Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 3)

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Us Congress House Bill HB442

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB512

Introduced
1/16/25  
Imported Seafood Safety Standards ActThis bill establishes the Inspection and Consumption of Shrimp and Shrimp Products Fund.The fund consists of duties that are collected on shrimp and shrimp products that are imported into the United States. The fund must be used to support (1) the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to inspect imported shrimp and shrimp products in accordance with certain health and safety standards, including with respect to antibiotic contamination and fair labor standards; and (2) the Department of Agriculture in encouraging the domestic consumption of shrimp.
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Us Congress House Bill HB479

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Healthy SNAP Act of 2025
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Us Congress House Bill HB487

Introduced
1/16/25  
Hawaii Invasive Species Protection Act This bill directs the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to conduct preclearance quarantine inspections for high-risk invasive species and agricultural materials on persons, baggage, cargo, and any other articles destined for direct movement to or from the state of Hawaii. The visual, x-ray, and canine inspections must be conducted at airports, ports, and postal sorting facilities.APHIS must also consult with the state of Hawaii to develop and publish a list of items subject to inspection for high-risk invasive species and agricultural materials.User fees must be prescribed and collected to cover the cost of the inspections.
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Us Congress House Bill HB534

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
CONTAINER Act Creating Obstructions Necessary To Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rapidly Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB582

Introduced
1/21/25  
Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB598

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
FIR Act Forest Information Reform Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB622

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
This bill increases funding for the Conservation Stewardship Program. As background, this Department of Agriculture program provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to maintain and improve existing conservation systems and to adopt additional conservation activities in a comprehensive manner on a producer's entire operation.
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Us Congress House Bill HB641

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Coordination for Soil Carbon Research and Monitoring Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB694

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Restoring Trade Fairness ActThis bill establishes various trade measures related to China, including by revoking China's permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status and increasing the rates of duty (i.e., tariffs) on Chinese imported goods. The bill prohibits imported goods originating from North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran from receiving de minimis treatment. (Current law allows for U.S. imports under a de minimis threshold of $800 per shipment to enter free of tariffs, fees, and taxes.)Specifically, the bill revokes China's PNTR status. Currently, China's PNTR status allows for Chinese goods to have duty rates set forth in column 1 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). With the removal of China's PNTR status, the bill generally sets the applicable duty rates on imported Chinese goods at the higher rates listed in column 2 of the HTS, with exceptions.The bill establishes a minimum duty rate of 35% for all Chinese goods, which requires column 2 rates to be at least 35%. However, the bill establishes a minimum duty rate of 100% for a list of specified goods (e.g., various minerals, certain vaccines and drugs, and certain defense-related articles). Duty rates are phased in over five years and adjusted annually for inflation.The bill alsoauthorizes the President to take additional actions related to trade with China, requires merchandise imported from China to be appraised based on U.S. value, and establishes a trust fund to compensate U.S. producers for lost revenue resulting from retaliatory actions by China.
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Us Congress House Bill HB690

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement Salmonella framework for raw poultry products.
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Us Congress House Bill HB734

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide a notice and comment period prior to making certain substantive changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) quality control system, with exceptions.As background, the SNAP quality control system measures how accurately SNAP state agencies determine a household’s eligibility and benefit amount and determines overpayments of benefits and underpayments. State agencies must conduct quality control reviews of their SNAP caseloads and report these findings to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.The bill requires USDA to provide a notice and public comment period of at least 60 days prior to finalizing any new or updated guidance that proposes substantive changes for conducting quality control reviews. This applies to any proposed guidance reasonably expected to require state agencies to make changes to systems, procedures, or staffing pertaining to quality control reviews or that impact verification requirements for SNAP recipients.In the case of an urgent and immediate need, USDA may issue interim final guidance simultaneously with the notice and comment requirements.
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Us Congress House Bill HB168

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
TORCH Act Targeted Operations to Remove Catastrophic Hazards Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB209

Introduced
1/9/23  
Refer
1/9/23  
Refer
2/21/23  
Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023 This bill expedites the review of mining projects on federal lands and limits judicial review of mining projects. For example, the bill expands the federal permitting and review processes under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for critical minerals. Under the act, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service, to the maximum extent practicable, must complete the federal permitting and review processes related to critical mineral mines on federal lands with maximum efficiency and effectiveness. This bill expands this process to include all minerals as defined by the bill, not only critical minerals. The bill also establishes deadlines for completing the review of mining projects under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. In addition, the bill also expands the meaning of covered projects under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act to include (1) certain mineral production projects, and (2) certain actions taken by the Department of Defense. Such projects qualify for expedited environmental review. It also establishes requirements to expedite the review or authorization of certain mineral projects, such as (1) mineral exploration activities with a surface disturbance of no more than five acres of public lands, (2) ancillary mining activities, and (3) uranium projects. Finally, the bill limits judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by a lead agency for a mining project by requiring the filing of claims within a certain time period.
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Us Congress House Bill HB178

Introduced
1/9/23  
Refer
1/9/23  
Refer
2/13/23  
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2023This bill sets forth provisions regarding development of geothermal, solar, or wind energy on public lands. The Department of the Interior shall establish priority areas on its land for geothermal, solar, and wind energy projects, consistent with the principles of multiple use and the renewable energy permitting goal. Among applications for a given renewable energy source, proposed projects located in priority areas for that renewable energy source shall be given the highest priority for incentivizing deployment, and be offered the opportunity to participate in any regional mitigation plan developed for the relevant priority areas. The bill provides for the disposition of revenues from the development of wind or solar energy. The bill establishes the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund to make funds available to federal, state, and tribal agencies for distribution in regions in which renewable energy projects are located on federal land for (1) restoring and protecting natural water bodies and fish and wildlife habitat and corridors, and (2) preserving and improving recreational access to federal land and water in an affected region.