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| 94-hr-15823 | 94 | hr | 15823 | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct research to resolve conflicting data on the safety of food additives and color additives. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-10-01 | 1976-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Cederberg, Elford A. [R-MI-10] | MI | R | C000263 | 1 | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct research to resolve conflicting data on the safety of food additives and color additives. | 2024-08-01T19:33:38Z | |
| 94-s-3891 | 94 | s | 3891 | Farm Training Adjustment Program | Agriculture and Food | 1976-10-01 | 1976-10-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] | SD | D | A000017 | 1 | Farm Training Adjustment Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allocate funds to any State, for the purpose of conducting a farm training adjustment program for the farmers of such State who have been adversely affected as a result of a natural disaster. Requires States wishing to participate in such program to submit to the Secretary of Agriculture for approval, a plan for the farm training adjustment program. Requires that such program be carried out by the department of agriculture of such State under the supervision and control of a State-Federal Administrative Committee established under the guidelines set forth in this Act. Requires that the curriculum for such a program include: (1) farm management; (2) livestock marketing; (3) animal nutrition; (4) crop production; (5) conservation principles; (6) welding; (7) artificial insemination of livestock; and (8) first aid. Stipulates that no such program may exceed a 20 week period. Entitles participants in such program to receive a subsistence payment of $1,000 per month under specified conditions. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture in such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:52:37Z | |
| 94-s-3893 | 94 | s | 3893 | Family Farm Security Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-10-01 | 1976-10-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 0 | Family Farm Security Act - Title I: Land Acquisition Loans - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans to enable young people who wish to engage in farming on a career basis to purchase land necessary for such purpose. Stipulates that no loan shall be guaranteed in an amount in excess of: (1) 75 percent of its total amount; (2) the appraised value of the property; or (3) $150,000, whichever is less. Authorizes the Secretary to make payment adjustments extending payments for up to an additional ten years for loans having a maximum term of 20 years. Directs the Secretary during the first ten years of a loan to pay annually to the lender four percent of the outstanding balance due at the beginning of that year. Requires the borrower to repay such amounts to the Secretary in the eleventh year unless such individual is granted an extension. Stipulates that such loans may only be made available to individuals who would be unable to purchase the farmland for which the loan is made without the assistance of this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide for the appointment of local county committees to assist in the screening of applicants for loan guarantees and payment adjustment assistance. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Requires the Secretary to report to specified committees of Congress the amount of funds required to operate the loan guarantee program within two years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee such loans in an amount up to five times the funds appropriated for such purpose. Title II: Operating Loans - Authorizes the Secretary to make operating loans of up to $50,000 to individuals whose loans are guaranteed under title I of this Act and who are unable to finance their actual needs at reasonable rates and terms through commercial sources. Sets forth the repayment period and interest rate for such loans. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out t… | 2025-09-02T18:52:38Z | |
| 94-hr-15745 | 94 | hr | 15745 | A bill to amend section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 for the purpose of providing the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire agricultural commodities for the disaster reserve created by such section. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-29 | 1976-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase additional wheat, feed grains, and soybeans for the reserve inventories created under such Act for use in alleviating distress caused by a natural disaster if the reserve inventory of such commodities is less than $10,000,000 bushels. Prohibits the Secretary from acquiring such commodities through the price support program. | 2024-08-01T19:33:38Z | |
| 94-s-3867 | 94 | s | 3867 | Sugar Act Extension | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-29 | 1976-09-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 1 | Sugar Act Extension - Amends the Sugar Act of 1948 to reinstate the powers vested in the Secretary of Agriculture under such Act on January 1, 1977. Reinstates the powers of the Secretary to set price objectives and quotas for sugar on October 1, 1976, and terminates such authority on March 31 of the year of termination of the manufacturer's excise tax on sugar which is reinstated under this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the excise tax on the manufacture or use of sugar after December 31, 1976. Terminates such tax on June 30 of the year following the effective date of any law which limits conditional payments under the Sugar Act of 1948 or payments with respect to unsold sugar or sugar products held by a manufacturer or in customs custody. | 2025-09-02T18:52:32Z | |
| 94-hr-15721 | 94 | hr | 15721 | A bill to make supplemental appropriations for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to conduct pest control programs with respect to the Mediterranean fruit fly and the citrus black fly, and for the Agricultural Research Service to conduct research with respect to the citrus black fly. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-28 | 1976-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Kelly, Richard [R-FL-5] | FL | R | K000077 | 0 | Makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1977 to the Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, of $4,200,000 to conduct a pest control program with respect to the Mediterranean fruit fly and $1,100,000 to conduct a pest control program with respect to the citrus black fly. Appropriates $220,000 to the Agricultural Research Service of the Department for fiscal year 1977 to conduct research with respect to the control of the citrus black fly. | 2024-08-01T19:33:38Z | |
| 94-hr-15725 | 94 | hr | 15725 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to owners of cattle who sell their cattle in order to avoid excessive losses which would force such owners out of the dairy or cattle business. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-28 | 1976-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to farmers and ranchers who operate a beef or dairy production business in an area designated as an emergency area or major disaster area and who are forced to sell their livestock foundation herd in order to avoid excessive financial losses. Stipulates that such payments shall be made at a rate of $0.10 per pound for each head of cattle sold. | 2024-08-01T19:33:37Z | |
| 94-sres-565 | 94 | sres | 565 | A resolution relating to disaster payments made to farmers under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-28 | 1976-09-30 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of Agriculture should not indiscriminately reduce disaster payments made under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 with respect to farmers who use disaster-affected corn and grain sorghum for silage or other nongrain use, and that regulations should be developed which will accord just treatment to all producers suffering crop losses because of natural disaster. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-15702 | 94 | hr | 15702 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for increased benefits with regard to disaster relief for any farmer who plants wheat, feed grains, cotton, or rice in excess of his or her allotments for the commodity. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-27 | 1976-09-27 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] | IA | D | B000298 | 1 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide increased disaster relief benefits to farmers who plant wheat, feed grains, cotton or rice in excess of their allotments with respect to the 1976 and 1977 crops of such commodities. | 2024-08-01T19:33:27Z | |
| 94-hr-15696 | 94 | hr | 15696 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to subsidize the freight cost of exporting certain surplus agricultural commodities by ship. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-23 | 1976-09-23 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Leggett, Robert L. [D-CA-4] | CA | D | L000221 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make shipping subsidy payments to persons who sell surplus agricultural commodities for export if: (1) such commodity is not likely to be marketable in the United States and is likely to be destroyed if such payment is not made; (2) such sale will improve the balance of trade; (3) such sale will not interfere with existing marketing agreements; (4) the seller sells such commodity within 180 days after the Secretary determines it to be eligible for assistance under this Act; and (5) the seller has received no support assistance for such commodity under other agricultural legislation. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:30Z | |
| 94-s-3847 | 94 | s | 3847 | An original bill to provide emergency relief to farmers in disaster and emergency areas with respect to repayment schedules on certain plans. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-22 | 1976-09-22 | Placed on calendar in Senate. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 0 | Amends the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to emergency livestock loans guaranteed under such Act, to encourage lenders to modify their repayment schedules for such loans to allow up to a two-year grace period on principal repayment for borrowers whose livestock operations are in localities designated as major disaster or emergency areas during 1976 or 1977. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary, with respect to farm ownership loans, operating loans, or emergency loans made under such Act to modify the repayment schedule on such loans by allowing up to a two-year grace period on principal and interest payments for borrowers whose farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations are in localities designated as major disaster or emergency areas during 1976, 1977, or 1978. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to authorize the Secretary to acquire hay for inclusion in the disaster reserve created under the Agricultural Act of 1970 and to purchase the hay and other commodities in such reserve through the Commodity Credit Corporation. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-15616 | 94 | hr | 15616 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the purchase of hay and grain to alleviate distress caused by natural disaster. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-17 | 1976-09-17 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase hay through the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of establishing a reserve to be used to alleviate distress caused by a natural disaster. | 2024-08-01T19:33:27Z | |
| 94-hr-15591 | 94 | hr | 15591 | Commodity Supplemental Food Program Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-16 | 1976-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Commodity Supplemental Food Program Act - Revises the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to pay to each State or local agency administering any commodity supplemental food program referred to as a supplemental feeding program under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, the administrative costs for such program in an amount not exceeding 20 percent of the total amount made available to such State or agency for such program in any fiscal year. States that, notwithstanding such limitation, the Secretary shall pay the total expenses necessary for successful operation of such program during the first 90 days after enactment of this Act or until the commodity supplemental food program reaches its projected caseload level, whichever is longer. Directs each State or local agency participating in such program to submit a report to the Secretary describing the manner in which nutrition education services are being provided to the recipients of food under such program. States that the payment of administrative expenses by the Secretary shall not be conditioned upon the submission of such report. Requires the maintenance in such programs of the types and varieties of commodities in the same proportional amounts which are currently available or which were available in the the 1974 fiscal year, whichever is greater. Directs the Secretary to require that specified foods be made available to recipients under such program. Allows such program to exist in the same area in which another food program is in operation if the State or local agency establishes safeguards to prevent households and individuals from participating in both programs. Prevents any State or local agency from prohibiting children under six years of age from receiving benefits under such programs if they are otherwise eligible to receive such benefits. | 2025-09-02T18:49:58Z | |
| 94-sjres-214 | 94 | sjres | 214 | An original joint resolution to require the Secretary of Agriculture to dispose of surplus peanuts at competitive market prices. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-16 | 1976-09-21 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] | GA | D | T000035 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to dispose of surplus peanuts at competitive market prices. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-15566 | 94 | hr | 15566 | A bill to amend section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act with respect to the election of county and local committees. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-15 | 1976-09-15 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Abdnor, James [R-SD-2] | SD | R | A000009 | 0 | Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to revise the methods of selecting and electing the county and local committees utilized by the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out soil conservation programs under such Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:27Z | |
