Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
Latest action · Apr 24, 2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 38.
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.
- IntroducedMar 2, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
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 for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out a program to coordinate DHS efforts relating 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:
- provide oversight and management of DHS's responsibilities under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 - Defense of United States Agriculture and Food;
- provide oversight and integration of DHS activities relating to veterinary public health, food defense, and agricultural security;
- lead DHS policy initiatives relating to food, animal, and agricultural incidents and to overall domestic preparedness for, and collective response to, agricultural terrorism;
- coordinate with other DHS components on activities relating to food and agriculture security and screening procedures for domestic and imported products; and
- coordinate with appropriate federal departments and agencies.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2017 to May 8, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Mar 2, 2017 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | May 8, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 2, 2017Markup Mar 15, 2017Reported Apr 24, 2017 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Exchange of letters Feb 22, 2018Exchange of letters Feb 23, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2017Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-29.
- Apr 24, 2017Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 38.
- Mar 15, 2017Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 2, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Mar 2, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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
- Mar 24, 2017S. 500, Securing our Agriculture and Food ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 15, 2017
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1238 | Securing our Agriculture and Food Act | Related bill | Jun 30, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 Senate
- Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2017Reported to Senate
- Mar 2, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
