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| 100-hr-5559 | 100 | hr | 5559 | A bill to enhance the prospects for economic development in rural areas by allowing municipal corporations to acquire through eminent domain utility facilities of rural water supply or sewer service corporations. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-10-20 | 1988-10-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] | TX | D | O000107 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit a municipal corporation or utility to use eminent domain to acquire rural water or sewer associations under specified conditions. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-s-2898 | 100 | s | 2898 | Farm Conservation and Water Protection Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-10-14 | 1988-10-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA] | GA | D | F000329 | 0 | Farm Conservation and Water Protection Act of 1988 - Title I: Low-Input Agriculture - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Sets forth the policy of the Congress and the United States regarding low-input agriculture. Defines low-input agriculture as agricultural production practices designed to improve farm profitability and minimize off-farm environmental and health risks by reducing the need for production inputs with known or potentially adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Subtitle B: Low-Input Program - Directs: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a low-input farm program whereby producers are encouraged through low-interest loans, crop insurance premium reductions, and deficiency payment adjustments to use low-input farming methods. Directs the Soil Conservation Service (Service) to develop: (1) individual farm management plans; and (2) a technical guide for low-input agriculture. Subtitle C: Low-Input Transition Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to establish a low-input transition demonstration program to assist producers of the 1989 through 1992 crops in adopting such systems for their farms. Provides with regard to such program for: (1) five-year producer participation; (2) special low-interest transition loans to help defray participants' capital costs; (3) increased deficiency payments for participants; and (4) permitted adjustments in acreage limitation or set-asides for participants. Directs the Service to develop individual participant low-input transition plans. Title II: Conservation - Subtitle A: Wetland Restoration Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to establish a wetland restoration program under which the Secretary may purchase permanent easements on eligible lands and place such lands in a wetland reserve. Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Amendments to Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 and to the Water Bank Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the c… | 2025-08-28T20:05:51Z | |
| 100-s-2891 | 100 | s | 2891 | A bill to enhance the prospects for economic development in rural areas by allowing municipal corporations to acquire through eminent domain utility facilities of rural water supply or sewer service corporations. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-10-13 | 1988-10-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit a municipal corporation or utility to use eminent domain to acquire rural water or sewer associations under specified conditions. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-s-2885 | 100 | s | 2885 | A bill to amend the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 to make a technical correction. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-10-12 | 1988-11-05 | Became Public Law No: 100-619. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 2 | Amends the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 to make the provisions regarding civil penalties against food stores for food stamp program abuse effective on October 1, 1988. (The effective date under current law is the earlier of July 1, 1989, or the date the Secretary of Agriculture issues implementing regulations.) | 2022-12-13T14:57:24Z | |
| 100-s-2875 | 100 | s | 2875 | Food Safety Amendments of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-10-07 | 1988-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | Food Safety Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to revise the definition of "pesticide chemical" by including pesticide chemical residues in processed foods, inert ingredients of pesticide chemicals, and substances resulting from the metabolism or degradation of a pesticide chemical. Specifies that pesticide chemical residues in or on a raw agricultural commodity or processed food (defined as any food other than a raw agricultural commodity that has been subject to processing) and pesticide chemicals used in the production, storage, or transportation of processed food (currently, does not cover residues or apply to processed foods) are not food additives. Specifies that pesticide chemical residues in processed food, if within the tolerances set under this Act, do not make the food "adulterated" within the meaning of the FDCA. Establishes the general rule that any pesticide chemical residue in or on food, and any pesticide chemical added to food, requires either a tolerance or an exemption, and that the residue remaining on food must be within the tolerance limit or consistent with the exemption. Specifies that: (1) pesticide chemical residues in or on processed food which do not have a separate tolerance are lawful if those residues have been removed to the extent possible in good manufacturing practice and are within the tolerance for the raw agricultural commodity from which the processed food was made; and (2) raw agricultural commodities and processed food that contain pesticide chemicals or their residues pursuant to such a tolerance or exemption shall not be considered adulterated. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) promulgate regulations that establish, modify or revoke tolerances either in response to a petition or on the Administrator's initiative; and (2) establish expiration dates for such tolerances. Provides that a tolerance may be established for a pesticide chemical or pesticide chemical residue only if the risk to … | 2025-08-28T20:08:54Z | |
| 100-s-2858 | 100 | s | 2858 | A bill entitled the "Rural Development Amendments of 1988". | Agriculture and Food | 1988-10-04 | 1988-10-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA] | GA | D | F000329 | 0 | Title I: Capacity Building - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to public and private nonprofit organizations to stimulate rural economic growth and diversification. Limits grants to 75 percent of project costs, with exceptions for small, poor, or minority communities. Title II: State Incentive Grants - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and State departments of agriculture to promote rural development and agricultural diversification. Limits fiscal year assistance to any one State or department of agriculture to not more than ten percent of total fiscal year assistance. Title III: Rural Development Loan Fund - Includes agricultural diversification among the purposes of the Rural Development Loan Fund. Title IV: Definitions - Defines "agricultural diversification" for purposes of this Act. Title V: Programs to Promote Agricultural Diversification - Subtitle A: Agricultural Diversification Loan Fund - Authorizes the Secretary to make and insure loans to States and State departments of agriculture to establish revolving loan funds to promote agricultural diversification. Directs States and departments of agriculture to make loans to private business ventures, including family farms, to diversify the local agricultural economy. Authorizes specified appropriations. Subtitle B: Guaranteed Loans for Alternative Crops - Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans for alternative crop production. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1991 appropriations. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-s-2850 | 100 | s | 2850 | Egg Research and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-09-30 | 1988-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000556 | 10 | Egg Research and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to limit fiscal year assessment collection and administrative costs incurred by the Egg Board. Eliminates egg producer assessment refunds subject to the following stipulations: (1) an 18-month delay of any refund referendum; (2) creation by the Egg Board of a ten percent assessment refund escrow account; and (3) assessment refund (prorated if necessary) to an eligible requesting producer upon (refund elimination) referendum disapproval. | 2025-08-28T20:07:46Z | |
| 100-hr-5402 | 100 | hr | 5402 | A bill to repeal the minimum adjustments to prices of fluid milk under Federal marketing orders and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a proposal to establish basing points in various geographical areas of the United States for purposes of determining prices to be paid to milk producers under such orders. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-09-27 | 1988-10-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. Roth, Toby [R-WI-8] | WI | R | R000459 | 2 | Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to: (1) repeal the existing minimum price adjustments of fluid milk under Federal marketing orders; and (2) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a proposal to the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish geographic basing points for purposes of determining prices to be paid to milk producers under such orders. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-hr-5403 | 100 | hr | 5403 | A bill to amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to the procedure for establishing farm program payment yields. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-09-27 | 1988-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2] | KS | D | S000477 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to revise the procedure for determining farm payment yields. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-5404 | 100 | hr | 5404 | A bill to amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to allow producers to rotate program crop acreage bases to substitute crops. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-09-27 | 1988-10-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2] | KS | D | S000477 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit producers to rotate program acreage base crops with specified substitute crops. Requires such producers to notify the appropriate county committee at least 30 days prior to planting. States that a substitute crop shall be considered as program crop for farm acreage base or crop acreage base determinations. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-s-2830 | 100 | s | 2830 | Federal Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-09-26 | 1988-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 16 | Federal Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988 - States that the purpose of this Act is: (1) to ensure the review of the Federal crop insurance program; and (2) to recommend changes necessary to lessen or eliminate the need for additional disaster payment programs in order to reduce Federal costs and provide farmers with equitable and predictable natural disaster protection. Establishes the Commission for the Improvement of the Federal Crop Insurance Program. Sets forth membership and operating provisions. Directs the Commission to: (1) determine why crop insurance program participation is lower than anticipated; (2) identify States and commodities with low participation; and (3) recommend program improvements. Sets forth particular areas to be examined, including: (1) program insurance coverage; (2) use of crop field information; (3) related government subsidies; (4) sales commission rates; (5) claims adjustment services; (6) information collection; (7) compliance efforts; and (8) premium pools. Requires the Commission to submit: (1) an interim report to the appropriate congressional committees by April 1, 1989; (2) a final report to such committees by July 1, 1989; and (3) monthly reports to such committees from the period beginning July 1, 1989, through December 31, 1990. Terminates the Commission as of December 31, 1990, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may extend the Commission's life beyond such date. Directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to make specified FY 1989 funds available to the Commission. | 2025-08-28T20:05:35Z | |
