To provide a temporary extension of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and amendments made by that Act, as previously extended and amended and with certain additional modifications and exceptions, to suspend permanent price support authorities, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Dec 12, 2013 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedDec 11, 2013
- Passed HouseDec 12, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Extends until January 31, 2014: (1) specified agricultural programs under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, (2) suspension of permanent price support authorities, and (3) supplemental agricultural disaster assistance.
Exempts from such extensions: (1) mandatory funding for nutrition education; (2) the conservation stewardship program, the farmland protection program, the environmental quality incentives program, and the wildlife habitat incentives program; (3) Commodity Credit Corporation funding for local and regional food aid procurement projects, the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, and a survey of foods purchased by school food authorities; (4) rural development programs for micro entrepreneur assistance, pending rural development loans and grants, value-added agricultural market development grants, and the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center; (5) market loss assistance for asparagus producers; (6) supplemental agricultural disaster assistance; (7) Pigford claims determinations; and (8) specified requirements of the Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2008 relating to supplemental agricultural disaster assistance, revenue and tax, and trade.
Backdates the effective date of this Act to September 30, 2013.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Dec 12, 2013 |
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Dec 13, 2013 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2013Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 12, 2013Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8046-8047)
- Dec 12, 2013DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3695.
- Dec 12, 2013Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8046)
- Dec 12, 2013Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Dec 11, 2013Introduced in House
- Dec 11, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9090 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Dec 20, 2013 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7702–H7716, H8046, H8047Text printed H7702, H8046Amendments H7712Recorded votes H7714, H7715consideration (H. Res. 438), previous question | Frank D. Lucas R-OK, Jim Costa D-CA, Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY (amendment), Rob Woodall R-GA | Dec 12, 2013 |
| House | Declaratory Statements H7689 | — | Dec 11, 2013 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7688.
CRS reports 1
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Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42442 | Expiration and Extension of the 2008 Farm Bill Archived | Report | Apr 11, 2014 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide a temporary extension of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and amendments made by that Act, as previously extended and amended and with certain additional modifications and exceptions, to suspend permanent price support authorities, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2013Referred in Senate
- Dec 12, 2013Engrossed in House
- Dec 11, 2013Introduced in House
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