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Bill· HRH.R. 8934 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975
Provides that the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be the seller or marketing agent for all export sales of specified raw agricultural commodities. Authorizes the Corporation to acquire commodities on the domestic market to meet the objectives of this Act. Allows the Corporation to act upon the request of a producer or any other person as an exclusive marketing agent. States that the owner of the commodity may stipulate the minimum price below which the commodity can not be sold. Requires that a record of all terms and conditions of each export scale be made available for public inspection.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 588 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1975
Directs that during fiscal year 1976 not less than 70 percent of the value of government-to-government commodity grants and of funds expended under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 shall be allotted to countries designated by the United Nations as "most seriously affected. Establishes priorities for such distribution. Establishes procedures whereby the President may subject to congressional approval, provide commodity assistance in excess of the limitations specified in this resolution if such assistance is for humanitarian purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 8851 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 8820 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Revises the Food Stamp Act by (1) redefining household in the case of non-related individuals over age 60; (2) revising eligibility standards to exclude from income payments made to a household by a governmental agency which are earmarked for a specific purpose, and (3) permitting eligible elderly, housebound, or handicapped individuals to use coupons to purchase prepared meals.
Bill· HRH.R. 8790 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
States that the liability of a broker who sells any agricultural commodity on behalf of his principal when that commodity serves as security for any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under a program administered by the Farmers Home Administration shall be limited to the extent of any commission received by the broker as a result of the sale.
Bill· HRH.R. 8764 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1975
United States Grain Standards Act Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to hire, without regard to the regulations governing appointments in the competitive service, as official inspection personnel, any individual licensed to perform functions of official inspection under the United States Grain Standards Act. Permits the Secretary to require the periodic rotation of Federal and State official grain inspection personnel. Includes, as a prohibited act under the United States Grain Standards Act, the deceptive weighing of grain. Requires all scales used for weighing grain in commerce to automatically stamp the correct weight of grain weighed on a receipt or a ticket which shall be made immediately available to both buyer and seller. Directs the Secretary to provide for the registration with the Secretary of all persons engaged in the buying for sale, the handling, the weighing, or the transporting of grain for sale in interstate or foreign commerce as a prerequisite to doing business. Sets forth specified exceptions to the registration requirement. Provides for the criminal prosecution of an individual who registers falsely or who deals in grain without being registered. Provides for the revocation of registration for violations of the regulations governing grain dealings. Sets forth prohibitions for official inspection personnel with respect to conflicts of interest. Requires grain dealers registered pursuant to this Act to maintain specified records of all transactions relating to grain deals. Makes it a prohibited act to knowingly add any foreign material to grain which would change its character or test weight. Increases the fine and term of imprisonment for commission of the prohibited acts enumerated in the United States Grain Standards Act. Provides for the treatment of the murder or manslaughter of any Federal or State official inspection personnel under the Federal law governing murder and manslaughter. Authorizes the Secretary to designate a State agency to carry out official inspections under this Act. Requires such inspections to meet the same standards as those imposed by Federal inspection personnel. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations requiring all foreign material in grain to be considered dockage items, as defined in this Act. Requires the Secretary to promulgate instructions governing the testing of the protein content of wheat. Directs the establishment of grades of wheat to assure: (1) that the production, conservation, and delivery of high grade grain will be rewarded; and (2) that in a normal year for each kind and class of United States grain, there is a grade which is competitive in reputation for quality in the world market.
Bill· HRH.R. 8720 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines the term "income" as used in the Food Stamp Act as the monthly gross income of all members of a household, including any in-kind payment, and the total value of any publicly funded assistance payments which supplement food and housing needs. Excludes specified individuals from the definition of "household. Provides for the distribution of federally donated foods to households upon the request by a political subdivision that such distribution be made to all eligible households in lieu of food stamps. Excludes households from eligibility for food stamps: (1) if the monthly household income exceeds the poverty index level of income established by the Office of Management and Budget; or (2) if the market value of liquid and nonliquid resources of a household consisting of one individual exceeds $1,500 or the resources of a multiple member household exceed $2,250 exclusive of specified resources. Excludes from eligibility households which include an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education and such enrollment is a substitute for fulltime employment. Declares that a refusal to work at a plant or site because of a strike or other labor dispute shall be deemed a refusal to work which makes the household of the nonworking individual ineligible for food stamps. Rejects as an excuse for refusal to accept work a condition of employment which requires an individual to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any labor organization. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require each household receiving benefits under this Act to report its income at least once each month. Requires food coupons to be designed with a space for the recipient to sign upon receipt and again at redemption. Requires one member of each eligible household to be issued a photo-identification card with a color photograph of the recipient. States that such card must be presented at redemption at a food store. Sets forth specific instructions to provide control and accountability over the distribution of food coupons to State agencies. Ties the value of the coupon allotment to the overall retail cost-of-living index. States that the "nutritionally adequate diet" as used to determine the amount of the coupon allotment shall mean the low-cost food plan developed by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Establishes as the charge a household shall pay for its coupon allotment the lesser of: (1) the percentage of its income which would be expended for food by an average household of its size and income range in the same region of the country; or (2) 30 percent. Provides, under the requirements for State plans for the administration of the food stamp program, for closer State supervision of eligibility by households. Requires the State agencies administering the program to conduct nutrition education programs for recipients. States that the United States Postal Service shall serve as a food stamp issuing agency upon the request of a State food stamp administration agency. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the States 100 percent of the costs of providing food stamps to eligible aliens, and 75 percent of the costs of State investigations, prosecutions, collections of claims and other State activities related to retrieving food stamp losses. Provides for payment by the Federal Government to the States of a share of the difference between the face value of the coupon allotment and the amount charged eligible households for the allotment. Sets forth the method of determining and paying the Federal share. Directs the transfer of all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Bill· HRH.R. 8687 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines the term "income" as used in the Food Stamp Act as the monthly gross income of all members of a household, including any in-kind payment, and the total value of any publicly funded assistance payments which supplement food and housing needs. Excludes specified individuals from the definition of "household. Provides for the distribution of federally donated foods to households upon the request by a political subdivision that such distribution be made to all eligible households in lieu of food stamps. Excludes households from eligibility for food stamps: (1) if the monthly household income exceeds the poverty index level of income established by the Office of Management and Budget; or (2) if the market value of liquid and nonliquid resources of a household consisting of one individual exceeds $1,500 or the resources of a multiple member household exceed $2,250 exclusive of specified resources. Excludes from eligibility households which include an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education and such enrollment is a substitute for fulltime employment. Declares that a refusal to work at a plant or site because of a strike or other labor dispute shall be deemed a refusal to work which makes the household of the nonworking individual ineligible for food stamps. Rejects as an excuse for refusal to accept work a condition of employment which requires an individual to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any labor organization. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require each household receiving benefits under this Act to report its income at least once each month. Requires food coupons to be designed with a space for the recipient to sign upon receipt and again at redemption. Requires one member of each eligible household to be issued a photo-identification card with a color photograph of the recipient. States that such card must be presented at redemption at a food store. Sets forth specific instructions to provide control and accountability over the distribution of food coupons to State agencies. Ties the value of the coupon allotment to the overall retail cost-of-living index. States that the "nutritionally adequate diet" as used to determine the amount of the coupon allotment shall mean the low-cost food plan developed by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Establishes as the charge a household shall pay for its coupon allotment the lesser of: (1) the percentage of its income which would be expended for food by an average household of its size and income range in the same region of the country; or (2) 30 percent. Provides, under the requirements for State plans for the administration of the food stamp program, for closer State supervision of eligibility by households. Requires the State agencies administering the program to conduct nutrition education programs for recipients. States that the United States Postal Service shall serve as a food stamp issuing agency upon the request of a State food stamp administration agency. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the States 100 percent of the costs of providing food stamps to eligible aliens, and 75 percent of the costs of State investigations, prosecutions, collections of claims and other State activities related to retrieving food stamp losses. Provides for payment by the Federal Government to the States of a share of the difference between the face value of the coupon allotment and the amount charged eligible households for the allotment. Sets forth the method of determining and paying the Federal share. Directs the transfer of all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Bill· HRH.R. 8679 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
Provides for the regulation of the marketing of unshelled filberts and shelled filberts under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.
Bill· HRH.R. 8671 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· SS. 2107 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Prohibits, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from: (1) establishing maximum limits on the potency of any synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral; (2) classifying any natural or synthetic vitamin or mineral as a drug solely because it exceeds the level of potency which the Secretary determines is nutritionally rational or useful; and (3) limiting the combination or number of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral or other ingredient of food within a food to which this Act applies. States that such restrictions do not apply in the case of a vitamin, mineral, or other ingredient of food represented for use by children or pregnant or lactating women. Defines food for purposes of this Act as meaning a food for special dietary use which is or contains any natural or synthetic vitamin or mineral and which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form. States that the labeling and advertising for such foods may not give prominence to or emphasize ingredients which are not vitamins, minerals, or a source thereof. Revises procedures for determining liability for misbranded foods. Directs the Secretary to consult and coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission before initiating actions with respect to any food to which this Act applies which is deemed misbranded because of its advertising.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 105 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Directs that during fiscal year 1976 not less than 70 percent of the value of government-to-government commodity grants and of funds expended under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 shall be allotted to countries designated by the United Nations as "Most Seriously Affected". Establishes priorities for such distribution. Establishes procedures whereby the President may, subject to congressional approval, provide commodity assistance in excess of the limitations specified in this resolution if such assistance is for humanitarian purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 8594 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 8571 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 553 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
Requires that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission prepare and submit to the Congress a report on the domestic economic impact of sales of wheat and of wheat flour made, or which might be made, by private business establishments in the United States to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the last six months of 1975. Directs that the report shall examine the affect upon the availability and price of wheat to consumers as well as the inflationary impact and profits received by private business establishments for such sales.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 595 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move, clause 7 of rule XXI to the contrary notwithstanding, that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 8561) making appropriations for agriculture and related agencies programs for fiscal year 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes, and all points of order against the following provisions in said bill for failure to comply with the provisions of clauses 2 and 6 of Rule XXI are hereby waived: in title I "Agricultural Programs," beginning on page 31, line 1 through page 33, line 8; in title II "Rural Development and Assistance," beginning on page 50, line 15 through page 53, line 24; in title III "Domestic Food Programs," beginning on page 55, line 1 through page 60, line 7; and title VI "General Provisons,"section 609 beginning on page 67, line 1 through line 13; section 611 beginning on page 67, line 19 through page 68, line 6.
