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94-s-3891 94 s 3891 Farm Training Adjustment Program Agriculture and Food 1976-10-01 1976-10-01 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 1 Farm Training Adjustment Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allocate funds to any State, for the purpose of conducting a farm training adjustment program for the farmers of such State who have been adversely affected as a result of a natural disaster. Requires States wishing to participate in such program to submit to the Secretary of Agriculture for approval, a plan for the farm training adjustment program. Requires that such program be carried out by the department of agriculture of such State under the supervision and control of a State-Federal Administrative Committee established under the guidelines set forth in this Act. Requires that the curriculum for such a program include: (1) farm management; (2) livestock marketing; (3) animal nutrition; (4) crop production; (5) conservation principles; (6) welding; (7) artificial insemination of livestock; and (8) first aid. Stipulates that no such program may exceed a 20 week period. Entitles participants in such program to receive a subsistence payment of $1,000 per month under specified conditions. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture in such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 2025-09-02T18:52:37Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3891
94-s-3893 94 s 3893 Family Farm Security Act Agriculture and Food 1976-10-01 1976-10-01 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 0 Family Farm Security Act - Title I: Land Acquisition Loans - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans to enable young people who wish to engage in farming on a career basis to purchase land necessary for such purpose. Stipulates that no loan shall be guaranteed in an amount in excess of: (1) 75 percent of its total amount; (2) the appraised value of the property; or (3) $150,000, whichever is less. Authorizes the Secretary to make payment adjustments extending payments for up to an additional ten years for loans having a maximum term of 20 years. Directs the Secretary during the first ten years of a loan to pay annually to the lender four percent of the outstanding balance due at the beginning of that year. Requires the borrower to repay such amounts to the Secretary in the eleventh year unless such individual is granted an extension. Stipulates that such loans may only be made available to individuals who would be unable to purchase the farmland for which the loan is made without the assistance of this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide for the appointment of local county committees to assist in the screening of applicants for loan guarantees and payment adjustment assistance. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Requires the Secretary to report to specified committees of Congress the amount of funds required to operate the loan guarantee program within two years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee such loans in an amount up to five times the funds appropriated for such purpose. Title II: Operating Loans - Authorizes the Secretary to make operating loans of up to $50,000 to individuals whose loans are guaranteed under title I of this Act and who are unable to finance their actual needs at reasonable rates and terms through commercial sources. Sets forth the repayment period and interest rate for such loans. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out t… 2025-09-02T18:52:38Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3893
94-s-3867 94 s 3867 Sugar Act Extension Agriculture and Food 1976-09-29 1976-09-29 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] NE R C001006 1 Sugar Act Extension - Amends the Sugar Act of 1948 to reinstate the powers vested in the Secretary of Agriculture under such Act on January 1, 1977. Reinstates the powers of the Secretary to set price objectives and quotas for sugar on October 1, 1976, and terminates such authority on March 31 of the year of termination of the manufacturer's excise tax on sugar which is reinstated under this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the excise tax on the manufacture or use of sugar after December 31, 1976. Terminates such tax on June 30 of the year following the effective date of any law which limits conditional payments under the Sugar Act of 1948 or payments with respect to unsold sugar or sugar products held by a manufacturer or in customs custody. 2025-09-02T18:52:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3867
94-s-3847 94 s 3847 An original bill to provide emergency relief to farmers in disaster and emergency areas with respect to repayment schedules on certain plans. Agriculture and Food 1976-09-22 1976-09-22 Placed on calendar in Senate. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 0 Amends the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to emergency livestock loans guaranteed under such Act, to encourage lenders to modify their repayment schedules for such loans to allow up to a two-year grace period on principal repayment for borrowers whose livestock operations are in localities designated as major disaster or emergency areas during 1976 or 1977. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary, with respect to farm ownership loans, operating loans, or emergency loans made under such Act to modify the repayment schedule on such loans by allowing up to a two-year grace period on principal and interest payments for borrowers whose farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations are in localities designated as major disaster or emergency areas during 1976, 1977, or 1978. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to authorize the Secretary to acquire hay for inclusion in the disaster reserve created under the Agricultural Act of 1970 and to purchase the hay and other commodities in such reserve through the Commodity Credit Corporation. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3847
94-s-3778 94 s 3778 A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for increased benefits with regard to disaster relief for any farmer who plants wheat, feed grains, cotton, or rice in excess of his or her allotments for the commodity. Agriculture and Food 1976-08-27 1976-08-27 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide increased disaster relief benefits to farmers who plant wheat, feed grains, cotton or rice in excess of their allotments with respect to the 1976 and 1977 crops of such commodities. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3778
94-s-3768 94 s 3768 National Aquaculture Organic Act Agriculture and Food 1976-08-24 1976-08-24 Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] TX D B000401 9 National Aquaculture Organic Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a National Development Plan. States that such plan shall: (1) identify each aquatic species which can be cultured on a commercial basis (priority aquatic species); and (2) contain a program of aquaculture development for such priority aquatic species. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to review annually each aquatic species not identified as a priority species and the program established for each priority species. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain an aquaculture information center; (2) maintain an inventory of public and private aquaculture being carried out in the United States; (3) arrange for the mutual exchange of information relating to aquaculture with foreign nations; (4) provide advisory, educational, marketing, and technical services with respect to aquaculture to interested public and private organizations and individuals; and (5) coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the utilization of aquacultural and other forms of waste water in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Establishes the Interagency Committee on Aquaculture comprised of the heads of various Federal agencies to insure that there is a continuing exchange of information relating to the aquacultural programs and projects of the various agencies and to review on a continuing basis the relevant programs and projects of all Federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or enter into contracts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Limits the amount of any grant made available under this Act to one-half of the estimated cost of the project for which the grant was made. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to guarantee obligations issued for the financing of any aquaculture facility within the United States. Stipulates that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all such guaranteed obligations shall not exceed $100,000,000. … 2025-09-02T18:52:34Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3768
94-s-3713 94 s 3713 A bill to extend the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974. Agriculture and Food 1976-07-30 1976-09-20 Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 94-1267. Senate Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] SD D M000452 2 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 94-1267) Amends the Emergency Livestock Credit Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans under such Act until September 30, 1978. Directs the Secretary to encourage, in such manner as he deems appropriate, lenders of loans guaranteed under such Act to modify the repayment schedules on such loans to allow up to two-year grace periods on principal repayment for borrowers whose livestock operations are in areas designated as major disasters or emergencies during 1976 or 1977. Authorizes the Secretary with respect to loans made by him under the authority of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to modify repayment schedules for such loans to allow up to two-year grace periods on principal and interest repayment, for those borrowers whose farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations are located in ares designated as major disasters or emergencies during 1976, 1977, or 1978. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire hay, as well as wheat, feed grains, and soybeans, in establishing and maintaing the disaster reserve created by the Agricultural Act of 1970, for use in alleviating distress caused by natural disaster reserve created by the Agricultural Act of 1970, for use in alleviating distress caused by natural disaster, and to obtain stocks for this reserve by direct purchase through the Commodity Credit Corporation. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3713
94-s-3706 94 s 3706 A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to allow the interstate movement of all meat food products which are processed by federally inspected establishments and which are derived from meat which has been slaughtered or processed at certain State inspected establishments. Agriculture and Food 1976-07-28 1976-07-28 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] TX D B000401 0 Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize the interstate shipment of meat food products which are processed by a federally inspected establishment and which are derived from meat slaughtered or processed at a State-inspected establishment in a State whose meat inspection requirements are at least equal to the Federal requirements. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3706
94-s-3694 94 s 3694 A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from assessing additional charges against farmers and stockmen for livestock feed furnished them under section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 in connection with any natural disaster which occurred in 1975. Agriculture and Food 1976-07-23 1976-07-23 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Stipulates that no farmer or rancher, who received livestock feed under the emergency livestock feed program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, in connection with a natural disaster which occurred in 1975, shall be charged any amount greater than that charged other farmers or ranchers if such individual was led to believe, by personnel carrying out such program, that because of emergency conditions, he was eligible to receive feed at a price less than the current market price. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3694
94-s-3697 94 s 3697 Emergency Livestock Replacement Act Agriculture and Food 1976-07-23 1976-07-23 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 2 Emergency Livestock Replacement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate as disaster areas localities where, as a result of a natural disaster, the farmers and ranchers in such area cannot, without extreme financial hardship, maintain their foundation herds of cattle. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such individuals with foundation herd indemnification protection for up to 100 head of cattle provided such individual sells his foundation herd and purchases a replacement herd within two years. Stipulates that the amount of replacement payment shall be the difference between the cost of the replacement herd and the Secretary's appraised dollar value of the foundation herd sold by the farmer or rancher. 2025-09-02T18:52:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3697
94-s-3691 94 s 3691 Emergency Agricultural Relief Act Agriculture and Food 1976-07-22 1976-07-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] SD D M000452 2 Emergency Agricultural Relief Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees to Restock Foundation Herds - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to qualified individuals, corporations, or partnerships to restock foundation livestock herds depleted as a result of a natural disaster or emergency. Directs the Secretary to guarantee up to 90 percent of the principal and interest on loans made by a legally organized lending agency for such purpose. Allows recipients of such guaranteed loans to receive reimbursement from the Secretary for one-half of the amount of interest payments made by such borrower during the first two years of the loan repayment period. Specifies the criteria which must be met in order to be eligible for such a guaranteed loan. Specifies that loan guarantees outstanding under this title shall not exceed $500,000,000 at any one time. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Operational Loan Guarantees After Disaster Loss to Crops - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for operational expenses in maintaining a farm to bona fide farmers whose farm operations are in areas designated as major disaster or emergency areas by the President or emergency areas by the Secretary and who have suffered a loss of at least one-third of their normal crop as a result of such disaster or emergency. Sets forth eligibility requirements for corporations or partnerships to receive such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans and to reimburse borrowers for interest payments in a similar manner as set forth in title I. Specifies that loan guarantees outstanding under this title shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any one time. Title III: Direct Loans to Farmers in Disaster Areas - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to qualified farmers in areas which have been designated as major disaster or emergency areas on two or more separate occasions since January … 2025-09-02T18:52:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3691
