Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 572 (98th)open
A joint resolution to proclaim July 10, 1984, "Food for Peace Day".
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984
Designates July 10, 1984, as Food for Peace Day.
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Bill· SS. 2655 (98th)referred
A bill to provide for a report concerning agricultural exports.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Directs the U.S. Special Trade Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce, to issue a report by February 1, 1985, concerning agricultural exports. Requires the report to be made available to specified committees. Sets forth information to be included in the report.
Bill· SS. 2652 (98th)referred
Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1984
Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to delete "sources of radiation" from the definition of "food additive". Defines "food irradiation treatment" as a food process. Applies specified food additive regulatory provisions to food irradiation treatments. Declares it to be the express intent of Congress to require national uniformity in the regulation of food irradiation treatment. Prohibits States or their political subdivisions from establishing food irradiation requirements different from, or in addition to, Federal requirements. Authorizes permanent appropriations to carry out the byproducts beneficial uses portion of the Department of Energy (DOE) defense nuclear waste management program. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to state that DOE may lease at fair market rates nuclear byproduct material for commercial food irradiation purposes. Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation Treatment. Includes within such Commission's functions: (1) research and information exchange coordination; (2) encouragement of private enterprise in the development of food irradiation treatment; and (3) an annual report to Congress. Authorizes permanent appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2646 (98th)referred
Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Solvency Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Solvency Act of 1984 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to direct the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration to maintain two separate accounts within the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund: (1) the Electrification Account; and (2) the Telephone Account. Requires obligations of the Fund to provide for level annual debt service payments. Authorizes reformation of outstanding obligations to provide for such payments. Replaces existing five and two percent insured loan interest rates with a standard annual rate (of at least five percent) to be determined by the Administrator. Authorizes reduced rates for financial hardship borrowers. Requires the Administrator to assist borrowers to achieve the financial strength necessary to obtain loans from non-Fund sources. Limits annual Electrification Account and Telephone Account principal obligations. Repeals certain restrictions on the terms and conditions of loans under such Act relating to: (1) preference in loans; and (2) elections of loans for a telephone system with an average subscriber density of three or fewer per mile. Repeals the provision including in the Fund moneys borrowed from the Secretary of the Treasury in exchange for interim votes. States that redeemed Class A stock shall be deposited into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.
Bill· HRH.R. 5605 (98th)referred
Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1984
Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to delete "sources of radiation" from the definition of "food additive". Defines "food irradiation treatment" as a food process. Applies specified food additive regulatory provisions to food irradiation treatments. Declares it to be the express intent of Congress to require national uniformity in the regulation of food irradiation treatment. Prohibits States or their political subdivisions from establishing food irradiation requirements different from, or in addition to, Federal requirements. Authorizes permanent appropriations to carry out the byproducts beneficial uses portion of the Department of Energy (DOE) defense nuclear waste management program. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to state that DOE may lease at fair market rates nuclear byproduct material for commercial food irradiation purposes. Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation Treatment. Includes within such Commission's functions: (1) research and information exchange coordination; (2) encouragement of private enterprise in the development of food irradiation treatment; and (3) an annual report to Congress. Authorizes permanent appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2637 (98th)referred
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the amount of dependent care and excess shelter expense deductions which are allowable under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to establish separate deductions for dependent care expenses and excess shelter expenses for purposes of determining eligibility for certain food stamp benefit levels. Increases the maximum amount of such deductions.
Bill· HRH.R. 5587 (98th)referred
Dairy Competition Promotion Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Dairy Competition Promotion Act of 1984 - Amends Federal law to authorize the Attorney General (as well as the Secretary of Agriculture, as presently authorized) to serve an agricultural producer association with a restraint of trade complaint. Permits any person, including consumers and producers, (presently limited to handlers) affected by a marketing order to petition for modification of such order. Limits application of this Act to milk and dairy products and other specified commodities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5567 (98th)referred
Child Nutrition Amendments of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Child Nutrition Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to limit to ten percent the amount of unobligated funds which a State may retain at the end of any fiscal year. Permits (currently directs) the Secretary of Agriculture to reallocate any unused funds to those States which can demonstrate the ability to use funds in excess of their allocation. Provides for the reimbursement of administrative costs incurred by food stamp agencies in providing a certificate of food stamp participation to food stamp households which are to be used in the school lunch verification process. Extends the authorization of appropriations through FY 1985 for State administrative expenses. Amends the National School Lunch Act to provide for a separate special-assistance factor for reduced-price lunches with a base of 68.75 cents and for reduced-price breakfasts with a base of 32.75 cents. Sets the maximum payment for severe need reduced-price breakfasts at 45.5 cents. Requires an annual adjustment of each such separate factor based on the change in the Consumer Price Index for food away from home. Terminates the Summer Food Service Program for Children and the Child Care Food Program. Authorizes State grants through FY 1989 for child nutrition assistance. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot to States from such appropriated funds an amount which bears the same ratio to the total appropriated funds as each State's allotment under the Summer Food Service Program and the Child Care Food Program for FY 1983 bore to the total funds appropriated for those programs. Permits the Secretary to adjust the allotment level based on the funds transferred to the Department for the Head Start Program. Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to make payments to each State from such allotments. Provides that unobligated amounts shall remain available for the next fiscal year. Permits such amounts paid to a State to be used only for costs related to the provision of nutrition assistance to children, primarily from low-income households. Prohibits a State from using such funds to: (1) purchase or improve land, purchase, construct, or permanently improve any building or other facility, or purchase major equipment, other than food service equipment; or (2) satisfy any requirement for the expenditure of non-Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds. Permits the Secretary, in extraordinary circumstances, to waive the restrictions regarding land purchase or construction. Requires each State, as a prerequisite to receipt of such funds, to submit an intended use report to the Secretary. Requires each State to submit annual reports concerning such activities. Requires each State to establish fiscal control and fund accounting procedures. Requires each State to obtain financial and compliance audits of any grant funds which the State receives. Establishes the procedure to be followed in order to assure State compliance with nondiscrimination provisions. