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104-s-2199 104 s 2199 A bill to provide funding for the nutrition education and training program authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 2 Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reduce funding for the nutrition education and training program for FY 1997 and each succeeding fiscal year. Reduces funding, for FY 1997, for the: (1) emergency food assistance program; and (2) school meals initiative for healthy children. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-hr-4336 104 hr 4336 To restore the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to extend existing and expiring contracts under the conservation reserve program. Agriculture and Food 1996-10-01 1996-10-04 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] KS R R000307 0 Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to repeal the provision that eliminated contract extension authority under the conservation reserve program. 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z  
104-s-2164 104 s 2164 Department of Agriculture Responsibility and Accountability Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Information Technology System Control Board Title II: Administration of Department of Agriculture Title III: Effective Date Department of Agriculture Responsibility and Accountability Act of 1996 - Title I: Information Technology System Control Board - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture the Information Technology System Control Board to manage the Department's technology planning and procurement processes. Terminates the Board as of a specified date. Title II: Administration of the Department of Agriculture - Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 with respect to the Department of Agriculture personnel buyout authority to: (1) prohibit persons eligible for retirement from also receiving buyout payments; (2) require that buyout funds come only from salary and expense appropriations; and (3) end buyout authority as of March 31, 1997. Title III: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for this Act. 2025-08-21T20:16:07Z  
104-hr-4275 104 hr 4275 To provide funding for the nutrition education and training program authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-09-28 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 2 Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reduce funding for the nutrition education and training program for FY 1997 and each succeeding fiscal year. Reduces funding, for FY 1997, for the: (1) emergency food assistance program; and (2) school meals initiative for healthy children. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
104-hr-4302 104 hr 4302 Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Inspection Reform Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] WI R G000524 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Inspection and Labeling of Livestock, Poultry, Seafood, and Their Products Subtitle A: Inspection Requirements Subtitle B: Labeling Requirements Subtitle C: International Commerce Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Title II: Related Industries Title III: Federal and State Cooperation Title IV: Auxiliary Provisions Title V: Public Education Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VII: Repeal of Superseded Laws Title VIII: Effective Date Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Inspection Reform Act of 1996 - Transfers seafood inspection jurisdiction from the Food and Drug Administration to the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture (Department). Title I: Inspection and Labeling of Livestock, Poultry, Seafood, and Their Products - Subtitle A: Inspection Requirements - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to provide for: (1) slaughtering facility ante- and post- mortem inspection and verification of livestock, poultry, and seafood; and (2) inspection and verification of processing facility meat, poultry, and seafood products. Authorizes facility self-inspection. Provides for facility sanitation and night inspections. (Sec. 106) Sets forth prohibited and exempt activities (personal or custom slaughtering or processing). (Sec. 108) Authorizes appropriate microbiological testing. Subtitle B: Labeling Requirements - Requires receptacle, carcass, and product labeling, including derivation labeling where appropriate. (Sec. 123) Sets forth prohibited acts of misbranding. Subtitle C: International Commerce - Subjects imported meat, poultry, and seafood to domestic inspection and verification requirements or their equivalents. Provides for enforcement through inspection and sampling, or certification by the Secretary of foreign standards. Provides exceptions for: (1) Canada and Mexico under specified conditions; and (2) personal use. (Sec. 132) Requires: (1) disease … 2025-08-21T20:15:17Z  
104-hr-4305 104 hr 4305 To amend the research provisions of the Fund for Rural America to include the development and promotion of precision agriculture and precision agriculture technologies among the purposes for which research, extension, and education grants may be provided. Agriculture and Food 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] SD D J000177 2 Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to authorize the use of funds from the Fund for Rural America for grants to develop and apply precision agricultural technologies. 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z  
104-s-2155 104 s 2155 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer funds to the farmers' market nutrition program, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 2 Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer up to a specified amount of FY 1997 funds to the farmers' market nutrition program. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-s-2128 104 s 2128 Plant Protection Act Agriculture and Food 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D A000069 0 Plant Protection Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to restrict the importation, movement, and means of conveyance of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, plant pests, and noxious weeds, (articles) in order to prevent their U.S. introduction and interstate movement. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Secretary of such articles' arrival, and hold them at the port of entry until inspected and authorized for U.S. movement by the Secretary. Prohibits a person from moving unauthorized and uninspected articles from a port of entry or interstate. (Sec. 6) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to take specified remedial measures, including treatment or disposal, to avoid dissemination of a plant pest or noxious weed; (2) the Secretary to make inspections and seizures; and (3) owner compensation for unauthorized disposals. (Sec. 9) Authorizes the Secretary to make phytosanitary export certificates based upon foreign requirements. (Sec. 12) Sets forth penalty and enforcement provisions. (Sec. 16) Authorizes appropriations and fund transfers. 2025-08-21T20:17:06Z  
104-s-2077 104 s 2077 Commodity Exchange Amendments Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-09-16 1996-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 1 Commodity Exchange Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to: (1) delivery points for foreign futures contracts; (2) exemption authority and swaps exemption; (3) contract designation; (4) delivery by federally licensed warehouses; (5) submission of rules to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; (6) audit trails; and (7) enforcement. 2025-08-21T20:15:02Z  
104-hr-4054 104 hr 4054 To provide relief to agricultural producers who granted easements to, or owned or operated land condemned by, the Secretary of the Army for flooding losses caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, to the extent that the actual losses exceed the estimates of the Secretary, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-09-11 1996-09-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. House Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-3] IA R L000305 0 Directs the Secretary of the Army to compensate certain agricultural producers for flooding losses caused by water retention at the Lake Redrock, Iowa, damsite. 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z  
104-s-2066 104 s 2066 A bill to amend the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Act to the duration of the Northern Great Plauns Rural Development Commission, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-09-11 1996-09-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 8 Amends the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Act to extend the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission. 2025-04-07T15:23:20Z  
104-hr-4027 104 hr 4027 Food Stamp Conversion and Profiteering Prohibition Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-09-05 1996-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. House Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] NJ R F000349 7 Food Stamp Conversion and Profiteering Prohibition Act of 1996 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to prohibit food stamp recipients from using such food to acquire anything other than food. 2025-08-21T20:15:59Z  
104-hr-3978 104 hr 3978 TEFAP State Partnership Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-08-02 1996-09-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. House Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] WA D D000327 4 TEFAP State Partnership Act of 1996 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use State funds to purchase and process commodities under such Act. 2025-08-21T20:16:33Z  
104-hr-4002 104 hr 4002 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide equitable treatment for barley producers so that 1996 contract payments to the producers are not reduced to a greater extent than the average percentage reduction in contract payments for other commodities, while maintaining the level of contract payments for other commodities, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-08-02 1996-09-10 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] ND D P000422 3 Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to increase certain barley contract payments. 2025-01-02T17:39:07Z  
104-s-2036 104 s 2036 A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide equitable treatment for barley producers so that 1996 contract payments to the producers are not reduced to a greater extent than the average percentage reduction in contract payments for other commodities, while maintaining the level of contract payments for other commodities, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-08-02 1996-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] ND D D000432 6 Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to increase certain barley contract payments. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-hr-3900 104 hr 3900 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide greater planting flexibility, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-07-25 1996-07-29 Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Combest, Larry [R-TX-19] TX R C000653 11 Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to permit secondary planting of fruits and vegetables on farm program contract acreage where the primary crop has failed. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to issue specified Conservation Reserve Program implementing regulations by September 15, 1996. 2025-04-07T15:28:40Z  
104-hr-3891 104 hr 3891 To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide for the regulation of contracts for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery, which are made on or subject to the rules of a board of trade, exchange, or market located outside the United States, when the commodity is deliverable in the United States. Agriculture and Food 1996-07-24 1996-07-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 1 Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to provide for the regulation of foreign futures contracts deliverable in the United States. 2025-01-02T17:38:52Z  
