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96-hr-8446	96	hr	8446	Food Safety and Quality Amendments of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-12-09	1980-12-09	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5]	WA	D	F000239	0	Food Safety and Quality Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Withdrawal of Inspection - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw inspection service under such Acts for violations connected with transactions in drugs and for the repeated failure of an applicant or recipient to comply with sanitation or other requirements of such Acts. Title II: Civil Penalties - Increases criminal penalties for violations of such Acts. Establishes civil penalties for violations for which there is no crimal penalty. Sets forth hearing and review procedures under such Acts. Title III: Residue Prevention - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary to quarantine any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, horse, mule, or equine or any carcass, part thereof, meat product, poultry or poultry product which the Secretary has reason to believe may contain any unlawful residue. Authorizes such detention until the order is revoked or the articles containing such residue are destroyed. Sets forth hearing procedures for those adversely affected by the Secretary's determination. Authorizes the Secretary to require poultry slaughterers to identify the ownership of such poultry. Title IV: Bribery - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to establish criminal penalties for bribing officials performing duties prescribed under such Acts. Title V: General Provisions - Provides for the separability of the provisions of this Act.	2025-09-02T13:55:10Z
96-s-3256	96	s	3256	Food Safety and Quality Amendments of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-12-05	1980-12-05	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	0	Food Safety and Quality Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Withdrawal of Inspection - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw inspection service under such Acts for violations connected with transactions in drugs and for the repeated failure of an applicant or recipient to comply with sanitation or other requirements of such Acts. Title II: Civil Penalties - Increases criminal penalties for violations of such Acts. Establishes civil penalties for violations for which there is no criminal penalty. Sets forth hearing and review procedures under such Acts. Title III: Residue Prevention - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary to quarantine any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, horse, mule, or other equine or any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product, poultry or poultry product which the Secretary has reason to believe may contain any unlawful residue. Authorizes such detention until the order is revoked or the articles containing such residue are destroyed. Sets forth hearing procedures for those adversely affected by the Secretary's determination. Authorizes the Secretary to require poultry slaughterers to identify the ownership of such poultry. Title IV: Bribery - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to establish criminal penalties for bribing officials performing duties prescribed under such Acts. Title V: General Provisions - Provides for the separability of the provisions of this Act.	2025-09-02T13:57:12Z
96-hres-815	96	hres	815	A resolution urging the President not to suspend limitations on imports of certain meat articles.	Agriculture and Food	1980-12-01	1980-12-01	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6]	IA	D	B000298	0	Urges the President not to exercise his authority under the Meat Import Act of 1979 to suspend limitations on imports of certain meat articles.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
96-hr-8382	96	hr	8382	A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to pay compensation to producers of fruits or vegetables for economic losses resulting from the destruction or quarantine of plants or plant products carried out to control plant pests in emergencies.	Agriculture and Food	1980-11-21	1980-11-21	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]	CA	D	P000047	0	Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to compensate producers of fruits and vegetables grown in the United States for economic losses incurred as a result of quarantine or destruction of such fruits or vegetables carried out to control plant pests in emergencies.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hjres-632	96	hjres	632	A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating the calendar week beginning with the first Sunday in June of each year as "National Garden Week".	Agriculture and Food	1980-11-18	1980-11-18	Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.	House	Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-15]	FL	D	F000041	0	Authorizes and requests the President to designate the calendar week beginning with the first Sunday of June of each year as "National Garden Week."	2024-02-06T20:04:02Z
96-hr-8312	96	hr	8312	Biological Organisms Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-10-02	1980-10-02	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9]	VA	R	W000121	0	Biological Organisms Act of 1980 - Prohibits any person from moving any biological organism into or within the United States without the authorization of the Secretary of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe the conditions and procedures for the movement of such organisms. Prohibits any movement of organisms which would involve a danger of the dissemination of such organisms as may be hazardous to American agriculture or the production of food or fiber. Authorizes inspectors to: (1) stop and inspect without a warrant any person or means of conveyance moving into or within the United States to determine whether any biological organism is being moved; and (2) enter premises with a warrant to make inspections and seizures necessary to enforce the provisions of this Act. Permits the Secretary to compromise, modify, or remit any civil penalty assessed under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to issue subpoenas. Establishes criminal penalties for the unauthorized movement of biological organisms. Vests the U.S. district courts with jurisdiction in all cases arising under this Act. Empowers the Secretary to seize or quarantine any organisms or premises as an emergency measure. Permits the Secretary to require the owner of such organisms or premises to apply remedial measures to such organisms or premises or to dispose of such organisms in an appropriate manner. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with any Federal or State agency to enforce this Act and to eradicate, control or prevent the spread of any biological organism harmful to agriculture.	2025-09-02T13:55:05Z
96-hr-8251	96	hr	8251	Livestock Producers Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-10-01	1980-10-01	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1]	SD	D	D000064	0	Livestock Producers Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans to individuals for the establishment and operation of livestock production facilities. Directs the Secretary to establish eligibility criteria which include the requirement that any such individual be or intend to be primarily and directly engaged in livestock production and be unable to obtain sufficient credit without such guarantee. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such loan guarantees, including the furnishing of cost information on the application and repayment according to either a variable repayment program or a specified schedule. Limits the period of such guarantee to 14 years. Limits the cumulative total of the original principal of new loans guaranteed for each fiscal year. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving fund called the Livestock Producer Loan Guarantee Fund to be available to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this Act.	2025-09-02T13:55:05Z
96-s-3184	96	s	3184	A bill to establish a revolving fund to finance short term export credit sales of agricultural commodities produced in the United States.	Agriculture and Food	1980-09-30	1980-09-30	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO]	MO	D	E000004	0	Amends the Food for Peace Act to establish the Agricultural Export Credit Sales Revolving Fund to finance commercial export sales of agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit terms not to exceed three years. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Fund to finance export credit sales under the export credit sales program of the Commodity Credit Corporation. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report on the operation of the Fund.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-8210	96	hr	8210	Agricultural Disaster Relief Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-09-25	1980-09-25	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Daniel, Robert W., Jr. [R-VA-4]	VA	R	D000037	15	Agricultural Disaster Relief Act of 1980 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the deferral for at least one year of payments on loans administered by the Farmers Home Administration when circumstances beyond the borrower's control prevent making such payments without undue hardship. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a national moratorium on the repayment or foreclosure on loans made or held by the Secretary or under the provisions of any law administered by the Farmers Home Administration for up to three years if warranted by emergencies adversely affecting the agricultural economy. Requires the Secretary to implement a local moratorium on repayment or foreclosure for any county or area which has been declared a disaster area in 1980. Authorizes the Secretary to consolidate or reschedule such loans for payment. Sets forth the terms for such payment.	2025-09-02T13:55:05Z
96-hr-8211	96	hr	8211	Agricultural Disaster Relief Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-09-25	1980-09-25	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Evans, Billy Lee [D-GA-8]	GA	D	E000233	0	Agricultural Disaster Relief Act of 1980 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the deferral for at least one year of payments on loans administered by the Farmers Home Administration when circumstances beyond the borrower's control prevent making such payments without undue hardship. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a national moratorium on the repayment or foreclosure on loans made or held by the Secretary or under the provisions of any law administered by the Farmers Home Administration for up to three years if warranted by emergencies adversely affecting the agricultural economy. Requires the Secretary to implement a local moratorium on repayment or foreclosure for any county or area which has been declared a disaster area in 1980. Authorizes the Secretary to consolidate or reschedule such loans for payment. Sets forth the terms for such payment.	2025-09-02T13:55:05Z
96-sjres-205	96	sjres	205	A joint resolution to proclaim March 19, 1981, as "National Agriculture Day".	Agriculture and Food	1980-09-24	1980-09-29	Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (See H. J. Res. 560 for similar provisions).	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	36	Designates March 19, 1981, as "National Agriculture Day."	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
96-hr-8158	96	hr	8158	A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to authorize marketing research and promotion projects, including paid advertising for filberts.	Agriculture and Food	1980-09-18	1980-09-18	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1]	OR	D	A000337	0	Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to authorize production and marketing research and development projects, including paid advertising, to assist and promote the marketing of filberts.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-3118	96	s	3118	A bill to require that the Secretary of Agriculture insure farmers of equitable opportunities to market their flue-cured tobacco, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-09-16	1980-09-16	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Stone, Richard (Dick) [D-FL]	FL	D	S000962	0	Amends the Tobacco Inspection Act to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) require each tobacco grower to specify through which warehouse or person such grower intends to market tobacco; (2) issue marketing schedules allocating available sales opportunities to specified warehouses or persons; (3) prohibit unfair methods of competition involving the sale and purchase of grower's tobacco; (4) provide a method for making containers used in marketing tobacco uniform; and (5) require periodic reports and recordkeeping from persons in the tobacco industry describing the amount of tobacco planted, harvested, processed, sold, and purchased. Requires such information to be kept confidential. Establishes forfeitures for specified violations of the marketing schedule. Vests jurisdiction to review forfeiture rulings of the Secretary in the U.S. district courts.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-8113	96	hr	8113	Agricultural Disaster Relief Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-09-15	1980-09-15	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2]	GA	D	M000244	0	Agricultural Disaster Relief Act of 1980 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the deferral for at least one year of payments on loans administered by the Farmers Home Administration when circumstances beyond the borrower's control prevent making such payments without undue hardship. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a national moratorium on the repayment or foreclosure on loans made or held by the Secretary or under the provisions of any law administered by the Farmers Home Administration for up to three years if warranted by emergencies adversely affecting the agricultural economy. Requires the Secretary to implement a local moratorium on repayment or foreclosure for any county or area which has been declared a disaster area in 1980. Authorizes the Secretary to consolidate or reschedule such loans for payment. Sets forth the terms for such payment.	2025-09-02T13:55:05Z
