Agriculture

Rural Telephone Bank Amendment Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981

Rural Telephone Bank Amendment Act of 1981 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to require the United States to purchase class A stock to fund the Rural Telephone Bank through 1991 until such stock equals $600,000,000. Extends the deadline for such stock to be redeemed and retired by the telephone bank to as soon as practicable after September 30, 1995. Eliminates the minimum amount of class A and class B stock which must be issued before class A stock may be retired.

Richard E. Lyng, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, vice James H. Williams.

United States · United States Senate · 3 February 1981

A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981

Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to require Congressional approval of any proposal to prohibit under such Act the export of agricultural commodities to a foreign country, other than in connection with a prohibition of all exports to such country. Limits the President's authority to restrict the export of goods and technology with military potential by forbidding the exercise of such authority to prohibit the export of agricultural commodities to any foreign country.

A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to limit the moving of the principal offices of district banks from certain cities.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981

Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to prohibit a district bank from moving its principal office without the approval of the Federal Farm Credit Board. Sets forth related notification and approval requirements.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal lands in the State of Oregon and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) convey part of the Garden Valley Boulevard tract to the city of Roseburg, Oregon, upon such city's conveyance of certain lands to the Veterans' Administration (to be used for cemetery grounds); and (2) permit the construction of a building upon the remaining portion of such tract to be leased as the Umpqua National Forest headquarters.

A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to establish the Packers and Stockyards Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981

Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Packers and Stockyards Administration within the Department of Agriculture.

A bill to establish a Soil Tilth Center at Iowa State University.

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a soil tilth center at Iowa State University. Authorizes appropriations for such establishment.

An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981

Authorizes the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry from March 1, 1981 through February 28, 1982, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate; (2) employ personnel; and (3) utilize the services of department of agency personnel on a reimbursable basis. Sets forth the limit on expenses by the committee during such period.

A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase the number of years with respect to which emergency loans may be made to eligible borrowers.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to extend the emergency loan eligibility period from five to ten years.

Consumer Food Labeling Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Consumer Food Labeling Act - Title I: Truth in Food Labeling Act - Truth in Food Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that the labels on all foods disclose each of their ingredients in order of predominance and the percentage of each ingredient in the food. Title II: Nutritional Labeling Act - Nutritional Labeling Act - Requires the processor to label any packaged consumer food product with specified information, including an analysis of nutritional contents, and net weight, and drained weight, where appropriate. Requires such label to state the nutritional value of the commodity and to appear in conspicuous and easily legible type in distinct contrast with other matters on the package. Requires the conspicuous statement of any difference in weight or volume which may have occurred in the repackaging of a consumer product from a container of any given net content to a container of a different net content. Empowers the appropriate agencies to prescribe regulations and to petition for injunctive relief to carry out and enforce the provisions of this Act. Prescribes a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for willful violation of any provision of this Act. Title III: Open Dating of Perishable Food Act - Open Dating of Perishable Food Act- Amends the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to require the manufacturer or packager of a perishable or semiperishable food to state on its label the pull date for such food and the optimum temperature and humidity conditions for its storage by the ultimate consumer. Requires pull dates also on shipping containers or wrappings. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the display, offer for sale, or sale of any such food whose pull date has expired. Prohibits the change, alteration, defacement, or removal of any pull date before sale of such food to the ultimate consumer. Prescribes criminal penalties for the violation of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to Congress on the enforcement of this Act. Title IV: Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that labels on packaged foods contain the names and places of business of the manufacturer, the packer, and the distributor (currently, the name and place of business of only one of these is required). Title V: Consumer Food Grading Act - Consumer Food Grading Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and promulgate a system of retail quality grade designations for consumer food products expressed in a uniform nomenclature, giving consideration to nutritional quality and wholesomeness of food products, as well as acceptability. Title VI: Unit Pricing Act - Unit Pricing Act - Amends the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to require retailers to mark plainly the total selling price of any packaged consumer commodity on its package or on a sign at the point of display, and the retail unit price on either the package or a point of display, like a shelf, in close proximity thereto. Exempts from the requirements of this Act certain small retail outlets and any retail outlet in any State or political subdivision which has enacted mandatory unit pricing laws which are, in the judgment of the Federal promulgating authority, superior to the requirements of this Act. Title VII: New Ingredient Notification Act - New Ingredient Notification Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require any food product to carry a label setting forth in a conspicuous manner any change in its ingredients for six months after such change. Title VIII: Misleading Brand Names Act - Misleading Brand Names Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it an unfair or deceptive act or practice to advertise a brand name of a product which inherently misleads the public as to the product's value, quantity, quality of contents, or performance.