104-s-1981 104 s 1981 A bill to establish a Joint United States-Canada Commission on Cattle and Beef to identify, and recommend means of resolving, national, regional, and provincial trade-distorting differences between the countries with respect to the production, processing, and sale of cattle and beef, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-07-22 1996-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] ID R C000858 1 Establishes a Joint United States-Canada Commission on Cattle and Beef to identify, and recommend means of resolving, national, regional, and provincial trade-distorting differences between the United States and Canada with respect to the production, processing, and sale of cattle and beef, with particular emphasis on: (1) animal health requirements; (2) transportation differences; (3) the availability of feed grains; and (4) other market-distorting direct and indirect subsidies. Requires the Commission to submit a report to the Congress and the Government of Canada. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
104-s-1975 104 s 1975 Precision Agriculture Research, Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-07-19 1996-07-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] KY R M000355 5 Precision Agriculture Research, Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1996 - Amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to emphasize competitive grants that promote precision agriculture (as defined by this Act) research projects and to promote dissemination of such projects' results. Provides for the establishment of multistate and national agriculture partnerships, including existing partnerships between national laboratories (Secretary of Energy) and the Department of Agriculture. Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to include precision agriculture within the research categories of the Fund for Rural America. 2025-08-21T20:15:50Z  
104-hr-3794 104 hr 3794 Cattle Industry Improvement Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-07-11 1996-07-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry. House Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] SD D J000177 10 Cattle Industry Improvement Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to advance the Fund for Rural America's initial funding date. (Sec. 3) Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to prohibit noncompetitive practices relating to the price or terms of sale of livestock or meat and meat by-products. (Sec. 4) Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to set forth domestic market reporting requirements for certain persons in the slaughter business. Defines "captive supply." (Sec. 5) Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 with regard to livestock and meat food products reporting requirements. (Sec. 6) Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to prohibit retaliation by packers against livestock producers. Provides damages for producers suffering such retaliation. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an interagency working group to review whether Federal lending practices are contributing to market concentration in the livestock and dairy sectors. (Sec. 8) Directs the President to prepare a consolidation plan for the U.S. food inspection system. (Sec. 9) Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require a labeling system for U.S.-produced meat and meat food products. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary to collect and publicize information on bulk cheese spot transactions. 2025-08-21T20:14:19Z  
104-hr-3795 104 hr 3795 Precision Agriculture Research, Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-07-11 1996-07-18 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] KY R L000293 22 Precision Agriculture Research, Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1996 - Amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to emphasize competitive grants that promote precision agriculture (as defined by this Act) research projects and to promote dissemination of such projects' results. Provides for the establishment of multistate and national agriculture partnerships, including existing partnerships between national laboratories (Secretary of Energy) and the Department of Agriculture. Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to include precision agriculture within the research categories of the Fund for Rural America. 2025-08-21T20:16:14Z  
104-s-1949 104 s 1949 Cattle Industry Improvement Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-07-11 1996-07-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 12 Cattle Industry Improvement Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to advance the Fund for Rural America's initial funding date. (Sec. 3) Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to prohibit noncompetitive practices relating to the price or terms of sale of livestock or meat and meat by-products. (Sec. 4) Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to set forth domestic market reporting requirements for certain persons in the slaughter business. Defines "captive supply." (Sec. 5) Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 with regard to livestock and meat food products reporting requirements. (Sec. 6) Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to prohibit retaliation by packers against livestock producers. Provides damages for producers suffering such retaliation. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an interagency working group to review whether Federal lending practices are contributing to market concentration in the livestock and dairy sectors. (Sec. 8) Directs the President to prepare a consolidation plan for the U.S. food inspection system. (Sec. 9) Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require a labeling system for U.S.-produced meat and meat food products. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary to collect and publicize information on bulk cheese spot transactions. 2025-08-21T20:15:07Z  
104-s-1938 104 s 1938 A bill to enact the model Good Samaritan Act Food Donation Act, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-07-10 1996-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] MO R B000611 4 Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 with respect to the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to: (1) eliminate references to it as "only" a model law; (2) retitle it as the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act; and (3) transfer it to the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Sets forth a donation liability standard for nonprofit organizations. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
104-s-1939 104 s 1939 Livestock Market Revitalization Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-07-10 1996-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] ND D C000705 3 Livestock Market Revitalization Act of 1996 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to define "captive supply" as livestock acquired by a packer for slaughter, including livestock delivered seven days or more before slaughter. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make information available to the public concerning livestock slaughtered or marketed in the United States, and captive market transactions; (2) monitor antitrust and anticompetitive activities among packers and stockyards; and (3) collect and disseminate marketing information on a national, regional, and local basis. (Sec. 5) Amends the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 to make it an unfair trade practice to fail to act in good faith with producer cooperatives. (Sec. 6) Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act with respect to grade labeling of imported meat. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to establish a livestock industry commission. 2025-08-21T20:14:56Z  
104-hr-3762 104 hr 3762 Dairy and Livestock Producer Protection Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-07-09 1996-07-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: H. Hrg. 104-33. House Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] WI R G000524 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Dairy Industry Security Reserve Fund Title II: Statutory Trust for Livestock Sellers Dairy and Livestock Producer Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Dairy Industry Security Reserve Fund - Establishes: (1) in the Department of Agriculture the Dairy Industry Security Reserve Fund; and (2) a Board of Trustees to administer such Fund. Finances the Fund through milk handler assessments (with exceptions for noncommercial handlers and handler-producers). Sets forth (Fund) submission and payment of claim provisions for milk producers unable to receive payment from bankrupt handlers. Title II: Statutory Trust for Livestock Sellers - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to establish a statutory trust for livestock sellers with respect to dealer or market agency purchasers. 2025-08-21T20:15:31Z  
104-sres-277 104 sres 277 A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that, to ensure continuation of a competitive free-market system in the cattle and beef markets, the Secretary of Agriculture and Attorney General should use existing legal authorities to monitor commerce and practices in the cattle and beef markets for potential antitrust violations, the Secretary of Agriculture should increase reporting practices regarding domestic commerce in the beef and cattle markets (including exports and imports), and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-07-09 1996-07-09 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] ID R C000858 10 Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to cattle and beef trade issues of: (1) antitrust and international trade barriers; (2) collection and reporting functions; (3) self-regulation; and (4) emergency loan guarantee funding. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-hr-3750 104 hr 3750 Interstate Distribution of State-Inspected Meat Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-06-27 1996-07-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry. House Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] TX R T000238 2 Interstate Distribution of State-Inspected Meat Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry under specified circumstances. 2025-08-21T20:14:28Z  
104-hr-3697 104 hr 3697 Encouragement of Electronic Benefit Transfer Systems Act Agriculture and Food 1996-06-20 1996-06-26 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] KS R R000307 3 Encouragement of Electronic Benefit Transfer Systems Act - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exempt food stamp benefits delivered through an electronic transfer system from specified requirements of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and regulations of the Federal Reserve System. 2025-08-21T20:15:16Z  
104-hr-3665 104 hr 3665 Census of Agriculture Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-06-18 1996-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. House Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] KS R R000307 18 Census of Agriculture Act of 1996 - Amends Federal law to transfer authority to conduct the census of agriculture from the Secretary of Commerce to the Secretary (Secretary) of Agriculture. Requires the Secretary to take a census every five years beginning after 1998. Sets forth confidentiality provisions. 2025-04-07T15:28:51Z  
