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Law· HRH.R. 4072 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1983
Wheat Improvement Act of 1983 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to reduce target prices: (1) for the 1984 wheat crop from $4.45 per bushel to $4.38 per bushel; and (2) for the 1985 wheat crop from $4.65 per bushel to $4.45 per bushel. Requires wheat farmers, in order to qualify for 1984 price support assistance, to reduce their planted acreage by 30 percent under a combined acreage reduction (20 percent) and diversion (ten percent) program. Requires diverted land to be used for conservation purposes. Sets the program signup date at not earlier than March 30, 1984. Provides, with regard to the 1984 diversion program, for payments of not less than $3.00 per bushel, except that the Secretary may reduce such payments by up to ten percent if appropriate to meet program objectives. Requires advance payments of at least 50 percent. Sets payment-in-kind rates at not less than 85 percent of the farm program yield. Provides for 1984 wheat crop advance deficiency payments.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 233 (98th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) urge the Council of European Community Ministers to reject their Commission's proposals that seek to shift to other countries the financial burden of disposing of their agricultural surpluses; and (2) continue to oppose proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) modifications that would adversely affect the access of U.S. agricultural exports to European Community markets. States, also, that if the European Community adopts such proposed CAP modifiestions, then it is the House's sense that measures should be implemented to protect U.S. trade interests.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 322 (98th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) urge the Council of European Community Ministers to reject their Commission's proposals that seek to shift to other countries the financial burden of disposing of their agricultural surpluses; and (2) continue to oppose proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) modifications that would adversely affect the access of U.S. agricultural exports to European Community markets. States, also, that if the European Community adopts such proposed CAP modifications, then it is the House's sense that measures should be implemented to protect U.S. trade interests.
Bill· HRH.R. 4023 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983
Federal Agricultural Policy Review and Development Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) conduct an opinion survey of the agricultural community within six months as a first step in developing Federal agricultural policy for the remainder of the century; (2) investigate the feasibility of conducting scientific polling on such public policy questions; and (3) summarize and make available to the public the results of such activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 3991 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1983
Barter Promotion Act of 1983 - Directs the President to coordinate Federal barter policy through the Executive Office of the President. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, the Agricultural Act of 1954, and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to require utilization of private U.S. trading companies in barter transactions. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to eliminate the restriction on multilateral bartering. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1954 and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to eliminate certain Commodity Credit Corporation barter reimbursement requirements. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within 60 days on the activities of the administration's interagency barter committee.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 373 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1983
Designates March 6, 1984, as Frozen Food Day.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 225 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) U.S. negotiators, in negotiations with Japan, should insist that Japan dismantle all nontariff barriers to imports of beef; and (2) if progress is not made toward the dismantling of such nontariff barriers by a specified time, the U.S. Trade Representative should seek appropriate relief under U.S. and international trade law.
Bill· HRH.R. 3973 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1983
Drought Assistance act of 1983 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an emergency feed program in designated disaster areas to assist family farms in preserving livestock and poultry affected by the 1983 drought. Reallocates specified Commodity Credit Corporation funds for such program. Establishes graduated interest payments (three percent on first $50,000, five percent on next $50,000, eight percent on amounts above $100,000) for drought-related emergency loans for family farmers otherwise unable to get sufficient credit.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 174 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, except for national security reasons, the United States should not suspend or restrict agricultural commodity exports to any country unless such suspension or restriction is imposed in connection with a suspension or restriction of all U.S. exports to such country and there is adequate international support of such suspension or restriction.
Bill· SS. 1865 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to announce the 1984 feed grain program by September 30, 1983, the 1985 feed grain program by September 30, 1984, and the 1985 wheat program by July 1, 1984 (under present law announcement deadlines are November 15 for feed grains, and August 15 for wheat). Authorizes the Secretary to make adjustments in the program announcement within 30 days if a significant supply change occurs.
Bill· HRH.R. 3940 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer specified land, without consideration, to the town of Payson, Arizona. Provides that title shall revert to the United States under specified conditions. Authorizes the Northern Gila County Historical Society to administer such property.
