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| 93-hr-17679 | 93 | hr | 17679 | Rice Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-12-20 | 1974-12-20 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 0 | Rice Act - Title I: Rice - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, to establish for each of the 1975 through 1977 crops of rice a national acreage allotment which shall be the number of acres which will produce an amount of rice equal to the estimated domestic consumption and exports (less imports) of rice for the marketing year beginning in the year in which the crop is to be produced, adjusted to maintain adequate supplies or to prevent excessive carryover stocks. Requires that the national acreage allotment shall not be less than two million acres. Directs the Secretary to allocate the national acreage allotment on the basis of the rice allotments established for the preceding crops, as equitably adjusted. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing the rice allotment. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or a part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same State, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him if in the same State. Title II: Rice Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regional and national research programs with respect to rice for specified purposes, including: (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of production needs; (2) to develop varieties of rice more susceptible to complete fertilizer utilization; and (3) to improve the resistance of… | 2025-09-03T12:50:27Z | |
| 93-hr-17673 | 93 | hr | 17673 | A bill to make more chemical fertilizer available throughout the world for the production of food during 1975 by substantially reducing the amount of such fertilizer used in the United States for nonfood growing purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-12-19 | 1974-12-19 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Mezvinsky, Edward [D-IA-1] | IA | D | M000686 | 2 | Directs the President to appoint a Commission on Fertilizer Availability: (1) to review and recommend specific conservation steps and other measures which would be taken to increase the short-term availability of fertilizer for food production; and (2) to encourage increased production of fertilizer to meet the medium and long-term fertilizer needs such as investment incentives and machinery to increase production capacity. Limits the amounts of chemical fertilizer used by any department or agency of the Federal Government during 1975 for ornamental or decorative growing purposes. Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to decorative growing aimed at preventing soil erosion. | 2024-08-01T18:39:28Z | |
| 93-s-4245 | 93 | s | 4245 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to prohibit the disposition of food to foreign countries under such act in any fiscal year unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines and certifies that all domestic feeding programs will be adequately provided with appropriate foods in such fiscal year. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-12-17 | 1974-12-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 2 | Prohibits the disposition of food to foreign countries under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 in any fiscal year unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines and certifies that all domestic feeding programs, including those under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act, will be adequately provided with appropriate foods in such fiscal year. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hr-17601 | 93 | hr | 17601 | A bill to modify labeling and packaging requirements for colored oleomargarine or colored margarine under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-12-10 | 1974-12-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Kluczynski, John C. [D-IL-5] | IL | D | K000273 | 0 | Modifies the labeling and packaging requirements on intrastate sales of colored oleomargarine by: (1) deleting the requirements that the word "oleomargarine" or "margarine" be in type or lettering at least as large as any other type or lettering on the label; and (2) deleting the requirement that each part of the contents of the package be contained in a wrapper which bears the word "olemargarine" or "margarine" in 20-point type and substituting the requirement that each part of the contents be in a separate wrapper. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 347 (b)) | 2024-08-01T18:39:23Z | |
| 93-hr-17566 | 93 | hr | 17566 | A bill to provide for centralized regulation and control of margarine or oleomargarine under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-12-04 | 1974-12-04 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] | IL | R | M000692 | 0 | Provides, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, that margarine containing animal fat shall not be deemed to be a meat food product. | 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z | |
| 93-s-4206 | 93 | s | 4206 | A bill to provide price support for milk at not less than 90 percent of the parity price therefor. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-12-04 | 1975-01-04 | Pocket vetoed by President. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 7 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Provides that the price of milk shall be supported at not less than 85 percent of the parity price for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending March 31, 1976. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President take appropriate action to assure that meat and meat product imports not exceed the adjusted base for the current year and that import quotas of selected dairy products not exceed the levels prevailing as of June 1, 1971, as authorized by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-s-4213 | 93 | s | 4213 | A bill to further insect and disease control programs of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-12-04 | 1974-12-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] | ME | D | H000346 | 1 | Provides that advances of money under any appropriation for the Forest Service may be made to the Forest Service by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture for the control of forest insects and diseases in accord with the applicable provisions of the Forest Pest Control Act. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hr-17552 | 93 | hr | 17552 | A bill to make more chemical fertilizer available throughout the world for the production of food during 1975 by substantially reducing the amount of such fertilizer used in the United States for nonfood growing purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-12-03 | 1974-12-03 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Mezvinsky, Edward [D-IA-1] | IA | D | M000686 | 12 | Directs the President to appoint a Commission on Fertilizer Availability: (1) to review and recommend specific conservation steps and other measures which would be taken to increase the short-term availability of fertilizer for food production; and (2) to encourage increased production of fertilizer to meet the medium and long-term fertilizer needs such as investment incentives and machinery to increase production capacity. Limits the amounts of chemical fertilizer used by any department or agency of the Federal Government during 1975 for ornamental or decorative growing purposes. Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to decorative growing aimed at preventing soil erosion. | 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z | |
| 93-hr-17510 | 93 | hr | 17510 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to provide the United States with the flexibility to carry out the national interest or humanitarian objectives of that act. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-11-25 | 1974-11-25 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 0 | Grants to the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to make a determination under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act as to when the national interest or humanitarian objectives of such Act call for the use of a part of the exportable supply of this Nation's surplus agricultural commodities. | 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z | |
| 93-hr-17494 | 93 | hr | 17494 | A bill to make more chemical fertilizer available throughout the world for the production of food during 1975 by substantially reducing the amount of such fertilizer used in the United States for nonfood growing purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-11-21 | 1974-11-21 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Mezvinsky, Edward [D-IA-1] | IA | D | M000686 | 0 | Directs the President to appoint a Commission on Fertilizer Availability: (1) to review and recommend specific conservation steps and other measures which would be taken to increase the short-term availability of fertilizer for food production; and (2) to encourage increased production of fertilizer to meet the medium and long-term fertilizer needs such as investment incentives and machinery to increase production capacity. Limits the amounts of chemical fertilizer used by any department or agency of the Federal Government during 1975 for ornamental or decorative growing purposes. Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to decorative growing aimed at preventing soil erosion. | 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z | |
| 93-s-4165 | 93 | s | 4165 | A bill to make more chemical fertilizer available throughout the world for the production of food during 1975 by substantially reducing the amount of such fertilizer used in the United States for non-food-growing purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-11-19 | 1974-11-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Clark, Dick [D-IA] | IA | D | C000448 | 0 | Directs the President to appoint a Commission on Fertilizer Availability: (1) to review and recommend specific conservation steps and other measures which would be taken to increase the short-term availability of fertilizer for food production; and (2) to encourage increased production of fertilizer to meet the medium and long-term fertilizer needs such as investment incentives and machinery to increase production capacity. Limits the amounts of chemical fertilizer used by any department or agency of the Federal Government during 1975 for ornamental or decorative growing purposes. Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to decorative growing aimed at preventing soil erosion. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hconres-682 | 93 | hconres | 682 | Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the need to increase the amount of fertilizer available for food production. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-11-18 | 1974-11-18 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] | NY | D | R000053 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that it should be the policy of the United States to: (1) encourage the increased production of fertilizers which can be used for food production; (2) encourage the distribution of such fertilizers to those areas where their use will contribute the most to meeting the world's food needs; and (3) discourage the use of such fertilizers for nonagricultural purposes. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should immediately begin to: (1) study the fertilizer needs of the world's food producing areas; and (2) investigate ways in which such policies can be implemented. | 2024-08-01T18:26:29Z | |
