| Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee | Hearings May 8, 2003Hearings May 16, 2003Hearings May 22, 2003 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Jul 17, 2003Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.
- Jul 17, 2003Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Bennett. With written report No. 108-107.
- Jul 17, 2003Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 216.
- May 22, 2003Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-155.
- May 16, 2003Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
- May 8, 2003Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S13954 | Robert F. Bennett R-UT | Nov 5, 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.
Committee report
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-155 | AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004143 pages | Appropriations Committee | May 22, 2003 |
| S. Hrg. 108-155 | AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004112 pages | Appropriations Committee | May 16, 2003 |
| S. Hrg. 108-155 | AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004579 pages | Appropriations Committee | May 8, 2003–May 22, 2003 |
| S. Hrg. 108-155 | AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004173 pages | Appropriations Committee | May 8, 2003 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL31139 | Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances Archived | Report | Dec 15, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2673 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 | Companion bill | Jan 23, 2004 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
- Popular Titles
- Agriculture Appropriations, FY 2004 bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Agricultural accidents and safety
- Agricultural assistance
- Agricultural colleges
- Agricultural conservation
- Agricultural cooperatives
- Agricultural credit
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural estimating and reporting
- Agricultural experiment stations
- Agricultural extension work
- Agricultural industries
- Agricultural labor
- Agricultural research
- Agricultural statistics
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Air pollution control
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Alternative energy sources
- Animal diseases
- Animals
- Appropriations
- Aquaculture
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Auditing
- Birds
- Black colleges
- Boundaries
- Broadband
- Building construction
- Cable television
- California
- Capital budgets
- Capital investments
- Census
- Chief financial officers
- Chief information officers
- Child nutrition
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Colonias
- Commerce
- Commodity Credit Corporation
- Commodity exchanges
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Communication satellites
- Community development
- Competitive bidding
- Computers
- Congress
- Congressional hearings
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive relations
- Conservation of natural resources
- Consumer protection
- Cost control
- Cost effectiveness
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crop insurance
- Dairy industry
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Depressed areas
- Disaster relief
- Discrimination in employment
- Distance education
- Drainage
- Drugs
- Easements
- Economic research
- Economics and Public Finance
- Economists
- Education
- Electrification
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Endangered species
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Enterprise zones
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Export finance
- Exports
- Families
- Farm Credit Administration
- Farms
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to housing
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to research
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
- Federal installations
- Federal office buildings
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Fees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fire fighters
- Firearms
- Flood control
- Food relief
- Food safety
- Food stamps
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign trade promotion
- Forestry research
- Foster home care
- Fruit
- Futures trading
- Government aircraft
- Government contractors
- Government corporations
- Government lending
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Government vehicles
- Grain
- Grazing
- Habitat conservation
- Hawaii
- Hawaiians
- Hazardous wastes
- Health
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Home repair and improvement
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing subsidies
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Hunger
- Illinois
- Imports
- Income tax
- Indemnity
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Indian economic development
- Indian education
- Indian lands
- Indigenous peoples
- Infant formulas
- Information technology
- Infrastructure
- Insect control
- Inspectors general
- Interest rates
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Internet
- Investment of public funds
- Irrigation
- Job creation
- Kentucky
- Labeling
- Labor and Employment
- Land transfers
- Land use
- Language and languages
- Latin America
- Law
- Leases
- Liability for environmental damages
- Licenses
- Livestock
- Losses
- Low-income housing
- Maintenance and repair
- Mammography
- Management information systems
- Marketing of farm produce
- Marketing orders
- Marshall Islands
- Maryland
- Meat
- Meat inspection
- Meat packing industry
- Mediation
- Medical research
- Medical supplies
- Methyl bromide
- Metropolitan areas
- Mexico
- Michigan
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Minority education
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Mortgage guaranty insurance
- Mortgages
- Nature conservation
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York State
- Nonprofit organizations
- North Carolina
- Nutrition
- Oceania
- Ohio
- Orphans
- Overhead costs
- Paramedical personnel
- Pest control
- Pests
- Pharmaceutical research
- Pharmacies
- Plant diseases
- Potable water
- Poultry
- Privatization
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public utilities
- Range management
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Relocation
- Rental housing
- Reprogramming of appropriated funds
- Rescission of appropriated funds
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Reservoirs
- Revegetation
- Revolving funds
- Rural economic development
- Rural health
- Rural housing
- Rural Telephone Bank
- Salaries
- Saline waters
- Scholarships
- School lunch program
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientists
- Sedimentation
- Sewerage
- Sheep
- Shipping rates
- Small business
- Smoking
- Social Welfare
- Soil conservation
- Storms
- Surveys
- Sustainable agriculture
- Technology transfer
- Telemedicine
- Telephone
- Television relay systems
- Temporary employment
- Terrorism
- Texas
- Tobacco
- Tobacco research
- Toxicology
- Transfer of employees
- Transportation and Public Works
- Urban affairs
- User charges
- Veterinary medicine
- Water conservation
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Water treatment plants
- Watersheds
- Welfare fraud
- Welfare work participation
- West Virginia
- Wetlands
- Wholesale trade
- WIC program
- Wildlife conservation
- Wireless communication
- Women
- Worms
- Youth services
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2003Placed on Calendar Senate
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