H.R. 6581: To appropriate funds for the provision of emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the removal of fresh tomatoes and products containing fresh tomatoes from the market and other actions undertaken in response to a public health advisory regarding tomatoes issued by the Food and Drug Administration in June 2008.

H.R. 6581: To appropriate funds for the provision of emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the removal of fresh tomatoes and products containing fresh tomatoes from the market and other actions undertaken in response to a public health advisory regarding tomatoes issued by the Food and Drug Administration in June 2008.

110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-23 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To appropriate funds for the provision of emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the removal of fresh tomatoes and products containing fresh tomatoes from the market and other actions undertaken in response to a public health advisory regarding tomatoes issued by the Food and Drug Administration in June 2008.

Plain summary

Appropriates funds to the Secretary of Agriculture for payments to growers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes that experienced crop and/or market losses resulting from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Public Health Advisory issued on June 7, 2008. Limits payments to not more than 75% of the greater of: (1) the value of the unmarketed tomatoes; and (2) the actual loss incurred by the grower or handler.

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To appropriate funds for the provision of emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the removal of fresh tomatoes and products containing fresh tomatoes from the market and other actions undertaken in response to a public health advisory regarding tomatoes issued by the Food and Drug Administration in June 2008.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16] · 15 cosponsors

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr6581.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6581 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110