| 94-hr-15551 | 94 | hr | 15551 | Sugar Supply Assurance Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-14 | 1976-09-14 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Sugar Supply Assurance Act - Declares it the policy of Congress to assure a stable and adequate sugar supply. Establishes a base domestic price for sugar and sets forth the formula for adjustment of such price by the Secretary of Agriculture. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to predicate the customs duties on sugar, cocoa, and confectionery upon whether this Act or similar legislation is in effect. Establishes variable customs duty rates for crystalline sugar, liquid sugar, and other sugars dependent upon polariscope rating. Exempts such sugars from the general preference sytem of the Trade Act of 1974. Revises the rates of duty for such sugars. Repeals the differing duty rates for such sugars imported from Cuba. Prohibits the export of sugar from sugar cane or beets grown in the United States except when the Secretary of Agriculture determines that domestic sugar production in any year wil exceed domestic requirements. Prohibits the importation of more than ten short tons of direct-consumption sugar by any person annually unless the Secretary determines that a shortage of sugar exists or is about to occur in the United States that cannot be alleviated by domestic sources. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act. Imposes a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 for knowing violation or attempted violation of this Act or regulations issued thereunder. Vests jurisdiction in the district courts of the United States to restrain violations of this Act or review regulations issued thereunder. Requires the district attorneys of the United States to enforce this Act upon the request of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to make such expenditures as the Secretary deems are necessary to carry out this Act. Permits the President to modify the customs duty on sugar after a finding that such modification will not interfere with the objectives of this Act, unless such modification is disapproved by Congress. Requires all persons engaged in the sugar ind… | 2025-09-02T18:49:50Z | |
| 94-hr-15535 | 94 | hr | 15535 | Sugar Supply Assurance Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-13 | 1976-09-13 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Sugar Supply Assurance Act - Declares it the policy of Congress to assure a stable and adequate sugar supply. Establishes a base domestic price for sugar and sets forth the formula for adjustment of such price by the Secretary of Agriculture. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to predicate the customs duties on sugar, cocoa, and confectionery upon whether this Act or similar legislation is in effect. Establishes variable customs duty rates for crystalline sugar, liquid sugar, and other sugars dependent upon polariscope rating. Exempts such sugars from the general preference sytem of the Trade Act of 1974. Revises the rates of duty for such sugars. Repeals the differing duty rates for such sugars imported from Cuba. Prohibits the export of sugar from sugar cane or beets grown in the United States except when the Secretary of Agriculture determines that domestic sugar production in any year wil exceed domestic requirements. Prohibits the importation of more than ten short tons of direct-consumption sugar by any person annually unless the Secretary determines that a shortage of sugar exists or is about to occur in the United States that cannot be alleviated by domestic sources. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act. Imposes a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 for knowing violation or attempted violation of this Act or regulations issued thereunder. Vests jurisdiction in the district courts of the United States to restrain violations of this Act or review regulations issued thereunder. Requires the district attorneys of the United States to enforce this Act upon the request of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to make such expenditures as the Secretary deems are necessary to carry out this Act. Permits the President to modify the customs duty on sugar after a finding that such modification will not interfere with the objectives of this Act, unless such modification is disapproved by Congress. Requires all persons engaged in the sugar ind… | 2025-09-02T18:49:50Z | |
| 94-hr-15541 | 94 | hr | 15541 | A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act for the purpose of imposing labeling requirements on meat products containing mechanically de-boned meat. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-13 | 1976-09-13 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] | MA | R | H000440 | 0 | Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require all meat products containing mechanically deboned meat to carry a label indicating that such product contains mechanically deboned meat and the amounts of fat, protein, and calcium contained in such meat food product. | 2024-08-01T19:33:27Z | |
| 94-hr-15485 | 94 | hr | 15485 | Sugar Supply Assurance Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-09 | 1976-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Bergland, Bob [R-MN-7] | MN | R | B000408 | 8 | Sugar Supply Assurance Act - Declares it the policy of Congress to assure a stable and adequate sugar supply. Establishes a base domestic price for sugar and sets forth the formula for adjustment of such price by the Secretary of Agriculture. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to predicate the customs duties on sugar, cocoa, and confectionery upon whether this Act or similar legislation is in effect. Establishes variable customs duty rates for crystalline sugar, liquid sugar, and other sugars dependent upon polariscope rating. Exempts such sugars from the general preference sytem of the Trade Act of 1974. Revises the rates of duty for such sugars. Repeals the differing duty rates for such sugars imported from Cuba. Prohibits the export of sugar from sugar cane or beets grown in the United States except when the Secretary of Agriculture determines that domestic sugar production in any year wil exceed domestic requirements. Prohibits the importation of more than ten short tons of direct-consumption sugar by any person annually unless the Secretary determines that a shortage of sugar exists or is about to occur in the United States that cannot be alleviated by domestic sources. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act. Imposes a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 for knowing violation or attempted violation of this Act or regulations issued thereunder. Vests jurisdiction in the district courts of the United States to restrain violations of this Act or review regulations issued thereunder. Requires the district attorneys of the United States to enforce this Act upon the request of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to make such expenditures as the Secretary deems are necessary to carry out this Act. Permits the President to modify the customs duty on sugar after a finding that such modification will not interfere with the objectives of this Act, unless such modification is disapproved by Congress. Requires all persons engaged in the sugar ind… | 2025-09-02T18:49:50Z | |
| 94-hconres-737 | 94 | hconres | 737 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that every person throughout the world has a right to a nutritionally adequate diet and that the United States should increase substantially its assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-08 | 1976-09-28 | Reported to Senate from the Committee on Foreign Relations, S. Rept. 94-1316. | House | Rep. Diggs, Charles C., Jr. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | D000344 | 4 | (Reported to House from the Committee on International Relations with amendments, H. Rept. 94-1543 (Pt. I)) Declares it the sense of the Congress that every person has the right to a nutritionally adequate diet. Stresses the need to combat hunger and makes it a basic reference point of United States policy in all areas relating to nutrition. Asserts that the goal of the United States should be to substantially increase its food assistance abroad, especially to those countries needing increased food production and more efficient distribution patterns. Expresses the view that assistance ought to be more effective through use of coordinated efforts between international organizations, donor nations, and recipient countries. Requests the President to provide to the Congress not later than April 1, 1977, a five-year projection of United States international assistance levels consistent with the objectives of this resolution. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 94-sconres-138 | 94 | sconres | 138 | A concurrent resolution relating to hunger and nutrition throughout the world. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-09-01 | 1976-09-16 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 0 | Declares it the sense of the Congress that every person has the right to a nutritionally adequate diet. Stresses the need to combat hunger and makes it a basic reference point of United States policy in all areas relating to nutrition. Asserts that the goal of the United States should be to substantially increase its food assistance abroad, especially to those countries needing increased food production and more efficient distribution patterns. Expresses the view that assistance ought to be more effective through use of coordinated efforts between international organizations, donor nations, and recipient countries. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 94-hr-15347 | 94 | hr | 15347 | Rural Energy Office Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-31 | 1976-08-31 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] | NC | D | R000436 | 0 | Rural Energy Office Act - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture an Office of Rural Energy Assessment and Development whose Director shall be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Makes such Office responsible for identifying, developing, and compiling data pertaining to fuel and other energy needs of persons residing in rural areas. Requires the Office to submit biennial reports to Congress containing an accounting of the findings and conclusions of the Office with respect to the following subject matters as they relate to the needs of persons in rural areas: (1) the heating and cooling of residential dwelling units; (2) transportation; (3) the production of agricultural commodities; (4) the energy needs of businesses and industries; (5) sources of electricity; (6) conservation of energy; and (7) energy research and development. Requires the Office to provide such report to specified committees of Congress and directs such committees to cooperate in publishing and making available to the public every six months a document containing the most recent information provided by the Office. Establishes a civil fine to be assessed against the Director of such Office if the Director fails to submit such reports by the dates specified in this Act. Requires specified executive departments and independent regulatory bodies to submit a copy of any proposed regulation which relates to an energy matter referred to in this Act to the Secretary of Agriculture for such Secretary's comments and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Terminates the Office and provisions of this Act in five years. | 2025-09-02T18:49:42Z | |
| 94-hr-15366 | 94 | hr | 15366 | National Aquaculture Organic Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-31 | 1976-08-31 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI-1] | HI | D | M000250 | 0 | National Aquaculture Organic Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a National Aquaculture Development Plan. States that such plan shall: (1) identify each aquatic species which can be cultured on a commercial basis (priority aquatic species); and (2) contain a program of aquaculture development for such priority aquatic species. Directs the Secretary of Commerce or Secretary of the Interior, whichever is appropriate, to review annually each aquatic species not identified as a priority species and the program established for each priority species. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish and maintain an aquaculture information center; (2) maintain an inventory of public and private aquaculture being carried out in the United States; (3) arrange for the mutual exchange of information relating to aquaculture with foreign nations; and (4) submit an annual report to Congress on the implementation of the provisions of this Act. Establishes the Interagency Committee on Aquaculture comprised of the heads of various Federal agencies to insure that there is a continuing exchange of information relating to the aquacultural programs and projects of the various agencies and to review on a continuing basis the relevant programs and projects of all the Federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior to carry out any function under this Act through grants or contracts. Limits the amount of any grant made available under this Act to one-half of the estimated cost of the project for which the grant was made. Authorizes either Secretary to guarantee obligations issued for the financing of any aquaculture facility within the United States. Stipulates that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all such guaranteed obligations shall not exceed $100,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to collect a fee for guaranteed obligations not to exceed one-half of one percent per annum of the outstanding principal balance of the obligation. Sets forth the allowable interest rat… | 2025-09-02T18:49:46Z | |
| 94-s-3778 | 94 | s | 3778 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for increased benefits with regard to disaster relief for any farmer who plants wheat, feed grains, cotton, or rice in excess of his or her allotments for the commodity. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-27 | 1976-08-27 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] | SD | D | A000017 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide increased disaster relief benefits to farmers who plant wheat, feed grains, cotton or rice in excess of their allotments with respect to the 1976 and 1977 crops of such commodities. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-15296 | 94 | hr | 15296 | A bill to amend the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 for the purpose of making such act apply to the water weeds hydrilla and hyacinth. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-26 | 1976-08-26 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Kelly, Richard [R-FL-5] | FL | R | K000077 | 0 | Amends the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 to include in the definition of "noxious weed" under such Act the water weeds hydrilla and hyacinth. | 2024-08-01T19:33:08Z | |
