TITLE: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2003. Part 2: Conservation Programs and Marketing and Regulatory Programs

CIS-NO: 2002-H181-53  
SOURCE: Committee on Appropriations. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Feb. 27, Mar. 6, 2002  
LENGTH: ii+1108+xi p. il. Index.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1011; 1011-A  
SUDOC: Y4.AP6/1:AG8/2003/PT.2  
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2002-13465  


SUMMARY:
Continuation of hearings before the Subcom on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations to consider USDA FY2003 budget requests.
 
Includes a subject index (p. III-XI).

CONTENT-NOTATION: USDA programs, FY2003 approp

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS. HOUSE;  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES

02-H181-53 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Feb. 27, 2002 p. 1-407
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   REY, MARK E. (Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, USDA)
   REED, PEARLIE S. (Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS); both accompanied by staff officials)
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: NRCS FY2003 request (submitted justifications, p. 251-407) for:
   a. Conservation operations, including technical assistance to landowners, soil surveys, snow survey and water supply forecasting, and plant materials centers operations.
   b. Watershed and flood prevention operations.
   c. Resource conservation and development, wetlands reserve program, environmental quality incentives, farmland protection, and wildlife habitat incentives programs.
 
INSERTIONS:
   a. NRCS, "Comparison of Conservation Title for Senate and House Farm Bill" Feb. 27, 2002, tabular comparison (p. 54-75).
   b. GAO, "Principles of Federal Appropriations Law: Second Edition, Volume I" July 1991 (p. 110-119).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Natural Resources Conservation Service programs, FY2003 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE; SOIL CONSERVATION; FARMS AND FARMERS; BOTANY; WATER SUPPLY AND USE; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS AND WATERWAYS; WATERSHED PROJECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FLOOD CONTROL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; WETLANDS AND MARSHES; WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; LAW
 
 
02-H181-53 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Mar. 6, 2002 p. 409-1108
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   HAWKS, WILLIAM T. (Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA; accompanied by a staff official)
   YATES, A. J. (Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS))
   ACORD, BOBBY R. (Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS))
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: USDA FY2003 request for marketing and regulatory programs as follows:
   a. AMS FY2003 request (submitted justifications, p. 641-707) for market news programs; standardization, grading, and shell egg surveillance; global market expansion; market protection and promotion programs; wholesale market development projects; agricultural transportation services program; and marketing agreements and orders.
   b. APHIS FY2003 request (submitted justifications, p. 913-1034) for plant and animal disease and pest control programs, including pest and disease exclusion, plant and animal health monitoring, pest and disease management, animal care activities, and scientific and technical services.
   c. Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration FY2003 request (submitted justifications, p. 1067-1108) for inspection and weighing of grains shipped in foreign and interstate commerce, administration of standards for grain and related commodities, and for programs to ensure fair business practices in livestock, meat, and poultry industries.
 
INSERTIONS:
   a. APHIS, "Animal Welfare Report FY2000" with tables, graphs, and glossary (p. 713-750).
   b. APHIS, "FY2001 Headquarters Travel (TDY, Foreign, and Change of Station) Cost by Destination" tables (p. 814-857).
   c. APHIS, update on Congressional directives regarding APHIS, tables (p. 858-875).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   USDA programs, FY2003 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE; ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURE; AGRICULTURAL PESTS; PROTECTION OF ANIMALS; PLANT DISEASES; AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE; AGRICULTURAL MARKETING; AGRICULTURAL QUOTAS AND PRICE SUPPORTS; GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES; FOOD ADULTERATION AND INSPECTION; AGRICULTURAL SURPLUSES; WHOLESALE TRADE; TRANSPORTATION; GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION; GRAINS; LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY; POULTRY AND POULTRY INDUSTRY; MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS; STATISTICAL DATA: AGRICULTURE; GLOSSARIES; TRAVEL; AGRICULTURE IN FOREIGN TRADE

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2003