| 93-s-4157 | 93 | s | 4157 | A bill to amend the Egg Products Inspection Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-11-18 | 1974-11-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] | AL | D | A000127 | 0 | Authorizes the sale of checked eggs by producers at retail premises owned or controlled by the producer, except that the eggs must be refrigerated in accordance with regulations and sold not later than 48 hours after they are laid. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-s-4161 | 93 | s | 4161 | A bill to repeal the statutes relating to the issuance of cotton acreage and production reports. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-11-18 | 1974-11-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 0 | Repeals the statutes requiring (1) the issuance of monthly cotton crop reports from August to December and (2) acreage reports in July, August, and December. (Repeals 7 U.S.C. 475, 476) | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-s-4154 | 93 | s | 4154 | A bill to amend the Act of December 27, 1950. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-17 | 1974-10-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Mansfield, Mike [D-MT] | MT | D | M000113 | 2 | Directs heads of agencies responsible for the administration of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws to waive compliance with such laws when requested to do so by the Secretary of Defense or when they deem that such action is necessary in the interest of national defense, including the assurance of adequate food supplies. (Amends 46 U.S.C. Prec. 1nt) | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 93-hr-17332 | 93 | hr | 17332 | A bill to prohibit the importation into the United States of any dairy products for a period of 12 months unless and until the market price for milk reaches 100 percent of parity and then only if the Secretary of Agriculture certifies that the products equal or exceed all U.S. health and sanitary requirements. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Prohibits the importation of dairy products into the United States for 12 months, unless and until the market price of milk reaches 100 per cent of parity, and then only if the Secretary of Agriculture certifies that such products equal or exceed United States health and sanitary standards. | 2024-08-01T18:39:11Z | |
| 93-hres-1440 | 93 | hres | 1440 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need for immediate and substantial public investments in agriculture research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House that the prevention of widespread famine requires immediate and substantial public investments in agricultural research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production which would: (1) insure a ready supply of food at reasonable consumer food costs; (2) aid in the maintenance of a favorable United States trade balance; and (3) reduce the risk of food shortages in years of adverse weather. | 2024-08-01T18:27:08Z | |
| 93-hres-1443 | 93 | hres | 1443 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need for immediate and substantial public investments in agriculture research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6] | MO | D | L000360 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the House that the prevention of widespread famine requires immediate and substantial public investments in agricultural research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production which would: (1) insure a ready supply of food at reasonable consumer food costs; (2) aid in the maintenance of a favorable United States trade balance; and (3) reduce the risk of food shortages in years of adverse weather. | 2024-08-01T18:27:08Z | |
| 93-hr-17225 | 93 | hr | 17225 | A bill to transfer jurisdiction over the food stamp program to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Burgener, Clair W. [R-CA-42] | CA | R | B001080 | 0 | Transfers all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires such transfer to be implemented in accordance with such procedures and regulations as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe. | 2024-08-01T18:39:05Z | |
| 93-hr-17237 | 93 | hr | 17237 | A bill to prohibit the importation into the United States of any fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat during a 180 day period. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8] | VA | R | P000080 | 0 | Prohibits the importation into the United States of any fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat during a one-hundred-and-eighty-day period. | 2024-08-01T18:39:11Z | |
| 93-hr-17245 | 93 | hr | 17245 | Food Research and Development Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 14 | Food Research and Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to public and nonprofit entities and to individuals for research into, and development and demonstration of, new methods of protein production, fertilizer production, irrigation, processing of non-animal proteins, and marketing of the products produced by new methods. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act through fiscal year 1978. Provides that the products developed under this Act shall be available for school lunch programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop an educational program relating to the preparation and use of the food products produced pursuant to this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:14Z | |
| 93-hr-17246 | 93 | hr | 17246 | Food Research and Development Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 14 | Food Research and Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to public and nonprofit entities and to individuals for research into, and development and demonstration of, new methods of protein production, fertilizer production, irrigation, processing of non-animal proteins, and marketing of the products produced by new methods. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act through fiscal year 1978. Provides that the products developed under this Act shall be available for school lunch programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop an educational program relating to the preparation and use of the food products produced pursuant to this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:14Z | |
| 93-hr-17191 | 93 | hr | 17191 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make indemnity payments to farmers who have suffered crop depredation by migratory birds or other protected wildlife. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Andrews, Mark [R-ND-At Large] | ND | R | A000208 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make indemnity payments to any farmer who establishes, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that he has suffered crop depredation as a result of migratory birds or other protected wildlife. Prescribes the procedure for computation of the amount of the payments. | 2024-08-01T18:39:05Z | |
| 93-hr-17207 | 93 | hr | 17207 | Emergency Famine Relief Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Emergency Famine Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, live beef cattle for shipment to nations experiencing widespread famine, especially Honduras, Cyprus, and Sahel. Authorizes to be appropraited $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:14Z | |
| 93-hr-17208 | 93 | hr | 17208 | A bill to establish a temporary program whereby the Secretary of Agriculture shall obtain feed for beef cattle and sell such feed to cattlemen at a reduced rate if the parity price of milk falls below a specified level. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a temporary program whereby the Secretary shall obtain feed for beef cattle and sell such feed to cattlemen at a reduced rate if the parity price of milk falls below a specified level. | 2024-08-01T18:39:05Z | |
| 93-hres-1427 | 93 | hres | 1427 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need for immediate and substantial public investments in agriculture research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Guyer, Tennyson [R-OH-4] | OH | R | G000537 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House that the prevention of widespread famine requires immediate and substantial public investments in agricultural research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production which would: (1) insure a ready supply of food at reasonable consumer food costs; (2) aid in the maintenance of a favorable United States trade balance; and (3) reduce the risk of food shortages in years of adverse weather. | 2024-08-01T18:27:08Z | |
| 93-hr-17106 | 93 | hr | 17106 | A bill to establish a temporary program whereby the Secretary of Agriculture shall obtain feed for dairy cattle and sell such feed to dairymen at a reduced rate if the parity price for milk falls below a specified level. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Establishes a 2-year program under which Secretary of Agriculture shall obtain feed for dairy cattle and sell such feed to dairymen at a reduced rate if the price of milk paid to producers falls below 90 percent of the parity price. | 2024-08-01T18:38:57Z | |
| 93-hr-17122 | 93 | hr | 17122 | Commodity Set-Aside Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2] | UT | D | O000156 | 0 | Commodity Set-Aside Act - States that, for the purpose of providing a reserve of basic food commodities for use for human consumption and seed purposes whenever there is a shortage of such commodities, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall obtain specified amounts of wheat, feed grains, and nonfat dry milk solids for the purpose of establishing a set-aside for each such commodity. States that the Commodity Credit Corporation may use amounts of any other agricultural commodity as a substitute for any commodity listed above if the amount of the commodity being used as a substitute is nutritionally equivalent to the amount of the commodity for which it is being substituted. Provides that the set-aside for each such commodity shall be completed by the end of the 1979 crop year, except that the set-aside of nonfat dry milk solids shall be completed by January 1, 1979. Authorizes the President to release amounts of the set-aside when it is determined that such set-aside will exceed the aggregate of domestic production and imports at the close of any crop year. Provides that the President may release any amount from any set-aside: (1) for transfer to the national stockpile in time of national emergency; (2) for donation to school lunch programs, and (3) for disaster relief purposes. States that any amount of upland cotton, cottonseed oil, butter, or cheese which is a part of a commodity set-aside under Federal law shall be released when and under such terms and conditions as the President deems appropriate. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:14Z | |
