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| 101-hr-5871 | 101 | hr | 5871 | Farm Poundage Quota Revisions Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-10-19 | 1990-11-15 | Became Public Law No: 101-577. | House | Rep. Hopkins, Larry J. [R-KY-6] | KY | R | H000776 | 0 | Farm Poundage Quota Revisions Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to permit the sale of a farm's burley tobacco (burley) quota to another active burley tobacco producer in the same county under specified conditions. Postpones the effective date of the loss of quota for underplanting provisions until the 1994 marketing year. (Current law makes such provisions effective as of the 1976 marketing year.) Bases such determination on two of the three previous years' plantings. (Current law is determined on the previous five years' plantings.) States that when a farm is divided through reconstitution (other than through probate or among family members) the burley tobacco poundage quota which transfers with the divided land shall be at least 1000 pounds. Increases lease limitations from 15,000 pounds to 30,000 pounds. Authorizes the lease and transfer of burley quotas between any two farms within Tennessee or Virginia if a majority of active burley producers within the respective State so approves in a statewide referendum. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-5854 | 101 | hr | 5854 | To clarify that the inspection of meat and poultry products offered for import into the United States is to be conducted by United States personnel, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-10-17 | 1990-10-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 1 | Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that meat being imported be subject to the same inspection, sanitary, quality, species verification, and residue standards applied to products produced in the United States. Requires that inspections of imports be done by U.S. inspectors. Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that inspections of imports be done by U.S. inspectors. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 101-s-3213 | 101 | s | 3213 | A bill to clarify that the inspection of meat and poultry products offered for import into the United States is to be conducted by United States personnel, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-10-17 | 1990-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that meat being imported be subject to the same inspection, sanitary, quality, species verification, and residue standards applied to products produced in the United States. Requires that inspections of imports be carried out by U.S. inspectors. Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that inspections of imports be done by U.S. inspectors. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-s-3170 | 101 | s | 3170 | A bill entitled the "Commodity Credit Corporation Relief Act of 1990". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-10-08 | 1990-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 5 | Directs the President to liquidate sufficient blocked Iraqi assets to repay debts owed by Iraq to the U.S. Government and to U.S. nationals, with priority given to Commodity Credit Corporation obligations. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-5783 | 101 | hr | 5783 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-10-03 | 1990-10-10 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 1 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Extends assistance under this Act only to producers in a county substantially affected during the 1988, 1989, and 1990 crop years by a natural disaster or by a major disaster or emergency. Title I: Annual Crops - Extends disaster crop loss assistance through the 1990 crop year for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, soybeans, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1990 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1990 farm yield for forage-use-crops. Limits to $100,000 assistance received under this Act or in combination with emergency livestock assistance under the Agricultural Act of 1949. Authorizes the substitution of crop insurance program yields for assigned farm yields for 1990 disaster assistance eligibility purposes. Title II: Orchards - Extends disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to commercial orchardists who suffered 1990 weather-caused tree losses in excess of 45 percent. Title III: Forest Crops - Extends disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to commercial tree farmers who suffered 1990 weather-caused losses in excess of 45 percent. Title IV: Additional Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary from reducing rental payments to an owner or operator who hays or grazes livestock during the 1990 crop year on land subject to a conservation reserve program contract to the extent that such owner or operator carries out and pays for specified additional conservation practices. Title V: Administrative Provisions - Requires assistance applications to be made by April 30, 1991, or such later date as the Secretary may prescribe. Title VI: Advance Deficiency Payments - Directs the Secretary, with regard to advance deficiency payments paid in 1988 or 1989 to producers who suffered 1… | 2025-08-26T17:27:36Z | |
| 101-hjres-659 | 101 | hjres | 659 | To designate the month of October, 1990, as "National Seafood Month". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-28 | 1990-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 0 | Designates October 1990 as National Seafood Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-s-3143 | 101 | s | 3143 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-28 | 1990-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Extends assistance under this Act only to producers in a county substantially affected during the 1988, 1989, and 1990 crop years by a natural disaster or by a major disaster or emergency. Title I: Annual Crops - Extends disaster crop loss assistance through the 1990 crop year for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, soybeans, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1990 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1990 farm yield for forage-use-crops. Limits to $100,000 assistance received under this Act or in combination with emergency livestock assistance under the Agricultural Act of 1949. Authorizes the substitution of crop insurance program yields for assigned farm yields for 1990 disaster assistance eligibility purposes. Title II: Orchards - Extends disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to commercial orchardists who suffered 1990 weather-caused tree losses in excess of 45 percent. Title III: Forest Crops - Extends disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to commercial tree farmers who suffered 1990 weather-caused losses in excess of 45 percent. Title IV: Additional Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary from reducing rental payments to an owner or operator who hays or grazes livestock during the 1990 crop year on land subject to a conservation reserve program contract to the extent that such owner or operator carries out and pays for specified additional conservation practices. Title V: Administrative Provisions - Requires assistance applications to be made by April 30, 1991, or such later date as the Secretary may prescribe. Title VI: Advance Deficiency Payments - Directs the Secretary, with regard to advance deficiency payments paid in 1988 or 1989 to producers who suffered … | 2025-08-26T17:24:59Z | |
| 101-sres-329 | 101 | sres | 329 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the effect of a sequestration order on conservation reserve contracts. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-27 | 1990-09-27 | Referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that any sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) should not affect any conservation reserve contract under the Food Security Act of 1985. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 101-s-3098 | 101 | s | 3098 | A bill to permit producers to store excess wheat in the producer reserve program for the 1990 crop of wheat, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-24 | 1990-09-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 5 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to permit wheat producers to store up to 15,000 bushels per farm of their 1990 crop in the producer reserve program. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-5617 | 101 | hr | 5617 | Directing the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize available funding under the Export Enhancement Program and agricultural sales credit programs against competing nations which fail to reduce agricultural production during any period of time in which the United States has in effect a production reduction program for surplus agricultural commodities. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-13 | 1990-09-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Marlenee, Ron [R-MT-2] | MT | R | M000139 | 0 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize export incentives and export credits or guarantees to assist U.S. exports of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, or rice under acreage reductions against similar competing foreign commodities not subject to reductions in their home country. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 101-s-3030 | 101 | s | 3030 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-12 | 1990-09-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 9 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Title I: Annual Crops - Extends disaster crop loss assistance through the 1990 crop year for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, soybeans, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1990 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1990 farm yield for forage-use crops. Limits to $100,000 assistance received under this Act or in combination with emergency livestock assistance under the Agriculture Act of 1949. Authorizes the substitution of crop insurance program yields for assigned farm yields for 1990 disaster assistance eligibility purposes. Title II: Orchards - Extends disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to commercial orchardists who suffered 1990 weather-caused tree losses in excess of 45 percent. Title III: Forest Crops - Extends disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to commercial tree farmers who suffered 1990 weather-caused losses in excess of 45 percent. Title IV: Additional Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary from reducing rental payments to an owner or operator who hays or grazes livestock during the 1989 crop year on land subject to a conservation reserve program contract to the extent that such owner or operator carries out and pays for specified additional conservation practices. Title V: Administrative Provisions - Requires assistance applications to be made by April 30, 1991, or such later date as the Secretary may prescribe. Title VI: Crop Insurance - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to exclude a 1990 crop's yield from the calculation of Federal crop insurance yields if such crop is eligible for assistance under this Act. | 2025-08-26T17:28:12Z | |
| 101-hr-5583 | 101 | hr | 5583 | To provide for an acreage limitation program for the 1991 crop of wheat. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-11 | 1990-09-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] | KS | D | G000240 | 9 | Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, if marketing quotas are not in effect, to announce a minimum 15 percent acreage reduction production for the 1991 wheat crop. Requires the Secretary to implement a paid land diversion program for 1991 wheat producers who make certain acreage reductions and conservation plantings. Provides for a portion of such payments to be paid in advance. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-s-3023 | 101 | s | 3023 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to target Export Enhancement Program funds on the basis of whether or not the countries the U.S. is competing with have reduced plantings of the commodity in question an amount equal to the planting reductions in the U.S. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-11 | 1990-09-13 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 4 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to target Export Enhancement Program funds on the basis of whether or not the countries the United States competes with have reduced commodity plantings in an amount equal to such reductions in the United States. | 2021-07-01T15:47:43Z | |