Law· HRH.R. 3914 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to announce the 1984 feed grain program by September 30, 1983, the 1985 feed grain program by September 30, 1984, and the 1985 wheat program by July 1, 1984 (under present law announcement deadlines are November 15 for feed grains, and August 15 for wheat). Authorizes the Secretary to make adjustments in the program announcement within 30 days if a significant supply change occurs.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 361 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should not, in response to the downing of Korean Air Lines flight 7, suspend specified grain shipments to the Soviet Union.
Bill· HRH.R. 3903 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary on-farm salinity control program in cooperation with private landowners to reduce watershed erosion on both non-Federal and Department of Agriculture lands in order to protect the water quality of the Colorado River. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) identify salt sources; (2) reduce salt levels through improved farm irrigation and watershed management practices; (3) provide technical, monitoring, and cost-sharing assistance; and (4) carry out research, demonstration, and education activities. Requires the Secretary to describe proposed measures in reports to the appropriate congressional committees, the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, and the Governor of any affected State. Prohibits fund expenditures until 60 days after any such report is filed. Authorizes the Secretary to use Department of Agriculture agencies, including the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), or to authorize participating agencies to make grants or enter into contracts, to carry out such program. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the CCC from making any disbursements unless such amounts are covered in advance by appropriations Acts. Requires a program report to Congress by January 1, 1988, and at five-year intervals thereafter.
Bill· HRH.R. 3906 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1983
Soil and Water Conservation Act of 1983 - Title I - Defines "conservation district" and "highly erodible land" for purposes of this Act. Title II - Makes crops grown on highly erodible land that has not been farmed during the past ten years ineligible for: (1) price supports, income assistance, or adjustment payments; (2) storage facility construction loans; (3) crop insurance; (4) disaster payments; or (5) any new Farmers Home Administration loan that will contribute to excessive erosion of such land. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) use the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committees to administer such program; (2) provide for land classification appeals; and (3) complete private land soil classification surveys, concentrating in areas with significant amounts of erodible land conversion. Title III - Requires the Secretary to submit a soil conservation set-aside study to the appropriate congressional committees by December 15, 1984. Title IV - Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a long-term highly erodible land reserve program. Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes FY 1985 appropriations. Requires a program report to the appropriate congressional committees by December 15, 1984. Title V - Directs the Secretary to carry out a nationwide soil and water conservation promotion program. Requires a program report to the appropriate congressional committees by December 15, 1984.
Bill· SS. 1842 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1983
Amends the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary on-farm salinity control program in cooperation with private landowners to reduce watershed erosion on both non-Federal and Department of Agriculture lands in order to protect the water quality of the Colorado River. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) identify salt sources; (2) reduce salt levels through improved farm irrigation and watershed management practices; (3) provide technical, monitoring, and cost-sharing assistance; and (4) carry out research, demonstration, and education activities. Requires the Secretary to describe proposed measures in reports to the appropriate congressional committees, the Advisory Council, and the Governor of any affected State. Prohibits fund expenditures until 60 days after any such report is filed. Authorizes the Secretary to use Department of Agriculture agencies, including the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), or to authorize participating agencies to make grants or enter into contracts, to carry out such program. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the CCC from making any disbursements unless such amounts are covered in advance by appropriations Acts. Requires a program report to Congress by January 1, 1988, and at five-year intervals thereafter.
