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USDA Urged to Implement Poultry Processing Inspection Changes
The Poultry Site | June 14, 2013
US - The House Appropriations Committee has called on the USDA to implement changes in the poultry meat inspection system that have been on trial over the last decade.
The move comes in an amendment to the 2014 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which the committee approved yesterday (13 June).
House Advances Funding Bill That Bans Horse Slaughter, Gives FDA Small Boost
By Helena Bottemiller | Food Safety News | June 14, 2013
Appropriations Committee Approves Ag Funding Bill
National Hog Farmer | June 14, 2013
The House Appropriations Committee Thursday approved the fiscal year 2014 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which will now head to the House floor for consideration. The proposed legislation funds important agricultural and food programs and services, including food safety, animal and plant health programs, rural development and farm services, marketplace oversight and nutrition programs.
House Spending Panel Backs Bill With Cuts to Nutrition Program, CFTC
By Tait Militana | CQ Roll Call | June 13, 2013
House appropriators on Thursday advanced legislation that would cut a nutrition program for women and infants by $214 million and trim funding for a regulatory agency charged with overseeing the over-the-counter derivatives market.
House ag approps approves bill
The Hagstrom Report | June 6, 2013
The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approved a fiscal year 2014 Agriculture appropriations bill today.
The measure passed on a voice vote, although it appeared that all Democratic members of the committee voted against it.
House Panel Rejects Curbs on RUS
By Steven Johnson | Electric Co-op Today | June 6, 2013
A House subcommittee has rebuffed changes proposed by the Obama administration that would place new restrictions on Rural Utilities Service lending to electric cooperatives.
nstead, as part of a fiscal 2014 appropriations bill, the agriculture appropriations subcommittee took steps to provide more flexibility in the $4 billion Electric Loan Program.
Agriculture Spending Bill Approved by House Subcommittee
By Anna McGeehan | CQ Roll Call | June 5, 2013
House appropriators backed legislation Wednesday that would trim $214 million from a supplemental nutrition assistance program while boosting funds for food and drug safety activities.
Good morning. Today before the subcommittee we have the Chairman’s mark for the fiscal year 2014 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.