2005 NASDA Annual Meeting Policy Amendments

2005 NASDA Annual Meeting Policy Amendments
No.	Title	Committee Referral	Action by Committee	Action by Membership
1	Milk Quality - Pasteurization	Food Regulation and Nutrition	Passed	Passed
2	Exempting agricultural byproducts from CERCLA and EPCRA	Natural Resources & Pesticide Mgmt.	Passed	Passed
3	Fertilizer uniform standards	Natural Resources & Pesticide Mgmt. and Food & Agriculture Security	Passed	Passed
4	Farm viability block grants	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Passed as amended	Passed
5	DNA testing for scrapies	Animal & Plant Industries	Passed	Passed
6	Organic certification cost-share assistance	Marketing & International Trade	Passed	Passed
7	Value-Added agriculture	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Passed as amended	Passed
8	Eligibility for rural development programs	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Passed	Passed
9	Conservation funding formulas	Natural Resources & Pesticide Mgmt.	Deferred pending further action	No Action
10	Conservation technical assistance	Natural Resources & Pesticide Mgmt.	Deferred pending further action	No Action
11	Milk Income Loss Contracts (MILC)	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Passed	Amended, amendment passed by 2/3 vote. Passed
12	Regional equity in farm programs	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Tabled
13	Food Stamps	Food Regulation & Nutrition	Passed	Passed
14	Regional cooperation in research and extension	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Passed	Passed
15	Specialty crops development	Marketing & International Trade	Passed as amended	Passed
16	Animal health and safety	Animal & Plant Industries	Passed	Passed
17	Food and agriculture critical systems	Food & Agriculture Security	Passed	Passed
18	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)	Animal & Plant Industries	Passed	Passed
19	Biotechnology	Biotechnology Task Force, then Animal & Plant Industries	Amended and passed by the Task Force; Passed by Committee	Passed
20	New Uses - Renewable Energy	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Passed	Passed
21	Crop insurance and beginning farmers	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Passed as amended	Passed
22	Warehouse regulation	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Passed as amended	Passed
23	Fruit and vegetable production on program acres	Rural Development & Financial Sec.	Passed	Tabled

2005 NASDA Annual Meeting Action Items
Item	Title	Committee Referral	Action by Committee
A	Funding for Johne's testing	Animal & Plant Industries	Approved
B	Establish NASDA agricultural education committee	Board of Directors	Action pending
C	Establish NASDA committee on agricultural awareness and outreach	Board of Directors	Action pending
D	USDA accreditation of organic certification programs	Marketing & International Trade	Approved
E	Organic certification program cost share	Marketing & International Trade	Approved
F	Soybean Rust Program oversight	Animal & Plant Industries	Approved
G	DHS/CBP position vacanies	Animal & Plant Industries	Approved
H	Asian Long-horned Beetle and Emerald Ash Borer eradication	Animal & Plant Industries	Approved
I	Emerging plant pests and pest detection	Animal & Plant Industries	Approved
J	Sudden Oak Death	Animal & Plant Industries	Approved
K	National Honey Bee survey	Animal & Plant Industries	Approved
L	National Seed Health System accreditation	Animal & Plant Industries	Not Approved