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to terminate the Nutrition Education and Training Program. Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate the requirement that the Food and Nutrition Service operate Child Nutrition Programs in States which do not administer these programs through their own agencies. Extends through FY 1985 the authorization for funding of the commodity distribution program. Bases commodity allotments on the actual number of meals served during the previous school year instead of an estimate of the number of meals that will be served. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend the supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) through FY 1985. Eliminates provisions which require regular reallocation of WIC program funds. Reduces from 20 to 18 percent the percentage of total WIC funds that may be available for State and local administrative costs. Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate the special assistance certification alternatives which based assistance on prior year free and reduced-price lunch eligibility.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 496 (98th)referred
A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the negative effects of the European Community's request for consultations with the United States under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to renegotiate the duty-free binding on corn gluten feed and other non-grain feed ingredients.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should continue to oppose: (1) the imposition of restrictions on European Community (EC) imports of nongrain feed ingredients and corn gluten and should support the current duty-free binding on such products; and (2) EC proposals which violate the duty-free binding on soybeans and soybean products under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and reaffirm the United States position that the imposition of a consumption tax by EC on vegetable fats and oils would represent a restraint of trade. States that if EC action is taken to inhibit the importation of such products, then the United States should restrict EC imports by the same proportion of reduced U.S. export products.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 493 (98th)open
A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3457) to prohibit the payment of certain agriculture incentives to persons who produce certain agricultural commodities on highly erodible land; to allow farmers who plant perennial grasses and legumes as a means of building soil quality, rotating crops, or protecting land from wind and water erosion, to enter a certified voluntary set-aside program; and to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into long-term contracts with farmers to remove certain erosion-prone lands from cultivation.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3457 (soil conservation measures).
Bill· SS. 2607 (98th)referred
Anti-Hunger Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1984
Anti-Hunger Act of 1984 - Title I: School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); (2) State administrative expenses; (3) the childrens' summer food service program; and (4) the commodity distribution program. Provides a permanent authorization for the nutrition education and training program. Reduces the student cost of a reduced price lunch from 40 cents to 25 cents, and of a reduced price breakfast from 30 cents to 15 cents. Provides an additional six cents per breakfast to increase the nutritional quality of such program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate related nutritional improvement regulations. Provides States with a three percent reimbursent for commodity for commodity transportation and storage costs. Eliminates the $1500 tuition limit for private school program particiaption. Increases the nubmer of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Excludes certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Eliminates the requirement that free meal eligibility be the same as that required for food stamp eligibility. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring school lunch program income verification unless the direct cost of such verification is appropriated. Makes kindergartens in specified schools eligible for the special milk program. Obligates specified food service equipment appropriations for low-income area schools. States that school food facilities and personnel may be used for nonprofit nutrition programs for the elderly. Makes specified nonprofit private sponsors eligible for the summer feeding program. Prohibits States from using more than two and on-half percent of a current fiscal year's WIC appropriations for a preceding year's expenditures. Permits administrative funds to be used for technical assistance to improve State administrative systems. Includes Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) among the programs to be coordinated with the child nutrition programs. Provides for a reduction in program paperwork. Requires the secretary of Agriculture to fill vacancies on the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition within 90 days, and to hold Council meetings at least annually. Title II: Amendments to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit elderly or disabled persons to purchase low-priced prepared meals from restaurants or similar establishments. Permits an elderly person who is unable to purchase and prepare food to be considered a separate household independently of the income level of the others with whom he or she lives. Provides for thrifty food plan increases in States that tax retail food sales. Increases the covered cost of such plan to 100 percent. Revises the definition of "disabled" to mean a person receiving Federal or State blindness or disability assistance based on the same as or substantially the same criteria as used under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security. Act. Makes households each of whose members receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or AFDC assistance categorically eligible for program participation. States that denial of eligibility or termination of benefits from such programs cannot be a basis for denial of food stamp eligibility or termination of benefits. Increases the earned income deduction from 18 to 20 percent. Separates dependent care and excess shelter expense deductions. Changes the elderly or disabled medical expense threshold from $35 to five percent of the household's monthly inocme. Grnats States the option of calculating income either prospectively or retrospectively. Authorizes emergency allotment increases if the household experiences a sudden income loss of more than $100 in a month. Increases the resources limitation from $1500 to $2250, and from $3000 to $3500 for the elderly and disabled. Increases the threshold for accounting a vehicle's value against resources from $4500 to $5500. Permits States to stagger coupon issuance. Authorizes outreach activities. Provides for the participation of homeless persons in the food stam program. Authorizes the Secretary to set food stamp office hours. Extends existing seven percent State error sanctions through FY 1985. Postpones the decreased five percent rate until FY 1986. Requires States imposing a tax on food stamp purchases to transfer such funds to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Bill· SS. 2608 (98th)referred
Agricultural Efficiency and Equity Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1984
Agricultural Efficiency and Equity Act of 1984 - Title I: Acreage Base and Program Yield System - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish farm acreage and crop acreage bases for each program crop based on the preceding five crop years. Permits producer crop acreage base adjustment. Requires program participation in order to receive price support assistance. Sets forth exceptions. Requires the Secretary to provide for a farm program yield for each crop based on the preceding five years. Sets forth related county committee recordkeeping responsibilities. Title II: Price-Support Levels for Program Crops - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide: (1) that price supports for peanuts for which marketing quotas have been disapproved shall be 50 percent of parity; and (2) no supports for tobacco for which marketing quotas have been disapproved.
