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Bill· SS. 1669 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Family Nutrition Act - Extends eligibility, under the Food Stamp Act, to specified households whether or not they occupy an entire dwelling unit. Establishes uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program and the program of distribution of federally donated foods, including: (1) the income eligibility criteria shall not be less than the equivalent of the product of the face value of the coupon allotment issued to a household; (2) the resource eligibility criteria, for liquid and nonliquid assets, shall not be less than $3,000 for each individual sixty years of age or over; and (3) households in which members are included in a federally aided public assistance program under the Social Security Act shall be eligible to participate in the food stamp program if they satisfy the eligibility criteria. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards of eligibility for (1) households that are victims of a natural disaster, and (2) for Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands, to reflect the cost of obtaining a nutritionally adequate diet in those areas. Grants the Secretary the power to investigate complaints made by participating households into the pricing policies of retail food stores. Provides that the face value of the coupon allotment be updated twice a year and incorporate the rise in the cost of food through March 31st of this year. Provides an extra allotment for a pregnant woman, a $12 bonus per month for each child under one year of age, and an allotment bonus to persons medically certified as requiring a special diet of such an amount as the Secretary determines is necessary to provide that person with a nutritionally adequate diet. Reduces from 30 percent to 25 percent of the household's income the maximum charge that can be made for coupon allotment. Requires households desiring to participate in the food stamp program to be certified for eligibility or denied within fifteen days. States that when certification or denial is not made within fifteen days temporary certification of eligibility shall be provided to such household until a final decision on the merits can be made. Provides that State agencies desiring to participate in the food stamp program shall submit a plan including provisions on: (1) the use of the eligibility standards and certification procedures; (2) safeguards restricting the use or disclosure of information obtained from applicant households; (3) granting a fair hearing, and prompt determination thereafter, to any household aggrieved by any action of a State agency under any provision of its plan; (4) issuance of coupon allotments no less often than two times per month; (5) the institution of procedures by which any household may elect to have the charges for its coupon allotment deducted from any grant under the Social Security Act. Provides that failure of a State agency to comply with this Act allows the Secretary to pursue one or more of the following sanctions: (1) request the Attorney General to petition a district court to enjoin such State to comply with this Act; (2) disallow administrative funds expended by the State agency not in compliance with this Act; (3) require the State agency to reimburse any households affected by the agency's failure to comply with this Act; or (4) directly administer such program as the Secretary deems appropriate. Provides that members of an eligible household who are sixty or over are allowed to use food stamps to purchase meals prepared especially for elderly persons. Raises to 80 percent the amount the Secretary is authorized to pay State agencies for the cost of administering the Food Stamp Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 1657 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Authorizes appropriations under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 for fiscal years 1974-77.
Bill· HRH.R. 7332 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Allows elderly persons who are members of eligible households to use food stamps to purchase meals in restaurants under the Food Stamp Act. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2013 (a))
Bill· HRH.R. 7278 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Federal Noxious Weed Act - States that the importation or distribution in interstate commerce of noxious weeds, except under controlled conditions, allows the growth and spread of such weeds which interfere with the growth of useful plants, clog waterways and interfere with navigation, cause disease, or have other adverse effects upon man or his environment, and therefore is determined to be injurious to the agriculture and commerce of the United States and to the public health. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate as noxious weeds kinds of plants that he determines are new to, or not known to be widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the United States, and are directly or indirectly injurious to crops or other useful plants, livestock, or poultry, or other interests of agriculture, including irrigation, or to navigation or public health. Permits the Secretary to promulgate such quarantines and regulations requiring inspection of products and articles of any character whatsoever as he deems necessary to prevent the dissemination into the United States, or interstate, of any noxious weeds. Prohibits the movement or sale of any noxious weed into or through the United States unless authorized under permit from the Secretary. Allows the Secretary, in order to prevent the dissemination of any noxious weed, to destroy, or otherwise dispose of, any product or article of any character whatsover which he has reason to believe is infested by or contains any such noxious weed, if there is no less drastic action which would be adequate to prevent the dissemination of noxious weeds into the United States or interstate. Enables the owner of any article or noxious weed destroyed to bring an action against the United States in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia within one year after such destruction. Permits any authorized inspector, without a warrant, to stop any persons or means of conveyance moving into or through the United States, and to inspect any noxious weeds and any products and articles of any character whatsoever carried thereby, to determine whether such persons or means of conveyance are moving any noxious weeds contrary to this Act. Allows the entry with a warrant into any premises in the United States for inspections or other actions necessary under this Act. Provides a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both, for violation of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with the Governments of Canada or Mexico, and with State and Federal agencies to control the spread of any noxious weed.
