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Bill· HRH.R. 7902 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1975
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe, by regulation, certification procedures designed to insure participation of eligible households in the Food Stamp program. Requires that such procedures provide for 30-day certification, 30-day verification after certification, and minimum subsequent continuous certification and recertification periods of four months.
Law· HRH.R. 7862 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1975
Reduces to 60 percent the percentage of voting control which must be held by farmers, producers, or harvesters in order for rural electric, telephone, and public utility cooperatives to be eligible to borrow from banks for cooperatives under the Farm Credit Act of 1971. Removes the prohibitions against Federal jurisdiction in suits against institutions of the Farm Credit System.
Bill· HRH.R. 7863 (94th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1975
Authorizes the Federal Farm Credit Board, under the authority of the Farm Credit Act, to fix the compensation of the Governor and Deputy Governors of the Farm Credit Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 7854 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1975
Excludes from coverage under the Food Stamp Act households whose principal wage earner is on strike due to a labor dispute. States that this provision is inapplicable to households which were eligible for and participating in the food stamp program prior to the start of the strike.
Bill· SS. 1924 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1975
Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, that farm marketing quotas for burley tobacco may be transferred to other farms in the same county if such county has a current burley tobacco farm poundage quota.
Bill· SS. 1916 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1975
Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide employment for unemployed rural residents through rural conservation employment projects within rural areas of substantial unemployment. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to employ rural residents over eighteen who have been unemployed for at least thirty consecutive days to carry out rural conservation projects within the National Forest System and other lands under the Secretary's jurisdiction, and in conjunction with cooperative projects on non-Federal lands. Directs the Secretary to determine rates of pay, hours, and other conditions of employment. Places a maximum wage limitation of $10,000 per year. Authorizes specified appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 7824 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1975
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to take a census of agriculture in 1979 and in 1983 and every fifth year thereafter. Directs the Secretary to take a census on irrigation and drainage in 1979, and in 1988 and every tenth year thereafter, in conjunction with the census of agriculture.
Bill· HRH.R. 7821 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 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. Requires any retail store or wholesale food concern that is authorized to accept and redeem coupons under the food stamp program to display and offer for distribution to any interested person, at no cost, informational materials describing the benefits, eligibility criteria, application procedures, and other pertinent information on the program. Authorizes the use of food coupons for the purchase of meals prepared by a governmental or nonprofit organization by disabled individuals unable to prepare their own meals. Revises the food stamp certification procedure. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to pay each State agency 65 percent of its administrative costs.
Bill· HRH.R. 7804 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 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. 7748 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975
Requires that the Budget of the United States Government for fiscal year 1977 and subsequent fiscal years contain the same functional categories as those that were in effect for fiscal year 1975. Requires that any proposed change in such functional categories be approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Budget.
Bill· HRH.R. 7705 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1975
States that in order to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases and parasites harmful to honeybees, and the introduction of genetically undesirable germ plasma of honeybees, the importation into the United States of all honeybees is prohibited, except that honeybees may be imported into the United States by the United States Department of Agriculture for experimental or scientific purposes, or from countries determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Governments of Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Columbia, or the local authorities thereof, in carrying out necessary research, surveys, and control operations in those countries in connection with the eradication, suppression, control, and prevention or retardation of the spread of undesirable species and subspecies of honeybees. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· SS. 1889 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
International Agricultural Assistance, Development, and Trade Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to use its abundant agricultural productivity to: (1) combat hunger and malnutrition; (2) encourage economic development in the developing countries; (3) expand international trade and market development; and (4) promote United States foreign policy, where such promotion will not interfere with the preceeding objectives. Establishes, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, a minimum level of 6,000,000 tons of commodities to be shipped annually through the Food for Peace Program. Requires that this minimum annual level should be divided as follows: (1) 4,000,000 tons to be made available through grants or sales directly to nations identified by the United Nations as most seriously affected by the current world economic crisis (MSA); and (2) 2,000,000 tons to be made available through grants which are distributed primarily by international voluntary agencies and the U.N. World Food Program. Requires that 70 percent of title I or title III program shipments made in excess of the minimum annual commitment be directed to MSA nations. Permits nations which are not included in the United Nations MSA list to be included in the minimum annual commitment and/or receive additional shipments to combat famine or other emergency conditions. Adds to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 a new title, Title III, which creates a system of direct food grants to MSA nations. Stipulates that these grants would only be available to nations which agree as a condition of receipt to carry out specified self-help measures designed to get food to their hungry and to increase agricultural production. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restructure Food for Peace title I loan rates so that nations with greater resources will have to pay more stringent terms than less wealthy nations.