| 93-hres-1414 | 93 | hres | 1414 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should set the dairy support level at 90 percent of parity for the remainder of the 1974-1975 marketing year. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-07 | 1974-12-10 | Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 93-1550. | House | Rep. Jones, Ed [D-TN-7] | TN | D | J000216 | 5 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should set the dairy support level at not less than the maximum provided by law of parity for the remainder of the 1974-1975 marketing year. | 2024-08-01T18:27:08Z | |
| 93-sres-418 | 93 | sres | 418 | Resolution relating to price support for milk. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-02 | 1974-10-04 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Aiken, George [R-VT] | VT | R | A000062 | 15 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that, pursuant to the statutory mandate that the price of milk be supported at such level as to assure the maintenance of productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs, the Secretary of Agriculture redetermine and set the support level at 80 percent of parity for the remainder of the 1974-1975 marketing year, based on the latest available data, thereby enabling milk producers to offset part of their rising production costs. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-s-4068 | 93 | s | 4068 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-10-01 | 1974-10-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 4 | Provides that not less than 15 percent of the total value of food stamps issued pursuant to the Food Stamp Act to an eligible household during each month or other time period shall be coded as to be usable only for the purchase of beef, pork, or poultry unless the State agency finds that such coding is impracticable with regard to a specific household. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2013(a)) | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-s-4058 | 93 | s | 4058 | A bill to promote the free flow of commerce in wine among the several States, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-30 | 1974-12-17 | Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce, S. Rept. 93-1372. | Senate | Sen. Tunney, John V. [D-CA] | CA | D | T000410 | 3 | States that the purpose of this Act is to eliminate the obstructions to the free flow of commerce in wine among the several States resulting from acts of the States which impose discriminatory and unreasonable burdens upon such commerce. Prohibits any State which permits the transportation or importation of wine into that State from imposing, with respect to any wine produced outside the State, or from materials originating outside the State, any tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement which is not equally applicable with respect to wine of the same class (1) produced in, or from materials originating in, the State imposing such tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement, or (2) produced outside the State, or produced from products produced outside the State. Stipulates that a State which permits the sale of wine within the State shall permit the transportation or importation of wine of the same class produced outside the State, or from materials originating outside the State, into such State for sale therein upon terms and conditions equally applicable to all wine of the same class sold in the State. Declares that notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, each State retains the right: (1) to engage in the purchase, sale, or distribution of wine; and (2) to exercise discretion in the selection and listing of wine to be purchased or sold by each such State. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 93-hr-16906 | 93 | hr | 16906 | Young Farmers Investment Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-26 | 1974-09-26 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 0 | Young Farmers Investment Act - Provides that direct loans may be made for acquiring and improving owner-operated farms without regard to monetary limitations but not in excess of the present market values of the farms as certified by the appropriate county committees. States that the loan shall bear interest at a rate not in excess of 6 percent per annum. Stipulates that an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the loan may be amortized over a period of 40 years. Provides that the balance of any such loan shall become due and payable at the end of such period or extension thereof approved by the Secretary of Agriculture if the farm is then owned and operated by an eligible borrower or at such earlier date as the farm, or any interest therein, is transferred without the consent or approval of the Secretary to an ineligible person. | 2025-09-03T12:50:00Z | |
| 93-hr-16874 | 93 | hr | 16874 | Federal Food Reserve Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-25 | 1974-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] | MA | R | H000440 | 0 | Federal Food Reserve Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish, maintain, and rotate stocks in a food reserve of inventories of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans. Requires the reserve to include at least three hundred million bushels of wheat; twenty five million tons of feed grains, and one hundred million bushels of soybeans. States that the reserve shall be established by: (1) offering to producers who have eligible commodities under Commodity Credit Corporation loans an opportunity to extend the loans for a period of two years, and having such commodities held in producer-owned facilities, and earning storage at rates comparable to those paid for storage in commercial facilities; (2) setting aside from Commodity Credit Corporation-owned stocks quantities to be identified and held as reserves; and (3) purchasing in the open market at prices no less than the current price-support loan rates and no higher than the prevailing market prices, as determined by the Secretary. Provides that except when a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the President, or by a resolution of Congress, the Secretary shall offer any commodity in the reserve for sale at any time at the average price received by producers for which that commodity exceeds 105 percent of parity through two consecutive monthly reporting periods. States that the commodities may also be used for relieving distress areas, disaster areas, and in connection with civil defense emergencies. Directs the Secretary to prevent domestic shortages of the designated commodities by establishing a system of export controls. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:58Z | |
| 93-hr-16880 | 93 | hr | 16880 | Rural Development Act Amendments | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-25 | 1974-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-21] | IL | R | M000041 | 1 | Rural Development Act Amendments - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into contracts for the construction and operation of three pilot facilities for the production of synthetic gas using a lignite or coal gasification process. States that synthetic gas so produced shall be sold exclusively as a feedstock to persons engaged in the production of nitrogen fertilizer. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:58Z | |
| 93-hr-16893 | 93 | hr | 16893 | A bill to rescind certain budget authority recommended in the message of the President of September 20, 1974 (H. Doc. 93-361), transmitted pursuant to section 1012 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-25 | 1974-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Mahon, George H. [D-TX-19] | TX | D | M000065 | 0 | Decreases, under the Rural Electrification Act, the loan authorizations for the rural electrification program from $595,000,000 to $228,534,000, which includes a decreased appropriation authorization of $55,831,475 (previously $145,000,000) for the rural telephone program. | 2024-08-01T18:38:50Z | |
| 93-hres-1394 | 93 | hres | 1394 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need for immediate and substantial public investments in agriculture research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-25 | 1974-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6] | MO | D | L000360 | 6 | Expresses the sense of the House that the prevention of widespread famine requires immediate and substantial public investments in agricultural research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production which would: (1) insure a ready supply of food at reasonable consumer food costs; (2) aid in the maintenance of a favorable United States trade balance; and (3) reduce the risk of food shortages in years of adverse weather. | 2024-08-01T18:27:08Z | |
| 93-hr-16847 | 93 | hr | 16847 | A bill to improve agricultural yields in the production of soybeans through the establishment of a Soybean Research Institute jointly supported by the United States and the People's Republic of China. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Symington, James W. [D-MO-2] | MO | D | S001134 | 0 | Directs the President to establish a Soybean Research Institute jointly supported by the United States and the People's Republic of China. Sets forth the objective of such Institute. Authorizes the President to use $2,000,000 annually out of funds of the Agricultural Research Service or funds of any other appropriate Federal agency. | 2024-08-01T18:38:53Z | |
| 93-s-4038 | 93 | s | 4038 | Milk Price Support Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Gaylord [D-WI] | WI | D | N000033 | 0 | Milk Price Support Act - Provides for the setting of the price support of milk at not less than 100 percent of parity under the provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 as the Secretary determines is necessary in order to assure an adequate supply of pure and wholesome milk to meet current needs, reflect changes in the cost of production, and assure a level of farm income to maintain productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs. | 2025-09-03T12:53:16Z | |
| 93-hr-16804 | 93 | hr | 16804 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-23 | 1974-09-23 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Ruppe, Philip E. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | R000512 | 0 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act - Provides that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading, and other standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Requires that such foreign standards shall be comparable to those standards prescribed by the Secretary for the same kind of dairy products in the United States. States that the labeling of imported dairy products shall comply with the requirements of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and shall be otherwise marked as the Secretary may require. Directs the Secretary to cause to be inspected all dairy products imported into the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, and rules and regulations for the destruction of dairy products refused admission into the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:58Z | |
