Bills About Agriculture And Food Sponsored by Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

Sen. Leahy sponsored 19 bills about agriculture and food in the 117th Congress (2021-22).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Oct. 31, 2019 S.RES.403 A resolution designating October 2019 as "National Farm to School Month". 3
Bipartisan
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6357-6358; text: CR S6344)
June 27, 2019 S.2026 A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reauthorize the farm to school program, and for other purposes. 10
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4633)
Sept. 6, 2017 S.1767 A bill to reauthorize the farm to school program, and for other purposes. 12
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Feb. 25, 2015 S.569 A bill to reauthorize the farm to school program, and for other purposes. 13
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1120-1121; text of measure as introduced: CR S1121)
Feb. 17, 2012 S.2126 A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to extend and improve the milk income loss contract program. 1
All Independent Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Oct. 21, 2003 S.1766 A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to prohibit the use of certain conservation funding to provide technical assistance under the conservation reserve program. 8
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12975)
Oct. 17, 2003 S.1755 A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide grants to support farm-to-cafeteria projects. 11
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12846)
May 6, 2003 S.1007 A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to promote better nutrition among school children participating in the school breakfast and lunch programs. 5
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5787-5788)
May 5, 2003 S.995 A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve certain child nutritional programs, and for other purposes. 0
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5737-5738)
Feb. 26, 2003 S.457 A bill to remove the limitation on the use of funds to require a farm to feed livestock with organically produced feed to be certified as an organic farm. 69
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
April 6, 2001 S.745 A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to promote better nutrition among school children participating in the school breakfast and lunch programs. 5
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
March 15, 2001 S.555 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a tolerance for the presence of methylmercury in seafood, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct. 21, 1998 S.2652 A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the safety of exported pesticides, and for other purposes. 0
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Nov. 13, 1997 S.1556 A bill to improve child nutrition programs, and for other purposes. 0
All Democrats
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Sept. 16, 1998 S.2480 A bill to prevent the introduction and spread of nonindigenous pests and pathogens through the importation of wood articles, and for other purposes. 0
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Oct. 3, 1996 S.2199 A bill to provide funding for the nutrition education and training program authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Sept. 28, 1996 S.2155 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer funds to the farmers' market nutrition program, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Sept. 21, 1995 S.1265 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make temporary assistance available to support community food security projects designed to meet the food needs of low-income people, increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own food needs, and promote comprehensive, inclusive, and future-oriented solutions to local food, farm, and nutrition problems, and for other purposes. 2
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Aug. 2, 1995 S.1114 A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to reduce food stamp fraud and improve the food stamp program through the elimination of food stamp coupons and the use of electronic benefits transfer systems, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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