HR 2366
105th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural estimating and reporting
Agricultural statistics
Census
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Confidential communications
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government statistics
Law
Right of privacy
Surveys
Census of Agriculture Act of 1997
Introduced: July 31, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
26 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 21, 1997
Became Public Law No: 105-113.
Nov 21, 1997
Signed by President.
Nov 13, 1997
Presented to President.
Nov 12, 1997
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 10, 1997
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12495)
Nov 10, 1997
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12495)
Nov 7, 1997
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
Nov 7, 1997
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Thompson without amendment. With written report No. 105-141.
Nov 5, 1997
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 22, 1997
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Oct 21, 1997
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 21, 1997
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Oct 21, 1997
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Oct 21, 1997
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Oct 21, 1997
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8869-8870)
Oct 21, 1997
Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Oct 2, 1997
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 105-296, Part I.
Sep 24, 1997
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 24, 1997
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 24, 1997
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Discharged.
Aug 15, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Aug 11, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice.
Jul 31, 1997
Referred to House Agriculture
Jul 31, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Jul 31, 1997
Referred to House Government Reform
Jul 31, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 - Amends Federal law to transfer authority to conduct the census of agriculture from the Secretary of Commerce to the Secretary (Secretary) of Agriculture. Requires the Secretary to take a census every five years beginning in 1998.
Sets forth enforcement and confidentiality provisions.
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Became Public Law No: 105-113.