| 94-hr-15297 | 94 | hr | 15297 | A bill to amend section 102 of the act of September 21, 1944, for the purpose of making such section apply to the water weeds hydrilla and hyacinth. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-26 | 1976-08-26 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Kelly, Richard [R-FL-5] | FL | R | K000077 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out measures or operations to eradicate, suppress, or to prevent or retard the spread of the water weeds hydrilla and hyacinth. | 2024-08-01T19:33:08Z | |
| 94-hr-15298 | 94 | hr | 15298 | A bill to amend section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 for the purpose of making such section apply to the water week hydrilla. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-26 | 1976-08-26 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Kelly, Richard [R-FL-5] | FL | R | K000077 | 0 | Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to include the water weed hydrilla in the water weed control and eradication program authorized under such Act | 2024-08-01T19:33:13Z | |
| 94-s-3768 | 94 | s | 3768 | National Aquaculture Organic Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-24 | 1976-08-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 9 | National Aquaculture Organic Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a National Development Plan. States that such plan shall: (1) identify each aquatic species which can be cultured on a commercial basis (priority aquatic species); and (2) contain a program of aquaculture development for such priority aquatic species. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to review annually each aquatic species not identified as a priority species and the program established for each priority species. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain an aquaculture information center; (2) maintain an inventory of public and private aquaculture being carried out in the United States; (3) arrange for the mutual exchange of information relating to aquaculture with foreign nations; (4) provide advisory, educational, marketing, and technical services with respect to aquaculture to interested public and private organizations and individuals; and (5) coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the utilization of aquacultural and other forms of waste water in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Establishes the Interagency Committee on Aquaculture comprised of the heads of various Federal agencies to insure that there is a continuing exchange of information relating to the aquacultural programs and projects of the various agencies and to review on a continuing basis the relevant programs and projects of all Federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or enter into contracts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Limits the amount of any grant made available under this Act to one-half of the estimated cost of the project for which the grant was made. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to guarantee obligations issued for the financing of any aquaculture facility within the United States. Stipulates that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all such guaranteed obligations shall not exceed $100,000,000. … | 2025-09-02T18:52:34Z | |
| 94-hr-15197 | 94 | hr | 15197 | A bill to eliminate prevented planting payments to cotton farmers able to plant cotton or other nonconserving crops on their cotton allotments. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-23 | 1976-08-23 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 0 | Amends the Agriculture Act of 1949 to eliminate prevented planting payments to cotton farmers who are able to plant nonconserving crops other than cotton on their cotton allotments. | 2024-08-01T19:33:08Z | |
| 94-hr-15216 | 94 | hr | 15216 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for increased benefits with regard to disaster relief for any farmer who plants wheat, feed grains, cotton, or rice in excess of his or her allotments for the commodity. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-23 | 1976-08-23 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] | IA | D | B000298 | 15 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide increased disaster relief benefits to farmers who plant wheat, feed grains, cotton or rice in excess of their allotments with respect to the 1976 and 1977 crops of such commodities. | 2024-08-01T19:33:08Z | |
| 94-hr-15074 | 94 | hr | 15074 | Reclamation Excess Lands Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Sisk, B. F. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | S000454 | 1 | Reclamation Excess Lands Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to purchase lands which are located within an irrigation district and are owned by persons owning more than 160 acres of irrigable land within such district, for the purpose of selling such lands to individuals who are or will be eligible to receive project water upon the land and who will actively operate the land as a family farm. Establishes the Reclamation Excess Purchase and Resale Fund as a source of moneys for such purchases. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 to such fund. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations prescribing conditions to be incorporated in land sales under this Act, including conditions designed to prevent unreasonable gains as a result of the resale of lands by purchasers from the Secretary. Directs owners of more than 160 acres of irrigable land who are required to sell their excess lands under specified law to grant priority to prospective purchasers who will operate such excess land as a family farm. Authorizes loans to be made or insured pursuant to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to assist individuals in acquiring excess irrigable lands for use as family farms. Sets monetary limits on such loans. Limits real estate loans under such Act to individuals who will engage in the actual farming of, as distinguished from mere supervision over, lands obtained for a family farm. | 2025-09-02T18:49:36Z | |
| 94-s-3713 | 94 | s | 3713 | A bill to extend the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-30 | 1976-09-20 | Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 94-1267. | Senate | Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] | SD | D | M000452 | 2 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 94-1267) Amends the Emergency Livestock Credit Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans under such Act until September 30, 1978. Directs the Secretary to encourage, in such manner as he deems appropriate, lenders of loans guaranteed under such Act to modify the repayment schedules on such loans to allow up to two-year grace periods on principal repayment for borrowers whose livestock operations are in areas designated as major disasters or emergencies during 1976 or 1977. Authorizes the Secretary with respect to loans made by him under the authority of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to modify repayment schedules for such loans to allow up to two-year grace periods on principal and interest repayment, for those borrowers whose farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations are located in ares designated as major disasters or emergencies during 1976, 1977, or 1978. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire hay, as well as wheat, feed grains, and soybeans, in establishing and maintaing the disaster reserve created by the Agricultural Act of 1970, for use in alleviating distress caused by natural disaster reserve created by the Agricultural Act of 1970, for use in alleviating distress caused by natural disaster, and to obtain stocks for this reserve by direct purchase through the Commodity Credit Corporation. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-14952 | 94 | hr | 14952 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-29 | 1976-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees to Restock Foundation Herds - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to qualified individuals, corporations, or partnerships to restock foundation livestock herds depleted as a result of a natural disaster or emergency. Directs the Secretary to guarantee up to 90 percent of the principal and interest on loans made by a legally organized lending agency for such purpose. Allows recipients of such guaranteed loans to receive reimbursement from the Secretary for one-half of the amount of interest payments made by such borrower during the first two years of the loan repayment period. Specifies the criteria which must be met in order to be eligible for such a guaranteed loan. Specifies that loan guarantees outstanding under this title shall not exceed $500,000,000 at any one time. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Operational Loan Guarantees After Disaster Loss to Crops - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for operational expenses in maintaining a farm to bona fide farmers whose farm operations are in areas designated as major disaster or emergency areas by the President or emergency areas by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans and to reimburse borrowers for interest payments in a similar manner as set forth in title I. Specifies that loan guarantees outstanding under this title shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any one time. Title III: Direct Loans to Farmers in Disaster Areas - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to qualified farmers in areas which have been designated as major disaster or emergency areas on two or more separate occasions since January 1, 1971, if such funds are necessary to the continued existence of their agricultural units. Specifies the authorized uses of such loans. Stipulates that loans made under this title shall not exceed $30,000 and b… | 2025-09-02T18:49:28Z | |
| 94-hconres-689 | 94 | hconres | 689 | A resolution indicating the sense of Congress that every person throughout the world has the right to a nutritionally adequate diet; and that this country's assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people should increase substantially over the years. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | K000302 | 0 | Recognizes the right to a nutritionally adequate diet as a cornerstone of United States policy in areas such as trade, assistance, monetary reform and military spending. Seeks to improve food assistance programs in the United States. Calls for an increase in this nation's assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people. | 2024-08-01T19:20:31Z | |
| 94-hr-14928 | 94 | hr | 14928 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for increased benefits with regard to disaster relief for any farmer who plants wheat, feed grains, cotton or rice in excess of his or her allotments for the commodity. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] | IA | D | B000298 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide increased disaster relief benefits to farmers who plant wheat, feed grains, cotton or rice in excess of their allotments with respect to the 1976 and 1977 crops of such commodities. | 2024-08-01T19:32:46Z | |
| 94-s-3706 | 94 | s | 3706 | A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to allow the interstate movement of all meat food products which are processed by federally inspected establishments and which are derived from meat which has been slaughtered or processed at certain State inspected establishments. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize the interstate shipment of meat food products which are processed by a federally inspected establishment and which are derived from meat slaughtered or processed at a State-inspected establishment in a State whose meat inspection requirements are at least equal to the Federal requirements. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-14854 | 94 | hr | 14854 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-26 | 1976-07-26 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 1 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees to Restock Foundation Herds - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to qualified individuals, corporations, or partnerships to restock foundation livestock herds depleted as a result of a natural disaster or emergency. Directs the Secretary to guarantee up to 90 percent of the principal and interest on loans made by a legally organized lending agency for such purpose. Allows recipients of such guaranteed loans to receive reimbursement from the Secretary for one-half of the amount of interest payments made by such borrower during the first two years of the loan repayment period. Specifies the criteria which must be met in order to be eligible for such a guaranteed loan. Specifies that loan guarantees outstanding under this title shall not exceed $500,000,000 at any one time. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Operational Loan Guarantees After Disaster Loss to Crops - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for operational expenses in maintaining a farm to bona fide farmers whose farm operations are in areas designated as major disaster or emergency areas by the President or emergency areas by the Secretary and who have suffered a loss of at least one-third of their normal crop as a result of such disaster or emergency. Sets forth eligibility requirements for corporations or partnerships to receive such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans and to reimburse borrowers for interest payments in a similar manner as set forth in title I. Specifies that loan guarantees outstanding under this title shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any one time. Title III: Direct Loans to Farmers in Disaster Areas - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to qualified farmers in areas which have been designated as major disaster or emergency areas on two or more separate occasions since January … | 2025-09-02T18:49:27Z | |
| 94-s-3694 | 94 | s | 3694 | A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from assessing additional charges against farmers and stockmen for livestock feed furnished them under section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 in connection with any natural disaster which occurred in 1975. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-23 | 1976-07-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] | SD | D | A000017 | 0 | Stipulates that no farmer or rancher, who received livestock feed under the emergency livestock feed program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, in connection with a natural disaster which occurred in 1975, shall be charged any amount greater than that charged other farmers or ranchers if such individual was led to believe, by personnel carrying out such program, that because of emergency conditions, he was eligible to receive feed at a price less than the current market price. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-s-3697 | 94 | s | 3697 | Emergency Livestock Replacement Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-23 | 1976-07-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] | SD | D | A000017 | 2 | Emergency Livestock Replacement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate as disaster areas localities where, as a result of a natural disaster, the farmers and ranchers in such area cannot, without extreme financial hardship, maintain their foundation herds of cattle. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such individuals with foundation herd indemnification protection for up to 100 head of cattle provided such individual sells his foundation herd and purchases a replacement herd within two years. Stipulates that the amount of replacement payment shall be the difference between the cost of the replacement herd and the Secretary's appraised dollar value of the foundation herd sold by the farmer or rancher. | 2025-09-02T18:52:32Z | |