| 100-hr-5325 | 100 | hr | 5325 | Federal Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-09-16 | 1988-10-28 | Became Public Law No: 100-546. | House | Rep. Jones, Ed [D-TN-8] | TN | D | J000216 | 40 | Federal Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988 - States that the purpose of this Act is to: (1) ensure the review of the Federal crop insurance program; and (2) recommend changes necessary to lessen or eliminate the need for additional disaster payment programs in order to reduce Federal costs and provide farmers with equitable and predictable natural disaster protection. Establishes the Commission for the Improvement of the Federal Crop Insurance Program. Sets forth membership and operating provisions. Directs the Commission to: (1) determine why crop insurance program participation is lower than anticipated; (2) identify States and commodities with low participation; and (3) recommend program improvements. Sets forth particular areas to be examined, including: (1) program insurance coverage; (2) use of crop field information; (3)related government subsidies; (4) sales commission rates; (5) claims adjustment services; (6) information collection; (7) compliance efforts; and (8) premium pools. Requires the Commission to submit: (1) an interim report to the appropriate congressional committees by April 1, 1989; (2) a final report to such committees by July 1, 1989; and (3) monthly reports to such committees from the period beginning July 1, 1989, through December 31, 1990. Terminates the Commission as of December 31, 1990, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may extend the Commission's life beyond such date. Directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to make specified FY 1989 funds available to the Commission. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-5316 | 100 | hr | 5316 | A bill to revise the program under the Farmland Protection Policy Act with respect to the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-09-15 | 1988-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 0 | Amends the Farmland Protection Policy Act to: (1) permit the chief executive officer of a State (currently the Governor) to bring an action in Federal district court to challenge a proposed Federal program which would convert farmland to nonagricultural use; (2) permit such an action in a State with a local or State farmland protection policy or program (currently limited to State policy or program); and (3) limit the Department of Defense exemption to war or national emergency. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-5318 | 100 | hr | 5318 | Egg Research and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-09-15 | 1988-10-31 | Became Public Law No: 100-575. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 13 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #406 (416-2)) Egg Research and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to limit fiscal year assessment collection and administrative costs incurred by the Egg Board. Eliminates egg producer assessment refunds subject to the following stipulations: (1) an 18-month delay of any refund referendum; (2) creation by the Egg Board of a ten percent assessment refund escrow account; and (3) assessment refund (prorated if necessary) to an eligible requesting producer upon (refund elimination) referendum disapproval. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-hr-5265 | 100 | hr | 5265 | Commodity Exchange Option Reform Amendments of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-09-08 | 1988-10-18 | Executive Comment Received From Commodies Future Trading Commission. | House | Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] | OK | D | E000184 | 34 | Commodity Exchange Option Reform Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to state that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction to designate a board of trade for any put, call, or option. Repeals the provision regarding Commission submission of certain contract market designation applications for Securities and Exchange Commission review. | 2025-08-28T20:05:27Z | |
| 100-hr-5208 | 100 | hr | 5208 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to repeal the limitation on the eligibility of, and benefits available to, households that include a member who is on strike. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-08-11 | 1988-08-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000022 | 12 | Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to repeal the limitation on the eligibility of, and benefits available to, households that include a member who is on strike. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-5238 | 100 | hr | 5238 | A bill to amend the Food and Security Act of 1985 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a strategic forage reserve comprised of multiyear set-aside acreage. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-08-11 | 1988-08-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an eight-million acre strategic forage (grass and legumes) reserve comprising set-aside acreage. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-hconres-345 | 100 | hconres | 345 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Federally funded school lunches should provide optional meatless meals. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-08-03 | 1988-09-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10] | IN | D | J000033 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that federally funded school lunch programs should provide nutritious meatless meals for students who conscientiously believe such meals to be best for themselves. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-5103 | 100 | hr | 5103 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to allow producers to devote acreage conservation reserve acreage to water storage for irrigation. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-28 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Anthony, Beryl, Jr. [D-AR-4] | AR | D | A000213 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit wheat, feed grain, rice, and cotton producers to use certain diverted acreage for irrigation water storage. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-5056 | 100 | hr | 5056 | Agricultural Research Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-14 | 1988-09-29 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 8 | (Measure passed House, amended) Agricultural Research Act of 1988 - Title I: Alternative Agricultural Production Systems Research - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to carry out through the Cooperative State Research Service a competitive grants research program to improve the diversity of production methods available to agricultural producers. Sets forth program criteria and grant priorities. Directs the Secretary to submit annual program reports to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Alternative Agricultural Products Research and Commercialization - Subtitle A: General - Alternative Agricultural Products Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary to establish the National Alternative Agricultural Products Board to: (1) supervise the National Institute for Alternative Agricultural Products (Institute); (2) determine priority research areas; (3) review and approve the annual Institute report; and (4) review and approve Institute grants, contracts, and agreements. Directs the Secretary to encourage and cooperate in research and commercialization of alternative agricultural products. Authorizes such activities through grants, the use of Department of Agriculture (Department) facilities, and access to related data and information. Subtitle B: National Institute for Alternative Agricultural Products - Directs the Secretary to establish a National Institute for Alternative Agricultural Products as an independent entity within the Department under the general supervision of the National Alternative Agricultural Products Board. Authorizes the Institute to: (1) make grants and enter into cooperative agreements or contracts for research and demonstration projects; (2) provide technology transfer, information collection, and information dissemination; (3) search for new industrial materials that may be produced from agricultural commodities and for processes to produce such materials; and (4) administer the Alternative Agricultural Products Technology Revolving Fund… | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-5071 | 100 | hr | 5071 | Burley Tobacco Disaster Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-14 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Burley Tobacco Disaster Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to provide that in counties with two consecutive years of burley tobacco quota underproduction, the third year's marketing quota shall be adjusted for such accumulated undermarketing. | 2025-08-28T20:07:36Z | |
| 100-hr-5072 | 100 | hr | 5072 | National Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-14 | 1988-07-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | National Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988 - Establishes the National Crop Insurance Commission to study the Federal crop insurance program. Sets forth operating and administrative provisions. Requires a Commission report to the President and to each House of the Congress. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. | 2025-08-28T20:07:31Z | |
| 100-hr-5076 | 100 | hr | 5076 | A bill to provide relief to farmers in drought-stricken areas. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-14 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] | PA | D | M001088 | 1 | Requires the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to inform the Secretary of Agriculture of the number of bushels of specified crops available from its inventory. Directs the Secretary to make such commodities available through a voucher system to 1988 drought-affected farmers for animal feed use. Makes such vouchers freely transferable. Applies specified CCC funds: (1) against outstanding Farmers Home Loan Administration direct and guaranteed loans; (2) for drought-resistant plant and livestock research and development; (3) for long term weather forecasting; and (4) to determine animal feed nutritional content. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-hr-5077 | 100 | hr | 5077 | A bill to fund drought relief and related programs by transferring to the Secretary of Agriculture amounts made available from reduced costs of storing agricultural commodities due to distribution by the Commodity Credit Corporation of such commodities through a voucher program of aid to farmers affected by drought. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-14 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] | PA | D | M001088 | 1 | Applies specified Commodity Credit Corporation funds: (1) against outstanding Farmers Home Loan Administration direct and guaranteed loans; (2) for drought-resistant plant and livestock research and development; (3) for long term weather forecasting; and (4) to determine animal feed nutritional content. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-hr-5086 | 100 | hr | 5086 | Egg Producers' Financial Protection Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-14 | 1988-09-22 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 42 | Egg Producers' Financial Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to establish a statutory trust for the benefit of unpaid egg producers or egg handlers from the inventories of, and proceeds from, such eggs or egg products held by egg purchasers with an average annual value of eggs (by purchase or production arrangement) greater than $50,000. States that a dishonored payment instrument shall not be considered as payment. Provides that an unpaid producer or handler shall lose such trust benefit if he or she fails to give written notice of nonpayment or dishonored payment to the purchaser within specified time periods and by filing such notice with the Secretary of Agriculture. Includes egg purchase and production activities under the enforcement provisions of such Act. Includes egg purchasers under the recordkeeping provisions of such Act. States that the Secretary may only exercise jurisdiction over egg producers in prompt payment or unreasonable or discriminatory practices proceedings in order to avoid impairment of the Secretary's jurisdiction. Authorizes the Secretary to seek injunctive relief in egg payment disputes. Provides administrative enforcement authority for egg trust and prompt payment provisions under such Act. Requires a purchaser to pay a producer or handler in full within 14 days of the transfer of possession of such eggs. States that a payment delay or attempted delay shall be considered an "unfair practice" violation under such Act. States that the amendments made by this Act shall not be construed to: (1) affect the Secretary's authority with respect to live poultry or poultry products; or (2) affect the Federal Trade Commission's authority to prevent unfair competition or practices in commerce. | 2025-08-28T20:08:03Z | |
