House+Bill+Number+6124

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The sponsor of this bill is Colin Peterson. 5/22/2008--Introduced.
===This bill's purpose is to... Permit a certain amount of one's crops to ethanol and resource uses. ===


 * (1) commodity programs;
 * (2) conservation;
 * (3) trade;
 * (4) nutrition;
 * (5) credit;
 * (6) rural development;
 * (7) research and related matters;
 * (8) forestry;
 * (9) energy;
 * (10) horticulture and organic agriculture;
 * (11) livestock;
 * (12) crop insurance and disaster assistance;
 * (13) socially disadvantaged and limited resource producers; and
 * (14) miscellaneous programs.
 * (15) Directs the President to establish and maintain an importer declaration program with respect to the importation of softwood lumber and softwood lumber products. Establishes the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program and the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship Program. Housing Assistance Council Authorization Act of 2008 - Amends provisions respecting the Housing Assistance Council. Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008 - Amends provisions respecting small business disaster assistance. CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends provisions respecting commodity futures.Agricultural Security Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends provisions respecting agricultural security.Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2008 - Amends provisions respecting trade, energy, tax, and Social Security. Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 or the HOPE II Act - Amends provisions respecting trade benefits for Haiti.

History

 * 1985 food security act- reduction of wetland conversion-Conservation Reserve Program- and the Highly Erodible Land Protection
 * 1990 Food Agricultural Conservation and Trade Act- continues Highly Erodible Land Protection and Swampbuster provisions- Continues Conservation Reserve Program- Wetland Reserve Program authorized.
 * 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act- Environmental Quality Incentives Program begins- Wildlife Habitat Quality Incentives Program begins. Wetlands Reserve Program and Conservation Reserve Program continued.
 * 2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act- Conservation Security Program.

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Everyone is either directly or indirectly effected by this bill. This bill will greatly effect farmers because of what they have to produce for themselves and for public use. If a farmer works year round producing corn, and potatoes for instance, he will have to designate a certain amount of that produce to Ethanol uses and for resource uses too. This may also indirectly effect you because this will probably limit the amount of money that a farmer will make annually. This will cause this farmer to produce less of whatever he farms, which will make the prices of his or her produce rise. Which will make you pay more for produce.======

**FDA**
The FDA also does a lot in keeping our food suply safe and of a certain quality. Their latest break through in the field happened December first, with the implementation of the Food Protection Plan. This act is also enforced by The Food Conservation and Energy Bill. Listed below are the highlights of the agency's accomplishments in implementing the Food Protection Plan's three core strategies: The prevention of outbreaks of food-borne disease, and intervention and response if they occur:

**PREVENTION**

 * The FDA is establishing offices in five regions that export food and other FDA-regulated products to the United States: China, India, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. The FDA has already hired staff for its offices in China and India.
 * The FDA was part of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delegation to China to address food safety issues in both countries and to share ideas to address global food safety. U.S. and Chinese government officials discussed recent outbreak of food borne illness in the United States related to fresh produce as well as the melamine contamination of dairy products in China.
 * The FDA released the CARVER self-assessment tool for industry, to minimize the risk of intentional contamination of food, and conducted training seminars for industry on how to use the tool.
 * The FDA held a meeting of with more than 200 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial partners to address the challenges of protecting the nation's food supply.
 * The FDA is hiring an International Notification Coordinator to manage enhanced information exchanges between the agency and foreign counterpart regulatory authorities.
 * The FDA approved the use of irradiation of iceberg lettuce and spinach for the control of pathogens, such as //Escherichia coli// //O157:H7//, in or on those foods.
 * The FDA developed methods to detect melamine and cyanuric acid in feed and feed ingredients.
 * The FDA is using genetic analysis to identify hundreds of //Salmonella// strains from seafood imports. The analysis provides information to trace outbreaks of //Salmonella// and implement surveillance programs to ensure food safety.

"H.R. 6124: The Food Conservation and Energ Act." __www.govtrack.us__. 6 Nov. 2008. 7 Dec. 2008 .

Kwisnek, Stephanie. "FDA Reports Significant Progress in Protecting The Food Supply." __www.fda.gov__. 1 Dec. 2008. Department of Health and Human Resources. 7 Dec. 2008 .

Schlager, Neil, and Jayne Weisblatt. Alternative energy. N.p.: n.p., 2006.