H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act

H.R. 2642 — 113^th Congress (2013–2014)

Summary

To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• Farm bill
• Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
• Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
• Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013
• Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013
• Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
• Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013
• Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013
• Agricultural Act of 2014
• Oilheat Efficiency, Renewable Fuel Research and Jobs Training Act of 2014
• Agricultural Act of 2014

Sponsor

Frank D. Lucas

Co-Sponsors

Subjects

• Agriculture and food
• Administrative law and regulatory procedures
• Administrative remedies
• Agricultural conservation and pollution
• Agricultural education
• Agricultural marketing and promotion
• Agricultural practices and innovations
• Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
• Agricultural research
• Agricultural trade
• Alternative and renewable resources
• Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
• Animal and plant health
• Aquaculture
• Atmospheric science and weather
• Aviation and airports
• Bank accounts, deposits, capital
• Birds
• Business investment and capital
• Business records
• Canada
• Cemeteries and funerals
• Chesapeake Bay
• Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
• Congressional oversight
• Consumer affairs
• Dams and canals
• Delta Regional Authority
• Department of Agriculture
• Disaster relief and insurance
• Ecology
• Economic development
• Economic performance and conditions
• Education programs funding
• Educational technology and distance education
• Electric power generation and transmission
• Emergency communications systems
• Endangered and threatened species
• Energy efficiency and conservation
• Energy research
• Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
• Environmental regulatory procedures
• Farmland
• Federal officials
• Fires
• Fishes
• Food assistance and relief
• Food industry and services
• Food supply, safety, and labeling
• Foreign aid and international relief
• Forests, forestry, trees
• Fraud offenses and financial crimes
• Free trade and trade barriers
• Fruit and vegetables
• General agriculture matters
• Government buildings, facilities, and property
• Government information and archives
• Government lending and loan guarantees
• Government studies and investigations
• Grain
• Great Lakes
• Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
• Health technology, devices, supplies
• Higher education
• Horticulture and plants
• Indian lands and resources rights
• Infrastructure development
• International organizations and cooperation
• Internet and video services
• Labor standards
• Land transfers
• Land use and conservation
• Licensing and registrations
• Lighting and heating
• Livestock
• Marine and inland water transportation
• Meat
• Medical research
• Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
• Minority and disadvantaged businesses
• Minority education
• Nutrition and diet
• Oil and gas
• Performance measurement
• Pest management
• Public contracts and procurement
• Public participation and lobbying
• Research administration and funding
• Research and development
• Residential rehabilitation and home repair
• Roads and highways
• Rural conditions and development
• Seafood
• Small business
• Solid waste and recycling
• Technology transfer and commercialization
• Telephone and wireless communication
• Texas
• Trade agreements and negotiations
• User charges and fees
• Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
• Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
• Virginia
• Water quality
• Water use and supply
• Watersheds
• Wetlands
• Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Related Bills

• H.Res. 295 (113^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2642) to Provide for the Reform and Continuation of Agricultural and Other Programs of the Department of Agriculture Through Fiscal Year 2018, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 1589 (113^th) : Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013
• H.R. 1947 (113^th) : Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
• H.Res. 361 (113^th) : Waiving a Requirement of Clause 6(A) of Rule XIII with Respect to Consideration of Certain Resolutions Reported from the Committee on Rules, and Relating to Consideration of the Senate Amendment to the Bill (H.R. 2642) to Provide for the Reform and Continuation of Agricultural and Other Programs of the Department of Agriculture Through Fiscal Year 2018, and for Other Purposes.
• H.Res. 378 (113^th) : Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives Regarding Certain Provisions of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2642 Relating to the Secretary of Agriculture's Administration of Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw and Refined Sugar.
• H.Res. 379 (113^th) : Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives Regarding Certain Provisions of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2642 Relating to Crop Insurance.
• H.R. 2776 (113^th) : Review Epa's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013
• H.R. 3495 (113^th) : To Amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to Make Improvements to the Food Safety Education Program Carried out Under Such Act, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 2498 (113^th) : Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
• S. 10 (113^th) : Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
• H.Res. 465 (113^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 7) to Prohibit Taxpayer Funded Abortions, and Providing for Consideration of the Conference Report to Accompany the Bill (H.R. 2642) to Provide for the Reform and Continuation of Agricultural and Other Programs of the Department of Agriculture Through Fiscal Year 2018, and for Other Purposes.
• S. 954 (113^th) : Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
• H.Res. 380 (113^th) : Relating to Consideration of the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to the Bill (H.R. 2642) to Provide for the Reform and Continuation of Agricultural and Other Programs of the Department of Agriculture Through Fiscal Year 2018, and for Other Purposes, Providing for Consideration of the Resolution (H. Res. 378) Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives Regarding Certain Provisions of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2642 Relating to the Secretary of Agriculture's Administration of Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw and Refined Sugar, and Providing for Consideration of the Resolution (H. Res. 379) Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives Regarding Certain Provisions of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2642 Relating to Crop Insurance.
• H.R. 3102 (113^th) : Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013

Major Actions

Introduced	7/10/2013
Referred to Committee
Passed House	7/11/2013
Passed Senate	7/18/2013
Passed House	1/29/2014
Passed Senate	2/04/2014
Signed by President	2/07/2014