Law· HRH.R. 3867 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1983
Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to impress a trust on behalf of an unpaid seller or supplier on the inventories, commodities, or proceeds from the sale of such commodities held by a commission merchant, dealer, or broker. States that payment shall not be considered to have been made if the supplier, seller, or agent receives a payment instrument which is dishonored. Exempts cooperative association-member transactions from such provisions. States that an unpaid seller or supplier shall lose such trust benefits unless he or she: (1) gives written notice of intent to preserve such benefits to the commission dealer or agent; and (2) files such notice with the Secretary of Agriculture within specified times. Vests U.S. district courts with jurisdiction over actions to preserve a trust or to enforce a trust beneficiary's payment. Makes a failure to properly maintain a seller trust or violation of such Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 162 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1983
Urges the President to prohibit the exportation of grain to the Soviet Union until he determines that the Soviet Union has: (1) provided an account of its surveillance and attack on Korean Air Lines (KAL) flight 7; (2) accepted the responsibility and liability for the deaths on board KAL flight 7; (3) provided reparations for the families of those killed; and (4) pledged cooperation with the United Nations, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and the United States to insure the safety of civil aviation in and near its airspace.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 349 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should prohibit the exportation of agricultural commodities and advanced technology to the Soviet Union.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 352 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1983
Prohibits the President, notwithstanding any U.S.-Soviet grain agreements, from exporting any grain to the Soviet Union until he transmits a report to Congress explaining what resolutions have been reached with respect to the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines flight 7. Suggests that such report detail: (1) the extent to which reparations have been made to the victims' families; and (2) agreements which have been entered into to reduce the possibility of the recurrence of such loss of life.
Bill· SS. 1773 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the nonrecognition of gain from the sale of farmland development rights under a qualified State farmland preservation program if the taxpayer purchases qualified farming property within 18 months of such sale. Excludes from gross income up to $100,000 of gain from the sale of farmland development rights by an individual who is age 55 or older. Allows a charitable contribution deduction for gain from the sale of farmland development rights to a State to the extent that the fair market value of such rights exceeds the amount actually received by the taxpayer.
Bill· SS. 1813 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Agribusiness Loan Act of 1983 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make and insure loans to small farm supply businesses which have been adversely affected by the payment-in-kind program. Requires the Secretary to issue implementing regulations within 60 days. Limits such loans to $75,000. Terminates such program at the end of FY 1984.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 203 (98th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Commends the past and present Commissioner's and employees on the centennial of the establishment of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 64 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the existing agricultural marketing order system contributes substantially to the well-being of the American people and should be preserved; and (2) decisions regarding the timing or implementing of such marketing orders should be the responsibility of the Secretary of Agriculture in conjunction with the affected producers.
Bill· HRH.R. 3845 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to revise procedures for the election of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service county and local committees by establishing administrative areas within each county, each such area to have an elected community committee. Provides for a county committee consisting of a representative from each community. Establishes the method of election and tenure of office for such committee members. States that farmers who participate in conservation programs in their area are eligible to run for committee office and to vote in such area for their committee members.
Bill· HRH.R. 3830 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees for services in connection with: (1) plant and animal quarantine laws; (2) humane care, treatment, and transportation of animals; and (3) import requirements imposed by other countries to prevent the spread of plant and animal diseases and pests from the United States. States that such fees shall be credited to accounts which the Secretary may establish for such activities, and shall remain available until expended.
Bill· HRH.R. 3815 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
White House Conference on the Homeless and the Hungry Act - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on the Homeless and the Hungry to develop recommendations and stimulate a national assessment of the problem of hunger and homelessness in the United States. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to direct the planning and conduct of the Conference. Directs Conference participants to give special consideration to: (1) providing long-range planning to ensure appropriate shelter and nutrition for all needy families; (2) accelerating the availability of emergency community food and shelter facilities; (3) exploring ways of using Government surplus food for the hungry; (4) encouraging States to exchange information on available services and issues of mutual concern; (5) providing incentives for private developers and criteria to rehabilitate abandoned housing; and (6) improving data collection activities. Directs the Conference to submit its final report to the President within 120 days of its formation. Requires the report's findings and recommendations to be made available to the public. Requires the President to transmit recommendations for implementing the report's recommendations to Congress within 120 days after receiving such report.
Bill· SS. 1754 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Sabine River Authority of Texas specified Federal lands located within the Sabine National Forest in Texas and within the project boundary of the Toledo Bend Dam and Reservoir, Louisiana and Texas. Conditions conveyance upon use of such lands only for purposes of the Toledo Bend project. Reverts ownership to the United States if such lands are used for any other purpose. Reserves all mineral rights in such lands to the United States.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 149 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing before November 1, 1983, the second scheduled 50-cent milk producer assessment (otherwise effective September 1, 1983, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982).
Bill· HRH.R. 3762 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the mandatory honey price support program. Repeals similar authority for the tung nut price support program.
