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| 99-s-2937 | 99 | s | 2937 | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase the number of acres placed in the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-10-16 | 1986-10-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 1 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to expand the conservation reserve program to 65,000,000 acres through the 1990 crop year. Requires a report to the Congress on the inclusion of other lands. Authorizes cash or in-kind conservation reserve incentives. Provides for commercial use of conservation reserve acreage under certain conditions. Provides for a ground water pilot program. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5697 | 99 | hr | 5697 | National Agricultural Library Act | Agriculture and Food | 1986-10-14 | 1986-10-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 0 | National Agricultural Library Act - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture the National Agricultural Library to serve as the Nation's primary agricultural information resource. Sets forth Library functions, including information acquisition and distribution, and inter-library coordination. Authorizes the Library to make and sell agricultural-information products and related services. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:32:28Z | |
| 99-hr-5684 | 99 | hr | 5684 | Agricultural Quarantine Enforcement Act | Agriculture and Food | 1986-10-09 | 1986-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Coelho, Anthony Lee [D-CA-15] | CA | D | C000581 | 8 | Agricultural Quarantine Enforcement Act - Prohibits first-class mail parcel service (excluding letters) for any plant- or animal-related article unless the sender permits an agricultural inspection of such parcel. Makes it unlawful for a sender not to declare such articles. Provides for the: (1) detention of interstate mail (including mail from Puerto Rico); (2) inspection of international mail; and (3) detention of mail from outside the United States. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) coordinate activities under this Act with the United States Postal Service and the United States Customs Service; and (2) conduct a public education campaign. Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:33:05Z | |
| 99-hr-5669 | 99 | hr | 5669 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to promote conservation practices on farmland acquired by the Farmers Home Administration. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-10-08 | 1986-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to administer farmland acquired by the Farmers Home Administration in conformity with specified requirements. Prohibits the offer of such land for sale or lease in any State or locality which has suffered substantial reduction in the average value of farmland since 1980 until the average farmland value in the State or locality equals or exceeds, for 12 consecutive months, the average value at the start of such 12-month period. Prohibits the lease or operation of such property for the production of any commodity in surplus supply. Requires devotion of such property to conserving uses. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5635 | 99 | hr | 5635 | Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-10-02 | 1986-10-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Jones, Ed [D-TN-8] | TN | D | J000216 | 66 | (Measure passed House, amended) Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to terminate the Farm Credit Administration's (FCA) prior approval authority over Farm Credit System (FCS) loan interest rates. Authorizes FSC banks, through December 31, 1988, and subject to FCA approval, to reduce borrowing costs by capitalizing "excess" borrowing costs (amounts by which debt incurred before January 1, 1985, exceeds prevailing market rates) and loan losses and amortizing such amounts over 20 years. Terminates FCA's prior approval authority over interest rates on FCS direct and discounted loans. Exempts FCS banks from having to follow generally accepted accounting principles in preparing financial statements relating to amortization of capitalized costs. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5642 | 99 | hr | 5642 | Dairy Target Price Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-10-02 | 1986-10-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 2 | Dairy Target Price Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to revise milk price support provisions. | 2025-08-29T16:33:12Z | |
| 99-s-2899 | 99 | s | 2899 | Farm Credit System Interest Reduction Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-10-01 | 1986-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] | ID | R | S001138 | 3 | Farm Credit System Interest Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Farm Credit Assistance and Interest Reduction - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans to Farm Credit System (FCS) institutions to: (1) remove high-cost bonds from the FCS's portfolio; and (2) retire or restructure nonaccruing FCS-held loans. Provides for borrower interest rate reductions. Title II: Rights of Borrowers - Sets forth borrower rights relating to: (1) access to files and related information; (2) bank mergers; (3) district board election; and (4) financial disclosure by FCS officials. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a feasibility study regarding the return of the FCS to local control. Title III: Independent Interest Rate-Setting Authority - Repeals Farm Credit Administration rate-setting authority. Title IV: Funding for Farm Credit Assistance - Repeals: (1) the Legal Services Corporation Act; and (2) the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. Withholds from obligation and expenditure specified funds from the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to: (1) population planning; (2) voluntary United Nations contributions; and (3) foreign aid to non-Camp David countries. | 2025-08-29T16:29:29Z | |
| 99-s-2903 | 99 | s | 2903 | Wheat Marketing Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-10-01 | 1986-10-08 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE] | NE | D | Z000013 | 2 | Wheat Marketing Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, effective for the 1988 through 1990 wheat crops, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (who, currently, is merely authorized) to proclaim national marketing quotas for wheat by June 1, 1987 (currently June 15, 1986). Requires the Secretary to conduct a referendum of wheat producers by August 1, 1987 (currently August 1, 1986). Limits eligibility to producers with at least a 40-acre base. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective for the 1986 through 1990 wheat crops, to set loans and purchases at the higher of 70 percent of parity or $4.65 per bushel. | 2025-08-29T16:30:02Z | |
| 99-hr-5623 | 99 | hr | 5623 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide storage payments for producers of wheat and feed grains to encourage their participation in the producer storage program. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-30 | 1986-10-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | D000064 | 3 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that wheat and feed grain reserve program storage payments shall be no less than the smaller of: (1) actual commercial storage costs; or (2) the national average commercial storage rate. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5605 | 99 | hr | 5605 | Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-26 | 1986-10-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Chappie, Eugene A. [R-CA-2] | CA | R | C000322 | 0 | Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to terminate the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's direct insurance sales authority (while retaining its corporate structure) as of September 30, 1991. Sets forth a premium subsidy reduction schedule. Repeals Corporation authority to borrow Commodity Credit Corporation funds to meet indemnification needs. Requires the Board of Directors of the Corporation to encourage the sale of insurance through private insurance brokers. | 2025-08-29T16:29:45Z | |
| 99-hr-5601 | 99 | hr | 5601 | Agricultural Quarantine Enforcement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-25 | 1986-10-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17] | CA | R | P000097 | 2 | Agricultural Quarantine Enforcement Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) inspect domestic mail parcels (excluding letters) mailed from Hawaii or Puerto Rico to the conterminous United States, or international mail parcels (excluding letters) in the United States or its territories or possessions, in order to prevent the introduction of destructive plant and animal diseases and pests or noxious weeds; and (2) confiscate or destroy such prohibited plants, animals, or related articles. Authorizes the Secretary to coordinate such activities with the United States Postal Service and the United States Customs Service. Requires written notice of the Secretary's inspection authority to be displayed at all parcel mailing locations in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. | 2025-08-29T16:30:32Z | |
| 99-hr-5588 | 99 | hr | 5588 | Save the Family Farm Act | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-24 | 1986-10-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 33 | Save the Family Farm Act - Title I: Agricultural Commodity Supply Management - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to implement an agricultural commodity supply management program for the 1988 through 2000 crops of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans, including an emergency program for the 1987 crops. Title II: Milk Marketing Control - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for suspension of the current milk price support program and implementation of an alternative program under which the percentage of the parity price of milk shall escalate by increments from 71 percent to 80 percent during the calendar years 1988 through 1997, and remain at 80 percent through 2000. Title III: Agricultural Exports and Imports - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to direct the President to enter into multilateral agreements with other food exporting nations in order to fulfill the food aid requirements of needy nations. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to examine and report to the President about any imported articles that interfere with any program or operation undertaken by the Department of Agriculture. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require processed agricultural products to label any imported ingredients and their countries of origin. Title IV: Food Assistance - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for increased food assistance benefits. Title V: Farm Debt Restructuring - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make farmer debt restructuring loans to any qualifying State under a specified program. Prohibits debt restructuring aid to borrowers who produce commodities on erodible land or on converted wetlands. | 2025-08-29T16:29:37Z | |
