All Information (Except Text) for H.R.925 - Emergency Farm Assistance Act of 2007110th Congress (2007-2008)
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Hide Overview| Sponsor: | Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] (Introduced 02/08/2007) |
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| Committees: | House - Agriculture; Budget; Natural Resources; Transportation and Infrastructure |
| Latest Action: | House - 03/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. (All Actions) |
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Titles (2)
Short Titles
Short Titles - House of Representatives
Short Titles as Introduced
Emergency Farm Assistance Act of 2007
Official Titles
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To provide emergency agricultural disaster assistance for agricultural producers, manufacturers, and workers in the State of California, to appropriate funds for Pacific salmon emergency disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
Actions Overview (1)
| Date | Actions Overview |
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| 02/08/2007 | Introduced in House |
All Actions (12)
| Date | All Actions |
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| 03/02/2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Action By: Committee on Agriculture |
| 03/02/2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Action By: Committee on Agriculture |
| 03/02/2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. Action By: Committee on Agriculture |
| 02/16/2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Action By: Committee on Natural Resources |
| 02/16/2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Action By: Committee on Natural Resources |
| 02/09/2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Action By: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
| 02/08/2007 | Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure Action By: House of Representatives |
| 02/08/2007 | Referred to House Natural Resources Action By: House of Representatives |
| 02/08/2007 | Referred to House Budget Action By: House of Representatives |
| 02/08/2007 | Referred to House Agriculture Action By: House of Representatives |
| 02/08/2007 | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. Action By: House of Representatives |
| 02/08/2007 | Introduced in House Action By: House of Representatives |
Cosponsors (28)
Committees (4)
Committees, subcommittees and links to reports associated with this bill are listed here, as well as the nature and date of committee activity and Congressional report number.
| Committee / Subcommittee | Date | Activity | Reports |
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| House Agriculture | 02/08/2007 | Referred to | |
| House Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture | 03/02/2007 | Referred to | |
| House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry | 03/02/2007 | Referred to | |
| House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry | 03/02/2007 | Referred to | |
| House Budget | 02/08/2007 | Referred to | |
| House Natural Resources | 02/08/2007 | Referred to | |
| House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans | 02/16/2007 | Referred to | |
| House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands | 02/16/2007 | Referred to | |
| House Transportation and Infrastructure | 02/08/2007 | Referred to | |
| House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management | 02/09/2007 | Referred to |
Subjects (49)
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- Administrative procedure
- Agricultural labor
- Agricultural subsidies
- California
- Citrus fruits
- Crop insurance
- Dairy industry
- Department of Agriculture
- Disaster relief
- Emergency housing
- Federal budgets
- Fisheries
- Floods
- Food relief
- Forestry
- Fruit
- Grants-in-aid
- Horticulture
- Housing subsidies
- Livestock
- Losses
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Migrant labor
- Minorities
- Mortgages
- Nuts
- Off-budget expenditures
- Pacific States (U.S.)
- Rental housing
- Salmon
- Seasonal labor
- Small business
- Trees
- Unemployment
- Unemployment insurance
- Vegetables
- Weather
Latest Summary (1)
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Introduced in House (02/08/2007)
Emergency Farm Assistance Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to provide assistance: (1) to producers of specialty crops in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2005 or 2006; (2) to citrus producers in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2007; (3) to producers of other specialty crops in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2007; (4) to dairy producers in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2006; and (5) for livestock indemnity payments to producers in disaster counties that incurred losses in 2006 or 2007, or both.
Directs the Secretary to make grants to California for an expedited disaster assistance program to qualified small businesses that suffered losses during the 2005, 2006, or 2007 crop year as a result of weather-related agricultural losses to the California specialty crop or livestock production sectors.
Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to tree or fruit and tree nut producers in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2005, 2006, or 2007, or any combination of such years. Defines "tree" to include: (1) a tree (including a Christmas tree, ornamental tree, nursery tree, and potted tree); (2) a bush (including a shrub, nursery shrub, nursery bush, ornamental bush, ornamental shrub, potted bush, and potted shrub); and (3) a vine (including a nursery vine and ornamental vine).
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide unemployment assistance and temporary mortgage rental assistance to California agricultural workers (including low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers) who are unemployed due to disasters in 2007.
Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) food coupons and surplus commodities to such workers; and (2) emergency grants for California low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers who are unemployed due to disasters in 2007.
Appropriates additional funds to the Secretary of Commerce for emergency disaster assistance to fishing communities, Indian tribes, and small businesses adversely affected by harvesting restrictions on Klamath River Fall chinook salmon.