| 94-hres-1417 | 94 | hres | 1417 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning an assessment by the Secretary of Agriculture of our whey supply situation. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-22 | 1976-07-22 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Baldus, Alvin J. [D-WI-3] | WI | D | B000083 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should assess the whey supply situation and advise the House Committee on Agriculture of his findings. Directs the Department of Agriculture to begin a research program to utilize whey more efficiently. | 2024-08-01T19:21:21Z | |
| 94-s-3691 | 94 | s | 3691 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-22 | 1976-07-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] | SD | D | M000452 | 2 | Emergency Agricultural Relief Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees to Restock Foundation Herds - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to qualified individuals, corporations, or partnerships to restock foundation livestock herds depleted as a result of a natural disaster or emergency. Directs the Secretary to guarantee up to 90 percent of the principal and interest on loans made by a legally organized lending agency for such purpose. Allows recipients of such guaranteed loans to receive reimbursement from the Secretary for one-half of the amount of interest payments made by such borrower during the first two years of the loan repayment period. Specifies the criteria which must be met in order to be eligible for such a guaranteed loan. Specifies that loan guarantees outstanding under this title shall not exceed $500,000,000 at any one time. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Operational Loan Guarantees After Disaster Loss to Crops - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for operational expenses in maintaining a farm to bona fide farmers whose farm operations are in areas designated as major disaster or emergency areas by the President or emergency areas by the Secretary and who have suffered a loss of at least one-third of their normal crop as a result of such disaster or emergency. Sets forth eligibility requirements for corporations or partnerships to receive such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans and to reimburse borrowers for interest payments in a similar manner as set forth in title I. Specifies that loan guarantees outstanding under this title shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any one time. Title III: Direct Loans to Farmers in Disaster Areas - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to qualified farmers in areas which have been designated as major disaster or emergency areas on two or more separate occasions since January … | 2025-09-02T18:52:32Z | |
| 94-hr-14729 | 94 | hr | 14729 | A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to extend crop insurance coverage under such Act to all areas of the United States and to all agricultural commodities. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-19 | 1976-07-19 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Slack, John [D-WV-3] | WV | D | S000473 | 0 | Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to extend crop insurance coverage under such Act to all counties of the United States and to all agricultural commodities. Removes the present authorized appropriation limitation for such program. | 2024-08-01T19:32:45Z | |
| 94-hr-14695 | 94 | hr | 14695 | National Aquaculture Organic Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-02 | 1976-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Leggett, Robert L. [D-CA-4] | CA | D | L000221 | 22 | National Aquaculture Organic Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a National Aquaculture Development Plan. States that such plan shall: (1) identify each aquatic species which can be cultured on a commercial basis (priority aquatic species); and (2) contain a program of aquaculture development for such priority aquatic species. Directs the Secretary of Commerce or Secretary of the Interior, whichever is appropriate, to review annually each aquatic species not identified as a priority species and the program established for each priority species. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish and maintain an aquaculture information center; (2) maintain an inventory of public and private aquaculture being carried out in the United States; (3) arrange for the mutual exchange of information relating to aquaculture with foreign nations; and (4) submit an annual report to Congress on the implementation of the provisions of this Act. Establishes the Interagency Committee on Aquaculture comprised of the heads of various Federal agencies to insure that there is a continuing exchange of information relating to the aquacultural programs and projects of the various agencies and to review on a continuing basis the relevant programs and projects of all the Federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior to carry out any function under this Act through grants or contracts. Limits the amount of any grant made available under this Act to one-half of the estimated cost of the project for which the grant was made. Authorizes either Secretary to guarantee obligations issued for the financing of any aquaculture facility within the United States. Stipulates that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all such guaranteed obligations shall not exceed $100,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to collect a fee for guaranteed obligations not to exceed one-half of one percent per annum of the outstanding principal balance of the obligation. Sets forth the allowable interest rat… | 2025-09-02T18:49:20Z | |
| 94-hconres-675 | 94 | hconres | 675 | Concurrent resolution indicating the sense of Congress that every person throughout the world has the right to a nutritionally adequate diet; and that this country increase its assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people until such assistance has reached the target of one percent of our total national production (GNP). | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-01 | 1976-07-01 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | K000302 | 0 | Recognizes the right to a nutritionally adequate diet as a cornerstone of United States policy in areas such as trade, assistance, monetary reform and military spending. Seeks to improve food assistance programs in the United States. Calls for an increase in this nation's assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people. | 2024-08-01T19:20:31Z | |
| 94-hr-14641 | 94 | hr | 14641 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-01 | 1976-07-01 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Bergland, Bob [R-MN-7] | MN | R | B000408 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make real estate and operating loans available to private domestic corporations and partnerships controlled by farmers and ranchers engaged primarily in farming or ranching who, individually or as their principal stockholders and partners, are United States citizens. Increases the maximum allowable total principal indebtedness for real estate loans which may be outstanding by any one borrower to $200,000 or $300,000 in the case of a guaranteed loan. States that special consideration for such loans may be given the areas having a population of more than 5,500. Revises the maximum interest rate on real estate loans other than guaranteed loans under such Act from five percent to a rate determined by the Secretary taking into account the current market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States. States that a loan applicant's ability to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere shall not be a factor with respect to guaranteed real estate loans. Increases the amount of indebtedness which may be outstanding for operating loans under such Act for an individual from $50,000 to $100,000 or in the case of a guaranteed loan, $200,000. States that the interest rates on such loans which are guaranteed shall be the rate agreed upon by the borrower and lender. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans and grants, and approve transfers and assumptions under such Act in connection with property securing a loan made, insured, or held by the Secretary notwithstanding the fact an area ceases to be eligible for assistance under such Act. Provides for congressional authorization of program levels under such Act. | 2024-08-01T19:32:35Z | |
| 94-hr-14682 | 94 | hr | 14682 | Uniform Consumer Dairy Sanitation Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-07-01 | 1976-07-01 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Steiger, William A. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | S000847 | 0 | Uniform Consumer Dairy Sanitation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate standards of quality for foreign dairy products which are to be marketed in the United States. Prohibits the entry of foreign dairy products into the United States unless such product has been inspected and found to be wholesome and pure. Directs the Secretary to provide for the inspection of all lots of foreign dairy products at points of entry. Directs the Department to quarantine products which do not meet the standards of quality promulgated under this Act and to destroy such products if they are not claimed by the exporter within 30 days. States that such quarantine and disposal costs shall be borne by the exporter. Requires that foreign milk processing plants which export dairy products into the United States meet the same general grading and inspection standards required of domestic producers. Directs the Secretary to promulgate standards of quality for the production, preservation, storage, transportation, and handling of milk used in manufacturing a foreign dairy product to be exported to the United States. Requires such standards to reflect the minimum level of quality required by the individual States in regulation of the handling of milk used in manufacturing dairy products. Specifies health and sanitation standards which foreign producers and handlers of milk must meet. Directs the Secretary to establish a licensing and overseas inspection program to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that an onsite inspection of a foreign dairy farm shall be made only if a serious violation of sanitation standards is suspected and only with the permission of the dairy farmer, the milk processing plant, and the foreign government. Denies a license to export dairy products into the United States if such permission to inspect is refused. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision requirements of this Act during the first fiscal year in which any provis… | 2025-09-02T18:49:21Z | |
| 94-s-3643 | 94 | s | 3643 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to postpone for three years the principal and interest payments on emergency loans made, insured, or guaranteed under such Acts. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-30 | 1976-06-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] | MN | D | M000851 | 4 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to postpone the principal and interest payments on emergency loans made or insured under such Acts for up to three years. Authorizes the Secretary to extend the repayment period of operating loans under the Consolidated Rural Development Act up to a 20-year period in the event of any disaster occurring between January 1, 1975, and July 1, 1976. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-s-3636 | 94 | s | 3636 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-29 | 1976-06-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 2 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate a State or subdivision thereof as an emergency area if the combined hay, forage, or pasture losses are 40 percent below normal production for such area. Authorizes the Secretary to pay three-fourths of the cost of transporting a 90 day supply of hay and forages to livestock producers in such areas. Allows the Secretary to extend such time period if such action is neccessary and appropriate. States that such assistance shall be made available to producers whose assets exceed liabilities by no more than $100,000 or where not providing such assistance would result in financial hardship. Terminates the Secretary's authority to provide such assistance on October 1, 1978. | 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z | |
| 94-hr-14566 | 94 | hr | 14566 | Freestone Peach Research and Education Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-25 | 1976-08-02 | Measure failed of passage in House under suspension of rules, roll call #583 (105-276). | House | Rep. Vigorito, Joseph P. [D-PA-24] | PA | D | V000098 | 6 | Freestone Peach Research and Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders applicable to handlers of freestone peaches and authorizes the issuance of orders for the collection of assessments on freestone peaches. States that such funds may be used for research and education programs for freestone peaches. Directs the Secretary to issue plans, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, to effectuate the declared policy of this Act. Requires that such a plan provide for the establishment of a National Freestone Peach Research and Education Board comprised of producers and consumer representatives whose powers shall include: (1) the administration of plans; (2) investigating violations of such plans; (3) the development, review, consideration, and approval of research and education projects; and (4) making recommendations to the Secretary for fixing the assessment rate required to meet all obligations incurred in the administration of plans. Authorizes the Board to return up to 50 percent of the assessments collected to the States on a pro-rata basis for freestone peach projects. Allows peach producers to receive a refund of any assessment collected from him if such producer is not in favor of the programs provided under this Act. Makes it the responsibility of each handler, designated by the Board to collect assessments, to make payments to the Board. Sets forth administrative and judicial review procedures for persons objecting to plans issued under this Act. Establishes civil penalties for handlers who violate any provision of an order issued by the Secretary under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to investigate violations of plans issued pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct a referendum among producers to determine whether the issuance of any plan is approved by such producers. Requires the Secretary to terminate or suspend the operation of any plan which obstructs or does not effectuate the declared policy of this Act, or if producers, by referendum, favor such … | 2025-09-02T18:49:20Z | |