94-s-3643 94 s 3643 A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to postpone for three years the principal and interest payments on emergency loans made, insured, or guaranteed under such Acts. Agriculture and Food 1976-06-30 1976-06-30 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] MN D M000851 4 Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to postpone the principal and interest payments on emergency loans made or insured under such Acts for up to three years. Authorizes the Secretary to extend the repayment period of operating loans under the Consolidated Rural Development Act up to a 20-year period in the event of any disaster occurring between January 1, 1975, and July 1, 1976. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3643
94-s-3636 94 s 3636 Emergency Livestock Assistance Act Agriculture and Food 1976-06-29 1976-06-29 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 2 Emergency Livestock Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate a State or subdivision thereof as an emergency area if the combined hay, forage, or pasture losses are 40 percent below normal production for such area. Authorizes the Secretary to pay three-fourths of the cost of transporting a 90 day supply of hay and forages to livestock producers in such areas. Allows the Secretary to extend such time period if such action is neccessary and appropriate. States that such assistance shall be made available to producers whose assets exceed liabilities by no more than $100,000 or where not providing such assistance would result in financial hardship. Terminates the Secretary's authority to provide such assistance on October 1, 1978. 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3636
94-s-3612 94 s 3612 A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Agriculture and Food 1976-06-23 1976-06-23 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] OK R B000351 0 Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to prohibit the distribution of agricultural commodities to foreign nations for food relief programs unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines that adequate storage facilities are available in the recipient country to prevent spoilage or waste and the distribution of the commodity will not result in a significant decrease in the price of the commodity in the recipient country. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3612
94-s-3570 94 s 3570 National Food Policy Act Agriculture and Food 1976-06-16 1976-06-16 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 0 National Food Policy Act - Establishes within the Executive Office a three-member Council of National Food Policy Advisors to: (1) assist the President on matters pertaining to food and agriculture; and (2) to gather and assess information concerning developments affecting food and agriculture and to determine whether such developments or trends will interfere with the declared policy under this Act of maintaining a viable domestic farm economy. Requires the Council to annually submit an Annual Food and Agriculture Assessment Report to the President and the Congress. Directs the President to appoint an Assistant for Food and Agricultural Affairs who shall be the President's chief policy advisor and assistant with respect to food, agricultural, and nutrition matters. Directs the President to appoint a Public Advisory Committee on National Food Policy to advise the Assistant to the President for Food and Agricultural Affairs regarding Federal programs and policies relating to food, nutrition and agriculture and to advise the Assistant on the impact of policy alternatives and decisions on the various sectors of the domestic agricultural economy and the economy generally. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3570
94-s-3564 94 s 3564 A bill to provide emergency assistance to livestock producers. Agriculture and Food 1976-06-15 1976-06-15 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] MN D M000851 4 Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to reimburse livestock producers or to otherwise pay for the transportation costs they incur for the shipment of hay into counties severly affected by drought, flood, or other natural disaster for their livestock herds. Authorizes the Secretary to designate emergency areas if he determines that as a result of such disaster the hay crop for that county is not more than 50 percent of the estimated crop. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3564
94-s-3549 94 s 3549 National Agricultural Research Policy Act Agriculture and Food 1976-06-10 1976-06-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 1 National Agricultural Research Policy Act - Declares that the purposes of this Act are to emphasize agricultural research and education as a distinct mission of the Department of Agriculture and to provide a mechanism for identifying the Nation's highest priority problems for agricultural research. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to keep abreast of agricultural research developments and to disseminate such information. Provides for an additional Assistant Secretary of Agriculture to perform such duties as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Establishes, within the Department of Agriculture, a permanent board to be known as the National Agricultural Research Policy Advisory Board. States that the Board's responsibilities shall include: (1) establishing means to evaluate the impact of agricultural research and extension programs; (2) reviewing programs, policies and goals of the agricultural research and extension agencies; (3) providing a forum for agricultural research sponsoring agencies to exchange information; and (4) developing and recommending national policies, priorities and strategies for agricultural research and education. Requires the Board to submit an annual report to the President and specified Congressional committees. States that the second such report shall include a long-range plan for agricultural research and extension, to be updated every five years. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a continuing inventory of ongoing human nutrition projects being conducted or funded by the Department and to submit a report annually to the Congress regarding such inventory. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to colleges and universities and to State agricultural experiment stations to carry out mission-oriented agricultural research. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants on a competitive basis for the purpose of carrying out agricultural research. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts to carry out the provisions of this Act. 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3549
94-s-3534 94 s 3534 A bill to amend section 142 of title 13 and section 411 (a) of title 7, United States Code, to prevent a change in the definition of a farm prior to June 30, 1976, to relieve the Secretary of Commerce of the responsibility for taking censuses of agriculture every 5th year, and to require the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service within the Department of Agriculture to collect comparable information using sampling methods. Agriculture and Food 1976-06-08 1976-06-08 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Directs the Secretary of Commerce to continue the statistical classification of farms which was in effect on January 1, 1975, until June 30, 1976. Terminates the duty of the Secretary of Commerce to take agricultural censuses every five years and directs the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service within the Department of Agriculture to collect comparable information using sampling methods. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, when sampling methods would be inappropriate, to use other statistical methods to collect information relating to the classification of farms. (Amends 13 U.S.C. 142) 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3534
94-s-3449 94 s 3449 National Child Nutrition Information and Education Act Agriculture and Food 1976-05-18 1976-05-18 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 2 National Child Nutrition Information and Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and carry out a program, through a system of grants to State educational agencies, to provide for: (1) the nutritional training of food service and educational personnel; and (2) the conduct of nutrition education activities in schools and child care institutions eligible under the School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts. States that the amount of such grants shall be based on a rate of 50 cents for each child enrolled in such facilities. Authorizes appropriations of such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires State educational agencies to keep accounts as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to determine whether the provisions of this Act have been complied with. Establishes, within the National Agricultural Library of the United States Department of Agriculture, a Food and Nutrition Information and Education Resources Center to assemble and collect food and nutrition education materials and to disseminate such information to State educational agencies and other interested persons. States that a maximum of $1,500,000 from the funds appropriated under this Act shall be used for the establishment and maintenance of such Center. 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3449
94-s-3433 94 s 3433 Dairy and Meat Import Inspection and Identification Act Agriculture and Food 1976-05-13 1976-05-13 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] OR R P000009 24 Dairy and Meat Import Inspection and Identification Act - Title I: Dairy Products - Defines terms used in this title. Prohibits the importation of dairy products into the United States unless the Secretary of Agriculture has certified that such products are wholesome and pure and that the plants in which such products were manufactured or processed comply with minimum standards of sanitation prescribed by the Secretary. Requires that the standards established under this title be comparable to those imposed upon domestic dairy products. Directs the Secretary to inspect imported dairy products and to require that such products be accompanied by a certificate of compliance indicating that such products conform to the minimum standards established under this Act. Provides for the assessment of fees on imported dairy products to cover the cost of inspections and certificates required by this title. Title II: Meat and Meat Products - Prohibits the importation of meat or meat products capable of use as human food into the United States unless tests have been conducted to determine whether such articles contain any substance prohibited in any carcass or meat product from any domestically produced animal or contain a level of any substance in excess of the maximum allowable level for domestically produced meat products. Stipulates that such tests may be conducted by persons in the exporting country if such individuals have been certified to do so under the same criteria as persons certified by the Department of Agriculture to conduct such test on articles of animals produced in the United States. Provides for the assessment of fees on such imported products to cover the costs of inspections and testing required under this title. Title III: Study; Effective Date - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a study to determine the most practicable and effective method of requiring imported meat and dairy products to bear lables identifying such products as being imported. 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3433
94-s-3375 94 s 3375 Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments Agriculture and Food 1976-05-04 1976-05-04 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] ME D H000346 3 Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments - Includes frozen potato products within the definition of "perishable agriculture commodity" for purposes of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. Makes it unlawful for a commission merchant, broker, or dealer to extend to a grower or other person undue, unjust, or unreasonable preference or advantage in any respect whatsoever; or to subject or cause to be subjected any grower or other person to any undue, unjust, or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever. Prohibits the disclosure of any identifying information about one complaining of any violation of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect the accounts of anyone determined to have violated such Act to assure that such violator is paying all reparations required by, and is otherwise complying with, such Act. 2025-09-02T18:52:18Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3375
94-s-3299 94 s 3299 A bill to amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to provide an updated national direction to the conditions under which the Federal Government will provide financial assistance to agricultural producers for needed soil, water, woodland, and wildlife conservation on agricultural lands. Agriculture and Food 1976-04-13 1976-04-13 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to revise policy directives for Federal financial assistance to agricultural producers under such Act. Requires that eligibility criteria for the receipt of such assistance take into consideration: (1) the need to control erosion and sedimentation; (2) national environmental policy priorities; (3) encouragement of voluntary compliance to solve nonpoint source pollution problems; (4) conservation measures likely to provide a return in the form of increased production or increased land values; and (5) contribution to the national objective of adequate food and fiber for maintenance of a strong and healthy people and economy. Stipulates that funds appropriated for such purposes may not be utilized to assist drainage on officially-designated wetlands areas. Stipulates that payments shall be allotted to landlords, tenants, and sharecroppers in proportion to the contribution of each group to the cost of conservation and environmental enhancement measures. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3299
94-s-3284 94 s 3284 A bill relating to fees charged for the grazing of livestock on certain Federal lands. Agriculture and Food 1976-04-09 1976-04-09 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] NV D C000120 1 Prohibits increases in fees charged for commercial grazing on public or national forest lands unless: (1) a study has been conducted by the Bureau of Land Management to determine the economic impact of the proposed increase on livestock producers; and (2) neither House of Congress passes a resolution disapproving the increase within 60 days of receiving the report of such study. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3284
