H.R. 6124 - Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Agriculture. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Collin Peterson
- Summary:
- To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has become law.
Senate Vote: On Passage
PASSED on June 5, 2008.
1/2 required to pass
voted YES: 77
voted NO: 15
8 voted present/not voting
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
H.R. 6124 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- Agricultural Security Improvement Act of 2008
- CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008
- Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008
- Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2008
- HOPE II Act
- Housing Assistance Council Authorization Act of 2008
- Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- Agricultural Security Improvement Act of 2008
- CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008
- Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008
- Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2008
- HOPE II Act
- Housing Assistance Council Authorization Act of 2008
- Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008
- Sponsor
- Collin Peterson
- Co-Sponsors
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Acreage allotments
- Administrative procedure
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- Aged
- Agricultural assistance
- Agricultural conservation
- Agricultural cooperatives
- Agricultural credit
- Agricultural estimating and reporting
- Agricultural innovations
- Agricultural labor
- Agricultural pollution
- Agricultural prices
- Agricultural research
- Agricultural statistics
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agricultural surpluses
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Air pollution
- Air pollution control
- Alaska
- Alternative energy sources
- American Samoa
- Animals
- Appropriations
- Armed forces
- Authorization
- Biomass energy
- Block grants
- Budgets
- Business
- Caribbean area
- Chesapeake Bay
- Child health
- Child labor
- Child nutrition
- Children
- Civil liberties
- Colorado River development
- Commemorations
- Community development
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conservation easements
- Consumers
- Corn
- Cotton
- Crop insurance
- Dairy industry
- Dairy products
- Dams
- Day care
- Death
- Defense policy
- Department of Agriculture
- Developing countries
- Diet
- Disabled
- Disaster loans
- Disaster relief
- Distance education
- District of Columbia
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Electric power transmission
- Electric utilities
- Electronic benefits transfers
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency management
- Emergency medicine
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy crops
- Energy efficiency
- Entrepreneurs
- Environmental protection
- Estates (Law)
- Export finance
- Exports
- Famines
- Farm lands
- Farmers
- Farms
- Federal aid to research
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Feed grains
- Finance
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fire fighters
- Fishing
- Food
- Food relief
- Food safety
- Food stamps
- Food supply
- Forced labor
- Foreign aid
- Foreign policy
- Foreign trade promotion
- Forest conservation
- Forestry
- Foundations
- Free trade
- Fruit
- Futures trading
- Gardening
- Government information
- Government lending
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Grain
- Grassland ecology
- Grazing
- Great Lakes
- Great Plains
- Grocery trade
- Guam
- Habitat conservation
- Haiti
- Hawaii
- Hazardous substances
- Higher education
- Homeless
- Honey
- Horses
- Horticulture
- Housing
- Housing subsidies
- Human rights
- Humanities
- Hunger
- Hunting
- Illinois
- Import restrictions
- Imports
- Indemnity
- Indiana
- Indians
- Information technology
- Infrastructure
- Insurance premiums
- Interest rates
- International affairs
- International agencies
- International relief
- Iowa
- Irrigation
- Job training
- Labor
- Lakes
- Latin America
- Law
- Leadership
- Leases
- Legumes
- Libraries
- Livestock
- Losses
- Louisiana
- Lumber trade
- Malawi
- Marketing of farm produce
- Marketing orders
- Maryland
- Meat
- Medical education
- Mexico
- Michigan
- Migrant labor
- Military pay
- Milk
- Minnesota
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Mississippi
- Mississippi River
- Missouri
- Montana
- Names
- Natural resources
- Nonprofit organizations
- North Dakota
- Nutrition
- Nuts
- Obesity
- Ohio
- Oilseeds
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Organic farming
- Outdoor recreation
- Peanuts
- Plant breeding
- Public contracts
- Puerto Rico
- Radio broadcasting
- Regional economic development
- Research and development facilities
- Research centers
- Rice
- Right of privacy
- Rural affairs
- Rural economic development
- Rural health
- Sales tax
- Saline waters
- Scholarships
- School lunch program
- Science policy
- Seasonal labor
- Sediment control
- Small business
- Social security
- Social security numbers
- Social services
- Soil conservation
- Soil erosion
- Solid wastes
- Sorghum
- South Dakota
- Soybeans
- Sports
- State and local government
- State taxation
- Storage
- Sugar
- Surveys
- Sustainable agriculture
- Tariff
- Tariff preferences
- Taxation
- Technical assistance
- Technology
- Technology transfer
- Telecommunication
- Telemedicine
- Telephone
- Trade
- Trade agreements
- Transportation
- Transportation planning
- Trees
- Urban affairs
- Urban areas
- Vegetables
- Virgin Islands
- Waste water treatment
- Water conservation
- Water pollution
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water resources
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
- Watersheds
- Weather forecasting
- Welfare
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare work participation
- Wetlands
- Wheat
- Wildlife conservation
- Wind power
- Wisconsin
- Women
- Women in government
- Wool
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 5/22/2008 Referred to Committee Passed House 5/22/2008 Passed Senate 6/05/2008 Vetoed by President 6/18/2008 Vetoed by Governor 6/18/2008 Vetoed by Governor 6/18/2008 Passed House 6/18/2008 Senate 6/18/2008 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result select this vote House On Passage - House - H.R. 6124 To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through the fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes - Under Suspension of the Rules 5/22/2008 This bill PASSED the House 306 voted YES 110 voted NO 19 voted present/not votingcurrently selected Senate On Passage - Senate - H.R. 6124 6/05/2008 This bill PASSED the Senate 77 voted YES 15 voted NO 8 voted present/not votingselect this vote House Veto Override - House - H.R. 6124 To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through the fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes 6/18/2008 This bill PASSED the House 317 voted YES 109 voted NO 8 voted present/not votingselect this vote Senate On Overriding the Veto (Upon Reconsideration Shall H.R. 6124 Pass, the Objections of the President to the Contrary Notwithstanding?) 6/18/2008 This bill the Senate 80 voted YES 14 voted NO 6 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 5/22/2008 5/22/2008 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 5/22/2008 Referred to House Agriculture 5/22/2008 Referred to House Foreign Affairs Put on a legislative calendar 5/22/2008 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 753. select this vote House Vote on Passage 5/22/2008 On Passage - House - H.R. 6124 To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through the fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes - Under Suspension of the Rules 5/23/2008 Mr. Peterson (MN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. 5/23/2008 Considered under suspension of the rules. 5/23/2008 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6124. 6/05/2008 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. 6/05/2008 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Presented to President 6/05/2008 Cleared for White House. currently selected Senate Vote on Passage 6/05/2008 On Passage - Senate - H.R. 6124 Presented to President 6/16/2008 Presented to President. 6/18/2008 Veto message received in Senate. Held at the desk. 6/18/2008 Veto Message considered in Senate. 6/18/2008 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Vetoed 6/18/2008 Vetoed by President. Enacted 6/18/2008 Became Public Law No: 110-246. 6/18/2008 The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President. 6/18/2008 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the question of passage of H.R. 6124, the objections of the President to the contrary, notwithstanding. select this vote House Vote on Passage 6/18/2008 Veto Override - House - H.R. 6124 To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through the fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes select this vote Senate Vote on Passage 6/18/2008 On Overriding the Veto (Upon Reconsideration Shall H.R. 6124 Pass, the Objections of the President to the Contrary Notwithstanding?) Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…