| 101-s-3024 | 101 | s | 3024 | A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to announce an acreage limitation program for the 1991 crop of winter wheat. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-11 | 1990-09-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce a 15 percent acreage reduction program (ARP) for the 1991 wheat crop. Expresses the sense of the Congress that if such ARP should prove insufficient, the Secretary of Agriculture should consider offering producers the option of removing additional acreage through a paid land diversion program. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-s-3018 | 101 | s | 3018 | A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to announce an acreage limitation program for the 1991 crop of wheat. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-09-10 | 1990-10-02 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 899. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce a 15 percent acreage limitation program for the 1991 wheat crop. | 2021-07-01T15:47:41Z | |
| 101-hjres-637 | 101 | hjres | 637 | To declare September 1991 as "National Rice Month". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-08-03 | 1990-08-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 227 | Designates September 1991 as National Rice Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-hr-5488 | 101 | hr | 5488 | To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make revisions in the special supplemental food program of women, infants, and children, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-08-03 | 1990-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Grant, Bill [R-FL-2] | FL | R | G000382 | 0 | Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, notwithstanding certain other provisions, to reserve a specified amount from sums appropriated to carry out the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC Program) to be allocated to State agencies that experience funding emergencies. Declares that a funding emergency occurs when a State agency uses all the funds allocated to the agency before the end of a fiscal year because unanticipated inflation causes increases in the costs of the foods. Replaces provisions requiring certain steps relating to cost containment with provisions requiring a State to implement a competitive bidding system for each product distributed under the program. Requires that the formula for the division of funds ensure that a State with a level of program participation, as a percentage of its eligible population, that exceeds the national average not receive amounts greater than it received the preceeding fiscal year, adjusted for inflation. Directs the Secretary, in determining the level of program participation, to adjust for any non-Federal funds that are expended to provide supplemental foods under the program. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 101-hr-5447 | 101 | hr | 5447 | Public Disclosure of Religious Dietary Certification Act | Agriculture and Food | 1990-08-02 | 1990-08-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 0 | Public Disclosure of Religious Dietary Certification Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food to be misbranded if its label bears a religious dietary certification symbol and there is not on file with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, available for public inspection, a copy of: (1) a certification letter, signed by a certifying authority, declaring that in his or her opinion the food conforms to religious dietary standards; and (2) a public disclosure statement providing specified information concerning the food, its manufacturer or processor, and the certifying authority. Makes Federal law penalizing those who knowingly and willfully make or use false or fraudulent statements applicable to the materials required to be filed pursuant to this Act. | 2025-08-26T17:28:30Z | |
| 101-hjres-633 | 101 | hjres | 633 | To declare September 1991 as "National Rice Month". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-08-01 | 1990-08-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 12 | Designates September 1991 as National Rice Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-hr-5404 | 101 | hr | 5404 | To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to alter the repayment requirements for certain producers on a farm who received an advanced deficiency pay for the 1988 or 1989 crop of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, or rice. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-30 | 1990-08-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar. | House | Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | D000432 | 4 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to alter the repayment requirements for certain producers who received 1988 or 1989 advance deficiency payments. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-hr-5398 | 101 | hr | 5398 | Orchard Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-27 | 1990-08-15 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Schuette, Bill [R-MI-10] | MI | R | S000143 | 1 | Orchard Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 to: (1) extend disaster assistance to orchardists who suffered tree losses in 1990; and (2) authorize 1990 assistance for apple and cherry crop losses under specified circumstances. | 2025-08-26T17:25:36Z | |
| 101-s-2924 | 101 | s | 2924 | Fish Safety Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-26 | 1990-10-24 | Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendment to Senate bill. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 24 | Safe Seafood Act of 1990 - Title I: Seafood Safety Program - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue regulations establishing a national shellfish safety program to protect public health by ensuring the safety of shellfish. Requires the program to include: (1) standards for the growing, harvesting, handling, processing, and shipping of shellfish; (2) water quality standards; (3) procedures for classifying shellfish harvesting areas subject to State jurisdiction as fit or unfit; (4) procedures regarding closure of harvesting areas; (5) a system for tracking shellfish in commerce; and (6) a system for maintaining a list of certified shellfish shippers. Allows a State to submit to the Secretary of HHS, for approval under specified criteria, a proposed State shellfish safety program. Requires the Secretary to review at least annually each State's program with regard to whether the program and its implementation continue to meet approval requirements. Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish, maintain, and publish a list of shellfish shippers that are certified under this Act by a State or a foreign country. Allows the Secretary to exclude a shipper from a list that is certified by a State if the shipper is not in compliance with an approved State program, a reciprocal agreement, or any Federal law. Prohibits entering, or withdrawing from warehouse for consumption, shellfish unless it: (1) complies with all U.S. shellfish standards and requirements; (2) is marked as to the country of origin; and (3) the Secretary has certified the country of origin. Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to enter into an agreement with a country which has a shellfish safety program at least equivalent to the program under this Act providing for: (1) verification by the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce to assure continued protection by the foreign program; (2) reciprocity regarding imports and exports between the United States and that country; and (3) a system for certification by the country of shellf… | 2025-08-26T17:26:51Z | |
| 101-sjres-353 | 101 | sjres | 353 | A joint resolution to designate September of 1991 as "National Rice Month". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-24 | 1990-10-31 | Became Public Law No: 101-492. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 57 | Designates September 1991 as National Rice Month. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-s-2881 | 101 | s | 2881 | Minority Farmers Rights Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-19 | 1990-07-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA] | GA | D | F000329 | 7 | Minority Farmers Rights Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development, to establish policies, and programs and allocate resources necessary to address the needs of minority farmers. Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to direct the Secretary to provide outreach education, technical assistance, and legal assistance to assist minority farmers in registering with the National Minority Farmer and Land Registry (established under this Act) and in taking advantage of the goals for Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. Authorizes the Secretary and the Director of the Office of Advocacy and Enterprise (Office) to enter into grants, contracts, and other agreements with community-based organizations and institutions of post-secondary education (especially certain minority-oriented institutions) with respect to such outreach education. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to develop a computerized national registry of the names of all minority farmers in the United States as well as a legal description of the acreage comprising the minority agricultural land base (the National Minority Farmer and Land Registry). Requires the Secretary to take steps to ensure that the variety, quantity, and distribution of land in such landbase is not reduced from the level existing in the initial publication of the Registry. Specifies methods of preserving such landbase (including creation of minority land banks), and the use of Federal and State land inventories. Directs the Secretary to target a specific percentage of agricultural research funds to certain colleges and research institutions with minority enrollment exceeding 25 percent, or to projects specifically aimed at increasing minority farmer participation. Requires the Secretary to assign Agricultural Extension Service staff according to specified target participation rates for socially disadvantaged groups. Requires the Secretary to: (1) allocate significant portions of Ex… | 2025-08-26T17:25:40Z | |
| 101-hjres-623 | 101 | hjres | 623 | Designating the period of September 15, 1990, through September 23, 1990, as "American Mushroom Week". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-17 | 1990-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 0 | Designates the period of September 15 through 23, 1990, as American Mushroom Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-hr-5291 | 101 | hr | 5291 | Organic Food Standards Development Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-17 | 1990-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 5 | Organic Food Standards Development Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to hold public hearings and conduct a study enabling the Secretary to make recommendations to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry within two years of this Act's enactment concerning: (1) national standards as to what shall constitute organic production of food; (2) the costs and impact of an organic food labeling program; (3) the need for a producer-financed national program of organic food research, promotion, and consumer education; and (4) the most appropriate organic food regulatory mechanisms. | 2025-08-26T17:26:25Z | |
| 101-s-2859 | 101 | s | 2859 | Farm Injury Prevention and Treatment Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-17 | 1990-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 8 | Farm Injury Prevention and Treatment Act of 1990 - Title I: Coordination - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture a Farm Safety Task Force. Directs the Task Force to: (1) coordinate and serve as a clearinghouse for Federal farm safety outreach and education programs; (2) prioritize research and grant programs; and (3) conduct a nationwide farm accident prevention study. Authorizes appropriations for such study. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to include farm safety questions in the 1992 Census of Agriculture. Title II: Farm Machinery - Directs the Task Force to conduct a study of protective tractor roll-over devices. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to implement through rulemaking the Task Force's recommendations if the Congress does not pass tractor roll-over legislation within a specified time. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Task Force to establish a Farm Safety Fund and to authorize grants for farm machinery engineering research. Sets forth grant amount limits. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Public Health - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to improve the identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of farm injuries and illnesses. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to veto disbursement of such a grant. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Institutes of Health, to make grants for farm injury and rehabilitation research and development projects. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase the availability and qualifications of clinical staff and researchers in farm occupational health. Authorizes appropriations for grants under this title. Title IV: Public Education - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for farm safety education programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Termination - Repeals this Act, and abolishes all its programs, effective September 30, 1995. | 2025-08-26T17:28:35Z | |
