Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

H.R.2997
Introduced: 
June 23, 2009
111
First
October 21, 2009
Became Public Law

No cosponsors.

Provides $700,000 for the Ohio-Israel Agriculture Initiative which is a project of the Negev Foundation promoting technical and economic cooperation between farmers and agriculture firms in Ohio and the Negev. The funds were earmarked by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and George Voinovich (R-OH). Senator John McCain (R-AZ) submitted an amendment, SA 2034, on 7/30/09 which would have eliminated funding for the project, but the amendment was not considered by the Senate.

Became public law 111-80 (10/8/09 conference report passed in Senate 76-22; 9/30/09 conference report passed in House 263-162).

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