Law· HRH.R. 8529 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Rice Production Act - Title I: Rice Allotments and Price Support - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, to establish for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops a national acreage allotment of 1,800,000 acres. States that the national acreage allotment shall be apportioned, for each crop of rice, by the Secretary to farms and producers on the basis of allotments established for the 1975 crop. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing or withdrawing entirely the rice allotment of a farm or producer which plants to rice less than the total acreage allotted to it for that crop. Defines certain exceptions to such criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or a part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same administrative area, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him in the same. Provides for the apportionment among the heirs of a rice producer of the farm rice acreage allotment of such producer in States in which the allotment is based on past production of rice. Provides for apportionment of acreage upon dissolution of a partnership in such States. Provides for the voluntary surrender to the county committee of a portion of a farm's rice acreage allotment. States that any acreage planted to rice in excess of the farm or producer acreage allotment in the crop years 1975 and 1977 shall not be taken into account in establishing farm or producer acreage allotments in any year following such period. Establishes, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, the price to be used in making payments on rice under the price support program. Sets the price for the 1976 crop at $8 per hundredweight, adjusted for economic and agricultural factors. Directs the Secretary to make loans and purchases on the 1976 rice crop available to producers who are in cooperation with the rice acreage allotment at a rate of $6 per hundredweight, as adjusted for economic and agricultural factors. Bases 1977 loans and purchases on the price paid in 1976 as adjusted. Directs the Secretary to make payments available to cooperators for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops. Sets forth criteria for determining the rate of such payments and the total amount of such payments to a cooperator. Directs the Secretary to provide for a set-aside of cropland for a rice crop if an excessive supply of rice for the marketing year under consideration is predicted. Authorizes the raising of specified crops other than rice on set-aside acreage. Limits to $55,000 the total amount of payments which a person shall be entitled to receive during a crop year under this rice program. Makes inapplicable to the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice those sections of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which regulate the apportionment of the national acreage allotment and marketing quotas with respect to rice. Title II: Rice Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regional and national research programs with respect to rice for specified purposes, including: (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of production needs; (2) to develop varieties of rice more susceptible to complete fertilizer utilization; and (3) to improve the resistance of rice plants to disease and to enhance their conservation and environmental qualities. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out such research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Provides, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, that for the 1975 through 1977 crops of rice, a cooperator shall be a person who has a rice acreage allotment, and, if a set-aside is in effect, who has set aside the acreage required.
Law· HRH.R. 8561 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Agricultural and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - Makes appropriations for agriculture and related agencies programs for fiscal year 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976. Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for the Office of the Secretary; for departmental administration and for offices within the Department; for the Agricultural Research Service; for programs providing production, processing, and marketing service and regulation; and for farm income stabilization programs. Title II: Rural Development and Assistance - Appropriates funds for rural development and assistance programs and for conservation programs. Title III: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates funds for the Food and Nutrition Service and for child nutrition programs. Title IV: International Programs - Authorizes funds for the Foreign Agricultural Service and for expenses under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Title V: Related Agencies - Includes the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Corporation, and the Farm Credit Administration within the scope of this Act. Title VI: General Provisions - States that authorizations and appropriations to the Department of Agriculture may be used for specified purchases.
Bill· HRH.R. 8525 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Beef Research and Information Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders: (1) providing for the establishment and administration of plans for advertising, sales promotion, and consumer information with respect to the use of cattle, beef, or beef products and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; (2) providing for research and studies with respect to sale, distribution, marketing, utilization, or production of cattle, beef, or beef products, and the creation of new products thereof, to the end that the marketing and utilization of cattle, beef, or beef products may be encouraged, expanded, improved, or made more acceptable, and the data collected by such activities may be disseminated and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; and (3) providing that slaughterers maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by any order issued pursuant to this Act. Provides for the establishment of a Beef Board, to be composed of not more than 68 cattle producers or representatives of cattle producers appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Beef Board, including: (1) the administration of the orders of the Secretary in accordance with its terms and provisions; and (2) the issuance of rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of such orders. Requires the Secretary to conduct a referendum among cattle producers who have been engaged in the production of cattle for the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance of an order is approved or favored by not less than two-thirds of such producers. Authorizes appropriations of such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8547 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines the term "income" as used in the Food Stamp Act as the monthly gross income of all members of a household, including any in-kind payment, and the total value of any publicly funded assistance payments which supplement food and housing needs. Excludes specified individuals from the definition of "household. Provides for the distribution of federally donated foods to households upon the request by a political subdivision that such distribution be made to all eligible households in lieu of food stamps. Excludes households from eligibility for food stamps: (1) if the monthly household income exceeds the poverty index level of income established by the Office of Management and Budget; or (2) if the market value of liquid and nonliquid resources of a household consisting of one individual exceeds $1,500 or the resources of a multiple member household exceed $2,250 exclusive of specified resources. Excludes from eligibility households which include an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education and such enrollment is a substitute for fulltime employment. Declares that a refusal to work at a plant or site because of a strike or other labor dispute shall be deemed a refusal to work which makes the household of the nonworking individual ineligible for food stamps. Rejects as an excuse for refusal to accept work a condition of employment which requires an individual to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any labor organization. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require each household receiving benefits under this Act to report its income at least once each month. Requires food coupons to be designed with a space for the recipient to sign upon receipt and again at redemption. Requires one member of each eligible household to be issued a photo-identification card with a color photograph of the recipient. States that such card must be presented at redemption at a food store. Sets forth specific instructions to provide control and accountability over the distribution of food coupons to State agencies. Ties the value of the coupon allotment to the overall retail cost-of-living index. States that the "nutritionally adequate diet" as used to determine the amount of the coupon allotment shall mean the low-cost food plan developed by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Establishes as the charge a household shall pay for its coupon allotment the lesser of: (1) the percentage of its income which would be expended for food by an average household of its size and income range in the same region of the country; or (2) 30 percent. Provides, under the requirements for State plans for the administration of the food stamp program, for closer State supervision of eligibility by households. Requires the State agencies administering the program to conduct nutrition education programs for recipients. States that the United States Postal Service shall serve as a food stamp issuing agency upon the request of a State food stamp administration agency. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the States 100 percent of the costs of providing food stamps to eligible aliens, and 75 percent of the costs of State investigations, prosecutions, collections of claims and other State activities related to retrieving food stamp losses. Provides for payment by the Federal Government to the States of a share of the difference between the face value of the coupon allotment and the amount charged eligible households for the allotment. Sets forth the method of determining and paying the Federal share. Directs the transfer of all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Bill· HRH.R. 8526 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 8543 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Provides that States which have terminated operation of commodity distribution facilities under the Older Americans Act of 1965 may receive cash payments in lieu of donated agricultural commodities from the Secretary of Agriculture for nutrition programs for the elderly. Requires such States to disburse the cash to those elderly persons who would otherwise be eligible to receive such commodities.