104-sres-259 104 sres 259 A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should use the disaster reserve established under section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 to alleviate distress to all livestock producers who have suffered feed losses due to drought, flooding, or other natural disasters in 1996 in the most cost efficient manner practicable, including cash payments from the sale of commodities in the disaster reserve, and should provide voluntary conservation assistance to persons who hay or graze on conservation reserve lands, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-06-12 1996-06-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6267) Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 4 Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should: (1) use the disaster reserve for livestock producers affected by natural disasters in 1996; and (2) provide voluntary conservation assistance to anyone who is permitted to hay or graze conservation reserve land on an emergency basis. 2016-10-26T07:52:37Z  
104-sres-260 104 sres 260 A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that livestock producers who are not eligible for emergency livestock feed assistance in the 1996 crop year, and who have suffered feed losses due to drought, flooding, or other natural disasters in 1996, should receive special consideration for assistance from commodities or the sale or commodities currently available in the disaster reserve established under section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-06-12 1996-06-12 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6163) Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 4 Expresses the sense of the Senate that special consideration for disaster reserve assistance should be given to livestock producers who suffered losses in 1996 from natural disasters but did not qualify for emergency livestock feed assistance. 2016-10-26T07:52:37Z  
104-sres-261 104 sres 261 A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should allow livestock producers who had qualified for emergency livestock feed assistance in the 1995 crop year to be eligible for emergency livestock feed assistance in the 1996 crop year, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-06-12 1996-06-12 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6164) Senate Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] TX R G000365 3 Expresses the sense of the Senate that livestock producers who had qualified for 1995 emergency livestock feed assistance should be eligible for such assistance in 1996. 2016-10-26T07:52:37Z  
104-s-1862 104 s 1862 Interstate Distribution of State-Inspected Meat Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-06-11 1996-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] SD R P000513 3 Interstate Distribution of State-Inspected Meat Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry under specified circumstances. 2025-08-21T20:16:52Z  
104-hr-3575 104 hr 3575 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to include native pasture for livestock among the list of crops specifically identified as eligible for noninsured crop disaster assistance. Agriculture and Food 1996-06-04 1996-06-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops. House Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] NM D R000229 1 Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to make assistance available under the noninsured crop assistance program for native pasture for livestock. 2025-01-02T17:38:26Z  
104-s-1829 104 s 1829 A bill to prohibit the purchase of foreign beef by a school participating in the school lunch, school breakfast, or child care food program, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-06-04 1996-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] SD R P000513 0 Amends the National School Lunch Act to require schools or service institutions participating in the school lunch program, the school breakfast program, or the child care food program to buy U.S beef. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-hr-3554 104 hr 3554 To authorize immediate haying and grazing during 1996 on certain lands enrolled in the conservation reserve program in the State of Tennessee. Agriculture and Food 1996-05-30 1996-06-10 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Bryant, Ed [R-TN-7] TN R B000996 7 Authorizes temporary haying and grazing on certain conservation reserve lands in Tennessee. 2025-01-02T17:38:26Z  
104-s-1822 104 s 1822 A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the Security of Agriculture to waive the prohibition on the termination of conservation reserve contracts for certain lands, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-05-24 1996-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 0 Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the restrictions on the types of conservation reserve program land that may be removed by an owner or operator if such land will be used for haying, grazing, or other use not destructive of vegetative cover. 2025-04-07T15:27:30Z  
104-sconres-63 104 sconres 63 A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should dispose of all remaining commodities in the disaster reserve maintained under the Agricultural Act of 1970 to relieve the distress of livestock producers whose ability to maintain livestock is adversely affected by disaster conditions existing in certain areas of the United States, such as prolonged drought or flooding, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-05-24 1996-06-12 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Senate Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] KS R K000017 12 States that the Secretary of Agriculture should use all disaster reserve commodities to assist livestock producers adversely affected by drought and flooding. 2025-04-07T15:28:40Z  
104-hconres-181 104 hconres 181 Expressing the Sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should dispose of all remaining commodities in the disaster reserve maintained under the Agricultural Act of 1970 to relieve the distress of livestock producers whose ability to maintain livestock is adversely affected by the prolonged drought conditions existing in certain areas of the United States. Agriculture and Food 1996-05-23 1996-06-05 Received in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428. House Rep. Barrett, Bill [R-NE-3] NE R B000179 11 States that the Secretary of Agriculture should use all disaster reserve commodities to assist livestock producers adversely affected by drought and flooding. 2025-04-07T15:28:40Z  
104-s-1798 104 s 1798 Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-05-23 1996-05-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] WI D F000061 0 Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of 1996 - Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to define the terms "legal entity," "operator," and "single farm operation." Directs the Secretary of the Interior, for each parcel of land to which irrigation water is delivered or proposed to be delivered, to identify a single individual or legal entity as the owner, lessee, or operator. Allows irrigation water to be delivered at less than the normal per-acre cost to either: (1) a qualified recipient that reports gross farm income from a single farm operation in excess of $500,000 per taxable year; or (2) a limited recipient that received such water on or before October 1, 1981, and that reports gross farm income in excess of such amount. Provides an inflation adjustment for calendar years after 1997. Requires lessees (currently, only owners and operators) of an irrigation district to furnish such district a certification of compliance with the Act. Allows the Secretary to require a lessee or operator to submit for examination a copy of a tax return for any taxable year in which the single farm operation of the lessee or operator received irrigation water at less than full cost. Repeals a provision exempting district lands held in trust from Federal reclamation ownership and cost pricing limitations. Directs the Secretary to establish penalties for failure to comply with provisions of the Act. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior, the Treasury, and Agriculture to enter into a memorandum of understanding to permit the Secretary of the Interior to have access to and use available information collected or maintained by either the Department of the Treasury or Agriculture that would aid in enforcement of the ownership and pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law. 2025-08-21T20:17:03Z  
104-s-1803 104 s 1803 A bill to provide relief to agricultural producers who grant easements to, or owned or operated land condemned by, the Secretary of the Army for flooding losses caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, to the extent that the actual losses exceed the estimate of the Secretary, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-05-23 1996-05-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 0 Directs the Secretary of the Army to compensate certain agricultural producers for flooding losses caused by water retention at the Lake Redrock, Iowa, dam site. 2025-04-07T15:23:12Z  
104-s-1758 104 s 1758 Packers and Stockyards Improvement Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-05-15 1996-05-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] SD R P000513 0 Packers and Stockyards Improvement Act of 1996 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to provide that a livestock dealer or market agency shall hold the proceeds of a cash sale in trust for the seller until the seller receives full payment. Exempts certain small dealers or market agencies from such provision. States that: (1) a dishonored payment instrument shall not constitute a sale (with resultant loss of trust benefit); (2) third-party purchaser rights shall not be affected by such livestock dealer trust; and (3) jurisdiction for related civil matters shall be in U.S. district courts. Revises certain business recordkeeping requirements, including elimination of fine and imprisonment provisions. Includes formula-priced cattle in the definition of captive supply for data collection purposes. 2025-08-21T20:14:12Z  
104-hr-3449 104 hr 3449 Temporary Emergency Livestock Drought Relief Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-05-14 1996-05-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry. House Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2] NM R S000463 23 Temporary Emergency Livestock Drought Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide temporary assistance for certain drought-affected livestock producers. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to obligate specified funds for 1996 livestock feed emergencies. Requires a report on the use of certain commodity reserves for livestock assistance. 2025-08-21T20:15:47Z  
104-s-1755 104 s 1755 A bill to amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to provide that assistance shall be available under the noninsured crop assistance program for native pasture for livestock, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-05-14 1996-05-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 7 Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to make assistance available under the noninsured crop assistance program for native pasture for livestock. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-s-1743 104 s 1743 Temporary Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-05-13 1996-06-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6267-6268) Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 20 Temporary Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1996 - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide temporary assistance for certain livestock producers. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to obligate specified funds for 1996 livestock feed emergencies. Requires a report on the use of certain commodity reserves for livestock assistance. 2025-08-21T20:16:20Z  