| 101-s-2848 | 101 | s | 2848 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to renegotiate contracts to allow for control of grasshoppers and other pests on conservation reserve program land. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-12 | 1990-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] | ID | R | S001138 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) identify certain conservation reserve program (CRP) land which is likely to incur a crop pest infestation that adversely affects surrounding farm land; and (2) offer to renegotiate a CRP contract so that the operator shall be responsible for pest control and be permitted to rebid, or may terminate such contract subject to a specified penalty. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-s-2849 | 101 | s | 2849 | Value-Added Agricultural Trade Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-12 | 1990-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 3 | Value-Added Agricultural Trade Act of 1990 - States that U.S. policy shall provide for increased emphasis on overseas sales of value-added agricultural products. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to take appropriate steps to implement such goal. Directs the President in determining Department of Agriculture budgets to provide special consideration for export enhancement funding based on such products' additions to Treasury revenues and the U.S. balance of payments. States that United States representatives at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations should continue to work for the elimination of agricultural trade barriers and other obstacles to U.S. sales abroad of value-added agricultural products. Directs the Secretary to provide U.S. agricultural exporters with assistance to overcome unfair foreign trade practices. Amends the Agricultural Trade and Development Assistance Act of 1954 to require that at least 75 percent of all famine relief and other donations be in the form of processed or fortified products or bagged commodities. (Currently, such requirement applies only to nonemergency programs.) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to make short-term export credit guarantees for wood and processed wood products available under conditions comparable to other agricultural products. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T17:27:56Z | |
| 101-s-2833 | 101 | s | 2833 | A bill to maintain grade, size, and quality standards for Maui onions. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-10 | 1990-07-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 1 | Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to prohibit the importation of Maui onions that do not comply with marketing order grade, size, quality, and maturity requirements. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-s-2830 | 101 | s | 2830 | Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-07-06 | 1990-11-28 | Became Public Law No: 101-624. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 0 | Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 - Title I: Dairy - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the dairy program for 1991 through 1995, including milk price supports. Title II: Wool and Mohair - Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to extend the wool and mohair price support program through 1995. Title III: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support and acreage reduction programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat. Title IV: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support and acreage reduction programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of feed grains. Title V: Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support and acreage reduction programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of upland cotton. Title VI: Rice - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support and acreage reduction programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of rice. Title VII: Oilseeds - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support program for oilseeds for the 1991 through 1995 marketing years. Title VIII: Peanuts - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to set forth the program for the 1991 through 1995 crops of peanuts, including price supports. Title IX: Sugar - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support program for the 1991 through 1995 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane. Title X: Honey - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the 1991 through 1995 honey price support program. Title XI: General Commodity Provisions - Subtitle A: Acreage Base and Yield System - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth 1991 through 1995 acreage base and yield system provisions. Subtitle B: Payment Limitations - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set forth 1991 through 1995 payment limitation provisions. Subtitle C: Provisions Related to Agricultural Act of 1949 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for: (1) 1991 through 1995 defic… | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-5198 | 101 | hr | 5198 | Minority Farmers Rights Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-28 | 1990-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Espy, Mike [D-MS-2] | MS | D | E000218 | 0 | Minority Farmers Rights Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development, to implement policies and programs to assist minority farmers, including programs to increase ownership, prevent discrimination, and prevent the contraction of the minority agricultural landbase. Directs the Secretary, with regard to the minority landbase, to: (1) provide for the use of Federal and State land inventories to maintain such landbase; and (2) assist in the creation of minority land banks. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to extend allocation authority for specified agricultural real estate and operating loans. Sets forth specified targeted participation rates and other minority farmer assistance provisions for the Department of Agriculture. Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to direct the Secretary to provide outreach education and technical and legal assistance to assist minority farmers. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish for each agency within the Department: (1) affirmative action programs; and (2) minority contracting goals. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to encourage and assist minority youth and minority first-time farmers to participate in farming and rural development careers. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit, under specified conditions, a previous owner, a beginning farmer, and a socially disadvantaged farmer to buy Farmers Home Administration inventory land at the land's productive value rather than its higher market value. Sets forth a Department appeals process for discrimination complaints. | 2025-08-26T17:24:59Z | |
| 101-s-2821 | 101 | s | 2821 | WIC Emergency Food Act | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-28 | 1990-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 7 | WIC Emergency Food Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to permit a State agency to use up to five percent of FY 1991 supplemental food allocations for FY 1990 supplemental food expenses under the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC). | 2025-08-26T17:26:12Z | |
| 101-sjres-342 | 101 | sjres | 342 | A joint resolution designating October 1990 as "Ending Hunger Month". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-28 | 1990-10-24 | Became Public Law No: 101-458. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 53 | Designates October 1990 as Ending Hunger Month. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-5175 | 101 | hr | 5175 | Food for Peace and Agricultural Export Promotion Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-27 | 1990-07-19 | See H.R.3950. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 12 | Food for Peace and Agricultural Export Promotion Act of 1990 - Title I: Food for Peace (Public Law 480) - Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to extend through 1995 the authority to enter into agreements to finance the sale of agricultural commodities or provide famine relief assistance. Declares it U.S. policy to increase the level of food aid to developing countries through the use of agricultural commodities, and local currencies generated by the sale of such commodities, to: (1) combat world hunger and malnutrition; and (2) expand export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities. Allows the President to forgive debts owed to the Commodity Credit Corporation by certain least developed countries in specified circumstances. Authorizes the President, acting through the Agency for International Development, to provide commodities to least developed countries on a grant basis. Directs the President to establish a Food Aid Advisory Group. Establishes a Food for Freedom Program. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements to provide agricultural commodities to eligible countries to support democratization, the granting of individual liberties, and the promotion of economic freedom. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate assistance provided under the Act once every three years. Repeals the Food for Progress Act of 1985. Title II: Export Promotion - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to develop, for each three-fiscal year period, a long-term agricultural trade strategy designed to promote the export of U.S. agricultural commodities. Authorizes the Secretary to make commercial export promotion programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation available to an affected industry to help mitigate unfair trade practice of a foreign country. Directs the Secretary to establish the Market Development Task Force to develop each three-fiscal year long-t… | 2025-08-26T17:25:53Z | |
| 101-hr-5149 | 101 | hr | 5149 | To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture may not consider, in allocating amounts to a State agency under the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children for the fiscal year 1991, any amounts returned by such agency for reallocation during the fiscal year 1990 and to allow amounts allocated to a State for such program for the fiscal year 1991 to be expended for expenses incurred in the fiscal year 1990. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-25 | 1990-07-12 | Became Public Law No: 101-330. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 0 | Amends provisions of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 relating to the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and young children (WIC Program) to authorize a State agency to expend a limited percentage of funds allocated for FY 1991 for expenses incurred during FY 1990. Requires the agency to request prior approval from the Secretary of Agriculture and submit a plan showing how the State's caseload will be managed to meet funding limitations. Prohibits a State from using the authority provided by this Act to increase the caseload level above the highest level to date in FY 1990. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 101-hr-5151 | 101 | hr | 5151 | Emergency Crop Loss Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-25 | 1990-07-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 3 | Emergency Crop Loss Assistance Act of 1990 - Provides disaster payments on a crop-by-crop basis to producers of 1990 nonprogram crops who suffered weather-caused crop losses of more than 50 percent. Authorizes additional disaster payments based upon crop quality reductions. Reduces disaster payments under this Act based upon Federal crop insurance payments. Sets forth payment limitation provisions. Prohibits double payments based upon: (1) replanted acreage; and (2) livestock emergency assistance. | 2025-08-26T17:28:16Z | |
| 101-hr-5126 | 101 | hr | 5126 | Good Samaritan Food Donation Act | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-21 | 1990-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States should: (1) encourage the donation of food and grocery products to nonprofit organizations for distribution to the needy; and (2) consider the model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act as a means of encouraging such donations. Good Samaritan Food Donation Act - Defines specified terms relative to food donation activities. Exempts gleaners and owners of property used for gleaning from liability for damages resulting from such activities except for situations of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. | 2025-08-26T17:27:15Z | |