| 94-hres-1348 | 94 | hres | 1348 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning an assessment by the Secretary of Agriculture of our whey supply situation. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-23 | 1976-06-23 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Baldus, Alvin J. [D-WI-3] | WI | D | B000083 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should assess the whey supply situation and advise the House Committee on Agriculture of his findings. Directs the Department of Agriculture to begin a research program to utilize whey more efficiently. | 2024-08-01T19:21:12Z | |
| 94-s-3612 | 94 | s | 3612 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-23 | 1976-06-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to prohibit the distribution of agricultural commodities to foreign nations for food relief programs unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines that adequate storage facilities are available in the recipient country to prevent spoilage or waste and the distribution of the commodity will not result in a significant decrease in the price of the commodity in the recipient country. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-14403 | 94 | hr | 14403 | A bill to adjust target prices and loan and purchase levels on the 1976 crops of corn, wheat, and soybeans, to provide price support for milk at 100 percent of parity with quarterly adjustments for the period ending March 31, 1978. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-16 | 1976-06-16 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that the established price for the 1976 crops of corn and wheat shall be 100 percent of their respective parity prices. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make available to producers loans and purchases of the 1976 crops of corn, wheat, and soybeans at 90 percent of their parity prices. Prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation from selling any of the corn, wheat, or soybeans owned or controlled by it at less than 110 percent of their respective parity prices. Establishes a price support for milk at 100 percent of its parity price until March 31, 1978. Provides for the quarterly adjustment of support prices by the Secretary. | 2024-08-01T19:32:27Z | |
| 94-hr-14404 | 94 | hr | 14404 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to prohibit any individual enrolled in an institution of higher education from receiving food stamps if such individual receives at least one-half of his income from any other individual who is a member of another household which is ineligible for food stamps. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-16 | 1976-06-16 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38] | CA | D | P000121 | 0 | Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to prohibit any individual enrolled in an institution of higher education from receiving food stamps if such individual receives at least one-half his income from any other individual who is a member of a household which is ineligible for food stamps. Provides for an exception to such prohibition in cases of severe hardship. | 2024-08-01T19:32:27Z | |
| 94-s-3570 | 94 | s | 3570 | National Food Policy Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-16 | 1976-06-16 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 0 | National Food Policy Act - Establishes within the Executive Office a three-member Council of National Food Policy Advisors to: (1) assist the President on matters pertaining to food and agriculture; and (2) to gather and assess information concerning developments affecting food and agriculture and to determine whether such developments or trends will interfere with the declared policy under this Act of maintaining a viable domestic farm economy. Requires the Council to annually submit an Annual Food and Agriculture Assessment Report to the President and the Congress. Directs the President to appoint an Assistant for Food and Agricultural Affairs who shall be the President's chief policy advisor and assistant with respect to food, agricultural, and nutrition matters. Directs the President to appoint a Public Advisory Committee on National Food Policy to advise the Assistant to the President for Food and Agricultural Affairs regarding Federal programs and policies relating to food, nutrition and agriculture and to advise the Assistant on the impact of policy alternatives and decisions on the various sectors of the domestic agricultural economy and the economy generally. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z | |
| 94-hr-14384 | 94 | hr | 14384 | A bill to provide emergency assistance to livestock producers. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-15 | 1976-06-15 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Bergland, Bob [R-MN-7] | MN | R | B000408 | 2 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to reimburse livestock producers or to otherwise pay for the transportation costs they incur for the shipment of hay into counties severely affected by drought, flood, or other natural disaster for their livestock herds. Authorizes the Secretary to designate emergency areas if he determines that as a result of such disaster the hay crop for that county is not more than 50 percent of the estimated crop. | 2024-08-01T19:32:27Z | |
| 94-hr-14391 | 94 | hr | 14391 | Young Farmers' Homestead Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-15 | 1976-06-15 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Melcher, John [D-MT-2] | MT | D | M000635 | 1 | Young Farmers' Homestead Act - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Agriculture the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. Authorizies the Corporation to purchase farm land in value of up to $250,000 per unit. Provides that the Corporation shall make such farms available for lease and subsequently for sale. Directs that the farms may be leased to an eligible applicant for a period of not less than two years nor more than ten years with specified restrictions upon the use of such land. Provides that the lessee may at any time within six months prior to the expiration of his lease make application to the board for purchase of such unit upon the expiration of such lease. States that the board shall approve such application if it determines that the lessee can successfully manage and operate such farm unit. Specifies a formula to be used in determining the selling price of each farm. Provides that a buyer may obtain financing through any available source, but if private financing is not available, the Farmers Home Administration shall furnish the financing at a specified rate. Requires the Corporation to file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture a complete report as to the business of the Corporation. Provides that the financial transactions of the Corporation shall be audited at least once each year by the General Accounting Office. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint an advisory council to advise the board regarding the administration of this Act. Provides that the Council's advice shall include recommendations on what the eligibility requirements should be for leasing farm units and what experience should be required for leasing a farm. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Specifies criminal provisions applicable to the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 657, 658, 1006, and 1014) | 2025-09-02T18:49:15Z | |
| 94-s-3564 | 94 | s | 3564 | A bill to provide emergency assistance to livestock producers. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-15 | 1976-06-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] | MN | D | M000851 | 4 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to reimburse livestock producers or to otherwise pay for the transportation costs they incur for the shipment of hay into counties severly affected by drought, flood, or other natural disaster for their livestock herds. Authorizes the Secretary to designate emergency areas if he determines that as a result of such disaster the hay crop for that county is not more than 50 percent of the estimated crop. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-14344 | 94 | hr | 14344 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase the maximum loan amounts on certain programs, to revise the interest rate for certain loans, and to provide for congressional authorization of program levels. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-11 | 1976-06-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Thone, Charles [R-NE-1] | NE | R | T000234 | 0 | Authorizes a maximum loan amount for guaranteed real estate loans, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of $225,000 or the value of the farm or security, whichever is less. Revises the interest rate for specified loans under such Act. Increases the maximum loan limitation and revises the interest rate for operating loans under such Act. Provides for congressional authorization of program levels under such Act. | 2024-08-01T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-hr-14300 | 94 | hr | 14300 | A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to extend crop insurance coverage under such act to all areas of the United States and to all agricultural commodities. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-10 | 1976-06-10 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to extend crop insurance coverage under such Act to all areas of the United States and to all agricultural commodities. Repeals the present ceiling on the amount authorized to be appropriated annually to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. | 2024-08-01T19:32:19Z | |
| 94-s-3549 | 94 | s | 3549 | National Agricultural Research Policy Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-10 | 1976-06-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 1 | National Agricultural Research Policy Act - Declares that the purposes of this Act are to emphasize agricultural research and education as a distinct mission of the Department of Agriculture and to provide a mechanism for identifying the Nation's highest priority problems for agricultural research. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to keep abreast of agricultural research developments and to disseminate such information. Provides for an additional Assistant Secretary of Agriculture to perform such duties as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Establishes, within the Department of Agriculture, a permanent board to be known as the National Agricultural Research Policy Advisory Board. States that the Board's responsibilities shall include: (1) establishing means to evaluate the impact of agricultural research and extension programs; (2) reviewing programs, policies and goals of the agricultural research and extension agencies; (3) providing a forum for agricultural research sponsoring agencies to exchange information; and (4) developing and recommending national policies, priorities and strategies for agricultural research and education. Requires the Board to submit an annual report to the President and specified Congressional committees. States that the second such report shall include a long-range plan for agricultural research and extension, to be updated every five years. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a continuing inventory of ongoing human nutrition projects being conducted or funded by the Department and to submit a report annually to the Congress regarding such inventory. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to colleges and universities and to State agricultural experiment stations to carry out mission-oriented agricultural research. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants on a competitive basis for the purpose of carrying out agricultural research. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z | |
| 94-hr-14237 | 94 | hr | 14237 | An Act making appropriations for Agriculture and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-08 | 1976-07-12 | Public law 94-351. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Makes appropriations for Agriculture and Related Agencies Programs for fiscal year 1977. Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates specified sums for: (1) expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) administration of the Department; (3) the Economic Management Support Center; (4) the Office of the Inspector General; (5) the Office of the General Counsel; (6) the Agricultural Research Service; (7) the Special Foreign Currency Program; (8) the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (9) the Cooperative State Research Service; (10) the Agricultural Extension Service; (11) the National Agricultural Library; (12) the Statistical Reporting Service; (13) the Economic Research Service; (14) agricultural marketing service programs; (15) farm income stabilization programs; (16) the Federal Crop Insurance Insurance Corporation; and (17) the Commodity Credit Corporation. Title II: Rural Development and Assistance - Makes appropriations for rural development and conservation programs. Title III: Domestic Food Programs - Makes appropriations for child nutrition programs; the Food Stamp Program; the Food Donations Program; and the Elderly Feeding Program. Title IV: International Programs - Makes appropriations for the Foreign Agricultural Service and for specified expenses incurred under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act. Title V: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration; the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and for the Farm Credit Administration. Title VI: General Provisions - Sets forth regulations and restrictions governing the administration of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 94-hr-14254 | 94 | hr | 14254 | Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-08 | 1976-06-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Sarasin, Ronald A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | S000062 | 0 | Farm Labor Registration Act Amendments - Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to revise the definition of a "farm labor contractor" and to define "transport" and "immediate family" for purposes of such Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:14Z | |
