date:May 22, 2013
The Senate on the afternoon of May 20 began consideration of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 (S.954). The bill was passed out to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry last week and aimed to replace the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. That act expired in October 2012 but later was extended through the end of the current fiscal year as part of the budget agreement.
Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, chairwoman of the Senate agriculture committe