Bill· SS. 2599 (98th)reported
Child Nutrition Amendments of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Child Nutrition Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to limit to ten percent the amount of unobligated funds which a State may retain at the end of any fiscal year. Permits (currently directs) the Secretary of Agriculture to reallocate any unused funds to those States which can demonstrate the ability to use funds in excess of their allocation. Provides for the reimbursement of administrative costs incurred by food stamp agencies in providing a certificate of food stamp participation to food stamp households which are to be used in the school lunch verification process. Extends the authorization of appropriations through FY 1985 for State administrative expenses. Amends the National School Lunch Act to provide for a separate special-assistance factor for reduced-price lunches with a base of 68.75 cents and for reduced-price breakfasts with a base of 32.75 cents. Sets the maximum payment for severe need reduced-price breakfasts at 45.5 cents. Requires annual adjustment of each such separate factor based on the change in the Consumer Price Index for food away from home. Terminates the Summer Food Service Program for Children and the Child Care Food Program. Authorizes State grants through FY 1989 for child nutrition assistance. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot to States from such appropriated funds an amount which bears the same ratio to the total appropriated funds as each State's allotment under the Summer Food Service Program and the Child Care Food Program for FY 1983 bore to the total funds appropriated for those programs. Permits the Secretary to adjust the allotment level based on the funds transferred to the Department for the Head Start Program. Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to make payments to each State from such allotments. Provides that unobligated amounts shall remain available for the next fiscal year. Permits such amounts paid to a State to be used only for costs related to the provision of nutrition assistance to children, primarily from low-income households. Prohibits a State from using such funds to: (1) purchase or improve land, purchase, construct, or permanently improve any building or other facility or purchase major equipment, other than food service equipment; or (2) satisfy any requirement for the expenditure of non-Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds. Permits the Secretary, in extraordinary circumstances, to waive the restrictions regarding land purchase or construction. Requires each State, as a prerequisite to receipt of such funds, to submit an intended use report to the Secretary. Requires each State to submit annual reports concerning such activities. Requires each State to establish fiscal control and fund accounting procedures. Requires each State to obtain financial and compliance audits of any grant funds which the State receives. Establishes the procedure to be followed in order to assure State compliance with nondiscrimination provisions. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to terminate the Nutrition Education and Training Program. Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate the requirement that the Food and Nutrition Service operate Child Nutrition Programs in States which do not administer these programs through their own agencies. Extends through FY 1985 the authorization for funding of the commodity distribution program. Bases commodity allotments on the actual number of meals served during the previous school year instead of an estimate of the number of meals that will be served. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend the supplemental food program for women, infants and children (WIC) through FY 1985. Eliminates provisions which require regular reallocation of WIC program funds. Reduces from 20 to 18 percent the percentage of total WIC funds that may be available for State and local administrative costs. Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate the special assistance certification alternatives which based assistance on prior year free and reduced-price lunch eligibility.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 279 (98th)open
A joint resolution to designate the week of November 11, 1984, through November 17, 1984, as "Women in Agriculture Week".
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Designates the week of November 11 through November 17, 1984, as Women in Agriculture Week.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 554 (98th)enacted
A joint resolution to designate the week of November 11, 1984, through November 17, 1984, as "Women in Agriculture Week".
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Designates the week of November 11 through November 17, 1984, as Women in Agriculture Week.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 556 (98th)open
A joint resolution to proclaim October 16, 1984, as "World Food Day".
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Designates October 16, 1984, as World Food Day.
Bill· SS. 2586 (98th)referred
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest held by the United States in certain lands located in Payne County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1984
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest in specified lands in Payne county, Oklahoma, conveyed to the Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University. Conditions such release upon the Board of Regents' compliance with a certain agreement to transfer the Federal reversionary interest to other lands specified in such agreement. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey all Federal mineral interests in the lands to which the reversionary interest applied if the University applies for acquisition of such interests. Prescribes the procedure under which the mineral interests shall be conveyed to the University. Prohibits surface occupancy for the development of the mineral interests if such occupancy would interfere with intended surface uses of the land.