| 101-hjres-610 | 101 | hjres | 610 | Designating October 1990 as "Ending Hunger Month". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-20 | 1990-10-03 | Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 920. | House | Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16] | FL | D | S000586 | 227 | Designates October 1990 as Ending Hunger Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-hr-5045 | 101 | hr | 5045 | Organic Foods National Standards Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-14 | 1990-06-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | C000670 | 6 | Organic Foods National Standards Act of 1990 - Title I: National Standards Governing the Organic Production of Agricultural Products - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a national organic production certification program; (2) a label for organically produced and handled agricultural products; (3) a national list of approved and prohibited substances to be included in the organic production standards; and (4) a certifying agent accreditation program. Authorizes State organic certification programs. Sets forth: (1) prohibited crop production practices and materials; (2) animal production practices and materials; (3) processing and marketing requirements; and (4) violations of this Act and related penalties. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Board - Directs the Secretary to establish an Organic Standards Board to establish the proposed national list or amendments to such list. Title III: National Laboratory Accreditation - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a National Laboratory Accreditation Program for laboratories that test for residues in agricultural products; and (2) establish minimum standards with regard to quality assurance, equipment, methodologies, and personnel. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T17:27:15Z | |
| 101-hr-5062 | 101 | hr | 5062 | To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the importation of pistachios that do not comply with any grade, size, quality, and maturity provisions of a marketing order applicable under such Act to pistachios produced in the United States or with comparable restrictions promulgated under such Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-14 | 1990-09-04 | Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, USDA, Labor, ITC, USTR. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-20] | CA | R | T000188 | 6 | Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to prohibit the importation of pistachios that do not comply with domestic marketing order grade, size, quality, and maturity requirements. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 101-hr-5018 | 101 | hr | 5018 | Fair and Reasonable Payment Limitations Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-13 | 1990-06-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 10 | Fair and Reasonable Payment Limitations Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 with regard to assistance limitations and the Agricultural Act of 1949 with regard to emergency livestock assistance limitations to attribute payments to natural persons in proportion to their ownership interest in a corporation, partnership, or other specified entity. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set forth specified payment limitations for the 1991 through 1995 crops. | 2025-08-26T17:25:03Z | |
| 101-hr-4988 | 101 | hr | 4988 | To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to increase the per diem rate of pay for members of the board of directors of the Rural Telephone Bank. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-07 | 1990-06-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] | OK | D | E000184 | 1 | Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to increase the per diem rate of pay for members of the board of directors of the Rural Telephone Bank. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-hr-4963 | 101 | hr | 4963 | Conservation Reserve Program Improvement Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-05 | 1990-06-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-5] | IA | R | L000305 | 0 | Conservation Reserve Program Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to: (1) extend the conservation reserve program (CRP); and (2) authorize a bid-back program to remove the least highly erodible CRP land under specified circumstances. | 2025-08-26T17:27:38Z | |
| 101-hr-4965 | 101 | hr | 4965 | Tobacco Deregulation Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-06-05 | 1990-06-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts. | House | Rep. Machtley, Ronald K. [R-RI-1] | RI | R | M000015 | 24 | Tobacco Deregulation Act of 1990 - Repeals tobacco provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949, the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and other specified Federal law with regard to: (1) price supports; (2) marketing orders and quotas; (3) acreage allotments; (4) export sales assistance; (5) Commodity Credit Corporation assistance; and (6) State commerce and production compacts. | 2025-08-26T17:25:50Z | |
| 101-hr-4926 | 101 | hr | 4926 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-24 | 1990-09-10 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Army. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Title I: Emergency Crop Loss Assistance - Subtitle A: Annual Crops - Extends disaster crop loss assistance through the 1990 crop year for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, soybeans, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1990 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires producers to obtain Federal crop insurance for 1991 in order to be eligible for disaster payments and other specified assistance for 1990 crop losses. Sets forth exempted circumstances. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1990 farm yield for forage-use-crops. Limits assistance under this Act to $100,000. Authorizes the substitution of crop insurance program yields for 1990 disaster assistance eligibility purposes. Subtitle B: Orchards - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to orchardists who suffered qualifying tree losses as a result of 1990 freeze, earthquake, or related condition. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal crop insurance should be made available to all orchard crops. Subtitle C: Forest Crops - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent in seedlings) to commercial tree farmers who suffered qualifying tree seedling losses as a result of 1990 drought, earthquake, or related condition. Subtitle D: Additional Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary from reducing rental payments to an owner or operator who hays or grazes livestock during the 1990 crop year on land subject to a conservation reserve program contract to the extent that such owner or operator carries out and pays for specified additional conservation practices. Directs the Secretary to establish the emergency agricultural restoration program to restore the productivity of cropland degraded by floods or other natural disasters. Authorizes appropriations beginning… | 2025-08-26T17:29:27Z | |
| 101-hr-4890 | 101 | hr | 4890 | To provide disaster assistance for agricultural producers, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-23 | 1990-05-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy. | House | Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] | TX | D | H000067 | 0 | Title I: Emergency Crop Loss Assistance - Subtitle A: Annual Crops - Extends disaster crop loss assistance through the 1990 crop year for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, soybeans, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1990 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires producers to obtain Federal crop insurance for 1991 in order to be eligible for disaster payments and other specified assistance for 1990 crop losses. Sets forth exempted circumstances. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1990 farm yield for forage-use-crops. Limits assistance under this Act to $100,000. Authorizes the substitution of crop insurance program yields for 1990 disaster assistance eligibility purposes. Subtitle B: Orchards - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to orchardists who suffered qualifying tree losses as a result of 1990 freeze, earthquake, or related condition. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal crop insurance should be made available to all orchard crops. Subtitle C: Forest Crops - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent in seedlings) to commercial tree farmers who suffered qualifying tree seedling losses as a result of 1990 drought, earthquake, or related condition. Subtitle D: Additional Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary from reducing rental payments to an owner or operator who hays or grazes livestock during the 1990 crop year on land subject to a conservation reserve program contract to the extent that such owner or operator carries out and pays for specified additional conservation practices. Subtitle E: Administrative Provisions - Makes a person with qualifying annual gross income (as defined by this Act) in excess of $2,000,000 ineligible for assistance under this Act. Title II: Disaster Credit and Forbearance - Makes produ… | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-hr-4891 | 101 | hr | 4891 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-23 | 1990-05-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts. | House | Rep. Anthony, Beryl, Jr. [D-AR-4] | AR | D | A000213 | 15 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Title I: Emergency Crop Loss Assistance - Subtitle A: Annual Crops - Extends disaster crop loss assistance through the 1990 crop year for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, soybeans, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1990 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires producers to obtain Federal crop insurance for 1991 in order to be eligible for disaster payments and other specified assistance for 1990 crop losses. Sets forth exempted circumstances. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1990 farm yield for forage-use-crops. Limits assistance under this Act to $100,000. Authorizes the substitution of crop insurance program yields for 1990 disaster assistance eligibility purposes. Subtitle B: Orchards - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to orchardists who suffered qualifying tree losses as a result of 1990 freeze, earthquake, or related condition. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal crop insurance should be made available to all orchard crops. Subtitle C: Forest Crops - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent in seedlings) to commercial tree farmers who suffered qualifying tree seedling losses as a result of 1990 drought, earthquake or related condition. Subtitle D: Additional Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary from reducing rental payments to an owner or operator who hays or grazes livestock during the 1990 crop year on land subject to a conservation reserve program contract to the extent that such owner or operator carries out and pays for specified additional conservation practices. Directs the Secretary to establish the emergency agricultural restoration program to restore the productivity of cropland degraded by floods or other natural disasters. Authorizes appropriations beginning … | 2025-08-26T17:29:20Z | |
| 101-hr-4892 | 101 | hr | 4892 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-23 | 1990-05-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar. | House | Rep. Chapman, Jim [D-TX-1] | TX | D | C000312 | 20 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Title I: Emergency Crop Loss Assistance - Subtitle A: Annual Crops - Extends disaster crop loss assistance through the 1990 crop year for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, soybeans, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1990 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires producers to obtain Federal crop insurance for 1991 in order to be eligible for disaster payments and other specified assistance for 1990 crop losses. Sets forth exempted circumstances. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1990 farm yield for forage-use-crops. Limits assistance under this Act to $100,000. Authorizes the substitution of crop insurance program yields for 1990 disaster assistance eligibility purposes. Subtitle B: Orchards - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to orchardists who suffered qualifying tree losses as a result of 1990 freeze, earthquake, or related condition. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal crop insurance should be made available to all orchard crops. Subtitle C: Forest Crops - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent in seedlings) to commercial tree farmers who suffered qualifying tree seedling losses as a result of 1990 drought, earthquake, or related condition. Subtitle D: Additional Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary from reducing rental payments to an owner or operator who hays or grazes livestock during the 1990 crop year on land subject to a conservation reserve program contract to the extent that such owner or operator carries out and pays for specified additional conservation practices. Subtitle E: Administrative Provisions - Makes a person with qualifying annual gross income (as defined by this Act) in excess of $2,000,000 ineligible for assistance under this Act. Title II: Disaster Cre… | 2025-08-26T17:24:21Z | |