94-s-3275 94 s 3275 Peanut Act Agriculture and Food 1976-04-08 1976-04-08 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] GA D T000035 10 Peanut Act - Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, for a national acreage allotment of not less than 1,247,000 acres for the 1977 crop of peanuts. States that the farm yield for such crop shall be determined on a basis equal to 96 percent of the average actual yield per acre on the farm for the three highest yield years out of the five years preceding the year such yield determination is made. Provides that if peanuts were not produced on such farm in at least three years of such five-year period, the Secretary of Agriculture shall have a yield appraised at 90 percent of the yields established for similar farms. Establishes a farm marketing quota for such peanut crop equal to the quantity determined by multiplying the farm peanut acreage allotment by the farm yield. Sets forth economic penalties for the marketing of non-quota peanuts or the marketing of peanuts in a larger quantity or higher grade or quality than could reasonably be produced from the quantity of peanuts or the grade acquired by handlers for marketing. States that only quota peanuts may be retained for use as seed on a farm and when so retained shall be considered as marketings of quota peanuts. Requires that all acreage planted to peanuts be measured and that the disposal of nonquota peanuts be supervised by area marketing associations designated pursuant to the Agricultural Act of 1949. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture under such Act to make price supports available to producers of the 1977 crop of peanuts through loans, purchases, or other operations on quota peanuts at a net level of not less than 70 percent of the parity price as of April 1, 1977, and on nonquota peanuts at not more than 60 percent of the loan and purchase level for quota peanuts or 90 percent of the estimated value of peanuts for crushing, export or both, whichever is lower. Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation to make warehouse storage loans available to marketing associations of specified producing areas which are selected and approved by the Co… 2025-09-02T18:52:12Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3275
94-s-3263 94 s 3263 A bill to provide for consideration of the comparative productive potential of irrigable lands in determining nonexcess acreages under Federal reclamation laws. Agriculture and Food 1976-04-07 1976-04-07 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. McGee, Gale W. [D-WY] WY D M000445 4 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the acreage of individually owned land which may eligibly receive project water as nonexcess acreage under Federal reclamation laws at 160 acres of class I land or the equivalent acreage of lands of lesser productive value as would be appropriate for an economic family-size farm. Requires the Secretary in establishing land classes to take into account factors including soil characteristics, crop adaptability, cost of crop production and soil characteristics. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3263
94-s-3213 94 s 3213 A bill relating to the use of certain grazing fees collected by the Secretary of the Interior. Agriculture and Food 1976-03-26 1976-03-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] NV D C000120 0 Limits, with specified exceptions, the use of grazing fees collected by the Secretary of the Interior to the construction, purchase, and maintenance of range improvements. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3213
94-s-3176 94 s 3176 A bill to amend the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to exempt, under certain circumstances, from the registration requirements of such Act persons who recruit, solicit, hire, furnish, or transport combine machine operating crews or sheep shearers. Agriculture and Food 1976-03-18 1976-03-18 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 13 Amends the Farm Labor Registration Act of 1963 to exempt from the registration requirements of such Act, persons who engage solely in the contracting of combine machine operating crews for the harvesting of grain or the contracting of individuals for the shearing of sheep. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3176
94-s-3141 94 s 3141 United States Grain Standards Act Amendments Agriculture and Food 1976-03-15 1976-03-15 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 1 United States Grain Standards Act Amendments - Title I: Declaration of Policy - Revises the U.S. Grain Standards Act to declare the Congressional finding that the regulation of grain transactions provided in this Act is necessary to prevent or eliminate burdens on grain commerce and to regulate such commerce. Title II: Official Inspection - Revises definitions under the Grain Standards Act to meet purposes of this Act. Requires the official inspection at export grain elevators required or authorized to be inspected under this Act be performed by authorized employees of the Department of Agriculture. Authorizes the Secretary to require that grain loaded at an interior point in the United States for transportation from the United States be inspected in a similar manner. Allows the Secretary to enter into contracts with any State or person for such inspection functions if such State or person meets specified requirements. Forbids the Secretary from entering into such contracts with any person or business entity currently engaged in the storage or merchandising of grain. States that official inspection contracts entered into terminate within five years and may be renewed in accordance with criteria specified in this Act. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to audit the books and records of official inspection contractors at least biennially and at the expiration of such contract. Allows the Secretary to revoke such contracts, after an opportunity for a hearing has been afforded, when the Secretary determines the contractor has not complied with any provision of this Act. Allows the suspension of such contract for 30 days without a hearing when the Secretary has reason to believe there is cause for revocation. Provides for the inspection of American grain in Canadian ports for overseas shipment. Title III: Official Inspection Personnel - Requires the licensing of any person performing inspection functions under this Act. States that all such licenses shall expire triennially and any license shall be suspende… 2025-09-02T18:52:13Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3141
94-s-3136 94 s 3136 National Food Stamp Reform Act Agriculture and Food 1976-03-13 1976-04-12 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] GA D T000035 0 (Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #138 (52-22)) National Food Stamp Reform Act - Redefines the meaning of the term "household" as used in the Food Stamp Act of 1964. Deletes the existing requirement that individuals sharing common living quarters be related in order to qualify as a household. Includes within the meaning of the term "retail food store" any private, nonprofit, cooperative food purchasing venture in which members pay for food purchased prior to receipt of such food. Authorizes such cooperatives to redeem members' food coupons. Amends the definition of the term "elderly person" to delete the requirement that such person be either living alone or with a spouse. Adds definitions of the terms "nutritionally adequate diet" and "coupon vendor. Prohibits the distribution of federally donated foods to households except as is considered necessary by the Secretary of Agriculture to effect an orderly transition on an Indian reservation from a food distribution program to the food coupon program. Sets forth standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program. States that the income standards of eligibility shall be the income poverty guidelines for the nonfarm United States prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget as adjusted semiannually. Defines the terms "gross income" and "household income" as used in determining the eligibility. Sets forth the exemptions allowed in determining the amount of each type of income attributable to a household. Authorizes the Secretary to establish temporary emergency eligibility standards for households that are victims of a disaster. Directs the Secretary to provide that no household shall be eligible for the food stamp program if such household includes: an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 60 (subject to specified exceptions) who without good cause fails to register for employment at a State employment services, or otherwise fails to attempt to find work, or refuses to accept employment or volunt… 2025-09-02T18:52:12Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3136
94-s-3114 94 s 3114 A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase the maximum loan amounts on certain programs, to revise the interest rate for certain loans, and to provide for Congressional authorization of program levels. Agriculture and Food 1976-03-10 1976-03-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] OK R B000351 0 Authorizes a maximum loan amount for guaranteed real estate loans, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of $200,000 or the value of the farm or security, whichever is less. Revises the interest rate for specified loans under such Act. Increases the maximum loan limitation and revises the interest rate for operating loans under such Act. Provides for congressional authorization of program levels under such Act. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3114
94-s-3081 94 s 3081 A bill to amend section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and section 5 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended, so as to increase from 50 to 80 percent the amount that may be paid as the Federal Government's share of the costs of any cooperative meat or poultry inspection program carried out by any State under such sections. Agriculture and Food 1976-03-04 1976-09-08 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 94-1040) Increases from 50 percent to 80 percent the amount that may be paid as the Federal Government's share of the costs of any cooperative meat or poultry inspection program carried out by any State under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Poultry Products Inspection Act. Provides that the 80-20 cost-sharing formula with respect to the Talmadge-Aiken Act would apply only to cooperative arrangements for meat or poultry inspection purposes entered into on or before June 30, 1976. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3081
94-s-3071 94 s 3071 A bill to provide for determination of grazing fees. Agriculture and Food 1976-03-03 1976-03-03 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Hansen, Clifford P. [R-WY] WY R H000170 12 Sets forth the basis for determining the fees to be charged for the commercial grazing of domestic livestock: (1) on public lands under the Taylor Grazing Act; (2) on government timberlands; and (3) within the national forest system. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3071
94-s-3051 94 s 3051 Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act Amendments Agriculture and Food 1976-02-26 1976-09-29 Measure passed House, amended. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 (Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 94-1488) Repeals the requirement under the Commodity Exchange Act that the appointment of the exeuctive director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission be subject to confirmation by the Senate. Requires the maintenance of daily trading records in a specified manner and form by floor brokers. Extends from 30 days to six months the time when the registration of any commodity trading advisor or commodity pool operator is to become effective after the Commission's receipt of the application. Extends the antifraud provisions of the Act to persons who should be registered under such Act. Authorizes the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to grant immunity to witnesses appearing before the Commission. Includes within the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act prohibitions now contained in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act against beverage and margin contracts contrary to rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 2025-09-02T18:52:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3051
94-s-3054 94 s 3054 A bill to repeal certain requirements relating to notice of animal and plant quarantines, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1976-02-26 1976-02-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 Repeals requirements relating to notice of animal and plant quarantines by the Secretary of Agriculture to common carriers. Repeals requirements for publication of notices in newspapers and giving of written notice to railroads and other carriers doing business in infected localities or areas quarantined by the Secretary of Agriculture, of the establishment of quarantines and of the existence of livestock or poultry diseases, or insect infestations. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3054
94-s-3055 94 s 3055 United States Grain Standards Act Agriculture and Food 1976-02-26 1976-04-26 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 12572 passed in lieu. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 3 (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 12572 passed in lieu) Grain Inspection Reform Act - Declares the policy of the Congress to: (1) provide for the establishment of official United States standards for grain; (2) promote the uniform application of such standards by official inspection personnel; (3) provide for an official inspection system for grain and to regulate the weighing; and (4) provide for the certification of the weight of grain shipped in interstate or foreign commerce; with the objectives that grain may be marketed in an orderly manner and that trading of grain be facilitated. Defines terms for purposes of this Act. Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Federal Grain Inspection Agency. States that the Administrator of such Agency shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall be responsible for the administration of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to establish: (1) standards of kind, class, quality, and condition of specified grains; and (2) standards for accurate weighing and certification procedures of grain shipped in interstate and foreign commerce and procedures for the supervision of the weighing of such grain. Requires the Administrator to publish notice of any proposal to establish, amend, or revoke any standards under this Act to give interested persons an opportunity to present views and arguments regarding such proposal. Forbids the shipment of grain from the United States to any other place unless such lot is officially inspected in accordance with established standards on the basis of official samples (taken after final elevation or while in the final export carrier) and unless a valid official certificate showing the official grade designation and certified weight of the lot of grain has been provided by an official inspection. Allows the Administrator to waive such requirement when it is impracticable to provide such official inspection. Requires all official weighing and inspection to be … 2025-09-02T18:52:06Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3055
94-s-3045 94 s 3045 A bill to establish a National Commission on Food Production, Processing, Marketing, and Pricing to study the food industry from the producer to the consumer. Agriculture and Food 1976-02-25 1976-02-25 Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] SD D M000452 7 Establishes a National Commission on Food Production, Processing, Marketing, and Pricing, to be composed of nine members. Directs the Commission to study and appraise the economic and industrial structure of all segments of the food industry, including: (1) economic forecasts; (2) desirable structural changes in the various segments of the food industry; and (3) the effect of food imports on producers, processors, and consumers in the United States. Requires the Commission to make such interim reports as it deems advisable, and to make a final report of its findings, recommendations, and conclusions to the President and the Congress by July 1, 1978. Sets forth the powers of the Commission. Requires that, within six months following the filing of the final report, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Agriculture shall each publish separate reports on the policy planning, budget allotments, investigations, complaints, indictments, litigation, and other actions of each agency with respect to the enforcement of the antitrust laws on the various sectors of the food industry. Directs the FTC and the Department of Justice to submit to the Congress and to publish in the Federal Register annual indices of the structure and the state of competition in the food industry. Authorizes appropriations to the Commission of up to $3,750,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of up to $1,000,000 to the Federal Trade Commission to carry out the purposes of this Act. 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3045