Bill· HRH.R. 5449 (98th)open
A bill to provide for fast-track treatment of injurious agricultural imports.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Authorizes the filing of a petition for emergency relief with the Secretary of Agriculture if a petition for import relief is filed with the International Trade Commission regarding a perishable product. Includes within the definition of perishable product specified agricultural products. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, within 14 days of the filing of the petition, to: (1) advise the President to take emergency action if the Secretary has reason to believe that the agricultural product is being imported in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury or threat of injury to a competing domestic industry; or (2) publish a notice of the decision not to recommend emergency action and so advise the petitioner. Requires the President, within seven days of receiving the Secretary's recommendation to take emergency action, to increase the duty on the article causing or threatening to cause serious injury to such industry or publish a notice of the determination to take emergency action. Provides for the termination of the emergency action.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 543 (98th)open
A joint resolution to proclaim July 1984 as "National Ice Cream Month"; and July 15, 1984 as "National Ice Cream Day".
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Designates July 1984 as National Ice Cream Month and July 15, 1984, as National Ice Cream Day.
Bill· SS. 2546 (98th)open
A bill to extend through September 30, 1988, the period during which amendments to the United States Grain Standards Act contained in section 155 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 remain effective, and for other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1984
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to extend Federal Grain Inspection Service user fee and advisory committee authorities through FY 1988. Eliminates the 35 percent cap on related administrative and supervisory costs. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for standardization and compliance activities, foreign monitoring activities, and other necessary expenses.
Bill· SS. 2545 (98th)open
Nutrition Programs Reform Act
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1984
Nutrition Programs Reform Act - Title I: Summer Food Service Program for Children - Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate local, municipal, and county government sites from participation in the summer food service program. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture and the States undertake activities to encourage participation in the summer food service program. Establishes income eligibility for participation of children in the summer food service program. Makes a child eligible for the program only if the child qualifies for free school lunches (current eligibility is based on the location of the summer food site within an area of poor economic conditions). Permits lunch only to be served at summer food service sites instead of lunch and either breakfast or a snack. Establishes summer food service reimbursement rates at the same level as those provided in the school lunch program for free lunches. Eliminates advance program payments to service institutions for the summer food service sites. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, no later than April 15 of each year, to allocate among the States funds appropriated to carry out the summer food service program during such year. Declares that the amount of funds allocated and paid to a State for a year shall be the authorized operational level for the program in the State for such year, except the Secretary may reallocate funds periodically if it is determined that a State is unable to spend its allocation of funds during such year. (Ends the entitlement status of the program, subjecting it to annual authorization and appropriations.) Permits a State agency, if the amount of funds allocated and paid to a State for a year is insufficient to permit the agency to make payments to service institutions within the State, to ratably reduce such payments to the extent necessary to insure that the total amount of such payments does not exceed the amount of allocated funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the summer food service program. Eliminates the requirement that the Federal Government operate the summer food service program in jurisdictions that do not do so through State administration. Title II: Special Supplemental Food Program (WIC) - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to eliminate outreach programs as a requirement for State and local WIC agencies. Eliminates outreach programs and start-up costs as allowable administrative expenses. Substitutes "medical equipment" in general as an allowable administrative expense in lieu of specified medical equipment. Limits the definition of children for the purposes of such Act to any child who is not receiving meals under the child care food program. Eliminates references to cultural eating patterns as a factor which health professional authorities must consider in prescribing supplemental foods or a factor to be taken into consideration in nutrition education. Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to require that, in order to be eligible to participate in the WIC program, a State agency must provide assistance under the program to at least a minimum number of participants established by the Secretary. Eliminates the requirement that the State provide local agencies with funds immediately upon their application to participate in the WIC program. Permits States to reduce ratably the amount of food provided to program participants, except that such reductions to any participant may not exceed 20 percent. Prohibits the operation of a WIC program in the same geographic area as the commodity supplemental food program. Provides for the proration of the first month's benefits based on the date of application for participation in the WIC program. Requires the Secretary, in establishing the nutritional risk criteria, to assign the highest priority to pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants at nutritional risk. Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the income, nutritional risk, and other appropriate characteristics of participants in the program and such other matters relating to participation in the program as the Secretary considers appropriate. Requires State agencies to submit such financial reports and participation data to the Secretary as the Secretary requires (currently, such reports must be filed monthly). Requires WIC recipients to furnish a social security number as a condition of eligibility. Eliminates certain requirements with respect to nutrition education services, including precise Federal standards and mandatory State training of nutrition educators. Eliminates the list of information which currently must be included in a State's plan of operation. Permits the Secretary to provide guidance to a State agency on information to be included in a plan. Permits a State agency to submit only those parts of a plan which differ from previous plans. Provides for optional instead of required public hearings on the State's plan of operation and administration. Eliminates special requirements imposed on State agencies with regard to migrant households. Extends from 20 to 30 days the processing time for applications to the Secretary before an applicant must be notified of a determination. Eliminates the existing requirement that the Secretary prescribe operating standards for State agencies. Repeals the requirement that States provide nutrition education and other material in languages other than English. Requires a State agency to establish a system to assure than an individual does not receive benefits in more than one jurisdiction. Provides that a retail store which is disqualified from participation in the food stamp program shall also be ineligible to participate in the WIC program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985. Reduces from 20 to 15 percent the amount of the funds provided under the WIC program for State and local administrative expenses. Eliminates the requirement that a certain percentage of funds be used for nutrition education. Requires the Secretary, in making allocations among the States, to allocate at least 50 percent of the funds on the basis of the weighted average of the number of program participants in each State who are in the various nutritional risk categories, with greater weight placed on program participants who face higher nutritional risk. Permits up to three percent of the funds allocated to a State to be carried over for use in the next fiscal year. Title III: Other Nutrition Programs - Amends the National School Lunch Act to extend through FY 1985 provisions to furnish commodities to certain child nutrition and elderly nutrition programs. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to terminate the Federal funding for State administrative expenses. Provides for nutrition education and training through FY 1985. Title IV: Technical Corrections - Makes technical and conforming amendments to certain Acts. Title V: Effective Date - Makes the amendments made by this Act effective on October 1, 1984.