Bill· HRH.R. 7199 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Dairymen's Bargaining Act - Finds disorderly conditions in the marketing of milk, and finds inadequate compensation for services performed in connection with the marketing of milk. Establishes a National Milk Marketing Board consisting of twelve directors to be appointed by the President upon recommendation by the Secretary of Agriculture, by cooperatives, and by handlers, to serve for terms of three years. Empowers the Board to designate certified agents pursuant to this Act, enforce prices and payments of rates for services, and promulgate regulations for enforcing this Act. Authorizes the certified agents to bargain with handlers, to provide services for producers and to pay for such services, to provide services for the market generally, and to collect from handlers certain prices for milk negotiated by the bargaining agency. Provides for the review of the certified agency's actions by the Secretary.
Bill· HRH.R. 7191 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow participants in the plan B feed grain set-aside program to transfer into the plan A set-aside program.
Bill· HRH.R. 7142 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Bread Tax Repeal Act - Eliminates as of July 1, 1973, the 75 cent excise tax on wheat processors.
Bill· HRH.R. 7147 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Provides that in the administration of the crop loan and purchase program for peanuts for the 1973 calendar year, no change shall be made in such program as it was administered for the 1972 peanut crop, which has any of the following results: (1) eliminating the sheller purchase program; or (2) making peanuts with visible aflatoxin content ineligible for full price supports.
Bill· HRH.R. 7156 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Increases from 50 to 80 percent the amount that may be paid as the Federal government's share of the costs of any cooperative meat or poultry inspection program carried out by any State under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Poultry Products Inspection Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 518 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prepare an estimate of the funds needed to carry out the statutory mandate for conducting a census of agriculture in 1974 and to submit such estimate to the Congress not more than thirty days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to take such action as he deems necessary to insure that the data acquired from the 1974 Census of Agriculture be made available to the public through appropriate publication as soon as practicable following the taking of the census, and in all events in a shorter period than data was made available to the public following the 1964 and 1969 censuses of agriculture.
Bill· SS. 1608 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
States that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the payment rate for corn to producers participating in the 1973 feed grain program under the so-called option B part of the program under the Agricultural Act of 1970 (for partial compliance) shall be increased to such rate as, together with the national average market price received by farmers for corn during the first five months of the marketing year for the crop, the Secretary determines will be equal to: (A) $1.35 per bushel, or (B) 70 percent of the parity price of corn as of the beginning of the marketing year, whichever is the greater. Provides that the payment rates for grain sorghums and barley shall be such rates, respectively, as the Secretary determines fair and reasonable in relation to the rate at which payments are made available for corn. availabe for corn. Provides that such payments shall be made available on 50 percent of the feed grain base for the farm as provided in the Agricultural Act. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 1441nt).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 95 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prepare an estimate of the funds needed to carry out the statutory mandate for conducting a census of agriculture in 1974 and to submit such estimate to the Congress not more than thirty days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to take such action as he deems necessary to insure that the data acquired from the 1974 Census of Agriculture be made available to the public through appropriate publication as soon as practicable following the taking of the census, and in all events in a shorter period than data was made available to the public following the 1964 and 1969 censuses of Agriculture.
Bill· HRH.R. 7055 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Authorizes, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, appropriations for the four fiscal years subsequent to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 7034 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow participants in the plan B feed grain set-aside program to transfer into the plan A set-aside program.