94-s-3004 94 s 3004 Federal Food Marketing Appraisal Act Agriculture and Food 1976-02-19 1976-02-19 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 10 Federal Food Marketing Appraisal Act - Establishes a bipartisan National Commission on Food Costs, Pricing, and Marketing, consisting of five Members of the Senate, five members of the House of Representatives, and five members to be appointed by the President from outside the Federal Government. Requires the Commission to analyze and appraise the costs, pricing, functioning, and structure of the food marketing industry. Directs the Commission to make interim reports and to submit to the President and to the Congress a final report of its findings and conclusions within 18 months after the date on which funding commences. States that such report shall include treatment of (1) recent changes in the food industry; (2) the responsiveness of food prices to changes in farm-level prices; (3) the kind of food marketing system that would best achieve efficiency of production and distribution; and (4) the effectiveness of the present national policy with respect to the food marketing system. Sets forth the powers and administrative authority of the Commission. Authorizes appropriations of up to $2,500,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. 2025-09-02T18:52:06Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/3004
94-s-2993 94 s 2993 A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from restricting export sales of agricultural commodities. Agriculture and Food 1976-02-18 1976-02-18 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 Prohibits, under the Agricultural Act of 1970, the Federal Government from restricting the export sales of agricultural commodities through the negotiation of voluntary restraints on the sale of such commodities to a foreign government or agent thereof. States that this Act does not affect the authority of the President in prohibiting or curtailing such exports. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2993
94-s-2960 94 s 2960 A bill to provide for quarterly adjustments in the support price for milk. Agriculture and Food 1976-02-17 1976-02-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 11 Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish the support price of milk at not less than 80 percent of the parity price and to provide for quarterly adjustments of the support price by the Secretary of Agriculture to reflect the change in the index of prices paid by farmers for production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates. Directs that such adjustments shall not result in a support price which is less than 80 percent of the parity price. Provides that such adjustment authority shall expire on March 31, 1978. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2960
94-s-2905 94 s 2905 Commodity Supplemental Food Program Act Agriculture and Food 1976-01-30 1976-01-30 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Hart, Philip A. [D-MI] MI D H000291 10 Commodity Supplemental Food Program Act - Revises the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to pay to each State or local agency administering any commodity supplemental food program referred to as a supplemental feeding program under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, the administrative costs for such program in an amount not exceeding 20 percent of the total amount made available to such State or agency for such program in any fiscal year. States that, notwithstanding this limitation, the Secretary shall pay the total expenses necessary for successful operation of such program during the first 90 days after enactment of this Act or until the commodity supplemental food program reaches its projected caseload level, whichever is longer. Directs each State or local agency participating in such program to submit a report to the Secretary describing the manner in which nutrition education services are being provided to the recipients of food under such program. States that the payment of administrative expenses by the Secretary shall not be conditioned upon the submission of such report. Requires the maintenance in such programs of the types and varieties of commodities in the same proportional amounts which are currently available or which were available in the the 1974 fiscal year, whichever is greater. Directs the Secretary to require that specified foods be made available to recipients under such program. Allows such program to exist in the same area in which another food program is in operation if the State or local agency establishes safeguards to prevent households and individuals from participating in both programs. Prevents any State or local agency from prohibiting children under six years of age from receiving benefits under such programs if they are otherwise eligible to receive such benefits. 2025-09-02T18:52:06Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2905
94-s-2867 94 s 2867 Federal Nutrition Planning and Organization Act Agriculture and Food 1976-01-23 1976-01-23 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] SD D M000452 1 Federal Nutrition Planning and Organization Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to develop a more thorough and coordinated food and nutrition policy for the United States. Renames the Department of Agriculture as the Department of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Provides for an additional Assistant Secretary for Nutrition Programs and Food Policy in such Department, who shall be responsible for appraising the various programs and activities of the Federal Government in light of the stated purposes of this Act. Establishes the Office of Food and Nutrition within the executive branch. States that the Director of such Office shall be the President's primary adviser on nutrition and the Federal Government's primary spokesperson on all matters relating to nutrition in international bodies having an interest in nutrition and health. States that the Director shall: (1) formulate and recommend to the President proposed legislation to carry out the purposes of this Act; (2) assist agencies of the Federal Government in developing or modifying existing or contemplated nutrition related programs or policies; (3) notify the Congress and American people of any significant or potentially adverse development or discovery which is likely to affect food costs or nutritional intake; and (4) prepare and submit an annual National Food and Nutrition Impact Statement whenever the Director determines that a development is likely to have a significant impact on nutrition intake, food consumption or food cost. Authorizes the Director to employ such specialists and experts as may be necessary to carry out such functions. Authorizes the Director to delay for 90 days any regulation or policy dealing with nutritional matters which is proposed by any Federal agency and which has not been submitted in full to the Director. States that the National Food and Nutrition Report shall contain specific sections entitled "Nutritional Goals", and "Director's Report". Specifies the content of each such section. Requires the Director to su… 2025-09-02T18:52:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2867
94-s-2853 94 s 2853 Emergency Food Stamp Vendor Accountability Act of 1976 Agriculture and Food 1976-01-21 1976-07-05 Public law 94-339. Senate Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] NC R H000463 31 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 94-714) Emergency Food Stamp Vendor Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe regulations governing the manner in which funds derived from the distribution of coupons shall be deposited by coupon vendors, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964. Requires such regulations to provide that, at a minimum, such deposits be made weekly. Deems coupon vendors as fiduciaries of the Federal Government for funds derived from the distribution of coupons. Directs the Secretary to require by regulation that upon the deposit of such funds vendors shall give written notice to the State agency. Directs the Secretary to require by regulation that vendors send at least monthly reports to him regarding their operations. Directs the Secretary to develop by regulation a procedure for determining and monitoring the level of coupon inventories in the hands of vendors. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations governing the delivery of coupons to vendors and the custody and care of coupons. Prescribes a penalty of $3,000 and/or a one-year imprisonment for failure to comply with this Act. Prescribes a penalty of $10,000 and/or a ten-year imprisonment for providing false information under this Act. Defines "coupon vendor" to mean any person, partnership, corporation, organization, political subdivision, or other entity with which a State agency has contracted for, or to which it has delegated administrative responsibility in connection with, the issuance of coupons to households. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2853
94-s-2840 94 s 2840 National Food Stamp Reform Act Agriculture and Food 1975-12-19 1975-12-19 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] NY R J000064 0 National Food Stamp Reform Act - Deletes, under the Food Stamp Act, the prohibition against students receiving food stamps and makes them eligible under specified circumstances. Lowers the work registration age limit from 65 to 60. Revises the provisions related to employer housing, standard deductions, and Government vendor payments. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and administer the food stamp program so that eligible households are furnished with a coupon allotment sufficient to provide them with a nutritionally adequate diet, with the amount of such allotments adjusted semi-annually to reflect changes in the price of food. Provides that, where the Secretary determines that there has been gross negligence or fraud on the part of the State agency in the certification of applicant households, the State shall, upon request of the Secretary, deposit into a separate account of the Federal Treasury a sum equal to the face value of any coupon issued as a result of negligence or fraud, such funds to be available without fiscal year limitation for the redemption of coupons. Directs the Secretary to institute procedures whereby Federal, State, and local officials meet monthly to reconcile all records related to the disbursement of food stamp coupons. Requires the Secretary and State agencies to carry out an effective program of nutrition education and directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on progress in this area. Makes provision for retroactive benefits where food coupons are wrongfully denied and for bilingual assistance in areas where there are numerous potentially eligible, non-English speaking persons. Requires the issuance of food stamps at all Postal Service facilities where postage stamps are sold. Expands program notification requirements and opportunities to use food stamps for "meals on wheals" where members of eligible households are elderly or disabled. Grants the Secretary authority to carry out experimental projects designed to increase the program's efficiency. Sta… 2025-09-02T18:52:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2840
94-s-2823 94 s 2823 A bill to amend section 502(c) of the Rural Development Act to assist small farmers in upgrading their farming operations. Agriculture and Food 1975-12-18 1976-09-20 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] KY D H000905 5 Provides that the small farm extension, research and development programs established pursuant to the Rural Development Act shall be conducted by the Federal-State Cooperative Extension Services. States that the duties of the Extension Services shall be expanded to include a study to identify small farmers in each State and to determine their resources, abilities, education and willingness to upgrade their farm operation through improved farm management practices (presently the research is limited to new approaches for small farms in management, agricultural production, techniques, new products, and marketing). Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Federal-State Cooperative Extension Services to implement a program to improve operations of small farmers, to establish procedures for evaluating the social and economic consequences of such program, and to submit an annual report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate regarding the extent to which the objectives of the program provided for in this subsection are being achieved. Defines "small farmer" as any person who depends on farming as his primary source of income, whose gross annual sales from farming operations are less than $20,000, and whose income from nonfarm sources is less than $5,000. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2823
94-s-2808 94 s 2808 A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, to require a loan program for the 1975 through 1977 crops of soybeans. Agriculture and Food 1975-12-17 1975-12-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 0 Revises the Agricultural Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make available to producers, loans and purchases on the 1975 through 1977 crops of soybeans at such levels as reflect the historical average relationship of soybean support levels to corn support levels during the three years preceding the establishment of the support level for soybeans. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2808
94-s-2765 94 s 2765 A bill to repeal authority for provisional listings of commercially established colors. Agriculture and Food 1975-12-10 1975-12-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Senate Sen. Nelson, Gaylord [D-WI] WI D N000033 1 Repeals the authority, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, for provisional listings of commercially established colors. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2765
94-s-2610 94 s 2610 Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act Agriculture and Food 1975-11-04 1975-11-04 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 3 Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to foster and promote, through appropriate means and on an economically sustainable basis, the development and expansion of both traditional and innovative approaches to direct marketing of agricultural commodities from farmers to consumers. States that for purposes of this Act, the term "direct marketing from farmers to consumers" means the marketing of agricultural commodities at any marketplace (including, but not limited to, roadside stands, city markets, and vehicles used for house-to-house marketing of agricultural commodities) established and maintained for the purpose of enabling farmers to sell their agricultural commodities directly to individual consumers, or organizations respresenting consumers. Directs the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture to conduct and facilitate activities designed to foster methods of direct marketing from farmers to consumers. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 2025-09-02T18:51:54Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2610
