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Pilot project in USDA-FDA bill would limit SNAP purchases
The government would set up five pilot projects to keep SNAP recipients from buying "unhealthy foods" under a provision in the USDA-FDA funding bill released on Monday. The House bill also would block the USDA from implementing three fair-play regulations on livestock marketing and refuse to pay for "President Biden's bureaucratic pay increases."
House panel votes to block two Trump rules restricting SNAP access
House coronavirus bill boosts SNAP, other public nutrition programs
Agriculture eligible for coronavirus injury loans
Legislation to reform checkoffs introduced in the House
Legislation introduced in the House on Thursday would reform so-called “checkoff” programs, which impose mandatory taxes on producers of some commodities in order to fund promotional campaigns.
Senate vs. House confrontation looms over relocating ERS and NIFA
House is last hurdle for compromise farm bill
Step by step, seeking a bipartisan farm bill in the Senate
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee said they are working on a bipartisan farm bill, in contrast to the Republican-written bill awaiting a vote in the House, but offered no suggestion on Tuesday as to when it will be ready. A month ago, Senate Agriculture chairman Pat Roberts warned Congress must move briskly on a bill this spring or forfeit passage this year.