Legislative subject term
Livestock
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122 bills carry this term in the covered Congresses.
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New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act
Held at the desk.
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Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 480.
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Strategic Grazing to Reduce Risk of Wildfire Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 495.
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Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485.
- H.R. 9770 (119th) Jul 22, 2026
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.
Received in the Senate.
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SAFE CATTLE Act
Subcommittee Hearings Held
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Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act
Subcommittee Hearings Held
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Advancing Commonsense Policies Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- H.R. 7567 (119th) May 19, 2026
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
Received in the Senate.
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A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 2026 as "National Beef Month" to recognize the important role cattle play in the United States, and to consumers.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
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PUBLIC Lands Act
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
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Truckee Meadows Public Lands Management Act
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
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Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 14.
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EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
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Grazing for Wildfire Risk Reduction Act
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-433, Part I.
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EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-237.
- H.R. 5371 (119th) Nov 12, 2025
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-37.
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Fix Our Forests Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 212.
- S. 2882 (119th) Oct 9, 2025
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider, under the order of 10/9/2025, not having voted on the prevailing side, the vote by which the third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to S. 2882 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 557) entered in Senate.
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Black Vulture Relief Act
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 286.
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Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
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Rescissions Act of 2025
Star Print ordered on the bill.
- H.R. 4 (119th) Jul 24, 2025
Rescissions Act of 2025
Became Public Law No: 119-28.
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Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 112.
- H.R. 1 (119th) Jul 4, 2025
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Became Public Law No: 119-21.
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A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as "National Beef Month" to recognize the important role cattle play in the United States, and to consumers.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S3064)
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TORCH Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- H.R. 1968 (119th) Mar 15, 2025
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Became Public Law No: 119-4.
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Responsible Legislating Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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CUTS Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S336-337)
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Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act
Held at the desk.
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Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act
Held at the desk.
- S. 3791 (118th) Dec 23, 2024
America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-198.
- H.R. 10545 (118th) Dec 21, 2024
American Relief Act, 2025
Became Public Law No: 118-158.
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Prioritizing American Farmers and Agricultural Industry Over Bureaucracy Act
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 778.
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Bipartisan Keep America Open Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
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Responsible Legislating Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Black Vulture Relief Act of 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 679.
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Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.
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America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act of 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594.
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Truckee Meadows Public Lands Management Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 604.
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Operational Flexibility Grazing Management Program Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 627.
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Oregon Owyhee Wilderness and Community Protection Act
Subcommittee Hearings Held
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To require the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a strategy to increase opportunities to utilize livestock grazing as a means of wildfire risk reduction.
Subcommittee Hearings Held
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Operational Flexibility Grazing Management Program Act
Subcommittee Hearings Held
- H.R. 9747 (118th) Sep 26, 2024
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Became Public Law No: 118-83.
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Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 524.
- H.R. 9494 (118th) Sep 18, 2024
Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 8998 (118th) Sep 12, 2024
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.
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CUTS Act
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, 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.
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Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 21.
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Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act
Star Print ordered on the measure.
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New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2023
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-646.
- H.R. 4366 (118th) Mar 9, 2024
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-42.
- H.Res. 1061 (118th) Mar 6, 2024
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4366, with an amendment.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
- H.R. 7463 (118th) Mar 1, 2024
Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-40.
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EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
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To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to authorize the use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency assistance to dairy producers in the case of livestock relocation and feed crop losses due to natural disasters, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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To establish as a permanent program the organic market development grant program of the Department of Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
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Study on Improving Lands Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Support Water-Efficient Strategies and Technologies Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Leveraging Efficiency Awareness for Pumping Systems Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
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EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- H.R. 6363 (118th) Nov 17, 2023
Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-22.
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Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2023
Subcommittee Hearings Held
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Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize certain construction activities on public lands, and for other purposes.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.
- H.R. 5860 (118th) Sep 30, 2023
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act
Became Public Law No: 118-15.
- H.R. 5525 (118th) Sep 29, 2023
Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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A bill to establish as a permanent program the organic market development grant program of the Department of Agriculture.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Agricultural Worker Justice Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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REAP Modernization Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
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Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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Livestock Consolidation Research Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the dairy business innovation initiatives.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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Pyrolysis Innovation Grants Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Insuring Fairness for Family Farmers Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
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DALCI Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Converting Our Waste Sustainably (COWS) Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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Genome to Phenome Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Conservation Reserve Program Improvement Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Dairy Farm Resiliency Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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Farmer-Informed WOTUS Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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REAP Modernization Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Agricultural Worker Justice Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Converting Our Waste Sustainably (COWS) Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3525-3526)
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Insuring Fairness for Family Farmers Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Dairy Business Innovation Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 2023 as "National Dairy Month" to recognize the important role dairy plays in a healthy diet and the exceptional work of dairy producers in being stewards of the land and livestock.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2328-2329; text: 06/22/2023 CR S2246-2247)
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Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- H.R. 3746 (118th) Jun 3, 2023
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Became Public Law No: 118-5.
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PIGS Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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Livestock Consolidation Research Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Farmer-Informed WOTUS Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Conservation Reserve Program Improvement Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S174)
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Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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