| 101-hr-4893 | 101 | hr | 4893 | Swampbuster Improvement Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-23 | 1990-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 10 | Swampbuster Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 with regard to wetland conservation to: (1) base agricultural assistance ineligibility upon unrestored converted wetlands; (2) include other conservation assistance among such categories of agricultural assistance; (3) provide for restoration agreements; and (4) provide an administrative appeal procedure for determinations of ineligibility. | 2025-08-26T17:27:32Z | |
| 101-hr-4894 | 101 | hr | 4894 | Wetlands Preservation and Restoration Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-23 | 1990-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 8 | Wetlands Preservation and Restoration Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a wetland restoration program through permanent easement contracts and cost sharing with the owners of eligible land. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T17:29:33Z | |
| 101-hr-4895 | 101 | hr | 4895 | Production Cost Insurance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-23 | 1990-05-31 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Espy, Mike [D-MS-2] | MS | D | E000218 | 1 | Production Cost Insurance Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand the oversight and data collection powers of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to provide insurance for the recovery of production costs. Prohibits plan changes for three years from the date of the initial change. Directs the Corporation to make crop insurance available for dry edible beans. Repeals a specified crop insurance yield coverage provision. Prohibits the inclusion of specified catastrophic losses in establishing premium rates. Directs the Corporation to establish regional advisory committees to assist in actuarial and underwriting activities. | 2025-08-26T17:27:08Z | |
| 101-hr-4898 | 101 | hr | 4898 | To amend the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act), to remove language purporting to permit racial segregation in land-grant colleges that receive funds under that Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-23 | 1990-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 51 | Amends Federal Law (popularly known as the Agricultural College Act of 1890 and also as the Second Morrill Act) to require that, if any State or Territory has more than one college which is entitled to receive an annual payment under land grant college provisions, the payments must be equitably divided among the colleges, as proposed by the State or Territorial legislature and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. (Current law replaced by this provision prohibits payments to colleges where admission distinctions are made on the basis of race or color, but allows payments to separate colleges or educational institutions for white and colored students so long as the payments are equitably divided.) | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-hjres-573 | 101 | hjres | 573 | To designate the period commencing on June 16, 1990 and ending on June 27, 1990 as "Food Science and Technology Week". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-22 | 1990-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 0 | Designates June 16 through June 23, 1990, as Food Science and Technology Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-s-2664 | 101 | s | 2664 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-21 | 1990-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 14 | Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Title I: Emergency Crop Loss Assistance - Subtitle A: Annual Crops - Extends disaster crop loss assistance through the 1990 crop year for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, soybeans, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1990 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires producers to obtain Federal crop insurance for 1991 in order to be eligible for disaster payments and other specified assistance for 1990 crop losses. Sets forth exempted circumstances. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1990 farm yield for forage-use-crops. Limits assistance under this Act to $100,000. Authorizes the substitution of crop insurance program yields for 1990 disaster assistance eligibility purposes. Subtitle B: Orchards - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to orchardists who suffered qualifying tree losses as a result of a 1990 freeze, earthquake, or related condition. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal crop insurance should be made available to all orchard crops. Subtitle C: Forest Crops - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent in seedlings) to commercial tree farmers who suffered qualifying tree seedling losses as a result of a 1990 drought, earthquake, or related condition. Subtitle D: Additional Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary from reducing rental payments to an owner or operator who hays or grazes livestock during the 1990 crop year on land subject to a conservation reserve program contract to the extent that such owner or operator carries out and pays for specified additional conservation practices. Subtitle E: Administrative Provisions - Makes a person with qualifying annual gross income (as defined by this Act) in excess of $2,000,000 ineligible for assistance under this Act. Title II: Disast… | 2025-08-26T17:24:29Z | |
| 101-sjres-321 | 101 | sjres | 321 | A joint resolution to designate the week of August 19 through 25, 1990, as "National Agricultural Research Week". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-21 | 1990-06-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 50 | Designates the week of August 19 through August 25, 1990, as National Agricultural Research Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-4845 | 101 | hr | 4845 | Peanut Program Modernization Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-17 | 1990-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts. | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 53 | Peanut Program Modernization Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal peanut marketing quota provisions. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to replace existing peanut price support provisions with price supports as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture based upon specified factors, including production costs and domestic and foreign demand. | 2025-08-26T17:24:44Z | |
| 101-hr-4857 | 101 | hr | 4857 | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Credit Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-17 | 1990-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 10 | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Credit Act of 1990 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish for qualified beginning farmers and ranchers: (1) a loan interest rate reduction program; and (2) a down payment loan program. Defines "qualified beginning farmer or rancher" for purposes of this Act. Obligates specified amounts for loans and guarantees to qualified beginning farmers and ranchers. | 2025-08-26T17:29:15Z | |
| 101-s-2642 | 101 | s | 2642 | Grown in the United States Food Labeling Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-16 | 1990-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] | NE | D | E000284 | 1 | Grown in the United States Food Labeling Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations which will establish the Grown in the United States Food Labeling Program. Prohibits any food product which contains a significant amount of imported ingredients from participating in the Program. Directs the Secretary and the Commissioner to issue a report regarding the adequacy of Federal country of origin food labeling requirements and recommending improvements to the Congress. | 2025-08-26T17:25:40Z | |
| 101-s-2644 | 101 | s | 2644 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make clarifications in provisions relating to general assistance vendor payments, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-16 | 1990-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 1 | Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude certain general assistance vendor payments from income for purposes of food stamp eligibility. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-4813 | 101 | hr | 4813 | Milk Producers' Financial Protection Amendments of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-15 | 1990-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 2 | Milk Producers' Financial Protection Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to provide that all milk purchased from a producer by a handler in a cash sale and all inventories and proceeds and related products shall be held by the handler in trust for the producer until the producer receives full payment. States that the producer shall lose the benefit of such trust if: (1) payment is not received within 30 days of the payment date; or (2) within 15 business days after the handler receives notice that the payment instrument has been dishonored. | 2025-08-26T17:26:30Z | |
| 101-hr-4815 | 101 | hr | 4815 | To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow land in the water bank to be eligible for the conservation reserve if it is otherwise eligible, but does not qualify as having been planted or considered planted in 2 of the 5 crop years 1981 through 1985. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-15 | 1990-05-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 0 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit certain land in the water bank program to be enrolled in the conservation reserve program. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-s-2634 | 101 | s | 2634 | Agricultural Credit Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-15 | 1990-05-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 0 | Agricultural Credit Act of 1990 - Title I: FmHA Loans - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require applicants for farm ownership and operating loans to have had at least three years of farm or ranch training or experience during the five-year period immediately preceding their loan application. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to set the interest rates on farm ownership and operating loans made to limited resource borrowers at a specified level. Includes the leasing of farm equipment among the acceptable uses of operating loans. Repeals the prohibition against collection by the Secretary of interest accrued on interest which is not more than 90 days overdue on Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) loans. Requires the Secretary to: (1) document his or her consent to the transfer of the property of a borrower in the borrower's file; (2) provide a summary of debt settlement programs to borrowers who are at least 180 days delinquent in the payment of principal or interest on an FmHA loan; and (3) use underwriting forms, standards, practices, and terminology in administering FmHA loans similar to those used by private lenders. Provides that the Secretary's appointment of a farmer who is eligible for an FmHA loan to the County Committee shall not preclude such farmer's election to the committee. Requires the Secretary to mail ballots to persons eligible to vote for committee members and provide training and a training manual to committee members. Makes a County Committee's certification of a farmer's eligibility for an FmHA loan effective for two years or such other period as the committee determines to be appropriate. Requires that each application for an FmHA community and business program loan or loan guarantee which would be disapproved due to the Secretary's lack of funds be placed in a pending status until such funds become available. Directs the Secretary to look for ways to streamline and improve the FmHA loan application process. Prohibits the Secretary from denying an application f… | 2025-08-26T17:29:17Z | |