| 100-hr-5031 | 100 | hr | 5031 | Rural Electrification Administration Lending Assistance Improvements Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-13 | 1988-08-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44] | CA | D | B000236 | 15 | Rural Electrification Administration Lending Assistance Improvements Act of 1988 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to limit after September 30, 1988, the Rural Electrification Administration's (REA) authority to guarantee loans to 70 percent for electric distribution and subtransmission facilities and telephone facilities and 80 percent for electric generation and transmission facilities. Prohibits REA guarantees of loans from any Federal lending agency after such date. Revises guaranteed loan and direct or insured loan prepayment provisions. Reduces the maximum amount of funds that a borrower may invest. Prohibits the REA from insuring loans after such date unless specified findings are made. Bases interest rates on comparable U.S. obligations, with a minimum rate of five percent. Prohibits the REA from guaranteeing loans after such date to certain metropolitan area borrowers for: (1) recreation purposes; or (2) telephone service improvement if the borrower's gross revenues exceed specified amounts. Prohibits the issuance of class A stock after September 30, 1988. Requires 51 percent of such stock to be redeemed on September 30, 1995, with the remaining stock redeemed and retired by September 30, 2005. Repeals the provision creating a telephone bank reserve for losses due to interest rate changes. Requires the telephone bank to retire all Treasury-held debentures by September 30, 1995. Prohibits the further issuance of such debentures. Provides for the privatization of the telephone bank. | 2025-08-28T20:09:11Z | |
| 100-hr-5015 | 100 | hr | 5015 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-12 | 1988-08-11 | Became Public Law No: 100-387. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 85 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 100-830) Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 - Title I: Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to add a new title VI which may be cited as the Emergency Livestock Feed Assitance Act of 1988. Includes Indian tribes, organizations, and specified enterprises actively engaged in livestock production or dairying within the definition of "livestock producers" for purposes of assistance under this title. States that the term "area" shall include Indian reservations. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency feed assistance in any State, county, or area of a State where disease, weather, or other natural disaster has created a livestock emergency, as determined by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to otherwise eligible producers who conduct farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations in any county contiguous to a disaster-designated county. States that the Governor of a State or a county committee may request the Secretary to make a livestock emergency determination and to provide assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make such determination on his own initiative. Requires the Secretary to make such determination within 30 days of request and to notify the requesting party of any proposed action. States that producers in counties eligible for the emergency feed or emergency feed assistance programs in 1988 shall maintain such eligibility and be eligible for assistance under this title. Directs the Secretary to determine such counties' eligibility for assistance under this title. States that an eligible producer may receive assistance as follows: (1) assistance to offset inadequate feed stocks resulting from on-farm losses; and (2) assistance to maintain foundation herds if the producer does not have, and is unable to obtain through normal channels without undue cost, necessary feed stocks. Sets forth the following assistance programs available under this title: (1) Commodity Credit Corp… | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-s-2631 | 100 | s | 2631 | Drought Assistance Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-12 | 1988-09-20 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 49 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate) Drought Assistance Act of 1988 - Title I: Emergency Livestock Assistance - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to add a new title VI which may be cited as the "Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988." Includes Indian tribes, organizations, and specified enterprises within the definition of "livestock producers" for purposes of assistance under this title. States that the term "area" shall include Indian reservations. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency feed assistance in any State, county, or area of a State where disease, weather, or other natural disaster has created a livestock emergency. States that the Governor of a State or a county committee may request the Secretary to make a livestock emergency determination and to provide assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make such determination on his own initiative. Requires the Secretary to make such determination within 30 days of request and to notify the requesting party of any proposed action. States that producers in counties eligible for the emergency feed or emergency feed assistance programs in 1988 shall maintain such eligibility and be eligible for assistance under this title. Directs the Secretary to determine such counties' eligibility for assistance under this title. Prohibits the Secretary from considering feed purchased by a producer within 60 days of a county's eligibility for feed assistance when making a determination of a producer's eligibility for drought related feed assistance. States that an eligible producer may receive assistance as follows: (1) assistance to offset inadequate feed stocks resulting from on-farm feed production losses; and (2) assistance to maintain foundation herds if the producer does not have, and is unable to obtain through normal channels without undue cost, necessary feed stocks. Sets forth the following assistance programs available under this title: (1) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) feed donations and reduced price sales; (2) part… | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-4985 | 100 | hr | 4985 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-07 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 0 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide disaster payments for wheat, feed grains, rice, and upland cotton lost in 1988 to drought and other natural disasters. Provides disaster payments to nonprogram producers in specified drought or natural disaster-affected areas. Limits producer payments to not more than $100,000. Provides feed assistance (including transportation) for producers of livestock, poultry, and swine affected by drought or other natural disasters. Provides assistance to orchard owners who have lost trees as a result of the drought. Extends disaster payments to 1988 producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice who are located in counties eligible to receive disaster emergency loans and who did not purchase reduced crop yield insurance. Increases milk price support levels. Revises support level reduction provisions. Provides disaster emergency assistance to counties contiguous to a disaster-affected county under specified conditions. Permits haying and grazing on conservation reserve acreage during periods of drought. Provides for 1988 rural agribusiness disaster assistance. Makes food assistance available for Indian farmers and ranchers affected by drought. States that the chief executive officer of a State shall request the Secretary of Agriculture to make specified agricultural emergency determinations. Requires the Secretary to make such a determination within 25 days of receiving the request. Directs the Secretary to take into consideration the effects of the 1988 drought on a borrower's income when making specified agricultural loan restructuring determinations. Directs the Secretary to provide grain to alcohol fuel producers in times of shortage at prices and in quantities that will ensure the economic vitality of such industry. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) a drought relief contingency plan; and (2) a forward contracting report. Expresses the sense of the Congress re… | 2025-08-28T20:05:25Z | |
| 100-hr-4993 | 100 | hr | 4993 | A bill to allow farmers suffering crop losses to be eligible for emergency loans even if crop insurance was available to the farmers under the Federal Crop Insurance Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-07 | 1988-07-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Jontz, Jim [D-IN-5] | IN | D | J000265 | 3 | Makes farmers suffering crop losses eligible for (natural disaster) emergency loans even if Federal crop insurance was available to them. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-4995 | 100 | hr | 4995 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to remove the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to reduce the level of price support applicable to milk. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-07 | 1988-07-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal authority for certain milk price support reductions in 1989 and 1990. Increases the amount of estimated purchases necessary to trigger such price reductions for 1988. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-hr-4996 | 100 | hr | 4996 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to reduce the level of price support applicable to milk. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-07 | 1988-07-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal authority for certain milk price support reductions in 1989 and 1990. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-hr-4998 | 100 | hr | 4998 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make technical corrections in the Family Independence Demonstration Project. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-07 | 1988-10-11 | Became Public Law No: 100-481. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 1 | Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977, regarding the Washington State family independence demonstration project, to provide that family members participating in such project shall receive separate benefits in food coupons under the food stamp plan at least equal to the food stamp benefits they would have received if they were not project participants. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-5004 | 100 | hr | 5004 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to prevent in 1989 a reduction in the level of price support applicable to milk. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-07 | 1988-07-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to make certain milk price support reductions in 1989. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-s-2612 | 100 | s | 2612 | Dairy Farm Maintenance Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-07-06 | 1988-07-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Dairy Farm Maintenance Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to increase milk price support levels by 50 cents. Authorizes for 1989 and 1990: (1) 50 cent reductions if estimated milk and milk product purchases exceed 8,000,000,000 pounds; and (2) 25 cent reductions if such estimates exceed 5,000,000,000 pounds. (Current law required 50 cent reductions if estimated purchases exceed 5,000,000,000 pounds.) | 2025-08-28T20:05:59Z | |