96-s-3112	96	s	3112	A bill to provide a two-year suspension of payment of principal and interest on certain loans made to farmers and ranchers.	Agriculture and Food	1980-09-15	1980-09-15	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD]	SD	D	M000452	0	Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to suspend for two years, at the request of the borrower, the repayment of any operating or emergency loan made to a farmer or rancher under either the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act or the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-8054	96	hr	8054	American Wine Labeling Equity Act	Agriculture and Food	1980-08-28	1980-08-28	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]	CA	D	P000047	23	American Wine Labeling Equity Act - Requires the wine ingredient labeling regulations promulgated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms pursuant to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act to be applied to foreign producers of wine imported into the United States as well as to American producers.	2025-09-02T13:55:00Z
96-sres-512	96	sres	512	To congratulate Colonel Harland D. Sanders on the Celebration of his 90th birthday.	Agriculture and Food	1980-08-26	1980-08-26	Measure passed Senate.	Senate	Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY]	KY	D	H000905	23	Extends the congratulations of the Senate to Colonel Harland D. Sanders on the celebration of his 90th birthday.	2021-06-14T19:52:21Z
96-hr-8021	96	hr	8021	Food Stamp Reform Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-08-25	1980-08-25	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Walker, Robert S. [R-PA-16]	PA	R	W000068	0	Food Stamp Reform Act of 1980 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize participating States, rather than the Secretary of Agriculture, to establish eligibility criteria for participation in the food stamp program. Eliminates the uniform eligibility disqualifications and the uniform value of allotment. Eliminates from the State plan of operation all references to or requirements relating to: (1) Federal programs; (2) determinations to be made by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (3) limitations placed on the State agency. Directs the State agency to establish a work program requiring performance of work as a condition of eligibility to receive benefits under the food stamp program. Permits States participating in the food stamp program to establish a program designed to encourage households receiving coupons to purchase nutritional food. Eliminates the Secretary's authority over the administration of the program by the State agencies. Eliminates the administrative cost-sharing and quality control provisions of such Act. Limits the percentage of funds a State agency may use for administrative costs. Eliminates the Secretary's authority to conduct pilot projects and study the feasibility of recovering food stamp benefits from specified households. Sets forth a formula for the distribution of funds by the Secretary to the participating States to provide benefits and pay administrative costs. Directs the State agency to submit annually to the Secretary reports setting forth the purposes for which such funds will be and have been disbursed. Eliminates all Federal restrictions on the value of allotments received by each participating State. Amends the Food Stamp Act Amendments of 1980 to eliminate specified medical deductions for determining income eligibility.	2025-09-02T13:54:59Z
96-hr-7970	96	hr	7970	A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to producers of the 1980 crop of soybeans for losses caused by natural disasters.	Agriculture and Food	1980-08-20	1980-08-20	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Harsha, William H. [R-OH-6]	OH	R	H000281	0	Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to the producers of the 1980 crop of soybeans if such producer is able to harvest less than 70 percent of such crop because of a natural disaster. Establishes a formula for determining the amount of such payments.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-7971	96	hr	7971	A bill to provide soybean producers with the same protection from natural disasters as producers of wheat and feed grains.	Agriculture and Food	1980-08-20	1980-08-20	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Harsha, William H. [R-OH-6]	OH	R	H000281	0	Makes producers of the 1980 crop of soybeans eligible for compensation in the case of prevented plantings or failure to harvest normal crop acreage because of a natural disaster at rates comparable to those received by producers of feed grains and what under the Agricultural Adjustement Act of 1949.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-7976	96	hr	7976	A bill to amend the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967.	Agriculture and Food	1980-08-20	1980-08-20	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17]	CA	R	P000097	0	Amends the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 to exclude from the definition of "producer" any fruit, vegetable, or nut grower. Defines "bargaining" for the purposes of such Act. Makes a refusal to bargain in good faith with an association of producers producing under a certified contract a prohibited practice under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a certificate to any association of producers which desires to bargain and which meets specified criteria. Requires such an association to: (1) submit to the Secretary a petition for accreditation; (2) have contracts with its members that are binding under State law; (3) be directly producer- owned and controlled; (4) act as principal or agent for its members in contract negotiations for the production, sale, and marketing of their product; and (5) submit an annual report to the Secretary. Sets forth the procedures for the granting, modification, and revocation of association certification. Grants the Secretary, rather than the Attorney General, enforcement power under such Act. Sets forth the enforcement and review process. Establishes civil penalties for violations of orders issued by the Secretary under such Act. Makes any final regulation of the Secretary subject to Congressional disapproval.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-7905	96	hr	7905	New Homestead Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-31	1980-07-31	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]	WI	R	P000265	9	New Homestead Act of 1980 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require that not less than 40 percent of the real estate loans made under such Act be for the acquisition of family farms by prospective owner-operators. Sets forth the repayment terms for such loans. Directs the Secretary to make or insure at least 500 but not more than 2,000 such loans.	2025-09-02T13:54:59Z
96-hr-7867	96	hr	7867	A bill to provide flexibility in administration of the dairy price support program to forestall further increases in retail and wholesale dairy prices as a result of price support operations, to avoid unnecessary government acquisitions of surplus dairy products, thus reducing costs to the taxpayer, and to preserve the integrity of the dairy price support program.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-30	1980-07-30	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20]	IL	R	F000123	0	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to continue current price support levels for milk or to modify any increase in such levels which might otherwise be required when the quantity of dairy products acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation exceeds the quantity of products sold by a specified amount. Fixes the level of price supports for milk at the beginning of any marketing year at not less than 75 percent of the parity price.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-7813	96	hr	7813	A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to producers of the 1980 crop of soybeans for losses caused by natural disasters.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-24	1980-07-24	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Burlison, Bill D. [D-MO-10]	MO	D	B001113	10	Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to the producers of the 1980 crop of soybeans if such producer is able to harvest less than 70 percent of such crop because of a natural disaster. Establishes a formula for determining the amount of such payments.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-7822	96	hr	7822	Family Farm Antitrust Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-24	1980-07-24	Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]	WI	D	K000020	14	Family Farm Antitrust Act of 1980 - Finds that vertical integration of the agricultural industry by corporations engaged in the processing, distributing and retail industries, and other conglomerate corporations, tends to create monopolies in the agricultural industry and produce unfair competition for family farms, contributing to the decline of rural populations and the consequent crowding of metropolitan centers. Declares it to be the national policy to restore competition to the agricultural industry and to provide for the continuance of the family farm. Provides that no person who is engaged in commerce in a business other than farming and whose nonfarming business assets exceed $5,000,000 shall engage in farming or the production of agricultural products or participate in farming by any means of acquisition or control of another person who is engaged in farming. Specifies exceptions including charitable, educational, or nonprofit institutions, and farmer-owned and controlled cooperatives. Permits the continuation of farming interests by persons otherwise in violation of this Act if such interests are not increased or expanded for the five-year period following enactment of this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of provisions of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to submit recommendations to the Congress for adjustments to the limitation on nonfarming business assets to reflect changes in economic conditions. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire at fair market value any property or interest of which a person is required to divest himself under the provisions of this Act if the person is otherwise unable to divest himself of such property.	2025-09-02T13:54:54Z
96-s-2954	96	s	2954	A bill to amend title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 to authorize funds for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 to carry out the small farm extension programs provided for under such title, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-23	1980-07-23	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Stewart, Donald [D-AL]	AL	D	S000907	6	Amends the Rural Development Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for the small farm extension programs through fiscal year 1985. Sets forth the formula for the apportionment of such funds to the States.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-s-2955	96	s	2955	A bill to provide grants to States for the purpose of assisting the colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee Institute, in the purchase of equipment and land, and the planning, construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity for food and agricultural research.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-23	1980-07-23	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	0	Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1985 to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program of matching grants to States to assist "1890 land grant colleges", including Tuskegee Institute, in acquiring and improving agricultural and food research facilities and equipment.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-s-2956	96	s	2956	A bill to authorize civil penalties for violations of various laws for preventing the introduction and dissemination of livestock and poultry diseases, plant diseases, and plant pests.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-23	1980-07-23	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	0	Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties for violations of specified provisions preventing the introduction and dissemination of livestock and poultry diseases, plant diseases, and plant pests. Reduces the maximum term of imprisonment for importing diseased animals from three to one year. Establishes criminal penalties for importing animals except at quarantine stations. Increases the amount of criminal fines for importing or transporting infected livestock and poultry. Eliminates the element of scienter from the prohibition against the unauthorized movement of any plant pest through importation or interstate movement. Amends the Federal Plant Pest Act and the Plant Quarantine Act to establish criminal penalties for the knowing counterfeit or alteration of a permit authorizing such movement. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of regulations controlling the entry, inspection, and cleaning of vehicles and materials entering the United States from Mexico.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-7796	96	hr	7796	A bill to provide soybean producers with the same protection from natural disasters as producers of wheat and feed grains.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-22	1980-07-22	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1]	MS	D	W000428	2	Makes producers of the 1980 crop of soybeans eligible for compensation in the case of prevented plantings or failure to harvest normal crop acreage because of a natural disaster at rates comparable to those received by producers of feed grains and what under the Agricultural Adjustement Act of 1949.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2950	96	s	2950	A bill to amend the Act of July 2, 1962, to authorize intrastate quarantines under extraordinary emergency conditions and to authorize U.S. Marshals to serve warrants under the Act.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-22	1980-07-22	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	0	Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the intrastate movement of animals, animal carcasses, products, and articles as the Secretary deems necessary to eradicate or prevent the dissemination of any disease which threatens the livestock or poultry of the United States.