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Law· HRH.R. 6422 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release the condition in the conveyance of certain land in Sterling, Connecticut, to the State of Connecticut which restricts the use of such land to public purposes under penalty of reversion to the United States. Makes inapplicable to this Act the provision of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act which prohibits the Secretary from selling, exchanging, leasing, or otherwise disposing of property to other than public authorities. Conditions such release upon the State's agreement not to sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of such land: (1) except to a certain cemetery, exclusively for its expansion; and (2) unless the proceeds from such disposal are held in an account open to inspection by the Secretary and used for public purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 6424 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to prohibit the President from restricting the export of an agricultural commodity sought to be exported under an export sales contract: (1) entered into before the President announces an export restriction on the commodity; and (2) reported pursuant to a specified section of the Agricultural Act of 1970. Permits the President to restrict exports of such a commodity during a declared war or national emergency.
Bill· HRH.R. 6423 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Reciprocal Agricultural Trade Act of 1982 - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit to the President an annual study of the practices of each designated major trading country that: (1) denies benefits to the United States under a trade agreement applicable to agricultural trade; or (2) denies to the United States substantially equivalent commercial opportunities with respect to U.S. agricultural products. Directs the President to submit such study to specified congressional committees and to propose actions to redress any imbalance caused by such practices. Directs Federal agencies to furnish information and other assistance to carry out such study. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to add to the findings upon which the President can base U.S. responses to foreign trade practices. Directs the President to act upon finding that a foreign trade practice denies to the United States commercial opportunities with respect to agricultural trade substantially equivalent to those offered by the United States. Authorizes the President to take action against the foreign entity's products or services. Provides that the President's actions need not be limited to equivalent products or service sectors of the foreign entity. Requires the President take into account U.S. trade agreement obligations in determining whether to take any action to enforce U.S. trade rights or respond to a foreign trade practice affecting agricultural trade. Authorizes the House Agriculture Committee or the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to file a resolution with the USTR requesting the President to take action to enforce U.S. trade rights or respond to foreign trade practices. Directs the USTR to consult with the International Trade Commission on the economic impact of: (1) the foreign trade practices affecting agricultural trade which caused the USTR to investigate; and (2) the USTR's legislative recommendations concerning such practices. Directs the USTR to make preliminary recommendations to the House Agriculture Committee and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on the options the President is considering if dispute settlement procedures fail. Requires such recommendations to be made within 180 days of a finding that presidential action is needed to enforce U.S. trade rights or to respond to foreign trade practices that relate to agricultural trade.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 393 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should promptly call for an International Trade Commission investigation of honey imports.
Bill· HRH.R. 6404 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1982
Emergency Dairy Adjustment Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to replace existing fixed milk price support levels with a flexible level based on farm income and consumer needs and determined at the Secretary of Agriculture's discretion. Authorizes a five-year domestic and foreign program of dairy product donations. Establishes the Dairy Advisory Board. Requires the Board to meet at least once a year.
Bill· HRH.R. 6394 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1982
Food Stamp Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to change the dates for adjustments in the thrifty food plan and deductions in computing household income. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to require job search information at the time of an individual's application for food stamps. Extends the period of ineligibility for heads of households who voluntarily quit a job without good cause from 60 days to 120 days. Removes the exemption which allows a parent in a household not to register for work when there is another parent in such household exempted from work registration because of caring for a dependent under age six. Authorizes the Secretary to require State agencies to use an alternative coupon issuance system if such system improves the integrity of the food stamp program. Prohibits the issuance of an initial month allotment under $10. Requires the rounding down of dollar amounts provided under the food stamp program. Sets forth eligibility criteria for allotments to households in immediate need of expedited service. Requires State agencies to determine, not less frequently than quarterly, whether food stamp recipients are in receipt of duplicative benefits. Requires State agencies to reimburse the Secretary for the value of excessive allotments issued to households. Sets forth a formula for increasing an agency's federally funded share of administrative costs based upon the State's low payment error rate. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. Makes certain provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 effective on the date of enactment of this Act.