| 100-hr-4954 | 100 | hr | 4954 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit farmers to hay and graze on set-aside acreage with respect to a crop of wheat or feed grains if their farms were situated in areas declared natural disasters by the Secretary of Agriculture during the preceding calendar year. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-30 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Dyson, Roy [D-MD-1] | MD | D | D000593 | 4 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit haying and grazing on wheat or feed grain set-aside acreage in disaster-designated areas. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-4946 | 100 | hr | 4946 | Dairy Drought Relief Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-29 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 14 | Dairy Drought Relief Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize (current law requires) the Secretary of Agriculture to make certain milk price support reductions. Permits price support increases based on increases in the cost of feed. | 2025-08-28T20:06:46Z | |
| 100-s-2587 | 100 | s | 2587 | Noxious Weed Control Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-29 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Gen. Leg. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 0 | Noxious Weed Control Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish a noxious weed control program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:05:34Z | |
| 100-s-2591 | 100 | s | 2591 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide drought relief to agricultural producers by requiring that deficiency payments paid to producers for the 1988 crop year in counties declared disaster areas be based on 92 percent of the projected payment rate, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-29 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide producers of the 1988 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice in disaster-designated counties with 92 percent of the deficiency payments projected at the beginning of the crop year. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-s-2603 | 100 | s | 2603 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-29 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 20 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide disaster payments for wheat, feed grains, rice, and upland cotton lost in 1988 to drought and other natural disasters. Provides disaster payments to nonprogram producers in specified drought or natural disaster-affected areas. Limits producer payments to not more than $100,000. Provides feed assistance (including transportation) for producers of livestock, poultry, and swine affected by drought or other natural disasters. Provides assistance to orchard owners who have lost trees as a result of the drought. Extends disaster payments to 1988 producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice who are located in counties eligible to receive disaster emergency loans and who did not purchase reduced crop yield insurance. Repeals a specified 50 cent milk price support reduction. Provides disaster emergency assistance to counties contiguous to a disaster-affected county under specified conditions. Authorizes water-related projects, including research, technical assistance, grants, and extension services. Permits haying and grazing on conservation reserve acreage during periods of drought. Provides for 1988 rural agribusiness disaster assistance. Makes food assistance available for Indian farmers and ranchers affected by drought. States that the chief executive officer of a State shall request the Secretary of Agriculture to make specified agricultural emergency determinations. Requires the Secretary to make such a determination within 25 days of receiving the request. Directs the Secretary to take into consideration the effects of the 1988 drought on a borrower's income when making specified agricultural loan restructuring determinations. Directs the Secretary to provide grain to alcohol fuel producers in times of shortage at prices and in quantities that will ensure the economic vitality of such industry. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) a drought relief contingen… | 2025-08-28T20:07:30Z | |
| 100-s-2606 | 100 | s | 2606 | A bill entitled the "Agricultural Drought Relief Act of 1988". | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-29 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 0 | Provides assistance to program and nonprogram agricultural producers who have experienced crop losses in 1988 to drought or other natural disasters in areas designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. Limits producer assistance to $100,000. Requires payments to be made to eligible producers within 45 days of application. Provides for feed assistance (including transportation) for producers of livestock, poultry, and swine affected by drought or other natural disasters. Authorizes water-problem related projects, including research, technical assistance, grants, and extension services. Permits haying and grazing on conservation reserve acreage during periods of drought. Provides for 1988 rural agribusiness disaster assistance. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-4931 | 100 | hr | 4931 | A bill to provide emergency disaster relief to farm and ranch producers who have suffered extraordinary losses due to drought, excessive heat, hail, flooding, or excessive moisture, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-28 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Marlenee, Ron [R-MT-2] | MT | R | M000139 | 9 | Provides assistance to program and nonprogram agricultural producers who have experienced at least 50 percent crop losses in 1988 due to drought or other natural disasters in areas designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. Limits producer assistance to $100,000. Requires payments to be made to eligible producers within 30 days of application. Provides for feed and water assistance (including transportation) for producers of livestock, poultry, and swine affected by drought or other natural disasters. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-hr-4937 | 100 | hr | 4937 | Pesticide Food Safety Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-28 | 1988-09-07 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] | KS | R | R000307 | 1 | Pesticide Food Safety Act of 1988 - Title I: Pesticide Registration - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to make it the responsibility of each registrant to apply for the reregistration of such registrant's pesticides within a specified time frame. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) to review the data and either reregister the pesticide or notify the registrant that the data is insufficient; (2) to permit sufficient time for applicants to obtain any requested information; and (3) in reviewing an application for reregistration, to consider the adequacy of regulations promulgated for such pesticide under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Permits the prior registration of a pesticide to remain in effect until the Administrator makes a final decision, in the event a hearing is requested following issuance of a notice of denial (but allows the Administrator to initiate action to suspend such registration). Makes failure to meet hearing and final decision time limits grounds for a civil action. Establishes schedules for reregistration of pesticides initially registered or reregistered post-1978 and pre-1978. Makes reregistration the functional equivalent of registration. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1995. Directs the Administrator, in making determinations under FIFRA concerning unreasonable adverse effects on the environment of a pesticide that results in a post-harvest residue in or on food, feed crops, or processed food, to consider ways in which the consumer may be affected by such residues and by such pesticide. Revises procedures governing cancellation of pesticide registration after expiration of the period for registration. Prohibits the continued sale of a pesticide for more than a year after the effective date of a cancellation or denial notice or order, except that, in extraordinary circumstances, the period may be extended if in the public interest. Title II: Pesticide Residues - Amends the FFDCA… | 2025-08-28T20:08:26Z | |
| 100-hr-4908 | 100 | hr | 4908 | A bill to extend the deadline for producers of wheat and feed grains to sign-up for the wheat and feed grains acreage limitation programs for crop year 1988 until October 31, 1988. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-23 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Extends the sign-up deadline to October 31, 1988, for the 1988 wheat and feed grain acreage limitation programs. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-4911 | 100 | hr | 4911 | Federal Crop Insurance Improvements Act of 1978 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-23 | 1988-06-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Schuette, Bill [R-MI-10] | MI | R | S000143 | 0 | Federal Crop Insurance Improvements Act of 1978 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide crop insurance that meets the needs of different types of dry edible beans. Provides for improved communications and education of producers regarding crop insurance programs. Directs the Comptroller General, in consultation with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, to conduct a study of proposed changes in the crop insurance program. | 2025-08-28T20:08:05Z | |
| 100-hr-4914 | 100 | hr | 4914 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 and the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow producers for a fee to hay and graze on conservation use acreage at any time during a crop year, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-23 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2] | IA | R | T000053 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective for the 1989 and 1990 crop years, to permit haying and grazing for a fee on wheat, feed grain, rice, and upland cotton conservation acreage. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-s-2559 | 100 | s | 2559 | Dairy Industry Revitalization Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-23 | 1988-06-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 0 | Dairy Industry Revitalization Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to make 1989 and 1990 50-cent per hundredweight milk support price reductions if Government milk purchases exceed specified levels. Requires the Secretary to increase 1989 and 1990 milk support prices by 50 cents per hundredweight if estimated Government purchases will not exceed 5,000,000,000 pounds (currently 2,500,000,000 pounds). | 2025-08-28T20:07:25Z | |