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-s-2951	96	s	2951	A bill to amend the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, to eliminate certain unnecessary regulatory requirements.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-22	1980-07-22	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	0	Amends the Plant Quarantine Act of 1912 to eliminate the notice and hearing requirements with respect to the promulgation of determinations relating to: (1) importation restrictions on certain plants and plant products other than nursery stock; and (2) interstate quarantines necessary to prevent the spread of dangerous plant diseases or infestations.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-7755	96	hr	7755	Special Areas Soil Conservation Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-02	1980-07-02	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2]	OR	D	U000004	0	Special Areas Soil Conservation Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program for the conservation of soil, water, and related resources in specified areas by providing technical and financial assistance to owners and operators of non-Federal farm, ranch, and other lands. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with owners of land within such designated areas. Limits contracts with owners of non-farm or non-ranch land to owners of lands with erosion problems which threaten adjoining farm or ranch land. Requires such contracts to assist in making necessary changes in cropping systems or land uses. Requires the owner or operator of such land to furnish the Secretary with a plan of farming operations or land use which incorporates practical conservation practices and outlines a schedule for the implementation of such practices. Requires such owner or operator to forfeit future and refund past payments if the Secretary determines the submitted plan has not been substantially followed. Sets forth other terms of such contract. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate or modify such agreement if to do so would be in the public interest. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing the problems, objectives, and a schedule for implementation of this program in a designated special area. Requires the approval of such committees before such area shall be finally designated. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) utilize the services of State and local agencies; (2) fund research necessary to develop new technologies for controlling erosion-related problems in a designated special area; and (3) provide grants to any State containing lands within such areas to conduct an evaluation and analysis of the local and State tax structures and their effect on the implementation and maintenance of conservation measures. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report annually to Congress on the activities and results of such program; and (2) protect p…	2025-09-02T13:54:54Z
96-hr-7757	96	hr	7757	A bill to provide grants to the 1890 land grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute, in the purchase of equipment and land, and the planning, construction, alteration or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity to conduct food and agricultural research.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-02	1980-07-02	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9]	VA	R	W000121	0	Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program of grants to States to assist "1890 land grant colleges," including Tuskegee Institutes, in acquiring and improving agricultural and food research facilities, equipment, and land. Sets forth formulas for the distribution of such funds. Provides that, in computing such distribution, the allotments to Tuskegee Institute and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall be determined as if each institution were in a separate State.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2925	96	s	2925	A bill to require that the announcement by the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to a set-aside of cropland under the wheat and feed grains program be made no later than August 1 and November 1 of each year, respectively, for crops harvested in the next calendar year.	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-02	1980-07-02	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]	KS	R	D000401	13	Amends the Agriculture Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to announce a set-aside of feed grain cropland by November 1 (currently November 15) and of wheat cropland by August 1 (currently August 15) of each calendar year for the crops harvested in the next calendar year.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-s-2931	96	s	2931	Agricultural Credit Readjustment Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-07-02	1980-07-02	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	0	Agricultural Credit Readjustment Act of 1980 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a national or local moratorium on the repayment or foreclosure on loans made or held by the Secretary or under the provisions of any law administered by the Farmers Home Administration for up to three years if warranted by emergencies adversely affecting the agricultural economy. Authorizes the Secretary to consolidate or reschedule such loans for payment. Sets forth the terms for such payment. Alters the terms and conditions of membership on county committees. Authorizes the Secretary to use and train such committees for any purposes of such Act the Secretary deems appropriate. Requires such committee to serve as a loan board for loans made pursuant to such Act.	2025-09-02T13:57:00Z
96-s-2833	96	s	2833	A bill to establish a National Commission on Food Production, Processing, Marketing, and Pricing to study the food industry from the producer to the consumer.	Agriculture and Food	1980-06-16	1980-06-16	Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.	Senate	Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD]	SD	D	M000452	0	Establishes a 15-member National Commission on Food Production, Processing, Marketing, and Pricing to study and appraise the economic and industrial structure of all segments of the food industry. Directs the Commission to make interim reports and a final report with legislative recommendations to the President and Congress within two years of enactment. Authorizes the Commission to hold hearings and secure data relating to the study. Directs the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Agriculture to each submit to Congress and publish reports on the actions of each agency with respect to the enforcement of the antitrust laws on the various sectors of the food industry. Requires the appropriate Federal agency to submit to Congress and publish within one year after the Commission's report and annually thereafter, indices of the structure and state of competition in the food industry. Authorizes the sum of $7,000,000 to carry out this Act.	2025-01-14T19:03:55Z
96-hr-7557	96	hr	7557	A bill to provide grants to States for the purpose of assisting the colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee Institute, in the purchase of equipment and land, and the planning, construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity for food and agricultural research.	Agriculture and Food	1980-06-12	1980-10-01	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]	TX	D	D000203	15	(Measure passed House, amended) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1985 to the Secretary of Agriculture to assist "1890 land grant colleges," including Tuskegee Institute, through grants in acquiring and improving agricultural and food research facilities and equipment. Limits the amount available to the Secretary for administration of these grants to four percent of such appropriations. Directs the Secretary to determine the amounts of grants awarded pursuant to this Act, as well as the terms and conditions under which such grants are awarded. Requires the Secretary to forward to the appropriate congressional committees, 60 days prior to the award of such grants, a detailed report containing the research facility needs assessments and the justification for the determinations made concerning such grants. Prohibits the use of such grant funds for the payment of any overhead costs of the eligible institutions.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-s-2820	96	s	2820	A bill to amend the Plant Variety Protection Act to clarify its provisions, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-06-12	1980-06-12	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT]	MT	D	M000635	1	Amends the Plant Variety Protection Act to make the Plant Variety Protection Office within the Department of Agriculture an office rather than a bureau. Eliminates the bonding requirement for employees of such office. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain a register of descriptions of United States protected plant varieties rather than a register of published specifications for such varieties. Bars a plant breeder's right to protect a plant variety if such variety was offered for sale or sold by the owner in a foreign country for longer than four years (six in the case of woody plants) before the effective filing date of the application. Eliminates the right to amend an application for a certificate recognizing plant variety rights to include a declaration that a viable sample of basic seed necessary for propagation of the variety will be deposited and replenished periodically in a public repository. Permits the Secretary to publish the name of an applicant for plant variety protection and whether the applicant specified that the variety is to be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed. Increases the term of plant variety protection from 17 to 18 years. Authorizes the Secretary to issue corrected certificates of plant protection, rather than mere certificates of correction, with the same effect and operation in law as if the certificate had been originally issued in such corrected form. Authorizes owners of rights in plant varieties to give notice to the public of such rights by fixing a label to such varieties stating "Unauthorized Seed Multiplication Prohibited" or "Unauthorized Propagation Prohibited" rather than "Propagation Prohibited". Repeals the exemption for the seeds, plants, or transplants of okra, celery, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, and cucumbers. Amends the Federal Seed Act to prohibit the offer for sale or advertisement by variety name of seed not appropriately certified under the Plant Variety Protection Act.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-7548	96	hr	7548	Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-06-11	1980-11-19	Measure laid on table in House, S. 1465 passed in lieu.	House	Rep. Jones, Ed [D-TN-7]	TN	D	J000216	58	(Measure passed House, amended) Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1980 - =Title I: Federal Land Banks and Associations= - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to authorize any Federal land bank, under the supervision of the Farm Credit Administration, to: (1) participate in loans with other Farm Credit Systems institutions (i.e., Federal land banks, Federal land bank associations, Federal intermediate credit banks, production credit associations, and banks for cooperatives); (2) deposit its securities and funds with any insured State nonmember bank; (3) participate in loans which the land banks are authorized to make with lenders which are not Farm Credit System institutions; (4) sell interest in loans to such lenders; (5) buy from and sell to Farm Credit System institutions interests in loans and in other financial assistance extended and nonvoting stock; (6) make other investments; (7) accept contributions to their capital from Federal land bank associations; (8) enter into agreements with other Farm Credit System institutions to share loan and other losses; (9) issue nonvoting stock to borrowers as a patronage refund; and (10) make or participate with other lenders in long-term real estate mortgage loans not exceeding 85 percent of the appraised value of the real estate security. Makes producers and harvesters of aquatic products eligible for Federal land bank services. Authorizes Federal land bank associations to make capital contributions to a Federal land bank. States that a member of a Federal land bank association need not make the required purchases of land stock with respect to that part of a loan derived from a lender which is not a Farm Credit System institution. Authorizes the Federal land bank associations to pay dividends on a differential basis between different classes and issues of stock and participation certificates corresponding to the value of such classes and issues to the capital or earnings of the Federal land bank in its district. Permits the Federal land bank associations to agree t…	2025-09-02T13:54:49Z
