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H.R. 2776: Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013

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H.R. 2776: Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-22 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013

Plain summary

Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013 or the RELATE with the Farm Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to review publications that may give notice that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities. Requires the Secretary, for each publication item determined to have a possible significant impact, to: (1) solicit from the EPA Administrator information to facilitate a review of the item, (2) produce an economic impact statement, (3) identify representatives of potentially affected agricultural entities to obtain advice and recommendations about the potential impacts of the item, and (4) convene a review panel that includes the Secretary to analyze the publication item. Provides procedures for submission by the Secretary of comments to the Administrator for inclusion in the administrative record and for waiver of a panel's initiation.

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Official text

Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] · 38 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Richard Hudson (R-NC), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Austin Scott (R-GA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Steve Daines (R-MT), Steve Womack (R-AR), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Tom Cotton (R-AR)

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2776 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113