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Key Votes
HR 2112 - Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Food and Drug Administration - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Joe Donnelly, Sr. voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) on this Legislation.
Read statements Joe Donnelly, Sr. made in this general time period.
Stages
- Nov. 18, 2011 Executive Signed
- Nov. 17, 2011 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- Nov. 17, 2011 House Conference Report Adopted
- Nov. 3, 2011 House Nonconcurrence Vote Passed
- Nov. 1, 2011 Senate Bill Passed
- June 16, 2011 House Bill Passed
- June 3, 2011 Introduced
Family
- HR 2112 -
- S Amdt 740 - Repeals Funding for Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms
- S Amdt 791 - Limits Farm Subsidies to Individuals with Incomes Under $1 million
- S Amdt 753 - Prohibits the Use of Funds for Prosecution of Enemy Combatants in Civilian Courts
- S Amdt 769 - Authorizes Individuals to Import FDA-Approved Drugs from Canada
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 112-55 - Nov. 18, 2011
Title: Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Food and Drug Administration
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) (70-30) - Nov. 17, 2011(Key vote)
Title: Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Food and Drug Administration
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to adopt a conference report that appropriates funds for agriculture, rural development, and the Food and Drug Administration.
- Prohibits the use of funds for any nutritional program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 that does the following (Sec. 743):
- Requires crediting of tomato paste and puree based on volume;
- Establishes a whole grain requirement without defining "whole grain"; or
- Specifies a sodium reduction target beyond the target specified in the Nutrition Standards of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
- Prohibits the use of funds for projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, and specifies that funds appropriated for projects that are considered of public use for purposes of eminent domain include, but are not limited to, the following (Sec. 409):
- Mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects; and
- Utility projects that benefit or serve the general public.
- Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to appropriate funds in excess of $100 million for a single natural disaster event in a state for emergency relief projects arising from damage caused in fiscal year 2011 by the following events: (Sec. 125):
- Hurricane Irene; and
- The Missouri River basin flooding.
- Excludes events involving closed hydrologic basins from the provisions of this act (Sec. 125).
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) (298-121) - Nov. 17, 2011(Key vote)
Title: Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Food and Drug Administration
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to adopt a conference report that appropriates funds for agriculture, rural development, and the Food and Drug Administration.
- Prohibits the use of funds for any nutritional program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 that does the following (Sec. 743):
- Requires crediting of tomato paste and puree based on volume;
- Establishes a whole grain requirement without defining "whole grain"; or
- Specifies a sodium reduction target beyond the target specified in the Nutrition Standards of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
- Prohibits the use of funds for projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, and specifies that funds appropriated for projects that are considered of public use for purposes of eminent domain include, but are not limited to, the following (Sec. 409):
- Mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects; and
- Utility projects that benefit or serve the general public.
- Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to appropriate funds in excess of $100 million for a single natural disaster event in a state for emergency relief projects arising from damage caused in fiscal year 2011 by the following events: (Sec. 125):
- Hurricane Irene; and
- The Missouri River basin flooding.
- Excludes events involving closed hydrologic basins from the provisions of this act (Sec. 125).
Legislation - Nonconcurrence Vote Passed (House) - Nov. 3, 2011
Legislation - Bill Passed With Amendment (Senate) (-) - Nov. 1, 2011
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (-) - June 16, 2011
Legislation - Introduced (House) - June 3, 2011
Title: Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Food and Drug Administration
Sponsors
- Jack Kingston (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