96-hr-7503	96	hr	7503	A bill to establish a ceiling of 9 percent on interest rates on price support loans for 1979 and 1980 crop agricultural commodities to aid farmers during their current financial crisis.	Agriculture and Food	1980-06-05	1980-06-05	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20]	IL	R	F000123	18	Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from charging in excess of nine percent on price support loans under the Agricultural Act of 1949 on the 1979 and 1980 crops.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2785	96	s	2785	A bill to limit the interest rates charged under certain farm credit loan programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.	Agriculture and Food	1980-06-04	1980-06-04	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT]	MT	D	M000635	0	Amends the Emergency Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to limit the interest rates charged for economic emergency, farm ownership, and farm operating loans.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-s-2780	96	s	2780	Family Farm Development Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-06-03	1980-06-03	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]	MT	D	B000243	2	Family Farm Development Act of 1980 - Title I: Family Farm Development Service - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture a Family Farm Development Service, containing a Research Board, which shall devise a national long-term plan for the development of a system providing incentives to encourage small and moderate-size family farmers to use and develop new and improved farming techniques, technology, and mechanisms of food production and distribution. Directs the Administrator of the Family Farm Development Service to submit to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the Congress: (1) a report containing such plan before the end of the three and one-half year development period; and (2) an annual report on specified activities. Title II: Research Program - Directs the Administrator of the Family Farm Development Service to conduct an intensive research grant program concerning the improvement of small and moderate-sized family farms. Directs the Secretary to submit to the President and the Congress an annual report, with recommendations, on such research program. Title III: Education, Training, and Demonstration Programs - Amends the Rural Development Act of 1972 to establish extension programs providing small farmers with education and demonstration assistance, using paraprofessionals. Directs the Secretary: (1) to provide small farmers with pest control and soil improvement instruction; (2) to establish a program encouraging family farmers to hire and train apprentice farmers; and (3) to establish a scholarship program for farmers and potential farmers to study organic farming methods in foreign countries. Title IV: Loans for Appropriate Technology - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to include among the purposes for which loans may be made or insured under such Act, payment of costs: (1) of appropriate technology use; and (2) incident to instituting methods of sustainable agriculture and integrated pest management. Sets as a condition for eligibility for such loans being a resi…	2025-09-02T13:56:53Z
96-hjres-560	96	hjres	560	A joint resolution to proclaim March 19, 1981, as "National Agriculture Day".	Agriculture and Food	1980-05-29	1980-10-09	Public Law 96-416.	House	Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5]	WA	D	F000239	231	Designates March 19, 1981, as "National Agriculture Day."	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
96-hr-7460	96	hr	7460	Food Stamp Program Transfer Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-05-29	1980-05-29	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6]	OK	D	E000184	0	Food Stamp Program Transfer Act of 1980 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to transfer the administration of the food stamp program from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Makes necessary conforming changes in such Act.	2025-09-02T13:54:45Z
96-hjres-545	96	hjres	545	A joint resolution making an urgent appropriation for the food stamp program for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, for the Department of Agriculture.	Agriculture and Food	1980-05-08	1980-05-16	Public Law 96-243.	House	Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9]	IL	D	Y000013	0	(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-973) Appropriates additional funds for the food stamp program for fiscal year 1980. Directs the Department of Agriculture to study and report to Congress by January 15, 1981 on the impact and advisability of including in income for eligibility purposes deferred-payment educational loans, grants, fellowships, scholarships, specified veteran's educational benefits, and all housing subsidies. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make a determination on the need to direct State agencies to reduce the value of allotments to be issued to certified households so as not to exceed that appropriations' ceiling of $9,191,000,000 for fiscal year 1980.	2025-01-14T18:18:18Z
96-hr-7264	96	hr	7264	A bill to strengthen farm market prices and farm income by providing a fair and equitable long-term producer storage program for wheat and feed grains.	Agriculture and Food	1980-05-06	1980-05-16	Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1029.	House	Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5]	WA	D	F000239	0	(Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1029) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish price supports under the producer storage program for the 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains at not less than $3.30 per bushel for wheat, $2.40 for corn, and appropriate levels for other feed grains. States that such levels are not to be used to determine the level of repayment of storage loans for such crops prior to the maturity date or the levels at which the Secretary may call for such repayment. Requires the producer storage program to provide for: (1) conditions designed to induce producers to redeem and market such wheat and feed grains at not less than $4.00 per bushel for wheat and not less than $3.00 per bushel for corn; and (2) conditions prescribed by the Secretary under which the Secretary may require the repayment of storage loans, interest, and refund amounts paid for storage. Deletes the limitation on the size of the wheat farmer-held reserve. Prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation from selling any of its stock of wheat or feed grains at less than 105 percent of the then current level at which the Secretary may call for repayment of producer storage loans prior to the maturity dates.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-7268	96	hr	7268	A bill to increase the levels of price support loans provided under the producer storage program for the 1979, 1980, and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-05-06	1980-05-06	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 increase the level of price support loans for the producer storage program for the 1979, 1980, and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-7231	96	hr	7231	Food Stamp Act Amendments of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-05-01	1980-05-01	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5]	KY	R	C000201	0	Food Stamp Act Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Reduction in Food Stamp Error and Fraud and Revision of Deductions - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to extend coverage under the food stamp program to shelters that prepare and serve meals for battered women and/or children. Excludes from household income, for the purpose of determining eligibility for the food stamp program, payments or allowances made under any Federal, State, or local laws for the purpose of providing energy assistance. States that the Consumer Price Index referred to in the computation of household income is the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers. Permits a dependent care deduction from household income up to a maximum of $160 per month under specified conditions. Expands medical deductions for the elderly. Includes medical deductions for the blind and disabled in specified areas. Directs participating State agencies to elect and utilize, in calculating income for most households applying for food stamps, either of the following two methods: (1) taking into account the income reasonably anticipated to be received in the certification period and the income received during the 30 days preceding application, so as to ascertain the income actually available to the household for the certification period; or (2) using income received in a previous month as the basis in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture (retrospective accounting). Excludes from household assets automobiles necessary for transportation of a disabled household member. Grants State agencies the opportunity to proceed against alleged fraudulent activity by specified means. Prescribes general standards for State periodic household income reporting requirements. Prohibits a household from qualifying for the food stamp program as a result of a member of such household going out on strike. Provides that the income and financial resources of an alien ineligible to participate in the food stamp program shall be considered in determining the eligibi…	2025-09-02T13:54:37Z
96-s-2612	96	s	2612	Swine Health Protection Act	Agriculture and Food	1980-04-24	1980-04-24	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]	IL	R	P000222	3	Swine Health Protection Act - Prohibits the feeding, or the permission to feed, of garbage to swine unless such garbage has been treated to kill disease organisms, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, at a facility holding a valid permit issued by the Secretary (or the chief agricultural or animal health official of a State with an agreement with the Secretary). Exempts waste from ordinary household operations which is fed directly to swine on the same premises as the household from coverage as "garbage" under this Act. Requires persons operating a garbage-treatment facility who know such garbage is to be fed to swine to hold a valid permit issued under this Act. Provides for the issuance, suspension, and revocation of such permits. Requires that such facilities, to be issued such permits: (1) meet requirements prescribed by the Secretary to prevent the introduction or dissemination of any infectious or communicable disease of animals or poultry; and (2) be so constructed that swine are unable to enter the premises or have access to untreated garbage or material coming in contact with such garbage. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides for general enforcement of this Act by the Attorney General, upon the request of the Secretary, in U.S. district courts. Provides for cooperative agreements with State agencies for coordination of enforcement, administration, and regulation under this Act and under State law. Specifies that nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal or supercede any State law prohibiting the feeding of garbage to swine. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act.	2025-09-02T13:56:46Z
96-hr-7141	96	hr	7141	Agricultural Subterminal Storage Facilities Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-04-23	1980-06-03	Measure laid on table in House, S. 261 passed in lieu.	House	Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1]	SD	D	D000064	0	(Measure passed House, amended) Agricultural Subterminal Facilities Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants available to States to assist in the development of plans for subterminal facilities for such States. Requires the utilization of the resources of colleges and universities in developing such plans. Limits such assistance to not in excess of 80 percent of plan preparation costs. Prescribes the necessary elements of such plans, including an analysis of the marketing, shipping, storage, and production of bulk agricultural commodities produced in such State or region and the short- and long-range projections with respect to the marketing, shipping, storage, and production of such commodities in such State or region, and an assessment of the overall transportation system in the State or region. Requires each State or region seeking funds for such purposes to establish a plan review commission comprised primarily of local producers or consumers of bulk agricultural commodities. Requires such Commission to make recommendations regarding the need for a State or regional plan and the most beneficial location of subterminal facilities. Requires States seeking grants to submit an application, meet specified minimum levels for average annual production of bulk agricultural commodities, have experienced certifiable serious storage and transportation problems, establish a plan for rail service, and have developed a plan approved by the majority of the members of the appropriate plan review commission. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 to implement such grant program. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary to insure and guarantee loans to public, private, or cooperative organizations organized for profit or nonprofit or to individuals to finance the construction or improvement of subterminal facilities. Provides that such assistance may be furnished only if: (1) the construction or improvement of the subtermina…	2025-09-02T13:54:37Z
96-hr-7142	96	hr	7142	A bill to eliminate any cross compliance requirement as a condition of eligibility for loans and purchases in the case of 1979 crop soybeans thus providing soybean producers with a needed source of short-term credit during their financial crisis.	Agriculture and Food	1980-04-23	1980-06-26	Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 96-1085 (Part II).	House	Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20]	IL	R	F000123	12	(Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1085 (Part I)) Requires loans and purchases of the 1979 crop of soybeans to be made by the Secretary of Agriculture without regard to compliance with the reduction of acreage requirements of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 and the set-aside requirements of the Agricultural Act of 1949. Requires that loans and purchases made available pursuant to this Act be made at the rate of $4.30 per bushel.	2024-02-05T11:50:03Z
96-hr-7116	96	hr	7116	Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-04-22	1980-04-22	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Hance, Kent R. [D-TX-19]	TX	D	H000144	0	Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to bona fide farmers and ranchers who are primarily and directly engaged in agricultural production and who have substantial operations in breeding, raising, fattening, or marketing livestock. Directs the Secretary to guarantee loans made by any legally-organized lending agency up to 90 percent of the principal and interest. Requires such lender, as a condition of the guarantee, to certify to the Secretary that the lender is unwilling to provide credit to the applicant in the absence of such guarantee, that the applicant is directly engaged in agricultural production and the financing provided is to be used for livestock purposes, and that the loan is to maintain existing operations. Establishes a ceiling on the amount of loans guaranteed for any borrower. Requires such loans to be secured by collateral acceptable to the Secretary. Establishes a ceiling on the total amount of loan guarantees outstanding. Excludes such guarantees from the budget totals of the United States Government. Applies the provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to loans guaranteed under this Act.	2025-09-02T13:54:37Z