| 99-s-2869 | 99 | s | 2869 | Save the Family Farm Act | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-24 | 1986-10-06 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 4 | Save the Family Farm Act - Title I: Agricultural Commodity Supply Management - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to implement an agricultural commodity supply management program for the 1988 through 2000 crops of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans, including an emergency program for the 1987 crops. Title II: Milk Marketing Control - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for suspension of the current milk price support program and implementation of an alternative program under which the percentage of the parity price of milk shall escalate by increments from 71 percent to 80 percent during the calendar years 1988 through 1997, and remain at 80 percent through 2000. Title III: Agricultural Exports and Imports - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to direct the President to enter into multilateral agreements with other food exporting nations in order to fulfill the food aid requirements of needy nations. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to examine and report to the President about any imported articles that interfere with any program or operation undertaken by the Department of Agriculture. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require processed agricultural products to label any imported ingredients and their countries of origin. Title IV: Food Assistance - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for increased food assistance benefits. Title V: Farm Debt Restructuring - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make farmer debt restructuring loans to any qualifying State under a specified program. Prohibits debt restructuring aid to borrowers who produce commodities on erodible land or on converted wetlands. | 2025-08-29T16:33:19Z | |
| 99-s-2874 | 99 | s | 2874 | Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-24 | 1986-09-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to state that: (1) it is U.S. policy to provide quality grain to domestic and foreign buyers; (2) the primary objective of the Official United States Standards for Grain is to certify grain quality as accurately as possible; and (3) U.S. grain standards shall provide the framework necessary for the markets to establish quality improvement incentives. Prohibits, as of May 1, 1987, the recombination of dockage or foreign material (including dust) with any grain marketed in or exported from the United States. Stipulates that such prohibitions shall not be construed to bar: (1) the treatment of grain to destroy or prevent injurious fungi and insects; (2) any marketing of dockage or foreign material removed from grain which is marketed separately and uncombined with whole grain, or as part of a processed food for livestock, poultry, or fish; (3) the blending of similar grains to adjust mixture quality; (4) the recombination of broken corn or kernels with grain of the same type; (5) effective for the period ending December 31, 1987, the recombination of dockage or foreign material removed at an export loading facility from grain to be shipped as a cargo under one export inspection certificate; (6) the addition of identification material; and (7) any other addition determined by the Secretary of Agriculture as ensuring U.S. export grain quality. Authorizes the Secretary, effective through December 31, 1987, to exempt from such prohibitions the last handling of grain in a final domestic sale and shipment when in the public interest. Directs the Secretary, subject to appropriation of funds, to compensate a producer, grain merchant, grain processor, or grain exporter for loss of value of inventory grain if the person can show that such loss resulted from a grain classification change. States that compensation shall be paid only on the inventory held on the effective date of the classification change. Directs the Administrator of the Fe… | 2025-08-29T16:32:44Z | |
| 99-hr-5580 | 99 | hr | 5580 | A bill to establish the storage payment rate for grain in the farmer-owned reserve at an equitable level, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-23 | 1986-10-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 0 | Sets a minimum annual payment rate of 31.5 cents per bushel for wheat and feed grains stored under the producer reserve program. Requires an annual report to the Congress regarding the effect of such payment levels on the producer reserve program. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-s-2851 | 99 | s | 2851 | Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-23 | 1986-10-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to terminate the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's direct insurance sales authority (while retaining its corporate structure) as of September 30, 1991. Sets forth a premium subsidy reduction schedule. Repeals Corporation authority to borrow Commodity Credit Corporation funds to meet indemnification needs. Requires the Board of Directors of the Corporation to encourage the sale of insurance through private insurance brokers. | 2025-08-29T16:29:49Z | |
| 99-s-2847 | 99 | s | 2847 | Grain Marketing Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-22 | 1986-10-06 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 5 | Grain Marketing Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to reduce 1986 through 1990 soybean support levels. Directs the Secretary to implement marketing loan programs for the 1987 through 1990 wheat crops, the 1986 through 1990 feed grain crops, and the 1986 through 1990 soybean crops. Establishes minimum loan repayment levels. Directs the Secretary to make loan deficiency payments for the: (1) 1987 through 1990 wheat crops; (2) 1986 through 1990 feed grain crops; (3) 1986 through 1990 cotton crops; (4) 1986 through 1990 rice crops; and (5) 1986 through 1990 soybean crops. | 2025-08-29T16:32:29Z | |
| 99-hr-5563 | 99 | hr | 5563 | A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit to the Congress an analysis of the effect that the use of bovine growth hormone will have on the milk price support program and on the milk production industry in the United States. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-19 | 1986-09-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 17 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) analyze the impact that the use of the growth hormone "bovine somatotropin" in dairy cattle will have on the milk price support program and on the structure of the U.S. milk industry; and (2) report to the Congress by January 1, 1988. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 99-s-2844 | 99 | s | 2844 | Cattle Restitution Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-19 | 1986-09-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit. | Senate | Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] | OK | D | B000639 | 5 | Cattle Restitution Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make specified payments to producers who sold cattle for nonbreeding purposes during the period March 28, 1986, through June 30, 1986. Requires payment claims to be submitted before July 1, 1987. Sets forth procedures for resolving disputed claims, including judicial review in U.S. district court. | 2025-08-29T16:33:08Z | |
| 99-hr-5549 | 99 | hr | 5549 | A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to pay restitution to certain cattle producers for losses incurred in connection with the sale of cattle during a period in which excessive dairy cattle were slaughtered under the whole-herd buy-out program. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-18 | 1986-09-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] | OK | D | E000184 | 9 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make specified payments to producers who sold cattle for nonbreeding purposes during the period March 28, 1986, through June 30, 1986. Requires payment claims to be submitted before July 1, 1987. Sets forth procedures for resolving disputed claims, including judicial review in U.S. district court. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 99-s-2836 | 99 | s | 2836 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify the support price and marketing loan program for the 1986 crop of soybeans, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-18 | 1986-10-06 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 5 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to reduce 1986 soybean loan rates. Directs the Secretary to implement either a marketing loan program or a producer option payment program for the 1986 soybean crop. Directs the Secretary to consult with the producers of other oilseeds regarding the impact of this Act. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5544 | 99 | hr | 5544 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to reduce the support price for the 1986 crop of soybeans below $5.02 per bushel, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-17 | 1986-09-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Weber, Vin [R-MN-2] | MN | R | W000237 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to reduce 1986 through 1990 soybean support levels. (Existing law allows the Secretary to reduce the level of soybean loans and purchases by up to five percent per year if such loans or purchases discouraged the exportation of soybeans and caused excessive U.S. stocks of soybeans.) States that any action taken by the Secretary to reduce 1986 soybean support levels below $5.02 shall have no effect. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5524 | 99 | hr | 5524 | A bill to provide emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers adversely affected by natural disasters in 1986. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-16 | 1986-09-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Provides emergency in-kind assistance to farmers and ranchers adversely affected by natural disasters in 1986. Limits total individual commodity-value assistance to $100,000. States that such assistance shall not affect a person's assistance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5527 | 99 | hr | 5527 | Buyer Protection Amendments of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-16 | 1986-09-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 7 | Buyer Protection Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 regarding the protection of commercial buyers of farm products. | 2025-08-29T16:29:29Z | |
| 99-hr-5507 | 99 | hr | 5507 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to maintain the support price for the 1986 crop of soybeans at $5.02 per bushel, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-12 | 1986-09-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to reduce 1986 through 1990 soybean support levels. (Existing law allows the Secretary to reduce the level of soybean loans and purchases by up to five percent per year if such loans or purchases discouraged the exportation of soybeans and caused excessive U.S. stocks of soybeans.) | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5499 | 99 | hr | 5499 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to remove the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to reduce the soybean loan rate for crop years 1986 and 1987 and to require the Secretary to implement a marketing loan or a producer option payment program for soybeans for such crop years. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-11 | 1986-09-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8] | MO | R | E000174 | 22 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to reduce the soybean loan rate. Provides, with regard to the 1986 and 1987 soybean crops, that unless a producer option payment plan is in effect the Secretary shall permit loan repayments at the lesser of the loan level or the prevailing world market price. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a producer option payment program for the 1986 and 1987 soybean crops. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5504 | 99 | hr | 5504 | Soybean Production Program Improvement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-11 | 1986-09-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Moore, W. Henson [R-LA-6] | LA | R | M000923 | 0 | Soybean Production Program Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set soybean price supports for the 1988 through 1990 crops at $5.02 per bushel. (Repeals the current price support provision for such crop years.) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, for each of the 1986 through 1990 soybean crops, to permit a producer who agrees to forgo loan eligibility or to repay nonrecourse loan at full face value to obtain specified amounts of commodity marketing certificates. | 2025-08-29T16:29:47Z | |