Bill· HRH.R. 8522 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to accept and administer on behalf of the United States gifts, bequests, or devises of real and personal property for the benefit of the National Arboretum, such gifts, bequests, or devises to be treated as such under the Internal Revenue Code.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 551 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Requires that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission prepare and submit to the Congress a report on the domestic economic impact of sales of wheat and of wheat flour made, or which might be made, by private business establishments in the United States to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the last six months of 1975. Directs that the report shall examine the affect upon the availability and price of wheat to consumers as well as the inflationary impact and profits received by private business establishments for such sales.
Bill· HRH.R. 8504 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 8478 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Beef Research and Information Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders: (1) providing for the establishment and administration of plans for advertising, sales promotion, and consumer information with respect to the use of cattle, beef, or beef products and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; (2) providing for research and studies with respect to sale, distribution, marketing, utilization, or production of cattle, beef, or beef products, and the creation of new products thereof, to the end that the marketing and utilization of cattle, beef, or beef products may be encouraged, expanded, improved, or made more acceptable, and the data collected by such activities may be disseminated and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; and (3) providing that slaughterers maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by any order issued pursuant to this Act. Provides for the establishment of a Beef Board, to be composed of not more than 68 cattle producers or representatives of cattle producers appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Beef Board, including: (1) the administration of the orders of the Secretary in accordance with its terms and provisions; and (2) the issuance of rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of such orders. Requires the Secretary to conduct a referendum among cattle producers who have been engaged in the production of cattle for the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance of an order is approved or favored by not less than two-thirds of such producers. Authorizes appropriations of such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 8410 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, to require insolvent meat and poultry packers to cease and desist from operating and to grant or deny reparations to complainants who are charged with violations under such Act. Grants priority in an insolvency proceeding to debts owed for the purchase of livestock. Prohibits packers from giving security interests in, or placing liens upon, livestock purchased in cash, inventory, or accounts receivable except to the extent of the value of such livestock, inventories, or receivables in excess of the amount owed to unpaid sellers of livestock in cash sales.
Bill· SS. 2034 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Livestock Marketing Reform Act - Title I: General Provisions and Definitions - Declares that it is in the public interest to apply open, free, and competitive factors to purchases and sales of livestock in commerce. Defines terms used in this Act. Title II: Livestock Marketing Commission - Establishes the Livestock Marketing Commission to be composed of three commissioners appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Empowers the Commission to prevent persons or organizations subject to this Act or combinations of persons and organizations, as defined herein, from engaging in transactions or practices, or both transactions and practices, which are declared unlawful, unfair, or illegal by this Act. Title III: Advisory Board - Directs the Commission to establish an Advisory Board to advise and consult with the Commission on questions affecting the livestock industry and the exercise of the Commission's functions. Title IV: Jurisdiction - Places jurisdiction over violations of the provisions of this Act under the district courts of the United States. Empowers the Commission to investigate suspected violations of the provisions of this Act. Grants the Commission the power to subpena witnesses and require the production of evidence. Title V: Unlawful Transactions - Declares it unlawful for persons engaged in the livestock business to: (1) commit any act of fraud or deceit; (2) misrepresent a material fact with intent to mislead any person; or (3) steal, appropriate, or embezzle livestock or money. Title VI: Illegal Marketing Practices - Declares it an unfair marketing practice, and illegal, for any livestock market, livestock dealer, or livestock broker, in the course of his, or its, business, in commerce to: (1) violate any of the provisions of this Act relating to financial responsibility; (2) violate any of the provisions of this Act relating to scales and weighing; (3) knowingly be a party to any act not done in "good faith" in the sense of that term as defined with respect to the definition of "merchant" in the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State in which any livestock marketing transaction originated or was consummated; (4) conspire, combine, or arrange with any other person to fix, manipulate, or control the prices of livestock; and (5) become voluntarily involved in unfair methods of competition, deceptive acts or practices. Title VII: Financial Responsibility - Requires every livestock market, livestock dealer, and livestock broker to maintain a financial position reflecting total assets in excess of total liabilities under established accounting principles customary and usual to those businesses. Requires every such market, dealer, and broker to settle by check, draft, or other bankable instrument from secured funds each livestock purchase or sale transaction in commerce involving any other such market, dealer, or broker upon completion of such transaction. Requires every such market, dealer, and broker to maintain a current daily balance and reconciliation of all seller and buyer accounts in commerce involving any other such market, dealer, or broker. Title VIII: Scales and Weighing - Requires the use of fully modern and accurate scales in each livestock transaction in which the sale price is determined by the weight of the livestock. Title IX: Multiple Businesses - States that it is legal for livestock markets, dealers, or brokers to engage in other businesses. Title X: Arbitration - Directs the Commission to establish and conduct arbitration procedures for the settlement of disputes arising out of livestock transactions. Title XI: Penalties - Provides punishment by fine or imprisonment for a violation of Title V of this Act. Provides for the issuance of a cease and desist order with respect to any illegal marketing practices enumerated in Title VI of this Act. Title XII: Repealing Clauses - Repeals specified provisions of existing statutes. Title XIII: General Provisions - States that if any part of this Act is held to be invalid, the remainder shall not be affected thereby.
