HR 6193 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

EAT Healthy America Act

Introduced Sep 26, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Richard W. Pombo R-CA

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Latest action · Nov 2, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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. IntroducedSep 26, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act or the EAT Healthy America Act - Amends provisions with respect to: (1) specialty crops; (2) the tree assistance program; (3) the conservation reserve program; (4) the wetlands reserve program; (5) the farmland protection program; (6) the grassland reserve program; (7) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (8) the environmental qualities incentives program; (9) air quality improvement; (10) integrated pest management initiative; (11) native plant habitat restoration; (12) agricultural trade; (13) invasive pests and diseases; (14) nutrition; (15) agricultural research; and (16) renewable energy, including crop biomass waste.

Cosponsors 73

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 26, 2006 to Dec 8, 2006; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAdam H. PutnamOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-FLAllen BoydOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-CADarrell IssaOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-ORDavid WuOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-CADevin NunesOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-WADoc HastingsOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-HIEd CaseOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-CAElton GalleglyOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-CAGeorge RadanovichOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-ORGreg WaldenOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-SCHenry E. Brown, Jr.OriginalSep 26, 2006
R-NYJames T. WalshOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-CAJim CostaOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-MIJohn J.H. "Joe" SchwarzOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-NYJohn M. McHughOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-NYJohn R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.OriginalSep 26, 2006
D-COJohn T. SalazarOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-FLKatherine HarrisOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-FLMark FoleyOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-CAMary BonoOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-TXRalph M. HallOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-VARick BoucherOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-WARick LarsenOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-AZRick RenziOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-MORuss CarnahanOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-CASam FarrOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-NYSue W. KellyOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-NYThomas M. ReynoldsOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-PATodd Russell PlattsOriginalSep 26, 2006
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalSep 26, 2006
R-MDWayne T. GilchrestOriginalSep 26, 2006
D-CABob FilnerSep 27, 2006
D-CADoris O. MatsuiSep 27, 2006
R-MIFred UptonSep 27, 2006
R-VAThelma D. DrakeSep 27, 2006
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerSep 28, 2006
R-NCCharles H. TaylorSep 29, 2006
R-MIDave CampSep 29, 2006
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldSep 29, 2006
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenSep 29, 2006
R-NJJim SaxtonSep 29, 2006
R-PAJohn E. PetersonSep 29, 2006
R-CAKen CalvertSep 29, 2006
D-CALois CappsSep 29, 2006
R-FLMichael BilirakisSep 29, 2006
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonSep 29, 2006
R-CTNancy L. JohnsonSep 29, 2006
R-CTRob SimmonsSep 29, 2006
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroSep 29, 2006
R-NYSherwood BoehlertSep 29, 2006
R-NMStevan PearceSep 29, 2006
D-NYTimothy H. BishopSep 29, 2006
R-TNWilliam L. JenkinsSep 29, 2006
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettDec 8, 2006

Committees 5

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Sep 26, 2006
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Referred Oct 27, 2006
Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
Referred Oct 27, 2006
General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee
Referred Oct 27, 2006
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Referred Oct 27, 2006
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Referred Oct 27, 2006
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Sep 26, 2006
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Nov 2, 2006
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Sep 26, 2006
Health Subcommittee
Referred Oct 2, 2006
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Sep 26, 2006
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Sep 26, 2006

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 2, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
  2. Oct 27, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
  3. Oct 27, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.
  4. Oct 27, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
  5. Oct 27, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .
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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.

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
RL33037Previewing a 2007 Farm Bill ArchivedReportJan 3, 2007

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops for American consumers and international markets, to enhance the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
EAT Healthy America Act
Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 26, 2006Introduced in House

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