Law· HRH.R. 7656 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 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. 7679 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Exempts from the inspection requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act the custom slaughtering of livestock by any person who does not engage in buying or selling meat or meat products. Allows such an exemption if (1) such livestock is delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter; (2) the preparation by such slaughterer and transportation in commerce of carcasses, meat, meat food products of such livestock is exclusively for use in the household of such owner and not for resale; and (3) such slaughtering meets sanitation requirements established and enforced by the State in which such slaughtering is conducted.
Bill· HRH.R. 7629 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 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. 1857 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Provides for the adjustment of the so-called target prices for wheat, feed grains, and cotton, on the basis of the farmers' increased cost of producing such commodities rather than on the index of prices paid by farmers for production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates.
Bill· SS. 1858 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to compute and publish periodically, but not less often than once each year, a cost of production index for wheat, cotton, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, barley, oats, and rye. Requires the first such cost of production index to be published by the Secretary of Agriculture within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Bill· SS. 1855 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, beginning in the month of October 1979, and in same month of every fifth year thereafter, to take a census of agriculture.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 88 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Emergency Grain Standards Amendments - Provides criminal penalties for attempting to influence official inspection personnel in the discharge of their duties under the United States Grain Standards Act. Provides for the inspection of grain exported from the United States in the importing country to determine whether or not it is of the same quality as certified prior to exportation. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to suspend or revoke the designation of an official inspection agency pending or upon a determination that such agency was not in compliance with the United States Grain Standards Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7620 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Food Research and Development Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to fund new research for the purpose of assisting the development and utilization, in the United States and other countries, of (1) new low-cost foods of high nutritional value, and (2) improved, low-cost methods of food and animal feed production, fertilizer production, and irrigation which make maximum efficient use of energy, land, water, and protein resources and promote the preservation of environmental quality. Establishes a Food Research Advisory Committee within the Department of Agriculture. Sets forth the membership of the Committee. Directs the Committee, in accordance with this Act, to (1) determine specialized research areas; (2) accept evaluations for research grants from review boards appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (3) make recommendations to the Secretary. Establishes within the Committee a review board for each specialized research area with regard to which the Committee makes recommendations for the purpose of awarding grants under this Act. Requires each review board to recommend to the Committee applications on the basis of the scientific merit, feasibility, and significance of the research project proposed in the application and on the basis of the competency and facilities of the applicant to perform the project. Provides that grants shall be made to approved applicants for the purpose of financing research projects which are designed to develop new, low-cost foods of high nutritional value and to improve methods of food and fertilizer production through making maximum efficient use of energy, land, water, and protein resources while promoting environmental quality. Stipulates that not less than 10 percent of the sums available for grants shall be served for applicants from agriculturally underdeveloped nations. Establishes a Special Food Research and Development Fund, to make research grants under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act, and such sums as may be necessary thereafter. Specifies that at least 85 percent of such appropriations must be appropriated to the Special Food Research and Development Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 7549 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1975
Exempts from the inspection requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act the custom slaughtering of livestock by any person who does not engage in buying or selling meat or meat products. Allows such an exemption if (1) such livestock is delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter; (2) the preparation by such slaughterer and transportation in commerce of carcasses, meat, meat food products of such livestock is exclusively for use in the household of such owner and not for resale; and (3) such slaughtering meets sanitation requirements established and enforced by the State in which such slaughtering is conducted.
Bill· HRH.R. 7566 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1975
Authorizes to be apprppriated such sums as are necessary for the fiscal years 1976, 1977, 1978 to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to formulate and carry out a program to assist States through grants-in-aid and other means, to initiate, maintain, and expand nonprofit special summer food service programs for children in service institutions where one-third of the children served are elgible for free or reduced-rate lunches under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. Places maximum per-meal limits on the entitlement of service institutions to funds under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7550 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1975
Provides, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Act, that meat or poultry as the case may be, which is inspected in a facility subject to State inspection (which is equal to Federal standards) shall be eligible for distribution in commerce in the same manner as meat or poultry which is inspected in a facility subject to Federal inspection.