Bill· SS. 2533 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1982
Emergency Dairy Adjustment Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to replace existing fixed milk price support levels with a flexible level based on farm income and consumer needs and determined at the Secretary of Agriculture's discretion. Authorizes a five-year domestic and foreign program of dairy product donations. Establishes the Dairy Advisory Board. Requires the Board to meet at least once a year.
Bill· SS. 2528 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Emergency Farm Stabilization Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture for FY 1982 to: (1) disseminate the $600,000,000 authorized for economic emergency loans; (2) and forego Farmers Home Administration loan foreclosures for two years.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 344 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should provide additional opportunities for public, scientific, and professional comment and prepare a supplementary environmental impact statement regarding proposed National Forest System resource planning regulations.
Bill· SS. 2522 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1982
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise employment requirements for any person making application for food stamp benefits based upon such person's recent history of employment or receipt of State unemployment compensation. Exempts from such requirements: (1) persons under 18 or over 59 years of age; (2) persons certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment by a physician; (3) an unmarried parent or other household member responsible for the care of a child under 6 years of age or an incapacitated person; or (4) a married parent or other caretaker of a child under 6 years of age in a household in which the other parent is otherwise exempt from employment requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 6362 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1982
Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to provide for the recovery of Department of Agriculture promotional and referendum expenses.
Bill· SS. 2513 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Farm Crisis Act of 1982 - Title I: Land Diversion Payments for 1982 Crops of Wheat, Feed Grains, Cotton, and Rice - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to set 1982 land diversion levels at: (1) $2.00 per bushel for wheat; (2) $1.25 per bushel for corn; (3) $.20 per pound for upland cotton; and (4) $2.20 per hundredweight for rice. Permits 1982 participants to divert an additional five percent of their acreage. Extends the application period through the end of the certification period. Title II: Acreage Limitation and Cropland Conservation Programs for 1983 through 1985 Crops - Directs the Secretary to proclaim a national cropland conservation program for 1983 through 1985 crop years. Provides that: (1) such program shall be approved or disapproved by a producer referendum; (2) participants will set aside 15 percent of their acreage for conservation purposes; (3) noncompliance shall result in a three-year denial of specified farm benefits; and (4) loan rates shall increase by ten percent when such program is in effect. Requires the Secretary to establish a voluntary set-aside program (based on specified carry-over levels) for the 1983 through 1985 wheat, feed grain, and upland cotton crops if cropland conservation programs are disapproved. Makes conforming amendments. Title III: Farm Storage Facility Loan Program - Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to guarantee up to $250,000,000 annually (not more than 90 percent of any one loan to be guaranteed) for grower-harvested grain storage facility loans. Title IV: Barter of Agricultural Commodities for Strategic and Critical Materials and Petroleum Products - Authorizes the CCC to exchange agricultural products for oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress regarding CCC foreign products bartering. Title V: Emergency Agricultural Credit - Amends the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978 to make the economic emergency loan program mandatory. Extends such program through FY 1983. Lowers the limit on individual loans: (1) under such Act; and (2) under such Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act combined. Title VI: Agricultural Exports - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) $1,000,000,000 should be made available to the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund; and (2) the Secretary should conclude a grain agreement with the Soviet Union. Title VII: White House Conference on Agriculture - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should convene a White House Conference on Agriculture within one year. Requires a conference report to the President and Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 6351 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Agricultural Weather Service Act of 1982 - Transfers agricultural and fire weather functions from the Secretary of Commerce to the Secretary of Agriculture. Authorizes fee charges for providing weather information services. Requires a report to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months. Authorizes appropriations.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 337 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, as demonstrated by the Wayne Cryts situation, the integrity of the Nation's grain storage system is in jeopardy.
Bill· SS. 2504 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit deferral of farm loan payments through FY 1983 for family-size farms.
