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The powerful Senate Judiciary Committee formally took up S.744 on May 9. The bill, formally known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, had over 300 amendments filed by Judiciary members. The Committee is now in the process of what is known as a “mark-up,” in which many of the filed amendments will be considered and voted on.
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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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The May 31st deadline to submit the Census of Agriculture forms is fast approaching. These data are collected every five years and provide vital information to agribusinesses, town planners, local governments, and policy makers. ANLA relies heavily on the data to highlight the size and importance of our unique segment of agriculture to federal agencies and Congress.
Filed under: USDA • research
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9. After May 7, 2013, employers must only use Form I-9 (Rev. 03/08/13)N for new hires. Failure to do so may result in fines.
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