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HR 6193 109th Congress House

EAT Healthy America Act

Official title: To continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty cr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops for American consumers and international markets, to enhance the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 26, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Nov 2, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Oct 27, 2006
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Oct 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.
Oct 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .
Oct 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Oct 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.
Oct 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Oct 2, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
Sep 26, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Resources, 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.
Sep 26, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 2, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act or the EAT Healthy America Act - Amends provisions with respect to: (1) specialty crops; (2) the tree assistance program; (3) the conservation reserve program; (4) the wetlands reserve program; (5) the farmland protection program; (6) the grassland reserve program; (7) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (8) the environmental qualities incentives program; (9) air quality improvement; (10) integrated pest management initiative; (11) native plant habitat restoration; (12) agricultural trade; (13) invasive pests and diseases; (14) nutrition; (15) agricultural research; and (16) renewable energy, including crop biomass waste.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 12
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 9 Republican 4
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Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 29, 2006
CAMP, DAVE
· Sep 29, 2006
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 29, 2006
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Sep 29, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Sep 27, 2006
BOUCHER, RICK
· Sep 26, 2006
BOYD, ALLEN
· Sep 26, 2006
BROWN, HENRY
· Sep 26, 2006
Cardoza, Dennis
· Sep 26, 2006
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 26, 2006
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Sep 26, 2006
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Sep 26, 2006
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 26, 2006
GALLEGLY, ELTON
· Sep 26, 2006
HASTINGS, DOC
· Sep 26, 2006
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Sep 26, 2006
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 26, 2006
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 26, 2006
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 26, 2006
PUTNAM, ADAM
· Sep 26, 2006
RADANOVICH, GEORGE
· Sep 26, 2006
Salazar, John
· Sep 26, 2006
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Sep 26, 2006
WU, DAVID
· Sep 26, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6193: EAT Healthy America Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6193/
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"H.R. 6193: EAT Healthy America Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6193/.
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