96-hr-7121	96	hr	7121	Soybean Emergency Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-04-22	1980-06-11	Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 96-1031 (Part II).	House	Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2]	GA	D	M000244	19	Soybean Emergency Act of 1980 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish price supports for the 1980 and 1981 crops of soybeans at not less than $5.02 per bushel.	2025-09-02T13:54:37Z
96-hr-7124	96	hr	7124	A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended, to require the Secretary to defer principal and interest and forgo foreclosure on loans in certain circumstances.	Agriculture and Food	1980-04-22	1980-04-22	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6]	MN	D	N000127	0	Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to defer principal and interest and forego foreclosure on loans provided under any law administered by the Farmers Home Administration during any period in which the earnings on investment in the agricultural sector are less than such earnings in the nonagricultural sector.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2593	96	s	2593	Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-04-22	1980-04-22	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]	TX	D	B000401	0	Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to bona fide farmers and ranchers who are primarily and directly engaged in agricultural production and who have substantial operations in breeding, raising, fattening, or marketing livestock. Directs the Secretary to guarantee loans made by any legally-organized lending agency up to 90 percent of the principal and interest. Requires such lender, as a condition of the guarantee, to certify to the Secretary that the lender is unwilling to provide credit to the applicant in the absence of such guarantee, that the applicant is directly engaged in agricultural production and the financing provided is to be used for livestock purposes, and that the loan is to maintain existing operations. Establishes a ceiling on the amount of loans guaranteed for any borrower. Requires such loans to be secured by collateral acceptable to the Secretary. Establishes a ceiling on the total amount of loan guarantees outstanding. Excludes such guarantees from the budget totals of the United States Government. Applies the provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to loans guaranteed under this Act.	2025-09-02T13:56:53Z
96-sres-406	96	sres	406	A resolution relating to the need of farmers for emergency credit assistance on reasonable terms and conditions.	Agriculture and Food	1980-04-17	1980-04-17	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO]	MO	D	E000004	6	Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should formulate and implement an emergency loan program to assist farmers in meeting the cost of producing their 1980 crops.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hjres-527	96	hjres	527	A joint resolution designating the week beginning April 5, 1981, as "National Vegetable Garden Week".	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-31	1980-03-31	Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.	House	Rep. Davis, Mendel J. [D-SC-1]	SC	D	D000125	0	Designates the week beginning April 5, 1981, as "National Vegetable Garden Week."	2024-02-06T20:04:02Z
96-s-2461	96	s	2461	Food Security Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-20	1980-03-20	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD]	SD	D	M000452	0	Food Security Act of 1980 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to develop a wheat reserve solely to provide for emergency food needs in developing countries. Directs the President to establish a reserve stock of wheat of up to 4,000,000 metric tons. Authorizes the President to release such stocks on a donation or concessional sale basis to provide emergency food assistance to developing countries at any time that the domestic supply of wheat in the United States is so limited that quantities cannot be made available except for urgent humanitarian purposes, but any wheat removed for such purpose shall not be replaced. Exempts such reserve stock from limitations which may be imposed pursuant to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and the Export Administration Act of 1969.	2025-09-02T13:56:46Z
96-hconres-304	96	hconres	304	A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should establish the discount rate for agricultural paper at a rate which is less than the rate established for commercial and industrial paper.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-19	1980-03-19	Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.	House	Rep. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA-3]	IA	R	G000386	3	Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should establish a discount rate for agricultural paper which is less than the rate for commercial and industrial paper.	2024-02-06T19:38:08Z
96-hr-6877	96	hr	6877	A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 by increasing loan rates for corn and wheat, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-19	1980-04-30	Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 96-880 (Part II).	House	Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7]	NC	D	R000436	5	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to increase price supports for the 1980 crop of corn to not less than $2.35 per bushel, for the 1981 crop of corn to not less than $2.50 per bushel, for the 1980 crop of wheat to not less than $3.63 per bushel, and for the 1981 crop of wheat to not less than $3.90 per bushel.	2024-02-05T11:50:03Z
96-hr-6878	96	hr	6878	A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 by providing encouragement for greater participation in the farmer-held reserve program for corn and wheat, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-19	1980-03-19	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7]	NC	D	R000436	5	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to make price support loans on the 1979 crops of corn and wheat to any producer who did not comply with the requirements of the 1979 set-aside program for the commodity. Authorizes the sale of Commodity Credit Corporation stocks of corn for use in making alcohol for motor fuel.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-6821	96	hr	6821	A bill to reduce overlap between the food stamp and school lunch programs.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-17	1980-03-17	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6]	MO	R	C000618	25	Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to reduce the value of the allotment received by a household containing members who have available to them meals provided under the national school lunch program.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2426	96	s	2426	Emergency Agricultural Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-17	1980-03-17	Placed on calendar in Senate.	Senate	Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]	MN	R	B000647	0	Emergency Agricultural Act of 1980 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement an emergency price support program for the 1979 crops of wheat and corn. Directs the Secretary to make available to producers for 60 days loans and purchases at specified levels for wheat and corn for both participants and nonparticipants in the Federal crop program. Entitles producers already carrying a price support loan on the 1979 crop to an additional price support loan. Limits the availability of emergency loans and purchases to producers who did not participate in the 1979 wheat or feed grain program to up to 50 percent of the wheat or corn produced in the 1979 crop year on the acreage normally planted to designated crops.	2025-09-02T13:56:40Z
96-s-2427	96	s	2427	A bill to encourage greater participation in the farmer-held reserve program for corn and wheat, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-17	1980-04-11	Public Law 96-234.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	0	(Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to make price support loans on the 1979 crops of corn and wheat to any producer who did not comply with the requirements of the 1979 set-aside program for the commodity. Authorizes the sale of Commodity Credit Corporation stocks of corn for use in making alcohol for motor fuel. Increases the loan ceiling for the farm storage facility loan program. Eliminates the space restriction on such a facility.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-s-2428	96	s	2428	A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish land diversion payment programs applicable with respect to the 1980 crops of feed grains and wheat, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-17	1980-03-17	Placed on calendar in Senate.	Senate	Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]	MN	R	B000647	0	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish programs of land diversion payments with respect to the 1980 crops of feed grains and wheat. Requires producers seeking such payments to devote not more than 1,000 acres of crop land during the 1980 crop year to approved conservation purposes. Establishes a ceiling on the amount of total payments to feed grain and wheat producers under such programs. Sets forth the formulae for computing the payment to a producer under such programs. Sets payment rates, for the purposes of such formulae, at $1.25 per bushel for corn with all other feed grain prices fixed in relation to such price, and $1.50 per bushel of wheat. Directs the Secretary to implement and administer a special wheat acreage grazing and hay program for the 1980 crop year.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-6815	96	hr	6815	A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 by increasing loan rates for corn and wheat, providing encouragement for greater participation in the farmer-held reserve program for those commodities, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-13	1980-04-30	Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 96-879 (Part II).	House	Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7]	NC	D	R000436	0	(Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-879 (Part I)) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to make price supports available for the 1980 and 1981 crops of rice, upland cotton, corn, wheat, quota peanuts, soybeans, and other specified commodities at not less than 65 percent of the parity price of such commodities. Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to make price support loans on the 1979 crops of corn and wheat to any producer who did not comply with the requirements of the 1979 set-aside program for the commodity. Authorizes the sale of Commodity Credit Corporation stocks of corn for use in making alcohol for motor fuel.	2024-02-05T11:50:03Z
96-hr-6819	96	hr	6819	A bill to provide for annual adjustments in the cost of the thrifty food plan and the standard deduction under the Food Stamp Program.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-13	1980-03-13	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-18]	CA	R	T000188	8	Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require annual rather than biannual adjustments in the cost of the thrifty food plan and the standard deduction under the food stamp program.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-6770	96	hr	6770	A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations for the clean and sanitary movement of animals.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-11	1980-03-11	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large]	VT	R	J000072	0	Directs (rather than permits) the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations for the clean and sanitary movement of livestock and poultry in interstate commerce or into or from the United States.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-6780	96	hr	6780	A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish a land diversion payment program, applicable with respect to the 1980 crop of feed grains.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-11	1980-03-11	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Sebelius, Keith G. [R-KS-1]	KS	R	S000217	14	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a land diversion payment program for the 1980 crop of feed grains to divert from production 12,000,000 metric tons of such grains. Requires, as a condition of eligibility for such payments, that feed grain producers devote to approved conservation uses not less than 15 percent of their 1980 crop planted acreage. Set forth a formula for determining the amount of such payments. Sets payment rates, for purposes of such formula, at not less than $1.25 per bushel for corn and at a fair and reasonable rate in relation to such corn rate, as determined by the Secretary, for all other feed grains. Directs the Secretary to establish a land diversion payment program for the 1980 crop of wheat to divert from production 4,000,000 metric tons of wheat. Requires, as a condition of eligibility for such payments, that wheat producers devote to approved conservation uses not less than ten percent of their 1980 crop planted acreage. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of such payments. Sets payment rates, for purposes of such formula, at not less than $1.50 per bushel. Directs the Secretary to implement and administer a special grazing and hay program for the 1980 crop year. Sets payments rates for the 1980 crop of wheat under such program at not less than $0.50 per bushel.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2376	96	s	2376	Food Stamp Accountability Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-04	1980-03-04	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA]	CA	R	H000384	5	Food Stamp Accountability Act of 1980 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the costs of the thrifty food plan and the amount of the standard deduction annually rather than semiannually. Disqualifies from the food stamp program any individual enrolled in an institution of higher education. Requires that each State agency determine the eligibility of each applicant household by verifying specified income in part through the use of information obtained from other government agencies' records. Permits the State agency to verify prior to certification the size of any applicant household and any factors of eligibility involving households which fall within such agency's error-prone household profiles. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the Commissioner of Social Security to disclose to the Department of Agriculture and to a State food stamp agency information from individual income tax returns with respect to net earnings from self-employment and payments of retirement income which have been disclosed to the Social Security Administration, but only to the extent necessary to determine an individual's eligibility for food stamp benefits. Requires the appropriate State agency to disclose to the Secretary of Agriculture or to any State food stamp agency specified information respecting wages, unemployment compensation, and whether an individual has refused an offer of employment to the extent necessary to determine an individual's eligibility for benefits. Directs the Secretary of Labor to withhold payments from a State which does not substantially comply with such requirements. Requires each State agency to issue a photographic identification card to be presented by any member of a household when utilizing the household authorization card to receive coupons when such household is located in a city of a specified size. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Labor to reimburse specified agencies and organizations operating specified pilot project…	2025-09-02T13:56:40Z