| 101-hr-4782 | 101 | hr | 4782 | Agriculture Environmental Restoration Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-10 | 1990-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 0 | Agriculture Environmental Restoration Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to carry out an agriculture environmental restoration program which shall: (1) identify and clean up hazardous substances released from facilities owned or formerly owned by the Department of Agriculture (Department); and (2) determine whether groundwater contamination has occurred at such sites, including well water testing and warnings to persons in the affected vicinity. Directs the Secretary to carry out: (1) hazardous waste research, development, and demonstration programs; and (2) related information collection and dissemination. Establishes in the Department the Agriculture Environmental Restoration Fund. Directs: (1) the Secretary to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the most commonly found unregulated hazardous substances at Department facilities; (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure the timely preparation of toxicological profiles of such substances; (3) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prepare hazardous substance health advisories; and (4) the Secretary to notify the appropriate EPA offices and State and local authorities with regard to environmental restoration activities. Requires the Secretary, whenever possible, to establish a technical review committee to comment on releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances at Department of Agriculture facilities. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T17:28:21Z | |
| 101-hr-4783 | 101 | hr | 4783 | Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-10 | 1990-05-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 5 | Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to revise policy provisions. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) increase the U.S. contribution of food aid and encourage other donor countries to increase contributions toward meeting new food aid requirements; and (2) encourage other advanced nations to make increased food aid contributions to combat world hunger and malnutrition through the expansion of international food and agricultural assistance programs. Directs the President to: (1) carry out through the Agency for International Development (AID) a program under which agricultural commodities are donated to least developed countries and the revenue from the sale of such commodities may be used for economic development activities; and (2) implement, through the Secretary of Agriculture, a program to offer agricultural commodities for sale on credit to developing countries and to carry out domestic agricultural trade development activities with the local currency proceeds associated with the repayment of loans. Considers a country to be a: (1) least developed country if the country meets poverty criteria established by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) Civil Works Preference or such country is a food deficit country and is characterized by high levels of malnutrition among significant numbers of its population; and (2) a developing country if such country has a shortage of foreign exchange earnings and has difficulty meeting its food needs through commercial channels. Sets forth indicators of national food deficit and malnutrition. Prohibits such assistance to any government engaging in a consistent pattern of human rights violations. Waives such prohibition if the food assistance is targeted to the most needy people and made available through channels other than the government. Authorizes the Administrator to execute agreements with least developed countries to prov… | 2025-08-26T17:26:57Z | |
| 101-s-2596 | 101 | s | 2596 | Weed Control Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-09 | 1990-05-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Weed Control Act of 1990 - Title I: Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 - Amends the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish within the Department of Agriculture a Noxious Weed Technical Advisory Group. Includes among the Group's responsibilities: (1) recommendation of noxious weed control strategies; (2) development of noxious weed classification criteria; and (3) approval of plant species for Federal and noxious weed designation. Establishes a new classification system for noxious weeds. Prohibits interstate movement of noxious weeds by any means unless a special permit has been issued by the Secretary. Subjects imported agricultural and vegetable seeds to the provisions of this Act. Title II: Land Enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to develop conservation reserve program (CRP) weed and pest control guides. Subjects new CRP contracts to these guidelines, including fines for guideline violations. | 2025-08-26T17:24:24Z | |
| 101-s-2585 | 101 | s | 2585 | Farm Spouse Fairness and Equity Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-08 | 1990-05-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 4 | Farm Spouse Fairness and Equity Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to treat a husband and wife who each provide active personal management or labor to their farm or to an after-acquired inherited farm as separate persons for farm program payment purposes (thus qualifying them for two separate payments). Continues a farm's multiyear program payments to a person who receives such farm by way of gift or descent. States that such payments shall: (1) not exceed the previous owner's payments; and (2) continue without regard to other payments received by the new owner from such farm or from other farming operations. | 2025-08-26T17:26:55Z | |
| 101-s-2589 | 101 | s | 2589 | A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish a Southeast Food Sciences Nutrition Research Center, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-08 | 1990-05-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 1 | Amends the National Agricultural Research Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish a Southeast Food Sciences Nutrition Research Center based at a specified institution. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-4730 | 101 | hr | 4730 | To exempt from the program ineligibility requirements of section 1221 of the Food Security Act of 1985 persons who produce an agricultural commodity on wetlands of two acres or less. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-03 | 1990-05-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-5] | IA | R | L000305 | 0 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt from agricultural benefits ineligibility persons who produce agricultural commodities on certain previously cropped wetland of two acres or less. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-hr-4732 | 101 | hr | 4732 | To amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to allow borrowers to bring actions against institutions of the Farm Credit System in the Federal courts. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-03 | 1990-05-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Nagle, Dave R, [D-IA-3] | IA | D | N000003 | 0 | Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to permit a Farm Credit System borrower to bring an action against a System institution in U.S. district court, without regard to the amount in controversy. Provides for injunctive relief and up to $1,000 in damages. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-hr-4713 | 101 | hr | 4713 | Agricultural Resources Conservation Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-02 | 1990-05-08 | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 0 | Agricultural Resources Conservation Act of 1990 - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture: (1) an Office of Environmental Quality; and (2) the Interagency Committee on Environmental Quality. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) revise the conservation easement loan cancellation method; and (2) include all assets in calculating the value of restructured farm loans. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise: (1) the highly erodible land conservation program; and (2) the wetland conservation program, including continued program ineligibility and reinstatement compliance agreements, program exemptions, and the protection of wetlands in Federal assistance programs. Amends the conservation reserve program (CRP) to: (1) extend CRP eligibility to specified non-highly erodible lands; (2) extend program authority; (3) extend highly erodible land reduction authority; (4) permit counties to exceed program acreage limits for conservation purposes; (5) increase eligible farm acreage; (6) set forth enrollment goals for environmentally sensitive lands, trees, and wildlife protection; (7) subject land that was formerly under a CRP contract to certain conservation provisions; and (8) exempt land ownership changes due to bankruptcy or foreclosure from the three-year ownership rule. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, with regard to the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice to provide Federal cost-sharing assistance for wildlife habitat improvements on diverted or set-aside acreage. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to: (1) extend multiyear set-aside authority; (2) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish advisory State Technical Committees to assist in implementing conservation provisions under title XII of such Act; and (3) direct the Secretary to establish an Agricultural Resources Conservation Program. Provides, under such Program, for: (1) a comprehensive agricultural resources planning option; (2) a wetlands preservation option; (3) a water qualit… | 2025-08-26T17:24:16Z | |
| 101-hr-4714 | 101 | hr | 4714 | Farms for the Future Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-02 | 1990-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy. | House | Rep. Kostmayer, Peter H. [D-PA-8] | PA | D | K000319 | 22 | Farms for the Future Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Agricultural Resource Conservation Demonstration Program to provide Federal guarantees and interest rate assistance for loans made by lending institutions to State trust funds. Authorizes the Secretary to establish in the Treasury the Agricultural Resource Conservation Revolving Fund. Terminates the Program on September 30, 1996. | 2025-08-26T17:27:29Z | |
| 101-hr-4723 | 101 | hr | 4723 | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define light butter. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-02 | 1990-05-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | T000317 | 1 | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define "light butter" as being a product with the same appearance as butter, made from pasteurized milk or cream, with 35 to 40 percent milk fat, and meeting other requirements. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 101-s-2562 | 101 | s | 2562 | Swampbuster Improvement Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-05-02 | 1990-05-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 1 | Swampbuster Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt a producer on converted wetland from program ineligibility if: (1) production has minimal hydrological and biological wetland effect; or (2) such land has been traditionally cropped and the producer provides for mitigation on an acre-for-acre basis. Provides for graduated penalties for first-time violators who have made a good faith effort at compliance. | 2025-08-26T17:26:02Z | |
| 101-hr-4679 | 101 | hr | 4679 | Crop Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-30 | 1990-05-01 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 0 | Crop Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Makes the Federal crop insurance provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 inapplicable to the 1991 and subsequent crops. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, beginning with the 1991 crop year, to make disaster payments available to producers of commodities for which Federal crop insurance was available during the 1990 crop year and to producers of hay and forage crops. Bases eligibility upon county average yield compared with normal county yield. Makes a person with annual gross revenue in excess of $2,000,000 ineligible for payments. Prohibits payments to the extent that a producer receives emergency livestock or emergency loan benefits for the same production losses. | 2025-08-26T17:28:54Z | |
| 101-sres-277 | 101 | sres | 277 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate strongly opposing any future use of the milk production termination program as a method of controlling the production of milk and milk products. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-27 | 1990-04-27 | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 8 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the milk production termination program should not be extended. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-4642 | 101 | hr | 4642 | Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-26 | 1990-05-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Combest, Larry [R-TX-19] | TX | R | C000653 | 0 | Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to: (1) modify the crop insurance premium subsidy for multiple peril insurance; and (2) establish catastrophic loss benefits. | 2025-08-26T17:24:31Z | |
