Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act
Policy Area: Agriculture and Food
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
Latest Action (2022-06-21): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act This bill addresses provisions related to agriculture, food, and fuel, including by providing funds for nutrient management, precision agriculture, and biofuel infrastructure. Specifically, the bill provides funding for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to (1) assist agricultural producers with the costs of crop nutrient use or adopting precision agriculture practices, and (2) provide grants to eligible entities (e.g., fueling and distribution facilities) for biofuel infrastructure. The bill establishes within USDA the Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters, which must investigate and prosecute violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 by packers and live poultry dealers. Additionally, USDA must (1) establish an agriculture and food supply chain task force, and (2) provide assistance to address fertilizer shortages and reduce dependency on foreign sources for fertilizer. The bill allows USDA to make loans and grants for livestock and poultry processing. Further, the bill incorporates support for precision agriculture into various USDA programs. USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service must enter into certain cooperative agreements for establishing supply chain regional resource centers to support small- and medium-sized producers of agricultural products and agricultural businesses. The bill also applies the Reid vapor pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) requirements that are applicable to gasoline blende
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion, Civil actions and liability, Competition and antitrust, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Department of Agriculture, Executive agency funding and structure, Food industry and services, Livestock
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How members voted on HR7606. 592 total positions across all roll calls for this bill.
| Member | Date | Question | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert B. Aderholt (R-Alabama) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Jake Auchincloss (D-Massachusetts) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Mark E. Amodei (R-Nevada) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Alma S. Adams (D-North Carolina) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Pete Aguilar (D-California) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Rick W. Allen (R-Georgia) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Jodey C. Arrington (R-Texas) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Sanford D. Bishop (D-Georgia) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Cliff Bentz (R-Oregon) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Stephanie I. Bice (R-Oklahoma) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Florida) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Vern Buchanan (R-Florida) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Suzanne Bonamici (D-Oregon) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Andy Barr (R-Kentucky) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Julia Brownley (D-California) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Ami Bera (D-California) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Brian Babin (R-Texas) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Donald S. Beyer (D-Virginia) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Mike Bost (R-Illinois) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Brendan F. Boyle (D-Pennsylvania) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Jim Banks (R-Indiana) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-California) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Jack Bergman (R-Michigan) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Ted Budd (R-North Carolina) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| James R. Baird (R-Indiana) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Tim Burchett (R-Tennessee) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Shontel M. Brown (D-Ohio) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Ken Calvert (R-California) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| James E. Clyburn (D-South Carolina) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Kat Cammack (R-Florida) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| John R. Carter (R-Texas) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Ed Case (D-Hawaii) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Jim Costa (D-California) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Emanuel Cleaver (D-Missouri) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Kathy Castor (D-Florida) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Yvette D. Clarke (D-New York) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Joe Courtney (D-Connecticut) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| André Carson (D-Indiana) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Judy Chu (D-California) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-Arkansas) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) | 2022-06-16 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
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