Law· HRH.R. 5358 (98th)enacted
Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1984
Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue and amend honey orders. Provides for the establishment of: (1) a Honey Board; and (2) a National Honey Nominations Committee to nominate Board members and alternates. States that such Board shall administer orders, develop plans for research, promotion, and consumer information and finance such activities through producer, importer, and handler assessments. Exempts specified small producers and importers from such assessments.
Bill· SS. 2511 (98th)open
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest held by the United States in certain lands located in Payne County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1984
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest in specified lands in Payne County, Oklahoma, conveyed to the Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University. Conditions such release upon the Board of Regents compliance with a certain agreement to transfer the Federal reversionary interest to other lands specified in such agreement.
Bill· HRH.R. 5275 (98th)referred
A bill to require the Commodity Credit Corporation to have certain provisions in contracts entered into by the Corporation for storage of agricultural commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act regarding long-term (in excess of one year) commodity storage contracts to require that: (1) rental rates shall be less than rates charged for one-year agreements; (2) the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) shall not be obligated to pay for unused space it leases to another party; and (3) the CCC can terminate the agreement if the space is no longer needed and the owner can be given reasonable time to rent the space to another party.
Bill· HRH.R. 5286 (98th)referred
A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit any producer participating in the milk diversion program to sell to any member of a 4-H club or of the Future Farmers of America a single dairy cow for use as a membership project.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit any producer participating in the milk diversion program to sell to a member of a 4-H club or of the Future Farmers of America a single dairy cow for use as a membership project.
Bill· SS. 2477 (98th)referred
Surplus Food Commodities Trade and Donation Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1984
Surplus Food Commodities Trade and Donation Act of 1984 - Declares that it is the policy of Congress to increase the quantities of surplus dairy products and wheat that are provided by the United States to other nations by authorizing the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to undertake additional concessional sales and foreign donation programs. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the CCC, to the extent the Secretary of Agriculture determines appropriate, to export dairy products and wheat acquired by the CCC through price support operations through: (1) concessional sales; (2) donation; or (3) any combination of such sales and donations. Prohibits making such exports in amounts that will reduce the amounts of commodities traditionally available through donations to domestic nonprofit feeding programs or agencies. Authorizes the CCC to: (1) export dairy products and wheat under agreements with foreign governments and humanitarian organizations; (2) enter into agreements to provide dairy products and wheat in installments over an extended period of time; (3) exchange its stocks of such commodities for similar products produced domestically that will more nearly meet the needs of importing nations; (4) finance the concessional sales and exportation of such commodities and serve as the purchaser's shipping agent; and (5) pay certain incidental costs, freight, and transportaiton charges relating to commodities furnished for donations. Requires the provision of such commodities to be coordinated with other U.S. foreign assistance programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure that: (1) the commodities exported for donation will be used for humanitarian feeding programs that directly benefit needy persons except that the sale or barter of such commodities may be permitted; and (2) dispositions of such commodities encourage increased use of commodities and agreements avoid displacing usual marketings of such commodities by the United States or any other nation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish three special U.S. Agricultural Trade Offices to assist in the implementation of the program of concessional sales and donation of dairy products and wheat established by this Act. Requires the offices to be maintained until September 30, 1994. Requires that one office be located in each of Manila, Philippines, Mexico City, Mexico, and Dakar, Senegal. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the effectiveness of such Offices. Authorizes appropriations.
Law· HRH.R. 5223 (98th)enacted
An act to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to exempt restaurant central kitchens under certain conditions from Federal inspection requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to exempt from Federal inspection requirements any restaurant central kitchen that prepares ready-to-eat meat and poultry products sent to and served at restaurants owned or operated by the same persons or firms which own or operate such central facility.
Law· HRH.R. 5221 (98th)enacted
A bill to extend through September 30, 1988, the period during which amendments to the United States Grain Standards Act contained in section 155 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 remain effective, and for other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to extend Federal Grain Inspection Service user fee and advisory committee authorities through FY 1988. Eliminates the 35 percent cap on related administrative and supervisory costs. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for standardization and compliance activities, foreign monitoring activities, and other necessary expenses.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 99 (98th)open
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Federal bank regulatory agencies should require their examiners to exercise caution and restraint in adversely classifying loans made to farmers and ranchers.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Federal bank regulatory agencies should require their examiners to exercise caution and restraint in adversely classifying loans made to agricultural borrowers.