94-s-2589 94 s 2589 Young Farmers' Homestead Act Agriculture and Food 1975-10-30 1975-10-30 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] SD D M000452 17 Young Farmers' Homestead Act - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Agriculture the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. Authorizies the Corporation to purchase farm land in value of up to $200,000 per unit. Provides that the Corporation shall make such farms available for lease and subsequently for sale. Directs that the farms may be leased to an eligible applicant for a period of not less than two years nor more than seven years with specified restrictions upon the use of such land. Provides that the lessee may at any time within six months prior to the expiration of his lease make application to the board for purchase of such unit upon the expiration of such lease. States that the board shall approve such application if it determines that the lessee can successfully manage and operate such farm unit. Specifies a formula to be used in determining the selling price of each farm. Provides that a buyer may obtain financing through any available source, but if private financing is not available, the Farmers Home Administration shall furnish the financing at a specified rate. Requires the Corporation to file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture a complete report as to the business of the Corporation. Provides that the financial transactions of the Corporation shall be audited at least once each year by the General Accounting Office. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint an advisory council to advise the board regarding the administration of this Act. Provides that the Council's advice shall include recommendations on what the eligibility requirements should be for leasing farm units and what experience should be required for leasing a farm. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Specifies criminal provisions applicable to the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 657, 658, 1006, and 1014) 2025-09-02T18:51:54Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2589
94-s-2578 94 s 2578 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. Agriculture and Food 1975-10-28 1976-03-11 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Hart, Philip A. [D-MI] MI D H000291 18 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment. S. Rept. 94-683) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock guarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. Directs that the amount of each such loan shall be limited to $100,000. Requires agricultural producers receiving a loan and subsequently compensated for such loss to repay the loan up to the amount of compensation within three months after receipt of the compensation. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2578
94-s-2537 94 s 2537 National Food Stamp Reform Act Agriculture and Food 1975-10-21 1975-10-21 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] GA D T000035 5 National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines "household" under the Food Stamp Act as meaning a group of individuals who are sharing common living quarters, but who are not residents of an institution or boarding house, and who have access to cooking facilities and for whom food is customarily purchased in common. Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may not approve any plan which permits any household to simultaneously participate in both the food stamp program and the distribution of federally donated foods. Requires the Secretary to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program. States that the income standards of eligibility shall be the income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget adjusted pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act. Directs the Secretary to prescribe additional standards of eligibility which shall include, but not be limited to, the amounts of liquid and nonliquid assets. Provides that household income for purposes of the food stamp program shall be the gross income of the household less: (1) a standard deduction of $100 a month applicable to all households; and (2) an additional deduction of $25 a month for any household in which there is a least one member who is age sixty or older. Limits eligibility to participate in the food stamp program to citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residency. States that no individual shall be considered eligible for the food stamp program as a member of a household if he is: (1) over 18; (2) is enrolled at an institution of higher education; and (3) is a dependent child for income tax purposes of a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household. Prohibits households which transfer liquid or nonliquid assets for the purpose of qualifying for the food stamp program from becoming eligible for at least a thirty-day period. Requires the Secretary to issue photo identification cards to households certified eligible to participate in the program… 2025-09-02T18:51:54Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2537
94-s-2528 94 s 2528 A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to eliminate from such Act certain requirements imposed upon the States relating to the dissemination of information on the availability of benefits under such Act, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1975-10-20 1975-10-20 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Scott, William Lloyd [R-VA] VA R S000189 0 Eliminates from the Food Stamp Act the requirement that State agencies administering the food stamp plan undertake actions to inform low-income households concerning the availability and benefits of the program and insure the participation of eligible households. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2528
94-s-2504 94 s 2504 A bill to provide for the price support of milk at not less than 85 per centum of parity. Agriculture and Food 1975-10-09 1975-10-09 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 1 Increases, under the Agricultural Act, the minimum price support of milk from 75 to 85 percent of parity. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2504
94-s-2485 94 s 2485 A bill to amend title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act as amended to eliminate the necessity of referring loans made with Resource Conservation and Development funds in excess of $250,000 to Congressional Committees for approval. Agriculture and Food 1975-10-07 1976-06-01 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] OR R P000009 3 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Prohibits appropriations for any Resource Conservation and Development loan in excess of $500,000 (presently $250,000) under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, without prior approval of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. Extends the loan-making power of the Secretary of Agriculture to include loans for the conservation, development, and utilization of water for aquaculture purposes. Defines aquaculture for such purpose. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2485
94-s-2451 94 s 2451 Food Stamp Reform Act Agriculture and Food 1975-10-02 1975-10-02 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 11 Food Stamp Reform Act - Eliminates the requirement, under the Food Stamp Act, that individuals receiving supplemental security income benefits under title XVI (grants to States for the Aged, Blind, or Disabled) of the Social Security Act shall not be considered eligible for food stamps if the supplemental income payments include the bonus value of food stamps. States that households in which a member is eligible to participate in the nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act, or is authorized to use coupons for meals on wheels, shall not be required to have cooking facilities. Modifies the eligibility standards for students. Lowers the work registration age limit for eligibility purposes from 65 to 60. States that the actual value of employer-provided housing (up to $25 per month) shall be taken into account for eligibility purposes. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture in computing eligibility to allow a standard deduction of $125 plus $25 for each elderly person, after deductions for disaster or casualty losses, taxes, and other mandatory deductions. Eliminates the purchase price requirement and establishes an income formula for determining eligibility. Requires the Secretary to carry out a nutrition education program for recipients, including distribution of printed materials designed to teach recipients how to buy and prepare nutritious and economical meals. States that wrongfully denied food coupons shall be restored through a lump-sum cash payment. Requires bilingual assistance to be made available in areas where numerous potentially eligibile persons speak a language other than English. Directs the Secretary to conduct a survey and report to Congress on the average and distribution of assets held by participants in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out pilot experiments for purposes of increasing the programs' efficiency and improving the delivery of benefits to eligible households. 2025-09-02T18:51:48Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2451
94-s-2440 94 s 2440 A bill to amend section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject imported tomatoes to restrictions comparable to those applicable to domestic tomatoes. Agriculture and Food 1975-10-01 1976-09-20 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] FL D C000356 1 Revises the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act to subject imported tomatoes to restrictions regulating the pack of any container comparable to those applicable to domestic tomatoes. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2440
94-s-2385 94 s 2385 A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949 with regard to the rice programs established in those acts. Agriculture and Food 1975-09-22 1975-09-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA] LA D L000428 1 Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, that the national acreage allotment of rice for the 1976 and subsequent crops of rice shall be 2,000,000 acres, unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the difference between the total supply of rice for the marketing year beginning in the calendar year preceding such crop year and the normal supply of rice for such marketing year is greater than 20 percent of such normal supply. Specifies that if the Secretary makes such determination, the national acreage allotment of rice for the crop year shall be established at a level adjusting the supply of rice so that a quantity of marketable rice will be on hand in the United States at the end of the marketing year beginning August 1 of the calendar year in which the rice for which the acreage allotment is being determined is to be produced (not including rice produced in the calendar year in which such marketing year ends) which is less than 20 percent of the estimated amount of rice which will be utilized in exports and domestic consumption during such marketing year. Stipulates that the national acreage allotment for rice for any crop of rice may not be less than 1,652,596 acres. Permits the selling or leasing of farm acreage allotments to other persons in the same State. Provides that whenever marketing quotas are in effect with respect to any crop of rice, the producer shall be subject to a penalty on the farm marketing excess at a rate per pound which is equal to the cost of production per pound of rice for the crop with regard to which the penalty is imposed. Directs the Secretary to make available nonrecourse loans and purchases for the 1976 and subsequent crops of rice. Stipulates that such loans and purchases shall be available only to persons producing rice on allocated acres. Specifies the formula by which the amounts of such loans and purchases shall be determined. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2385
94-s-2370 94 s 2370 A bill to amend section 403(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that the labels on foods disclose the kinds of oils contained in such foods. Agriculture and Food 1975-09-18 1975-09-18 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Senate Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] KY D H000905 1 Stipulates that under the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, foods containing oils (shortenings) shall disclose through labeling the identities of such oils on the basis of the source from which they were derived. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2370
94-s-2369 94 s 2369 A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 by revising the eligibility requirements for participation in the program and increasing the overall efficiency of the program administration through the imposition of a national income formula. Agriculture and Food 1975-09-17 1975-09-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] FL D C000356 9 Revises the eligibility requirements for participation in the food stamp program by requiring that such standards prescribe schedules specifying the amount to be paid by households of different sizes on the basis of the net income and assets fo each such household. Requires that such income and assets be adjusted semiannually to reflect any changes in cost of living during the preceding six-month period. Authorizes a standard deduction of $120 in determining eligibility, plus an additional deduction of $60 in the case of any household with one or more persons sixty years of age or older. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe a single form for eligibility certification of participants in the food stamp program, the supplemental security income program, the aid to families with dependent children program, and the old age, survivors, and disability insurance program under the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to cooperatively formulate a proposal for a cooperative nutritional status monitoring system, and submit recommendations for such legislation as may be necessary to carry out such proposal. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out experimental simplified eligibility certification procedures and to establish a realistic set of goals to improve quality control and administrative efficiency under this Act. Specifies that each State must develop and submit to the Secretary a State quality control plan which shall specify the actions such State proposes to take in order to meet the error tolerance goals established by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold funds from States which fail to carry out the quality control plan approved for such State. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress annually an evaluation plan and a report on the food stamp program. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2369
94-s-2339 94 s 2339 A bill to amend section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to eliminate the credit elsewhere requirement. Agriculture and Food 1975-09-16 1975-09-16 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Beall, J. Glenn, Jr. [R-MD] MD R B000272 0 Provides that disaster loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act shall be made without regard to whether the required financial assistance is otherwise available from private, cooperative, or other responsible sources. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2339