| 93-hr-16806 | 93 | hr | 16806 | Food Research and Development Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-23 | 1974-09-23 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 0 | Food Research and Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to public and nonprofit entities and to individuals for research into, and development and demonstration of, new methods of protein production, fertilizer production, irrigation, processing of non-animal proteins, and marketing of the products produced by new methods. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act through fiscal year 1978. Provides that the products developed under this Act shall be available for school lunch programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop an educational program relating to the preparation and use of the food products produced pursuant to this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:58Z | |
| 93-s-4030 | 93 | s | 4030 | A bill to amend section 5 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to provide that certain benefits received by persons under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be disregarded in determining the eligibility of the households of which such persons are members to participate in the food stamp program. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-19 | 1974-09-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK] | AK | D | G000388 | 0 | Provides that certain benefits received by persons under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be disregarded in determining the eligibility of the households of which such persons are members to participate in the food stamp program, under the Food Stamp Act. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hr-16653 | 93 | hr | 16653 | A bill to provide an immediate adjustment in the value of food stamp coupon allotments to be made during the period beginning November 1, 1974, and ending January 1, 1975, so that the value of such allotments will more accurately reflect the current rise in the cost of food. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-12 | 1974-09-12 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Peyser, Peter A. [R-NY-23] | NY | R | P000280 | 0 | Provides an immediate 15 percent upward adjustment in the value of food stamp coupon allotments under the Food Stamp Act to be made during the period beginning November 1, 1974, and ending January 1, 1975. | 2024-08-01T18:38:41Z | |
| 93-hres-1354 | 93 | hres | 1354 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need for immediate and substantial public investments in agriculture research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-09-11 | 1974-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6] | MO | D | L000360 | 6 | Expresses the sense of the House that the prevention of widespread famine requires immediate and substantial public investments in agricultural research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production which would: (1) insure a ready supply of food at reasonable consumer food costs; (2) aid in the maintenance of a favorable United States trade balance; and (3) reduce the risk of food shortages in years of adverse weather. | 2024-08-01T18:27:08Z | |
| 93-hr-16584 | 93 | hr | 16584 | A bill to increase the target price of the 1974 and 1975 crops of cotton. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Young, Edward [R-SC-6] | SC | R | Y000035 | 0 | Increases the price support of the 1974 and 1975 crops of cotton from 38 to 51 cents per pound. | 2024-08-01T18:38:32Z | |
| 93-s-3959 | 93 | s | 3959 | A bill to increase the target price of the 1974 and 1975 crops of cotton. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Increases the price support of the 1974 and 1975 crops of cotton from 38 to 51 cents per pound. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-sres-384 | 93 | sres | 384 | Resolution relating to the Economic Plight of Dairy Farmers in the United States. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-08-15 | 1974-08-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID] | ID | D | C000388 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should initiate prompt action to assist the Nation's dairy farmers, including: (1) limitation of dairy imports; (2) hearings on possible increases in the floor price used for determining milk prices; and (3) an increase in dairy product price supports. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hres-1315 | 93 | hres | 1315 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need for immediate and substantial public investments in agriculture research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-08-13 | 1974-08-13 | Referred to House Committee ony Agriculture. | House | Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6] | MO | D | L000360 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House that the prevention of widespread famine requires immediate and substantial public investments in agricultural research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production which would: (1) insure a ready supply of food at reasonable consumer food costs; (2) aid in the maintenance of a favorable United States trade balance; and (3) reduce the risk of food shortages in years of adverse weather. | 2024-08-01T18:27:08Z | |
| 93-hr-16285 | 93 | hr | 16285 | National Nutrition Education Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-08-06 | 1974-08-06 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | National Nutrition Education Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to encourage the provision of nutrition education programs in the classroom and lunchrooms of elementary and secondary schools by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive nutrition education programs. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of nutrition education programs in schools. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out the provision of grants. Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies, institutions, or organizations to pay the cost of pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State education agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of developing and carrying out nutrition education programs in elementary and secondary schools within each State. Sets forth criteria to be followed in applying for grants under this Act. Directs the Commissioner to render technical assistance to local education agencies, through qualified staff members having expertise in nutrition, health education, school food services, home economics, dietetics, and physical education, to public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education for the development and implementation of education programs with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. Stipulates that in order to be eligible for assistance under this Act a State shall appoint a State coordinator for nutrition education. Directs the State coordinator for each… | 2025-09-03T12:49:45Z | |
| 93-hr-16249 | 93 | hr | 16249 | A bill to support the price of milk at 90 percentum of the party price for the period beginning April 1, 1974, and ending March 31, 1976. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-08-02 | 1974-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Provides that the price of milk shall be supported at 90 percent of the parity price for the period beginning April 1, 1974, and ending March 31, 1976. | 2024-08-01T18:38:17Z | |
| 93-hr-16205 | 93 | hr | 16205 | A bill to provide emergency deficiency assistance to producers of agricultural commodities. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-07-31 | 1974-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Scherle, William J. [R-IA-5] | IA | R | S000121 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency deficiency assistance to producers of feed grains, corn, wheat, or cotton. | 2024-08-01T18:38:17Z | |
| 93-s-3864 | 93 | s | 3864 | National Nutrition Education Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-07-31 | 1974-07-31 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] | SD | D | M000452 | 11 | National Nutrition Education Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to encourage the provision of nutrition education programs in the classroom and lunchrooms of elementary and secondary schools by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive nutrition education programs. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of nutrition education programs in schools. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out the provision of grants. Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies, institutions, or organizations to pay the cost of pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State education agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of developing and carrying out nutrition education programs in elementary and secondary schools within each State. Sets forth criteria to be followed in applying for grants under this Act. Directs the Commissioner to render technical assistance to local education agencies, through qualified staff members having expertise in nutrition, health education, school food services, home economies, dietetics, and physical education, to public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education for the development and implementation of education programs with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. Stipulates that in order to be eligible for assistance under this Act a State shall appoint a State coordinator for nutrition education. Directs the State coordinator for each… | 2025-09-03T12:53:12Z | |
| 93-hr-16068 | 93 | hr | 16068 | A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labeled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-07-23 | 1974-07-23 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Landgrebe, Earl F. [R-IN-2] | IN | R | L000049 | 20 | Requires, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labeled "imported" at each stage of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer. | 2024-08-01T18:38:09Z | |
| 93-hr-16069 | 93 | hr | 16069 | A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labeled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-07-23 | 1974-07-23 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Landgrebe, Earl F. [R-IN-2] | IN | R | L000049 | 18 | Requires, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labeled "imported" at each stage of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer. | 2024-08-01T18:38:09Z | |
