Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013

Every five years, Congress passes a bundle of legislation, commonly called the "Farm Bill" that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy. The last Farm Bill was passed in 2008, and expired in 2012. A partial extension was passed on January 1 to extend several expired Farm Bill programs. The Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 passed the Senate with an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 66-27 on June 10, 2013.

Summaries
Summary of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013
(Updated 5/17) CBO Analysis of S.954, the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013

Legislative Text
S. 954 - Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 (Senate Passed, as sent to the House)
S. 954 - Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 (Committee Passed; Version introduced in the full Senate)
Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 (Original text before markup)

Amendments Offered at Markup
Stabenow-Cochran Amendments (offered en bloc, approved by voice vote) Baucus Amendment #5 (2013) Baucus Amendment #9 (2013) Boozman Amendment #1 (2013) Boozman Amendment #2 (2013) Chambliss Amendment #2 (2013) Cochran Amendment #1 (2013) Cowan Amendment #2 (2013) Donnelly Amendment #1 (2013) Grassley Amendment #3 (Amended) (2013) Harkin Amendment #1 (2013) Harkin Amendment #2 (2013) Heitkamp Amendment #1 (Amended) (2013) Heitkamp Amendment #3 (2013) Heitkamp Amendment #4 (2013) Hoeven Amendment #7 (2013) Hoeven Amendment #8 (2013) Johanns Amendment #4 (2013) Leahy Amendment #2 (2013) Leahy Amendment #3 (2013) Stabenow Amendment #1 (2013) Stabenow Amendment #2 (2013) Stabenow Amendment #3 (2013) Stabenow Amendment #4 (2013) Thune Amendment #1 (2013)
Cowan Amendment #1 (2013) (withdrawn)
Johanns Amendment #1 (2013) (withdrawn)
Baucus Amendment #4 (2013) (withdrawn)
Roberts Amendment #9 (2013) (withdrawn)
Bennet Amendment #2 (2013) (adopted by voice vote)
Hoeven Amendment #6 (2013) (not adopted by voice vote)
Hoeven Amendment #5 (2013) (not adopted by voice vote)
Hoeven Amendment #1 (2013) (not adopted by voice vote)
Heitkamp Amendment #2 (2013) (adopted by voice vote)
Leahy Amendment #1 (2013) (withdrawn)
Hoeven Amendment #2 (2013) (not adopted by a vote of 10-10)
Gillibrand Amendment #1 (2013) (adopted by voice vote)
Bennet Amendment #4 (2013) (adopted by voice vote)
Cowan Amendment #4 (2013) (adopted by voice vote)
Brown Amendment #1 (2013) (adopted by voice vote)
Brown Amendment #2 (2013) (withdrawn)
Gillibrand Amendment #2 (2013) (withdrawn)
Johanns Amendment #2 (2013) (not adopted by voice vote)
Thune Amendment #4 (2013) (not adopted by a vote of 8-12)
Roberts Amendment #5 (2013) (withdrawn)
Thune Amendment #9 (2013) (not adopted by voice vote)
Klobuchar Amendment #2 (2013) (adopted by voice vote)
Thune Amendment #5 (2013) (not adopted by voice vote)
Johanns Amendment #3 (2013) (not adopted by voice vote)
Thune Amendment #6 (2013) (withdrawn)
The Committee Print was adopted by a roll call vote of 15-5.

Related Hearings
Markup: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013	328A Russell Senate Office Building	05/14/13 10:00AM