Bill· HRH.R. 6313 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Dairy Stabilization Act of 1982 - Amends the Agriculture Act of 1949 to revise the method of determining milk price support levels for FY 1983 through 1985. Sets the price of milk for domestic needs: (1) at $13.10 per hundredweight for FY 1983; and (2) at the percentage of parity for FY 1984 and 1985 which $13.10 represented as of October 1, 1982. Declares that price support for milk shall be provided through the purchase of milk and milk products by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) under borrowing authority approved by Congress and repayments from the National Dairy Board established by this Act. Authorizes the Board to make payments to milk marketers whose levels of marketing have been reduced from the levels of the prior fiscal year. Sets forth the method of determining such payments. Authorizes the CCC to increase its milk purchases in the event of an increase in dairy product imports. Establishes a National Dairy Board to: (1) determine the relative proportions of milk to which the price support levels will apply and the producer responsibility for dairy product purchases; (2) establish a uniform rate by which the price paid farmers for milk in excess of domestic commercial market needs shall be reduced to achieve the price support provided by this Act and announce such rate before October 1 of each year; (3) dispose of dairy products acquired by the CCC through authorized price support operations; and (4) remit proceeds from price support operations to the CCC. Authorizes the Board to develop innovative programs for the disposition of dairy products and to make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture regarding details of the operation of the price support program. Sets forth methods of deriving funding for producer responsibility of program operations.
Bill· HRH.R. 6322 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to deem as an individual household a certain kind of person who resides in a certain kind of group living arrangement. Specifies such persons as: (1) those individuals who are 60 years of age or older; or (2) blind or disabled recipients of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits under the Social Security Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6314 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Dairy Products Promotion Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, by dairy products promotion order, to establish a National Dairy Promotion Board made up of dairy farmers to promote dairy products. Finances such Board through dairy producer assessments. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2485 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Innovative Farming Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program of volunteer-experts to provide advice and information on organic agriculture to family farmers and other producers. Directs the Secretary to establish six regional organic farming pilot projects. Sets forth the Secretary's duties with regard to organic farming. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress. Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations for research under this Act.
Bill· SS. 2493 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Food Stamp Reform Act of 1982 - Title I: Definitions - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require that related persons (currently parents and children) who live together be treated as a food stamp household, unless one of the individuals is 60 years of age or over or receiving supplemental security income benefits or disability payments under the Social Security Act. Revises the method of adjusting the thrifty food plan for FY 1982 through 1984. Title II: Eligible Households - Revises the income standards of eligibility to require households without an elderly or disabled member to meet a 100 percent poverty net income test and a 130 percent poverty gross income test. Changes the date for adjustments of standard deductions in computing household income for 1983 from July 1 to October 1. Allows State agencies to use a standard utility allowance in computing the excess shelter expense deduction. Includes any savings and retirement accounts and the cash value of pensions as financial resources in determining household eligibility. Establishes categorical eligibility for households in which all members are Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients. Title III: Eligibility Disqualifications - Declares that during a period of a person's ineligibility the financial resources of that person shall be included as income for that person's household. Authorizes the Secretary to permit State agencies to establish periodic reporting requirements similar to such requirements under the AFDC program of the Social Security Act. Grants State agencies the option of requiring job search information at the time of an individual's application for food stamps. Increases from 60 days to 90 days the period of ineligibility for the head of a household who voluntarily quits employment. Requires that a second parent in a household register for work when the youngest child