| 93-hr-15921 | 93 | hr | 15921 | A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labeled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-07-16 | 1974-07-16 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Landgrebe, Earl F. [R-IN-2] | IN | R | L000049 | 0 | Requires, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labeled "imported" at each stage of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer. | 2024-08-01T18:38:01Z | |
| 93-hr-15892 | 93 | hr | 15892 | Food Research and Development Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-07-11 | 1974-07-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 7 | Food Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research and development relating to the following: (1) new methods of protein production, including the treatment of waste materials with microorganisms; (2) new methods of improving the protein content of cereals and grains, including combining different types of these products to create the amino acid balance required for "complete" protein; (3) new methods of fertilizer production, including microbiological techniques; (4) new methods of processing vegetable protein into low-cost substitutes for meat and dairy products; and (5) the effect of existing public policy, including Federal and State regulation of food products, on the utilization of new methods of protein production, fertilizer production, and processing vegetable protein. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit entities and individuals for research, development, and demonstration projects, and provide for the conduct of research, development, and demonstration projects by contract with public or private entities or persons. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop and make available to educational and other nonprofit institutions an educational program relating to the preparation and use of the food products produced by the methods developed under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act through fiscal year 1978. | 2025-09-03T12:49:24Z | |
| 93-hr-15812 | 93 | hr | 15812 | Food Research and Development Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-07-09 | 1974-07-09 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 14 | Food Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research and development relating to the following: (1) new methods of protein production, including the treatment of waste materials with microorganisms; (2) new methods of improving the protein content of cereals and grains, including combining different types of these products to create the amino acid balance required for "complete" protein; (3) new methods of fertilizer production, including microbiological techniques; (4) new methods of processing vegetable protein into low-cost substitutes for meat and dairy products; and (5) the effect of existing public policy, including Federal and State regulation of food products, on the utilization of new methods of protein production, fertilizer production, and processing vegetable protein. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit entities and individuals for research, development, and demonstration projects, and provide for the conduct of research, development, and demonstration projects by contract with public or private entities or persons. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop and make available to educational and other nonprofit institutions an educational program relating to the preparation and use of the food products produced by the methods developed under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act through fiscal year 1978. | 2025-09-03T12:49:24Z | |
| 93-s-3726 | 93 | s | 3726 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-07-08 | 1974-07-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 0 | Redefines the term "household," for purposes of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to mean a group of individuals who are not residents of an institution or boarding house but are living as one economic unit sharing common cooking facilities and for whom food is customarily purchased in common. Deletes provisions of such Act allowing distribution of federally donated foods (during a transition period to a food stamp program) for emergencies or on the request of a State agency. Deletes provisions of such Act making 18 year-olds ineligible for one year for food stamps, if from an ineligible household and claimed as a dependent in the previous year. States that households shall have food stamp eligibility terminated for a year if they refuse necessary information to the State administering agency. Removes provisions allowing households to choose to receive coupon allotments having a face value that is less than the face value of the coupon allotment authorized for them. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hr-15699 | 93 | hr | 15699 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-28 | 1974-06-28 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Hansen, Orval [R-ID-2] | ID | R | H000175 | 0 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act - Provides that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading, and other standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Requires that such foreign standards shall be comparable to those standards prescribed by the Secretary for the same kind of dairy products in the United States. States that the labeling of imported dairy products shall comply with the requirements of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and shall be otherwise marked as the Secretary may require. Directs the Secretary to cause to be inspected all dairy products imported into the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, and rules and regulations for the destruction of dairy products refused admission into the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:18Z | |
| 93-s-3709 | 93 | s | 3709 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the amortization over a 5-year period of new facilities for the production of fertilizer. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-27 | 1974-06-27 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 0 | Allows under the Internal Revenue Code an amortization tax deduction over a five-year period of new facilities for the production of fertilizer, which shall be in lieu of the depreciation deduction for such facilities. | 2024-08-01T18:42:54Z | |
| 93-hr-15645 | 93 | hr | 15645 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to provide that social security benefit increases (beginning with those becoming effective in 1974) are to be disregarded in determining a household's eligibility to participate in the food stamp program and the amount of its benefits under such program. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-26 | 1974-06-26 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Pritchard, Joel [R-WA-1] | WA | R | P000546 | 0 | Provides, under the Food Stamp Act, that social security benefit increases (beginning with those becoming effective in 1974) are to be disregarded in determining a household's eligibility to participate in the food stamp program and the amount of its benefits under such program. | 2024-08-01T18:37:54Z | |
| 93-hr-15479 | 93 | hr | 15479 | Food Research and Development Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-19 | 1974-06-19 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 0 | Food Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research and development relating to the following: (1) new methods of protein production, including the treatment of waste materials with microorganisms; (2) new methods of improving the protein content of cereals and grains, including combining different types of these products to create the amino acid balance required for "complete" protein; (3) new methods of fertilizer production, including microbiological techniques; (4) new methods of processing vegetable protein into low-cost substitutes for meat and dairy products; and (5) the effect of existing public policy, including Federal and State regulation of food products, on the utilization of new methods of protein production, fertilizer production, and processing vegetable protein. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit entities and individuals for research, development, and demonstration projects, and provide for the conduct of research, development, and demonstration projects by contract with public or private entities or persons. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop and make available to educational and other nonprofit institutions an educational program relating to the preparation and use of the food products produced by the methods developed under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act through fiscal year 1978. | 2025-09-03T12:49:11Z | |
| 93-s-3655 | 93 | s | 3655 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-17 | 1974-06-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 0 | States that, effective July 1, 1974, the eligibility for participation in the food stamp program of any household which contains a member with respect to whom supplemental security income benefits are being paid under the Social Security Act shall be determined on the basis of the uniform national eligibility standards for nonpublic assistance households established by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to such Act. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-sres-340 | 93 | sres | 340 | A resolution relating to International Wheat Agreement Conference. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-13 | 1974-06-21 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 0 | Makes it the sense of the Senate that the President should request the International Wheat Council, at the earliest possible date, to request the Secretary-General of UNCTAD to convene a negotiating conference as provided in article 21 of the International Wheat Agreement, concluded at Geneva on February 20, 1971, with a view toward the negotiation of provisions relating to the prices of wheat and to the rights and obligations of members with respect to international trade in wheat. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 93-hr-15345 | 93 | hr | 15345 | A bill to prohibit the importation of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat for a 6-month period. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-12 | 1974-06-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Nelsen, Ancher [R-MN-2] | MN | R | N000028 | 0 | Prohibits the importation, and the withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat into the United States for a six-month period. Authorizes an exemption under this Act for specified cases in order to prevent loss due to spoilage. | 2024-08-01T18:37:45Z | |