Bill· HRH.R. 7039 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow participants in the plan B feed grain set-aside program to transfer into the plan A set-aside program.
Bill· SS. 1572 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow participants in the plan B feed grain set-aside program to transfer into the plan A set aside program.
Bill· SS. 1540 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire certain lands and interests therein adjacent to the exterior boundaries of the White Mountain National Forest in the State of New Hampshire for addition to the national forest system.
Bill· HRH.R. 6833 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Prohibits changes in the loan and purchase program for the 1973 peanut crop from that of the 1972 crop by the Department of Agriculture which would result in eliminating the sheller purchase program or making peanuts with visible aflatoxin content ineligible for full price supports.
Bill· HRH.R. 6771 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Provides price support for milk under the Agricultural Act of 1949, at not less than 85 percent of the parity price therefor. (Adds 7 U.S.C. 1446(d))
Bill· HRH.R. 6757 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow participants in the plan B feed grain set-aside program to transfer into the plan A set-aside program.
Bill· HRH.R. 6705 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Removes the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell marketing certificates for the 1973 crop of wheat. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 1379e)
Bill· HRH.R. 6715 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Prohibits changes in the loan and purchase program for the 1973 peanut crop from that of the 1972 crop by the Department of Agriculture which would result in eliminating the sheller purchase program or making peanuts with visible aflatoxin content ineligible for full price supports.
Bill· HRH.R. 6695 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Provides food stamps, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to specified narcotics addicts being rehabilitated, and to organizations and institutions conducting drug treatment and rehabilitation programs for narcotic addicts. Authorizes such narcotics addicts to purchase meals with food stamps. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2012(e))
Bill· HRH.R. 6708 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
States that a household shall not participate in the food stamp program while any of its members is on strike. Provides that such ineligibility shall not apply to any household that was eligible for and participating in the food stamp program immediately prior to the start of such strike, dispute, or other similar action in which any member of such household engages. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2014, 2012)
Bill· HRH.R. 6692 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program providing for the inspection of fish produced on fish farms in the United States. Provides that in the case of seizure or quarantine of fish stock the Secretary shall make fair compensation for all economic losses incurred through such actions. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6646 (93rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Provides that in the administration of the crop loan and purchase program for peanuts for the 1973 calendar year, no change shall be made in such program as it was administered for the 1972 peanut crop, which has any of the following results: (1) eliminating the sheller purchase program; or (2) making peanuts with visible aflatoxin content ineligible for full price supports.
Bill· HRH.R. 6682 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the governments of Central and South America in order to control outbreaks of specified plant pests and diseases when necessary to protect the agriculture of the United States. Authorizes the annual appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6578 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Rural Housing Insurance Fund for the purpose of making loans for housing and buildings on farms in the amounts specified in appropriation Acts for such purpose. Provides that 10 percent of such funds shall be used to grant low interest rate loans to low and moderate income persons and families. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1487(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 6561 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Rural Housing Insurance Fund for the purpose of making loans for housing and buildings on farms in the amounts specified in appropriation Acts for such purpose. Provides that 10 percent of such funds shall be used to grant low interest rate loans to low and moderate income persons and families. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1487(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 6563 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow participants in the plan B feed grain set-aside program to transfer into the plan A set-aside program.