| 99-hr-5497 | 99 | hr | 5497 | Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-10 | 1986-09-29 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From FCA. | House | Rep. Jones, Ed [D-TN-8] | TN | D | J000216 | 139 | Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986 - States that it is the policy of the Congress that Farm Credit System (System) institutions should take steps to establish competitive interest rates based on the marginal cost of funds. Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to repeal provisions for Farm Credit Administration (FCA) approval of interest rates charged by Federal land banks, Federal intermediate credit banks, and banks for cooperatives. Prohibits the FCA from requiring System institutions to maintain capital levels by charging interest rates in excess of commercial rates. | 2025-08-29T16:33:04Z | |
| 99-hr-5483 | 99 | hr | 5483 | A bill to require market loans for wheat, feed grains and soybeans. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-08 | 1986-09-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2] | NE | R | D000065 | 3 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require marketing loans for wheat, feed grains, and soybeans. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5485 | 99 | hr | 5485 | Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-08 | 1986-09-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Sweeney, David McCann [R-TX-14] | TX | R | S001101 | 6 | Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986 - States that it is the policy of the Congress that Farm Credit System (System) institutions should take steps to establish competitive interest rates based on the marginal cost of funds. Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to repeal provisions for Farm Credit Administration (FCA) approval of interest rates charged by Federal land banks, Federal intermediate credit banks, and banks for cooperatives. Prohibits the FCA from requiring System institutions to maintain capital levels by charging interest rates in excess of commercial rates. | 2025-08-29T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2795 | 99 | s | 2795 | Agricultural Programs Improvement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-09-08 | 1986-09-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 3 | Agricultural Programs Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set loan and target price supports for the 1987 through 1990 wheat and feed grain crops at 1985 levels. Provides, with regard to such crops, for: (1) mandatory loan deficiency payment and marketing loan programs; (2) a marketing loan price floor at 65 percent of the loan rate; and (3) export marketing certificate programs if marketing loan repayment rates exceed world prices. Sets loan and target price supports for the 1987 through 1990 cotton crops at 1985 levels. Sets the marketing loan price floor at 75 percent of the loan rate. Makes loan deficiency payments mandatory. Sets loan and target price supports for the 1987 through 1990 rice crops at 1985 levels. Sets marketing loan price floors at 45 percent for 1987, 55 percent in 1988, and 65 percent in 1989 and 1990. Makes loan deficiency payments mandatory. Maintains soybean price supports at current levels through 1990. Requires the implementation of either a marketing loan or a producer option payment plan. Makes advance recourse commodity loans mandatory. Provides that crop acreage bases shall be based on the previous five crop years, excluding (up to three years) those years in which crops were not planted or considered planted. Sets forth a farm program payment yield formula. | 2025-08-29T16:29:54Z | |
| 99-hr-5441 | 99 | hr | 5441 | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow family members to assist other family members in their farming operations without becoming one entity for the purpose of deficiency payments. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 1 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985, effective for the 1987 through 1990 crops, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from denying a person status as a separate person (for purposes of agricultural benefit payment limitations) solely on the ground that such person received loan assistance and equipment, land, or labor from a family member. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hres-538 | 99 | hres | 538 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that wheat producers have expressed their desire for change in farm policy by their affirmative vote on the wheat poll, and that the President should acknowledge the desires of a majority of wheat producers and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to change the philosophy and direction of the wheat program and take other steps necessary to alleviate the economic crisis in the farm belt. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] | OK | D | E000184 | 12 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) acknowledge the desires of a majority of wheat producers who voted for change in current farm policy as evidenced by results of a wheat poll; (2) direct the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of State, and the Special Trade Representative to strengthen market prices for wheat; and (3) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a binding referendum regarding the 1988 wheat program. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-s-2767 | 99 | s | 2767 | Farm Policy Reform Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] | SD | R | A000009 | 2 | Farm Policy Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require marketing loan programs for the 1987 through 1990 wheat crops. Provides that participating producers shall determine acreage limitations for the 1987 through 1990 wheat crops. Authorizes the Secretary to modify such levels for the 1988 through 1990 crops. Title II: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth parallel provisions for the 1987 through 1990 feed grain crops. Title III: Maximum Payment Limitation - Amends the Food Security Act to 1985 to lower to 20 percent the maximum ownership interest in a corporation or limited partnership, or the beneficial interest in a trust or estate, which a person may have in order to be considered a separate person from such entity for agricultural payment limitation purposes. Prohibits agricultural payments to foreign operators. Title IV: Soybean and Oilseed Marketing Loans - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require a marketing loan program for the 1986 through 1990 crops of soybeans and oilseeds. | 2025-08-29T16:32:56Z | |
| 99-s-2770 | 99 | s | 2770 | Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-15 | 1986-09-29 | Committee on Agriculture received executive comment from Farm Credit Administration. Unfavorable. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 29 | Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986 - States that it is the policy of the Congress that Farm Credit System (System) institutions should take steps to establish competitive interest rates based on the marginal cost of funds. Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to repeal provisions for Farm Credit Administration (FCA) approval of interest rates charged by Federal land banks, Federal intermediate credit banks, and banks for cooperatives. Prohibits the FCA from requiring System institutions to maintain capital levels by charging interest rates in excess of commercial rates. | 2025-08-29T16:33:20Z | |
| 99-s-2789 | 99 | s | 2789 | A bill to provide emergency disaster relief for 1986 to agricultural producers suffering drought disaster by utilizing surplus commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA] | GA | R | M000257 | 2 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency disaster relief (commodity certificates redeemable from Commodity Credit Corporation stocks) to agricultural producers who are eligible for disaster or economic emergency assistance due to the 1986 drought . Sets forth assistance limits. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide in-kind cost-sharing assistance for reforestation and vegetative covering to prevent soil erosion; and (2) permit hay and grazing under acreage limitation programs. Expresses the sense of the Congress, with respect to the 1986 drought, that the President should: (1) declare a drought emergency; (2) direct the Secretary to provide assistance for improving livestock wells; and (3) direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse the Secretary for any expenses incurred in providing such assistance. Directs the Secretary to implement the emergency feed program authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 within a specified time. Provides for up to 50 percent reimbursement of feed costs. Directs the Secretary for 1986 to make surplus commodities available for livestock and poultry in drought areas at a cost not to exceed 50 percent of local commercial rates. Limits the value of surplus commodities available in 1986 to producers of nonprogram crops in drought areas. Prohibits reduction in the price received by milk producers in drought areas for the period beginning October 1, 1986, and ending December 31, 1986. Increases such reductions during the period beginning January 1, 1987, and ending September 30, 1987, in order to make up for such prohibited price reductions. Expresses the sense of the Congress, with respect to farm borrowers who are adversely affected by natural or economic disasters, that: (1) farm loan repayments and foreclosures should be deferred; (2) Farm Credit System and commercial institutions should adopt lenient lending and foreclosure policies; and (3) disaster and economic emergency loan funds should be used to help restructure loans so that the F… | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5432 | 99 | hr | 5432 | A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to strengthen the payment limitation provisions with respect to annual farm programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-14 | 1986-08-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-15] | NY | R | G000417 | 16 | Amends the Food Security Act of 1985, effective for the 1987 through 1990 crops, to set forth specified agricultural program payment limitations concerning corporations, stockholders, and other legal entities. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5436 | 99 | hr | 5436 | Storage Payment Equity Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-14 | 1986-08-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Weber, Vin [R-MN-2] | MN | R | W000237 | 1 | Storage Payment Equity Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to pay wheat and feed grain producers storage rates equal to commercial rates paid by the Commodity Credit Corporation in the same State. | 2025-08-29T16:29:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5403 | 99 | hr | 5403 | A bill to amend the Grain Standards Act of 1916 to establish the policy of providing grain of high quality to both domestic and foreign buyers, and to better define the purpose of Official United States Standards for Grain. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-12 | 1986-09-11 | See H.R.5407. | House | Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] | IA | R | E000259 | 2 | Amends the Grain Standards Act of 1916 to declare that it is the policy of the United States to market high quality grain to domestic and foreign buyers. Defines the purposes of the official United States standards for grain. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5407 | 99 | hr | 5407 | Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-12 | 1986-09-23 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Smith, Neal Edward [D-IA-4] | IA | D | S000596 | 26 | (Measure passed House, amended) Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to state that: (1) it is U.S. policy to provide quality grain to domestic and foreign buyers; (2) the primary objective of the Official United States Standards for Grain is to certify grain quality as accurately as possible; and (3) U.S. grain standards shall provide the framework necessary for the markets to establish quality improvement incentives. Prohibits, as of May 1, 1987, the recombination of dockage or foreign material (including dust) with any grain marketed in or exported from the United States. Stipulates that such prohibitions shall not be construed to bar: (1) the treatment of grain to destroy or prevent injurious fungi and insects; (2) any marketing of dockage or foreign material removed from grain which is marketed separately and uncombined with whole grain, or as part of a processed food for livestock, poultry, or fish; (3) the blending of similar grains to adjust mixture quality; (4) the recombination of broken corn or kernels with grain of the same type; (5) effective for the period ending December 31, 1987, the recombination of dockage or foreign material removed at an export loading facility from grain to be shipped as a cargo under one export inspection certificate; (6) the addition of identification material; and (7) any other addition determined by the Secretary of Agriculture as ensuring U.S. export grain quality. Authorizes the Secretary, effective through December 31, 1987, to exempt from such prohibitions the last handling of grain in a final domestic sale and shipment when in the public interest. Directs the Secretary, subject to appropriation of funds, to compensate a producer, grain merchant, grain processor, or grain exporter for loss of value of inventory grain if the person can show that such loss resulted from a grain classification change. States that compensation shall be paid only on the inventory held on the effective date of the classification change. Dir… | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5386 | 99 | hr | 5386 | A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to require the Corporation to make loans to grain growers needing storage facilities on their farms. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-11 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S000622 | 12 | Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to require (currently the Act authorizes) the Commodity Credit Corporation to make loans to grain growers needing on-farm storage facilities. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5387 | 99 | hr | 5387 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to allow early and direct entry into the producer reserve program for the 1985 and subsequent crops of wheat and feed grains. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-11 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S000622 | 14 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to make wheat and feed grain producers eligible for producer reserve program storage loans as soon as they receive price support loans. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-s-2737 | 99 | s | 2737 | A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to remove the application of such Act to the trading of cattle. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-11 | 1986-08-12 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Commodity Futures Trading Commission. | Senate | Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] | SD | R | A000009 | 3 | Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to remove the application of such Act to the trading of cattle. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5372 | 99 | hr | 5372 | A bill to amend section 331A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to forgo foreclosure of certain loans and to make an adjusted loan schedule available to the borrower providing for equitable repayment terms consistent with the borrower's prospective cash flow. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-08 | 1986-08-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2] | SC | R | S000718 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to forgo foreclosure of specified agricultural loans and make an adjusted loan schedule available to a qualifying borrower providing for equitable repayment terms consistent with the borrower's prospective cash flow. Requires qualifying borrowers to have followed good management practices, to have suffered losses through economic or natural conditions beyond their control, and to be reasonably likely to be able to make installment payments if normal economic and natural conditions exist. Limits such program to family-sized farms. Terminates such authority on September 30, 1987. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-s-2731 | 99 | s | 2731 | Emergency Drought Credit Relief Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-08 | 1986-08-15 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 4 | Emergency Drought Credit Relief Act of 1986 - Provides for a one-year deferment of principal and interest due on Farmers Home Administration loans in areas affected by natural disasters. | 2025-08-29T16:29:22Z | |
| 99-hr-5354 | 99 | hr | 5354 | Optimal Grain Grading Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-07 | 1986-09-11 | See H.R.5407. | House | Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19] | IL | D | B000971 | 6 | Optimal Grain Grading Act of 1986 - Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to define the objectives of U.S. grain policy as: (1) defining uniform terms in order to facilitate grain marketing; (2) providing information on grain storability; (3) offering users end-product information; and (4) creating market place incentives for grain quality improvement. Establishes an "optimal grade" (for grain) based on minimal amounts of foreign material, and damaged and broken grain. Measures other grain by the deviation from such standard. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service to: (1) conduct a study of the need for and the availability of uniform end-use value tests for grain; (2) revise inspection and certification procedures accordingly; and (3) report to the Congress within one year. | 2025-08-29T16:31:58Z | |
| 99-hr-5356 | 99 | hr | 5356 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify cross compliance requirements for producers of extra long staple cotton. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-07 | 1986-08-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar. | House | Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5] | LA | D | H000901 | 2 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify cross-compliance requirements for producers of extra-long staple cotton. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-s-2725 | 99 | s | 2725 | Farm Mortgage Marketing Corporation Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-07 | 1986-08-15 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 1 | Farm Mortgage Marketing Corporation Act of 1986 - Establishes the Farm Mortgage Marketing Corporation. Provides for a five-member Board of Directors. Authorizes the Corporation, with specified limitations, to buy farm mortgages from qualified agricultural lenders and dispose of such mortgages through security issues. Prohibits the Corporation from buying a mortgage unless: (1) the seller retains at least a ten-percent participation in the mortgage, or agrees to replace or repurchase the mortgage if the borrower defaults; and (2) at the time of purchase, the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage is less than 80 percent of the securing property's value, or the portion of the unpaid balance in excess of 80 percent is insured or guaranteed by a qualified insurer. Provides for an initial Treasury capitalization of $200,000,000. Sets forth Corporation authority. Terminates the Corporation ten years after enactment of this Act. Prohibits the making of any mortgage purchase commitments later than seven years after enactment of this Act. Provides for Treasury administration of any remaining Corporation assets or obligations. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1987 for the purchase of Corporation stock. | 2025-08-29T16:32:53Z | |
| 99-s-2721 | 99 | s | 2721 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify cross compliance requirements for producers of extra long staple cotton, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-06 | 1986-08-14 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 857. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 6 | (Reported to Senate from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry amended(without written rept.)) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, regarding the 1989 and 1990 extra long staple cotton crops, to require compliance with the terms and conditions of the extra long staple cotton program as a condition of eligibility for benefits under other commodity programs. Prohibits such requirement for the 1987 and 1988 extra long staple cotton crops. Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to permit the continuation of one local agricultural stabilization and conservation administrative area in those counties that had less than three such areas as of December 23, 1985. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5335 | 99 | hr | 5335 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer sufficient funds from amounts authorized for guaranteed loans to amounts authorized for insured loans to meet the continuing need for such insured loans. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-05 | 1986-08-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer specified funds from guaranteed loan authorizations to insured loan authorizations if authorizations for insured loans fall below a specified level. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-s-2717 | 99 | s | 2717 | Temporary Emergency Grain Storage Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-05 | 1986-08-15 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] | IN | R | Q000007 | 3 | Temporary Emergency Grain Storage Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, where Commodity Credit Corporation-approved grain storage facilities are insufficient, to pay for on-farm storage at rates consistent with commercial facilities. Terminates such authority on May 1, 1987 (with a one-year extension available). Directs the Secretary, whenever demand for Corporation-approved storage exceeds capacity, to utilize rail cars, barges, and other temporary storage facilities. Permits in-kind payment of such storage costs. | 2025-08-29T16:32:45Z | |
