Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
Latest action · Sep 27, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 26, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 19, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs to carry out a program to coordinate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) efforts related to defending the food, agriculture, and veterinary systems of the United States against terrorism and other high-consequence events that pose a high risk to homeland security.
Such program shall include:
- providing oversight and management of DHS's responsibilities pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 - Defense of United States Agriculture and Food;
- providing oversight and integration of DHS activities related to veterinary public health, food defense, and agricultural security;
- leading DHS policy initiatives relating to food, animal, and agricultural incidents and to overall domestic preparedness for, and collective response to, agricultural terrorism;
- coordinating with other DHS components, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, on activities related to food and agriculture security and screening procedures for domestic and imported products; and
- coordinating with appropriate federal departments and agencies.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 13, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Jun 13, 2016 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred May 26, 2016Markup Sep 13, 2016Reported Sep 19, 2016 |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2016Markup Jun 16, 2016Reported Jun 16, 2016 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 26, 2016Discharged Sep 19, 2016 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 26, 2016Discharged Sep 19, 2016 |
| Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee | Referred Jun 10, 2016 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 27, 2016 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sep 26, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5881-5883)
- Sep 26, 2016Mr. Donovan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 26, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5346.
- Sep 26, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5881)
- Sep 26, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 19, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-755, Part I.
- Sep 19, 2016Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Sep 19, 2016Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Sep 19, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 587.
- Sep 13, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 13, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 16, 2016Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 16, 2016Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Jun 10, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
- Jun 3, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
- May 26, 2016Introduced in House
- May 26, 2016Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5881–H5883Text printed H5881 | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. R-NY, David Young R-IA, Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ | Sep 26, 2016 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 19, 2016H.R. 5346, Securing our Agriculture and Food ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 13, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 84, May 26, 2016, pages H3296, H3295.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6381 | DHS Reform and Improvement Act | Related bill | Dec 16, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Health Affairs responsible for coordinating the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security related to food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2016Referred in Senate
- Sep 26, 2016Engrossed in House
- Sep 19, 2016Reported in House
- May 26, 2016Introduced 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.
