NOURISH Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 26, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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 21, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nutrition and Opportunities for the Underserved and Rural Incentives to Secure the Heartland Act of 2007 or NOURISH Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a program through FY2013 to provide greater access and opportunities for minority and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to Department of Agriculture programs and services; and (2) establish the USDA Minority Producer Land Preservation Commission (to terminate nine years after enactment of this Act) to review pending Department foreclosure proceedings.
Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to extend authorization of appropriations for education grants for Hispanic-serving institutions.
Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to revise pesticide recordkeeping provisions.
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for the inclusion of long-term health effects in labeling requirements.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish, within the Department's Office of Civil Rights and Community Outreach of the Risk Management Agency, an office of Farmworker Coordination; (2) establish a conservation initiative for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; (3) provide cost-share payments and incentive payments to individual producers to address air quality concerns associated with agriculture; (4) implement an integrated pest management initiative in priority areas; and (5) establish the rural regional entrepreneurship program.
Authorizes the Secretary to make emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Revises the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967. Establishes within the Department the Office of Special Counsel for Competition Matters which shall: (1) investigate and prosecute violations of this Act and the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921; and (2) serve as a liaison between, and act in consultation with, the Department and the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with respect to competition and trade practices in the food and agricultural sector.
Provides for Department and Department of Defense procurement of locally produced agricultural products.
Establishes the national organic certification and transition cost share program (in lieu of the current national organic certification cost share program).
Extends the: (1) conservation reserve program; (2) grassland reserve program; (3) environmental quality incentives program; (4) conservation innovation grant program; (5) wildlife habitat incentive program; (6) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) farmers' market nutrition program; (7) senior farmers nutrition program; (8) the community food project competitive grant program; (9) fresh fruit and vegetable program; and (10) farmers' market promotion program.
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to rename the food stamp program as the secure nutrition access program (program).
Revises program provisions with respect to: (1) standard deduction increases; (2) combat pay, retirement account, and education account exclusions; (3) minimum benefit increases; (4) countable resource increases; (5) legal immigrant eligibility; (6) work requirements; (7) program administration; (8) cash payment pilot projects; (9) program reauthorization; (10) block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa; (11) outreach; (12) natural disasters; (13) Puerto Rico; (14) farmers' markets; and (15) the emergency food assistance program.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2007 to Jun 15, 2007; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 21, 2007 |
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 May 21, 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 | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 21, 2007 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- 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.
- Jun 26, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
- Jun 26, 2007Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- Jun 26, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- May 21, 2007Introduced in House
- May 21, 2007Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
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 provide for greater access and opportunities for socially disadvantaged farmers, to create incentives for research, conservation, and market viability, to provide a healthy and just work environment for agricultural workers, to provide Americans with healthier food choices, to address hunger and poverty in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Nutrition and Opportunities for the Underserved and Rural Incentives to Secure the Heartland Act of 2007
- NOURISH Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural colleges
- Agricultural conservation
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural labor
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- American Samoa
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Authorization
- Block grants
- Child nutrition
- Commerce
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Defense procurement
- Department of Agriculture
- Disaster relief
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education savings accounts
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency Management
- Entrepreneurs
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Farm lands
- Farmers
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Food industry
- Food relief
- Food stamps
- Foreclosure
- Fruit
- Fungicides
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Grassland ecology
- Habitat conservation
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Housing and Community Development
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Labeling
- Labor and Employment
- Marketing of farm produce
- Migrant labor
- Military pay
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Minority education
- Native Americans
- Nutrition
- Organic farming
- Pest control
- Pesticides
- Prosecution
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Puerto Rico
- Restrictive trade practices
- Rural economic development
- School lunch program
- Seasonal labor
- Social Welfare
- Special prosecutors
- Vegetables
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare work participation
- WIC program
- Wildlife conservation
- Women
- Working poor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2007Introduced in House
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