Farm, Nutrition, and Community Investment Act of 2007
Latest action · Jul 17, 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.
- IntroducedMay 3, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Farm, Nutrition, and Community Investment Act of 2007 - Establishes the farm and ranch profitability grant program.
Extends the market access program.
Revises (and extends certain of) the following conservation programs: (1) the environmental quality incentives program; (2) the conservation innovation grant program; (3) the cost share and incentive payment program; (4) state performance incentives; (5) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (6) the conservation reserve program; and (7) the wetlands reserve program.
Establishes: (1) the cooperative conservation partnership initiative; (2) the comprehensive conservation planning pilot program; (3) the farmland protection program; (4) the debt for agricultural easements program; (5) the conservation risk management pilot program; (6) the (Delmarva) conservation corridor demonstration program; (7) biomass and biorefinery research and development programs; (8) the climate carbon cycle, renewable energy, and climate change research program; (9) the farm and ranch energy efficiency rebate program; (10) the alternative use for biofuel byproducts research program; and (11) the farmers' market pilot program for the disabled.
Authorizes a conservation loan guarantee program.
Revises farmland protection policy provisions.
Requires an electric utility to provide net metering service to a requesting electric consumer.
Extends the: (1) fresh fruit and vegetable program; (2) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) farmers' market nutrition program; (3) senior farmers' market nutrition program; and (4) farmers' market promotion program.
Provides for Department of Agriculture and Department of Defense (DOD) procurement of locally produced agricultural products.
Revises healthy forests reserve program provisions.
Establishes the community forest and open space conservation program.
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 with respect to: (1) standard deduction increases; (2) combat pay and retirement account exclusions; (3) minimum benefits; (4) countable resource increases; (5) work requirements; (6) program reauthorization; (7) program administration; (8) cash payment pilot projects; (9) block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa; (10) legal immigrant eligibility; (11) the emergency food assistance program; (12) the commodity supplemental food program; and (13) community food project competitive grants.
Revises (and extends certain of) the following programs under the Federal Crop Insurance Act: (1) the agricultural management assistance program; (2) the adjusted gross revenue insurance pilot program; (3) crop insurance incentives for beginning farmers; and (4) organic crop provisions.
Extends the: (1) national dairy market loss payment program; (2) dairy export incentive program; (3) dairy indemnity program; and (4) dairy research program.
Sets the FY2008 minimum price for Class 1 milk under a federal marketing order at $15.58 per hundredweight.
Revises: (1) federal milk marketing order provisions; and (2) dairy reporting provisions.
Establishes a federal dairy education loan forgiveness program.
Establishes the: (1) national organic agriculture conversion and stewardship incentives program; and (2) national organic certification cost share program.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude gains on the sale of development rights or conservation easements on agricultural land for conservation purposes to qualifying entities.
Establishes: (1) a research program to improve specialty crop and livestock survivability; (2) a national clean plant network; and (3) an early pest detection and surveillance improvement program.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 3, 2007 to Sep 24, 2007; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-NY | Thomas M. Reynolds | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | May 22, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Sep 24, 2007 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 3, 2007 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2007 | |
| General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2007 | |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2007 | |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2007 | |
| Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2007 | |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2007 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 3, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 3, 2007 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 3, 2007 |
| Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2007 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 3, 2007 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- Jun 26, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Jun 26, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
- Jun 26, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
- Jun 26, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
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 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend and enhance farm, nutrition, and community development programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Farm, Nutrition, and Community Investment Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Federal Dairy Education Loan Forgiveness Act
- Farmland Protection Policy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural conservation
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural estimating and reporting
- Agricultural extension work
- Agricultural pollution
- Agricultural prices
- Agricultural research
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agricultural wastes
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Air pollution control
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- American Samoa
- Animal diseases
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Authorization
- Biomass energy
- Block grants
- Capital gains tax
- Carbon cycle
- Cellulose
- Chesapeake Bay
- Civil service retirement
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Commerce
- Conservation easements
- Crop insurance
- Dairy industry
- Day care
- Delaware
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Defense
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electric power production
- Electric utilities
- Elementary and secondary education
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy crops
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Environmental Protection
- Exports
- Families
- Farm lands
- Farmers
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Federal employees
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Food relief
- Food stamps
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign trade promotion
- Forest conservation
- Forestry
- Fruit
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Grassland ecology
- Great Lakes
- Groundwater
- Habitat conservation
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Hunting
- Hydroelectric power
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Income tax
- Individual retirement accounts
- Labor and Employment
- Livestock
- Marketing of farm produce
- Marketing orders
- Maryland
- Methane
- Military pay
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Natural gas
- Nature conservation
- Nutrition
- Oils and fats
- Open space lands
- Organic farming
- Outdoor recreation
- Pest control
- Pesticides
- Plant breeding
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Puerto Rico
- Refuse as fuel
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Scholarships
- School districts
- School lunch program
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Solar energy
- Sports and Recreation
- Student loan funds
- Sustainable agriculture
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
- Vegetables
- Virginia
- Water conservation
- Water pollution control
- Water Resources Development
- Watersheds
- Weather
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare work participation
- Wetlands
- WIC program
- Wildlife conservation
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 3, 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.