94-s-2326 94 s 2326 A bill to amend the U.S. grain Standards Act to provide for the inspection of export grain by Federal personnel. Agriculture and Food 1975-09-10 1975-09-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] KY D H000905 0 Requires Federal inspection under official standards for export grain that is required to be inspected under the U.S. Grain Standards Act. Authorizes the voluntary inspection by licensees employed by, or operating, official inspection agencies for other grain in the United States under the official standards or for any grain in this country under other criteria approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. Revises the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to issuing regulations requiring operators of grain elevators to install sampling and monitoring devices and other equipment needed for official inspections as a condition of obtaining such inspection. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report annually to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and the House Committee on Agriculture concerning the viability and effectiveness of the grain inspection program and any need for further legislation. Requires the Secretary to conduct investigations into the suitability of current official grain standards and report the findings to these committees. Extends the prohibitions on forcible assaults and related offenses to United States Department of Agriculture personnel and inspection personnel licensed to perform any official inspection function. Makes a conviction of such an offense a basis for denial of inspection service to any applicant. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 111 and 1114) 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2326
94-s-2297 94 s 2297 A bill to amend the U.S. Grain Standards Act to improve grain inspection and operations of official inspection agencies. Agriculture and Food 1975-09-05 1975-09-05 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate an agency or person as an official inspection agency upon a showing that such agency or person has adequate personnel, facilities, and training programs, and meets other specified requirements, to assure that official inspection will be provided in accordance with the provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act. Provides that designations of official inspection agencies shall terminate triannually. Prescribes criteria and procedures for renewal of such designation. Requires each inspection agency to pay annually a designation fee based on the volume of grain inspected in the preceding year, or, if none inspected, the anticipated volume for the upcoming year. Authorizes the Secretary to revoke the designation of an official inspection upon determination that one or more criteria of performance are not met. Expands the authority of the Secretary to license grain inspectors. Increases the civil penalty for refusal of inspection to $50,000 for each violation. Increases the criminal penalties for improperly influencing or attempting to improperly influence, and phsically interfering with a grain inspector in the performance of his official duties. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2297
94-s-2274 94 s 2274 Food Supply Maintenance Program Act Agriculture and Food 1975-08-01 1975-08-01 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] OK R B000351 0 Food Supply Maintenance Program Act - Provides for a plan to stabilize the production of feed grain wheat. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide incentives for grain producers to continue the production of grain during times of oversupplyand to take specified steps to protect producers against excessive price reductions during periods of oversupply. Calls for policies to provide adequate quantities for grain to meet extraordinary export demands during periods of below-normal production. States the goal of avoiding the imposition of normal export controls by assuring consumers in the United States an abundant supply of basic food commodities while providing adequate exports. 2025-09-02T18:51:42Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2274
94-s-2283 94 s 2283 A bill to amend section 812 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 to provide for a system of prior approval of export sales of wheat and wheat flour and feed grains. Agriculture and Food 1975-08-01 1975-08-01 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Tunney, John V. [D-CA] CA D T000410 0 Provides, under the Agricultural Act of 1970, for a system of prior approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of export sales of wheat and wheat flour and feed grains in excess of 50,000 tons. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2283
94-s-2256 94 s 2256 Federal Grain Inspection Act Agriculture and Food 1975-07-31 1975-07-31 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Clark, Dick [D-IA] IA D C000448 1 Federal Grain Inspection Act - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture an agency to be known as the Federal Grain Inspection Agency. Places the direction of such agency in a Director to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Makes it a duty of such Director to establish the policies and regulations by which the Agency is to carry out the administration of this Act. Makes the Director responsible for inspecting, monitoring, and standardizing all equipment used in connection with the grading of grain under the United States Grain Standards Act. Defines terms used under such Act. Defines the term "deceptive loading, handling, sampling, or weighing" as meaning any manner of loading, handling, sampling, or weighing which deceives official inspection personnel, as specified by regulations of the Federal Grain Inspection Agency. Directs the Director of such Agency to investigate the handling (including weighing), grading, and transportation of grain and to fix and establish standards of kind, class, quality, and condition for corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, flaxseed, grain sorghum, soybeans, mixed grain, and such other grains as in his judgment the usages of the trade may warrant and permit. Provides that whenever the standards established by the Director under this Act are effective, any lot of grain covered by this Act shall be re-inspected upon entry into the foreign port of destination. Authorizes the Director to charge and collect reasonable fees to cover the estimated cost of official inspections performed by Agency personnel under this Act. Provides that inspection fees under this Act shall be borne by the grain buyer, unless otherwise agreed. Authorizes the Director, whenever he determines it necessary in order to administer the provisions of this Act, to issue a license to any individual who is to be so employed as a result of being licensed under this Act, upon presentation to the Director of satisfactory evidence that such individual is competent to perform al… 2025-09-02T18:51:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2256
94-s-2260 94 s 2260 Rice Production Act Agriculture and Food 1975-07-31 1976-02-03 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 8529 passed with similar provisions. Senate Sen. Eastland, James O. [D-MS] MS D E000018 7 Title I: Rice Allotments and Price Support - Rice Production Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, to establish for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops a national acreage allotment of 1,800,000 acres. States that the national acreage allotment shall be apportioned, for each crop of rice, by the Secretary to farms and producers on the basis of allotments established for the 1975 crop. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing or withdrawing entirely the rice allotment of a farm or producer which plants to rice less than the total acreage allotted to it for that crop. Defines exceptions to such criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or a part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same administrative area, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him in the same administrative area. Provides for the apportionment among the heirs of a rice producer of the farm rice acreage allotment of such producer in States in which the allotment is based on past production of rice. Provides for apportionment of acreage upon dissolution of a partnership in such States. Provides for the voluntary surrender to the county committee of a portion of a farm's rice acreage allotment. States that any acreage planted to rice in excess of the farm or producer acreage allotment in the crop years 1975 and 1977 shall not be take… 2025-09-02T18:51:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2260
94-s-2107 94 s 2107 A bill to prevent the Food and Drug Administration from regulating safe vitamins and minerals as dangerous drugs. Agriculture and Food 1975-07-15 1975-07-15 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Senate Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] WI D P000553 1 Prohibits, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from: (1) establishing maximum limits on the potency of any synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral; (2) classifying any natural or synthetic vitamin or mineral as a drug solely because it exceeds the level of potency which the Secretary determines is nutritionally rational or useful; and (3) limiting the combination or number of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral or other ingredient of food within a food to which this Act applies. States that such restrictions do not apply in the case of a vitamin, mineral, or other ingredient of food represented for use by children or pregnant or lactating women. Defines food for purposes of this Act as meaning a food for special dietary use which is or contains any natural or synthetic vitamin or mineral and which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form. States that the labeling and advertising for such foods may not give prominence to or emphasize ingredients which are not vitamins, minerals, or a source thereof. Revises procedures for determining liability for misbranded foods. Directs the Secretary to consult and coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission before initiating actions with respect to any food to which this Act applies which is deemed misbranded because of its advertising. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2107
94-s-2034 94 s 2034 Livestock Marketing Reform Act Agriculture and Food 1975-06-26 1975-06-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Eastland, James O. [D-MS] MS D E000018 0 Livestock Marketing Reform Act - Title I: General Provisions and Definitions - Declares that it is in the public interest to apply open, free, and competitive factors to purchases and sales of livestock in commerce. Defines terms used in this Act. Title II: Livestock Marketing Commission - Establishes the Livestock Marketing Commission to be composed of three commissioners appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Empowers the Commission to prevent persons or organizations subject to this Act or combinations of persons and organizations, as defined herein, from engaging in transactions or practices, or both transactions and practices, which are declared unlawful, unfair, or illegal by this Act. Title III: Advisory Board - Directs the Commission to establish an Advisory Board to advise and consult with the Commission on questions affecting the livestock industry and the exercise of the Commission's functions. Title IV: Jurisdiction - Places jurisdiction over violations of the provisions of this Act under the district courts of the United States. Empowers the Commission to investigate suspected violations of the provisions of this Act. Grants the Commission the power to subpena witnesses and require the production of evidence. Title V: Unlawful Transactions - Declares it unlawful for persons engaged in the livestock business to: (1) commit any act of fraud or deceit; (2) misrepresent a material fact with intent to mislead any person; or (3) steal, appropriate, or embezzle livestock or money. Title VI: Illegal Marketing Practices - Declares it an unfair marketing practice, and illegal, for any livestock market, livestock dealer, or livestock broker, in the course of his, or its, business, in commerce to: (1) violate any of the provisions of this Act relating to financial responsibility; (2) violate any of the provisions of this Act relating to scales and weighing; (3) knowingly be a party to any act not done in "good faith" in the sense of that term as defined with respect to the… 2025-09-02T18:51:36Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/2034
94-s-1985 94 s 1985 Farmers Market Act Agriculture and Food 1975-06-20 1975-06-20 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] TX R T000322 7 Market Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to foster and promote, through appropriate means and on an economically sustainable basis, the development and expansion of both traditional and innovative approaches to direct marketing of agricultural commodities from farmers to consumers. States that for purposes of this Act, the term "farmers market", is any marketplace (including, but not limited to, roadside stand, city markets, and vehicles used for house-to-house marketing of agricultural commodities) established and maintained for the purpose of enabling farmers to sell their agricultural commodities directly to individual consumers or organizations representing consumers. Directs the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture to conduct and facilitate activities designed to foster farmers' markets, including: (1) the designation of a specialist in each State responsible for a direct marketing program; (2) the sponsorship of conferences designed to facilitate the sharing of information on direct marketing programs; and (3) the providing of technical assistance to groups establishing direct marketing programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to foster the development of innovative farmer-to-consumer marketing arrangements by engaging in specified activities, including the establishment of at least five different projects involving innovative methods of direct marketing from farmers to consumers. Authorizes to be appropriated specified sums for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 2025-09-02T18:51:36Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1985
94-s-1956 94 s 1956 A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to extend crop insurance coverage under such Act to all areas of the United States and to all agricultural commodities, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1975-06-17 1975-06-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] MN D M000851 3 Requires the extension of crop insurance under the Federal Corp Insurance Act to all counties and all agricultural commodities. Directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to pay 50 percent of the premium costs of the crop insurance issued to any farmer under the provisions of such Act. Repeals the $12,000,000 limitation on the authorized administrative costs of the corporation. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1956
94-s-1924 94 s 1924 A bill to amend the tobacco marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Agriculture and Food 1975-06-11 1975-06-11 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] KY D H000905 0 Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, that farm marketing quotas for burley tobacco may be transferred to other farms in the same county if such county has a current burley tobacco farm poundage quota. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1924
