Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 27, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 - Extends: (1) the conservation reserve program; (2) the wetlands reserve program; (3) the conservation security program; (4) the grassland reserve program; (5) the environmental quality incentives program; (6) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (7) the agricultural management assistance program;
Establishes: (1) the cooperative conservation partnership initiative; (2) the community forestry and open space conservation program; (3) an integrated pest management initiative; (4) a conservation initiative for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; (5) a conservation planning pilot program; and (6) a cooperative conservation educational assistance program.
Authorizes a conservation loan guarantee program.
Revises: (1) the farmland protection program; and (2) funding for the healthy forests reserve program.
Revises and extends the biorefinery development program.
Extends: (1) the energy audit and renewable energy development program; (2) the renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program; (3) the Department of Agriculture bioenergy program; (4) biomass research and development; and (5) carbon cycle research.
Extends: (1) the community food project grant program; (2) the farm-to-cafeteria program; (3) the women, infants, and children (WIC) farmers' market nutrition program; (4) the senior farmers' market nutrition program; and (5) farmers' market promotion program.
Establishes: (1) a fruit and vegetable nutrition promotion program; (2) a food stamp fruit and vegetable electronic transfer pilot program; and (3) a farm viability program (currently, program authority is discretionary).
Provides for Department of Defense and Department of Agriculture procurement of locally produced agricultural products.
Extends: (1) the organic agriculture research and extension initiative; (2) education grant programs for Hispanic-serving institutions; (3) the value-added agricultural product market development grant program; and (4) and revises the national organic certification and transition cost share program.
Cosponsors 126
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2007 to Jun 4, 2008; 74 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-PA | Phil English | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Patrick J. Murphy | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | May 8, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 20, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 25, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jun 4, 2008 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2007 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred May 4, 2007 | |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred May 4, 2007 | |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred May 4, 2007 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2007 |
| Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- May 4, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
- May 4, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
- May 4, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Mar 15, 2007Introduced in House
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 | Lists S10165Specific public land management authorizations in H.R. 1551, Wild Monongahela Act—A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places | Jeff Bingaman D-NM | Sep 30, 2008 |
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.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33829 | Domestic Food Assistance and the 2008 Farm Bill Archived | Report | Aug 22, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 919 | Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Mar 20, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize Department of Agriculture conservation and energy programs and certain other programs of the Department, to modify the operation and administration of these programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural conservation
- Agricultural credit
- Agricultural extension work
- Agricultural pollution
- Agricultural research
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agricultural wastes
- Agriculture and Food
- Alternative energy sources
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Authorization
- Biological diversity
- Biomass energy
- Carbon cycle
- Chesapeake Bay
- Commerce
- Community colleges
- Competitive bidding
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Connecticut
- Conservation easements
- Dairy industry
- Dams
- Defense procurement
- Diet
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic benefits transfers
- Elementary and secondary education
- Endangered species
- Energy
- Energy crops
- Energy efficiency
- Energy facilities
- Energy research
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Families
- Farm lands
- Farm manure
- Farm produce
- Farms
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fishery management
- Fishes
- Food prices
- Food stamps
- Forest conservation
- Forest ecology
- Forest health
- Forest management
- Fruit
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Grants-in-aid
- Grazing
- Great Lakes
- Groundwater
- Habitat conservation
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Income
- Indian education
- Integrated pest management
- Interest rates
- Iowa
- Irrigation
- Land transfers
- Land use
- Livestock
- Marketing of farm produce
- Massachusetts
- Methane
- Military dependents
- Minnesota
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Minority education
- Mississippi River
- Montana
- New Jersey
- New York State
- Non-native species
- North Dakota
- Nutrition
- Open space lands
- Organic farming
- Pennsylvania
- Physical fitness
- Poverty
- Predator control
- Private forests
- Protection of animals
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Range management
- Real estate appraisal
- Research and development
- Restoration ecology
- Riparian ecology
- Rivers
- School lunch program
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- South Dakota
- Sports and Recreation
- Standards
- Stream conservation
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
- Vegetables
- Water conservation
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Watersheds
- Wetlands
- WIC program
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2007Introduced in House
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