| 99-hr-5317 | 99 | hr | 5317 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer sufficient funds from amounts authorized for guaranteed loans to amounts authorized for insured loans to meet the continuing need for such insured loans. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-01 | 1986-08-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer specified funds from guaranteed loan authorizations to insured loan authorizations if authorizations for insured loans fall below a specified level. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5330 | 99 | hr | 5330 | Surplus Commodities Donation Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-08-01 | 1986-08-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2] | SC | R | S000718 | 0 | Surplus Commodities Donation Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make surplus basic agricultural commodities available without charge to producers of the 1986 crop of such commodities in designated disaster areas. | 2025-08-29T16:31:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5288 | 99 | hr | 5288 | A bill to provide emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers adversely affected by this year's drought and excessively hot weather. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-07-30 | 1986-08-11 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 813. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 42 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #288 (418-0)) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make available in 1986 at no cost to farmers and ranchers in natural disaster areas (as defined by this Act) surplus Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) commodities (including transportation costs) for emergency livestock or poultry feed. States that such commodities shall be made available when the Secretary determines that the local supply of reasonably-priced feed and forage is insufficient to cover a 72-hour period, or other period required to bring feed in from surplus areas, and significant livestock losses will result without such assistance. Directs the Secretary to use specified regulations issued under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to determine feed needs and commodity amounts. Makes such assistance available until the earlier of the period beginning three days after enactment of this Act and ending March 31, 1987, or the date, as determined by the Secretary, on which the emergency no longer exists. Directs the Secretary to make in-kind emergency livestock and poultry feed assistance available under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to farmers and ranchers in natural disaster areas. Sets maximum reimbursement rates at 50 percent, except that net costs cannot exceed prices offered to foreign purchasers under an export development program. Directs the Secretary to permit any 1986 drought-affected producer of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, or rice who is participating in specified acreage reduction programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949, to devote such acreage to hay or grazing without regard to certain limitations imposed by such Act. Directs the President, in carrying out an emergency assistance program under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, to require the Secretary to implement an emergency hay program, including paying 80 percent of transportation costs. Stipulates that such program shall be undertaken only if the Secretary determines, after consultation with the Governor and other State… | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-sres-453 | 99 | sres | 453 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture maintain the $5.02 per bushel loan rate for soybeans. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-07-25 | 1986-07-31 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture shall: (1) institute a marketing loan program for soybeans as authorized in the Food Security Act of 1985; and (2) maintain the soybean price support loan rate at $5.02 per bushel. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5242 | 99 | hr | 5242 | Agricultural Export Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-07-24 | 1986-08-05 | Ordered to be Reported Unfavorably (Amended). | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | D000064 | 7 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 99-736 (Part I)) Agricultural Export Act of 1986 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985, effective for the period ending September 30, 1988, to provide that under the export enhancement program the Secretary of Agriculture shall permit program participation by foreign purchasers who: (1) traditionally have purchased U.S. agricultural commodities and products; (2) maintain U.S. trade relations; and (3) after July 30, 1986, comply with minimum purchase requirements under long-term grain agreements. Directs the Secretary to give priority to foreign purchasers who have traditionally purchased such commodities and continue to purchase at historic levels, or who begin to purchase in quantities greater than previous purchase levels. Directs the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, to use commodities with a cumulative value of not less than $667,000,000 to carry out such program through FY 1987. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress by March 31, 1987, with a list of nonparticipating traditional purchasers and explanations for such nonparticipation. Authorizes the Secretary to make exceptions to the program prohibitions against resale, transshipment, or nondomestic use. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 99-hr-5257 | 99 | hr | 5257 | Farm Program Improvements Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-07-24 | 1986-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7] | MN | R | S000795 | 5 | Farm Program Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit agricultural price support loan repayments for the 1987 crops of wheat and feed grains at the lesser of the original level or current regional or State daily average market prices. Provides that for the 1987 wheat crop: (1) the established price shall not be less than $4.40 per bushel for the first 15,000 bushels of a person's production, and $4.00 for each additional bushel; and (2) such payments shall not be made to any producer with a wheat acreage base of less than 15 acres. Provides that for the 1987 corn crop: (1) the established price shall not be less than $3.05 per bushel for the first 30,000 bushels of a person's production, and $2.75 per bushel for each additional bushel; and (2) such payments shall not be made to any producer with a feed grain acreage base for each commodity of less than 15 acres. | 2025-08-29T16:29:17Z | |
| 99-s-2684 | 99 | s | 2684 | A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to require the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay rates for the storage of grain on farms that is no less than the rates the Corporation pays for storage of grain in commercial storage facilities. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-07-24 | 1986-07-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] | ND | D | B001077 | 1 | Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay on-farm grain storage rates at not less than commercial rates. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-sres-451 | 99 | sres | 451 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate commending the compassionate assistance extended to Southeast farmers by other Americans. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-07-23 | 1986-07-23 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 32 | Commends farmers and government leaders for their public-spirited efforts to alleviate the suffering of Southeastern farmers. | 2021-06-30T19:53:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5215 | 99 | hr | 5215 | A bill to authorize the construction by the Secretary of Agriculture of a salinity laboratory at Riverside, California. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-07-22 | 1986-10-31 | Became Public Law No: 99-594. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 2 | Authorizes appropriations for the construction, by the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Agricultural Research Service, of a salinity laboratory at Riverside, California. Allows moneys appropriated under this Act to remain available without fiscal year limitation. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-s-2675 | 99 | s | 2675 | Processed Products Inspection Improvement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-07-22 | 1986-07-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 14 | Processed Products Inspection Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to redescribe the manner and frequency of inspection of meat food products to include the requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture take into account for each establishment: (1) the nature and frequency of processing operations; (2) the adequacy and reliability of processing controls and sanitary procedures; and (3) the history of inspection compliance. Changes the requirement that condemned meat food products be destroyed for "food purposes," to a requirement that they be destroyed for "human food purposes." Authorizes a court, upon the Secretary of Agriculture's request, to issue a temporary order forbidding operational control of a facility subject to Federal inspection by any person convicted of a felony involving intentional adulteration of food, extortion, or bribery, if control by such person would pose a threat to public health or safety or a clear likelihood of significant economic harm to consumers. Authorizes the Secretary to commence civil actions for inspection suspensions in cases of: (1) repeated offenses; and (2) assaults or threats of assault on inspectors. Provides for judicial review of such suspension in courts of appeal. Provides that amendments made by this Act shall not be construed to authorize the Secretary to refuse to provide inspection solely because an establishment does not participate in a total plant quality-control program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that it should evaluate the effects of this Act eight years after its enactment. | 2025-08-29T16:31:08Z | |
| 99-sres-448 | 99 | sres | 448 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should take immediate steps to increase U.S. agricultural exports. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-25 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000366 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President is encouraged to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide Commodity Credit Corporation agricultural stocks as bonuses for agricultural export sales under the Export Enhancement Program, and to pursue negotiations aimed at increasing such overseas sales. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5105 | 99 | hr | 5105 | Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Improvement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-26 | 1986-09-19 | Favorable Executive Comment Received From OMB. | House | Rep. Boulter, Beau [R-TX-13] | TX | R | B000666 | 6 | Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct examinations and inspection of meat, poultry, and egg processing establishments in such a manner and with such frequency as the Secretary determines appropriate, based on the establishment's history of inspection compliance, nature of processing operations, and reliability of product monitoring. | 2025-08-29T16:32:41Z | |
| 99-hr-5122 | 99 | hr | 5122 | Bovine Growth Hormone Study Act | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 0 | Bovine Growth Hormone Study Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from approving the use of bovine growth hormone in dairy cattle until an environmental impact statement and impact analyses on milk production and price supports are provided to the Congress. | 2025-08-29T16:29:19Z | |
| 99-hr-5132 | 99 | hr | 5132 | Farm Mortgage Marketing Corporation Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-18] | CA | D | L000225 | 11 | Farm Mortgage Marketing Corporation Act of 1986 - Establishes the Farm Mortgage Marketing Corporation. Provides for a five-member Board of Directors. Authorizes the Corporation, with specified limitations, to buy farm mortgages from qualified agricultural lenders and dispose of such mortgages through security issues. Prohibits the Corporation from buying a mortgage unless: (1) the seller retains at least a ten-percent participation in the mortgage, or agrees to replace or repurchase the mortgage if the borrower defaults; and (2) at the time of purchase, the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage is less than 80 percent of the securing property's value, or the portion of the unpaid balance in excess of 80 percent is insured or guaranteed by a qualified insurer. Provides for an initial Treasury capitalization of $200,000,000. Sets forth Corporation authority. Terminates the Corporation ten years after enactment of this Act. Prohibits the making of any mortgage purchase commitments later than seven years after enactment of this Act. Provides for Treasury administration of any remaining Corporation assets or obligations. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1987 for the purchase of Corporation stock. | 2025-08-29T16:29:18Z | |