Bill· SS. 2453 (98th)referred
A bill to require the Commodity Credit Corporation to have certain provisions in contracts entered into by the Corporation for storage of agricultural commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984
Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act regarding long-term (in excess of one year) commodity storage contracts to require that: (1) rental rates shall be less than rates charged for one-year agreements; (2) the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) would not be obligated to pay for unused space it leases to another party; and (3) the CCC can terminate the agreement if the space is no longer needed and the owner can be given reasonable time to rent the space to another party.
Law· HRH.R. 5183 (98th)enacted
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System lands to Craig County, Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Craig County, Virginia, for fair market value, all Federal interests in specified national forest system lands located in such county. States such lands shall revert to the United States if Craig County attempts to: (1) transfer ownership of any portion to any other party; (2) encumber its title to such lands; or (3) permit any portion of such lands to be used for other than public purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 5198 (98th)referred
Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984
Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act of 1984 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to use the FY 1985 and 1986 agricultural export promotion funds for export assistance only in connection with agricultural commodities and products that have been adversely affected by price or credit subsidies used by other countries. Directs the Secretary to export at least 100,000 metric tons of dairy products owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation in each of FY 1985 and 1986, provided that: (1) export sales of dairy products shall be made at appropriate prices of not less than the minimum prices applicable under the International Dairy Arrangement; and (2) the level of exports shall be in addition to donations of dairy products made under other Acts. Authorizes the Secretary to formulate and carry out a program under which agricultural commodities and products acquired by the Corporation are made available for export without charge to U.S. exporters and users and foreign purchasers in order to promote export markets for such commodities and products. Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that equal treatment is provided to domestic and foreign purchasers and users in cases where the importation of a manufactured product made from agricultural commodities, made available for export under this Act, would place domestic users of such commodity at a competitive disadvantage; (2) consider all interested foreign purchasers for participation, giving priority to those who have purchased U.S. agricultural commodities in the past and who continue to do so in increased quantities; (3) ensure that Corporation stocks, made available for export under this Act, are used to encourage increased use of such commodities and to avoid unnecessary market displacement of domestic agricultural commodities; and (4) take reasonable precautions to prevent resale, transshipment, or any use of such stocks other than domestic use in the importing country. Provides for supplemental distributions to foreign purchasers who use funds realized from the sale of commodities made available for export under this Act to construct or rehabilitate facilities in the importing country for specified purposes. Requires the Secretary to determine the intervals and amounts of such supplemental distributions. Requires the Secretary to carry out this program through the Corporation. Amends the Agriculture Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require the President to consider distributing commodities for famine relief in processed and protein-fortified form. Requires the President to take all feasible steps to ensure that an appropriate portion of such commodities be in the form of processed and protein-fortified products. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to urge the Secretary of Agriculture to fund an export market development program for value-added farm products and processed foods at a greater funding level than that provided during FY 1984. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should exercise to the greatest extent feasible the Secretary's authorities to barter domestic agricultural commodities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5200 (98th)referred
National Agricultural Soil Protection Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984
National Agricultural Soil Protection Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into long-term contracts with producers to convert highly erodible land from crop use to soil conservation use (including haying, grazing, and wild living resources conservation). Provides producers with: (1) cash or in kind payments of between 50 and 80 percent of conservation conversion costs, limited to an annual maximum per-acre amount equal to the county's average per-acre land value; and (2) five to ten percent bonuses for conservation conversions in specially designated areas. Permits advance and installment payments. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance; and (2) ensure that the amount of converted acreage in any county shall not cause adverse economic effects in such county. Makes any producer who breaches such a contract ineligible for other price support benefits for three years. Redesignates the existing position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs as the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs. Places the Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of International Cooperation and Development under the direct supervision of such Assistant Secretary. Redesignates the existing position of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment as the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Commodity Programs, Natural Resources, and Extension. Places the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, the Soil Conservation Service, the Forest Service, and the Extension Service under the direct supervision of such Under Secretary. Makes conforming amendments to the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 and other Federal laws.
Bill· HRH.R. 5181 (98th)referred
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to establish a pilot project for rural areas of the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to establish a food stamp pilot program in rural Alaska. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989. Limits payments to assistance expenditures and 50 percent of related administrative costs. Requires Alaska to submit (by June 1, 1985) an initial program plan for the Secretary of Agriculture's approval (by August 1, 1985). Authorizes plan revisions subject to the Secretary's approval. Requires such plan to: (1) name a State administering agency; (2) estimate expenditures; (3) assess rural food needs; (4) provide for program reports; and (5) authorize the use of assistance for hunting and fishing equipment. Permits the Secretary to: (1) deny or withhold assistance for plan noncompliance; and (2) provide technical assistance. Requires biennial State program audits. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for program review; (2) report to the appropriate congressional committees by March 1 of 1988 and 1989, respectively; and (3) issue final implementing regulations for adjustments to the rural Alaskan thrifty food plan within ten days. Sets forth penalties for misuse of program funds, assets, or property.
Bill· HRH.R. 5180 (98th)referred
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to establish separate deductions allowable for dependent care expenses and excess shelter expenses for purposes of determining certain benefit levels under the food stamp program, and to increase the maximum amount of such deductions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to establish separate deductions for dependent care expenses and excess shelter expenses for determining eligibility for certain food stamp benefit levels. Increases the maximum amount of such deductions.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 518 (98th)referred
A joint resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, for the Department of Agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984
Makes a supplemental appropriation for FY 1984 to the Department of Agriculture to provide emergency food assistance for African countries through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). Requires that a specified amount of such commodities shall be available in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II (the famine relief provisions) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and that a specified amount shall be available on a competitive bid or barter basis. Authorizes the CCC to purchase commodities to meet emergency requirements if CCC stocks are not available.