Bill· HRH.R. 8346 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Peanut Act - Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, that the farm yield in the case of peanuts for each farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established, shall be determined on the basis of the actual yield per harvested acre during the three calendar years immediately preceding the year in which such farm yield is determined, with specified exceptions for drought, flood, or conditions beyond the control of the producer. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national acreage allotment for peanuts by calendar year. States that a farm marketing quota shall be determined for each farm for which a farm peanut acreage allotment is established by multiplying the farm acreage allotment by the farm yeild. Provides that all persons who purchase peanuts from producers or from associations of producers shall pay not less than the net support price established under the Agricultural Act of 1949 for such peanuts based on whether the peanuts acquired were within-quota peanuts or excess peanuts, and subject to differentials for grades, type, quality, segregation, location, and other factors. Provides for the retention of peanuts as seed and for the marketing of excess peanuts. States that each person handling peanuts is required to keep accurate records and make reports of all within-quota and excess peanuts acquired and disposed of by him including the quantities by grade, kernel content, and quality. Provides, effective for the 1976 and 1977 crops of peanuts, that: (1) the Secretary shall make available to producers loans and purchases on within-quota peanuts at a net level of not less than 70 percent of the parity price as of April 1, 1976, for the 1976 crops; (2) the Secretary shall make available to producers loans and purchases on excess peanuts for each crop at not more than 60 percent of the loan and purchase level for within-quota peanuts or 90 percent of the world market price for the marketing year of the crop as estimated by the Commodity Credit Corporation, whichever is the lower; and (3) the Commodity Credit Corporation shall make warehouse storage loans available in each of the producing areas to a cooperative marketing association selected by the Corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 8315 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Renames the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation the Federal Commodity Insurance Corporation. Transfers the functions and duties of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and the Secretary of Agriculture under the Federal Crop Insurance Act to the Federal Commodity Insurance Corporation. States that the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors. Sets forth procedures for the appointment of the Board. Extends the existing crop insurance program from coverage of 7 agricultural commodities to coverage of 25 commodities. Authorizes the Corporation to extend insurance to other commodities on the basis of demand for such coverage and the anticipated risk of loss to the Corporation. Directs the Corporation to offer its insurance program in additional counties according to a specified plan. Specifies the percentage of loss of each crop that the Corporation shall offer insurance against. Stipulates that insurance offered by the Corporation shall not cover losses due to the neglect or malfeasance of the producer or the failure of the producer to follow established good production practices. Requires the Corporation to report annually to Congress the results of its operations and to include in such report, a list of all agricultural commodities for which insurance has been requested but which are not insured by the Corporation, and a list of all counties for which insurance has been requested but which are not covered by the Corporation. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1976, and each fiscal year thereafter, a sum not to exceed $20,000,000 or an amount equal to 2.3 percent of the total insurance liability assumed by the Corporation in the immediately preceding fiscal year, whichever amount is greater, as may be necessary to cover the operating and administrative costs of the Corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 8287 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to support research in agriculture and forestry at State agricultural experiment stations, land grant colleges, and other forestry research institutions, through Federal grants to help finance physical facilities as required for the effective conduct of adequate research programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to eligible institutions for purposes of planning, acquisition, construction, repair, rehabilitation, renovation, and remodeling of buildings, laboratories and other capital facilities (including the acquisition of fixtures and equipment which are to become a part of such buildings) which are necessary to more effectively conduct research in agriculture, forestry, and related sciences. Authorizes to be appropriated for allocation to eligible institutions for purposes of making such grants such sums as the Congress deems advisible. Sets forth procedures for allocating funds among eligible institutions.
Bill· HRH.R. 8256 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: (1) shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, substance, or ingredient of any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage; and (2) shall not require a warning label on any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 576 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should assess the situation in the drought-stricken areas where many people are suffering from malnutrition and are in grave danger of dying from malnutrition; (2) the President should report to Congress such recommendations as he determines to be appropriate to alleviate the malnutrition in such areas; and (3) the appropriate committees of Congress should give priority to any such recommendations of the President so as to expedite the response of the United States to the malnutrition problems in such areas.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 575 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should assess the situation in the drought-stricken areas where many people are suffering from malnutrition and are in grave danger of dying from malnutrition; (2) the President should report to Congress such recommendations as he determines to be appropriate to alleviate the malnutrition in such areas; and (3) the appropriate committees of Congress should give priority to any such recommendations of the President so as to expedite the response of the United States to the malnutrition problems in such areas.