| 99-hr-5145 | 99 | hr | 5145 | A bill to amend the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to require that excess cheese held by the Commodity Credit Corporation be made available, at the request of the chief executive officer of a State, upon a showing of need, and without charge, for distribution by eligible agencies in the State. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 70 | Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to require that excess cheese held by the Commodity Credit Corporation be made available, at the request of the chief executive officer of a State, upon a showing of need, and without charge, for distribution by eligible agencies in the State. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-s-2617 | 99 | s | 2617 | Farm Family Emergency Protection Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 0 | Farm Family Emergency Protection Act of 1986 - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Emergency Aid for Farm Families to: (1) evaluate and approve State plans for emergency services to eligible farm families; (2) make payments for such programs; (3) coordinate such services with existing assistance; and (4) maintain records and report annually to the Congress. Bases a State's payment allotment on the number of farms in the State compared to the number of farms in all States needing such assistance. Authorizes the use of such assistance for: (1) medical assistance; (2) social services; (3) employment assistance; and (4) nutrition assistance. Terminates such assistance authority five years after enactment of this Act. Limits the payment period to three years. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:30:48Z | |
| 99-s-2622 | 99 | s | 2622 | Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Improvement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-26 | 1986-08-12 | Committee on Agriculture received executive comment from Agriculture Department. Favorable. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 5 | Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct examinations and inspection of meat, poultry, and egg processing establishments in such a manner and with such frequency as the Secretary determines appropriate, based on the establishment's history of inspection compliance, nature of processing operations, and reliability of product monitoring. | 2025-08-29T16:30:46Z | |
| 99-s-2633 | 99 | s | 2633 | Rural Electrification Credit Assistance Improvement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-09 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 2 | Rural Electrification Credit Assistance Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to change the interest rate on insured loans from five percent to the cost of Treasury borrowing as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires an insured loan borrower to demonstrate that he or she: (1) is unable to obtain credit elsewhere at reasonable rates; and (2) has a plan for obtaining sufficient future equity. Provides for a loan fee of not more than one percent. Repeals: (1) the prohibition on guaranteed loan fees; (2) the interest rate ceiling. Requires a guaranteed loan borrower to demonstrate that he or she: (1) is unable to obtain credit elsewhere at reasonable rates; and (2) in the case of an electric power facility, has considered alternatives for meeting power requirements, including purchasing power from other sources. Provides for a loan fee not in excess of administrative expenses and probable losses arising from such assistance. Authorizes a borrower to apply to the Federal Financing Bank for a guaranteed loan if such assistance is unavailable through private institutions. Requires (currently the Act authorizes) the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration to request an insured or guaranteed loan applicant to accept a partial loan from another source (at reasonable rates) concurrently with such Administration assistance. | 2025-08-29T16:32:51Z | |
| 99-hr-5088 | 99 | hr | 5088 | A bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label perishable agricultural commodities with the name of the country of origin of such commodities. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-25 | 1986-07-23 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19] | FL | D | F000041 | 1 | Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label perishable agricultural commodities with their country of origin if not otherwise so indicated as provided for under the Tariff Act of 1930. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-s-2589 | 99 | s | 2589 | Farm Mortgage Guarantee Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-24 | 1986-10-14 | Committee on Agriculture received executive comment from Agriculture Department. Unfavorable. | Senate | Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] | SD | R | A000009 | 3 | Farm Mortgage Guarantee Act of 1986 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase or repurchase specified farm real estate loans. Directs the Secretary to guarantee such loans on terms that will assure them of an adequate secondary market. Authorizes the Secretary to similarly guarantee farm real estate loans held by the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) or other qualifying institution. Authorizes the Secretary to offer for sale such guaranteed FmHA-held loans. Establishes: the (1) Farm Mortgage Revolving Fund; and (2) the Farm Real Estate Insurance Fund. Terminates loan guarantee authority under this Act as of December 31, 1991. | 2025-08-29T16:31:12Z | |
| 99-hconres-360 | 99 | hconres | 360 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should exercise his authority under section 1009(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 to accept bids from the producers of agricultural commodities for diverting acreage in return for payments in kind. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-19 | 1986-07-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Boulter, Beau [R-TX-13] | TX | R | B000666 | 25 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should exercise certain authority to accept bids from agricultural producers for diverting acreage in return for surplus payments-in-kind. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5061 | 99 | hr | 5061 | A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to remedy burdens on commerce in poultry, poultry products and eggs, and protect poultry sellers and growers and egg producers and suppliers, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] | PA | R | G000121 | 32 | Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to include poultry and eggs within the purview of such Act. Gives poultry and egg producers and cash sellers who have not received full payment from specified large poultry dealers or packers a beneficial interest in all poultry products and proceeds from their poultry until full payment has been made by such producers or sellers. States that payment shall not be considered to have been made if the seller or producer receives a payment instrument which is dishonored. Requires the seller or producer in such instance to preserve his interest as provided for by this Act. Requires full payment by the next business day in a cash sale and within seven days following the week of slaughter in a poultry growing arrangement. Permits the parties to modify such payment schedules. Makes a delay in fund collection in order to extend the payment period an unfair practice under such Act. Provides egg producers with similar protections. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 99-s-2567 | 99 | s | 2567 | Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Amendments of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-18 | 1986-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to deny income exclusion for energy payments that are provided only to households receiving benefits under a public or general assistance program. Repeals the provisions providing for May 1, 1986: (1) increases in the earned income and excess shelter deductions; and (2) separation of the dependent care deduction from the excess shelter deduction. Excludes direct or third-party payments received under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (LIHEAA) from being considered expenses for purposes of the excess shelter deduction. Requires States that have a standard heating and cooling allowance to establish a separate utility allowance for LIHEAA recipients. Repeals the provision for a May 1, 1986, increase in household resource limits. Includes as income all assistance received under the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 for purposes of determining food stamp program eligibility and benefits. Requires all program applicants subject to program work requirements to meet job search requirements. Sets forth uniform performance standards for State employment and training programs. Reduces FY 1987 Federal cost-sharing assistance. Provides for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) access to retail food store program information. Requires participating retailers to provide the Department of Agriculture with their IRS employer identification numbers or social security numbers. States that interest on a claim against a State agency shall begin on the date of billing. Reduces the time period during which a household may choose a method for repaying fraudulent program claims. Includes computer fraud within the scope of program fraud. Establishes 25 percent Federal funding of State administrative costs in excess of 175 percent of median per-recipient costs. Provides for the phased-in elimination of enhanced funding for fraud investigations and data processing costs. Requires States, as of October 1, 1986, to pay the full cost of … | 2025-08-29T16:33:49Z | |
| 99-s-2553 | 99 | s | 2553 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to offer training in advanced marketing techniques and to require individuals to complete such training to be eligible for real estate and operating loans under such Act. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-13 | 1986-09-29 | Committee on Agriculture received executive comment from Department of Agriculture. Unfavorable. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to offer specified training in advanced marketing techniques for commodities, livestock, and aquaculture (including futures and options training) with regard to real estate and operating loans under such Act; and (2) applicants completion of such training in order to receive such loans or guarantees. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hconres-354 | 99 | hconres | 354 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should exercise his authority under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to transfer sufficient funds from amounts authorized for guaranteed loans to amounts authorized for insured loans to meet the existing demand for insured farm operating loans. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-12 | 1986-06-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | D000064 | 11 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should exercise specified authority under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to transfer funds from amounts authorized for guaranteed loans to amounts authorized for insured loans. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-s-2548 | 99 | s | 2548 | A bill to amend the Farmland Protection Act to improve farmland protection by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to provide technical assistance and farmland easements, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-12 | 1986-06-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Amends the Farmland Protection Policy Act to require (currently such Act "encourages") the Secretary of Agriculture to provide technical assistance to limit the conversion of productive farmland to nonagricultural uses. Directs the Secretary to make grants to assist States, units of local government, and nonprofit organizations to acquire development easements in farmland in order to prevent the conversion of such farmland to nonagricultural uses. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1987. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-s-2550 | 99 | s | 2550 | A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to remedy burdens on commerce in poultry, poultry products and eggs, and protect poultry sellers and growers and egg producers and suppliers, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-12 | 1986-06-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 2 | Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to include poultry and eggs within the purview of such Act. Gives poultry growers and cash sellers who have not received full payment from specified large poultry dealers or packers a beneficial interest in all poultry products and proceeds from their poultry until full payment has been made by such growers or sellers. States that payment shall not be considered to have been made if the seller or grower receives a payment instrument which is dishonored. Requires the seller or grower in such instance to preserve his interest as provided for by this Act. Requires full payment by the next business day in a cash sale and within seven days following the week of slaughter in a poultry growing arrangement. Permits the parties to modify such payment schedules. Makes a delay in fund collection in order to extend the payment period an unfair practice under such Act. Provides egg producers with similar protections. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-4984 | 99 | hr | 4984 | Farm Credit Enhancement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] | IA | R | E000259 | 8 | Farm Credit Enhancement Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee pools of qualified agricultural mortgage loans and to provide for the issuance of securities representing interests in such pools by approved agricultural loan facilities. Sets a specified ceiling on outstanding guarantee authority. Terminates guarantee authority five years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to fund such guarantees through obligations issued to the Treasury. | 2025-08-29T16:32:19Z | |
| 99-hr-4990 | 99 | hr | 4990 | Hunger Relief Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-25 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 84 | Hunger Relief Act of 1986 - Title I: General Food and Nutrition Programs - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the thrifty food plan base by specified annual percentages. Exempts the first $50 paid in child support from counting for food stamp program eligibility. Increases the shelter deduction cap. Sets the threshold for the elderly and disabled medical deduction at the lesser of five percent of monthly income, or $35 a month. Increases resource limitations to: (1) $2,250 for nonelderly households; (2) $3,500 for elderly households; and (3) $5,500 for automobiles. Makes State outreach programs for the elderly, disabled, or the unemployed eligible for matching funds. Increases FY 1987 through 1990 program authorizations. Requires a report to the House and the Senate evaluating the budgetary and administrative consequences of an equity-based calculation of household resources. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to increase authorization levels for commodity distributions. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase authorization levels for the expanded program of food, nutrition, and consumer education. Title II: Special Food and Nutrition Programs for Children, Women, and the Elderly - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reduce the amount children pay for a reduced price breakfast. Increases Federal reimbursement to improve the nutritional quality of school breakfasts by five cents, and by ten cents for "severe need" schools. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review the nutrition requirements for breakfasts served under such Act. Amends the National School Lunch Act to reduce the amount children pay for a reduced price lunch. Permits reimbursement for an additional meal or snack under the child care feeding program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase FY 1987 through 1989 authorizations for the supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. Increases authorization limits for nutrition education training in schools. Amends the Older … | 2025-08-29T16:33:21Z | |
| 99-s-2533 | 99 | s | 2533 | A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to alleviate hunger among the homeless by improving certain nutrition programs, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-10 | 1986-06-24 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000366 | 5 | Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize food stamp program outreach activities for the homeless. Amends the definitions of "food," "household," and "retail food store" to permit the homeless to use food stamps to buy prepared meals from government-approved nonprofit shelters or eating establishments. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to increase for FY 1987, and extend through FY 1989, authorizations of appropriations for surplus commodity storage and distribution. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-4944 | 99 | hr | 4944 | A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to provide for the issuance of bonds that can be redeemed upon call by the Farm Credit System or its fiscal agent. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-05 | 1986-10-03 | Executive Comment Received From USDA. | House | Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] | IA | R | E000259 | 1 | Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to provide for the issuance of bonds that can be redeemed on call by the Farm Credit System or its fiscal agent. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-4950 | 99 | hr | 4950 | A bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label perishable agricultural commodities with the name of the country of origin of such commodities. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-05 | 1986-09-24 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9] | WI | R | S000244 | 15 | Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label perishable agricultural commodities with their country of origin if not otherwise so indicated as provided for under the Tariff Act of 1930. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-4935 | 99 | hr | 4935 | A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enforce certain food labeling requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for packaged foods sold by certain restaurants. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-04 | 1986-06-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 33 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require packaged foods sold by restaurants which are part of a chain of ten or more restaurants to comply with certain food labeling requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2512 | 99 | s | 2512 | Food Safety Modernization Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-06-04 | 1986-06-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 10 | Food Safety Modernization Act of 1986 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define "safe," as applied to food additives, color additives, pesticide residues, and other specified substances, to mean a reasonable certainty that the risks of a substance under the intended conditions of use are negligible. Authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to permit, under specified conditions, the gradual elimination or phase-out of substances from the food supply if the FDA determines that there will be no unreasonable risk to the public health from continued use of a substance while it is phased out and there is no practicable substitute. Permits an extension for up to an additional five years. Provides that certain cancer-causing substances shall not be banned (and may be approved) if the proponent of use demonstrates on the basis of credible experimental evidence that the risks to humans under the intended conditions of use are negligible. Authorizes the FDA to consider the benefits to human health from a long-used additive with no practicable substitute before prohibiting its use on the basis of risks to human health. Permits continued use of an additive if the risks to human health are acceptable on account of the benefits to human health, such as the effects of its use on the nutritional value and availability of food and uses for dietary management and other health-related purposes. Directs the FDA to establish an independent scientific peer review committee to study and give advice on substantial scientific issues related to food safety. Requires the FDA, within two years of enactment of this Act, to establish by regulations standards to determine under what circumstances the use of a substance in a food contact situation (i.e., an indirect additive) meets the food additive definition of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Directs the FDA, in issuing regulations, to consider the extent of human exposure to a substance u… | 2025-08-29T16:31:19Z | |
| 99-hr-4894 | 99 | hr | 4894 | Micro-Enterprise Promotion Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-22 | 1986-08-28 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | G000212 | 42 | Micro-Enterprise Promotion Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to provide for a program to use the foreign currency proceeds of U.S. agricultural commodity sales abroad to provide loans through financial intermediaries to micro-enterprises owned by the poor in developing countries. Defines "micro-enterprise" as a small enterprise operating within the informal sector economy of a developing country which lacks access to foreign credit sources. States that for FY 1987 through 1990 foreign currencies shall be made available for such program in an aggregate amount of between 20 percent and 30 percent of the value of all such foreign currency commodity sales. | 2025-08-29T16:32:20Z | |
| 99-hr-4909 | 99 | hr | 4909 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make deficiency payments for the 1986 crops of wheat and feed grains not later than the end of the fifth month of the marketing years for such crops. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-22 | 1986-06-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Schuette, Bill [R-MI-10] | MI | R | S000143 | 18 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make 1986 wheat and feed grain deficiency payments not later than the end of the fifth month of the marketing year for such crops. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-4912 | 99 | hr | 4912 | Deficiency Payments Adjustment Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-22 | 1986-06-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains. | House | Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7] | MN | R | S000795 | 1 | Deficiency Payments Adjustment Act of 1986 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make specified deficiency payments for the 1986 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice to producers who are prevented from planting because of flood, drought, or excessive moisture or rain. | 2025-08-29T16:29:29Z | |