| 100-s-2560 | 100 | s | 2560 | Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-23 | 1988-09-19 | Became Public Law No: 100-435. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 58 | (Measure passed House, amended) Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 - Title I: Emergency Hunger Prevention - Subtitle A: Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program - Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to state that the dairy export incentive program and the export sales of dairy products program shall not be operated in a way that will reduce the dairy products available for the temporary emergency food assistance program (TEFAP) or any other domestic feeding program. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish procedures for non-Federal commodity contributions to Federal food assistance programs. Authorizes States and feeding organizations to use TEFAP funds, equipment, and facilities to store, handle, and distribute such commodity contributions. Permits States to use up to three percent of TEFAP funds for food assistance information programs. Directs State and local agencies to continue to use volunteers and donated food stuffs in food distribution programs. Extends TEFAP, including storage and distribution authorizations, through FY 1990. Increases the amount of TEFAP funds for emergency feeding organizations. Extends TEFAP commodity estimate requirements through FY 1990. Directs the Secretary, during each of FY 1989 and 1990, to purchase and make available for food assistance at least $120,000,000 worth of additional commodities. Establishes a State distribution formula based on 60 percent poverty level and 40 percent unemployment. Authorizes the reallocation of such commodities in the event of drought or natural disaster. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes States to use TEFAP funds for the costs of distributing additional commodities to: (1) emergency feeding organizations, soup kitchens, and other meal sites and charitable organizations; and (2) such additional commodity program. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend through FY 1990: (1) the dairy export incentive program; and (2) the export sales of dairy products programs. Subtitle B: Soup Kitchens and Other Eme… | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-4893 | 100 | hr | 4893 | Burley Tobacco Disaster Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-22 | 1988-06-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Burley Tobacco Disaster Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set 1988 Burley tobacco price supports at 1987 levels. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to provide that in counties with two consecutive years of Burley tobacco quota underproduction, the third year's marketing quota shall be adjusted for such accumulated undermarketing. | 2025-08-28T20:07:03Z | |
| 100-hr-4896 | 100 | hr | 4896 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-22 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 17 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act of 1988 - Provides assistance to program and nonprogram agricultural producers who have experienced at least 50 percent crop losses in 1988 due to drought or other natural disasters in areas designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. Limits producer assistance to $100,000. Requires payments to be made to eligible producers within 45 days of application. | 2025-08-28T20:05:19Z | |
| 100-s-2555 | 100 | s | 2555 | A bill entitled The Emergency Agricultural relief Act of 1988. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-22 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 1 | Provides assistance to program and nonprogram agricultural producers who have experienced at least 50 percent crop losses in 1988 due to drought or other natural disasters in areas designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. Limits producer assistance to $100,000. Requires payments to be made to eligible producers within 45 days of application. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-4874 | 100 | hr | 4874 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to limit the quantity of milk protein products that may be imported into the United States. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-21 | 1988-06-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 3 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to limit annual imports of milk protein products to 50 percent of the average annual amount imported during the period 1985 through 1987. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a preferential import licensing system for such products based on the availability of domestic substitutes. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 100-hr-4876 | 100 | hr | 4876 | Food Security Act Amendments of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-21 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 1 | Food Security Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective for the 1988 wheat and feed grain crops, to exempt farmers in counties designated as disaster areas (due to drought or other natural disasters) from repayment of excess deficiency payments. | 2025-08-28T20:07:55Z | |
| 100-hr-4877 | 100 | hr | 4877 | A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make advance deficiency payments for the 1987 crop of corn and sorghum to producers in July 1988, because of the severe drought occurring across the United States. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-21 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make advance deficiency payments for corn and sorghum in July 1988, rather than October 1988. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-4878 | 100 | hr | 4878 | A bill to allow producers of the the 1988 crops of wheat and feed grains to be eligible for disaster payments regardless of whether crop insurance was available to such producers. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-21 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Makes producers of the 1988 wheat and feed grain crops eligible for disaster payments regardless of whether crop insurance was available to them. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-s-2539 | 100 | s | 2539 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1969 to provide drought relief to producers of 1988 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-20 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] | ND | D | B001077 | 2 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice producers eligible for deficiency payments shall be eligible for such payments on 92 percent of their 1988 acreage that: (1) was planted; and (2) is included in specified failed acreage reports. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hconres-318 | 100 | hconres | 318 | A concurrent resolution urging the implementation of the low yield disaster program to alleviate the economic emergency caused by the drought of 1988. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-16 | 1988-06-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | D000432 | 5 | Urges the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize the low yield disaster program to help alleviate the possible drop in deficiency payments caused by the 1988 drought. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-s-2526 | 100 | s | 2526 | Producer Payment Relief Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-16 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 0 | Producer Payment Relief Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the collection of advance deficiency payments made to certain producers of the 1988 wheat and feed grain crops in counties designated as disaster areas because of drought or other natural disaster. | 2025-08-28T20:06:43Z | |
| 100-hr-4823 | 100 | hr | 4823 | Food Security Act Amendments of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-15 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6] | MO | R | C000618 | 16 | Food Security Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective for the 1988 wheat and feed grain crops, to exempt farmers in counties designated as disaster areas (due to drought or other natural disasters) from repayment of excess deficiency payments. | 2025-08-28T20:06:55Z | |
| 100-hr-4831 | 100 | hr | 4831 | A bill to move forward the date by which the terms of the 1989 rice program must be announced. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-15 | 1988-09-27 | Favorable Executive Comment Received From USDA. | House | Rep. Sweeney, David McCann [R-TX-14] | TX | R | S001101 | 3 | Advances the announcement date for the 1989 rice program to December 31, 1988, at the latest. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-s-2519 | 100 | s | 2519 | Food Security Act Amendments of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-15 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Food Security Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective for the 1988 wheat and feed grain crops, to exempt farmers in counties designated as disaster areas (due to drought or other natural disasters) from repayment of excess deficiency payments. | 2025-08-28T20:05:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4789 | 100 | hr | 4789 | Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Solicitation Amendment of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-10 | 1988-06-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | D000432 | 3 | Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Solicitation Amendment of 1988 - Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to solicit at least annually applications for unprocessed agricultural commodities available for distribution under such Act. | 2025-08-28T20:09:14Z | |
| 100-s-2495 | 100 | s | 2495 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit producers to plant supplemental and alternative income-producing crops on acreage considered to be planted to a program crop. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-10 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 8 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective for the 1988 through 1990 crop years, to permit producers to plant specified supplemental and alternative income-producing crops on acreage considered to be planted to program crops. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-4780 | 100 | hr | 4780 | A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to ensure homeless women, infants, and children access to the special supplemental food program. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-09 | 1988-07-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Sawyer, Tom [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000094 | 0 | Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide homeless women, infants, and children with access to the special supplemental food program (the program). Provides that the program shall be supplementary to receipt of meals from soup kitchens, shelters, or other emergency food assistance programs. Makes information on program participation by homeless families part of the biennial report on the program by the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to the Congress. Requires State operation and administration plans to include plans to provide program benefits to, and meet the nutrition education needs of, eligible homeless individuals. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures under which eligible homeless individuals may continue to participate in the program when they are in States other than the State in which they were originally certified. Makes each State agency responsible for administering the program for populations of homeless individuals within its jurisdiction. Includes organizations and agencies serving homeless individuals among the entities to which State and local agencies must distribute information on the availability of program benefits. Requires that the special needs and problems of homeless individuals be taken into account in the prescription of appropriate supplemental foods by a competent professional authority. Authorizes the State agency to adopt methods of delivering program benefits to accommodate the special needs and problems of homeless individuals. Directs the State agency to ensure that shelters or institutions in which program participants reside do not: (1) accrue any financial or in-kind benefit from such participation; (2) use food items purchased with program assistance for communal feeding; (3) receive program assistance for participants or use program assistance to such participants for the bulk purchase of food items, except under circumstances defined by the Secretary; and (4) restrict participant ability to partake of food items purchased with program assistance o… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4761 | 100 | hr | 4761 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to obligate and expend funds made available for price support programs for agricultural commoditites for the purpose of drought assistance programs. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-08 | 1988-06-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1] | IA | R | L000169 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to obligate unused price support funds for drought assistance. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-4764 | 100 | hr | 4764 | Surplus Milk Products Packaging Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-08 | 1988-07-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] | OH | D | P000170 | 0 | Surplus Milk Products Packaging Act of 1988 - Provides for the acquisition of surplus milk products (butter, cheese, nonfat dry milk) in consumer-sized packages when uncommitted Commodity Credit Corporation-held stocks exceed specified limits. Makes such acquisition mandatory or discretionary depending upon the level of excess stocks. | 2025-08-28T20:08:56Z | |