96-hr-6673	96	hr	6673	A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on water chestnuts and bamboo shoots.	Agriculture and Food	1980-03-03	1980-03-03	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Latta, Delbert L. [R-OH-5]	OH	R	L000116	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the duty-free entry of water chestnuts and bamboo shoots for three years from enactment.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
96-s-2360	96	s	2360	A bill to reduce overlap between the Food Stamp and School Lunch Programs.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-28	1980-02-28	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]	NC	R	H000463	7	Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to reduce the value of the allotment received by a household containing members who have available to them meals provided under the national school lunch program.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-6635	96	hr	6635	Food Security Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-27	1980-06-25	Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-966 (Part II).	House	Rep. Zablocki, Clement J. [D-WI-4]	WI	D	Z000001	83	(Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-966 (Part II)) Food Security Act of 1980 - Declares it to be U.S. policy to develop a wheat reserve solely to provide for emergency food needs in developing countries. Directs the President, in order to carry out such policy, to establish a reserve stock of wheat of up to 4,000,000 metric tons for specified purposes. Permits stocks of wheat for such reserve to be acquired: (1) through purchases from producers or in the market, if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that such purchases will not unduly disrupt the market; and (2) by designation by the Secretary of stocks of wheat acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Authorizes the President to release such designated or acquired wheat reserve stocks to provide, on a donation or sale basis, emergency food assistance to developing countries at any time that the U.S. domestic wheat supply is so limited that quantities cannot be made available for disposition, except for humanitarian purposes, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Provides that up to 300,000 tons of wheat may be released from the reserve in any fiscal year for use under such Act in providing urgent humanitarian relief in developing countries which suffer major disasters (as determined by the President), in circumstances of unanticipated and exceptional need when the normal means of obtaining food assistance make timely programming impossible. Directs the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on wheat so released and its timely replenishment. Allows such wheat to be processed in the U.S. and shipped to the recipient country as wheat flour, when necessary. Requires that such wheat be made available under such Act to meet famine or other urgent or extraordinary relief requirements, with specified provisions as to determinations of availability inapplicable thereto. Directs the Secretary to provide for reserve management as to location and clas…	2025-09-02T13:54:22Z
96-hr-6593	96	hr	6593	Swine Health Protection Act	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-25	1980-10-17	Public Law 96-468.	House	Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20]	IL	R	F000123	42	(Measure passed House, amended) Swine Health Protection Act - Prohibits the feeding, or the permission to feed, of garbage to swine unless such garbage has been treated to kill disease organisms, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (or the chief agricultural or animal health official of a State with an agreement with the Secretary). Exempts waste from ordinary household operations which is fed directly to swine on the same premises as the household from coverage as "garbage" under this Act. Requires persons operating a garbage-treatment facility who know such garbage is to be fed to swine to hold a valid permit issued under this Act. Provides for the issuance, suspension, and revocation of such permits. Requires that such facilities to be issued such permits: (1) meet requirements prescribed by the Secretary to prevent the introduction or dissemination of any infectious or communicable disease of animals or poultry; and (2) be so constructed that swine are unable to enter the premises or have access to untreated garbage or material coming in contact with such garbage. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides for general enforcement of this Act by the Attorney General, upon the request of the Secretary, in U.S. district courts. Provides for cooperative agreements with State agencies for coordination of enforcement, administration, and regulation under this Act and under State law. Grants each State effectively enforcing adequate State laws regulatory the feeding of garbage to swine primary enforcement for violation of laws and regulations under this Act. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory committee to evaluate State programs and consult with the Secretary concerning other matters within the scope of this Act. Specifies that nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal supercede any State law prohibiting the feeding of garbage to swine. Authorizes appropriation necessary to carry out this Act.	2025-09-02T13:54:21Z
96-hr-6581	96	hr	6581	Agriculture Protection Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-22	1980-02-22	Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.	House	Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9]	VA	R	W000121	9	Agricultural Protection Act of 1980 - Title I: Food Security Fund - Designates this title as the "Food Security Act of 1980." Declares it to be U.S. policy that: (1) adequate financial resources be placed at the President's disposal to meet urgent humanitarian needs for wheat in foreign nations and comply with international obligations to provide such assistance, within the framework of a market economy; and (2) governmental acquisition and perpetual maintenance of large additional stocks of a wheat reserve solely to provide for emergency food needs in developing countries would depress producer prices, destroy production incentives, disrupt markets, impair U.S. capacity to meet urgent humanitarian and foreign policy objectives, and require the expenditure of large sums of public money for the storage and handling of such wheat. Permits wheat to be acquired through purchases in the U.S. open market in such a manner as the Secretary of Agriculture determines will not unduly disrupt the market. Directs the Secretary to formulate and administer a program of purchasing, on a voluntary basis, wheat under the Agricultural Act of 1949 for donation for specified purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize stocks of wheat acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation, if such stocks are promptly replaced with wheat held in the producer storage program if such program wheat is not available in amounts and locations sufficient to meet the purposes of this Act. Sets forth such purposes as determined by the President: (1) to provide urgent humanitarian relief in any foreign country which suffers a major disaster as determined by the President and whose needs for relief cannot be satisfied in a timely manner under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954; (2) to assist any developing country to meet its food requirements at any time that the U.S. domestic supply of wheat is so limited that quantities cannot be made available under such Act; and (3) to fulfill any lawful international obligation. Provid…	2025-09-02T13:54:22Z
96-hr-6542	96	hr	6542	A bill to amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish certain loan levels whenever the export sales of certain agricultural commodities are suspended.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-20	1980-02-20	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20]	IL	R	F000123	1	Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to delete the requirement of a determination of short supply before the Secretary of Agriculture must set loan levels for agricultural commodities, the exports of which have been suspended.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2315	96	s	2315	Trade Suspension Commodity Reserves Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-20	1980-02-20	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY]	KY	D	H000905	3	Trade Suspension Commodity Reserves Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish trade suspension reserves of wheat, corn, grain sorghums, oats, barley, rye, and such other grains as the Secretary deems appropriate, whenever: (1) the President or other member of the executive branch causes the commercial sales of such commodities to any country or area of the world to be suspended for reasons of national security or foreign policy under any provision of law; and (2) the prices producers receive for such commodities are, or will be, adversely affected by such action. Directs the Secretary to announce, within 30 days after such suspension: (1) whether trade suspension grain reserves under this Act will be established; and (2) the amount of the commodity to be placed in such reserves. Requires that such amount be that portion of the suspended commercial exports which should be removed from the market to maintain producer prices at the levels immediately prior to the suspension. Authorizes the Secretary to establish reserves necessary to stabilize prices under this Act by: (1) purchasing, through the Commodity Credit Corporation, commodities suitable for use in the production of alcohol for fuel and paying reserve maintenance and disposition costs; and (2) increasing the stocks held under the producer storage program of the Agricultural Act of 1949 by making additional nonrecourse loans available to producers under such program, if the export sales of wheat or feed grains are suspended. Permits the Secretary to dispose of such commodities, acquired by the Corporation under this Act, only through sale, at not less than the fuel conversion price for the commodity involved, for use in the production of alcohol as motor fuel at facilities which: (1) begin operation after January 4, 1980; and (2) can produce alcohol from agricultural or forestry biomass feedstocks other than the commodity involved. Authorizes the Secretary to facilitate the use for fuel production purposes of commodities held in…	2025-09-02T13:56:41Z