104-hr-3424 104 hr 3424 Competitive Livestock Markets Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-05-09 1996-05-20 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] SD D J000177 9 Competitive Livestock Markets Act of 1996 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to consider as an unlawful practice any anticompetitive practice relating to livestock and meat price and sale terms. Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to set forth reporting requirements (and noncompliance penalties) for certain persons in the livestock slaughtering business. Sets forth reporting requirements for certain exporters of meat and meat products. 2025-08-21T20:14:30Z  
104-hr-3325 104 hr 3325 To provide certain technical assistance to the Chickasaw Basin Authority. Agriculture and Food 1996-04-25 1996-09-05 Favorable Executive Comment Received from USDA. House Rep. Bryant, Ed [R-TN-7] TN R B000996 0 Makes certain Department of Agriculture funds available for erosion-related technical assistance to the Chickasaw Basin Authority. 2025-01-02T17:38:13Z  
104-s-1707 104 s 1707 A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to establish a trust for the benefit of the seller of livestock until the seller receives payment in full for the livestock, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-04-25 1996-04-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] SD R P000513 0 Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to provide that a livestock dealer or market agency shall hold the proceeds of a cash sale in trust for the seller until the seller receives full payment. Exempts certain small dealers or market agencies from such provision. States that: (1) a dishonored payment instrument shall not constitute a sale (with resultant loss of trust benefit); (2) third-party purchaser rights shall not be affected by such livestock dealer trust; and (3) jurisdiction for related civil matters shall be in U.S. district courts. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-s-1690 104 s 1690 A bill to provide a grace period for the prohibition on Consolidated Farm Service Agency lending to delinquent borrowers, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-04-22 1996-04-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] ND D C000705 11 Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide a specified grace period for the prohibition on lending to delinquent borrowers. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-hr-3236 104 hr 3236 To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide a grace period for the prohibition on Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA) lending to delinquent borrowers. Agriculture and Food 1996-04-15 1996-04-26 For Further Action See H.R.3019. House Rep. Combest, Larry [R-TX-19] TX R C000653 15 Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide a specified grace period for the prohibition on lending to delinquent borrowers. 2025-01-02T17:38:02Z  
104-hr-3200 104 hr 3200 Food Amendments and the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-03-29 1996-05-02 Subcommittee Hearings Held. House Rep. Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2] WI R K000274 138 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Food Amendments Title II: Animal Drugs Food Amendments and the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996 - Title I: Food Amendments - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to state the mission of the Food and Drug Administration. (Sec. 102) Modifies requirements regarding label claims of a relationship between a nutritional ingredient and a health-related condition. (Sec. 104) Prohibits construing FDCA provisions relating to misbranding or food additives to require a separate disclosure of a method of production or an ingredient other than in the statement of ingredients, unless necessary to protect the public health. (Sec. 105) Allows certain labeling and additive (including color additive) petitions to be submitted to an accredited person and deems the person's recommendation to be a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services unless the Secretary makes certain findings. Provides for accreditation. (Sec. 107) Allows an additive in feed for food-producing animals, and allows approval of a new animal drug, if the additive or drug presents a small risk (currently, if the additive will not adversely affect the animals and if no residue will be found in food from the animal). (Sec. 108) Prohibits States and subdivisions from having any requirement for a human food, a drug or biological product, or a cosmetic of the type authorized or required under the adulteration, misbranding, or new drug provisions of the FDCA, subject to exception and waiver. (Sec. 109) Directs the Secretary to regularly meet with other countries regarding reducing regulation and seeking reciprocal arrangements. (Sec. 110) Prohibits the Secretary from relying on statements that have not been promulgated in accordance with Federal rulemaking requirements to require any action to be taken to satisfy an FDCA requirement. (Sec. 111) Amends the FDCA and the Federal Trade Commission Act to remove or repeal provisions regulating the sale, public eating place serving, and advertising of co… 2025-08-21T20:16:54Z  
104-s-1613 104 s 1613 A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to provide greater flexibility to schools to meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans under the school lunch and school breakfast programs, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-03-14 1996-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] MS R C000567 4 Amends the National School Lunch Act to permit schools to use any reasonable approach to meet certain dietary guidelines under the school lunch and breakfast programs. Prohibits schools from being required to use or conduct nutrient analysis. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-s-1602 104 s 1602 A bill to amend the Plant Variety Protection Act to provide plant variety protection to a tuber propagated plant variety if the variety has not been sold or otherwise disposed of in any area outside the United States for more than a period determined by the Secretary of Agriculture and the variety receives plant variety protection in any area outside the United States, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-03-11 1996-03-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] ME R S000663 1 Amends the Plant Variety Protection Act to provide plant variety protection for certain tuber propagated plant varieties. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-hr-2973 104 hr 2973 Agricultural Regulatory Relief and Trade Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-02-27 1996-03-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities. House Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] KS R R000307 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agricultural Credit Subtitle A: Amendments to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act Subtitle B: Amendments to the Farm Credit Act of 1971 Title II: Rural Development Title III: Conservation Subtitle A: Consolidation of Conservation Financial Assistance Programs of the Department of Agriculture Subtitle B: Water Quality Conservation Program for Livestock Operations Subtitle C: Highly Erodible Cropland Conservation Subtitle D: Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program Subtitle E: Wetland Conservation Reform Title IV: Agricultural Trade Subtitle A: Public Law 480 and Related Law Subtitle B: Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Subtitle D: Dairy Export Programs Title V: Extension of Research Authorities Title VI: Issuance of Orders for Promotion, Research, and Information Activities Regarding Agricultural Commodities Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle A: General Conservation Provisions Subtitle B: Inspection Agricultural Regulatory Relief and Trade Act of 1996 - Title I: Agricultural Credit - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to target ownership and operating loans to (citizen) family farmers. (Sec. 103) Eliminates specified non-income producing loans and authorities. (Sec. 104) Prohibits (with exceptions) loans to previously defaulting borrowers. (Sec. 105) Reduces emergency loan limits. (Sec. 106) Revises specified beginning farmer provisions. (Sec. 107) Repeals target participation rate provisions. Subtitle B: Amendments to the Farm Credit Act of 1971 - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 with respect to: (1) loan decisions; (2) loan restruct… 2025-08-21T20:15:31Z  
104-hr-2969 104 hr 2969 Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-02-23 1996-04-09 Became Public Law No: 104-128. House Rep. Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2] WI R K000274 4 Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 - Repeals the Tea Importation Act (thereby eliminating the Board of Tea Experts). 2025-04-07T15:26:47Z  
104-hr-2934 104 hr 2934 Taxpayer Savings Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-02-01 1996-02-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops. House Rep. Blute, Peter I. [R-MA-3] MA R B000576 0 Taxpayer Savings Act of 1996 - Amends Federal law to repeal or eliminate the following: (1) the commercial export market promotion program and the export enhancement program, both established and operated by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) under the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978; (2) certain animal damage control activities under the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986; and (3) the tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) for the use and production of ethanol as a fuel and other incentives (including reduced tax rates) for the use and production of ethanol (requiring fuel alcohol to be taxed in the same manner as other motor fuels). Imposes a floor stocks tax rate of 18.4 cents a gallon on fuel alcohol held on the date of enactment of this Act. Outlines liability for such tax and the method and time of payment. Prohibits the imposition of such tax: (1) on fuel alcohol held in the tank of a motor vehicle or motorboat; and (2) when the aggregate amount of fuel held by a person (including certain corporations) does not exceed 2,000 gallons. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to terminate the agricultural price support and production adjustment programs for sugar beets and sugarcane. Terminates the acreage allotments and marketing quotas for such products under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from making price supports available for crops of sugar beets or sugarcane by using CCC funds or under any other law. Requires the Secretary to settle outstanding loans. Terminates the peanut marketing quota and peanut price support programs under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949. Prohibits the Secretary from making future price supports for peanut crops. Requires the Secretary to settle outstanding loans. 2025-08-21T20:14:39Z  
104-hr-2950 104 hr 2950 Agriculture Market Development Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1996-02-01 1996-02-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. House Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] WA R N000051 5 Agriculture Market Development Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and, in cooperation with eligible trade organizations (ETOs), carry out a foreign market development cooperator program to maintain and develop foreign markets for U.S. agricultural commodities. Requires that the program be carried out through multiyear contracts or agreements between the Secretary and ETOs, with cost sharing provided by the Secretary to the ETOs. Authorizes appropriations. Defines "eligible trade organization" to mean a U.S. trade organization that promotes agricultural exports and that does not have a business interest in or receive remuneration from specific sales. Requires participating ETOs to submit annual marketing plans. 2025-08-21T20:14:27Z  
