Food and Farm Act
Latest action · Nov 16, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
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.
- IntroducedNov 16, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Food and Farm Act
This bill reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address:
- commodity support,
- crop insurance,
- conservation,
- food assistance,
- nutrition,
- farm credit,
- beginning farmers and ranchers,
- food waste,
- research and educational programs,
- animal welfare, and
- regional food systems.
The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to:
- repeal the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program and the Price Loss Coverage Program,
- impose additional limits on farm subsidies,
- extend crop insurance premium subsidies to farmers who plant crops to reduce erosion,
- require recipients of farm subsidies to comply with additional conservation requirements,
- authorize increased funding for conservation programs,
- authorize additional assistance under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for organic farmers,
- establish a loan program for conservation-based structural improvements,
- increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits,
- authorize additional assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers,
- establish the Office of Food Waste within USDA,
- authorize additional funding for research and education programs,
- require USDA to comply with certain animal welfare standards at federal agricultural research centers,
- require USDA to reinstate online posting of Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act enforcement records, and
- expand grant and loan programs for local and regional food systems.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 12, 2018 to May 16, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | May 16, 2018 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Nov 16, 2017 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Nov 16, 2017 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Nov 16, 2017 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 16, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 16, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1581)
- Nov 16, 2017Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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 2
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 H3984 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | May 16, 2018 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1581 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | Nov 16, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 188, November 16, 2017, page H9426.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45193 | Federal Crop Insurance: Program Overview for the 115th Congress Archived | Report | May 10, 2018 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1276 | Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2017 | Related bill | Mar 23, 2017 |
| HR 1406 | Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 | Related bill | Mar 23, 2017 |
| HR 2436 | Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jun 8, 2017 |
| HR 3809 | Sustainable Farmland for the Future Act | Related bill | Oct 5, 2017 |
| HR 5627 | Farmers CARE Act | Related bill | Apr 26, 2018 |
| HR 5849 | Food Security Improvement Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 22, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reform the safety net for farmers and ranchers, enhance soil, water, and habitat conservation, encourage beginning farmers and ranchers, strengthen nutrition for Americans, support agriculture research and innovation, reduce food waste, improve animal welfare, and invest in regional food systems, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Food and Farm Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural insurance
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Agricultural research
- Agriculture and Food
- Air quality
- Alaska
- American Samoa
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Caribbean area
- Charitable contributions
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Competition and antitrust
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Department of Agriculture
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Farmland
- Food assistance and relief
- Food industry and services
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Income tax credits
- Livestock
- Mammals
- Meat
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Nutrition and diet
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Puerto Rico
- Research administration and funding
- Solid waste and recycling
- Trade restrictions
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Virgin Islands
- Wetlands
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2017Introduced 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.