Bill· HRH.R. 8251 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Revises the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act with respect to regulations on the extension of credit and emergency and disaster relief of friendly nations by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Directs the President to publish, on an annual basis, a list of eligible countries which he determines are friendly to the United States and which lack the internal resources to purchase commodities on a normal commercial basis. Authorizes the making of loans to United States or developing country private business firms (including cooperatives) engaged in activities to improve the economic welfare of the developing country or to increase utilization of U.S. agricultural commodities, but only to the extent that such loans are not inconsistent with the economic objectives of the developing country concerned. Requires the President to designate an appropriate Federal agency to administer this provision and to make annual reports to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, to designate, on the basis of established criteria, those countries eligible for an agricultural assistance program.
Bill· HRH.R. 8145 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines the term "income" as used in the Food Stamp Act as the monthly gross income of all members of a household, including any in-kind payment, and the total value of any publicly funded assistance payments which supplement food and housing needs. Excludes specified individuals from the definition of "household. Provides for the distribution of federally donated foods to households upon the request by a political subdivision that such distribution be made to all eligible households in lieu of food stamps. Excludes households from eligibility for food stamps: (1) if the monthly household income exceeds the poverty index level of income established by the Office of Management and Budget; or (2) if the market value of liquid and nonliquid resources of a household consisting of one individual exceeds $1,500 or the resources of a multiple member household exceed $2,250 exclusive of specified resources. Excludes from eligibility households which include an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education and such enrollment is a substitute for fulltime employment. Declares that a refusal to work at a plant or site because of a strike or other labor dispute shall be deemed a refusal to work which makes the household of the nonworking individual ineligible for food stamps. Rejects as an excuse for refusal to accept work a condition of employment which requires an individual to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any labor organization. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require each household receiving benefits under this Act to report its income at least once each month. Requires food coupons to be designed with a space for the recipient to sign upon receipt and again at redemption. Requires one member of each eligible household to be issued a photo-identification card with a color photograph of the recipient. States that such card must be presented at redemption at a food store. Sets forth specific instructions to provide control and accountability over the distribution of food coupons to State agencies. Ties the value of the coupon allotment to the overall retail cost-of-living index. States that the "nutritionally adequate diet" as used to determine the amount of the coupon allotment shall mean the low-cost food plan developed by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Establishes as the charge a household shall pay for its coupon allotment the lesser of: (1) the percentage of its income which would be expended for food by an average household of its size and income range in the same region of the country; or (2) 30 percent. Provides, under the requirements for State plans for the administration of the food stamp program, for closer State supervision of eligibility by households. Requires the State agencies administering the program to conduct nutrition education programs for recipients. States that the United States Postal Service shall serve as a food stamp issuing agency upon the request of a State food stamp administration agency. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the States 100 percent of the costs of providing food stamps to eligible aliens, and 75 percent of the costs of State investigations, prosecutions, collections of claims and other State activities related to retrieving food stamp losses. Provides for payment by the Federal Government to the States of a share of the difference between the face value of the coupon allotment and the amount charged eligible households for the allotment. Sets forth the method of determining and paying the Federal share. Directs the transfer of all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Bill· HRH.R. 8141 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Beef Research and Information Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders: (1) providing for the establishment and administration of plans for advertising, sales promotion, and consumer information with respect to the use of cattle, beef, or beef products and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; (2) providing for research and studies with respect to sale, distribution, marketing, utilization, or production of cattle, beef, or beef products, and the creation of new products thereof, to the end that the marketing and utilization of cattle, beef, or beef products may be encouraged, expanded, improved, or made more acceptable, and the data collected by such activities may be disseminated and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; and (3) providing that slaughterers maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by any order issued pursuant to this Act. Provides for the establishment of a Beef Board, to be composed of not more than 68 cattle producers or representatives of cattle producers appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Beef Board, including: (1) the administration of the orders of the Secretary in accordance with its terms and provisions; and (2) the issuance of rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of such orders. Requires the Secretary to conduct a referendum among cattle producers who have been engaged in the production of cattle for the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance of an order is approved or favored by not less than two-thirds of such producers. Authorizes appropriations of such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8137 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Title I: Rice Allotments and Price Support - Rice Production Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, to establish for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops a national acreage allotment of 1,800,000 acres. States that the national acreage allotment shall be apportioned, for each crop of rice, by the Secretary to farms and producers on the basis of allotments established for the 1975 crop. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing or withdrawing entirely the rice allotment of a farm or producer which plants rice less than the total acreage allotted to it for that crop. Defines certain exceptions to such criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or a part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same administrative area, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him in the same administrative area. Provides that in a State in which farm rice acreage allotments are determined on the basis of past production a producer who withdraws from production may transfer such allotment to a family member. Allows transfer under such circumstances to another producer when specified conditions are met. Provides for the apportionment among the heirs of a rice producer of the farm rice acreage allotment of such producer in States in which the allotment is based on such past production of rice. Provides for apportionment of acreage upon dissolution of a partnership in such States. Provides, under specified circumstances, for the voluntary surrender to the county committee of a portion of a farm's rice acreage allotment. Sets forth criteria for allocating such acreage to other farms. States that any acreage planted to rice in excess of the farm or producer acreage allotment in the crop years 1975 and 1977 shall not be taken into account in establishing farm or producer acreage allotments in any year following such period. Establishes, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, the price to be used in making payments on rice under the price support program. Sets the price for the 1976 crop at $8 per hundredweight, adjusted for economic and agricultural factors designated in this Act. Bases the 1977 price on the price paid in 1976 as adjusted. Directs the Secretary to make loans and purchases on the 1976 rice crop available to producers who are in cooperation with the rice acreage allotment at a rate of $6 per hundredweight, as adjusted for economic and agricultural factors. Bases 1977 loans and purchases on the price paid in 1976 as adjusted. Directs the Secretary to make payments available to cooperators for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops. Sets forth criteria for determining the rate of such payments and the total amount of such payments to a cooperator. Directs the Secretary to provide for a set-aside of cropland for a crop if he estimates, prior to the beginning of the calendar year in which such crop will be grown, that the carryover of rice for the marketing year beginning in the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which such crop will be grown will exceed 15 percent of the total supply of rice for that marketing year. Title II: Rice Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regional and national research programs with respect to rice for specified purposes, including: (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of production needs; (2) to develop varieties of rice more susceptible to complete fertilizer utilization; and (3) to improve the resistance of rice plants to disease and to enhance their conservation and environmental qualities. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out such research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Provides, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, that for the 1975 through 1977 crops of rice, a cooperator shall be a person who has a rice acreage allotment, and, if a set-aside is in effect, who has set aside the acreage required.