A bill to terminate the grain embargo imposed upon the shipment of U.S. grain to the Soviet Union in January, 1980.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Terminates the export controls imposed by the President on agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union.

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to prohibit any household from participating in the food stamp program if such household has one or more members on strike as a result of a labor dispute.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1981

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude from eligibility for food stamps any household with any member on strike. Excepts a household from this exclusion if it was eligible to participate in the food stamp program prior to the time such member went on strike, or if any member is subject to an employer lockout.

A bill to provide grants to the 1890 land grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute, for the purpose of assisting these institutions in the purchase of equipment and land, and the planning, construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity for research in the food and agricultural sciences.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1981

Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1985 to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program of grants to assist "1890 land-grant colleges," including Tuskegee Institute, in acquiring and improving agricultural and food research facilities and equipment.

A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest lands in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1981

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to Douglas County, Nevada, (upon which the County shall build a warehouse) in exchange for certain lands from such County to be added to the Toiyabe National Forest.

A bill to redesignate the Department of Agriculture as the Department for Agriculture.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Redesignates the Department of Agriculture and the Secretary of Agriculture as the Department for Agriculture and the Secretary for Agriculture, respectively.

A bill to give the Food and Drug Administration greater discretion in the control of food additives.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from establishing a regulation for the use of a food additive unless such additive is found to induce cancer when ingested in reasonable quantities by man or animal.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the Gallatin National Forest and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1981

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey by patent to Wayne Fuller, of Montana, certain land in the Gallatin National Forest upon payment of its fair market value. Requires the patent to contain a reservation to the United States of all mineral interests.

John R. Block, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Agriculture.

United States · United States Senate · 20 January 1981

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to exclude from coverage under the Act households which have members who are on strike, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1981

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to exclude from eligibility for food stamps any household whose principal wage earner is on strike for the duration of such strike. Excepts a household from this exclusion if it was participating in the food stamp program immediately prior to the start of such strike, or if any member is subject to an employer's lockout.

Voluntary Food Supplement Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1981

Voluntary Food Supplement Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from the definition of food additive the food itself, a combination of foods, or foods for special dietary use, or the ingredients thereof, unless being used as preservatives or flavors for a food. Excludes from the definition of "drug" foods for special dietary use, or for preservation or treatment of dietary deficiency conditions.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System lands, under specified conditions, to direct the Secretary of Interior to certify survey monuments within 180 days, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey National Forest System land parcels of up to five acres to persons who have encroached upon such land as a result of an erroneous Federal land survey or an uncertified Federal survey monument. Requires all such monuments to be certified by the Secretary of the Interior within 180 days of monumentation.

Consumer Food Labeling Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981

Consumer Food Labeling Act - Title I: Truth in Food Labeling Act - Truth in Food Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that the labels on all foods disclose each of their ingredients in order of predominance and the percentage of each ingredient in the food. Title II: Nutritional Labeling Act - Nutritional Labeling Act - Requires the processor to label any packaged consumer food product with specified information, including an analysis of nutritional contents, net weight and drained weight, where appropriate. Requires such label to state the nutritional value of the commodity, and to appear in conspicuous and easily legible type in distinct contrast with other matters on the package. Requires the conspicuous statement of any difference in weight or volume which may have occurred in the repackaging of a consumer product from a container of any given net content to a container of a different net content. Empowers the appropriate agencies to prescribe regulations and to petition for injunctive relief to carry out and enforce the provisions of this Act. Prescribes a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for willful violation of any provision of this Act. Title III: Open Dating of Perishable Food Act - Open Dating of Perishable Food Act - Amends the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to require the manufacturer or packager of a perishable or semiperishable food to state on its label the pull date for such food and the optimum temperature and humidity conditions for its storage by the ultimate consumer. Requires pull dates also on shipping containers or wrappings. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the display, offer for sale, or sale of any such food whose pull date has expired. Prohibits the change, alteration, defacement, or removal of any pull date before sale of such food to the ultimate consumer. Prescribes criminal penalties for the violation of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to Congress on the enforcement of this Act. Title IV: Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that labels on packaged foods contain the names and places of business of the manufacturer, the packer, and the distributor, (currently the name and place of business of only one of them is required). Title V: Consumer Food Grading Act - Consumer Food Grading Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and promulgate a system of retail quality grade designations for consumer food products expressed in a uniform nomenclature, giving consideration to nutritional quality and wholesomeness of food products, as well as acceptability. Title VI: Unit and Item Pricing Act - Unit and Item Pricing Act - Amends the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to require retailers to mark plainly the total selling price of any packaged consumer commodity on its package, and the retail unit price on either the package or a point of display, like a shelf, in close proximity thereto. Exempts from the requirements of this Act certain small retail outlets, and any retail outlet in any State or political subdivision which has enacted mandatory unit pricing laws which are, in the judgment of the Federal promulgating authority, superior to the requirements of this Act. Title VII: New Ingredient Notification Act - New Ingredient Notification Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require any food product to carry a label setting forth in a conspicuous manner any change in its ingredients for six months after such change. Title VIII: Misleading Brand Names Act - Misleading Brand Names Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it an unfair or deceptive act or practice to advertise a brand name of a product which inherently misleads the public as to the product's value, quantity, quality of contents, or performance.

