To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 21, 2007 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 21, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize appropriations through FY2012 for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
Specifies Commodity Credit Corporation fund amounts to be used for the Program in each of FY2008-FY2012.
Makes the Secretary of Agriculture responsible for specified program administration provisions currently delegated to the President.
Cosponsors 115
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2007 to Apr 22, 2008, with 71 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 21, 2007Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 946 | A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, and for other purposes. | Identical bill | Mar 21, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agriculture and Food
- Authorization
- Child nutrition
- Department of Agriculture
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Food relief
- Government Operations and Politics
- International Affairs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2007Introduced in House
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