Bill· HRH.R. 7527 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1975
Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation, under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, to make loans to grain growers for financing the construction or purchase of suitable storage for dry or high moisture forage, silage, or grain.
Bill· HRH.R. 7520 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1975
Allows the inclusion and enforcement in any trademark licensing contract or agreement, pursuant to which the licensee engages in the manufacture distribution, and sale of a trademarked food product, of provisions granting the licensee the sole and 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, provided specified conditions of competition are maintained.
Bill· HRH.R. 7516 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1975
Young Farmers Investment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make direct and insured loans under the Consolidated Farmers Home Adminstration Act to persons with low net income or low net worth acquiring and improving owner-operated farms up to the present market value of the farm. Sets forth limitations on the amount, interest rate, and period of time for such loans.
Bill· SS. 1824 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enroll specified Alaskan Natives for benefits under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Directs the Secretary to deposit in the Treasury of the United States escrow account proceeds derived from contracts, leases, permits, rights-of-way or easements pertaining to lands or resources of lands withdrawn for native selection pursuant to the Settlement Act. States that the United States shall pay interest on all moneys in the Alaska Native Fund from the date of enactment of this Act. States that in determining the eligibility of any household to participate in the food stamp program, any compensation, remuneration, revenue, or other benefit received by any member of such household under the Settlement Act, in connection with an aboriginal land claim of such person, shall be disregarded. Authorizes the merger or consolidation of village corporations formed within the same region of Alaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Permits the subsequent merger of any such merged corporations with other such merged corporations within the same region. States that such mergers shall be on mergers voted on by shareholders either before or after this Act's enactment. States that the merged corporation would be entitled to all rights and benefits of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and shall be subject to all the restrictions and obligations of such Act. Permits the elimination, under specified circumstances, of the extra rights given to nonvillage residents as part of the terms of a merger or consolidation. Extends the existence of the joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska for an additional three years, until June 30, 1979. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants of $250,000 to the Kodiak, Kenai, Juneau, and Sitka village corporations to carry out their duties under the Settlement Act. Enables villages which did not elect to receive benefits under the Settlement Act when first able to do so to make such election within one year of the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the subsurface estate of specified lands, and access to such lands as is necessary to conduct mining operations, to Koniag Incorporated Regional Native Corporation. Declares the intent and purpose of the Settlement Act to be to resolve and avoid all disputes related to claims of aboriginal rights and to provide a comprehensive legislative settlement of Alaska Native claims.
Bill· SS. 1808 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Allows payment of overtime to personnel employed in the Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service if: (1) their duties are critical to the inspection services provided by the Department of Agriculture to assure wholesome food products, humane treatment of animals, and to control and eradicate animal and plant diseases; and (2) they are in positions in which overtime work may be required by emergency needs created by disease outbreaks or in which operating requirements cannot be met without substantial overtime work. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5542(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 7488 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing 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 "direct marketing from farmers to consumers" means the marketing of agricultural commodities at any marketplace (including, but not limited to, roadside stands, 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 traditional methods of direct marketing from farmers to consumers, 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. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7442 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
United States Grain Standards Act Amendments - Requires, under the United States Grain Standards Act, that inspections made under such Act be made by Federal employees. Increases the criminal penalties for violations of such Act from a fine of $3,000 and six months imprisonment to $5,000 and one year for a misdemeanor and from $6,000 and two years imprisonment to $10,000 and four years for a felony.
Bill· HRH.R. 7427 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Requires the Postal Service to consult with agencies of State and local governments with respect to the construction of specified Postal Service facilities. Provides for hearing procedures with respect to proposals for such construction.
Bill· HRH.R. 7352 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the amount of operating loans available under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7249 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain a program by which the Department of Agriculture collects, prepares, makes available, and distributes information regarding the establishment and operation of farmers' markets and the potential of such markets for increasing the income of small farmers. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make available horticultural and marketing materials to small farmers; (2) obtain existing materials concerning farmers' markets, prepare new materials, and make available such materials to interested parties; and (3) conduct, or contract for, specified research. Defines "farmers' market" as any marketplace where at least 10 farmers congregate for the purpose of selling their agricultural commodities directly to consumers in a manner designed to lower the cost of food for the consumers while providing an increased income to the farmers. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7237 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 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 shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other nutritional substance or ingredient of any food for special dietary uses unless such articles is injurious to health in the recommended dosage.