Bill History

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• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair: H R 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act	7/11/2013	This motion PASSED the House 226 voted YES 189 voted NO 20 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair: H R 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act	7/11/2013	This motion PASSED the House 221 voted YES 181 voted NO 33 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H R 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act	7/11/2013	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 198 voted YES 226 voted NO 11 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	H.R. 2642 (113th): Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013	7/11/2013	This bill PASSED the House 216 voted YES 208 voted NO 11 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.	7/18/2013	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On Motion to Instruct Conferees: H R 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act	10/12/2013	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 195 voted YES 204 voted NO 33 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	H.R. 2642 (113th): Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013	1/29/2014	This bill PASSED the House 251 voted YES 166 voted NO 15 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2642	2/03/2014	This motion PASSED the Senate 72 voted YES 22 voted NO 6 voted present/not voting
currently selected	Senate	H.R. 2642 (113th): Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013	2/04/2014	This bill PASSED the Senate 68 voted YES 32 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	7/10/2013
		7/10/2013	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
		7/10/2013	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 295 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2642 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
		7/10/2013	Introduced in House
		7/11/2013	Rule H. Res. 295 passed House.
		7/11/2013	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 295.
		7/11/2013	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2642 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
		7/11/2013	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2642.
		7/11/2013	POINT OF ORDER - Mr. Watt raised a point of order against the ruling of the Chair regarding what constitutes embellishment of a unanimous consent request. The point of order was overruled.
		7/11/2013	Mr. Watt appealed the ruling of the chair. The question was then put on sustaining the ruling of the chair.
		7/11/2013	Mr. Lucas moved to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair
		7/11/2013	WORDS TAKEN DOWN - During the course of debate, exception was taken to certain words used and a demand was made to have words taken down. Subsequently, the demand was withdrawn.
		7/11/2013	DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 2642.
		7/11/2013	POINT OF ORDER - Mr. Thompson (MS) raised a point of order against the ruling of the Chair regarding what constitutes embellishment of a unanimous consent request. The point of order was overruled.
		7/11/2013	Mr. Thompson (MS) appealed the ruling of the chair. The question was then put on sustaining the ruling of the chair.
		7/11/2013	The previous question was ordered without objection.
		7/11/2013	Ms. Esty moved to recommit with instructions to Agriculture.
		7/11/2013	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Esty motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct annual audits of the food regulatory systems for each country that is eligible to export meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States. The motion would also give the Secretary the authority to transfer funds from any Department of Agriculture account to the Food Safety and Inspection Service account in order to address any food safety emergency.
		7/11/2013	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
select this vote	Vote	7/11/2013	Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair: H R 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act
select this vote	Vote	7/11/2013	Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair: H R 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act
select this vote	Vote	7/11/2013	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H R 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	7/11/2013	H.R. 2642 (113th): Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
	Put on a legislative calendar	7/16/2013	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 136.
		7/18/2013	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
		7/18/2013	Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 954 amended.
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	7/18/2013	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
		7/18/2013	Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference.
		7/18/2013	See also S. 954.
		8/01/2013	Senate appointed conferees Stabenow; Leahy; Harkin; Baucus; Brown; Klobuchar; Bennet; Cochran; Chambliss; Roberts; Boozman; Hoeven.
		8/02/2013	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		9/28/2013	House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H.Res. 361.
		9/30/2013	Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
		10/01/2013	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
		10/01/2013	Senate disagreed to the House amendment to Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent.
		10/01/2013	Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Stabenow; Leahy; Harkin; Baucus; Brown; Klobuchar; Bennet; Cochran; Chambliss; Roberts; Boozman; Hoeven.
		10/01/2013	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		10/11/2013	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree to a conference.
		10/11/2013	The previous question was ordered without objection.
		10/11/2013	On motion that the House insist upon its amendment to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to by voice vote.
		10/11/2013	Mr. Peterson moved that the House instruct conferees.
		10/11/2013	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the Peterson motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2642. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to recede to section 1602 of the Senate amendment (relating to suspension of permanent price support authority), and recede to the Senate position in title IV of the Senate amendment providing at a minimum a five-year duration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other nutrition programs.
		10/11/2013	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Peterson motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2642, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion to instruct conferees and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Peterson demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2642 until a time to be announced.
		10/11/2013	Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, Mr. Lucas moved that the House insist upon its amendment to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
		10/12/2013	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
		10/12/2013	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Foreign Affairs for consideration of title III of the House amendment, and title III of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Royce, Marino, and Engel.
		10/12/2013	The Speaker appointed conferees for consideration of the House amendment and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Southerland and Fudge.
		10/12/2013	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Agriculture for consideration of the House amendment and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Lucas, King of Iowa, Neugebauer, Rogers of Alabama, Conaway, Thompson of Pennsylvania, Austin Scott of Georgia, Crawford, Roby, Noem, Denham, Rodney Davis of Illinois, Peterson, McIntyre, Costa, Walz, Schrader, McGovern, DelBene, Negrete McLeod, and Vela.
		10/12/2013	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of secs. 1207 and 1301 of the House amendment, and secs. 1301, 1412, 1435, and 4204 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Camp, Sam Johnson of Texas, and Levin.
select this vote	Vote	10/12/2013	On Motion to Instruct Conferees: H R 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act
		10/30/2013	Conference held.
		1/27/2014	Conference report H. Rept. 113-333 filed.
		1/28/2014	Conferees agreed to file conference report.
		1/29/2014	Mr. Lucas brought up conference report H. Rept. 113-333 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 465.
		1/29/2014	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the Conference report to accompany H.R. 2642.
		1/29/2014	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
		1/29/2014	Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	1/29/2014	H.R. 2642 (113th): Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
		1/30/2014	Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
		1/30/2014	Conference report considered in Senate.
		1/30/2014	Cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2642 presented in Senate.
		2/03/2014	Conference report considered in Senate.
select this vote	Vote	2/03/2014	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2642
		2/04/2014	Conference report considered in Senate.
		2/04/2014	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
	Presented to President	2/04/2014	Presented to President.
currently selected	Senate Vote on Passage	2/04/2014	H.R. 2642 (113th): Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
	Signed	2/07/2014	Signed by President.
	Enacted	2/07/2014	Became Public Law No: 113-79.

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