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
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 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; 71 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-PA | Phil English | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| R-KS | Todd Tiahrt | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| R-WA | Doc Hastings | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Apr 22, 2008 |
Committees 2
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 21, 2007 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred 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.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-21 | HEARING TO REVIEW FOOD AID AND AGRICULTURE TRADE PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT147 pages | Agriculture Committee | May 10, 2007 |
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 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