Bill· HRH.R. 7233 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 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. 7248 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain a program by which the Department of Agriculture collects, prepares, makes available, and distributes information regarding the establishment and operation of farmers' markets and the potential of such markets for increasing the income of small farmers. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make available horticultural and marketing materials to small farmers; (2) obtain existing materials concerning farmers' markets, prepare new materials, and make available such materials to interested parties; and (3) conduct, or contract for, specified research. Defines "farmers' market" as any marketplace where at least 10 farmers congregate for the purpose of selling their agricultural commodities directly to consumers in a manner designed to lower the cost of food for the consumers while providing an increased income to the farmers. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7247 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Declares that it is the purpose of this Act, under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, to promote the national welfare by improving the economic stability of agriculture through a system utilizing insurance principles under which farmers can voluntarily provide themselves with emergency assistance against the financial impact of crop disasters. Establishes, as an agency of the Department of Agriculture, a Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to insure producers of wheat, cotton, grain, sorghum, corn, barley, and other agricultural commodities on an experimental basis, against loss of the insured commodity due to specified natural occurences. Authorizes the Corporation to limit or refuse insurance on the basis of the risk involved. Establishes within the Treasury a seperate fund for the use of the Corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 7165 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 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. 1780 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Continues the special supplemental food program (created under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966) for women, infants, and children through September 30, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 7133 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Transfers all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on foods that should be approved for participation in the food stamp program. Requires such transfer to be implemented in accordance with such procedures and regulations as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 488 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 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. 487 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 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. 7101 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 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. 7069 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1975
Provides that under specified circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements with respect to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of trademarked soft drink products shall not be deemed unlawful under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Provides that such products, and their sellers, must be in substantial and effective competition with other products and sellers of the same general class.
Bill· HRH.R. 7088 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1975
Authorizes the Commodity Credit Corporation to make farm storage facility loans to producers of agricultural commodities for which price support is made available by the Corporation.
Bill· SS. 1746 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1975
Increases farm ownership loan limits of the Farmers Home Administration from $100,000 to $200,000. Increases the total indebtedness limit from $225,000 to $350,000. Increases the operating loan limit from $50,000 to $100,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 7022 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1975
Freestone Peach Research and Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders applicable to persons engaged in the handling of freestone peaches. Authorizes the Secretary to collect assessments on freestone peaches handled under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the use of such funds for research and education for freestone peaches in a manner prescribed in this Act. Directs the Secretary to issue a plan to effectuate the policy of this Act, after notice and opportunity for a hearing. Requires to be in any such plan promulgated by the Secretary: (1) the establishment by the Secretary of a National Freestone Peach Research and Education Board; (2) that the board shall be made up of producers; (3) that the board members shall serve without compensation; (4) that the board shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a budget on a fiscal period basis; (5) that the board shall develop and submit to the Secretary for his approval any research or education programs, or projects; (6) that the board shall be provided with authority to enter into contracts or agreements, for the carrying out of research or education programs; and (7) that the board shall maintain books and records, and submit to the Secretary such reports as are necessary for appropriate accounting. Makes it the responsibility of each handler designated by the board to collect assessments levied on freestone peaches to make such payments to the board. Permits any person aggrieved by any such plan issued by the Secretary to file a written petition with the Secretary stating his objections thereto. Grants to the district courts of the United States the jurisdiction to specifically enforce, and to restrain any person from violating any plan or regulation issued pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make such investigations as he deems necessary for the effectuation of his responsibilities under this Act, or to determine whether a handler or any other person has engaged or is engaging in any acts or practices which constitute a violation of any provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct a referendum among producers to determine whether the issuance of a plan is approved or favored by producers. Requires the Secretary, whenever he finds that a plan or any provision obstructs the declared policy of this Act, to terminate or suspend the operation of such plan or provision thereof. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 1733 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Eliminates the restrictions on production credit associations under the Farm Credit Act to sue and be sued in Federal district courts.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 155 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of Agriculture should continue to publish the annual white corn production estimates and other statistical information relating to the production of such commodity.
Bill· HRH.R. 6994 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 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.