| 94-s-3534 | 94 | s | 3534 | A bill to amend section 142 of title 13 and section 411 (a) of title 7, United States Code, to prevent a change in the definition of a farm prior to June 30, 1976, to relieve the Secretary of Commerce of the responsibility for taking censuses of agriculture every 5th year, and to require the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service within the Department of Agriculture to collect comparable information using sampling methods. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-08 | 1976-06-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] | SD | D | A000017 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Commerce to continue the statistical classification of farms which was in effect on January 1, 1975, until June 30, 1976. Terminates the duty of the Secretary of Commerce to take agricultural censuses every five years and directs the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service within the Department of Agriculture to collect comparable information using sampling methods. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, when sampling methods would be inappropriate, to use other statistical methods to collect information relating to the classification of farms. (Amends 13 U.S.C. 142) | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-14212 | 94 | hr | 14212 | Young Farmers' Homestead Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-07 | 1976-06-07 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Blouin, Michael [D-IA-2] | IA | D | B000567 | 0 | Young Farmers' Homestead Act - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Agriculture the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to purchase farm land in value of up to $200,000 per unit. Provides that the Corporation shall make such farms available for lease and subsequently for sale. Directs that the farms may be leased to an eligible applicant for a period of not less than two years nor more than seven years with specified restrictions upon the use of such land. Provides that the lessee may at any time within six months prior to the expiration of his lease make application to the board for purchase of such unit upon the expiration of such lease. States that the board shall approve such application if it determines that the lessee can successfully manage and operate such farm unit. Specifies a formula for determining the selling price of each farm. Allows a buyer to obtain financing through any available source, but if private financing is not available, the Farmers Home Administration shall furnish the financing at a specified rate. Requires the Corporation to file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture a report as to the business of the Corporation. Provides that the financial transactions of the Corporation shall be audited at least once each year by the General Accounting Office. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint a council to advise the board regarding the administration of this Act. Provides that the council's advice shall include recommendations on eligibility and experience requirements for leasing farm units. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out this Act. Specifies criminal provisions applicable to the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 657, 658, 1006, and 1014) | 2025-09-02T18:49:09Z | |
| 94-hr-14224 | 94 | hr | 14224 | A bill to prohibit new rules and regulations from becoming effective under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 until the Congress enacts new legislation with respect to such act. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-07 | 1976-06-07 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Richmond, Frederick W. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | R000232 | 3 | Stipulates that no rule or regulation which is issued pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1964 and which is to become effective after February 13, 1976, shall become effective until the enactment of legislation after the date of enactment of this Act with respect to the eligibility and purchase requirements of persons receiving benefits under the Food Stamp Act of 1964. | 2024-08-01T19:32:19Z | |
| 94-hr-14187 | 94 | hr | 14187 | Food Stamp Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-06-04 | 1976-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. du Pont, Pierre S., IV [R-DE-At Large] | DE | R | D000558 | 0 | Food Stamp Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and administer a food stamp program under which, at the request of the State agency which administers federally aided public assistance programs, eligible households within the State shall be provided with an opportunity to obtain a nutritionally adequate diet through the issuance to them of a coupon allotment. Stipulates that coupons so received by such households shall be used only to purchase food from retail food stores which have been approved for participation in the food stamp program. Prohibits the distribution of federally donated foods in areas where a food stamp program is in operation except where such distribution is required to achieve an orderly transition to a food stamp program on an Indian reservation, or where distribution is made to meet disaster relief needs. Directs the Secretary to set forth uniform national standards by which the eligibility of households for participation in the food stamp program may be determined. States that, in determining the income of a household for the purpose of determining the household's eligibility to participate in the program, all income shall be calculated by focusing upon the income anticipated to be received in the certification period for which eligibility is being determined so as to ascertain as best as possible the income that will be actually available to a household. Specifies deductions which may be made from gross income in determining the income of a household. States that, for eligibility purposes, a household may possess up to $3,000 in liquid and nonliquid assets. Specifies exemptions from such assets, including a household's home and lot, one licensed vehicle, and certain types of income- producing property. Precludes from being declared eligible under the program: (1) for a period of one year, any household which has been found quilty of fraud in connection with the program; (2) any household which refuses to provide required information with respect to a determination… | 2025-09-02T18:49:09Z | |
| 94-hr-14059 | 94 | hr | 14059 | A bill to amend sections 332 and 333 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide an appeal procedure for certain individuals denied assistance under those acts. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-27 | 1976-05-27 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Housing Act of 1949 to provide for the election of county committees to determine applications for agricultural and rural housing loans under such Acts. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish State committees to determine appeals by individuals denied assistance by a county committee. States that if the State committee affirms the county committee's decision the individual involved may appeal such decision to the Administrator of the Farmer's Home Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:32:12Z | |
| 94-hr-13836 | 94 | hr | 13836 | A bill to provide that whenever the exportation of any agricultural commodity is prohibited or curtailed as a result of action taken by the President or any Federal agency, the exportation of any primary element in the production of such agricultural commodity shall be prohibited or curtailed in the same manner and to the same extent. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-18 | 1976-05-18 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 0 | Provides that whenever the exportation of any agricultural commodity is prohibited or curtailed by the President or a Federal agency, the exportation of any prime element in the production of such commodity shall also be curtailed or prohibited in the same manner and to the same extent. | 2024-08-01T19:32:04Z | |
| 94-s-3449 | 94 | s | 3449 | National Child Nutrition Information and Education Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-18 | 1976-05-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 2 | National Child Nutrition Information and Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and carry out a program, through a system of grants to State educational agencies, to provide for: (1) the nutritional training of food service and educational personnel; and (2) the conduct of nutrition education activities in schools and child care institutions eligible under the School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts. States that the amount of such grants shall be based on a rate of 50 cents for each child enrolled in such facilities. Authorizes appropriations of such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires State educational agencies to keep accounts as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to determine whether the provisions of this Act have been complied with. Establishes, within the National Agricultural Library of the United States Department of Agriculture, a Food and Nutrition Information and Education Resources Center to assemble and collect food and nutrition education materials and to disseminate such information to State educational agencies and other interested persons. States that a maximum of $1,500,000 from the funds appropriated under this Act shall be used for the establishment and maintenance of such Center. | 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z | |
| 94-s-3433 | 94 | s | 3433 | Dairy and Meat Import Inspection and Identification Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-13 | 1976-05-13 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] | OR | R | P000009 | 24 | Dairy and Meat Import Inspection and Identification Act - Title I: Dairy Products - Defines terms used in this title. Prohibits the importation of dairy products into the United States unless the Secretary of Agriculture has certified that such products are wholesome and pure and that the plants in which such products were manufactured or processed comply with minimum standards of sanitation prescribed by the Secretary. Requires that the standards established under this title be comparable to those imposed upon domestic dairy products. Directs the Secretary to inspect imported dairy products and to require that such products be accompanied by a certificate of compliance indicating that such products conform to the minimum standards established under this Act. Provides for the assessment of fees on imported dairy products to cover the cost of inspections and certificates required by this title. Title II: Meat and Meat Products - Prohibits the importation of meat or meat products capable of use as human food into the United States unless tests have been conducted to determine whether such articles contain any substance prohibited in any carcass or meat product from any domestically produced animal or contain a level of any substance in excess of the maximum allowable level for domestically produced meat products. Stipulates that such tests may be conducted by persons in the exporting country if such individuals have been certified to do so under the same criteria as persons certified by the Department of Agriculture to conduct such test on articles of animals produced in the United States. Provides for the assessment of fees on such imported products to cover the costs of inspections and testing required under this title. Title III: Study; Effective Date - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a study to determine the most practicable and effective method of requiring imported meat and dairy products to bear lables identifying such products as being imported. | 2025-09-02T18:52:25Z | |
| 94-hr-13753 | 94 | hr | 13753 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-12 | 1976-05-12 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 2 | Defines terms for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans available through the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund to agricultural producers who suffer losses as a result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. | 2024-08-01T19:32:01Z | |
| 94-hr-13698 | 94 | hr | 13698 | Emergency Food Stamp Vendor Accountability Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-11 | 1976-05-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 7 | Emergency Food Stamp Vendor Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to prescribe regulations to be followed by food coupon vendors or any officers, employees, or agents thereof with respect to the depositing of funds received for such coupons and the accounting for such funds to the State and Federal Government. Requires vendors to deposit such funds weekly in accordance with Department of Agriculture regulations. Requires more frequent deposit of balances of $1,000 or more. States that vendors act as fiduciaries of the Federal Government when receiving food coupon funds. Prohibits the use of such funds by vendors for the benefit of any other than the Federal Government. Requires vendors to report periodically to State and Federal Government agencies the amount of funds deposited. Establishes criminal penalties for the violation of the regulations established in accordance with this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:48:51Z | |
| 94-hr-13705 | 94 | hr | 13705 | National Food Stamp Reform Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-11 | 1976-05-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Poage, W. R. [D-TX-11] | TX | D | P000398 | 10 | National Food Stamp Reform Act - Redefines the meaning of the term "food" as used in the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to include seeds and plants for garden use. Redefines the term "household" to delete the requirement that individuals sharing common living quarters be related in order to qualify as a household. Defines the term "nutritionally adequate diet. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the Food Stamp program. States that no household shall be eligible if its income exceeds the income poverty guideline for a household of its size as prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget. Stes forth standards by which the income of a household shall be determined. Excludes from gross income Federal, State, and local taxes, and necessary expenses incurred in self-employment. Establishes limits on the value of liquid and nonliquid assets owned or being purchased by a household for purposes of determining eligibility. Specifies types of holdings which are to be included in determining the value of the household's assets. Authorizes the Secretary to establish temporary emergency eligibility standards for households which are victims of a disaster. States that no household shall be eligible for participation in the Food Stamp program which includes an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who: (1) incurs a reduction of income as a result of voluntarily reducing his or her number of hours of employment without good cause; (2) fails to register for employment at a State or Federal employment office; (3) has refused to accept employment or public work within 30 miles of the person's principal residence; or (4) fails to actively seek employment. Excludes from this class of ineligible individuals mothers with dependent children, primary or secondary school students, postsecondary level students or trainees' employed part-time, enrollees in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment program, and persons working at least 30 hour… | 2025-09-02T18:48:56Z | |