104-hr-2908 104 hr 2908 Domesticated Salmonid Broodstock and Seedstock Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-01-31 1996-06-20 Executive Comment Received from Commerce. House Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] WA R H000329 7 Domesticated Salmonid Broodstock and Seedstock Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with producers of domesticated salmonid seedstock, to establish a comprehensive program with regard to domesticated salmonid broodstock and seedstock to: (1) provide effective and efficient diagnostic and certification services in a manner that fosters the participation of State and private laboratories; (2) establish health criteria; and (3) monitor, evaluate, and facilitate the elimination of unreasonable impediments to the interstate commerce of such stock that is certified under the program. Authorizes the Secretary to use specified authorities to regulate the production, transportation, and exportation of such stock in order to prevent the introduction or dissemination in interstate commerce and international trade of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease associated with it and to promote its exportation. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish an advisory committee to advise the Secretary regarding the development and implementation of the program; and (2) certify to any person the health status of any domesticated salmonid seedstock intended for export from the United States. Grants the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce sole responsibility for the health of salmonids and the products thereof located in any facility administered by the Departments of the Interior or Commerce. 2025-08-21T20:15:46Z  
104-hr-2921 104 hr 2921 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide that imported tomatoes are subject to packing standards contained in marketing orders issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-01-31 1996-02-13 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5] FL D T000253 17 Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject imported tomatoes to certain domestic packing requirements. 2025-04-07T15:23:20Z  
104-hr-2905 104 hr 2905 To require a study regarding risk management fund accounts for farm owners and operators. Agriculture and Food 1996-01-30 1996-02-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops. House Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] NE R B000403 0 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress regarding establishment of risk management fund accounts for farm owners and operators. 2025-01-02T17:37:42Z  
104-s-1541 104 s 1541 Agricultural Reform and Improvement Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-01-26 1996-03-12 See also H.R. 2854. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 23 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agricultural Market Transition Program Title II: Agricultural Trade Subtitle A: Amendments to Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and Related Statutes Subtitle B: Amendments to Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Title III: Conservation Subtitle A: Definitions Subtitle B: Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program Subtitle C: Conservation Funding Subtitle D: National Natural Resources Conservation Foundation Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Title IV: Nutrition Assistance Title V: Miscellaneous Subtitle A: General Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle B: Options Pilot Programs and Risk Management Education Subtitle C: Commercial Transportation of Equine for Slaughter Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Title VI: Credit Subtitle A: Agricultural Credit Subtitle B: Farm Credit System Title VII: Rural Development Subtitle A: Amendments to the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 Subtitle B: Amendments to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act Subtitle C: Amendments to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Rural Development Provisions Title VIII: Research Extension and Education Subtitle A: Amendments to National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 and Related Statutes Subtitle B: Amendments to Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Research Provisions Title IX: Agricultural Promotion Subtitle A: Popcorn Subtitle B: Canola and Rapeseed Subtitle C: Kiwi… 2025-04-07T15:28:40Z  
104-s-1523 104 s 1523 Agricultural Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1996-01-23 1996-01-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] ND D D000432 3 Agricultural Act of 1995 - Applies for 1996, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment of 1938, the Agricultural Act of 1949, the Food Security Act of 1985, and the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 and each program authorized or reauthorized by any of the Acts that were applicable on September 30, 1995. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to: (1) modify planting flexibility requirements; and (2) set forth terms and conditions, applicable to 1995 disasters, for advance deficiency payments. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow inclusion in a conservation reserve program of croplands that will be used to store water for flood control in a closed basin. 2025-08-21T20:16:57Z  
104-hr-2854 104 hr 2854 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-01-05 1996-04-04 Became Public Law No: 104-127. House Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] KS R R000307 15 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agricultural Market Transition Act Subtitle A: Short Title, Purpose, and Definitions Subtitle B: Production Flexibility Contracts Subtitle C: Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments Subtitle D: Other Commodities Subtitle E: Administration Subtitle F: Permanent Price Support Authority Subtitle G: Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture Subtitle H: Miscellaneous Commodity Provisions Title II: Agricultural Trade Subtitle A: Amendments to Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and Related Statutes Subtitle B: Amendments to Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Agricultural Trade Provisions Title III: Conservation Subtitle A: Definitions Subtitle B: Highly Erodible Land Conservation Subtitle C: Wetland Conservation Subtitle D: Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program Subtitle E: Conservation Funding and Administration Subtitle F: National Natural Resources Conservation Foundation Subtitle G: Forestry Subtitle H: Miscellaneous Conservation Provisions Title IV: Nutrition Assistance Title V: Agricultural Promotion Subtitle A: Commodity Promotion and Evaluation Subtitle B: Issuance of Orders for Promotion, Research, and Information Activities Regarding Agricultural Commodities Subtitle C: Canola and Rapeseed Subtitle D: Kiwifruit Subtitle E: Popcorn Subtitle F: Miscellaneous Title VI: Credit Subtitle A: Farm Ownership Loans Subtitle B: Operating Loans Subtitle C: Emergency Loans Subtitle D: Administrative Provisions Sub… 2025-04-07T15:29:50Z  
104-hr-2860 104 hr 2860 To repeal restrictive provisions of Federal law relating to colored margarine. Agriculture and Food 1996-01-05 1996-04-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] KY R W000413 0 Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to remove or repeal provisions regulating the sale, public eating place serving, and advertising of colored oleomargarine or colored margarine. Repeals related definitions. 2025-01-02T17:37:28Z  
104-s-1518 104 s 1518 Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-01-05 1996-03-25 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 387, papers are returned to the Senate. (consideration: CR H2577-2578) Senate Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] CO R B000919 1 Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 - Prohibits Federal Drug Administration funds to be used to operate the Board of Tea Experts. Repeals the Tea Importation Act. 2025-08-21T20:14:03Z  
104-hr-2833 104 hr 2833 To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to require that perishable agricultural products be labeled or marked as to their country of origin. Agriculture and Food 1995-12-22 1996-01-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops. House Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] OH D K000009 1 Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to: (1) require all retail domestic and imported perishable agricultural commodities to have country of origin labeling; and (2) impose penalties for labeling noncompliance. 2025-01-02T17:37:27Z  
104-hr-2787 104 hr 2787 To repeal the price support programs and related acreage allotment and marketing quota programs for agricultural commodities, to repeal marketing orders issued to regulate the handling of certain agricultural commodities, and to establish a special fund to assist farmers whose annual net income from all sources is less than $30,000. Agriculture and Food 1995-12-15 1995-12-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities. House Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] MA D F000339 0 Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal price support authority. Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to repeal Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) price support authority. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal acreage allotment and marketing quota authority. Prohibits future CCC price support assistance. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to repeal marketing order authority. Terminates existing marketing agreements and authorities. Establishes in the Treasury the Farmers Support Fund to assist producers with annual incomes of less than $30,000. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z  
104-hr-2793 104 hr 2793 Conservation Incentives Program Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-12-15 1995-12-20 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] NC D R000436 0 Conservation Incentives Program Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a conservation incentives program to provide technical assistance, cost-sharing payments, and incentive payments to participating agricultural operators. Establishes a special rule and funding obligations for livestock operations. Establishes program and land priorities. Sets forth: (1) duties of the operators and of the Secretary; and (2) eligible land categories. Funds (with spending caps) such program through the Commodity Credit Corporation. 2025-08-21T20:15:20Z  
104-hr-2794 104 hr 2794 Peanut Program Improvement Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-12-15 1996-01-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] NC D R000436 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Peanut Price Support and Production Adjustment Program Title II: Peanut Standards Peanut Program Improvement Act of 1995 - Title I: Peanut Price Support and Production Adjustment Program - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend peanut program national and farm poundage quota and acreage allotment provisions through crop year 2002. Eliminates seed and includes import considerations in national poundage quota determinations. Sets a minimum 70 percent (of quota support rate) support rate for transferred additional peanuts. (Sec. 102) Revises and extends sale, lease, or transfer of farm poundage quota provisions through crop year 2002. Authorizes acreage allotment transfers to owners or operators within any county of a State. States that fall transfers shall no affect farm quota histories nor poundage quotas. Sets forth provisions for in-State farm poundage quota sales in large-quota States (10,000 tons or greater). (Sec. 103) Extends experimental and research, and marketing penalty provisions through crop year 2002. Applies penalty provisions to reentered (after export) peanut products made from additional peanuts. (Sec. 105) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to revise and extend peanut price support provisions through crop year 2002. Makes peanuts produced outside New Mexico ineligible for New Mexico pools. Revises loss provisions. Subjects imported peanuts to domestic peanut quality standards. Extends marketing assessment provisions (at 1.2 percent) through crop year 2002. Treats imported peanuts as additional peanuts. Includes importers within the definition of "first purchaser." States that marketing assessment funds shall be used to offset the cost of the peanut price support program. (Sec. 107) Suspends specified permanent peanut program provisions. (Sec. 108) Revises producer referendum provisions. Title II: Peanut Standards - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the warehouse inspection and grading of all peanut and… 2025-08-21T20:14:35Z  
