To appropriate funds for the provision of emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the removal of fresh tomatoes and products containing fresh tomatoes from the market and other actions undertaken in response to a public health advisory regarding tomatoes issued by the Food and Drug Administration in June 2008.
Latest action · Oct 3, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 23, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Appropriates funds to the Secretary of Agriculture for payments to growers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes that experienced crop and/or market losses resulting from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Public Health Advisory issued on June 7, 2008.
Limits payments to not more than 75% of the greater of: (1) the value of the unmarketed tomatoes; and (2) the actual loss incurred by the grower or handler.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 23, 2008 to Sep 18, 2008, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Sep 11, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | Sep 17, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Sep 18, 2008 |
Actions 3
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- Oct 3, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
- Jul 23, 2008Introduced in House
- Jul 23, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Subjects
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- Jul 23, 2008Introduced in House
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