| 99-hr-4880 | 99 | hr | 4880 | Hunger Relief Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-21 | 1986-06-25 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 0 | Hunger Relief Act of 1986 - Title I: General Food and Nutrition Programs - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the thrifty food plan base by two and one-half percent annually. Exempts the first $50 paid in child support from counting for food stamp program (program) eligibility. Increases the shelter deduction cap. Sets the threshold for the elderly and disabled medical deduction at the lesser of five percent of monthly income, or $35 a month. Increases resource limitations to: (1) $2,250 for nonelderly households; (2) $3,500 for elderly households; and (3) $5,500 for automobiles. Makes State outreach programs for the elderly, disabled, or the unemployed eligible for matching funds. Increases FY 1987 through 1990 program authorizations. Requires a report to the House and the Senate evaluating the budgetary and administrative consequences of an equity-based calculation of household resources. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to increase authorization levels for commodity distributions. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase authorization levels for the expanded program of food, nutrition, and consumer education. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from determining that cheese made available under the temporary emergency food assistance program has displaced commercial products unless the unemployment rate in the geographic area affected does not exceed 20 percent of the national unemployment rate during a specified time. Increases authorizations for such program. Title II: Special Food and Nutrition Programs for Children, Women, and the Elderly - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reduce the amount children pay for a reduced price breakfast. Increases Federal reimbursement to improve the nutritional quality of school breakfast by five cents, and by ten cents for "severe need" schools. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review the nutrition requirements for breakfasts served under such Act. Ame… | 2025-08-29T16:31:55Z | |
| 99-s-2495 | 99 | s | 2495 | National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-21 | 1986-06-24 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | Hunger Relief Act of 1986 - Title I: General Food and Nutrition Programs - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the thrifty food plan base by two and one-half percent annually. Exempts the first $50 paid in child support from counting for food stamp program eligibility. Increases the shelter deduction cap. Sets the threshold for the elderly and disabled medical deduction at the lesser of five percent of monthly income, or $35 a month. Increases resource limitations to: (1) $2,250 for nonelderly households; (2) $3,500 for elderly households; and (3) $5,500 for automobiles. Makes State outreach programs for the elderly, disabled, or the unemployed eligible for matching funds. Increases FY 1987 through 1990 program authorizations. Requires a report to the House and the Senate evaluating the budgetary and administrative consequences of an equity-based calculation of household resources. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to increase authorization levels for commodity distributions. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase authorization levels for the expanded program of food, nutrition, and consumer education. Title II: Special Food and Nutrition Programs for Children, Women, and the Elderly - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reduce the amount children pay for a reduced price breakfast. Increases Federal reimbursement to improve the nutritional quality of school breakfasts by five cents, and by ten cents for "severe need" schools. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review the nutrition requirements for breakfasts served under such Act. Amends the National School Lunch Act to reduce the amount children pay for a reduced price lunch. Permits reimbursement for an additional meal or snack under the child care feeding program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase FY 1987 through 1989 authorizations for the supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. Increases authorization limits for nutrition education training in schools. Amends the O… | 2025-08-29T16:29:34Z | |
| 99-hr-4853 | 99 | hr | 4853 | Farm Mortgage Guarantee Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-20 | 1986-10-15 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA. | House | Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] | IA | R | E000259 | 13 | Farm Mortgage Guarantee Act of 1986 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase or repurchase specified farm real estate loans. Directs the Secretary to guarantee such loans on terms that will assure them of an adequate secondary market. Authorizes the Secretary to similarly guarantee farm real estate loans held by the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) or other qualifying institution . Authorizes the Secretary to offer for sale such guaranteed FmHA-held loans. Establishes the: (1) Farm Mortgage Revolving Fund; and (2) Farm Real Estate Insurance Fund. Terminates loan guarantee authority under this Act as of December 31, 1991. | 2025-08-29T16:29:52Z | |
| 99-sconres-138 | 99 | sconres | 138 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to Farm Credit System agricultural loan restructing. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-14 | 1986-05-14 | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 63 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Farm Credit System should take specified actions to assist borrowers, including: (1) participating to the maximum extent possible with the Farmers Home Administration and other Government guarantee programs to provide 1986 operating loans; (2) following policies of reasonable loan forbearance; (3) using loan restructuring; (4) emphasizing loan servicing approaches that help borrowers meet the conditions of their loan contracts; (5) resorting to foreclosure only when there is no alternative or when the associated costs would be less than loan restructuring; (6) providing defaulting borrowers with the opportunity to bid on foreclosed property; and (7) maintaining sound institutional credit policies. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-s-2446 | 99 | s | 2446 | Fast Food Ingredient Information Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-13 | 1986-06-26 | Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from GAO, Health and Human Services Department, Labor Department. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 6 | Fast Food Ingredient Information Act of 1986 - Title I: Responsibilities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enforce food labeling requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for packaged food sold by fast food restaurants. Title II: Responsibilities of the Secretary of Agriculture - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce specified food labeling requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and of the Poultry Products Inspection Act for packaged foods sold by fast food restaurants. Title III: Regulations; Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates for requirements of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:31:53Z | |
| 99-hr-4799 | 99 | hr | 4799 | Farm Loan Mediation Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-09 | 1986-05-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 2 | Farm Loan Mediation Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from making loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to persons in States not having a loan mediation system. Requires such a system to provide for: (1) local mediation; (2) voluntary and mandatory mediation; (3) debtor and creditor eligibility; (4) foreclosure only after mandatory mediation; and (5) procedures in the case of unsuccessful mandatory mediation. | 2025-08-29T16:31:42Z | |
| 99-hr-4791 | 99 | hr | 4791 | A bill to require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to determine insurance units for the 1986 and 1987 crop years in the same manner as the Corporation determined insurance units for the 1984 crop year. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-08 | 1986-05-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Rep. Marlenee, Ron [R-MT-2] | MT | R | M000139 | 4 | Requires the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to determine insurance (land) units for the 1986 and 1987 crop years in the same manner as the Corporation determined insurance units for the 1984 crop year. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-hr-4762 | 99 | hr | 4762 | Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-07 | 1986-05-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Bosco, Douglas H. [D-CA-1] | CA | D | B000648 | 52 | Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing pork irradiation regulations and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing other food irradiation regulations. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to arrange for and report within two years on a study of the risks to human health and the environment presented by food irradiation. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that food for domestic use or export which has been irradiated be labeled in a prescribed fashion. Requires restaurant menus to indicate when foods have been irradiated. Requires persons irradiating food to report semiannually to the Secretary. | 2025-08-29T16:31:26Z | |
| 99-hres-449 | 99 | hres | 449 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture review ways to assist the Chernobyl disaster victims in providing agricultural commodities to replenish contaminated stocks. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-05-07 | 1986-05-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should review ways to assist the people of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union by providing surplus agricultural commodities to replenish food stocks contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 99-hr-4714 | 99 | hr | 4714 | Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986 | Agriculture and Food | 1986-04-30 | 1986-08-05 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] | IA | R | E000259 | 24 | Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Grain Standards Act of 1916 to authorize the rounding off of numbers relating to grain condition or quality. Requires that any rounding off shall be in a direction to understate the condition or quality of the grain. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service to refuse to certify an export crop of grain if he believes that such cargo will deteriorate significantly in quality enroute to a foreign destination. Requires a quality variation statement on all official grade certificates issued for export grain lots. Prohibits the recombination of dockage and foreign material with any grain intended for export when the result will be to reduce quality or spoilage resistance. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1956 to provide in-kind bonuses to producers and exporters of specified high-quality export corn. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make in-kind reimbursements for: (1) inventory loss of value; and (2) cleaning and blending equipment. | 2025-08-29T16:29:40Z | |
| 99-hr-4688 | 99 | hr | 4688 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to suspend the application of the milk production termination program in order to minimize the adverse effect of the program on beef, pork, and lamb producers. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-04-24 | 1986-04-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | House | Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14] | CA | R | S000393 | 10 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to suspend the current milk production termination program while the Secretary of Agriculture develops a new program that will minimize the adverse effects on beef, pork, and lamb producers. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees. | 2025-03-21T14:53:55Z | |
| 99-s-2365 | 99 | s | 2365 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to improve procedures for the rotation of grain in the producer reserve program, and for other purposes. | Agriculture and Food | 1986-04-24 | 1986-05-02 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] | ND | D | B001077 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit a producer to: (1) rotate grain stored under the producer reserve program at any time within 120 days after the Secretary of Agriculture approves such rotation; and (2) use funds made available from such stock rotation to defray agricultural operating expenses. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z |
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