| 94-hres-1184 | 94 | hres | 1184 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning an assessment by the Secretary of Agriculture of our whey supply situation. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-10 | 1976-05-10 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Baldus, Alvin J. [D-WI-3] | WI | D | B000083 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should assess the whey supply situation and advise the House Committee on Agriculture of his findings. Directs the Department of Agriculture to begin a research program to utilize whey more efficiently. | 2024-08-01T19:21:12Z | |
| 94-hr-13613 | 94 | hr | 13613 | Food Stamp Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-06 | 1976-09-01 | Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 94-1460. | House | Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5] | WA | D | F000239 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 94-1460) Food Stamp Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and administer a food stamp program under which, at the request of the State agency which administers federally aided public assistance programs, eligible households within the State shall be provided with an opportunity to obtain a nutritionally adequate diet through the issuance to them of a coupon allotment. Stipulates that the coupons received by such households shall be used only to purchase food from retail food stores which have been approved for participation in the food stamp program. Prohibits the distribution of federally donated foods in areas where a food stamp program is in operation except where such distribution is required for a period of time on an Indian reservation, or where distribution is made to meet disaster relief needs, or the needs of a supplemental food program. Directs the Secretary to establish uniform national standards by which the eligiblity of households for participation in the food stamp program may be determined. States that, in determining the income of a household for the purpose of determining the household's eligibility to participate in the program, all income shall be calculated by focusing upon the income anticipated to be received in the certification period for which eligibility is being determined so as to ascertain as best as possible the income that will be actually available to a household. Specifies deductions which may be made from gross income in determining the income of a household. States that, for eligibility purposes, a household may possess up to $1,500 in liquid and nonliquid assets, except for households of two or more persons, one of whom is elderly, which will be permitted to hold assets not exceeding $3,000. Specifies allowable exemptions from such assets, including a household's home and farmland not exceeding 20 acres, common household goods of minor value, and an automobile valued … | 2025-09-02T18:48:51Z | |
| 94-hr-13582 | 94 | hr | 13582 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-05 | 1976-05-05 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 1 | Defines terms for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans available through the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund to agricultural producers who suffer losses as a result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. | 2024-08-01T19:31:52Z | |
| 94-sres-439 | 94 | sres | 439 | A resolution relating to the oversupply of whey. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-05 | 1976-06-16 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] | KY | D | H000905 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should assess the whey supply situation and advise the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of his findings. Directs the Department of Agriculture to begin a research program to utilize whey more efficiently. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-13540 | 94 | hr | 13540 | A bill to provide compensation for losses incurred as a result of hog cholera controls imposed by the Department of Agriculture. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-04 | 1976-05-04 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Beard, Edward [D-RI-2] | RI | D | B000279 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to compensate any person who raises or transports hogs for reasonable losses which were incurred as a result of hog cholera controls imposed after January 1, 1976, by the Secretary. | 2024-08-01T19:31:46Z | |
| 94-hr-13550 | 94 | hr | 13550 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-04 | 1976-05-04 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 1 | Defines terms for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans available through the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund to agricultural producers who suffer losses as a result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. | 2024-08-01T19:31:52Z | |
| 94-s-3375 | 94 | s | 3375 | Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments | Agriculture and Food | 1976-05-04 | 1976-05-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] | ME | D | H000346 | 3 | Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments - Includes frozen potato products within the definition of "perishable agriculture commodity" for purposes of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. Makes it unlawful for a commission merchant, broker, or dealer to extend to a grower or other person undue, unjust, or unreasonable preference or advantage in any respect whatsoever; or to subject or cause to be subjected any grower or other person to any undue, unjust, or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever. Prohibits the disclosure of any identifying information about one complaining of any violation of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect the accounts of anyone determined to have violated such Act to assure that such violator is paying all reparations required by, and is otherwise complying with, such Act. | 2025-09-02T18:52:18Z | |
| 94-hr-13375 | 94 | hr | 13375 | National Food Stamp Reform Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-28 | 1976-04-28 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Poage, W. R. [D-TX-11] | TX | D | P000398 | 0 | National Food Stamp Reform Act - Redefines the meaning of the term "food" as used in the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to include seeds and plants for garden use. Redefines the term "household" to delete the requirement that individuals sharing common living quarters be related in order to qualify as a household. Defines the term "nutritionally adequate diet" for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program. States that no household shall be eligible if its income exceeds the income poverty guidelines for a household of its size as prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget. Sets forth standards by which the income of a household shall be determined. Excludes from gross income Federal, State, and local taxes, and necessary expenses incurred in self-employment. Establishes limits on the value of liquid and nonliquid assets owned or being purchased by a household for purposes of determining eligibility. Specifies types of holdings which are to be included in determining the value of the household's assets. Authorizes the Secretary to establish temporary emergency eligibility standards for households which are victims of a disaster. States that no household shall be eligible for participation in the food stamp program which includes an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who: (1) incurs a reduction of income as a result of voluntarily reducing his or her number of hours of employment without good cause; (2) fails to register for employment at a State or Federal employment office; (3) has refused to accept employment or public work within 30 miles of the person's principal residence; or (4) fails to actively seek employment. Excludes from this class of ineligible individuals mothers with dependent children, primary or secondary school students, postsecondary level students or trainees employed part-time, enrollees in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment program, and persons… | 2025-09-02T18:48:43Z | |
| 94-hr-13382 | 94 | hr | 13382 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock contaminated by toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health, or whose agricultural commodities or livestock have been contaminated so as to adversely affect the economic viability of the farming operation. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-28 | 1976-04-28 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Vander Jagt, Guy [R-MI-9] | MI | R | V000027 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans available, through the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, to agricultural producers who suffer losses as a result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. | 2024-08-01T19:31:41Z | |
| 94-hr-13407 | 94 | hr | 13407 | Peanut Reform Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-28 | 1976-04-28 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-12] | NJ | R | R000262 | 0 | Peanut Reform Act - Title I: Peanuts - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, to establish for the 1976 through 1980 peanut crops a national acreage allotment which will produce an amount of peanuts equal to the estimated domestic edible and related consumption less imports. States that the national acreage allotment shall not be less than 1,000,000 acres for the 1976 and 1977 crops; 660,000 acres for the 1978 crop; 330,000 for the 1979 crop; and zero acres for the 1980 crop. States that the national acreage allotment shall be allocated to the States and farms on the basis of peanut allotments established for the preceding crop. Allows a maximum of one percent of such allotment to be reserved for new peanut farms meeting specified criteria. Directs that if the total acreage used on a farm for peanuts is less than 90 percent of the peanut allotment, then the allotment for the succeeding crop shall be reduced proportionately, to a maximum of 20 percent of the farm allotment for the preceding crop. Includes as acreage planted for peanuts farm land which was not used for peanut growing because of drought, flood, or other condition beyond the producer's control. Terminates the peanut allotment for any farm on which no peanut acreage has been planted for three consecutive crop years. Prohibits the reduction of allotment if the producer elects not to receive payments for the portion of the allotment not planted provided under the Agricultural Act of 1949. Allows the transfer of peanut acreage allotments from one farm or county to another if none or only a portion of the farm allotment can be timely planted in such farm or county because of a natural disaster or condition beyond the control of the producer. States that for purposes of establishing future allotments any allotment transferred in this manner shall be regarded as planted to peanuts on the farm from which the transfer was made. Authorizes the intrastate transfer or sale of such acreage allotments from one owner… | 2025-09-02T18:48:43Z | |
| 94-hr-13319 | 94 | hr | 13319 | A bill to establish a Bureau of Agricultural Statistics for the purpose of monitoring the changes in prices which occur in the price of agricultural commodities from the time they are sold by the farmer until the time when the consumer purchases such commodities or products thereof, and for the purpose of making recommendations to the Congress with respect to correcting situations in which the retail price of an agricultural commodity, or product thereof, rises while the prices received by the farmer for the same commodity decreases. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-27 | 1976-04-27 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 1 | Establishes a Bureau of Agricultural Statistics within the Department of Agriculture. States that the Bureau shall obtain information with regard to: (1) the prices received by producers and processors of agricultural commodities; and (2) the wholesale and retail prices of food. Directs the Bureau to issue a report to the Congress containing a summary of such information and recommendations for legislation to provide lower retail prices when the prices received by producers of any agricultural commodity are decreasing or remaining constant and the retail prices of food made from such commodity are increasing. Places such Bureau under the direction of a Commissioner of Agricultural Statistics to be appointed by the President. Directs such Commissioner to recommend to Congress legislation providing any mandatory reporting requirement the Commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:31:40Z | |
| 94-hr-13349 | 94 | hr | 13349 | A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect and grade apples to be distributed in commerce and to prohibit the distribution in commerce of ungraded apples. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-27 | 1976-04-27 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Taylor, Roy A. [D-NC-11] | NC | D | T000099 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect and grade apples which are to be distributed in commerce and to adopt and use official marks to certify the grade of such apples. Prohibits the distribution in commerce of apples not so inspected and graded. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:31:41Z | |
| 94-hr-13351 | 94 | hr | 13351 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-27 | 1976-04-27 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 7 | Defines terms for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans available through the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund to agricultural producers who suffer losses as a result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. | 2024-08-01T19:31:41Z | |
