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1 Union Calendar No. 426 111th Congress, 2d Session–––––––––––House Report 111–703 REPORT ON ACTIVITIES DURING THE 111TH CONGRESS R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2011.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 99–006 WASHINGTON : 2011 VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:40 Jan 04, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR703.XXX HR703 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with REPORTS CONGRESS.#13 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota, Chairman TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania, FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma, Ranking Vice Chairman Minority Member MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa JERRY MORAN, Kansas JOE BACA, California TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California SAM GRAVES, Missouri DAVID SCOTT, Georgia MIKE ROGERS, Alabama JIM MARSHALL, Georgia STEVE KING, Iowa STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas Dakota K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas HENRY CUELLAR, Texas JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska JIM COSTA, California JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio BRAD ELLSWORTH, Indiana ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota DAVID P. ROE, Tennessee STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin BLAINE LUETKEMEYER, Missouri KURT SCHRADER, Oregon GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania DEBORAH L. HALVORSON, Illinois BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana KATHLEEN A. DAHLKEMPER, CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming Pennsylvania THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida BOBBY BRIGHT, Alabama BETSY MARKEY, Colorado FRANK KRATOVIL, JR., Maryland MARK H. SCHAUER, Michigan LARRY KISSELL, North Carolina JOHN A. BOCCIERI, Ohio SCOTT MURPHY, New York WILLIAM L. OWENS, New York EARL POMEROY, North Dakota TRAVIS W. CHILDERS, Mississippi WALT MINNICK, Idaho PROFESSIONAL STAFF ROBERT L. LAREW, Chief of Staff ANDREW W. BAKER, Chief Counsel LIZ FRIEDLANDER, Communications Director NICOLE SCOTT, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:52 Jan 03, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR703.XXX HR703 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with REPORTS LETTER OF SUBMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, Washington, D.C., January 3, 2011. Hon. LORRAINE C. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Dear Ms. MILLER: Pursuant to rule XI, clause 1(d), of the Rules of the House of Representatives, I herewith submit to the House a report of the activities of the Committee on Agriculture during the 111th Congress. With best wishes, I am Sincerely, Hon. COLLIN C. PETERSON, Chairman. (III) VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:52 Jan 03, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR703.XXX HR703 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with REPORTS VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:52 Jan 03, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR703.XXX HR703 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with REPORTS C O N T E N T S Page I. Summary of Organization, Jurisdiction, and Oversight Plan of the Com- mittee on Agriculture ........................................................................................... 1 A. Organization ................................................................................................. 1 B. Committee Jurisdiction ............................................................................... 3 C. Oversight Plan ............................................................................................. 7 II. Committee Activities During the 111th Congress ........................................... 15 A. Main Legislative Activities ......................................................................... 15 B. Statistical Summary of Activities ............................................................... 19 C. Digest of Bills Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Which Action Has Been Taken ................................................................................ 19 1. Bills Enacted into Law ......................................................................... 19 2. Bills Acted on by the Committee Included in the Other Laws Enacted ................................................................................................... 48 3. Bills Vetoed ............................................................................................ 51 4. Bills Acted on by Both Houses But Not Enacted ............................... 52 5. Bills Acted on by the House But Not the Senate ............................... 53 6. Concurrent Resolution Approved ......................................................... 72 7. Bills Reported to the House But Not Considered ............................... 72 8. Bills Ordered Reported But Not Reported .......................................... 77 9. Bill Defeated in the House ................................................................... 79 D. Oversight ...................................................................................................... 79 1. Oversight Hearings ............................................................................... 79 2. Legislative Hearings ............................................................................. 94 E. Printed Hearings ......................................................................................... 95 F. Meetings Not Printed .................................................................................. 100 G. Committee Prints ........................................................................................ 101 H. Watersheds .................................................................................................. 101 III. Appendix ............................................................................................................ 101 A. Executive Communications ......................................................................... 101 B. Statutory and Special Reports .................................................................... 160 (V) VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:52 Jan 03, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR703.XXX HR703 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with REPORTS VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:52 Jan 03, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR703.XXX HR703 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with REPORTS Union Calendar No. 426 111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 111–703 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ON ACTIVITIES DURING THE 111TH CONGRESS JANUARY 3, 2011.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PETERSON, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following REPORT In accordance with rule XI, clause 1(d), of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Agriculture reports herewith on its activities during the 111th Congress. I. SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATION, JURISDICTION, AND OVERSIGHT PLAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE A. ORGANIZATION The House of Representatives established the total authorized membership of the Committee on Agriculture for the 111th Con- gress at 46, with a party division of 28 Democratics and 18 Repub- licans. Among the Committee members were 15 Representatives who were serving their first terms (Schrader, Halvorson, Dahlkemper, Massa, Bright, Markey, Kratovil, Schauer, Kissell, Boccieri, Minnick, Roe, Luetkemeyer, Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Cassidy). SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS (Ratio includes ex officio Members.) (Collin C. Peterson, Chairman, and Frank D. Lucas, Ranking Mi- nority Member, were ex officio Members of all Subcommittees.) The Committee organized on January 28, 2009, into six Sub- committees, five of which were assigned jurisdiction over major ag- ricultural commodities and one that dealt with various related agri- cultural operations. The six Subcommittees were constituted as fol- lows: VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:52 Jan 03, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR703.XXX HR703 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with REPORTS 2 SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, CREDIT, ENERGY, AND RESEARCH (RATIO 19–13) TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania, Chairman STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia, Ranking Dakota Minority Member DEBORAH L. HALVORSON, Illinois JERRY MORAN, Kansas KATHLEEN A. DAHLKEMPER, SAM GRAVES, Missouri Pennsylvania MIKE ROGERS, Alabama BETSY MARKEY, Colorado STEVE KING, Iowa MARK H. SCHAUER, Michigan RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas LARRY KISSELL, North Carolina JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio JOHN A. BOCCIERI, Ohio ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio JIM COSTA, California BLAINE LUETKEMEYER, Missouri BRAD ELLSWORTH, Indiana GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota ERIC J.J. MASSA, New York BOBBY BRIGHT, Alabama FRANK KRATOVIL, JR., Maryland WALT MINNICK, Idaho EARL POMEROY, North Dakota ——— Jurisdiction: Soil, water, and resource conservation, small watershed program, energy and biobased energy production, rural electrification, agricultural credit, and agricultural research, education and extension services. SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, OVERSIGHT, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY (RATIO 7–5) JOE BACA, California, Chairman HENRY CUELLAR, Texas JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska, Ranking STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin Minority Member KURT SCHRADER, Oregon STEVE KING, Iowa KATHLEEN A. DAHLKEMPER, JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio Pennsylvania ——— TRAVIS W. CHILDERS, Mississippi Jurisdiction: Agency oversight, review and analysis, special investigations, food stamps, nutrition and consumer programs, forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain. SUBCOMMITTEE ON GENERAL
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