94-s-1855 94 s 1855 A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to take an agriculture census every five years. Agriculture and Food 1975-06-04 1975-06-04 Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Senate Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] OK R B000351 0 Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, beginning in the month of October 1979, and in same month of every fifth year thereafter, to take a census of agriculture. 2024-08-01T19:35:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1855
94-s-1857 94 s 1857 A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, to provide for the adjustment of the so-called target prices for wheat, feed grains and cotton on the basis of the farmers' increased cost of producing such commodities. Agriculture and Food 1975-06-04 1975-06-04 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] OK R B000351 0 Provides for the adjustment of the so-called target prices for wheat, feed grains, and cotton, on the basis of the farmers' increased cost of producing such commodities rather than on the index of prices paid by farmers for production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1857
94-s-1858 94 s 1858 A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to compute and publish periodically a cost of production index for certain agricultural commodities. Agriculture and Food 1975-06-04 1975-06-04 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] OK R B000351 0 Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to compute and publish periodically, but not less often than once each year, a cost of production index for wheat, cotton, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, barley, oats, and rye. Requires the first such cost of production index to be published by the Secretary of Agriculture within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1858
94-s-1824 94 s 1824 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enroll certain Alaskan Natives for benefits under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-22 1975-05-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enroll specified Alaskan Natives for benefits under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Directs the Secretary to deposit in the Treasury of the United States escrow account proceeds derived from contracts, leases, permits, rights-of-way or easements pertaining to lands or resources of lands withdrawn for native selection pursuant to the Settlement Act. States that the United States shall pay interest on all moneys in the Alaska Native Fund from the date of enactment of this Act. States that in determining the eligibility of any household to participate in the food stamp program, any compensation, remuneration, revenue, or other benefit received by any member of such household under the Settlement Act, in connection with an aboriginal land claim of such person, shall be disregarded. Authorizes the merger or consolidation of village corporations formed within the same region of Alaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Permits the subsequent merger of any such merged corporations with other such merged corporations within the same region. States that such mergers shall be on mergers voted on by shareholders either before or after this Act's enactment. States that the merged corporation would be entitled to all rights and benefits of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and shall be subject to all the restrictions and obligations of such Act. Permits the elimination, under specified circumstances, of the extra rights given to nonvillage residents as part of the terms of a merger or consolidation. Extends the existence of the joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska for an additional three years, until June 30, 1979. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants of $250,000 to the Kodiak, Kenai, Juneau, and Sitka village corporations to carry out their duties under the Settlement Act. Enables villages which did not elect to receive benefits under the Settlement Act when first able to do so to make such election within one … 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1824
94-s-1780 94 s 1780 A bill to continue the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children through September 30, 1975. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-20 1975-05-22 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (companion bill H.R. 7136 passed). Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 0 Continues the special supplemental food program (created under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966) for women, infants, and children through September 30, 1975. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1780
94-s-1746 94 s 1746 A bill to provide additional credit facilities for farmers and other rural residents. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-15 1975-05-15 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] OK R B000351 3 Increases farm ownership loan limits of the Farmers Home Administration from $100,000 to $200,000. Increases the total indebtedness limit from $225,000 to $350,000. Increases the operating loan limit from $50,000 to $100,000. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1746
94-s-1733 94 s 1733 A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to enlarge the access of production credit associations to Federal district courts. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-14 1975-05-14 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] GA D T000035 0 Eliminates the restrictions on production credit associations under the Farm Credit Act to sue and be sued in Federal district courts. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1733
94-s-1726 94 s 1726 A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to establish an independent corporation to carry out the purposes of such Act, to provide for more extensive commodity coverage under such Act. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-13 1975-05-13 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 13 Renames the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation the Federal Commodity Insurance Corporation. Transfers the functions and duties of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and the Secretary of Agriculture under the Federal Crop Insurance Act to the Federal Commodity Insurance Corporation. States that the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors. Sets forth procedures for the appointment of the Board. Extends the existing crop insurance program from coverage of 7 agricultural commodities to coverage of 25 commodities. Authorizes the Corporation to extend insurance to other commodities on the basis of demand for such coverage and the anticipated risk of loss to the Corporation. Directs the Corporation to offer its insurance program in additional counties according to a specified plan. Specifies the percentage of loss of each crop that the Corporation shall offer insurance against. Stipulates that insurance offered by the Corporation shall not cover losses due to the neglect or malfeasance of the producer or the failure of the producer to follow established good production practices. Requires the Corporation to report annually to Congress the results of its operations and to include in such report, a list of all agricultural commodities for which insurance has been requested but which are not insured by the Corporation, and a list of all counties for which insurance has been requested but which are not covered by the Corporation. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1976, and each fiscal year thereafter, a sum not to exceed $20,000,000 or an amount equal to 2.3 percent of the total insurance liability assumed by the Corporation in the immediately preceding fiscal year, whichever amount is greater, as may be necessary to cover the operating and administrative costs of the Corporation. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1726
94-s-1692 94 s 1692 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish certain limitations respecting the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to regulate vitamins and minerals under that act, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-08 1975-05-08 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Senate Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] WI D P000553 1 States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1692
94-s-1694 94 s 1694 A bill to amend Public Law 93-233 to extend for an additional 12 months (through June 30, 1976) the existing provisions of law with respect to eligibility of supplemental security income recipients to participate in the food stamp program. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-08 1975-05-08 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA] LA D L000428 1 Extends for an additonal twelve months (through June 30, 1976) the eligibility of supplemental security income recipients qualified under the Social Security Act to participate in the food stamp program. 2024-08-01T19:35:52Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1694
94-s-1672 94 s 1672 A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-07 1975-05-07 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Scott, Hugh [R-PA] PA R S000174 0 Authorizes elderly and disabled individuals to use food coupons to purchase prepared meals from a political subdivision or nonprofit private organization which is recognized as a tax-exempt organization by the Internal Revenue Service. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1672
94-s-1673 94 s 1673 A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-07 1975-05-07 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Scott, Hugh [R-PA] PA R S000174 0 Provides for 30-day certification for participation in the Food Stamp Program if eligibility is shown on the face of the application, with supporting documentation to be presented during the following 30 days. Provides for a minimum certification period of three months. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish outreach guidelines to insure participation by all eligible persons. Creates a food stamp advisory board to be consulted prior to regulation changes. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1673
94-s-1645 94 s 1645 Rice Act Agriculture and Food 1975-05-06 1975-05-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 Rice Act - Title I: Rice - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, to establish for each of the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice a national acreage allotment which shall be the number of acres which will produce an amount of rice equal to the estimated domestic comsumption and exports (less imports) of rice for the marketing year beginning in the year in which the crop is to be produced, adjusted to maintain agequate supplies or to prevent excessive carryover stocks. Requires that the national acreage allotment shall not be less than two million acres. Directs the Secretary to allocate the national acreage allotment on the basis of the rice allotments established for the preceding crops, as equitably adjusted. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing the rice allotment. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same State, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him if in the same State. Title II: Rice Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regional and national research programs with respect to rice for specified purposes, including: (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of production needs; (2) to develop varieties of rice more susceptible to complete fertilizer utilization; and (3) to improve the resistance of rice p… 2025-09-02T18:51:25Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1645
94-s-1647 94 s 1647 A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-06 1975-05-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 Declares that it is the purpose of this Act, under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, to promote the national welfare by improving the economic stability of agriculture through a system utilizing insurance principles under which farmers can voluntarily provide themselves with emergency assistance against the financial impact of crop disasters. Establishes, as an agency of the Department of Agriculture, a Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to insure producers of wheat, cotton, grain, sorghum, corn, barley, and other agricultural commodities on an experimental basis, against loss of the insured commodity due to specified natural occurences. Authorizes the Corporation to limit, or refuse insurance on the basis of the risk involved. Establishes within the Treasury a separate fund for the use of the Corporation. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1647
94-s-1650 94 s 1650 A bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-06 1975-05-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to assess a single, uniform license fee for all commodity brokers or to assess a graduated fee per applicant based upon the amount and type of business conducted by the firm. Deletes the current restriction that the fee not exceed $100. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1650
94-s-1654 94 s 1654 A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-06 1975-05-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] MN D H000953 2 Redefines the purposes of the Food for Peace Program established by the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act to require that agricultural assistance under such program, if used to promote the foreign policy of the United States, not interfere with the humanitarian purposes of the program. Prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation from financing the sale and export of agricultural commodities for any exporter or to any country if the sale and export of such commodities would, in any way, be inimical to the interests of the United States. Requires the President to take precautions to avoid disrupting the agricultural production of countries receiving assistance under such Act. Requires the President to assure that free and open competition is maintained in contracting for goods and services under such Act. Increases from 5 percent to 10 percent the amount of the purchase price of agricultural commodities sold under such Act which must be payable in dollars. Directs the President to obtain commitments from countries purchasing commodities that appropriate steps will be taken to assure that the neediest individuals in such countries will have reasonable access to all or part of the agricultural commodities made available to such countries under such Act. Repeals the authority of the President to utilize foreign currencies acquired through the sale of commodities under such Act to procure equipment and services for the common defense including internal security. Repeals the present requirement that countries be engaged in self-help measures designed to increase agricultural production before they can receive assistance under the Food for Peace Program. States that the criteria for designating a country for an agricultural assistance program under such Act shall be determined solely on the basis of specified factors, including: (1) the humanitarian need for external resources to improve the marketing, distribution, and storage system of such country and the need to increase the access of the neediest i… 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1654