104-hr-2775 104 hr 2775 To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, the Food for Progress Act of 1985, and the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to extend the authorities under those Acts. Agriculture and Food 1995-12-13 1995-12-14 Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Voice Vote. House Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] NY R G000212 1 Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to extend: (1) minimum assistance requirements for private and emergency, and nonemergency agricultural commodity assistance programs; (2) the food aid consultative group; and (3) program authority. Amends the Food for Progress Act of 1985 to extend the commodity assistance programs under such Act, including additional assistance for program administration. Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to extend the agricultural assistance to emerging democracies program under such Act. 2025-04-07T15:23:01Z  
104-s-1468 104 s 1468 Peanut Program Improvement Act Agriculture and Food 1995-12-12 1995-12-18 Star Print ordered on the bill. Senate Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] AL D H000445 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Peanut Price Support and Production Adjustment Program Title II: Peanut Standards Peanut Program Improvement Act - Title I: Peanut Price Support and Production Adjustment Program - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend peanut program national and farm poundage quota and acreage allotment provisions through crop year 2002. Eliminates seed and includes import considerations in national poundage quota determinations. Sets a minimum 70 percent (of quota support rate) support rate for transferred additional peanuts. (Sec. 102) Revises and extends sale, lease, or transfer of farm poundage quota provisions through crop year 2002. Authorizes acreage allotment transfers to owners or operators within any county of a State. States that fall transfers shall no affect farm quota histories nor poundage quotas. Sets forth provisions for in-State farm poundage quota sales in large-quota States (10,000 tons or greater). (Sec. 103) Extends experimental and research, and marketing penalty provisions through crop year 2002. Applies penalty provisions to reentered (after export) peanut products made from additional peanuts. (Sec. 105) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to revise and extend peanut price support provisions through crop year 2002. Makes peanuts produced outside New Mexico ineligible for New Mexico pools. Revises loss provisions. Subjects imported peanuts to domestic peanut quality standards. Extends marketing assessment provisions (at 1.2 percent) through crop year 2002. Treats imported peanuts as additional peanuts. Includes importers within the definition of "first purchaser." States that marketing assessment funds shall be used to offset the cost of the peanut price support program. (Sec. 107) Suspends specified permanent peanut program provisions. Title II: Peanut Standards - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the warehouse inspection and grading of all peanut and peanut products sold in the United States. Requires the … 2025-08-21T20:16:39Z  
104-s-1462 104 s 1462 A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide that imported tomatoes are subject to packing standards contained in marketing orders issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1995-12-11 1995-12-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] FL D G000352 1 Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject imported tomatoes to certain domestic packing requirements. 2025-04-07T15:30:31Z  
104-hr-2730 104 hr 2730 To eliminate segregationist language from the Second Morrill Act. Agriculture and Food 1995-12-06 1995-12-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research and Forestry. House Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] MD D M000687 0 Eliminates racially segregationist language in the Second Morrill Act, which relates to land-grant colleges and institutions. 2025-01-02T17:37:15Z  
104-s-1449 104 s 1449 Agricultural Promotion Accountability Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-12-05 1995-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] WI D F000061 0 Agricultural Promotion Accountability Act of 1995 - Defines a "promotion program" to mean any coordinated program of promotion, research, industry information, and consumer information funded by mandatory assessments on producers and designed to maintain and expand markets and uses for an agricultural commodity. Prohibits a board or council established by a promotion program from using any funds it collects to: (1) influence legislation or governmental action or policy (except for amendments to the promotion program); or (2) enhance the image of an industry (except for promoting a product image with the express intent of stimulating demand and sales). Regulates board or council contracts and agreements. Declares that it is the policy of the Congress that boards and councils should use competitive bidding in awarding contracts and grants. Regulates board or council membership and the use of assessed funds regarding influencing government action. Mandates an annual review of board or council arrangements with any entity that engages in activities to influence governmental action. Mandates referenda at least every five years to determine whether to approve or terminate the order under the promotion program and whether refunds should be made under the order. 2025-08-21T20:16:07Z  
104-hr-2696 104 hr 2696 Agricultural Equity Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-11-30 1995-12-04 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2] MN D M000795 0 Agricultural Equity Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make price support loans and deficiency payments (excluding oilseeds) through 2002 for wheat, feed grains, rice, upland cotton, and oilseeds. Provides for increased flex acreage. Requires crop insurance as a condition of program eligibility. Directs the Secretary to review the status and future of production agriculture, including development of related legislative proposals. 2025-08-21T20:14:06Z  
104-hr-2672 104 hr 2672 To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow States to regulate the use of the term "fresh" in the labeling of poultry. Agriculture and Food 1995-11-20 1995-11-27 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18] CA D C000670 19 Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize States to regulate use of the term "fresh" in the labeling of poultry. 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z  
104-hr-2646 104 hr 2646 To amend the sugar price support program in the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for a additional assessment with respect to raw cane sugar produced in the Everglades agricultural area in the State of Florida to finance land acquisition projects for the restoration of the Florida Everglades. Agriculture and Food 1995-11-16 1995-11-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 3 Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize an additional assessment on raw cane sugar and sugarcane molasses produced in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida. Establishes an Everglades Agricultural Area Account. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Account funds to make grants to the South Florida Water Management District or other appropriate public entity to purchase and make water storage improvements to agricultural lands in the Area for use in Everglades restoration. 2025-01-02T17:37:15Z  
104-hr-2653 104 hr 2653 Tobacco Amendments Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-11-16 1995-11-27 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] NC D R000436 0 Tobacco Amendments Act of 1995 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend tobacco marketing assessment authority. States that such fees shall be used to pay for other tobacco programs not covered by user fees or other specified assessments or contributions. (Sec. 3) Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to revise farm acreage allotment and marketing quota reduction provisions. (Sec. 4) Makes a specified farm reconstitution provision applicable to burley (burley) tobacco. (Sec. 5) Reduces a certain percentage threshold regarding disaster-transfer of flue-cured (flue-cured) tobacco quotas. (Sec. 6) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to expand the tobacco types subject to no net cost assessment. (Sec. 7) Amends the Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal certain tobacco export reporting requirements. (Sec. 8) Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal certain flue-cured and burley marketing quota reduction provisions. (Sec. 9) Amends the Tobacco Inspection Act to provide for civil penalties and cease and desist orders for violations of such Act. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction in such matters. (Sec 10.) Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to permit flue-cured or other tobacco quota or allotment transfers across within-State county lines if approved by producer referendum. Eliminates certain burley quota transfer provisions for Tennessee and Virginia. (Sec. 11) Eliminates certain tobacco exports from flue- cured and burley national marketing quota calculations. (Sec. 12) Revises certain burley marketing quota lease and transfer provisions. (Sec. 14) Increases maximum acreage transfers. (Sec. 15) States that performance rendered in good faith reliance upon Department of Agriculture advice or actions may be accepted as meeting appropriate marketing quota requirements. (Sec. 16) Harmonizes certain flue-cured and burley sales dates. (Sec. 17) Authorizes a recent farm purchaser to sell burley or flue-cured marketing quotas within one year of such purchase. 2025-08-21T20:16:30Z  
104-hr-2602 104 hr 2602 Imported Food Labeling Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-11-09 1995-11-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops. House Rep. Bono, Sonny [R-CA-44] CA R B000622 20 Imported Food Labeling Act of 1995 - Requires country of origin labeling of perishable agricultural commodities imported into the United States. Establishes criminal fines for violations of such provision. 2025-08-21T20:17:11Z  
104-s-1407 104 s 1407 Energy Crop Production Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-11-09 1995-11-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 0 Energy Crop Production Act of 1995 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit harvesting of crops on conservation reserve and conservation use lands that may be used to generate electric power or other energy products("energy crops"). 2025-08-21T20:16:50Z  