Bill· HRH.R. 5151 (98th)open
Hunger Relief Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Hunger Relief Act of 1984 - Title I: Food Stamp and Related Provisions - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make homeless persons eligible to participate in the food stamp program (program). Requires State agencies to develop related certification and issuance procedures. Increases the cost of the thrifty food plan to the full cost of the plan as of June 30, 1983. Revises the definition of "disabled" to include certain persons receiving benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act or persons receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disabled benefits. Makes households each of whose members receive SSI or Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) categorically eligible for program participation. States that denial of eligibility or termination of benefits from such programs can not be a basis for denial of food stamp eligibility or termination of benefits. Excludes loan origination fees and insurance premiums from program "income." Increases the earned income deduction from 18 to 20 percent. Separates (presently combined) dependent care and excess shelter expense deductions. Provides for an educational deduction. Grants States the option of calculating income either prospectively or retrospectively. Increases the resources limitation from $1500 to $2500, and from $3000 to $3500 for the elderly and disabled. Increases the threshhold for accounting a vehicle's value against resources from $4500 to $5500. Permits States to stagger coupon issuance. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to send Food Stamp Disaster Task Force members to oversee the program in the event of a natural disaster. Directs State agencies to periodically assess the need to keep food stamp offices open during weekend or evening hours. Requires the Secretary to encourage State agencies to disseminate program information. Provides administrative matching funds. Directs State agencies to implement job search activities. Obligates $50,000,000 beginning with FY 1985 for such costs, and provides for 50 percent reimbursement for State expenses: (1) in excess of such $50,000,000; and (2) for participant reimbursement. Requires the Secretary to monitor such programs. Establishes a four-year (FY 1985 through 1989) rural Alaskan food assistance pilot program. Sets forth program provisions. Requires program reports to the House and Senate Agriculture committees by March 1, 1988, and 1989, respectively. Requires the Secretary to issue rural Alaskan thrifty food plan adjustment regulations within ten days. Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to permit local programs to provide supplemental commodities to the elderly under terms prescribed by the Secretary. Prohibits any resulting reduction in assistance to women, infants, and children (WIC program). Authorizes FY 1985 and 1986 Federal Emergency Management Agency appropriations for an emergency food program. Requires the Director of such Agency to constitute a national board to administer such program. Authorizes the Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase and deliver commodities for such program. Title II: Nutrition Monitoring - Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement by October 1, 1985, a continuous food consumption and expenditures survey of a representative sample of low-income persons in the United States; (2) conduct, beginning with FY 1986, a survey of a supplemental representative sample of at least one low-income subgroup; and (3) submit an interim report by April 1, 1986, and annual reports thereafter to specified congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide States with technical assistance to establish nutrition monitoring systems; (2) encourage research on standards and technologies for nutrition monitoring; and (3) maintain and update the Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrient data base. Title III: Nutrition and Consumer Education - Directs the Secretary to provide States with technical and grant assistance for low-income consumer education programs. Administers such programs through the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service. Requires annual program reports to specified congressional committees. Sets forth State program requirements. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1989 appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to set aside specified amounts for use in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Title IV: School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to reduce the students' cost of a reduced price lunch from 40 cents to 25 cents, and of a reduced price breakfast from 30 cents to 15 cents. Increases reduced meal income eligibility limits from 185 percent to 195 percent of the poverty level. Provides an additional six cents per breakfast to increase the nutritional quality of such program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate related nutritional improvement regulations. Raises the program tuition limit for private schools from $1500 to $2500. Requires annual inflation adjustments. Increases the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Increases FY 1984 authorization of appropriations for nutrition education and training. Excludes certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Eliminates the requirement that free meal eligibility be the same as that required for food stamp eligibility. Makes kindergartens in specified schools eligible for the special milk program. Makes permanent authorizations of appropriations for: (1) the WIC program; (2) State administrative expenses; (3) nutrition education and training; (4) the childrens' summer food and service program; and (5) the commodity distribution program. Title V: Older Americans Act Amendments - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for: (1) congregate feeding; (2) home delivered meals; and (3) surplus commodities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5123 (98th)referred
A bill to strengthen provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act prohibiting conflicts of interests.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1984
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prohibit any Department of Agriculture officer or employee who acts upon or reviews specified agricultural loan applications secured by land from acquiring any interest in such land for five years.
Bill· HRH.R. 5134 (98th)referred
A bill to amend the Agriculture Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make available advance deficiency payments for the 1984 and 1985 crops of wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice to certain producers in disaster areas.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1984
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make available advance deficiency payments for the 1984 and 1985 crops of wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice to certain producers in disaster areas.
Bill· HRH.R. 5122 (98th)referred
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest held by the United States in certain lands in Pickens, Anderson, and Oconee Counties, South Carolina, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests of the United States in such lands.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1984
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain reversionary interests in specified lands conveyed to Clemson University, South Carolina. Conditions such release upon the use of the affected lands for public purposes. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Clemson University certain Federal mineral interests in the lands to which the reversionary interests applied if the University's application meets specified guidelines.