| 100-s-2483 | 100 | s | 2483 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to obligate and expend funds made available for price support programs of agricultural commodities for the purpose of drought assistance programs. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-08 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to obligate unused price support funds for drought assistance. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-s-2486 | 100 | s | 2486 | Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-08 | 1988-06-14 | Committee on Agriculture. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 2560 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 5 | Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act of 1988 - Title I: Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) - Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to state that the dairy export incentive program and the export sales of dairy products program shall not be operated in a manner that will reduce the dairy products available for the temporary emergency food assistance program (TEFAP). States that the TEFAP bonus commodities program shall not be operated in a manner that will reduce available commodities for other school nutrition or elderly feeding programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, during each of FY 1989 through 1991, to purchase and make available for food assistance at least $225,000,000 worth of high protein commodities. Authorizes States to make supplemental commodities available for food assistance under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Extends TEFAP, including storage and distribution authorizations, through FY 1991. Title II: Child Nutrition Programs - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the school breakfast program reimbursement rate by three cents per meal. Amends the National School Lunch Act to provide an additional meal or snack to children who attend day care centers which are open more than eight hours a day. Title III: Special Supplemental Food Program - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to define "homeless individual" for purposes of the special supplemental food program (WIC) as an individual who: (1) lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence; or (2) has a primary nighttime residence that is a publicly or privately operated temporary shelter, institution providing temporary residence, temporary accommodation in another individual's residence, or a public or private place not normally used as a sleeping accommodation. Makes homeless individuals eligible for WIC assistance. Requires State WIC plans to include homeless outreach programs. Title IV: Food Stamp Program - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude dependent care paym… | 2025-08-28T20:06:45Z | |
| 100-s-2475 | 100 | s | 2475 | Farmers' Market Nutrition Enhancement Act | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-07 | 1988-06-14 | Committee on Agriculture. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 2560 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Farmers' Market Nutrition Enhancement Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to authorize three-year demonstration project grants in seven States to provide coupons (between ten and 20 dollars' worth) to special supplemental food program (WIC) recipients for use at farmers' markets. Requires at least 30 percent State matching funds. Sets minimum and maximum grant amounts at $75,000 and $700,000, respectively. Prohibits the use of funds to construct or operate a farmers' market. Limits the use of funds for administrative costs. Requires: (1) State recipients to make annual reports to the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) the Secretary to provide the Congress with a project evaluation report within two years after the last grant award. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1991 appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:07:14Z | |
| 100-hr-4739 | 100 | hr | 4739 | Food Safety Amendments of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-03 | 1988-06-30 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 0 | Food Safety Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to revise the definition of "pesticide chemical" by including pesticide chemical residues in processed foods, inert ingredients of pesticide chemicals, and substances resulting from the metabolism or degradation of a pesticide chemical. Specifies that pesticide chemical residues in or on a raw agricultural commodity or processed food (defined as any food other than a raw agricultural commodity that has been subject to processing) and pesticide chemicals used in the production, storage, or transportation of processed food (currently, does not cover residues or apply to processed foods) are not food additives. Specifies that pesticide chemical residues in processed food, if within the tolerances set under this Act, do not make the food "adulterated" within the meaning of the FDCA. Establishes the general rule that any pesticide chemical residue in or on food, and any pesticide chemical added to food, requires either a tolerance or an exemption, and that the residue remaining on food must be within the tolerance limit or consistent with the exemption. Specifies that: (1) pesticide chemical residues in or on processed food which do not have a separate tolerance are lawful if those residues have been removed to the extent possible in good manufacturing practice and are within the tolerance for the raw agricultural commodity from which the processed food was made; and (2) raw agricultural commodities and processed food that contain pesticide chemicals or their residues pursuant to such a tolerance or exemption shall not be considered adulterated. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) promulgate regulations that establish, modify or revoke tolerances either in response to a petition or on the Administrator's initiative; and (2) establish expiration dates for such tolerances. Provides that a tolerance may be established for a pesticide chemical or pesticide chemical residue only if the risk to … | 2025-08-28T20:08:08Z | |
| 100-hr-4721 | 100 | hr | 4721 | National Gleaning Clearinghouse Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-06-01 | 1988-06-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 56 | National Gleaning Clearinghouse Act of 1988 - Establishes in the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture a National Gleaning Clearinghouse to promote the collection and distribution of gleaned agricultural products and crops to assist persons in need. | 2025-08-28T20:08:07Z | |
| 100-s-2460 | 100 | s | 2460 | Upland Cotton Optional Acreage Diversion Program Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-27 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Upland Cotton Optional Acreage Diversion Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that producers of the 1988 through 1990 upland cotton crops who devote all or a part of their permitted upland cotton acreage to conservation or other authorized uses shall receive deficiency payments on the acreage considered to be planted to such crops (0/92 option) at not less than the projected deficiency rate for such crop. (Current law requires at least 50 percent planted cotton acreage in order to be eligible for such payments.) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to minimize adverse program effects on agribusiness and other agriculturally related economic interests within any county, State, or region. Authorizes the Secretary to restrict the total amount of upland cotton that may be taken out of production under this Act, except in counties eligible for emergency disaster loans. Requires the Secretary, in issuing implementing regulations under this Act, to ensure to the maximum extent possible, that the program will not adversely affect landlord-tenant crop acreage base relations. Provides for the protection of crop acreage bases and program yields. Limits 1988 availability of this program to those producers only who have executed a production adjustment contract with the Commodity Credit Corporation by April 15, 1988. Amends the United States Cotton Standards Act to authorize the Secretary to invest the proceeds of certain fees and charges collected under such Act. | 2025-08-28T20:07:49Z | |
| 100-hr-4694 | 100 | hr | 4694 | A bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act to increase the statutory ceilings on license fees. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-26 | 1988-08-22 | Became Public Law No: 100-414. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 5 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to increase the following commission merchant, dealer, and broker license fee ceilings: (1) annual fee ceilings from $300 to $400; (2) branch operations in excess of nine from $150 to $200; and (3) aggregate annual ceilings from $3,000 to $4,000. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Industry Advisory Committee to review the administration, operations, and funding of the program under such Act. Directs the Committee to submit to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) an interim report on its review by September 30, 1989; and (2) a final report by May 1, 1990. Terminates the Committee upon submission of its final report. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-s-2440 | 100 | s | 2440 | Conservation Cost-Share Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-26 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Conservation Cost-Share Act of 1988 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise conservation reserve program (program) cost-sharing formulas for: (1) specified tree plantings (of up to 20 rows) in areas of limited rainfall; and (2) grass seeding in areas where such costs exceed program rental payments. | 2025-08-28T20:07:10Z | |