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise eligibility to participate in the food stamp program, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1981

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, in determining eligibility for participation in the food stamp program, to allow a 15 percent deduction of all earned income to compensate for work-related expenses. Entitles households with members 60 years of age or older, or who receive supplemental security income benefits or disability payments under the Social Security Act to the following: (1) an excess medical expense deduction; (2) a dependent care deduction; and (3) an excess shelter expense deduction.

Alex P. Mercure, of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development (New Position), to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 8 January 1981

A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the treasury from processing potatoes for entry into the United States until certain measures are taken.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from processing potatoes for entry into the United States until appropriate measures have been taken to assure that seed potatoes are not substituted for potatoes intended for human consumption.

A bill to rescind the agricultural commodity export embargo to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Terminates the export controls imposed by the President on agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union.

National Land Resources Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

National Land Resources Act of 1981 - Declares that topsoil is a valuable natural resource upon which future generations will be dependent. Declares that ownership of land carries with it a responsibility to keep the topsoil accessible for use at a later date. Establishes a National Land Resources Protection Commission. Directs the Commission to establish standards with respect to the stockpiling and replacing of topsoil on all: (1) federally assisted projects, including highways; (2) projects on federally held land; and (3) projects which affect interstate commerce. Prescribes minimum criteria to be included in such standards. Directs the Commission to establish minimum standards to assure that projects covered by this Act will not cause pollution of existing streams, land slides, flooding, or substantial changes in the volume of water to be carried by adjacent waterways except where such change is consistent with State or Federal water resource policy. States that no dirt shall be moved on any project where the moving or covering of topsoil covers an area in excess of 100,000 square feet until a license or letter has been issued by the Commission or by a commission to whom authority has been delegated under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for the administration of this Act.

A bill to amend section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require that foods intended for human consumption be labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium they contain.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to state that a food intended for human consumption shall be deemed misbranded unless it is labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium it contains. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt a food from such requirement by requiring the information to be prominently displayed in close proximity to the place of display or sale of such food.

Small Business Preservation and Protection Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Small Business Preservation and Protection Act of 1982 - Defines "packer" to mean any person engaged in the business of: (1) buying livestock in commerce for slaughter; (2) manufacturing or preparing meats for sale or shipment in commerce; (3) marketing meats or livestock products in unmanufactured form as a wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor; or (4) buying, slaughtering, or processing meats or livestock involving any activity affecting commerce. Prohibits any packer which has more than a five percent share of the national slaughter in three classifications (steers and heifers, cows and bulls, or hogs) from owning or operating any retail meat outlet. Prohibits any packer's total annual slaughter for any classification from exceeding 25 percent of the larger of the last two annual national slaughter totals. Prohibits any packer from discriminating in price between different purchasers of meat food products in any marketing area or selling below costs for the purpose of impairing the marketing ability of small business meatpacking concerns. Prohibits certain packers which are required to file reports under the Packers and Stockyards Act from engaging in livestock futures contracts. Vests authority to enforce such prohibitions in the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Establishes fines for violations and permits small business meatpacking concerns which are injured to sue in district court for treble damages.

Food Stamp Reform Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Food Stamp Reform Act of 1981 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize participating States, rather than the Secretary of Agriculture, to establish eligibility criteria for participation in the food stamp program. Eliminates the uniform eligibility disqualifications and the uniform value of allotment. Eliminates from the State plan of operation all references to or requirements relating to: (1) Federal programs; (2) determinations to be made by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (3) limitations placed on the State agency. Directs the State agency to establish a work program requiring performance of work as a condition of eligibility to receive benefits under the food stamp program. Permits States participating in the food stamp program to establish a program designed to encourage households receiving coupons to purchase nutritional food. Eliminates the Secretary's authority over the administration of the program by the State agencies. Eliminates the administrative cost-sharing and quality control provisions of such Act. Limits the percentage of funds a State agency may use for administrative costs. Eliminates the Secretary's authority to conduct pilot projects and study the feasibility of recovering food stamp benefits from specified households. Sets forth a formula for the distribution of funds by the Secretary to the participating States to provide benefits and pay administrative costs. Directs the State agency to submit annually to the Secretary reports setting forth the purposes for which such funds will be and have been disbursed. Eliminates all Federal restrictions on the value of allotments received by each participating State. Amends the Food Stamp Act Amendments of 1980 to eliminate specified medical deductions for determining income eligibility.