104-hr-2597 104 hr 2597 To modify the price support program for milk; to establish a class IV account applicable to the products of milk; to modify the dairy export incentive program; and to consolidate and reform Federal milk marketing orders. Agriculture and Food 1995-11-08 1995-11-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry. House Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] NY R S000675 30 Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish milk price support provisions for calendar years 1996 through 2002. Mandates establishment of a special milk marketing order to equalize returns on all milk used in the 48 contiguous States to produce Class IV final products (butter, nonfat dry milk, and dry whole milk) among all milk marketed by producers for commercial use in those States. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the termination date of the dairy products export incentive program (renaming it as the exporter bid program). Establishes a dairy products export incentive program (the price equalization program), requiring it to provide for payments by the Commodity Credit Corporation to the Administrator of the Class IV account established under the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995. Mandates inviting proposals and conducting expedited hearings on consolidating and reforming Federal milk marketing orders issued under specified provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, including considering how all milk shall be regulated under Federal or State order, with manufacturing grade producers receiving pool proceeds from Class III and Class IV sales only. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that Federal milk marketing orders in operation under the Agricultural Adjustment Act should be consolidated to between 8 and 14 orders. 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z  
104-hr-2590 104 hr 2590 Farm Credit and Rural Development Reform Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-11-07 1995-11-13 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Allard, Wayne [R-CO-4] CO R A000109 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Subtitle A: Agricultural Credit Chapter 1: Amendments to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act Chapter 2: Amendments to the Farm Credit Act of 1971 Subtitle B: Rural Development Farm Credit and Rural Development Reform Act of 1995 - Subtitle A: Agricultural Credit - Chapter 1: Amendments to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act - Revises provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (the Act) regarding eligibility for real estate loans. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make such loans to any eligible applicant (i.e., any applying individual who is a United States citizen, has training or farming experience that the Secretary determines is sufficient to assure reasonable prospects of success in the proposed farming operation, is or will become an owner-operator of a not larger than family farm in the United States, and is unable to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere to finance farming operation needs at reasonable rates and terms). Specifies that an applicant other than an individual is eligible if: (1) the applicant is controlled by farmers and ranchers, is engaged primarily and directly in farming or ranching in the United States, is or will become an owner-operator of a not larger than family farm, and is unable to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere to finance farming operation needs at reasonable rates and terms; and (2) each individual who has greater than a five percent ownership interest in the applicant meets the eligibility requirements for individuals. Eliminates loans for recreational uses and facilities. Limits refinancing of existing indebtedness to the refinancing of loans related to farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations which significantly enhances the likelihood of repayment. Makes analogous revisions with respect to operating loans. Eliminates loans for Occupational Health and Safety Administration compliance. Makes analogous revisions regarding emergency loans, but also re… 2025-08-21T20:17:10Z  
104-hr-2593 104 hr 2593 Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act Agriculture and Food 1995-11-07 1995-11-13 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-5] IA R L000111 0 Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue an order to finance and implement a program of popcorn research, promotion, market development, and consumer information. Requires: (1) such order to establish a Popcorn Board; and (2) producer referenda. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:17:13Z  
104-hr-2575 104 hr 2575 To amend the sugar price support program to establish a special assessment for raw cane sugar marketed from production in the Everglades Production Area in the State of Florida to be used for restoration of the Everglades ecosystem. Agriculture and Food 1995-11-02 1995-11-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research and Forestry. House Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20] FL D D000275 3 Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize an additional assessment on raw sugar cane produced in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida. Establishes an Everglades Agricultural Area Account in the Commodity Credit Corporation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer Account funds to the South Florida Water Management District or other appropriate public entity to purchase agricultural lands in the Area. 2025-01-02T17:37:14Z  
104-hr-2577 104 hr 2577 To amend the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act to reinstate the right of soybean producers to demand and receive refunds of assessments imposed on producers under the Act, to require a referendum on termination of the soybean research and promotion order issued under the Act, and to require additional referendums at the request of a simple majority of soybean producers. Agriculture and Food 1995-11-02 1995-11-08 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] IL R E000282 1 Amends the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act to: (1) provide for certain soybean producer assessment refunds; (2) require a referendum on termination of the research and promotion order; and (3) require a simple majority for additional referendum requests. 2025-01-02T17:37:14Z  
104-s-1373 104 s 1373 Agricultural Resources Enhancement Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-11-01 1995-11-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 4 Agricultural Resources Enhancement Act of 1995 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 (the Act) to define: (1) "alternative conservation system" as one that achieves a substantial reduction in soil erosion; (2) "conservation system" to mean the conservation measures and practices that are approved for application by a producer to a highly erodible field that provide for cost effective and practical erosion reduction based on local resource conditions and standards contained in the Natural Resources Conservation Service field office technical guide (technical guide); and (3) "frequently cropped agricultural land" to mean agricultural land that exhibits wetland characteristics and that has been used for six of the ten years prior to January 1, 1996, for agricultural production or production of an annual or perennial agricultural crop, an aquaculture product, a nursery product, or a wetland crop. Specifies that a designation of highly erodible land on agricultural land shall be valid until an owner or operator requests a new designation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to provide the designation on the request of the owner or operator. Allows a designation of highly erodible land to be based on the most contemporary science, method, or technology, as determined by the Secretary, for determining soil erodibility that accurately reflects the potential for soil loss. (Sec. 4) Revises provisions of the Act regarding the highly erodible land conservation program to provide that (with exceptions) any participant in an annual program under the Agricultural Act of 1949 after January 1, 1996, who in any crop year after that date produces an agricultural commodity on a field on which highly erodible land is predominate, shall be in violation of such provisions and ineligible for loans or payments in an amount proportionate to the severity of the violation, taking into account the intent of the person and the frequency of the violations. Sets forth or revises provisions regarding: (1) ineligibility for… 2025-08-21T20:16:30Z  
104-s-1375 104 s 1375 Cooperator Program Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-11-01 1995-11-01 Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] MT R B001126 10 Cooperator Program Act of 1995 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and, in cooperation with eligible trade organizations (ETOs), carry out a foreign market development cooperator program to maintain and develop foreign markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. Directs that such program be carried out through multiyear contracts or agreements between the Secretary and ETOs under which cost sharing assistance shall be provided by the Secretary to the ETOs as cooperators for the conduct of foreign market development activities, and to third party cooperators, under specified annual marketing plans. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) eligibility requirements; and (2) criteria for contract approval. Requires an ETO participating in the program to provide market development and customer support services outside the United States directed at foreign purchasers, potential purchasers, and users of U.S. agricultural commodities and products through trade servicing, technical assistance, and consumer education. Sets forth specific goals, such as to increase foreign consumer and commercial use of, develop long-term foreign demand for, and help overcome constraints to U.S. exports of, the commodity or product. Requires: (1) a participating ETO to coordinate its activities with those of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) which shall assist ETOs in the development and operation of trade promotion programs that use product exhibits, trade teams, market information services, and trade referral services to expand international markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products; and (2) an ETO to consult with the FAS to ensure that the ETO's annual marketing plan is consistent with and complements the FAS's foreign market development activities. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) annual marketing plans; (2) oversight; and (3) cooperator organizations. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:14:18Z  
104-s-1377 104 s 1377 A bill to provide authority for the assessment of cane sugar produced in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1995-11-01 1995-11-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 1 Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize an additional assessment on raw sugar cane produced in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida. Establishes an Everglades Agricultural Area Account in the Commodity Credit Corporation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer Account funds to the South Florida Water Management District or other appropriate public entity to purchase agricultural lands in the Area. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-hr-2557 104 hr 2557 Agricultural Contract Sanctity Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-10-30 1996-01-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House. House Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] IL R E000282 24 Agricultural Contract Sanctity Act of 1995 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to: (1) eliminate certain agricultural export sales reporting requirements; and (2) prohibit the President from taking actions to curtail or prohibit agricultural exports without majority approval of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Provides fast track referral and procedures for any related bill to disapprove or modify a proposed curtailment or modification. 2025-08-21T20:15:40Z  