94-s-1656 94 s 1656 A bill to assist the States to provide additional facilities for research in agriculture and forestry at State agricultural experiment stations, land grant colleges and cooperating forestry research institutions under Public Law 87-788. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-06 1975-05-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] NV D C000120 0 Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to support research in agriculture and forestry at State agricultural experiment stations, land grant colleges, and other forestry research institutions through Federal grants to help finance physical facilities as required for the effective conduct of adequate research programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to eligible institutions for purposes of planning, acquisition, construction, repair, rehabilitation, renovation, and remodeling of buildings, laboratories and other capital facilities (including the acquisition of fixtures and equipment which are to become a part of such buildings) which are necessary to more effectively conduct research in agriculture, forestry, and sciences related thereto. Authorizes to be appropriated for allocation to eligible institutions for purposes of making such grants such sums as the Congress deems advisable. Sets forth procedures for allocating funds among eligible institutions. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1656
94-s-1662 94 s 1662 A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-06 1975-06-11 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] AL D A000127 13 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Revises the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 which amended the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to provide that for the 12-month period ending June 30, 1976, no individual receiving supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act shall be considered a member of a household or an elderly person or that no such individual shall be considered a member of a household for purposes of the Food Stamp Act or the family commodity distribution program for any month during such period in which such an individual resides in a State which provides State supplementary payments which have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps. Provides that, for purposes of the food stamp program and the family commodity distribution program, the level of supplementary security income payments under the Social Security Act shall be found by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps only if, prior to October 1, 1973, the State has entered into an agreement with the Secretary or taken other positive steps which demonstrate its intention to provide supplementary payments at a specified level. Allows household members of persons who are elderly, housebound, feeble, physically handicapped, or otherwise disabled, to the extent that they are unable to adequately prepare all of their meals, to use coupons issued to them to purchase meals prepared for and delivered to them by a political subdivision or by a private nonprofit organization which meets specified qualifications. Directs the Secretary to provide certification procedures for applicant households not later than thirty days after enactment of this Act which shall provide for the following: (1) each potential applicant to have an opportunity to file an application for participation in the food stamp program on the same day of such person's first reasonable attempt to make a request for food … 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1662
94-s-1668 94 s 1668 A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 in order to broaden and emphasize the humanitarian purposes of such Act, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-06 1975-05-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] OR R H000343 0 Redefines the purposes of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Food for Peace Program) to emphasize that the purpose of such Act is to provide food for the needy rather than to develop U.S. agricultural exports. Excludes nonfood commodities from shipment under such Act. Directs the President to take reasonable precautions to safeguard usual marketings of countries receiving assistance under such Act. Repeals the prohibition in such Act against aid to countries that trade with North Vietnam or Cuba. Removes the restriction in such Act on sales to the United Arab Republic. States that no agricultural commodities may be made available to any foreign country under such Act which is not, at the time, a country designated by the United Nations as "most seriously affected" by economic crisis unless, at the time such commodities are made available, food needs of all countries designated as "most seriously affected" have been adequately met. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1668
94-s-1671 94 s 1671 A bill to amend the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act to increase the amount of any loan for which funds may be appropriated without prior approval of such loan by the appropriate committees. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-06 1975-05-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] OR R H000343 0 Increases from $250,000 to $1,000,000 the Farmers Home Administration loan limitations for loans made under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act for resource conservation and development projects conducted with the assistance of the Soil Conservation Service. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1671
94-s-1627 94 s 1627 A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act. Agriculture and Food 1975-05-05 1975-05-05 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] SD D M000452 11 Requires that food stamps be allotted in an amount equal to 90 percent of the cost of the low cost diet plan as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. Provides that housing representing payment of income in kind shall be counted as income of up to $25 per month. Makes any household having an individual 18 years of age or older and claimed as a dependent by an individual outside of the household ineligible to receive food stamps. Authorizes elderly and disabled individuals to use food stamps to purchase meals prepared and delivered by a political subdivision or private nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code. Revises procedures for certification and informing potential recipients. Provides for the creation of a Food Stamp Advisory Board to be consulted prior to regulation changes. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1627
94-s-1606 94 s 1606 A bill to make more chemical fertilizer available throughout the world for the production of food by substantially reducing the amount of such fertilizer used in the United States for nonfood growing purposes. Agriculture and Food 1975-04-30 1975-04-30 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Clark, Dick [D-IA] IA D C000448 0 Directs the President to appoint a Commission on Fertilizer Availability: (1) to review and recommend specific conservation steps and other measures which could be taken to increase the short-term availability of fertilizer for food production; and (2) to encourage increased production of fertilizer to meet the medium- and long-term fertilizer needs such as investment incentives and machinery to increase production capacity. Limits the amounts of chemical fertilizer used by any Department or agency of the Federal Government for one year following the enactment of this Act for ornamental or decorative growing purposes. Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to growing aimed at preventing soil erosion. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1606
94-s-1545 94 s 1545 A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to peanuts. Agriculture and Food 1975-04-28 1976-03-25 Public law 94-247. Senate Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] AR D B001057 3 Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, because of natural disaster to a farm or portion thereof, to transfer land allocated to peanut acreage to another farm in the county when each crop cannot be timely planted or replanted in such year. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1545
94-s-1463 94 s 1463 A bill to provide for the purchase of animals and animal food for use in domestic food relief programs. Agriculture and Food 1975-04-17 1975-04-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Hartke, Vance [D-IN] IN D H000297 2 Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture through the Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase cows, claves, hogs, sheep, or other food animals and animal food products and processed and packaged meat from such animals. Directs that such products shall be contributed to domestic food programs for relief of starvation and serious malnutrition. Specifies that such products shall be grown and produced in the United States. Directs that such food assistance shall be provided whenever requested by the Governor of a State or by a town, city, or governing body. States that the purpose of such assistance is to alleviate the effects of high unemployment or to otherwise improve the economic condition of any city or county within a State. Directs the Secretary to expend not less than $1,000,000,000 or more than $2,000,000,000 during fiscal year 1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1463
94-s-1397 94 s 1397 A bill to amend section 22 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act relating to punishment for the commission of certain offenses under such act. Agriculture and Food 1975-04-09 1975-04-09 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 0 Provides, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, that persons within the jurisdiction of such Act shall be subject to specified penalties for offering gifts to Federal meat inspectors. Eliminates the requirement that such gifts be offered with the intent to influence such inspectors. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1397
94-s-1331 94 s 1331 A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act. Agriculture and Food 1975-03-26 1975-03-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 4 Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to make loans to grain growers for financing the construction or purchase of suitable storage for dry or high moisture forage, silage, or grain. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1331
94-s-1309 94 s 1309 A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act, as amended to assure that the school food service is maintained as a nutrition service to children in public and private schools, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1975-03-24 1975-03-24 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Case, Clifford P. [R-NJ] NJ R C000220 11 Provides, under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, that the sale of competitive food in food service facilities during the time of service of food under such Act or the National School Lunch Act may be prohibited even though proceeds from such sales will inure to the benefit of the schools. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make cash grants to the education department of each State for the purpose of providing funds to local school districts and private nonprofit school systems for the establishment of courses in nutrition education. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as the Congress considers necessary to carry out such purpose. Allows the Secretary to distribute funds directly to the school systems when the State education agency is unable to do so. Directs the Secretary to withhold not less than one percent of such funds in order to carry out research and development projects in nutritional information. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1309
94-s-1305 94 s 1305 A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to prohibit the disposition of food to foreign countries under such Act in any fiscal year unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines and certifies that all domestic feeding programs will be adequately provided with appropriate foods in such fiscal year. Agriculture and Food 1975-03-21 1975-03-21 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senate Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] DE D B000444 2 Prohibits the disposition of food to foreign countries under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 in any fiscal year unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines and certifies that all domestic feeding programs, including those under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act, will be adequately provided with appropriate foods in such fiscal year. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1305
94-s-1206 94 s 1206 A bill to assure foreign countries that reserve stocks of agricultural commodities stored in the United States under certain conditions shall not be subject to export controls. Agriculture and Food 1975-03-17 1975-03-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 Provides that foreign countries and their agencies and foreign companies may purchase and store United States agricultural commodities or products in the United States. Provides that such agricultural commodities or products, if so purchased and stored as a reserve for a period of 12 months or longer upon approval by the Secretary of Commerce acting in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, may be exported without regard to any export restraints or controls. 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1206
94-s-1117 94 s 1117 National Aquaculture Development Act Agriculture and Food 1975-03-10 1975-03-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 0 National Aquaculture Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for a national program for aquaculture development in order to increase sources of marine protein for the consumer; to increase the availability and quality level of consumer fishery products; to develop new resources; to improve or maintain recreational fisheries; and to initiate new business, industry, and employment. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with interested Federal agencies and other public and private organizations and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to establish national objectives for aquaculture development. Requires the Secretary to act as the interagency coordinator for all Federal programs and activities in aquaculture. Sets forth activities regarding aquaculture development which the Secretary may, as he deems appropriate, carry out pursuant to this Act, including: (1) construction, operation, and maintenance of hatcheries or similar facilities and undertaking of natural habitat improvement activities; (2) assistance to public and private organizations and individuals interested or engaged in aquaculture through advisory and other services; (3) consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, and local governments, regional commissions, institutions of higher learning, private industry; and (4) performance of basic and applied research to establish a sound information base for the development of aquaculture. Provides that the Secretary, in consultation with affected States, shall locate, construct, operate, and maintain such pilot aquaculture facilities as he deems appropriate in order to develop aquaculture technology relative to particular species of fish and shellfish. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such functions and duties authorized by this Act as he deems appropriate through grants to or contracts with the States, regional commissions, local governments, institutions of higher learning, private industry, and other public and private organizations… 2025-09-02T18:51:06Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1117

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