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The Senate Agriculture Committee marked up its version of the 2013 Farm Bill on May 14th and the House Agriculture Committee is set to begin their mark up on May 15th. While the results of these hearing are not yet known we expect a fairly clean process in the Senate but the House committee may take a day or two. Most of the battles will be over the commodity programs (Title I), conservation (Title II), and SNAP (Food Stamps; Title IV).
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If you have not yet responded to USDA’s Census of Agriculture, please do so before May 31. “Every time we go to Capitol Hill or meet with USDA representatives,” says Marvin Miller, Ph.D., AAF, Ball Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Illinois, chairman of both SAF’s and OFA’s government relations committees, “we cite statistics from the USDA census, which prove how important our industry is as a leader in U.S. agriculture. This will be the document folks will refer to for five years when we compare our green industry to the rest of agriculture.”
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Following months of inaction on this vital legislation, both chambers of Congress appear to be picking up the pace and have scheduled mark-ups on their draft versions of a new Farm Bill. This is a large bill that will likely come with a nearly $1 trillion price tag over ten years. However, both the House and Senate have made it clear that deficit reducing cuts will be made.
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Arguably the two most influential individuals on Capitol Hill regarding tax reform – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), and the House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI-4) – have set their eyes on completing comprehensive tax reform before the end of the year. Both men have suggested eagerness to work together to see it happen and both face a time imperative for getting it done. Last week Baucus announced he will not seek reelection in 2014, and Camp’s term as chairman will end next year. Baucus and Camp have said that the focus will be to simplify the tax code and reduce rates.
Filed under: taxes • legislation
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Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-6) and co-sponsors Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) and Barbara Lee (CA-13) have introduced The Residential Energy and Economic Savings (TREES) Act. According to the Alliance for Community Trees, the legislation aims to reduce residential energy consumption and costs through strategically planting residential shade trees nationwide.
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