Bill· HRH.R. 3758 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Declares that the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the University of Puerto Rico shall be considered a land- grant college in accordance with specified Federal law. Authorizes appropriations up to a specified amount to Puerto Rico in lieu of donations of public land or land scrip for the endowment and maintenance of land-grant colleges.
Bill· SS. 1727 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983
Food Stamp Reform Act of 1983 - Title I: Definitions - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for charging households for allotments, except households containing an elderly or disabled member and households with less than a specified income. Provides for the deposit of such charges in a separate account maintained by the Treasury. Requires State agencies to institute procedures for the deduction of household allotment charges from payments a household receives under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) of the Social Security Act and to have allotments distributed with such payments. Grants State agencies the option of determining whether or not individuals who live with others constitute a separate household. Removes provisions for adjusting the thrifty food plan and the excess shelter expense deduction after October 1, 1983. Title II: Eligible Households - Makes certain households ineligible for the food stamp program if such household's income exceeds a specified poverty line. (Currently such households cannot exceed the poverty line by more than 30 percent.) Includes nonrecurring lump-sum payments and energy assistance payments as household income. Decreases the monthly household income standard deduction from $85 to $60. Permits States to establish resource limitations comparable to eligibility determinations under the Social Security Act for the AFDC program and the supplemental security income program. Title III: Eligibility Disqualifications - Reduces from six to three years the maximum age of a dependent child which exempts an individual from work registration. Continues such exemption for any individual caring for a child between three and six where adequate child care is not available. Title IV: Issuance and Use of Coupons - Prohibits the issuance of cash change from purchases made with food stamp coupons. Requires coupon users to pay cash for amounts which exceed the value of the lowest coupon denomination. Title V: Value of Allotment - Eliminates the $10 minimum value of allotments. Title VI: Administration - Grants States the option of providing expedited service to certain families in immediate need of coupons. (Currently States are required to provide such service.) Requires the issuance of photographic identification cards to all household members to present to receive coupons (currently, such cards are required only in certain areas). Requires a household member to countersign coupons at the times of issuance and use. Authorizes the utilization of Internal Revenue Service information on the interest and dividend income of food stamp households. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to conform to this provision. Title VII: Collection and Disposition of Claims - Sets forth procedures for the collection of an overissuance of food stamp coupons through unemployment compensation benefits and through interception of Federal tax refunds. Title VIII: Administrative Cost-Sharing and Quality Controls - Revises State agency liability provisions to make such agencies liable for payment error rates above three percent. Title IX: Effective Date - Declares the amendments made by this Act effective on October 1, 1983, unless otherwise provided.
Bill· SS. 1726 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983
Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, upon producer request and under specified circumstances, to purchase in cash or in-kind commodities stored in an insolvent warehouse.
Bill· HRH.R. 3746 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act of 1983 - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to require that the number of local agricultural stabilization and conservation (ASC) committees in a county shall not be less than existed as of December 31, 1980. Requires with regard to such committees that: (1) all members, as of January 1, 1984, be elected to three-year terms; and (2) they meet at least four times a year. Sets forth committee duties and makes them effective as of January 1, 1984. Expands the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to use local and county committees. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to require the Secretary to pay: (1) travel expenses for members of State, county, and local ASC cmmittees; and (2) hourly compensation for work actually performed to county members (at GS- 11 rate) and to local members (at GS-9 rate).
Bill· SS. 1712 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1983
Dairy Adjustment and Stabilization Act of 1983 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, to eliminate the 50-cent milk producer assessment provisions. Reduces minimum milk price support levels to $11.60. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust such levels annually. Provides for a dairy producer referendum to decide whether producers wish to fund (fifteen cents per hundred weight) and participate in a national dairy products promotion program.
Bill· SS. 1703 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1983
Requires the Commodity Credit Corporation to accept under certain conditions during FY 1984 and FY 1985 offers to exchange needed strategic and critical materials for surplus dairy stocks. Requires six-month reports to Congress during such period.
Bill· SS. 1687 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make an earlier announcement than is required under current law of any acreage limitation or set-aside program established for the 1984 or 1985 crop of feed grains or the 1985 crop of wheat.