reaches the age of twelve. Title IV: Value of Allotment - Prohibits State agencies from issuing an allotment for the initial month or period if such allotment is less than a specified amount. Prohibits a household from receiving increased allotments as a result of being penalized for noncompliance with other public assistance programs. Title V: Administration - Directs State agencies to provide expedited coupon issuance to destitute migrant or seasonal farmworker households and to other households based on gross income and financial resources. Authorizes a State agency to immediately reduce or terminate benefits in any household for which the agency has received written information from such household which requires a reduction or termination. Authorizes the Secretary to require State agencies to conduct verification measures to assure that individuals are not receiving duplicative benefits under the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to require State agencies to implement new or modified procedures to improve program integrity and be cost-effective. Title VI: Collection and Disposition of Claims - Grants households determined ineligible because of fraud and misrepresentation 30 days in which to select a repayment plan before such household is subject to an allotment reduction. Sets forth procedures for a State agency to intercept unemployment benefits of food stamp recipients who have received overpayments and such overpayments are uncollected. Title VII: Administrative Cost-Sharing and Quality Controls - Permits States to retain 50 percent of overissuances which are recovered. Directs the Secretary to institute an error rate reduction program under which a State agency's federally funded share of administrative costs may be lowered if such agency's payment errors exceed certain percentages. Title VIII: Authorization for Appropriations - Extends authorization for the food stamp program through FY 1985. Authorizes appropriations for the Puerto Rico block grant for FY 1983 through 1985. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Requires the rounding down to the nearest whole dollar in calculations for the thrifty food plan, household allotments, and household income deductions. Title X: Effective Dates - Makes this Act effective upon enactment.
Bill· SS. 2486 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to buy a producer's commodities (as verified by a warehouse receipt or other ownership paper) stored in a bankrupt warehouse facility.
Bill· HRH.R. 6274 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Farm Crisis Act of 1982 - Title I: Land Diversion Payments for 1982 Crops of Wheat, Feed Grains, Cotton, and Rice - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to set 1982 land diversion levels at: (1) $2.00 per bushel for wheat; (2) $1.25 per bushel for corn; (3) $.20 per pound for upland cotton; and (4) $2.20 per hundredweight for rice. Permits 1982 participants to divert an additional five percent of their acreage. Extends the application period through the end of the certification period. Title II: Acreage Limitation and Cropland Conservation Programs for 1983 through 1985 Crops - Directs the Secretary to proclaim a national cropland conservation program for 1983 through 1985 crop years. Provides that: (1) such program shall be approved or disapproved by a producer referendum; (2) participants will set aside 15 percent of their acreage for conservation purposes; (3) noncompliance shall result in a three-year denial of specified farm benefits; and (4) loan rates shall increase by ten percent when such program is in effect. Requires the Secretary to establish a voluntary set-aside program (based on specified carry-over levels) for 1983 through 1985 wheat, feed grain, and upland cotton crops if cropland conservation programs are disapproved. Makes conforming amendments. Title III: Farm Storage Facility Loan Program - Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to guarantee up to $250,000,000 annually (not more than 90 percent of any one loan to be guaranteed) for grower-harvested grain storage facility loans. Title IV: Barter of Agricultural Commodities for Strategic and Critical Materials and Petroleum Products - Authorizes the CCC to exchange agricultural products for oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress regarding CCC foreign products bartering. Title V: Emergency Agricultural Credit - Amends the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978 to make the economic emergency loan program mandatory. Extends such program through FY 1983. Lowers the limit on individual loans: (1) under such Act; and (2) under such Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act combined. Title VI: Agricultural Exports - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) $1,000,000,000 should be made available to the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund; and (2) the Secretary should conclude a grain agreement with the Soviet Union. Title VII: White House Conference on Agriculture - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should convene a White House Conference on Agriculture within one year. Requires a Conference report to the President and Congress.