| 93-hr-15349 | 93 | hr | 15349 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a loan insurance program for cattlemen. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-12 | 1974-06-12 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Price, Robert D. [R-TX-13] | TX | R | P000528 | 16 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to insure loans to borrowers who: (1) are citizens of the United States; (2) are or have been engaged in beef cattle producing operations; (3) are unable to obtain sufficient credit to finance actual needs in the beef cattle producing business at reasonable rates and terms; and (4) have, if having received previously a loan, performed successfully the terms of such loan. States that loans insured under this Act must be expended for the purpose of financing the normal operations of buying, raising, and selling beef cattle by the borrower whose loan is being insured. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such insured loans. Creates the Cattleman's Insurance Fund to be used by the Secretary as a revolving fund for the discharge of obligations under this Act. Empowers the Secretary to transfer assets from the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, to the fund if he determines that such transfer is necessary to establish the insurance program. Directs the Secretary to make and issue notes to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of obtaining funds necessary for discharging obligations under this Act. Outlines the purposes for which the Secretary shall utilize the fund. Provides that the aggregate amount of the obligations insured under this Act and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $3,000,000,000. | 2024-08-01T18:37:41Z | |
| 93-s-3582 | 93 | s | 3582 | A bill to amend Public Law 93-233 to extend for an additional 12 months (until July 1, 1975) the eligibility of supplemental security income recipients for food stamps. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-05 | 1974-06-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT] | CT | D | R000191 | 5 | Extends for an additional 12 months (until July 1, 1975) the eligibility of supplemental security income recipients, under the Social Security Act, to receive food stamps. | 2024-08-01T18:42:52Z | |
| 93-hr-15189 | 93 | hr | 15189 | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to determine if bounties, grants, or export subsidies are paid by foreign countries with respect to dairy products imported into the United States, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-04 | 1974-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Vigorito, Joseph P. [D-PA-24] | PA | D | V000098 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine if bounties, grants, or export subsidies are paid by foreign countries with respect to dairy products imported into the United States. Requires the Secretary to make a report to the Congress of his determinations made under this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:38Z | |
| 93-hr-15190 | 93 | hr | 15190 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the governments of Central America and Mexico in order to control outbreaks of plant pests and diseases when necessary to protect the agriculture of the United States, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-04 | 1974-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the governments of Central America and Mexico in order to control outbreaks of plant pests and diseases when necessary to protect the agriculture of the United States. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:34Z | |
| 93-hr-15150 | 93 | hr | 15150 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-03 | 1974-06-03 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 1 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act - Provides that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading, and other standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Requires that such foreign standards shall be comparable to those standards prescribed by the Secretary for the same kind of dairy products in the United States. States that the labeling of imported dairy products shall comply with the requirements of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and shall be otherwise marked as the Secretary may require. Directs the Secretary to cause to be inspected all dairy products imported into the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, and rules and regulations for the destruction of dairy products refused admission into the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:00Z | |
| 93-hr-15151 | 93 | hr | 15151 | Food Commodity Program Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-06-03 | 1974-06-03 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 1 | Food Commodity Program Amendment - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds for the exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products to purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricultural commodities and their products to maintain the 1973 level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, institutions, Indian reservations not requesting a food stamp program, supplemental feeding, and domestic relief distribution. Provides that if the stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, the Secretary may use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof under the Agricultural Act of 1949 to meet such requirements. | 2025-09-03T12:49:00Z | |
| 93-hr-15088 | 93 | hr | 15088 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to broaden the definition of food to include basic personal hygiene items, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-30 | 1974-05-30 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-38] | CA | D | B000918 | 0 | Redefines "food", under the Food Stamp Act, to include soap and other personal washing aids, laundry aids, toothpaste and other dental aids, toilet paper and other kitchen and bathroom paper products, and other personal hygiene items. Provides for the distribution to food stores of coupons in denominations under fifty cents in order to eliminate use of non-transferable change slips in connection with such Act. Prohibits the amounts determined by the Secretary of Agriculture as necessary to purchase a nutritionally adequate diet from being less than the amount which the Agricultural Research Service determines to be necessary to permit a comparable household to purchase the kinds and amounts of food specified in the middle cost food plan of such service. Prohibits a charge to recipients of more than 20 percent (now 30 percent) of cost of food stamp coupons. | 2024-08-01T18:37:34Z | |
| 93-hr-15124 | 93 | hr | 15124 | A bill to amend Public Law 93-233 to extend for an additional 12 months (until July 1, 1975) the eligibility of supplemental security income recipients for food stamps. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-30 | 1974-07-08 | Public law 93-335. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-22] | CA | D | C000780 | 0 | Extends for an additional twelve months (until July 1, 1975) the eligibility for supplemental security income recipients under the Social Security Act to receive food stamps. | 2024-08-01T18:37:39Z | |
| 93-hr-15036 | 93 | hr | 15036 | National Aquaculture Development Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-29 | 1974-05-29 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Chappell, Bill, Jr. [D-FL-4] | FL | D | C000321 | 0 | National Aquaculture Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for a national program for aquaculture development in order to increase sources of marine protein for the consumer; to increase the availability and quality level of consumer fishery products; to develop new resources; to improve or maintain recreational fisheries; and to initiate new business, industry, and employment. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with interested Federal agencies and other public and private organizations and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to establish national objectives for aquaculture development. Requires the Secretary to act as the interagency coordinator for all Federal programs and activities in aquaculture. Sets forth activities regarding aquaculture development which the Secretary may, as he deems appropriate, carry out pursuant to this Act, including: (1) construction, operation, and maintenance of hatcheries or similar facilities and undertaking of natural habitat improvement activities; (2) assistance to public and private organizations and individuals interested or engaged in aquaculture through advisory and other services; (3) consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, and local governments, regional commissions, institutions of higher learning, private industry; and (4) performance of basic and applied research to establish a sound information base for the development of aquaculture. Provides that the Secretary, in consultation with affected States, shall locate, construct, operate, and maintain such pilot aquaculture facilities as he deems appropriate in order to develop aquaculture technology relative to particular species of fish and shellfish. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such functions and duties authorized by this Act as he deems appropriate through grants to or contracts with the States, regional commissions, local governments, institutions of higher learning, private industry, and other public and private organizations… | 2025-09-03T12:48:54Z | |
| 93-hr-15079 | 93 | hr | 15079 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a loan insurance program for cattlemen. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-29 | 1974-05-29 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Price, Robert D. [R-TX-13] | TX | R | P000528 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to insure loans to borrowers who: (1) are citizens of the United States; (2) are or have been engaged in beef cattle producing operations; (3) are unable to obtain sufficient credit to finance actual needs in the beef cattle producing business at reasonable rates and terms; and (4) have, if having received previously a loan, performed successfully the terms of such loan. States that loans insured under this Act must be expended for the purpose of financing the normal operations of buying, raising, and selling beef cattle by the borrower whose loan is being insured. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such insured loans. Creates the Cattleman's Insurance Fund to be used by the Secretary as a revolving fund for the discharge of obligations under this Act. Empowers the Secretary to transfer assets from the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, to the fund if he determines that such transfer is necessary to establish the insurance program. Directs the Secretary to make and issue notes to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of obtaining funds necessary for discharging obligations under this Act. Outlines the purposes for which the Secretary shall utilize the fund. Provides that the aggregate amount of the obligations insured under this Act and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $3,000,000,000. | 2024-08-01T18:37:34Z | |
| 93-hr-14992 | 93 | hr | 14992 | A bill to continue domestic food assistance programs, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-23 | 1974-06-17 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 3458 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5] | WA | D | F000239 | 3 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture until July 1, 1975, to expend funds available for the encouragement of exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products to maintain the level of assistance required by domestic food assistance programs. Allows the Secretary to use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for such purposes, if the stocks of that Corporation are not available. | 2024-08-01T18:37:28Z | |