Bill· SS. 1683 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1983
Barter Promotion Act of 1983 - Directs the President to coordinate Federal barter policy through the Executive Office of the President. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, the Agricultural Act of 1954, and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to require utilization of private U.S. trading companies in barter transactions. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to eliminate the restriction on multilateral bartering. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1954 and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to eliminate certain Commodity Credit Corporation barter reimbursement requirements. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within 60 days on the activities of the administration's interagency barter committee.
Bill· SS. 1681 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1983
Meat, Poultry and Egg Products Inspection Amendments of 1983 - Title I: Federal Meat Inspection Amendments - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to include as inspection factors to be considered by the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) the nature and frequency of an establishment's processing operations; (2) the adequacy and reliability of its product monitoring system; (3) its compliance history; and (4) other factors as the Secretary deems appropriate. Title II: Poultry Products Inspection Act Amendments - Amends the Poultry Inspection Act to set forth similar inspection factors as established in title I of this Act. Title III: Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to set forth similar inspection factors as established in title I of this Act. Reduces the required number of annual egg shell surveillance visits from four to one. Title IV: Inspection Requirements - States that nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary to require any establishment to participate in a total plant quality-control program as a prerequisite to inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, or the Egg Products Inspection Act. Title V: Effective Date - States that the provisions of this Act shall become effective on enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 3643 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, to repeal the 50-cent milk producer assessment scheduled for April 1, 1983.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 328 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Designates the month of October as National Pretzel Month.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 280 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) expedite and increase assistance that would facilitate the transporting of food to famine-stricken areas in Ethiopia; (2) reinstate the food program for Ethiopia for FY 1984; and (3) respond to pending and future appeals from international and private relief organizations for seed, food, medical supplies, and shelter supplies to relieve the needs created by the famine in Ethiopia.
Bill· SS. 1643 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1983
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act of 1983 - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to state that the number of local agricultural stabilization and conservation committees in a county shall not be fewer than existed as of December 31, 1980. Requires with regard to such committees that: (1) all members, as of January 1, 1984, be elected to three-year terms; and (2) they meet at least four times a year. Sets forth committee duties and makes them effective as of January 1, 1984. Expands the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to use local and county committees. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to require the Secretary to pay: (1) travel expenses for members of State, county, and local committees; and (2) hourly compensation for work actually performed by county members (at GS-11 rate) and by local members (at GS-9 rate).
Bill· SS. 1639 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1983
Farmers Home Administration Prompt Loan Review Act of 1983 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to approve or deny Farmers Home Administration or loan guarantees for: (1) nonfarm loans within 120 days of an application's receipt; and (2) program loans within 90 days of an application's receipt. Requires a denial notice to state the reasons for such decision. Requires an approved loan's funds to be disbursed within 30 days, unless sufficient funds are unavailable in which case such funds shall be disbursed within 30 days after availability. Requires the Secretary to: (1) reconsider a denied application that has been reversed on administrative or judicial appeal within 30 days; and (2) reduce interest payments on uninsured loans or make such payments on guaranteed loans for time deadline noncompliance.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 322 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1983
Designates the month of April 1984, as Natural Food Month.
Bill· HRH.R. 3565 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude from a household's financial resources certain funds set aside for burial expenses of elderly and disabled members and their spouses.
Bill· HRH.R. 3564 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to announce 1984 feed grain acreage limitations or set-asides by September 16, 1983.
Bill· HRH.R. 3568 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended and reenacted by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to issue marketing orders regulating the handling of eggs.
Bill· HRH.R. 3557 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1983
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to remove the requirement under the food stamp program that all household income other than migrant worker household income be calculated on a retrospective basis. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to allow State agencies to shorten or lengthen household certification periods to improve program administration. Allows State agencies to calculate on a prospective basis the earned income of specified households. Provides for supplementing, at the option of a State agency, allotments of households that experience significant losses of income. Requires households subject to retrospective accounting to file periodic reports of household circumstances.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 141 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Agriculture should: (1) take immediate steps to establish a more effective domestic surplus food distribution program; and (2) increase rather than decrease food distribution.