What's up - Last minute add ons

I'll check in with a few Washington sources about the language folded into the farm bill in the manager's amendment. I haven't found the full text version, but Kate Cyrul at Tom Harkin's office did send this summary file. I don't think there was anything particularly dramatic, but here is a quick list of interesting add-ons


Stevens-McCaskill: Amendment 3515: authorizes competitive grants to public tv stations for education and outreach

Casey: Sense of Congress relating to nutrition education initiatives - SA 3522

Cornyn - Modifies public health projects to include ways to reduce childhood obesity - SA 3544

Sanders - Establishes a community gardening project at high poverty public schools

Durbin amend and Baucas/Stabenow amendment - Amendments to trade subtitle F - strikes MAP and removes language under jurisdiction of Senate Finance Committee

Feingold - Sense of Senate on ARS research dedicated to organic agriculture

Menendez - Study on impact of local foods on commerce SA 3607

Roberts - Pilot program to distribute whole grain snacks to elementary students


Feinstein - Modifies Agricultural Adjustment Act includes clementines on the list of items for which quality requirements are established

Stevens - Exempt ag quarantine user fees/trucks from US. to Canada

Harkin - Pilot program for purchases of local commodities