96-hr-6523	96	hr	6523	A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to increase the level of certain secured storage facility loans to growers of certain commodities, to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to increase the levels of loans and purchases for the 1979, 1980, and 1981 crops of feed grains, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-13	1980-02-13	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6]	IA	D	B000298	0	Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to raise the limit on secured storage facility construction or remodeling loans from $50,000 to $100,000. Bases the size of the facility for which such loan may be obtained upon the amount of space required to store the quantity of the commodity estimated to be produced by the borrower during a three-year (formerly, two-year) period. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise loan and purchase levels for the 1979, 1980, and 1981 crops of corn from $2.00 to $2.35 per bushel. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make available loans and purchases for the 1979 crop of feed grains to producers ineligible to receive specified loans and purchases under the Agricultural Act of 1949 because of their nonparticipation in a set-aside program under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. Requires that such loans and purchases be available: (1) at levels equal to 85 percent of the respective loan and purchase levels for participants in the set-aside program; (2) only on condition that any feed grains for which such loans or purchases are made shall be stored under the producer storage program; and (3) for not more than one-half the 1979 crop of each feed grain of such producer. Directs the Secretary to ensure that such producers are: (1) able to store the feed grains with respect to which such loans and purchases are made; and (2) eligible for loans, purchases, and payments under the producer storage program.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-6485	96	hr	6485	Agriculture Emergency Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-12	1980-02-12	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1]	SD	D	D000064	8	Agriculture Emergency Act of 1980 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the minimum loan and purchase levels which the Secretary of Agriculture is required to make available to producers, for the 1979 through 1981 crops, from $2.35 to $3.90 per bushel for wheat, from $2.00 to $2.50 per bushel for corn, and from 48 cents to 60 cents per pound for cotton. Sets a minimum loan and purchase level for the 1979 through 1981 crops of soybeans at $6.25 per bushel. Directs the Secretary to adjust such levels for such commodities at the beginning of each semiannual period after the beginning of the marketing year to reflect any estimated change in the parity index during such semiannual period. Prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation, whenever the extended loan program for producer storage is in effect, from selling any of its stocks of wheat or feed grains at less than ten percent above the level at which the Secretary may call for the repayment of loans under specified conditions, or at less than 20 percent above the then current level of price support for the commodity, whichever is higher, with specified exceptions. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require that the minimum quantities of agricultural commodities distributed for 1981 and each fiscal year thereafter under specified food relief programs be 1,600,000 metric tons of which not less than 1,300,000 metric tons shall be distributed through the nonprofit voluntary agencies of the World Food Program. Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary to set price support loan levels for agricultural commodities at 90 percent of the parity price whenever the President or any other member of the executive branch suspends export sales of such commodities to any country or area of the world (no longer requiring that such suspensions be directed at countries or areas with which the U.S. otherwise continues commercial trade or be based upon determinations of short supply). Directs the Secretary to estab…	2025-09-02T13:54:21Z
96-hr-6487	96	hr	6487	Producer Referendum Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-12	1980-02-12	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2]	IN	D	F000161	0	Producer Referendum Act of 1980 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish in the Department of Agriculture a Board of Agricultural Producers to be composed of the Secretary of Agriculture and one member from each State selected by the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service in such State. Directs the Board to: (1) make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to specified set-asides of cropland; (2) assist the Secretary in determining and improving cost of production formulas used to administer price support programs; and (3) advise the Secretary on other related matters. Declares that no cropland set-aside shall be effective unless such set-aside: (1) is limited to one crop year; (2) requires that any cropland set-aside be rotated no less than every two years; (3) does not prevent the use of cropland for production of crops for use in the production of fuel alcohol; and (4) has not been disapproved in a referendum by a majority of producers on U.S. farms whose principal source of income is derived from such crop. Directs the Secretary to conduct such referendum not later than 30 days after providing for the set-aside of any cropland used in the production of any agricultural commodity for any crop year under the Agricultural Act of 1949 or the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Sets forth a civil penalty of $300 per acre for noncompliance with cropland set-asides.	2025-09-02T13:54:17Z
96-hr-6475	96	hr	6475	A bill to improve the Cotton Research and Promotion Program.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-11	1980-02-11	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20]	IL	R	F000123	0	Amends the Cotton Research and Promotion Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from appointing to Cotton Board membership any person: (1) who has been convicted of any Federal or State offense carrying a penalty of imprisonment of more than one year; or (2) against whom any Federal or State agency has issued an order imposing sanctions for any violation of law relating to the buying, selling, handling, or transporting of agricultural commodities or contracts for the future delivery of such commodities. Prohibits the use of specified funds by a specified cotton producer organization to provide information to cotton producers concerning the activities of such organization or association or the Board under such Act, unless such information is specifically requested by a producer. Limits to ten percent of its budget for any fiscal period the amount which the Board may expend to provide such information to producers. Requires the Board to provide or direct any such information to all producers, unless specifically requested by a producer. Requires that all information with respect to refunds made to individual producers be kept confidential by all officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture and of the Board. Provides for criminal penalties and removal from office for convicted violators of such requirement. Prohibits the use of specified information, which has not been made public and which may affect or tend to affect prices, purchases, sales, or contracts for the future delivery of cotton, in any activity relating to such purchases, sales, or contracts. Prohibits specified communications or acquisitions to further such use. Provides penalties for violations of such prohibitions. Directs the Secretary to utilize a committee or committees of Department employees or officers with expertise in cotton marketing, production, processing and textile research, and administration, to establish guidelines governing legitimate expenditures by the cotton producer organization carrying out a program under …	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-sres-366	96	sres	366	A resolution relating to the need for prompt action on any decision for an acreage diversion program for the 1980 crops of wheat and feed grains.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-08	1980-02-08	Measure passed Senate.	Senate	Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]	SC	R	T000254	0	Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should announce promptly a decision on whether there will be an acreage diversion program in effect for the 1980 crops of wheat and feed grains.	2021-06-14T19:51:37Z
96-hr-6467	96	hr	6467	A bill to amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 with respect to loan levels applicable to certain commodities when commercial export sales of such commodities are terminated by a member of the executive branch of the Government.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-07	1980-02-07	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]	MO	D	S000465	0	Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to set loan levels for specified agricultural commodities whenever export sales have been suspended (presently such loan levels are set only when export sales are suspended due to short supplies). Requires such loan levels to be set at the highest national weighted average market price received by farmers in any of the three months preceding the export suspension.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2277	96	s	2277	Agriculture Emergency Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-07	1980-02-07	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD]	SD	D	M000452	4	Agricultural Emergency Act of 1980 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the minimum loan and purchase levels which the Secretary of Agriculture is required to make available to producers, for the 1979 through 1981 crops, from $2.35 to $3.90 per bushel for wheat, from $2.00 to $2.50 per bushel for corn, and from 48 cents to 60 cents per pound for cotton. Sets a minimum loan and purchase level for the 1979 through 1981 crops of soybeans at $6.25 per bushel. Directs the Secretary to adjust such levels for such commodities at the beginning of each semiannual period after the beginning of the marketing year to reflect any estimated change in the parity index during such semiannual period. Prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation, whenever the extended loan program for producer storage is in effect, from selling any of its stocks of wheat or feed grains at less than ten percent above the level at which the Secretary may call for the repayment of loans under specified conditions or at less than 20 percent above the then current level of price support for the commodity, whichever is higher, with specified exceptions. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require that the minimum quantities of agricultural commodities distributed for 1981 and each fiscal year thereafter under specified food relief programs be 1,600,000 metric tons, of which not less than 1,300,000 metric tons shall be distributed through the nonprofit voluntary agencies of the World Food Program. Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary to set price support loan levels for agricultural commodities at 90 percent of the parity price whenever the President or any other member of the executive branch suspends export sales of such commodities to any country or area of the world (no longer requiring that such suspensions be directed at countries or areas which the U.S. otherwise continues commercial trade or be based upon determinations of short supply). Directs the Secretary to: (1) an…	2025-09-02T13:56:40Z
96-s-2282	96	s	2282	A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide the Secretary of Agriculture forfeiture authority.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-07	1980-02-07	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	1	Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to subject to forfeiture anything of value that is furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in exchange for coupons or authorization cards in any manner not authorized by such Act.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-s-2269	96	s	2269	An act to extend the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-06	1980-03-30	Public Law 96-220.	Senate	Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE]	NE	D	Z000013	18	(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-854) Amends the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978 to require as a prerequisite for a loan under such Act written indication of at least one declination of private credit for loans under $300,000 and two such declinations for loans over $300,000. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive such requirement for loans under $300,000 upon determination that an undue burden would be placed on an applicant. Limits loans for refinancing indebtedness on farm or home real estate under such Act to real estate purchased by an applicant at least one year prior to the date of the loan application. Directs the Secretary to review insured loans under such Act three years after the loan is made and every two years thereafter to determine whether the borrower can obtain a loan at reasonable rates and terms for loans for similar purposes and periods of time from a production credit association, a Federal land bank, or other responsible cooperative or private credit source. Prohibits insured loans for more than $300,000 under such Act, unless the Secretary determines that the applicant cannot obtain from a private or cooperative lending agency a sufficient guaranteed loan under such Act. Raises from $4,000,000,000 to $6,000,000,000 the limit on the total principal balance outstanding at any time on loans insured or guaranteed under such Act. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to make new contracts of insurance or guarantee under such Act until September 30, 1981. Directs the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive study, with specified inclusions, of the operation and effectiveness of the financial assistance program authorized under such Act and to report, with recommendations, to Congress. Requires that any such recommendations for extending the authority to insure and guarantee loans under such Act shall evaluate possible alternatives.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-6428	96	hr	6428	A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish land diversion payment program for the 1980 crops of corn and wheat.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-05	1980-02-05	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1]	SD	D	D000064	9	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish land diversion payment programs for the 1980 crops of corn and wheat. Requires, as a condition of eligibility for such payments, that grain producers devote to approved conservation uses, an amount of cropland not less than a percentage of their 1980 crop planted acreage (15 percent for corn and 10 percent for wheat). Sets forth formulas for determining the amount of such payments. Sets $1.50 per bushel for both corn and wheat as a payment rate factor in such formulas.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2258	96	s	2258	National Agricultural Security Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-05	1980-02-05	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	10	National Agricultural Security Act of 1980 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make available loans and purchases and participation in the producer storage program on up to 50 percent of the corn produced in the 1979 crop year by any producer who did not file a timely agreement to participate in the 1979 feed grain set-aside program. Permits the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell its stock of corn at less than 150 percent of the current level of price support if such corn is used in the production of alcohol for motor fuel at facilities meeting specified requirements. Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to stipulate that the reduction of acreage normally planted to designated commodities required by the Secretary for eligibility for price supports shall not apply to the 1979 crop of soybeans. Directs the President to establish a reserve stock of wheat to provide emergency food assistance to developing countries when domestic supplies are limited. Declares that such reserve stocks shall not be considered a part of the total domestic supply and shall not be subject to specified export limitations. Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to raise the limit on a secured storage facility construction or remodeling loan from $50,000 to $100,000. Amends the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978 to raise the ceiling on the total principal balance which may be outstanding from $4,000,000,000 t0 $6,000,000,000. Extends the authority to make contracts of insurance or guarantee under such Act until September 30, 1981. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with the U.S. Trade Representative, to study and report to the President and Congress on the potential for expanding U.S. agricultural export markets and the use of agricultural exports to obtain needed natural resources or other products. Sets forth items to be included in such study. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Cor…	2025-09-02T13:56:40Z