104-s-1367 104 s 1367 Farm Fairness Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-10-27 1995-10-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] CT D L000304 0 Farm Fairness Act of 1995 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish a $35,000 annual agricultural commodity program payment limit (exclusive of conservation payments). Applies such limit directly to a person based upon percentage of ownership in any related entity. Subjects general partnerships and joint ventures to such limit. Attributes payments to an entity to the owning person or persons (elimination of three entity rule). Revises "actively engaged in farming" eligibility provisions. Increases program ineligibility penalties for scheme or device violations. 2025-08-21T20:14:41Z  
104-hr-2542 104 hr 2542 Conservation Consolidation and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-10-26 1995-11-08 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. House Rep. Allard, Wayne [R-CO-4] CO R A000109 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reestablishment of Soil Conservation Service Title II: Consolidation of Conservation Financial Assistance Programs of the Department of Agriculture Subtitle A: Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program Subtitle B: Conforming Amendments Title III: Water Quality Conservation Program for Livestock Operations Title IV: Highly Erodible Cropland Conservation Title V: Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions Conservation Consolidation and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 - Title I: Reestablishment of Soil Conservation Service - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (Reorganization Act) to replace provisions regarding the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) with provisions reestablishing the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) as an agency within the Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA) of the Department of Agriculture (Department). Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the functions of SCS; and (2) special consultation requirements for certain functions, such as requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure that officials of county and area committees established under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (SCDAA)(county committees) meet annually with officials of Soil and Water Conservation Districts or similar organizations established under State law to consider local conservation priorities and guidelines. (Sec. 102) Revises the Reorganization Act to authorize the Secretary to use: (1) CFSA to provide financial assistance under the Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program and the Livestock Water Quality Conservation Program established under the Conservation Consolidation and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995; and (2) SCS to provide technical assistance under such programs. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to transfer to SCS: (1) all of the records, property, and personnel of NRCS; and (2) the unexpend… 2025-08-21T20:14:41Z  
104-hr-2532 104 hr 2532 Family Farm Empowerment Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-10-25 1995-10-31 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2] MN D M000795 6 Family Farm Empowerment Act of 1995 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 (Act) to provide nonrecourse marketing loans through 2002 for wheat, feed grains, rice, upland cotton, and oilseeds. Requires repayment at the lower of the loan rate or the prevailing domestic market price. Authorizes marketing loan deficiency payments for producers who forgo obtaining such loans. Provides for a total acreage base for such crops. Makes conforming amendments to certain price support programs. Eliminates acreage reduction programs for wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice. Amends the Disaster Assistance Act to extend funding obligations for the cottonseed and sunflower oil export programs. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Act to suspend specified permanent price support provisions for wheat, feed grains (including silage), and oilseeds. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to replace the three-entity rule (consideration as separate entities for limitations purposes) with a direct attribution rule (based upon ownership percentage). 2025-08-21T20:14:03Z  
104-s-1363 104 s 1363 A bill to terminate the agricultural price support and production adjustment programs for sugar on the date the President certifies to Congress that a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade has been entered into that prohibits all export subsidies for sugar, price support and production adjustment programs for sugar,and tariffs and other trade barriers on the importation of sugar,and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1995-10-25 1995-10-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] MI R A000355 0 Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to terminate sugarcane and sugar beet price support, marketing quota, and acreage allotment programs on the date the President certifies to the Congress that a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade has been entered into that prohibits all sugar export subsidies, price support and production adjustment programs, and other sugar import trade barriers. Makes related amendments to the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and the Food Security Act of 1985. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-hr-2523 104 hr 2523 Fairness in Agriculture Act Agriculture and Food 1995-10-24 1995-10-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities. House Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] OH R C000266 9 Fairness in Agriculture Act - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal price support authority. Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to eliminate Commodity Credit Corporation price support authority. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal acreage allotment and marketing quota provisions. 2025-08-21T20:15:03Z  
104-hr-2509 104 hr 2509 Canola and Rapeseed Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act Agriculture and Food 1995-10-19 1995-10-30 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Crapo, Mike [R-ID-2] ID R C000880 7 Canola and Rapeseed Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue an order to finance and implement a program of canola and rapeseed research, promotion, market development, and consumer information. Requires: (1) such order to establish a National Canola and Rapeseed Board; and (2) producer referenda. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:14:36Z  
104-s-1336 104 s 1336 Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act Agriculture and Food 1995-10-19 1995-10-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 0 Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue an order to finance and implement a program of popcorn research, promotion, market development, and consumer information. Requires: (1) such order to establish a Popcorn Board; and (2) producer referenda. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:14:46Z  
104-hr-2493 104 hr 2493 Food for Peace Reauthorization Act of 1995 Agriculture and Food 1995-10-18 1995-10-19 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. House Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8] MO R E000174 2 Food for Peace Reauthorization Act of 1995 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (the Act) to express the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should maintain its role of world leadership in promoting food security and economic development in developing countries; and (2) the President should encourage other advanced nations to consider appropriate levels of food assistance to meet the needs of such countries. (Sec. 3) Amends the Act to authorize private entities (currently, only developing countries) to receive agricultural commodities under credit terms through a Federal program established by the President. (Sec. 4) Amends the Act to provide that trade and development assistance agreements entered into with private entities shall require such security to provide reasonable and adequate assurance of repayment of the credit financing so extended. States that a developing country with an agricultural market development plan shall be considered to have the potential to become a commercial market for competitively priced U.S. agricultural commodities. States that not more than 50 percent of the agricultural commodities sold under the Act during a fiscal year shall be granted priority because such deeming rule applies. Outlines requirements that must be contained within such a plan in order to be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. (Sec. 5) Revises provisions with respect to agricultural commodity sales terms and conditions to: (1) remove the requirement that payments be made annually for a minimum of ten years (while retaining the 30 year maximum); and (2) limit the authorized period for deferral of such payments to five (currently, seven) years. (Sec. 7) Authorizes private entities and intergovernmental organizations (currently, only private voluntary organizations or cooperatives) to assist in establishing and administering agricultural trade and development assistance under the Act. Increases the general funding for such support program. Authorizes all s… 2025-08-21T20:15:57Z  
104-hr-2496 104 hr 2496 To amend the wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 to assist agricultural producers in receiving prompt and fair resolution of complaints alleging producer violations of such provisions and to limit the application of the program ineligibility sanction to the farm on which a violation of such provisions occurs. Agriculture and Food 1995-10-18 1995-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research and Forestry. House Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-5] IN R B001203 5 Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to wetland conservation violations to: (1) provide an additional good faith exemption for farms of five acres or less; (2) permit continuation of existing farming practices pending appeal; (3) require notice to be sent by certified mail; and (4) limit program ineligibility to the farm in question. 2025-01-02T17:37:02Z  
104-hr-2502 104 hr 2502 To amend various commodity research and promotion laws to make participation in such programs voluntary. Agriculture and Food 1995-10-18 1995-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 1 Amends the Beef Research and Information Act, the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985, the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983, the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act, and the Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994 to make participation in such programs voluntary. 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z  
104-hr-2475 104 hr 2475 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat be labeled imported, and to require that certain eating establishments serving imported meat inform customers of that fact. Agriculture and Food 1995-10-12 1995-10-19 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] SD D J000177 1 Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require: (1) imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat to be so labeled; and (2) eating establishments serving significant amounts of imported meat or meat food products to so inform customers. 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z  

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