| 100-hr-4688 | 100 | hr | 4688 | A bill to amend the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1989 and 1990. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-25 | 1988-06-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | S000675 | 1 | Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to authorize FY 1989 and 1990 appropriations for the temporary emergency food assistance program. Extends program authority through FY 1990. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-4663 | 100 | hr | 4663 | A bill to authorize certain employees of the Department of Agriculture charged with the enforcement of laws relating to the control or prevention of the introduction or dissemination of plant diseases or plant pests into the United States to carry firearms for self-protection. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-24 | 1988-07-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 0 | Authorizes certain Department of Agriculture employees charged with enforcing plant disease or plant pest prevention laws to carry firearms while on official duty. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-4636 | 100 | hr | 4636 | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow States or local governmental entities to carry out special conservation reserve enhancement programs. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-19 | 1988-08-11 | See H.R.5015. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 0 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to waive the $50,000 individual payment limitation for States that develop an approved conservation reserve enhancement program. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-4651 | 100 | hr | 4651 | Agricultural Research Commercialization Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-19 | 1988-09-26 | See H.R.5056. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 11 | Agricultural Research Commercialization Act of 1988 - Establishes the Agricultural Research Commercialization Corporation (Corporation) in the Department of Agriculture to facilitate the commercialization of new industrial products and processes using traditional and new agricultural and forestry crops. Directs the Corporation to establish between ten and 12 regional centers. Provides for the appointment of regional advisory councils whose primary duty shall be project application review. Sets forth center activities, including: (1) identification of new products and of areas for new product commercialization; (2) coordination of research and development programs; (3) provision of technical assistance; (4) dissemination of information; and (5) coordination of private sector, university, and government needs and activities. Sets forth Corporation operating and administrative provisions, including financial disclosure and public access to Corporation information requirements. Directs the Corporation to provide grants, loans, and loan guarantees to eligible projects. States that the Corporation shall not receive proprietary or patent rights to any project proposal in return for such financial assistance. Sets forth financial assistance criteria. Requires a successful venture to repay the regional center the amount of financial assistance received for such project. Exempts unsuccessful ventures from such repayment, except that they must transfer any loan collateral to the Corporation. Establishes a revolving fund for the Corporation. Authorizes the establishment of regional revolving funds. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1999 appropriations. Authorizes a trust fund for the Corporation. | 2025-08-28T20:07:46Z | |
| 100-s-2413 | 100 | s | 2413 | Agricultural Research Commercialization Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-19 | 1988-06-06 | Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Gen. Leg. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 9 | Agricultural Research Commercialization Act of 1988 - Establishes the Agricultural Research Commercialization Corporation (Corporation) in the Department of Agriculture to facilitate the commercialization of new industrial products and processes using traditional and new agricultural and forestry crops. Directs the Corporation to establish between ten and 12 regional centers. Provides for the appointment of regional advisory councils whose primary duty shall be project application review. Sets forth center activities, including: (1) identification of new products and of areas for new product commercialization; (2) coordination of research and development programs; (3) provision of technical assistance; (4) dissemination of information; and (5) coordination of private sector, university, and government needs and activities. Sets forth Corporation operating and administrative provisions, including financial disclosure and public access to Corporation information requirements. Directs the Corporation to provide grants, loans, and loan guarantees to eligible projects. States that the Corporation shall not receive proprietary or patent rights to any project proposal in return for such financial assistance. Sets forth financial assistance criteria. Requires a successful venture to repay the regional center the amount of financial assistance received for such project. Exempts unsuccessful ventures from such repayment, except that they must transfer any loan collateral to the Corporation. Establishes a revolving fund for the Corporation. Authorizes the establishment of regional revolving funds. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1999 appropriations. Authorizes a trust fund for the Corporation. | 2025-08-28T20:09:16Z | |
| 100-s-2415 | 100 | s | 2415 | A bill to provide that surplus dairy products should be provided to carry out the temporary emergency food assistance program before certain dairy export programs, to extend such dairy export programs and such food assistance program, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-19 | 1988-09-20 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 2 | Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to state that the dairy export incentive program and the export sales of dairy products program shall not be operated in a way that will reduce the dairy products available for the temporary emergency food assistance program (TEFAP) or any other domestic feeding program. Extends TEFAP, including storage and distribution authorizations, through FY 1991. Increases the amount of TEFAP funds for emergency feeding organizations. Extends through FY 1991 the Secretary of Agriculture's responsibility to publish a notice of anticipated available commodities in the Federal Register. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend through FY 1991: (1) the dairy export incentive program; and (2) the export sales of dairy products program. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to direct the Secretary to establish procedures for State, local, or private donations to supplement Federal food assistance programs. Authorizes States or emergency feeding organizations to use funds appropriated under this Act for facilities use and distribution costs. Authorizes States to use such funds to conduct an information program regarding available food assistance programs, including the food stamp program and the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. Directs State and local agencies to continue to use volunteer workers and donated food stuffs in food distribution programs. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-s-2416 | 100 | s | 2416 | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage the entry of windbreaks and shelterbelts into the Conservation Reserve Program, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-19 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA] | GA | D | F000329 | 0 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to coordinate with State and local entities to create incentives, including cost-sharing, for shelterbelts and windbreaks in the conservation reserve program. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-s-2418 | 100 | s | 2418 | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow States or local government entities to carry out special conservation reserve enhancement programs. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-19 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 1 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to waive the $50,000 individual payment limitation for States that develop an approved conservation reserve enhancement program. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-4615 | 100 | hr | 4615 | Upland Cotton Optional Acreage Diversion Program Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-17 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | House | Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5] | LA | D | H000901 | 2 | (Measure passed House, amended) Upland Cotton Optional Acreage Diversion Program Act of 1988 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that producers of the 1988 through 1990 upland cotton crops who devote all or a part of their permitted upland cotton acreage to conservation or other authorized uses shall receive deficiency payments on the acreage considered to be planted to such crops (0/92 option) at not less than the projected deficiency rate for such crop. (Current law requires at least 50 percent planted cotton acreage in order to be eligible for such payments.) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to minimize adverse program effects on agribusiness and other agriculturally related economic interests within any county, State, or region. Authorizes the Secretary to restrict the total amount of upland cotton that may be taken out of production under this Act, except in counties eligible for emergency disaster loans. Requires the Secretary, in issuing implementing regulations under this Act, to ensure to the maximum extent possible that the program will not adversely affect landlord-tenant crop acreage base relations. Provides for the protection of crop acreage bases and program yields. Limits 1988 availability of this program to those producers only who have executed a production adjustment contract with the Commodity Credit Corporation by April 15, 1988. Amends the United States Cotton Standards Act to authorize the Secretary to invest the proceeds of certain fees and charges collected under such Act. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-s-2397 | 100 | s | 2397 | State Grain Fund Protection Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-16 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Gen. Leg. | Senate | Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000366 | 1 | State Grain Fund Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the United States Warehouse Act to permit States to require federally licensed grain warehouses to participate in State grain indemnity funds or to require collateral security. | 2025-08-28T20:06:31Z | |
| 100-s-2377 | 100 | s | 2377 | Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-12 | 1988-05-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] | NE | D | E000284 | 1 | Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) to modify the FGIS mission statement to reflect the declaration of policy on the exportation of high quality grain contained in the United States Grain Standards Act. Amends such Act to define "foreign material" for grain standard purposes as all material other than grain, including dockage. Requires at least four members of the grain standards advisory committee to be agricultural commodity producers. Directs the Administrator to use specified additional FGIS funds to carry out two specified grain quality studies. | 2025-08-28T20:05:12Z | |
| 100-hr-4578 | 100 | hr | 4578 | Sodbuster Reform and Moratorium Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-11 | 1988-05-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 4 | Sodbuster Reform and Moratorium Act of 1988 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide an exemption to agricultural program ineligibility for production on highly erodible land for land continuously owned by a person who was and still is an active agricultural producer, and who was at least 60 years old at the time of enactment of such Act. Extends for two years the current program ineligibility exemptions. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress regarding the highly erodible land conservation program. | 2025-08-28T20:07:47Z | |