96-s-2264	96	s	2264	A bill to amend section 110 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 and section 4 (h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-05	1980-02-05	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE]	NE	D	E000284	0	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make price support available, beginning with the 1979 crops of wheat and feed grains, to producers who participate in a specified producer storage program, at increased levels of at least $3.50 per bushel for wheat and $2.50 per bushel for corn. Provides that such increased levels shall not be used for making specified determinations. Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to raise the limit on a secured storage facility construction or remodeling loan from $50,000 to $100,000. Deletes the requirement that the size of such facilities for which such loans are obtained be based on estimated production quantities.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hr-6403	96	hr	6403	A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, to increase the minimum level of price support for quota peanuts of the 1980 and 1981 crops.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-04	1980-02-04	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2]	GA	D	M000244	0	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to increase the minimum level of price support on quota peanuts for the 1980 and 1981 crops from $420 per ton to $502 per ton.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-s-2249	96	s	2249	A bill to increase the minimum level of price support on quota peanuts for the 1980 and 1981 crops.	Agriculture and Food	1980-02-04	1980-02-04	Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.	Senate	Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]	GA	D	T000035	6	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to increase the minimum level of price support on quota peanuts for the 1980 and 1981 crops from $420 per ton to $502 per ton.	2025-01-14T16:41:20Z
96-hjres-495	96	hjres	495	A joint resolution raising the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 per centum of the respective parity prices therefor, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-01-31	1980-01-31	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 raise the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 percent of their respective parity prices. Reduces the price levels at which producers participating in the wheat and feed grains storage program: (1) may redeem and market commodities securing price support loans (from between 140 to 160 percent of their respective parity prices to 100 percent); and (2) must repay such loans (from 175 to 110 percent of their respective parity prices). Prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation, whenever the extended loan program for producer storage is in effect, from selling any of its stocks of wheat or feed grains at less than 110 percent of the then current parity price of such commodity.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-6382	96	hr	6382	A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish a land diversion payment program, applicable with respect to the 1980 crop of feed grains.	Agriculture and Food	1980-01-31	1980-04-30	Reported to House from the Committee on Appropriations with amendment, H. Rept. 96-878 (Part II).	House	Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6]	IA	D	B000298	12	(Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-878 (Part I)) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish programs of land diversion payments with respect to the 1980 crops of feed grains and wheat to divert from production 12 million metric tons of feed grains and 4 million metric tons of wheat. Requires producers seeking such payments to devote not less than 15 percent of feed grain cropland and not less than 10 percent of wheat cropland during the 1980 crop year to approved conservation purposes. Sets forth the formulae for computing the payment to a producer under such programs. Sets a payment rate for corn, for the purposes of such formulae at not less than $1.25 per bushel with all other feedgrain prices fixed in relation to such price, and at $1.50 per bushel of wheat. Requires the Secretary to make an advance payment available to such producers equal to not less than 75 percent of the estimated payment to be received. Directs the Secretary to implement and administer a special wheat acreage grazing and hay program for the 1980 crop year.	2024-02-05T11:50:03Z
96-hr-6391	96	hr	6391	A bill to make emergency operating loans available to certain producers.	Agriculture and Food	1980-01-31	1980-01-31	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 available, through the Commodity Credit Corporation, emergency operating loans to: (1) producers who will meet eligibility conditions for loans, purchases, and payments under the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to their 1980 crops; and (2) producers of livestock, dairy products, and poultry and poultry products whose farm income is derived primarily therefrom. Sets forth conditions, purposes, amounts, interest rates, and repayment schedules relating to such loans. Directs the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service to administer, and the Secretary to issue, necessary regulations for this Act.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-6392	96	hr	6392	Economic Recovery Act of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-01-31	1980-01-31	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6]	MN	D	N000127	0	Economic Recovery Act of 1980 - Title I: Production and Sale of Agricultural Commodities - Directs the National Board of Agricultural Governors (created by Title II of this Act) to establish, on a monthly basis for each agricultural commodity, a parity price and a comprehensive cost of production price, taking into account for the latter: (1) machinery ownership costs; (2) farm overhead costs; (3) a value for the management services contributed by the producer; (4) labor costs; and (5) a value for the land utilized. Directs the Board to determine an established price for each agricultural commodity equal to such parity price or to such comprehensive cost of production price, whichever is less. Directs the Board to establish for each commodity a national production goal based on estimated domestic and export requirements, and levels of production consistent with established agricultural conservation or soil management programs. Directs the Board to allocate allotments or marketing quotas based upon the production history of each farm during three out of the five preceding calendar years. Limits such allocations to individual farmers and farmer-owned or controlled cooperatives and corporations. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans available to producers of Board-selected commodities. Requires the Board to establish a program to acquire reserve stocks of agricultural commodities. Directs the Board to establish quotas for each agricultural commodity imported into the United States. Establishes in the United States Treasury the Agricultural Export Fund for the deposit of any tariff revenues received from a foreign country in which an agricultural commodity was produced, for use in the purchase of any United States products. Prohibits the sale of any United States agricultural commodity for export at less than 100 percent of the established price. Requires the Board to conduct, upon petition, producer referendums on proposed regulations. Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it an unfair or d…	2025-09-02T13:54:18Z
96-hr-6340	96	hr	6340	A bill to amend the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978 and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to extend and increase certain agricultural loan programs, and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1980-01-30	1980-01-30	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5]	WA	D	F000239	0	Amends the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978 to raise from $4,000,000,000 to $5,500,000,000 the limit on the total principal balance outstanding at any time on loans insured or guaranteed under such Act. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to make new contracts of insurance or guarantee under such Act until September 30, 1981. Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to raise the limit on a secured storage facility construction or remodeling loan from $50,000 to $100,000.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-6370	96	hr	6370	A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to establish a revolving fund to finance short-term export credit sales of agricultural commodities produced in the United States.	Agriculture and Food	1980-01-30	1980-01-30	Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.	House	Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]	MO	D	S000465	9	Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to establish the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund to be available for: (1) the export of, or aid in the development of, foreign markets for agricultural commodities; and (2) loans for the acquisition of facilities in foreign countries to improve the countries' capacities to handle agri-commodities exported from the United States. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress annually concerning the export credit sales program. Abolishes such fund effective October 1, 1983.	2024-02-07T11:38:03Z
96-hr-6376	96	hr	6376	A bill to provide price support for producers of sunflower seeds through loans and purchases by the Secretary of Agriculture.	Agriculture and Food	1980-01-30	1980-01-30	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1]	SD	D	D000064	0	Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make available price supports to producers of sunflower seeds. Requires the Secretary to make available loans and purchases on the 1980 and 1981 crops at a level of not less than ten dollars per hundredweight. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a set-aside of sunflower seed acreage as a condition to such price support.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
96-hr-6333	96	hr	6333	Agricultural Census Amendments of 1980	Agriculture and Food	1980-01-29	1980-01-29	Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.	House	Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17]	CA	R	P000097	1	Agricultural Census Amendments of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) determine the overall reporting burden on respondents in the 1979 census of agriculture, drainage, and irrigation; (2) take necessary steps to assure that such burden for the 1983 census will be not more than one-half of the 1979 burden; and (3) report to Congress on such determination and such steps.	2025-09-02T13:54:17Z
96-hr-6285	96	hr	6285	An act to amend the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act and to establish an intergovernmental study group to analyze recent events in the silver cash and futures markets.	Agriculture and Food	1980-01-24	1980-06-17	Public Law 96-276.	House	Rep. Baldus, Alvin J. [D-WI-3]	WI	D	B000083	4	(Measure passed Senate, amended) Egg Research and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act to raise the maximum allowable number of members of the Egg Board from 18 to 20. Provides that two such voting members, and alternates therefor, be consumers or representatives of consumers, if approved by egg producers. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make such consumer appointments from nominations submitted by eligible organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make such consumer appointments as necessary to protect consumer interests if such nominees are not members of bona fide consumer organizations or do not represent consumers. Raises the limit on the rate of assessment prescribed by the order of the Egg Board from five cents to seven and one-half cents per case of commercial eggs or the equivalent thereof for fiscal year 1981. Permits such rate to be increased by no more than three-quarters of a cent for each fiscal year thereafter, up to ten cents per case. Declares that the failure of egg producers to approve an amendment to any Egg Research and Promotion Order shall not be deemed to invalidate such order. Sets a minimum civil penalty of $500 for violations of this Act. Raises the maximum civil penalty for such violations from $1,000 to $5,000. Authorizes the Secretary to issue cease and desist orders against such violations, in addition to or in lieu of such civil penalties. Requires notice and opportunity for a hearing before such penalties may be assessed or such orders issued. Permits appeals of such penalties or orders in the appropriate U.S. court of appeals. Provides for civil penalties for failure to obey cease and desist orders which have become final and unappealable. Directs the Secretary to refer unpaid civil penalties to the Attorney General, who shall recover such amounts assessed in the appropriate U.S. district court. Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to establish a…	2025-04-07T14:20:24Z

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