Bill· SS. 2406 (98th)referred
A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prohibit an officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who acts upon or reviews an application for a loan for the purchase of land under such Act from acquiring an interest in such land for a period of five years after such action or review.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prohibit any Department of Agriculture officer or employee who acts upon or reviews any land purchase loan applications under such Act from acquiring any interest in the land involved for five years.
Bill· SS. 2404 (98th)open
A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make indemnity payments to owners and operators of farms for damages arising from actions taken by personnel of the Army Corps of Engineers at the W.G. Huxtable Pumping Station in the State of Arkansas during May and June of 1983 to regulate the flow of the St. Francis River.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Provides for indemnity payments to be made to farmers for flood damages arising from certain 1983 actions taken by Army Corps of Engineers personnel at the W.G. Huxtable Pumping Station on the Saint Francis River, Arkansas. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to hold claim hearings in Arkansas. Provides for judicial review of any such determination in U.S. district court. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5069 (98th)referred
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the mandatory inspection of domesticated rabbits slaughtered for human food.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to subject domesticated rabbits slaughtered for human food to inspection, labeling, and other provisions of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5054 (98th)referred
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require State agencies to carry out a workfare program applicable to households participating in the food stamp program.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1984
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make the present optional State food stamp workfare program mandatory.
Bill· HRH.R. 5037 (98th)open
Milk Producers Prompt Payment Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
Milk Producers Prompt Payment Act of 1984 - Provides that all milk purchased from a U.S. producer by a handler in a cash sale, and all inventories and proceeds and related products, shall be held by the handler in trust for the producer until the producer receives full payment. Exempts handlers whose total annual milk purchases do not exceed $500,000. Requires a handler to pay the full cash price to the producer within one day of receiving the milk, unless agreed otherwise. Grants producers a cause of action in U.S. district courts for handler trust or payment violations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5032 (98th)referred
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that any product containing imported fish be labeled to show the country from which the fish was imported.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require nonrestaurant retail food products containing imported fish to be labeled to show the country from which the fish was imported.
Bill· HRH.R. 5024 (98th)open
Rural Development Reorganization Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1984
Rural Development Reorganization Act of 1984 - Title I: Reorganization Within Department of Agriculture - Amends Federal law to rename the Department of Agriculture the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Retitles the Secretary of Agriculture the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. Establishes the Rural Development Administration within such Department. Renames the Farmers Home Administration the Farm Administration. Makes conforming administrative changes. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, except for specified loan provisions, through the Rural Development Administration. States that titles V and VI of the Rural Development Act of 1972 shall be carried out through the Rural Development Administration. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to expand the number of designated assistance areas from 225 to 450. Transfers certain conservation loan programs from the Farmers Home Administration to the Soil Conservation Service. Makes conforming amendments to specified agricultural and rural affairs acts. Title II: Administration of Federal Rural Housing and Community Development Programs - Transfers to the Rural Development Administration current FmHA loan programs for: (1) business and industry; (2) community facilities; (3) water and waste disposal (including grant authority); and (4) rural development and planning, excluding farm production. Transfers to the new Farm Administration current FmHA single-family housing loan programs. Makes conforming amendments to the Housing Act of 1949. Provides for farm ownership assistance to be carried out through such Administration. Makes conforming amendments to the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973. Title III: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth administrative provisions.
Bill· SS. 2379 (98th)open
Drought Assistance Equity Act
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984
Drought Assistance Equity Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) provide for an eight-month disaster loan application period; (2) revise farmland collateral appraisal provisions (higher of the farm value as of one day or of one year before a disaster declaration); and (3) revise production loss determination provisions (higher of previous year's average monthly price or average monthly price for first three months after a disaster declaration).
Bill· SS. 2368 (98th)referred
Dietary Information Labeling Act of 1984
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Dietary Information Labeling Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food labels to show: (1) sodium and potassium content; and (2) fat or oil sources. Exempts specified small manufacturers from such salt labeling requirements and provides for "display notice" in cases of unreasonable burden. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to propose implementing regulations within 240 days.
Bill· HRH.R. 4973 (98th)referred
Food Aid and Export Market Promotion Act
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Food Aid and Export Market Promotion Act - Requires the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to make a specified minimum amount of credit guarantees available to finance export sales of farm commodities. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to increase the annual authorized appropriations to carry out famine relief programs (title II of such Act). Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the donation of CCC stocks of dairy products and other agricultural commodities for the assistance of needy persons outside the United States. (Current law authorizes the donation only of CCC stocks of dairy products.) Requires that the proceeds of the sale or barter of such dairy products or commodities shall be used exclusively to facilitate providing assistance to such needy people. Requires the CCC to make available a specified minimum amount of financing during FY 1984 and FY 1985 for export sales of breeding animals and for the establishment of facilities in the importing nation for handling agricultural commodities. Amends the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to authorize the CCC to finance or guarantee export sales of agricultural commodities out of CCC and private stocks. Requires that repayment of such financing shall be in dollars with interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires the General Accounting Office, within 120 days of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the effectiveness and adequacy of U.S. food aid programs.