| 101-hr-4663 | 101 | hr | 4663 | Conservation Promotion Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-26 | 1990-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] | KS | R | R000307 | 3 | Conservation Promotion Act of 1990 - Title I: Conservation Reserve Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make eligible for the conservation reserve program (CRP): (1) environmentally sensitive lands, including sinkholes, filter strips, wetland, and other areas that involve groundwater protection; and (2) uncropped marginal lands that will be planted to trees after CRP enrollment. Extends CRP authority and CRP tree planting authority through 1995. Authorizes 1991 through 1995 enrollment at between 40,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres. Authorizes three to ten-year CRP contract extensions. Provides for farmwide CRP eligibility under specified conditions. Subjects land whose CRP contract has expired to loss of assistance for cropping on highly erodible land. Permits CRP participation of land whose ownership change during the preceding three-year period was due to foreclosure or bankruptcy. Provides for CRP contract extension or optional 15-year contracts for land devoted to hardwood trees, shelterbelts, or windbreaks. Authorizes up to 75 percent cost sharing assistance for hardwood plantings. Waives ownership requirements as necessary for such plantings. States that: (1) no tenant shall lose agricultural benefits eligibility because of another tenants' crop production on the same farm or any other farm; and (2) no person shall lose such eligibility as to any crop on a farm other than the farm on which the production on highly erodible land occurs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to offer three-year cost-sharing soil restoration contracts under a Soil Restoration Program. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to count each acre devoted to surface water storage as an acre removed from production for purposes of calculating the acreage base under any acreage limitation or land diversion program. Title II: Wetlands - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to establish a cost-sharing program of long-term and permanent easements to protect and restore wetlands. Limits fiscal year paym… | 2025-08-26T17:27:49Z | |
| 101-s-2525 | 101 | s | 2525 | A bill to recognize the importance of the domestic fruit and vegetable industry in United States farm policy, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of the domestic fruit and vegetable industry, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-26 | 1990-04-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 11 | Declares that the domestic production of fruits and vegetables is a keystone of U.S. farm policy. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress on the domestic fruit and vegetable industry. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-s-2523 | 101 | s | 2523 | Common Sense Agricultural Wetlands Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-25 | 1990-04-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 0 | Common Sense Agricultural Wetlands Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 with regard to the wetland conservation program to: (1) authorize graduated penalties for program violations; (2) require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a de minimis standard which shall consider the wetland's size, conservation, wildlife, and recreational value; and (3) exempt land from program requirements based upon a cost-benefit analysis, or because it has been traditionally devoted to crop production. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt from specified dredging and fill prohibitions wetland that has been traditionally devoted to crop production. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require the Secretary to make every effort to: (1) sell Farmers Home Administration inventory land without placing any permanent conservation easements on it; or (2) sell such land easement-free before transferring it to a third party. | 2025-08-26T17:28:26Z | |
| 101-hr-4584 | 101 | hr | 4584 | Conservation Forestry Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-24 | 1990-05-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 0 | Conservation Forestry Act of 1990 - Title I: National Goals for Windbreaks, Shelterbelts, Wildlife Corridors, and Sustainable Agroforestry Systems - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish national goals for windbreaks, shelterbelts, wildlife corridors, and sustainable agroforestry systems. Title II: Agroforestry Research - Directs the Secretary to establish a Semiarid Agroforestry Research, Development, and Demonstration Center at Forest Service facilities at Lincoln, Nebraska. Requires the Director of the Center to establish a National Clearinghouse on Agroforestry Conservation and Promotion. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Programs to Promote Tree Planting and Windbreak and Shelterbelt Establishment and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Conservation Reserve Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the conservation reserve program (CRP) through 1995. Provides for a minimum CRP acreage planted to trees. Makes cropland suitable for shelterbelts, windbreaks, wildlife corridors, or filter strips eligible for the CRP. Gives special consideration for such eligibility to cropland influencing surface or groundwater quality. Provides for cost sharing assistance. Makes uncropped wetlands and marginal pastureland eligible for the CRP if the owner agrees to plant trees on such land. Provides for cost sharing assistance. Subtitle B: Agricultural Conservation Program - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to provide financial assistance for the establishment of shelterbelts or windbreaks under the agricultural conservation program. Subtitle C: Great Plains Conservation Program - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to provide financial assistance for the establishment of shelterbelts or windbreaks under the Great Plains conservation program. | 2025-08-26T17:27:01Z | |
| 101-hr-4588 | 101 | hr | 4588 | Fish Quality and Vessel Inspection Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-24 | 1990-05-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 0 | Fish Quality and Vessel Inspection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish standards for fishing and fish processing vessels; and (2) make recommendations for the quality of fish harvesting waters. Provides for standards regarding the grading and the identity, quality, packaging, and labeling of fish and fish products. Directs the Secretary to implement a system for vessel registration under which a vessel's registration may be suspended for failure to permit inspection or if the Secretary finds a reasonable probability of serious or adverse health consequences or death. Directs the Secretary to establish an inspection program including intensive sampling for chemical and microbial contaminants, parasites, and toxins. Allows the Secretary to detain fish and fish products the Secretary has reason to believe are in violation of standards. Directs the Secretary to develop a program for the regular monitoring of waters in the Exclusive Economic Zone from which fish are harvested. Authorizes the Secretary to close waters that do not meet standards or that present a risk to human health. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into agreements with Federal and State agencies and foreign governments to conduct registrations and inspections; and (2) provide for an official mark signifying that fish or fish products meet grade and trade standards. Directs the Secretary to establish a program for the education and training of private and State employees involved in implementing this Act. Makes it unlawful to: (1) fail to meet any standard; (2) fail to register a vessel; (3) fail to provide access to documents for inspection; (4) use an unapproved or counterfeit mark or use an official mark in an unapproved manner; or (5) harvest from closed waters. Sets forth civil monetary penalties. Prohibits discrimination against any employee because the employee has participated in the implementation of this Act. | 2025-08-26T17:24:58Z | |
| 101-hr-4592 | 101 | hr | 4592 | Crop Insurance Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-24 | 1990-05-01 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Grandy, Fred [R-IA-6] | IA | R | G000371 | 7 | Crop Insurance Act of 1990 - Directs the President to appoint as an officer in the Department of Agriculture (Department) a Commissioner of Crop Insurance. Provides for the creation of: (1) a Crop Insurance Advisory Committee; and (2) an Office of Crop Insurance Operations (Office) in the Department. Provides for reviews of: (1) insurers; (2) rating organizations; and (3) crop insurance rates and policies. Preempts State and local law with regard to such reviews and related matters. Requires the Office to make premium vouchers available to agricultural producers to purchase multiple peril crop insurance. Authorizes the Office to provide hardship allowances for the first five years after enactment of this Act under specified circumstances. Directs the Commissioner to provide for an assigned crop insurance plan for those producers unable to obtain crop insurance. Creates a Federal catastrophic reinsurance program to protect insurers against nationwide losses exceeding specified levels. Establishes the Catastrophic Reinsurance Fund. Applies specified fraud remedies to insurance policies under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Phases out the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and repeals the Federal Crop Insurance Act upon the Corporation's dissolution. Directs the Commissioner, upon enactment of this Act, to implement its programs with a Three-Year Transitional Program operated through a Special Transitional Pool (insurance policy repository). | 2025-08-26T17:26:22Z | |
| 101-s-2503 | 101 | s | 2503 | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the exemptions from wetland conservation requirements, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-24 | 1990-04-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 1 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt converted wetland from other wetland regulation if such land: (1) was converted to wetland use prior to the enactment of such Act; or (2) was farmed for at least six of the 1975 through 1985 crops and mitigated on an acre for acre basis. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 101-s-2508 | 101 | s | 2508 | National Soil and Water Conservation Foundation Establishment Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-24 | 1990-04-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 0 | National Soil and Water Conservation Foundation Establishment Act of 1990 - Establishes the National Soil and Water Conservation Foundation to create a public-private sector partnership to further the objectives of the Soil Conservation Service. | 2025-08-26T17:26:35Z | |
| 101-s-2509 | 101 | s | 2509 | Federal Food Effort for the Elderly and Disabled Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-24 | 1990-04-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000556 | 11 | Federal Food Effort for the Elderly and Disabled Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude Medicare payments from income for purposes of food stamp eligibility. Provides for food stamp issuance by mail in designated rural areas. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to: (1) extend through FY 1995 authority for surplus agricultural reprocessing (into food products) agreements with private companies; and (2) make nutrition programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965 eligible for such processed commodities. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to examine the effectiveness of the program of permitting simplified food stamp applications to be made at Social Security Administration offices. | 2025-08-26T17:25:42Z | |
| 101-s-2487 | 101 | s | 2487 | Agricultural Water Quality Incentive Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-20 | 1990-04-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Agricultural Water Quality Incentive Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an agricultural water quality incentive program to encourage agricultural producers to reduce surface and groundwater contamination, with emphasis on practices that increase farm profitability and productivity. Requires participants to: (1) develop a farm water quality management plan; and (2) enter into minimum five-year program contracts. Establishes 1991 through 1995 program acreage levels. Provides participants with annual incentive payments ($3500 maximum) on a per acre basis. Gives priority to land with the potential for surface or groundwater contamination. Provides for demonstration and model farm programs. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make eligible for the conservation reserve program land that is not highly erodible but is subject to surface and groundwater contamination. | 2025-08-26T17:25:05Z | |
