House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-234
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Became law on May 22, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. Collin Peterson D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2007
- Committee actionJul 19, 2007
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2007 · 231–191
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2007 · 79–14
- Resolving differencesApr 14, 2008
- To the PresidentMay 20, 2008
- Became lawMay 22, 2008
Latest action: May 22, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-234.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2419.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Additional information regarding the Chairman's mark for the 2007 farm bill” on July 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill bill and an en bloc amendment as posted on the Web site of the Committee on Agriculture on July 13, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18847
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Additional information regarding the Chairman's mark for the 2007 farm bill” on July 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill bill and an en bloc amendment as posted on the Web site of the Committee on Agriculture on July 13, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18847
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Chairman's mark for the 2007 farm bill” on July 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill bill and an en bloc amendment as posted on the Web site of the Committee on Agriculture on July 13, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18848
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Chairman's mark for the 2007 farm bill” on July 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill bill and an en bloc amendment as posted on the Web site of the Committee on Agriculture on July 13, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18848
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007” on July 24, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 19, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18901
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007” on July 24, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 19, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18901
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007” on October 5, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives with a provision concerning the actuarial soundness of the Federal Crop Insurance Program”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19195
- CBO publication date
- October 5, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007” on October 5, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives with a provision concerning the actuarial soundness of the Federal Crop Insurance Program</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19195
- CBO publication date
- October 5, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007” on October 5, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on July 27, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19198
- CBO publication date
- October 5, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007” on October 5, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on July 27, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19198
- CBO publication date
- October 5, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007” on March 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on July 27, 2007, with modification specified by the House Committee on Agriculture”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19555
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007” on March 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on July 27, 2007, with modification specified by the House Committee on Agriculture</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19555
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Food and Energy Security Act of 2007” on March 19, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of the bill as passed by the Senate on December 14, 2007, with modifications specified by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19559
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Food and Energy Security Act of 2007” on March 19, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of the bill as passed by the Senate on December 14, 2007, with modifications specified by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19559
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008” on May 13, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenue effects of the conference agreement</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41696
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008” on May 13, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenue effects of the conference agreement”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41696
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 110-256 ↗; H. Rept. 110-627 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on July 24, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/256
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/627 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteThe House and Senate passed H.R. 2419 over veto, enacting 14 of 15 farm bill titles into law. The trade title (title III) was inadvertently excluded from the enrolled bill. To remedy the situation, both chambers re-passed the farm bill conference agreement (including the trade title) as H.R. 6124, again over veto. H.R. 6124, in section 4, repealed Public Law 110-234 and amendments made by it, effective on the date of that Act's enactment.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2419, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfd9fb6f1c6dab7f525540308a7e28276e03de0486b064c5969fceee0d1c3118
Sent to: Agriculture Committee, Foreign Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2419, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Collin Peterson.
- H.R. 5813 (110th) To amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of…
- H.R. 6051 (110th) To amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of…
- H.R. 6124 (110th) Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- H.Con.Res. 25 (110th) Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural…
- H.R. 6377 (110th) Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008
- H.R. 6604 (110th) Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.