Bill· SS. 2480 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Food Stamp Cost Reduction Act of 1982 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require that eligible households be charged for food stamp allotments issued to them. Exempts from such charge: (1) households that contain a member who is 60 years of age or over, or who is receiving supplemental security income benefits or disability payments under the Social Security Act; and (2) households with income less than $30 per month for a family of four. Establishes a separate account in the Treasury for the deposit of funds derived from such charges. Requires States to institute procedures under which an eligible household may have charges for allotments deducted from payments received under title IV of the Social Security Act (Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children). Requires a State agency to deposit into the separate account sums derived from negligence or fraud on the part of the agency. Requires that appropriations in excess of the charges paid by eligible households be deposited into the account. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make cost adjustments in the thrifty food plan to reflect the age and sex of the members of an eligible household. Includes energy assistance payments as household income. Revises employment requirements for persons making application for food stamp benefits based upon such person's recent history of employment or receipt of State unemployment compensation. Exempts from such requirements: (1) persons under 18 or over 59 years of age; (2) persons certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment by a physician; (3) an unmarried parent or other household member responsible for the care of a child under 6 years of age or an incapacitated person; or (4) a married parent or other caretaker of a child under 6 years of age in a household in which the other parent is otherwise exempt from employment requirements. Sets forth a formula for the reduction of allotments in households containing members participating in the national school lunch program. Authorizes a State to elect to operate a low-income nutritional assistance block grant program to finance expenditures for food assistance for needy persons. Directs the Secretary to provide such States with a block grant in an amount based on a percentage of the FY 1983 funds appropriated for the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of an Indian tribe or tribal organization within a block grant State, to reserve a determined amount of such grant for the direct use of such tribe. Sets forth procedures for application and requirements for eligibility for block grants. Prohibits the use of such grants for construction. Sets forth procedures for the Secretary and the Comptroller General to assure compliance with this program.
Bill· SS. 2484 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to eliminate price supports for the 1982 through 1985 sugar crops.
Bill· HRH.R. 6259 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to reduce milk price support levels for FY 1982 through 1985. Eliminates related milk support provisions based on net costs and net purchases.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 473 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Removes all restrictions on the use of export or other authorities granted under the Commodity Credit Corporation charter. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to increase target price and loan rates to more nearly reflect normal cost of production with a reasonable expectation of profit.
Bill· HRH.R. 6255 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1982
Farm Storage Facility Loan Program Amendments Act of 1982 - Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation to make or guarantee grain storage facility loans to certain growers. Limits: (1) aggregate annual loans and guarantees to $250,000,000; and (2) loan duration to seven years.
Bill· SS. 2462 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Appropriates funds for the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 6236 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Amends Federal law to replace language referring to racially separate colleges financed under the Agricultural College Act of 1890 with language requiring funds to be equitably distributed among all institutions so financed. States that this Act shall not be construed as affecting Department of Agriculture research and extension programs at Tuskegee Institute or other institutions established under the Act of July 2, 1862, or the Act of August 30, 1890.
Bill· HRH.R. 6195 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without consideration, from a condition in a specified deed granting certain lands in Christian County, Kentucky, that requires that such lands be used for public purposes. Makes such release applicable on the new condition that the lands be used exclusively for cemetery purposes. Reserves mineral interests in the land to the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 6194 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Food Stamp Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise the value of household allotment to equal the cost of the thrifty food plan reduced by 35 percent (currently 30 percent) of the household's income. Allows the consideration of such allotments as income for purposes of laws relating to the provision of housing assistance. Declares that energy assistance payments shall be included as household income. Eliminates the earned income deduction in computing household income. Provides for downward rounding in adjustments of the thrifty food plan, the computation of deductions in household income, and calculations in determining the value of allotments. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to require reporting and inquiry information relative to employment from food stamp applicants at the time of their application. Directs the Secretary to institute an error liability program under which a State agency will be liable to the Secretary for certain amounts of erroneous excess payments. Authorizes the Secretary to establish reporting requirements for State agencies to determine the appropriate level of funding for State agency administrative costs. Sets forth the amount of funding the Secretary may make available for such costs. Authorizes the disclosure of information obtained from eligible households to administrators of Federal assistance programs and federally assisted State programs. Authorizes appropriations for the Puerto Rico block grants for fiscal years 1983 through 1985. Authorizes appropriations for the food stamp program for FY 1983.
