House Sponsors: NOLAND-WOOLARD-BLACK-TURNER,JOHN. Senate Sponsors: SIEBEN-O'DANIEL Short description: FOOD & AG RESEARCH-FUNDS-C-FAR Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Food and Agriculture Research Act to provide that to offset the costs of C-FAR membership, the Department of Agriculture may retain 0.03% of the total appropriation for the purposes of this Act. Provides that members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessary expenses. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that to offset the cost of members of C-FAR incurred while performing their duties as official group representatives (instead of while performing their duties as members), up to 1% of the funds appropriated for the purposes of the Food and Agriculture Research Act may be allocated by the Department of Agriculture to cover these expenses (instead of the Department retaining 0.03% of the total appropriation for the purposes of the Act to offset the cost). Provides that members shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties (instead of the Department reimbursing the members for any ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members). FISCAL NOTE (Dpt. Agriculture) Any administrative costs will be covered by amounts authorized to be retained from the Dpt. appopriation for administration. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0094 Last action date: 97-07-11 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status