HR 2659 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act

Introduced May 25, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Darren Soto D-FL

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Latest action · Jun 26, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 25, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to establish a program for cooperative research and development in agriculture with the government of Israel.

The purpose of the program is to establish a framework to enhance the collaboration between the United States and Israel in research and development activities relating to agriculture, including between public and private entities.

The bill also authorizes the Department of State to establish a binational task force to provide guidance and oversight with respect to the cooperative research and development program.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2017 to Feb 14, 2018; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMay 25, 2017
D-FLCharlie CristOriginalMay 25, 2017
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMay 25, 2017
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMay 25, 2017
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalMay 25, 2017
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalMay 25, 2017
R-FLTed S. YohoOriginalMay 25, 2017
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalMay 25, 2017
D-NYAdriano EspaillatJun 8, 2017
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.Jun 8, 2017
R-FLDennis A. RossJun 8, 2017
D-CAJared HuffmanJun 8, 2017
D-CAJimmy PanettaJun 8, 2017
D-NYThomas R. SuozziJun 8, 2017
D-CATony CárdenasJun 8, 2017
D-TXVicente GonzalezJun 8, 2017
D-TXFilemon VelaJun 12, 2017
D-NVJacky RosenJun 12, 2017
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonJun 15, 2017
D-RIDavid N. CicillineJun 20, 2017
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenJun 20, 2017
D-CAJohn GaramendiJun 26, 2017
D-NYGrace MengFeb 14, 2018

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred May 25, 2017
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee
Referred Jun 26, 2017
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred May 25, 2017
HouseAppropriations Committee
Referred May 25, 2017

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 26, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
  2. May 25, 2017Introduced in House
  3. May 25, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4595)
  4. May 25, 2017Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations, 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H4595Darren Soto D-FLMay 25, 2017

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

[Pages H4607-H4608] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. SOTO: H.R. 2659. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 91, May 25, 2017, page H4608.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To authorized the establishment of a program for cooperative research and development in agriculture with the Government of Israel, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 25, 2017Introduced in House

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