H.R. 6379: Spinach Research and Recovery Act of 2006
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H.R. 6379: Spinach Research and Recovery Act of 2006
109th Congress · introduced 2006-12-06 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2006-12-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Spinach Research and Recovery Act of 2006
Plain summary
Spinach Research and Recovery Act of 2006 - Authorizes additional appropriations, for the purpose of conducting and supporting applied research to enhance the safety of perishable agricultural commodities for consumers, for: (1) the Agricultural Research Service: (2) the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; and (3) the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments (not to exceed 75% of the value of the unmarketed spinach crop) to growers and first handlers of fresh spinach that were unable to market spinach crops as a result of the Food and Drug Administration Public Health Advisory issued on September 14, 2006.
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Official text
Spinach Research and Recovery Act of 2006
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] · 11 cosponsors
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Jim Costa (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
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- Appropriation
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr6379.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>
Record fed-us-cong109-hr6379 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109