Bill· HRH.R. 6177 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Amends Federal law to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make and disseminate monthly farm income estimates.
Bill· HRH.R. 6161 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, to eliminate price supports for the 1982-1985 sugar crops.
Bill· SS. 2426 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees for services: (1) to exporters requesting phytosanitary certificates for plants and plant products; (2) to importers and exporters of animals (including poultry and birds), animal products or materials; and (3) for cleaning and disinfecting means of conveyance. Provides that such fees shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and used to pay costs incidental to these services.
Law· HRH.R. 6142 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Surplus Agricultural Commodities Disposal Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation to contract for the processing of surplus commodities into liquid fuels and agricultural commodity byproducts. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within 120 days and annually thereafter.
Bill· HRH.R. 6148 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the price support level for the 1982-1985 corn crops from $2.55 to $3.10 per bushel, and the minimum price from $2 to $2.55 per bushel. Raises the price support level for the 1982-1985 wheat crops from $3.55 to $4.30 per bushel, and the minimum price from $3 to $3.75 per bushel. Provides for a one-year moratorium on farm loan repayments and mortgage foreclosures. Amends the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978 to require (currently authorizes) the Secretary of Agriculture to make emergency loan funds available.
Bill· SS. 2415 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude from the income of an eligible household through September 30 of any fiscal year, any increase in income attributable to a cost-of-living increase in: (1) Old Age, Survivors and Disability payments; (2) supplemental security income; (3) railroad retirement payments; or (4) veterans' pension payments.
Bill· SS. 2410 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to prohibit the President from restricting the export of an agricultural commodity sought to be exported under an export sales contract: (1) entered into before the President announces an export restriction on the commodity; and (2) reported pursuant to a specified section of the Agricultural Act of 1970. Permits the President to restrict exports of such a commodity during a declared war or national emergency.
Bill· HRH.R. 6135 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Prohibits the Government from imposing export restrictions on agricultural commodities which interfere with valid export contracts if: (1) the contracts were entered into before the imposition of such restrictions; and (2) the contracts provide for the delivery of such commodities for export within 180 days of the date the restrictions were imposed.
Bill· SS. 2400 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit distribution in interstate commerce of certain State-inspected meat and poultry products. Requires States to use official marks on meat and poultry products inspected under State law. Authorizes meat and poultry processing establishments to transfer from State to Federal inspection or vice versa on October 1 of each year upon the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires State-inspected products which are distributed in interstate commerce to meet Federal marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredient requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 6116 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Amends the Export Administration act of 1979 to prohibit exports of grain and soybeans to the Soviet Union unless the Soviet Union allows one Soviet citizen to emigrate for each 100 metric tons of wheat, corn, rice, barley, or soybeans exported.
Bill· SS. 2392 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Food Stamp Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise the value of a household allotment to equal the cost of the thrifty food plan reduced by 35 percent (currently 30 percent) of the household's income. Allows the consideration of such allotments as income for purposes of laws relating to the provision of housing assistance. Declares that energy assistance payments shall be included as household income. Eliminates the earned income deduction in computing household income. Provides for downward rounding in adjustments of the thrifty food plan, the computation of deductions in household income, and calculations in determining the value of allotments. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to require reporting and inquiry information relative to employment from food stamp applicants at the time of their application. Directs the Secretary to institute an error liability program under which a State agency will be liable to the Secretary for certain amounts of erroneous excess payments. Authorizes the Secretary to establish reporting requirements for State agencies to determine the appropriate level of funding for State agency administrative costs. Sets forth the amount of funding the Secretary may make available for such costs. Authorizes the disclosure of information obtained from eligible households to administrators of Federal assistance programs and federally assisted State programs. Authorizes appropriations for the Puerto Rico block grants for fiscal years 1983 through 1985. Authorizes appropriations for the food stamp program for FY 1983.