| 100-hr-4556 | 100 | hr | 4556 | A bill to amend the provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 relating to certain cross compliance requirements under the extra long staple cotton program. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-10 | 1988-06-14 | Became Public Law No: 100-331. | House | Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5] | LA | D | H000901 | 9 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to: (1) extend the prohibition on an extra long staple cotton cross compliance requirement through the 1990 crop year; and (2) prohibit any increase in a producer's total crop acreage base as a result of such cross compliance exemption. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-s-2356 | 100 | s | 2356 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend the prohibition against a requirement of cross compliance for crops of extra long staple cotton. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-09 | 1988-05-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 8 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend the prohibition on an extra long staple cotton cross compliance requirement through the 1990 crop year. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-4532 | 100 | hr | 4532 | A bill to provide that surplus dairy products should be provided to carry out the temporary emergency food assistance program before certain dairy export programs to extend such dairy export programs, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-04 | 1988-05-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | D000131 | 0 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend through FY 1991: (1) the dairy export incentive program; and (2) the export sales of dairy products program. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to state that such dairy export programs shall not be operated in a way that will reduce dairy products available for the temporary emergency food assistance program. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 100-hr-4536 | 100 | hr | 4536 | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use multiyear set-asides to establish wildlife habitats and feeding areas. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-05-04 | 1988-05-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Weber, Vin [R-MN-2] | MN | R | W000237 | 11 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit eligible producers to enroll 1988 through 1990 set-aside acreage in a three-year wildlife habitat and vegetative cover set-aside program (program). Directs the Secretary to offer cost-sharing program incentives. Provides for Federal-State cost sharing. Limits program participation to producers who have participated in farm programs in two of the three crop years prior to program enrollment. Limits program acreage to not more than 50 percent of a producer's set-aside acreage, and authorizes the enrollment of up to 50 percent of paid land diversion acreage in the program. Requires the program to be carried out through the Commodity Credit Corporation. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-hr-4482 | 100 | hr | 4482 | A bill to amend title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 to require that one-eighth of the land placed in the conservation reserve be devoted to trees. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-04-28 | 1988-05-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 13 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require that one-eighth of the land placed in the conservation reserve for 1988 through 1990 be devoted to trees. Provides cost-sharing payments for the difference between the original vegetative cover planting payment and the cost of tree planting. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-s-2332 | 100 | s | 2332 | Agricultural Equity Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-04-28 | 1988-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Karnes, David K. [R-NE] | NE | R | K000011 | 0 | Agricultural Equity Act of 1988 - Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to provide for a specified 1988 increase for on-farm wheat and feed grain storage rates if commercial storage rate increases for Commodity Credit Corporation wheat and feed grains are approved. | 2025-08-28T20:06:11Z | |
| 100-s-2337 | 100 | s | 2337 | United States Grain Standards Act Amendments of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-04-28 | 1988-09-28 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 1 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 4345 passed in lieu) United States Grain Standards Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to extend through FY 1993: (1) the Federal Grain Inspection Service's authority to charge and collect grain weighing and inspection fees; and (2) the authorization of appropriations for such purposes. Limits annual inspection and weighing administrative and supervisory costs during such period to not more than 40 percent of total administrative and supervisory costs incurred annually by the Service. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a 15-member grain advisory committee within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Continues the current advisory committee's existence until all the members of the new advisory committee are appointed. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the schedule of premiums and discounts applied to loans under the Agricultural Act of 1949 in order to determine how premiums and discounts can be used to encourage the production, marketing, and export of high quality grain; and (2) report to the appropriate congressional committees by May 1, 1989. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a pilot project for the 1989 wheat, soybean, and feed grain crops to test the recommendations contained in such study; and (2) review such project and report to the appropriate congressional committees within 180 days after the end of the 1989 feed grain marketing year. Authorizes up to $200,000 in appropriations to enable the National Academy of Sciences to assist the Secretary in carrying out such study and pilot project. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 with regard to the 1989 and 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, rice, and upland cotton to provide that the determination concerning the adverse economic impact of haying and grazing necessary to prohibit such activities on conservation use acreage shall be made by January 1 of the year of harvest. Amends the United States Cotton Standards Act to permit the investment … | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-4422 | 100 | hr | 4422 | A bill to amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include Columbiana County, Ohio, as part of the Appalachian region. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-04-20 | 1988-05-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Development. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 0 | Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include Columbiana County, Ohio, as part of the Appalachian region. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 100-s-2298 | 100 | s | 2298 | Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-04-20 | 1988-09-20 | Committee on Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 6 | Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to encourage the development and use of degradable agricultural commodity-based plastics through a system of preferential Government procurement. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1991 appropriations to pay the difference in costs between conventional products and degradable plastic products. Directs the Administrator to establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities under this Act. Requires annual reports to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning research into new non-food uses for agricultural commodities. | 2025-08-28T20:06:11Z | |
| 100-sres-413 | 100 | sres | 413 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program has been an effective means of distributing surplus commodities to needy Americans and should continue so long as sufficient surplus commodities remain in Government storage. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-04-19 | 1988-05-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 13 | States that the Congress is committed to the continued distribution of surplus commodities through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program for as long as the Secretary of Agriculture deems the supply of Government-owned surplus commodities to be sufficient for an effective national distribution program. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 100-hr-4377 | 100 | hr | 4377 | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to expand the lands eligible for the conservation reserve program. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-04-13 | 1988-04-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-5] | IA | R | L000305 | 8 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make certain commodity land consisting partially of wetland or converted wetland eligible for inclusion in the conservation reserve program. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 100-s-2281 | 100 | s | 2281 | Rural Regeneration Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-04-13 | 1988-04-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 1 | Rural Regeneration Act of 1988 - Title I: Education and Training Opportunities for Rural Americans - Subtitle A: Transition Assistance - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to provide grants for the Federal share of State demonstration projects to aid dislocated or threatened farmers and ranchers and agriculture-related businesses in distressed rural areas. Sets forth: (1) grant allocation and priority criteria; (2) State application requirements; and (3) recipient and activity eligibility (including child care services). Requires a program report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1989. Permits States to qualify for certain job training funds under such Act on the basis of agricultural economic downturns. Directs the Secretary of Labor to collect data and publish a report on rural unemployment and farmer and rancher dislocation. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize matching grants to improve courses of instruction for students in rural institutions. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1989. Subtitle B: Development Assistance - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make institutions having 75 percent of their students residing in economically distressed rural areas eligible for development assistance grants. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 1992 the income exclusion of amounts from educational assistance programs with respect to rural employees. Title II: Agricultural Assistance Programs - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make income supplements to certain economically distressed Farmers Home Administration farm borrowers to enable them to: (1) engage more effectively in farming or ranching; or (2) use in the transition to other careers. Requires repayment of such amounts plus interest within three years. Converts such loan to a grant if the recipient leaves farming within 12 months of receipt of the first payment. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to e… | 2025-08-28T20:08:50Z | |
| 100-hres-426 | 100 | hres | 426 | A resolution honoring the American Culinary Federation and the National Restaurant Association for their contributions to American culinary art and for their support of the 1988 United States Culinary Team. | Agriculture and Food | 1988-04-12 | 1988-04-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 0 | Declares that the House of Representatives honors the American Culinary Federation and the National Restaurant Association for their contributions to American culinary art and for their support of the 1988 United States Culinary Team. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 100-hr-4329 | 100 | hr | 4329 | State Grain Fund Protection Act of 1988 | Agriculture and Food | 1988-03-31 | 1988-04-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19] | IL | D | B000971 | 21 | State Grain Fund Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the United States Warehouse Act to permit States to require federally licensed grain warehouses to participate in State grain indemnity funds or to require collateral security. | 2025-08-28T20:09:03Z |
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