Agriculture Committee and the bills it addressed on Aug. 2

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Agriculture Committee and the bills it addressed on Aug. 2

The Agriculture Committee handled H.R.8653 bill on Aug. 2, according to the US Congress.

Bill H.R.8653 titled “To authorize appropriations to carry out payments with respect to qualified losses of covered crops occurring in calendar year 2022, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson with Cynthia Axne, Ami Bera, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Salud Carbajal, Jim Costa, Suzan Delbene, Mark Desaulnier, Anna Eshoo, Brian Fitzpatrick, John Garamendi, Vicente Gonzalez, Josh Harder, Ashley Hinson, Jared Huffman, Dan Newhouse, Steven Palazzo, Jimmy Panetta, Maria Salazar, Kim Schrier, David Valadao as cosponsors.

The Agriculture Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day.

Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.

A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.

Bills Addressed by Agriculture Committee on Aug. 2
Bill NameSponsorAction
To authorize appropriations to carry out payments with respect to qualified losses of covered crops occurring in calendar year 2022, and for other purposes.Rep. Thompson, MikeHouse of Representatives