H.R. 1313: To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-21 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.

Plain summary

Repeals a provision of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 establishing an inspection and grading program for catfish and other species of farm-raised fish or shellfish effective on the date of enactment of such Act.

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Official text

To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · 64 cosponsors

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Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), William R. Keating (D-MA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), James Lankford (R-OK), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL) and 4 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr1313.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1313 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113