| 94-hr-13266 | 94 | hr | 13266 | A bill to establish reasonable loan levels and target prices for the 1976 and 1977 crops of wheat and feed grains. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-26 | 1976-04-26 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Andrews, Mark [R-ND-At Large] | ND | R | A000208 | 0 | Sets forth the price support levels for the 1976 and 1977 crops of corn, oats, rye, sorghum, barley, wheat, soybeans, and flaxseed. Sets forth the target price for such crop years for corn, sorghum, and wheat. States that the interest rates on producer's commodity loans for the 1976 and 1977 crops of corn, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, wheat, soybeans, and flaxseed shall not exceed five percent per annum. | 2024-08-01T19:31:33Z | |
| 94-hr-13283 | 94 | hr | 13283 | A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-26 | 1976-04-26 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] | WA | D | M000626 | 0 | Renames the Federal Crop Insurance Act as the Federal Commodity Insurance Act and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation as the Federal Commodity Insurance Corporation. Makes commodity insurance available on an economically sound basis to all counties and all commodities. Direct the Corporation to pay 50 percent of the premium cost of commodity insurance issued to any individual under such Act. Repeals the present appropriations ceiling under such Act and authorizes such sums as may be necessary to cover the costs of the Corporation, including such Federal premium payments. | 2024-08-01T19:31:33Z | |
| 94-hr-13286 | 94 | hr | 13286 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the deduction of certain farm losses in disasters. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-26 | 1976-04-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] | WA | D | M000626 | 0 | Stipulates that the amount of a loss deduction under the Internal Revenue Code shall be, in the case of crops or livestock, the larger of either the adjusted basis of such property or, in the case of crops, all expenses attributable to the production of such crops, whether or not such expenses are otherwise deductible, or in the case of livestock, their fair market value immediately prior to the damage or loss where the loss results from a disaster deemed by the President of the United States to warrant assistance by the Federal Government under the Disaster Relief Act. | 2024-08-01T19:31:39Z | |
| 94-hr-13287 | 94 | hr | 13287 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and to assist farmers in disasters. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-26 | 1976-04-26 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] | WA | D | M000626 | 0 | Makes emergency loans, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, available to farmers regardless of their ability to obtain the required financial assistance from other sources. States that the interest rate on such loans shall be five percent and that the maximum repayment period shall be 30 years. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the principal and interest for the first year of the term of a loan made or insured under such Act and to defer payments for such time if the Secretary is the holder of a note for such loan. Authorizes the Secretary to defer payments on loans made under the rural housing loan program of the Housing Act of 1949 in the case of loss or damage caused by a disaster. Authorizes the Secretary to grant loans for repair or replacement of property damaged or destroyed by such disaster regardless of whether financial assistance is otherwise available to the extent that such loss is not compensated by insurance or otherwise and to refinance mortgages or other liens outstanding against such property. | 2024-08-01T19:31:35Z | |
| 94-hconres-615 | 94 | hconres | 615 | Concurrent resolution indicating the sense of Congress that every person throughout the world has the right to a nutritionally adequate diet; and that this country increase its assistance for self- help development among the world's poorest people until such assistance has reached the target of 1 percent of our total national production (GNP). | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-13 | 1976-04-13 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] | MN | D | F000350 | 1 | Recognizes the right to a nutritionally adequate diet as a cornerstone of United States policy in areas such as trade, assistance, monetary reform and military spending. Seeks to improve food assistance programs in the United States. Calls for an increase in this nation's assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people. Sets a target of one percent of our total national production to be spent for such assistance. | 2024-08-01T19:20:26Z | |
| 94-hr-13201 | 94 | hr | 13201 | 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 | 1976-04-13 | 1976-04-13 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA-3] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Amends 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" or "imported in part" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer. | 2024-08-01T19:31:33Z | |
| 94-hr-13245 | 94 | hr | 13245 | A bill to prohibit new rules and regulations from becoming effective under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 until the Congress enacts new legislation with respect to such act. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-13 | 1976-04-13 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Richmond, Frederick W. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | R000232 | 5 | Stipulates that no rule or regulation which is issued pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1964 and which is to become effective after February 13, 1976, shall become effective until the enactment of legislation after the date of enactment of this Act with respect to the eligibility and purchase requirements of persons receiving benefits under the Food Stamp Act of 1964. | 2024-08-01T19:31:33Z | |
| 94-s-3299 | 94 | s | 3299 | A bill to amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to provide an updated national direction to the conditions under which the Federal Government will provide financial assistance to agricultural producers for needed soil, water, woodland, and wildlife conservation on agricultural lands. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-13 | 1976-04-13 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to revise policy directives for Federal financial assistance to agricultural producers under such Act. Requires that eligibility criteria for the receipt of such assistance take into consideration: (1) the need to control erosion and sedimentation; (2) national environmental policy priorities; (3) encouragement of voluntary compliance to solve nonpoint source pollution problems; (4) conservation measures likely to provide a return in the form of increased production or increased land values; and (5) contribution to the national objective of adequate food and fiber for maintenance of a strong and healthy people and economy. Stipulates that funds appropriated for such purposes may not be utilized to assist drainage on officially-designated wetlands areas. Stipulates that payments shall be allotted to landlords, tenants, and sharecroppers in proportion to the contribution of each group to the cost of conservation and environmental enhancement measures. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-s-3284 | 94 | s | 3284 | A bill relating to fees charged for the grazing of livestock on certain Federal lands. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-09 | 1976-04-09 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] | NV | D | C000120 | 1 | Prohibits increases in fees charged for commercial grazing on public or national forest lands unless: (1) a study has been conducted by the Bureau of Land Management to determine the economic impact of the proposed increase on livestock producers; and (2) neither House of Congress passes a resolution disapproving the increase within 60 days of receiving the report of such study. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-hconres-609 | 94 | hconres | 609 | Concurrent resolution indicating the sense of Congress that every person throughout the world has the right to a nutritionally adequate diet; and that this country increase its assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people until such assistance has reached the target of 1 percent of our total national production (GNP). | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-08 | 1976-04-08 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Nowak, Henry [D-NY-37] | NY | D | N000163 | 0 | Recognizes the right to a nutritionally adequate diet as a cornerstone of United States policy in areas such as trade, assistance, monetary reform and military spending. Seeks to improve food assistance programs in the United States. Calls for an increase in this nation's assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people. Sets a target of one percent of our total national production to be spent for such assistance. | 2024-08-01T19:20:31Z | |
| 94-s-3275 | 94 | s | 3275 | Peanut Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-08 | 1976-04-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] | GA | D | T000035 | 10 | Peanut Act - Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, for a national acreage allotment of not less than 1,247,000 acres for the 1977 crop of peanuts. States that the farm yield for such crop shall be determined on a basis equal to 96 percent of the average actual yield per acre on the farm for the three highest yield years out of the five years preceding the year such yield determination is made. Provides that if peanuts were not produced on such farm in at least three years of such five-year period, the Secretary of Agriculture shall have a yield appraised at 90 percent of the yields established for similar farms. Establishes a farm marketing quota for such peanut crop equal to the quantity determined by multiplying the farm peanut acreage allotment by the farm yield. Sets forth economic penalties for the marketing of non-quota peanuts or the marketing of peanuts in a larger quantity or higher grade or quality than could reasonably be produced from the quantity of peanuts or the grade acquired by handlers for marketing. States that only quota peanuts may be retained for use as seed on a farm and when so retained shall be considered as marketings of quota peanuts. Requires that all acreage planted to peanuts be measured and that the disposal of nonquota peanuts be supervised by area marketing associations designated pursuant to the Agricultural Act of 1949. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture under such Act to make price supports available to producers of the 1977 crop of peanuts through loans, purchases, or other operations on quota peanuts at a net level of not less than 70 percent of the parity price as of April 1, 1977, and on nonquota peanuts at not more than 60 percent of the loan and purchase level for quota peanuts or 90 percent of the estimated value of peanuts for crushing, export or both, whichever is lower. Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation to make warehouse storage loans available to marketing associations of specified producing areas which are selected and approved by the Co… | 2025-09-02T18:52:12Z | |
| 94-sres-429 | 94 | sres | 429 | A resolution relating to the President's proposal to reform the food stamp program by regulation. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-08 | 1976-04-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] | SD | D | M000452 | 2 | Disapproves the President's action of February 19, 1976, directing the Secretary of Agriculture to issue amendments to the regulations governing the food stamp program, thereby altering the program without congressional authorization. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-hr-13099 | 94 | hr | 13099 | Wheat and Wheat Foods Research and Nutrition Education Act | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-07 | 1976-04-07 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5] | WA | D | F000239 | 19 | Wheat and Wheat Foods Research and Nutrition Education Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to authorize and enable the creation of an orderly procedure, adequately financed through an assessment and voluntary contributions, for the development and initiation of an effective and continuous coordinated program of research and nutrition education designed to improve and enhance the quality and make the most efficient use of American wheat, processed wheat, and wheat end products to insure an adequate diet for all Americans. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders to effectuate the declared purpose of this Act. States that such orders shall include provisions: (1) for establishing projects for research and nutrition education for wheat and wheat products; (2) for establishing and carrying on research or studies with respect to the sale, distribution, marketing, and utilization of wheat and wheat products and the creation of new products; and (3) requiring that processors, distributors of processed wheat, and end product manufacturers maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by any order issued pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to issue orders providing for the establishment of a Wheat Industry Council to: (1) administer and make rules and regulations to effectuate orders issued pursuant to this Act; (2) receive, investigate and report to the Secretary complaints of violations of such orders; and (3) recommend to the Secretary amendments to such orders. States that the membership of such Council shall represent wheat producers, processors, end product manufacturers and consumers on an equal basis. Requires each end product manufacturer to pay to such Council an assessment, not to exceed five cents per hundredweight, based on the total number of hundredweights of processed wheat purchased by or transferred to such manufacturer to be used for expenditures and expenses incurred by the Council or Secretary under this Act. Exempts from this Ac… | 2025-09-02T18:48:31Z | |
| 94-hr-13101 | 94 | hr | 13101 | A bill to provide for the consideration of the comparative productive potential of irrigable lands in determining nonexcess acreage under Federal reclamation laws. | Agriculture and Food | 1976-04-07 | 1976-09-21 | Measure failed of passage in House under suspension of rules, roll call #788 (118-279). | House | Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-1] | CA | D | J000135 | 19 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendments, H. Rept. 94-1561) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the acreage of individually owned land which may be eligible to receive project water as nonecess acreage under Federal reclamation laws at 160 acres of class I land or the equivalent acreage of lands of lesser productive value. Requires the Secretary in establishing land classes to take into account factors including soil characteristics, crop adaptability, cost of crop production and soil characteristics. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on administrative actions taken to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:31:36Z |
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