Bill· HRH.R. 8146 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines the term "income" as used in the Food Stamp Act as the monthly gross income of all members of a household, including any in-kind payment, and the total value of any publicly funded assistance payments which supplement food and housing needs. Excludes specified individuals from the definition of "household. Provides for the distribution of federally donated foods to households upon the request by a political subdivision that such distribution be made to all eligible households in lieu of food stamps. Excludes households from eligibility for food stamps: (1) if the monthly household income exceeds the poverty index level of income established by the Office of Management and Budget; or (2) if the market value of liquid and nonliquid resources of a household consisting of one individual exceeds $1,500 or the resources of a multiple member household exceed $2,250 exclusive of specified resources. Excludes from eligibility households which include an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education and such enrollment is a substitute for fulltime employment. Declares that a refusal to work at a plant or site because of a strike or other labor dispute shall be deemed a refusal to work which makes the household of the nonworking individual ineligible for food stamps. Rejects as an excuse for refusal to accept work a condition of employment which requires an individual to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any labor organization. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require each household receiving benefits under this Act to report its income at least once each month. Requires food coupons to be designed with a space for the recipient to sign upon receipt and again at redemption. Requires one member of each eligible household to be issued a photo-identification card with a color photograph of the recipient. States that such card must be presented at redemption at a food store. Sets forth specific instructions to provide control and accountability over the distribution of food coupons to State agencies. Ties the value of the coupon allotment to the overall retail cost-of-living index. States that the "nutritionally adequate diet" as used to determine the amount of the coupon allotment shall mean the low-cost food plan developed by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Establishes as the charge a household shall pay for its coupon allotment the lesser of: (1) the percentage of its income which would be expended for food by an average household of its size and income range in the same region of the country; or (2) 30 percent. Provides, under the requirements for State plans for the administration of the food stamp program, for closer State supervision of eligibility by households. Requires the State agencies administering the program to conduct nutrition education programs for recipients. States that the United States Postal Service shall serve as a food stamp issuing agency upon the request of a State food stamp administration agency. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the States 100 percent of the costs of providing food stamps to eligible aliens, and 75 percent of the costs of State investigations, prosecutions, collections of claims and other State activities related to retrieving food stamp losses. Provides for payment by the Federal Government to the States of a share of the difference between the face value of the coupon allotment and the amount charged eligible households for the allotment. Sets forth the method of determining and paying the Federal share. Directs the transfer of all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Bill· HRH.R. 8140 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Beef Research and Information Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders: (1) providing for the establishment and administration of plans for advertising, sales promotion, and consumer information with respect to the use of cattle, beef, or beef products and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; (2) providing for research and studies with respect to sale, distribution, marketing, utilization, or production of cattle, beef, or beef products, and the creation of new products thereof, to the end that the marketing and utilization of cattle, beef, or beef products may be encouraged, expanded, improved, or made more acceptable, and the data collected by such activities may be disseminated and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; and (3) providing that slaughterers maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by any order issued pursuant to this Act. Provides for the establishment of a Beef Board, to be composed of not more than 68 cattle producers or representatives of cattle producers appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Beef Board, including: (1) the administration of the orders of the Secretary in accordance with its terms and provisions; and (2) the issuance of rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of such orders. Requires the Secretary to conduct a referendum among cattle producers who have been engaged in the production of cattle for the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance of an order is approved or favored by not less than two-thirds of such producers. Authorizes appropriations of such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8147 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines the term "income" as used in the Food Stamp Act as the monthly gross income of all members of a household, including any in-kind payment, and the total value of any publicly funded assistance payments which supplement food and housing needs. Excludes specified individuals from the definition of "household. Provides for the distribution of federally donated foods to households upon the request by a political subdivision that such distribution be made to all eligible households in lieu of food stamps. Excludes households from eligibility for food stamps: (1) if the monthly household income exceeds the poverty index level of income established by the Office of Management and Budget; or (2) if the market value of liquid and nonliquid resources of a household consisting of one individual exceeds $1,500 or the resources of a multiple member household exceed $2,250 exclusive of specified resources. Excludes from eligibility households which include an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education and such enrollment is a substitute for fulltime employment. Declares that a refusal to work at a plant or site because of a strike or other labor dispute shall be deemed a refusal to work which makes the household of the nonworking individual ineligible for food stamps. Rejects as an excuse for refusal to accept work a condition of employment which requires an individual to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any labor organization. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require each household receiving benefits under this Act to report its income at least once each month. Requires food coupons to be designed with a space for the recipient to sign upon receipt and again at redemption. Requires one member of each eligible household to be issued a photo-identification card with a color photograph of the recipient. States that such card must be presented at redemption at a food store. Sets forth specific instructions to provide control and accountability over the distribution of food coupons to State agencies. Ties the value of the coupon allotment to the overall retail cost-of-living index. States that the "nutritionally adequate diet" as used to determine the amount of the coupon allotment shall mean the low-cost food plan developed by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Establishes as the charge a household shall pay for its coupon allotment the lesser of: (1) the percentage of its income which would be expended for food by an average household of its size and income range in the same region of the country; or (2) 30 percent. Provides, under the requirements for State plans for the administration of the food stamp program, for closer State supervision of eligibility by households. Requires the State agencies administering the program to conduct nutrition education programs for recipients. States that the United States Postal Service shall serve as a food stamp issuing agency upon the request of a State food stamp administration agency. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the States 100 percent of the costs of providing food stamps to eligible aliens, and 75 percent of the costs of State investigations, prosecutions, collections of claims and other State activities related to retrieving food stamp losses. Provides for payment by the Federal Government to the States of a share of the difference between the face value of the coupon allotment and the amount charged eligible households for the allotment. Sets forth the method of determining and paying the Federal share. Directs the transfer of all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Bill· HRH.R. 8136 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, to require reasonable bonds from market agencies, dealers, and packers to secure the performance of their obligations with respect to transactions involving livestock or poultry. Authorizes the Secretary to summarily order, without a hearing, any person subject to the provisions of such Act to pay a seller of livestock or poultry by certified check or to establish a custodial account if the Secretary has reason to believe that such action is necessary to protect vendees. Empowers the Secretary to request the Attorney General of the United States Livestock to apply to the United States district court for a temporary injunction or restraining order whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that any person subject to this Act (1) is unable to pay for livestock products, (2) has operated while insolvent, or (3) does not have the required bond. Provides that debts of a bankrupt that are owing for the purchase of livestock or poultry shall have priority if, at the time such debts were incurred, the bankrupt was a packer, market agency, or dealer subject to such Act.
Bill· SS. 1985 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1975
Market Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to foster and promote, through appropriate means and on an economically sustainable basis, the development and expansion of both traditional and innovative approaches to direct marketing of agricultural commodities from farmers to consumers. States that for purposes of this Act, the term "farmers market", is any marketplace (including, but not limited to, roadside stand, city markets, and vehicles used for house-to-house marketing of agricultural commodities) established and maintained for the purpose of enabling farmers to sell their agricultural commodities directly to individual consumers or organizations representing consumers. Directs the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture to conduct and facilitate activities designed to foster farmers' markets, including: (1) the designation of a specialist in each State responsible for a direct marketing program; (2) the sponsorship of conferences designed to facilitate the sharing of information on direct marketing programs; and (3) the providing of technical assistance to groups establishing direct marketing programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to foster the development of innovative farmer-to-consumer marketing arrangements by engaging in specified activities, including the establishment of at least five different projects involving innovative methods of direct marketing from farmers to consumers. Authorizes to be appropriated specified sums for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8102 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1975
Prohibits changes in the grade designations in the standards for slaughter cattle or carcass beef which has the effect of allowing beef to be graded higher than it would be under the standards in effect at the time such change is promulgated.
Bill· HRH.R. 8057 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975
Authorizes the making of loans under the Small Business Act to establishments primarily engaged in production of cow's milk to assist them in meeting the requirements established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Bill· SS. 1956 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Requires the extension of crop insurance under the Federal Corp Insurance Act to all counties and all agricultural commodities. Directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to pay 50 percent of the premium costs of the crop insurance issued to any farmer under the provisions of such Act. Repeals the $12,000,000 limitation on the authorized administrative costs of the corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 7973 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that nothing in that Act or in any of the antitrust Acts shall render unlawful per se the inclusion and enforcement in any trademark licensing agreement, pursuant to which the licensee engages in the manufacture distribution, and sale of a trademarked soft drink product, of provisions granting the licensee the exclusive right to manufacture, distribute, and sell such product in a defined geographic area or limiting the licensee, directly or indirectly, to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of such product only for ultimate resale to consumers within a defined geographic area. Stipulates that nothing contained in this Act shall prevent or impair the application of the Federal Trade Commission Act or any of the antitrust Acts to such provisions on other than a per se basis. States that a determination of the legality of such provisions shall take into account all relevant factors, including: (1) the number of brands, types, and flavors of competing products available in the licensee's territory from which consumers can choose; and (2) the persistence or absence of long-run monopoly profit.
Bill· SS. 1948 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1975
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to quitclaim retained rights to specified land in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, to the State superintendent of education of the State of South Carolina.
Bill· HRH.R. 7935 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1975
Revises the Food Stamp program by making recipients of Supplemental Security Income and State supplementary payments which have been found by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps ineligible for food coupons or food distribution until June 30, 1976. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe, by regulation, certification procedures designed to insure the participation of eligible households in the Food Stamps program.
Bill· HRH.R. 7887 (94th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1975
Provides that for the twelve-month period ending June 30, 1976, no individual who receives supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act, or State supplementary payments under such Act, shall be considered to be a member of a household for any purpose of the Food Stamp Act for any month during such period, if, such individual resides in a State which provides State supplementary payments, the level of which has been found by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps. Authorizes the use of food coupons by disabled individuals unable to prepare their own meals for the purchase of meals prepared by a governmental or nonprofit organization. Revises the food stamp certification procedure.