| 93-hr-14758 | 93 | hr | 14758 | A bill to eliminate the provisions of law which presently prohibit recipients of supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act from participating in the food stamp and surplus commodity programs. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-14 | 1974-05-14 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Carney, Charles J. [D-OH-19] | OH | D | C000164 | 0 | Eliminates the provisions of law which prohibit recipients of supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act from participating in the food stamp and surplus commodity programs. | 2024-08-01T18:37:25Z | |
| 93-hr-14706 | 93 | hr | 14706 | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to determine if bounties, grants, or export subsidies are paid by foreign countries with respect to dairy products imported into the United States, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-08 | 1974-05-08 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Veysey, Victor V. [R-CA-43] | CA | R | V000093 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine if bounties, grants, or export subsidies are paid by foreign countries with respect to dairy products imported into the United States. Requires the Secretary to make a report to the Congress of his determinations made under this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:24Z | |
| 93-s-3458 | 93 | s | 3458 | An Act to continue domestic food assistance programs, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-08 | 1974-07-12 | Public law 93-347. | Senate | Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] | SD | D | M000452 | 32 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture until July 1, 1975, to expend funds available for the encouragement of exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products to maintain the level of assistance required by domestic food assistance programs, including supplemental feeding programs, disaster relief, and summer camps for children. Allows the Secretary to use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for such purposes, if the stocks of that Corporation are not available. Provides funding for carrying out such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase seafood commodities and their products. Authorizes, under the Food Stamp Act, the Secretary to pay each State agency 50 percent of costs in administering the Food Stamp Program. Grants the Secretary power to request reports by States on the effectiveness of the administration of the Food Stamp Program. Establishes, under the Child Nutrition Act, a five-cent minimum rate of reimbursement for each half-pint of milk served in the special milk program, such rate to be adjusted annually. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hr-14642 | 93 | hr | 14642 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 1 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act - Provides that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading, and other standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Requires that such foreign standards shall be comparable to those standards prescribed by the Secretary for the same kind of dairy products in the United States. States that the labeling of imported dairy products shall comply with the requirements of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and shall be otherwise marked as the Secretary may require. Directs the Secretary to cause to be inspected all dairy products imported into the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, and rules and regulations for the destruction of dairy products refused admission into the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:42Z | |
| 93-hr-14550 | 93 | hr | 14550 | A bill to remove the exemption of ordinary livestock from the Interstate Commerce Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-02 | 1974-05-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 0 | Removes the exemption for motor vehicles carrying ordinary livestock from the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act relating to qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees and safety of operation or standards of equipment. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 303(b)(6)) | 2024-08-01T18:37:14Z | |
| 93-hr-14559 | 93 | hr | 14559 | Food Program Technical Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-02 | 1974-05-02 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Melcher, John [D-MT-2] | MT | D | M000635 | 7 | Food Program Technical Amendment - Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall use specified funds, including stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to purchase agricultural commodities and products to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs, including school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, and domestic relief distribution. Authorizes the Secretary to administer a food stamp program at the request of any tribal government of native Americans to provide eligible households with an opportunity to participate in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to pay a tribal government 100 percent of the costs for administration of food stamp programs on Indian reservations. | 2025-09-03T12:48:42Z | |
| 93-hr-14577 | 93 | hr | 14577 | A bill to further amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-02 | 1974-05-02 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Vigorito, Joseph P. [D-PA-24] | PA | D | V000098 | 0 | Makes it illegal to falsely represent that an agricultural product in interstate commerce has been officially inspected or graded as being of a particular class, grade, quality, size, quantity or condition. States that the use by any person of the letters 'US' or 'USDA', or any class, grade, quality, size, quantity, or condition terms specified in official United States standards effective under the Agricultural Marketing Act in connection with any representation as to inspection, or class, grade, quality, size, quantity, or condition of an agricultural product shall constitute a representation that the product has been officially inspected and passed or graded. Makes such representation, if false, subject to penalty. | 2024-08-01T18:37:13Z | |
| 93-s-3431 | 93 | s | 3431 | Young Farmers Investment Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-05-02 | 1974-05-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Clark, Dick [D-IA] | IA | D | C000448 | 3 | Young Farmers Investment Act - Provides that direct loans may be made for acquiring and improving owner-operated farms without regard to monetary limitations but not in excess of the present market values of the farms as certified by the appropriate county committees. States that the loan shall bear interest at a rate not in excess of 6 percent per annum. Stipulates that an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the loan may be amortized over a period of forty years. Provides that the balance of any such loan shall become due and payable at the end of such period or extension thereof approved by the Secretary if the farm is then owned and operated by an eligible borrower or at such earlier date as the farm, or any interest therein, is transferred without the consent or approval of the Secretary to an eligible person. | 2025-09-03T12:52:55Z | |
| 93-hr-14466 | 93 | hr | 14466 | Food Commodity Program Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-30 | 1974-04-30 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Biester, Edward G., Jr. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | B000451 | 0 | Food Commodity Program Amendment - States that, notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) funds available to purchase without regard to the provisions of any existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricultural commodities and their products to maintain or increase the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, nonprofit institutions, Indian reservations not requesting a food stamp program, supplemental feeding, and domestic relief distribution, and (2) the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be used to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof under the Agricultural Act of 1949 to meet such requirements. | 2025-09-03T12:48:41Z | |
| 93-hr-14473 | 93 | hr | 14473 | A bill to prohibit the exportation of fertilizer from the United States until the Secretary of Agriculture determines that an adequate domestic supply of fertilizer exists. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-30 | 1974-04-30 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2] | GA | D | M000244 | 1 | Prohibits the exportation of fertilizer from the United States until the Secretary of Agriculture determines that an adequate domestic supply of fertilizer exists. | 2024-08-01T18:37:08Z | |
| 93-s-3403 | 93 | s | 3403 | A bill to amend the Act of August 31, 1922, to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases and parasites harmful to honeybees, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-30 | 1974-04-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 7 | Prevents the importation of honeybees into the United States except: (1) by the United States Department of Agriculture for experimental or scientific purposes; (2) from countries determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be free of diseases or parasites harmful to honeybees, and undesirable species or subspecies of honeybees; and (3) to have in operation precautions adequate to prevent the importation of honeybees from other countries where harmful diseases or parasites, or undesirable species or subspecies, of honeybees exist. Provides a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both for violations of this Act or any regulation issued pursuant to it. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the governments of specified nations in carrying out necessary research, surveys, and control operations in those countries in connection with the suppression, control, and prevention of the spread of undesirable species and subspecies of honeybees, including but not limited to the African or Brazilian honeybee. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hr-14456 | 93 | hr | 14456 | A bill to suspend for a temporary period of time the provisions of section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, in order to permit, under certain circumstances, vessels of foreign registry to transport fertilizer necessary to the production of agricultural commodities from Alaska to the west cost of the United States. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-29 | 1974-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1] | ID | R | S001138 | 4 | Suspends, until November 1, 1975, the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act relating to the transportation of anhydrous ammonia to the west coast of the United States from any port or terminal area in the State of Alaska whenever the Secretary of the Treasury, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that there is no domestic vessel reasonably available to serve between the west coast of the United States and any such port or terminal area for the transportation of anhydrous ammonia. (Suspends 46 U.S.C. 883) | 2024-08-01T18:37:06Z | |
