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HR 955 108th Congress House

To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to reinstate the requirement that a farm, in order to be certified as an…

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Official title: To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to reinstate the requirement that a farm, in order to be certified as an organic farm with respect to livestock produced on the farm, feed the livestock with organically produced feed.

Introduced: March 27, 2003 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food FeedsLivestockOrganic farming
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 27, 2003
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 Latest action February 27, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to repeal the provision permitting a farm to be certified as organic with respect to livestock produced on such farm if it uses non-organically produced feed under certain cost-based circumstances.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 29
All 29 Democratic 20 Republican 3 Independent 1
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· Apr 8, 2003
LAMPSON, NICK
· Apr 8, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 27, 2003
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 27, 2003
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Mar 27, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 27, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 27, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 27, 2003
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Mar 27, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 27, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 27, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 27, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 27, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 27, 2003
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Mar 27, 2003
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 27, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 27, 2003
BOYD, ALLEN
· Mar 5, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 27, 2003
NETHERCUTT, GEORGE
· Feb 27, 2003
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 27, 2003
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 27, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 955: To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to reinstate the requirement that a farm, in order to be certified as an organic farm with respect to livestock produced on the farm, feed the livestock with organically produced feed.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-955/
MLA
"H.R. 955: To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to reinstate the requirement that a farm, in order to be certified as an organic farm with respect to livestock produced on the farm, feed the livestock with organically produced feed.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-955/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 955, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-955/.
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[H.R. 955: To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to reinstate the requirement that a farm, in order to be certified as an organic farm with respect to livestock produced on the farm, feed the livestock with organically produced feed.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-955/)
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