Farm Bill

With its unusual second vote on June 18 to override the President's veto of the farm bill (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008), Congress has corrected an embarrassing clerical error (accidentally omitting a non-tax trade title) in the bill (H.R. 2419) that was originally sent to the President before the Memorial Day recess. To fix the error, on May 22 and June 5, the House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, approved H.R. 6124 (also called the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) carrying all of the farm bill's titles. On June 18, the President vetoed the bill again, and that same day both the House and Senate voted to override the veto. Thus, all fifteen titles of the farm bill are now law. The public law number for the farm bill is P.L. 110-246.