| 93-hr-14299 | 93 | hr | 14299 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-23 | 1974-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 3 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act - Provides that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading, and other standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Requires that such foreign standards shall be comparable to those standards prescribed by the Secretary for the same kind of dairy products in the United States. States that the labeling of imported dairy products shall comply with the requirements of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and shall be otherwise marked as the Secretary may require. Directs the Secretary to cause to be inspected all dairy products imported into the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, and rules and regulations for the destruction of dairy products refused admission into the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:33Z | |
| 93-hr-14247 | 93 | hr | 14247 | Food Program Technical Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Melcher, John [D-MT-2] | MT | D | M000635 | 24 | Food Program Technical Amendment - Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall use specified funds, including stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to purchase agricultural commodities and products to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs, including school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, and disaster relief distribution. Authorizes the Secretary to administer a food stamp program at the request of any tribal government of native Americans to provide eligible households with an opportunity to participate in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to pay a tribal governments 100 percent of the costs for administration of food stamp programs on Indian reservations. | 2025-09-03T12:48:29Z | |
| 93-hr-14248 | 93 | hr | 14248 | Food Program Technical Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Melcher, John [D-MT-2] | MT | D | M000635 | 16 | Food Program Technical Amendment - Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall use specified funds, including stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to purchase agricultural commodities and products to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs, including school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, and disaster relief distribution. Authorizes the Secretary to administer a food stamp program at the request of any tribal government of native Americans to provide eligible households with an opportunity to participate in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to pay a tribal governments 100 percent of the costs for administration of food stamp programs on Indian reservations. | 2025-09-03T12:48:29Z | |
| 93-hr-14179 | 93 | hr | 14179 | Food Commodity Program Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-10 | 1974-04-10 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 2 | Food Commodity Program Amendment - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds for the exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products to purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricultural commodities and their products to maintain the 1973 level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, institutions, Indian reservations not requesting a food stamp program, supplemental feeding, and domestic relief distribution. Provides that if the stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, the Secretary may use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof under the Agricultural Act of 1949 to meet such requirements. | 2025-09-03T12:48:29Z | |
| 93-hr-14180 | 93 | hr | 14180 | Food Commodity Program Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-10 | 1974-04-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 2 | Food Commodity Program Amendment - Allows the Secretary of Agriculture, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to purchase agricultural commodities and their products to maintain the 1973 level of assistance to food assistance programs. Authorizes the use of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for such purposes. | 2025-09-03T12:48:33Z | |
| 93-hr-14058 | 93 | hr | 14058 | A bill to amend the provisions of th Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, relating to practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-09 | 1974-04-09 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Hansen, Orval [R-ID-2] | ID | R | H000175 | 0 | Provides, under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, that any commission merchant, dealer, or broker who has violated the unfair conduct provisions of such Act may admit the violation and pay a monetary penalty not to exceed $2,000, in lieu of a formal proceeding for the suspension or revocation of his license. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 499 (6)(5)) | 2024-08-01T18:36:48Z | |
| 93-hr-14090 | 93 | hr | 14090 | Food Commodity Program Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-09 | 1974-04-09 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000534 | 0 | Food Commodity Program Amendment - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds for the exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products to purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricultural commodities and their products to maintain the 1973 level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, institutions, Indian reservations not requesting a food stamp program, supplemental feeding, and domestic relief distribution. Provides that if the stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, the Secretary may use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof under the Agricultural Act of 1949 to meet such requirements. | 2025-09-03T12:48:29Z | |
| 93-hr-13989 | 93 | hr | 13989 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-04 | 1974-04-04 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 12 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act - Provides that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading, and other standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Requires that such foreign standards shall be comparable to those standards prescribed by the Secretary for the same kind of dairy products in the United States. States that the labeling of imported dairy products shall comply with the requirements of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and shall be otherwise marked as the Secretary may require. Directs the Secretary to cause to be inspected all dairy products imported into the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, and rules and regulations for the destruction of dairy products refused admission into the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:23Z | |
| 93-hr-13990 | 93 | hr | 13990 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-04 | 1974-04-04 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 13 | Foreign Dairy Quality Act - Provides that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading, and other standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Requires that such foreign standards shall be comparable to those standards prescribed by the Secretary for the same kind of dairy products in the United States. States that the labeling of imported dairy products shall comply with the requirements of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and shall be otherwise marked as the Secretary may require. Directs the Secretary to cause to be inspected all dairy products imported into the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, and rules and regulations for the destruction of dairy products refused admission into the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:23Z | |
| 93-hr-13993 | 93 | hr | 13993 | Food Commodity Program Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-04 | 1974-04-04 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 1 | Food Commodity Program Amendment - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds available to purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricultural commodities and their products to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, institutions, Indian reservations not requesting a food stamp program, supplemental feeding, and domestic relief distribution, and if the stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof under the Agricultural Act of 1949 to meet such requirements. | 2025-09-03T12:48:23Z | |
| 93-hr-13994 | 93 | hr | 13994 | Food Commodity Program Amendment | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-04 | 1974-04-04 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 1 | Food Commodity Program Amendment - Allows the Secretary of Agriculture, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to purchase agricultural commodities and their products to maintain the 1973 level of assistance to food assistance programs. Authorizes the use of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for such purposes. | 2025-09-03T12:48:28Z | |
| 93-hr-13887 | 93 | hr | 13887 | A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1969, to provide a formula to control the exports of wheat, soybeans, and corn from the United States. | Agriculture and Food | 1974-04-02 | 1974-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Johnson, Albert W. [R-PA-23] | PA | R | J000115 | 0 | Prescribes a formula, under the Export Administration Act, for the control of wheat, soybean, and corn exports from the United States. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to determine for each crop year the amount of wheat, soybeans, and corn needed to meet the requirements of consumers in the United States. States that the Secretary of Agriculture shall then determine the quantity of each crop available for export. Prescribes the procedures for making such determinations. Requires the issuance of an export license to a person exporting wheat, soybeans, or corn for the quantity of such commodity to be exported. (Amends 50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) | 2024-08-01T18:36:42Z |
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title TEXT,
policy_area TEXT,
introduced_date TEXT,
latest_action_date TEXT,
latest_action_text TEXT,
origin_chamber TEXT,
sponsor_name TEXT,
sponsor_state TEXT,
sponsor_party TEXT,
sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
summary_text TEXT,
update_date TEXT,
url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);