Bill· SS. 2374 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Amends the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 to make the appointments (by the President) of the Chief Forester of the Forest Service and the Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires such persons to be knowledgeable in their respective areas.
Bill· SS. 2357 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1982
Prohibits the Government from imposing export restrictions on agricultural commodities which interfere with valid export contracts if: (1) the contracts were entered into before the imposition of such restrictions; and (2) the contracts provide for the delivery of such commodities for export within 180 days of the date the restrictions are imposed.
Bill· HRH.R. 6095 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to increase from seven to 12 the number of members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Requires the President in selecting the members of the Board to: (1) appoint at least one member each to represent the respective interests of small business, organized labor, agriculture, and small financial institutions; and (2) have due regard for a fair representation of the financial, industrial, and commercial interests of the country in appointing the other members of the Board. Directs the President, upon the expiration of the term of any appointive Board member, to fix the successor's term at not to exceed 12 years. Prescribes the manner of staggering term expirations. Directs the President, during 1982, to appoint five additional members to the Board for specified terms. Requires such members to be representatives of small business, organized labor, agricultural interests, and small financial institutions. Declares that the person appointed to replace the number of the Board whose term expires in 1982 shall be appointed for a term of 11 years.
Bill· HRH.R. 6072 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Agricultural Trade Negotiation Act of 1982 - Directs the President to determine whether any country has failed to provide trade concessions for U.S. agricultural products that are substantially equivalent to the concessions that the United States provides for that country's agricultural products. Directs the President, if the President makes an affirmative determination, to: (1) withdraw trade concessions with respect to that country's agricultural products; and (2) submit to Congress the legislative proposals necessary to withdraw the trade concessions. Requires the withdrawal of trade concessions to remain in effect until trade restrictions on U.S. agricultural goods are removed. Directs the President, if a country is imposing quotas on U.S. agricultural goods that severely limit imports of such goods, to: (1) seek the remedy available under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); or (2) withdraw trade concessions with respect to the offending country's agricultural goods if no remedy exists under the GATT. Requires the agricultural products of a country to be dutiable at the rates provided under column two of the Tariff Schedules of the United States if the country: (1) maintains quotas on imports of U.S. agricultural products; (2) uses import licensing practices that restrict the importation of U.S. agricultural products; or (3) subsidizes exports.
Bill· HRH.R. 6075 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Agriculture Act of 1981, to increase loan and established price levels for the 1982 through 1985 corn and wheat crops.
Bill· HRH.R. 6076 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to reduce milk price supports from 75 to 70 percent of parity. Provides for annual adjustments. Establishes in the Department of Agriculture a National Dairy Board with the authority to institute a program of supply management through support level reductions and assessments for overproduction. Provides penalties for nonpayment of such assessments (with judicial review in U.S. district courts). Sets forth membership and operating provisions of the Board. Provides for individual producer marketing bases based on the previous three years' production. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint State Dairy Commissions, which shall assign bases to new producers and adjust certain existing ones. Sets forth membership and operating provisions of such Commissions. Establishes in the Treasury a Milk Marketing Stabilization Fund.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 307 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Calls upon the President and the Secretary of Agriculture to use their existing authorities to provide for moratoriums on loan repayments and foreclosures for farmers suffering economic hardship.
Bill· SS. 2348 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Federal Meat Inspection Act Amendments - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct examinations and inspections as frequently as deemed necessary in meat processing establishments and to label meat products which pass inspection as "prepared in a USDA-inspected establishment." Title II: Poultry Products Inspection Act Amendments - Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary to conduct examinations and inspections as frequently as deemed necessary in poultry processing establishments. Title III: Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary to conduct inspections of egg processing establishments as frequently as deemed necessary, with the exception of egg-breaking operations which shall be subject to continuous inspection. Changes the inspection schedule for shell egg packers, packing eggs for the ultimate consumer, from at least once each quarter to at least once each year. Title IV: Effective Date - States the effective date of this Act.