| 101-s-2489 | 101 | s | 2489 | Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-20 | 1990-04-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 21 | Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act - Title I: Reducing Childhood Hunger - Subtitle A: Eliminating the Excess Shelter Deduction Cap - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise and increase the excess shelter expense deduction for FY 1991 and 1992. Subtitle B: Adequacy of Food Stamp Benefits - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year from FY 1991 through 1995 until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan. Subtitle C: Protecting Households in Special Circumstances - Directs the Secretary to provide for emergency allotments to eligible households to replace food lost in a disaster. Excludes from the computation of household income any State allowance (provided at least annually) for obtaining school clothes for children in school or child care. Provides for allotment increases to cover State or local sales taxes for participants in demonstration projects. Authorizes a State, on or after April 1, 1992, and with the Secretary's approval, to implement an electronic food stamp benefit transfer system. Redefines "food" with regard to the homeless for purposes of such Act. Permits State agencies to develop standard estimates of the shelter and related expenses which homeless households may reasonably be expected to incur in order to certify such households based on reported expenses not exceeding such an estimate. Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency - Excludes the first $50 a month received as child support from consideration as income in determining the food stamp allotments of households also receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits. Increases from $4,500 to $5,500 from January 1 through September 30, 1991, with annual cost-of-living adjustments to follow, the limit on the fair market value of vehicles that food stamp recipients may own. Directs the Secretary to conduct a sufficient number of demonstration projects to evaluate the effects of excluding from … | 2025-08-26T17:26:34Z | |
| 101-hr-4576 | 101 | hr | 4576 | Rural Economic Development and School Partnership Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-19 | 1990-04-25 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Stallings, Richard H. [D-ID-2] | ID | D | S000785 | 19 | Rural Economic Development and School Partnership Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Rural Development Administration (RDA) (the Administrator) to make grants for certain projects to rural economic development and education partnerships. Prohibits such projects from including the development or acquisition of telecommunications facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to affect in any manner the applicability of the Communications Act of 1934, or regulations and orders under it, or any State or local law relating to the regulation or provision of telecommunications facilities or services. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations for the grant program. | 2025-08-26T17:29:01Z | |
| 101-s-2471 | 101 | s | 2471 | A bill to provide for a study of the National School Lunch Program, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-19 | 1990-04-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] | KY | D | F000268 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress on the National School Lunch Program, including the impact on child nutrition of reductions in Federal funds and bonus commodities and of changes in State and local administrative responsibilities and costs. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-s-2473 | 101 | s | 2473 | Peanut Price Support Extension Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-19 | 1990-04-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA] | GA | D | F000329 | 1 | Peanut Price Support Extension Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend the following programs for the 1991 through 1995 peanut crops: (1) suspension of marketing quotas and acreage allotments; (2) national and farm poundage quotas; (3) sale, lease, or transfer provisions; and (4) marketing provisions. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend price supports for the 1991 through 1995 crops of quota and additional peanuts. Establishes the following quota peanut levels: (1) for 1991, the rate shall be the 1990 rate; (2) for 1992 and 1994, the rate shall be the adjusted rate of the immediately preceding crop; and (3) for 1993 and 1995, the rate shall be the rate of the immediately preceding crop. Provides for warehouse storage loans. Requires area marketing associations to maintain pools and records for quota and additional peanuts. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to take specified actions to improve the quality of edible peanuts. Directs the Secretary to establish the Peanut Regulatory Advisory Committee which shall terminate at the end of the 1995 marketing year. | 2025-08-26T17:24:21Z | |
| 101-hr-4553 | 101 | hr | 4553 | Short-Term Export Credit Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-18 | 1990-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2] | OR | R | S000607 | 1 | Short-Term Export Credit Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the Short-Term Export Credit Program through FY 1995. Requires the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a specified amount available in credit guarantees under the Program to finance the export sales of U.S agricultural commodities (excluding wood and processed wood products). Requires the Corporation to insure that: (1) no more than 20 percent of such credit guarantees shall be extended to any one country; and (2) up to $2,000,000 of such guarantees shall be extended to preferred risk countries and those countries that constitute new customers for U.S. agricultural products. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from charging an organization fee in excess of one percent of the credit extended under the Program. Requires the Secretary to establish a personnel system that provides an experienced group of employees to administer the Program. | 2025-08-26T17:26:31Z | |
| 101-s-2422 | 101 | s | 2422 | A bill to establish a research program for the development and implementation of new technologies in food safety, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-05 | 1990-04-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 2 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a research program on new technologies in food safety that includes: (1) developing technology for the rapid identification of infectious agents and toxins on farms and within the processing and distribution chain; (2) establishing a statistical framework for health risk assessment related to contamination of the animal product food chain by these infectious agents and toxins; (3) analyzing the animal product food chain to determine the most effective point for controlling or preventive intervention; and (4) developing techniques to monitor the production, processing, and distribution of food animals and their products in order to detect potential microbiological or chemical agents. Directs the Secretary to: (1) award grants for periods up to five years to pay the Federal share of the costs of funding research projects; (2) seek research proposals and, in so doing, to seek the widest participation from persons eligible for research grants, including entities involved in food safety research; and (3) perform peer review evaluations of proposals, seeking the widest participation of qualified scientists. Sets the Federal share of the grants at 75 percent, but allows the Secretary to increase that to 100 percent if such action is appropriate. Prohibits making a grant for any purpose for which a grant may be made under specified provisions, or for planning, rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a facility. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-s-2431 | 101 | s | 2431 | Farms for the Future Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-05 | 1990-04-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 0 | Farms for the Future Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Agricultural Resource Conservation Demonstration Program to provide Federal guarantees and interest rate assistance for loans made by lending institutions to State trust funds. Authorizes the Secretary to establish in the Treasury the Agricultural Resource Conservation Revolving Fund. Terminates the Program on September 30, 1996. | 2025-08-26T17:26:09Z | |
| 101-s-2445 | 101 | s | 2445 | Food Stamp Trafficking Prevention and Penalty Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-05 | 1990-04-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 6 | Food Stamp Trafficking Prevention and Penalty Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require retail and wholesale food concerns participating in the food stamp program to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with their Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identifying numbers. Makes it unlawful to launder funds obtained from food stamp coupon trafficking. Provides for civil and criminal forfeiture and property disposition for violating this Act. | 2025-08-26T17:24:31Z | |
| 101-hjres-548 | 101 | hjres | 548 | Designating the week of August 19 through 25, 1990, as "National Agricultural Research Week". | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-04 | 1990-08-09 | Became Public Law No: 101-346. | House | Rep. Weber, Vin [R-MN-2] | MN | R | W000237 | 219 | Designates the week of August 19 through August 25, 1990, as National Agricultural Research Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-hr-4479 | 101 | hr | 4479 | Food Program Evaluation Integrity Protection Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-04 | 1990-04-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 1 | Food Program Evaluation Integrity Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to notify contracting researchers of any changes the Department of Agriculture (Department) has made to their studies and evaluations of food or nutrition programs before reporting on such studies to the Congress. Permits such persons to comment on Department revisions and requires that such comments be included in the congressional report. Prohibits Department discrimination against such persons with regard to future contracts. | 2025-08-26T17:27:21Z | |
| 101-hr-4490 | 101 | hr | 4490 | Composting Research Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-04 | 1990-04-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Hochbrueckner, George J. [D-NY-1] | NY | D | H000670 | 24 | Composting Research Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a Compost Task Force; (2) conduct a composting agricultural wastes study; (3) conduct research on potential uses of compost; (4) evaluate existing compost programs; and (5) initiate a composting extension program. | 2025-08-26T17:24:46Z | |
| 101-hr-4509 | 101 | hr | 4509 | Sustainable Agriculture and Clean Water Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-04 | 1990-04-16 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA, EPA, OMB. | House | Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7] | MN | R | S000795 | 2 | Sustainable Agriculture and Clean Water Act of 1990 - Title I: Agricultural Programs and Practices - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish an integrated crop management program; and (2) develop related technical guides. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to include in the conservation reserve program (CRP) non-highly erodible wetlands, converted wetlands, or surrounding uplands. Extends the CRP through 1995. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study regarding the advisability and effect of extending and expanding the CRP; (2) establish a soil testing program in areas with surface or groundwater problems; and (3) establish in the Extension Service a nutrient management education program. Directs the Agricultural Research Service and Cooperative State Research Service to increase agricultural and water quality research, including integrated crop management system research. Title II: Clean Water Act Programs - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize FY 1992 through 1995 appropriations for management of nonpoint source (including groundwater quality protection) pollution of navigable waters. Authorizes FY 1992 through 1995 appropriations for cost sharing programs to control rural area nonpoint source water pollution. Authorizes FY 1991 through 1995 appropriations for the clean lakes program. | 2025-08-26T17:26:27Z | |
| 101-s-2419 | 101 | s | 2419 | Agricultural Products Development Act of 1990 | Agriculture and Food | 1990-04-04 | 1990-04-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 3 | Agricultural Products Development Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to expand the program to develop agricultural product-based industrial products and processes. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T17:25:42Z |
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