HRES 706 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should enact legislation to provide direct emergency assistance to American farmers who were adversely affected by natural disasters and unforeseen production costs during the 2005 crop year.

Introduced Mar 2, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Marion Berry D-AR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 2, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 2, 2006
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should enact legislation to assist American farmers adversely affected by natural disasters and unforeseen production costs during the 2005 crop year and that such legislation should give farmers a choice of a supplemental direct payment or yield-loss disaster payments.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2006 to Mar 30, 2006, with 31 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-LACharlie MelanconOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-TXChet EdwardsOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-MSGene TaylorOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalMar 2, 2006
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-MOIke SkeltonOriginalMar 2, 2006
R-IAJames A. LeachOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalMar 2, 2006
D-GAJim MarshallOriginalMar 2, 2006
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Actions 2

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  1. Mar 2, 2006Introduced in House
  2. Mar 2, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Subjects

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

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  1. Mar 2, 2006Introduced in House

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