Bill· HRH.R. 6608 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Rural Housing Insurance Fund for the purpose of making loans for housing and buildings on farms in the amounts specified in appropriation Acts for such purpose. Provides that 10 percent of such funds shall be used to grant low interest rate loans to low and moderate income persons and families. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1487(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 6537 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Great Lakes Basin Conservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into 10-year contracts with any landowner or operator in the Great Lakes Basin to effectuate changes in land use or cropping systems to conserve soil and water. Provides that all land owners and operators would be eligible. Directs that soil conservation plans incorporate, to the extent practicable, practices and measures to enhance fish wildlife and recreation, to enhance the economic use of land, and to reduce or control agricultural related pollution. Authorizes the Secretary to share the cost of carrying out conservation practices. Provides that such cost sharing shall not exceed 90 percent of the total cost and cost sharing for drainage or irrigation of any kind is not eligible under this Act. Provides that the Secretary may make the technical services of the Department of Agriculture available to the contracting landowners. Authorizes appropriations, without fiscal year limitations, for total program costs of $150,000,000 with maximum yearly payments of $25,000,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 6507 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Requires, under the Export Administration Act of 1969, the reporting of export sales of grain and soybeans. Provides for the dissemination by the Secretary of Agriculture of such data in order to provide essential information for domestic grain and soybean industries.
Bill· HRH.R. 6496 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Exempts small pork producers from the provisions of the Meat Inspection Act, with respect to the first five hundred pounds of pork carcasses. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 601)
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 341 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Establishes the Select Committee on the Cost and Availability of Food, to be composed of twelve Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, to conduct a full and complete investigation of all matters affecting, influencing, and pertaining to the cost and availability of food to the American consumer. Requires the committee to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study, together with such findings, conclusions, and recommendations as it deems advisable. Grants the committee various powers to carry out the objectives of this resolution.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 339 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Establishes the Select Committee on the Cost and Availability of Food, to be composed of twelve Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, to conduct a full and complete investigation of all matters affecting, influencing, and pertaining to the cost and availability of food to the American consumer. Requires the committee to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study, together with such findings, conclusions, and recommendations as it deems advisable. Grants the committee various powers to carry out the objectives of this resolution.
Bill· HRH.R. 6428 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Eliminates wheat marketing certificates required under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
Bill· HRH.R. 6381 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes release of the 1965-1970 stored excess wheat under the Agricultural Act of 1970, whenever the Secretary of Agriculture determines that such release will not significantly affect market prices for wheat.
Bill· HRH.R. 6308 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Removes the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell marketing certificates for the 1973 crop of wheat. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 1379e)
Bill· HRH.R. 6297 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Authorizes R. Edward Bellamy, doctor of philosophy, a retired officer of the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, to accept employment by the Canadian Department of Agriculture.
Bill· HRH.R. 6246 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Prohibits the inspection of income tax records by the Department of Agriculture. Allows limited information from such records concerning farming operations to be furnished to the Department. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 36103(g))
Bill· SS. 1397 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program providing for the inspection of fish produced on fish farms in the United States. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 1371 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to call a hearing in a milk market order area upon petition of one-third or more of the producers.
Bill· HRH.R. 6163 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a continuing program providing for the inspection of fish produced on fish farms in the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 1349 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Rural Housing Insurance Fund for the purpose of making loans for housing and buildings on farms in the amounts specified in appropriation acts for such purpose. Provides that 60 percent of such funds shall be used to grant low interest rate loans to low and moderate income persons and families. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1487(c))
Bill· SS. 1333 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Provides for the establishment by the Secretary of Agriculture of a veterinary biologics facility by the United States Department of Agriculture at Ames, Iowa. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6059 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Removes the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell marketing certificates for the 1973 crop of wheat. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 1379e)
Bill· HRH.R. 6056 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Permits persons who are aged, blind, or disabled and receiving assistance under title XVI of the Social Security Act (Aid and Medical Assistance to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) to participate in specified food stamp and surplus commodities programs. (Repeals Sec. 411 of Pub. 92-603)
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 323 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Establishes the Select Committee on the Cost and Availability of Food, to be composed of twelve Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, to conduct a full and complete investigation of all matters affecting, influencing, and pertaining to the cost and availability of food to the American consumer. Requires the committee to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study, together with such findings, conclusions, and recommendations as it deems advisable. Grants the committee various powers to carry out the objectives of this resolution.
Bill· HRH.R. 5997 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides that salt-cured smoked meat of cattle, swine, goats, or equines shall not be subject to any provision of or requirement under the Federal Meat Inspection Act.