Preserve existing water rights and responsibilities regarding waters of the U.S. Improve management of grazing leases and permits.

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1 Senator: Amendment Number: Alexander (R TN) 2191 Ayotte (R NH) Barrasso (R WY) Begich (D AK) Bennet (D CO) & Crapo (R ID) Cantwell (D WA) 2228 Cardin (D MD) 2219 Coburn (R OK) Coburn (R OK) & Durbin (D IL) 2186 Feinstein (D CA) 2233 Gillibrand (D NY) 2156 Stated Purpose: Provide that any entity receiving a business and industry direct or guaranteed lean for wind energy project is ineligible for any other Federal benefit, assistance, or incentive for that project. To improve the program of value added agricultural producer grants. Limit the authority to award bonuses to employees under investigation for misconduct, and require heads of agencies to certify the accuracy of all travel expenses for teleworking employees. Modify the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans. To require GAO report on crop insurance fraud. Preserve existing water rights and responsibilities regarding waters of the U.S. Improve management of grazing leases and permits. Authorize agreements for forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection. To require the Agricultural Research Service to operate at least one facility in each State. To provide and improve housing in rural areas for educators, public safety officers, and medical providers, and their households. To improve agricultural land easements. To improve agricultural land easements. To encourage the purchase of pulse crop products for school meals programs. Establish highly erodible land and wetland conservation compliance requirements for the Federal crop insurance program. Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction. To prohibit individuals and entities with seriously delinquent tax debt from receiving Federal farm subsidies. Limit premium subsidy provided to any person or entity with an average gross adjusted income greater than $750,000. To require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to use reference prices for covered commodities in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement. Strike reduction to SNAP and increase funds to Fresh Fruits and Vegs Program, with offset limiting crop insurance reimbursements.

2 2161 Graham (R SC) 2185 Grassley (R IA) Heller (R NV) 2213 Johanns (R NE) Johnson (R WI) 2189 Kerry (D MA) Lautenberg (D NJ) 2227 Leahy (D VT) McCain (R AZ) Require state agencies to determine certain eligibility using a plan for interviewing households. Replace SNAP with a block grant program. Provide payment limitations to marketing loan gains and loan deficiency programs. Remove separate payment limitations for peanuts. Limit period that barrowers are eligible for certain guaranteed loans. Make it unlawful for a meat packer to own, feed, or otherwise control livestock intended for slaughter. To prohibit members of Congress from participating in agricultural programs. Clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters. Increase State efforts to transition participants from SNAP while eliminating the uncapped Federal State match for employment and training reimbursements above grant levels for employment expenses Limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which that dust is regulated under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes. Expand the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program to include dried, canned, and frozen fruits and vegetables. Extend eligibility for certain emergency loans to commercial fishermen. Extend eligibility under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program to commercial fishermen. To require a study on the impact of sugar sweetened beverages on obesity. Increase criminal penalties for certain knowing and intentional violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated. To provide a State option for cash equivalents for the purchase of locally produced commodities. To support the State Rural Development Partnership. Require a report on the effects of the budget sequestration commencing in 2013 on the Department of Defense. Prohibit the use of federal funds to construct, fund, install, or operate certain ethanol blender pumps or ethanol storage facilities. To eliminate agricultural subsidies for Mohair.

3 McCaskill (D MO) Murkowski (R AK) Paul (R KY) Rubio (R FL) 2166 Schumer (D NY) 2157 To eliminate agricultural subsidies for popcorn. To provide for the repeal of the sugar program. To repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish. Modify the provision relating to transparency and reporting with respect to applications by providers of broadband services. Clarify the maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for purposes of the closure or relocation of a county office for the Farm Service Agency. To improve the bill. (Guarantee loans for rural water development and disposal). To make commercial fishermen eligible for certain operating loans. To reauthorize the Denali Commission. Specify that the Secretary of Agriculture may not deny an application for a loan under section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 because application relates to a dwelling with a water catchment or cistern system. To improve the bill. (Same as 2206) Specify Secretary of agriculture may not deny an application for a loan under section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 on the basis that the application relates to a dwelling with a water catchment or cistern. Clarify the definition of navigable waters. Repeal certain provisions of the Lacey Amendments Act of 1981 relating to criminal penalties and violations of foreign laws, and for other purposes. Prohibit certain employees of the Department of Agriculture from carrying firearms. Authorize the interstate trafficking of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumptions. Establish an average adjusted gross income limitation of $250,000 for all payments and benefits under the Farm Bill. Empower states with programmatic flexibility and predictability to administer a supplemental nutrition assistance block grant program, where eligible households can receive an adequate, nutritious diet. Provide that no United States assistance may be provided to Pakistan Dr. Shakil Afridi is freed. Amend National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees. Support state and tribal governments' efforts to promote education, research, sustainability, market promotion, and land acquisition for the Maple Syrup industry.

4 2158 Sessions (R AL) Shaheen (D NH) Shaheen (D NH) & Toomey (R PA) 2201 Snowe (R Me) & Gillibrand (D NY) 2190 Tester (D MT) Thune 2224 Toomey (R PA) Warner (D VA) 2231 Wyden (D OR) & Burr (R NC) 2184 Impose tariff rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates. Require the use of the systematic alien verification for entitlements program in the administration of the SNAP program. End the state bonus payments for administering the SNAP program. Require SNAP recipients to provide proof of payments for heating and cooling in order to qualify for heating and cooling standard utility allowance. Limit categorical eligibility for SNAP to those who receive cash assistance. To reform the sugar program. To phase out the Federal Sugar Program Limit the level of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to agricultural producers. To require Federal milk marketing order reform. To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting. To support research on convential plant and animal breeding. Prohibit the Secretary of labor from finalizing a proposed rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 relating to child labor without certain consent and approval. To eliminate the farmers market and local food promotion program. To eliminate the study on margin coverage for catfish. To eliminate the organic certification cost share assistance program. To eliminate the loan moratorium and policy on foreclosures To eliminate biorefinery, renewable chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance. To improve access to broadband telecommunication services in rural areas. Require the United States trade representative to provide documents relating to trade negotiations to members of congress and their staff upon request.

5 Wyden (D OR) Amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes. To establish a task force to promote national security by reducing childhood obesity. Require the Secretary to carry out pilot projects to test program changes desighed to improve the nutrition of SNAP beneficiaries of assist the them in meeting Federal nutrition guidelines.