Bills About Agriculture And Food Sponsored by John Thune (R-S.D.)

Sen. Thune sponsored 26 bills about agriculture and food in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Dec. 18, 2020 S.5066 A bill to amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to support small and very small meat and poultry processing establishments, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S7806-7808)
June 4, 2020 S.3893 A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow for emergency use of certain land during a pandemic, and for other purposes. 4
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2735-2736)
March 12, 2020 S.3479 A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to encourage the planting of cover crops following prevented planting, and for other purposes. 5
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1743)
March 22, 2018 S.2614 A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Oct. 4, 2017 S.1913 A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make the native sod provisions applicable to the United States and to modify those provisions, and for other purposes. 5
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
June 29, 2017 S.1479 A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve the supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
May 25, 2017 S.1259 A bill to improve and extend agricultural commodity programs, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
May 24, 2017 S.1214 A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. 1
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
April 7, 2017 S.909 A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend and improve conservation programs, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
March 2, 2017 S.499 A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to address needs in the agriculture sector by establishing a voluntary, short-term conserving use program for participating farmers, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
April 24, 2013 S.801 A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide for crop production on native sod. 6
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
April 18, 2013 S.762 A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program. 1
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
July 10, 2008 S.3251 A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize advance payments under the supplemental revenue assistance program. 2
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
June 27, 2007 S.1716 A bill to amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to strike a requirement relating to forage producers. 12
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 110-80.
Aug. 3, 2007 S.2012 A bill to amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to extend the period of emergency financial assistance to certain individuals and entities. 0
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
May 23, 2007 S.36 A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act to establish a biofuels promotion program to promote sustainable production of biofuels and biomass, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
March 20, 2007 S.944 A bill to require that an independent review of the efficiency and effectiveness of all headquarters offices of the Farm Service Agency of the Department of Agriculture be carried out prior to the closure of any county offices. 0
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
July 26, 2002 H.R.5310 To provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers. 24
Bipartisan
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Feb. 7, 2002 H.R.3708 To continue the Department of Agriculture program that promotes the use of certain agricultural commodities to produce bioenergy and to expand the program to include animal fats, animal by-products, and oils as eligible agricultural commodities under the program. 1
Bipartisan
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
March 19, 2001 H.R.1093 To provide for grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses. 24
Bipartisan
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
May 22, 2001 H.R.1949 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish the conservation security program. 38
Bipartisan
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
March 29, 2001 H.R.1321 To amend the conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish a voluntary, incentive-based conservation security program. 5
Bipartisan
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
April 15, 1999 H.R.1468 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to eliminate the limitation on loan rates for marketing assistance loans through the 2002 crop year. 3
Bipartisan
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Sept. 23, 1998 H.R.4615 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide for the retroactive lifting of the caps on loan rates for marketing assistance loans for the 1998 crop. 7
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
July 17, 1998 H.R.4272 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide an alternative single payment for production flexibility contracts. 2
All Republicans
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
March 20, 1997 H.R.1137 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit the movement in interstate commerce of meat and poultry products that satisfy State inspection requirements that are at least equal to Federal inspection standards. 0
All Republicans
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
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