Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, Volume 1, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - United States |
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2005 Estimated activities Administration Agricultural Marketing Service Agricultural Research Amount Staff analysis animal health APHIS Appropriations areas assistance avian influenza biobased biotechnology bovine spongiform encephalopathy budget Center commodities conducted Cooperative Cooperative State Research coordination costs crop decrease Department Departmental economic Education eGovernment emergency employees enhance ensure environmental Estimated 2004 evaluation facilities Farm Bill Farm Service Agency Federal fiscal Food Safety FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES Forest FSIS funding Homeland Security identify implementation improve increase Initiative integrated invasive species issues Key Outcome laboratories livestock loans meat million monitoring N/A N/A NASS National Natural Resources Nutrition Objective Office operations pathogens percent Performance Measure personnel pest plans plant poultry projects regulatory reports Rural Staff Amount Strategic Goal survey Target Total trade U.S. agricultural United USDA USDA agencies USDA's web farms wildlife
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Page 35 - ... which (1) if not treated, will impair or endanger the land, (2) materially affect the productive capacity of the land, (3) represent damage which is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type which would recur frequently in the same area, and (4) will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance Is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use.
Page 174 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 1996.
Page 328 - ... interprets contracts, mortgages, leases, deeds, and similar documents; prosecutes patent applications arising out of inventions by Department employees; examines title to lands to be acquired by the Department...
Page 827 - That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 USC 2225), and not to exceed...
Page 827 - ... by the States of at least 40 per centum: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 USC...
Page 806 - PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE Purpose Statement The Animal and Plint Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was established by the Secretary of Agriculture on April 2, 1972, under the authority of the Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953 and other authorities. The...
Page 905 - Service administers a program that provides for the issuance of "certificates of plant variety protection." These certificates afford developers of novel varieties of sexually reproduced plants exclusive rights to sell, reproduce, import, or export such varieties, or use them in the production of hybrids or different varieties for a period of 20 years for non-woody plants and 25 years for woody plants.
Page 471 - Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence and by practical and scientific experiments, (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office) by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power; to collect, as he may be able, new and valuable seeds and plants...
Page 346 - Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
Page 436 - General: (1) provides policy direction and conducts, supervises and coordinates all audits and investigations; (2) reviews existing and proposed legislation and regulations and makes recommendations to the Secretary and Congress regarding the impact such initiatives will have on the economy and efficiency of the Department's programs and operations, and the prevention and detection of fraud and abuse in such programs...