supported this bill
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office on day of vote, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions by Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Akaka | D | HI | $152,075 | $0 | Yes |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $316,950 | $0 | Yes |
| Alan Wayne Allard | R | CO | $9,878 | $0 | Yes |
| John Barrasso | R | WY | $157,400 | $0 | Yes |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $887,350 | $0 | Yes |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $377,487 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $360,909 | $0 | No |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $198,425 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $289,008 | $0 | Yes |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $575,505 | $0 | Yes |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $1,414,712 | $0 | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $472,109 | $0 | Yes |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $122,960 | $0 | Yes |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $408,461 | $1,500 | Yes |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $802,981 | $0 | Yes |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $107,247 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $433,653 | $0 | Yes |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $489,376 | $0 | Yes |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $455,138 | $0 | Yes |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $654,289 | $0 | Yes |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $1,972,459 | $7,000 | Yes |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $2,156,812 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $196,991 | $7,988 | No |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $373,700 | $0 | Yes |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $1,062,140 | $19,200 | Yes |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $436,129 | $1,000 | No |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $541,485 | $0 | Yes |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $673,410 | $5,000 | Yes |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $1,080,932 | $0 | Yes |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $203,781 | $0 | Yes |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $343,367 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $592,941 | $2,180 | No |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $577,510 | $0 | Yes |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $685,896 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $243,100 | $0 | No |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $306,376 | $0 | Yes |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $418,739 | $0 | Yes |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $216,483 | $6,000 | No |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $165,050 | $0 | Yes |
| Russ Feingold | D | WI | $259,368 | $0 | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $495,260 | $0 | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $465,996 | $0 | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $567,216 | $0 | Yes |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $214,450 | $2,000 | Not Voting |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $96,450 | $0 | No |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $506,496 | $0 | Yes |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $239,480 | $0 | No |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $636,524 | $0 | Yes |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $421,004 | $0 | Yes |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $238,250 | $0 | Yes |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $571,176 | $0 | Yes |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $655,932 | $0 | Yes |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $174,150 | $0 | Not Voting |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $155,035 | $0 | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $1,045,477 | $0 | Yes |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $300 | $0 | Yes |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $749,397 | $5,400 | No |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $735,197 | $0 | Yes |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $192,133 | $0 | Yes |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $64,876 | $0 | Yes |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $138,228 | $0 | Yes |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $498,889 | $0 | Yes |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $837,564 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $318,178 | $0 | No |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $661,747 | $0 | Yes |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $111,050 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $1,129,438 | $0 | Yes |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $1,124,843 | $0 | Yes |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $676,055 | $0 | Yes |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $439,050 | $0 | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $453,223 | $0 | No |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $1,267,149 | $0 | Yes |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $693,021 | $0 | Yes |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $613,215 | $0 | Yes |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $493,697 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $419,770 | $0 | Yes |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $220,000 | $0 | No |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $517,910 | $0 | Yes |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $529,829 | $0 | Yes |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $192,650 | $0 | Yes |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $734,293 | $0 | Yes |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $91,974 | $0 | Yes |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $223,650 | $0 | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $369,542 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $547,550 | $4,000 | Yes |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $950,787 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $277,992 | $0 | Yes |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $938,828 | $0 | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $927,251 | $0 | Yes |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $247,250 | $0 | Yes |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $451,960 | $1,000 | No |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $234,080 | $0 | Yes |
| John Thune | R | SD | $685,494 | $2,925 | Yes |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $772,379 | $0 | Yes |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $603,154 | $0 | No |
| John Warner | R | VA | $12,500 | $0 | Yes |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $263,111 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $307,099 | $0 | No |
| Roger Wicker | R | MS | $490,550 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $331,206 | $0 | Yes |