A bill to provide family farmers and others with timely information concerning export sales of certain agricultural commodities.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to require all exporters of certain wheat, feed grains, and cotton products to make daily (currently, weekly) reports to the Secretary of Agriculture of specified kinds of information regarding any export sale, or agreement to sell for export, of any such product. Requires the identification of the buyer, and the buyer's relationship, if any, to the exporter in such reports. Changes the current penalties for a knowing failure to make such reports to a maximum $25,000 civil penalty for failure to report, whether knowing or not. Sets the formula for calculation of such penalty at five cents per bushel multiplied by the number of bushels not timely reported for each violation. Makes each day of any such failure a separate violation of such Act. Prescribes procedures for the assessment, review, and collection of such penalties. Grants the Secretary a right of access to all books and records and any documentary evidence of any person subject to these reporting requirements.

A bill to amend the United States Grain Standards Act for the purpose of expanding foreign trade by improving and maintaining the quality of grain shipped from an export elevator at an export port location.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to prohibit the owner or operator of an export elevator at an export port location from knowingly adding or mixing grain dust or any nongrain related material to a grain shipped from such elevator. Permits fumigation of grain and blending of separate lots of the same kind of grain.

A bill to repeal the 1976 Official Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Repeals the 1976 Official Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef promulgated under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, and deems as still in effect the previous regulations superceded by them, until such time as the Secretary of Agriculture promulgates further regulations.

A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to create within the Commodity Credit Corporation a National Grain Board, to provide the highest possible prices in foreign markets for American agricultural producers, to provide price and supply stability in domestic markets, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Act to designate the Commodity Credit Corporation as the seller or marketing agent for all export sales of wheat, feed grains, rice, and soybeans. Allows an exporter to enter into a sale for such commodity only if it is approved and purchased from the Corporation. Prohibits any contract for sale at less than the established price. Establishes a civil penalty for violations of this Act. Authorizes the Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting as the National Grain Board, to negotiate, barter, accept purchase bids from foreign purchasers, and offer selling bids in the world market for such commodities. Permits the Corporation to acquire commodities on the domestic market to meet the objectives of this Act, and to establish reserves to meet future export sales. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a revolving Export Sales Fund to receive revenues made by the Corporation. Allocates the moneys in such Fund for the making of deficiency payments under the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to the agricultural commodities concerned. Allocates ten percent of such Fund to establish and maintain a reserve to provide international famine relief assistance. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, at the beginning of each crop year, to increase the established price of an agricultural commodity, according to a specified formula, if any moneys in the Export Sales Fund are derived from such commodity. Directs the Secretary to establish a permanent advisory committee. Requires the Corporation to make statistics and other information concerning export sales available to the public on a quarterly basis.

Consumer Food Labeling Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Consumer Food Labeling Act - Title I: Truth in Food Labeling Act - Truth in Food Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that the labels on all foods disclose each of their ingredients in order of predominance and the percentage of each ingredient in the food. Title II: Nutritional Labeling Act - Nutritional Labeling Act - Requires the processor to label any packaged consumer food product with specified information, including an analysis of nutritional contents, net weight and drained weight, where appropriate. Requires such label to state the nutritional value of the commodity, and to appear in conspicuous and easily legible type in distinct contrast with other matters on the package. Requires the conspicuous statement of any difference in weight or volume which may have occurred in the repackaging of a consumer product from a container of any given net content to a container of a different net content. Empowers the appropriate agencies to prescribe regulations and to petition for injunctive relief to carry out and enforce the provisions of this Act. Prescribes a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for willful violation of any provision of this Act. Title III: Open Dating of Perishable Food Act - Open Dating of Perishable Food Act - Amends the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to require the manufacturer or packager of a perishable or semiperishable food to state on its label the pull date for such food and the optimum temperature and humidity conditions for its storage by the ultimate consumer. Requires pull dates also on shipping containers or wrappings. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the display, offer for sale, or sale of any such food whose pull date has expired. Prohibits the change, alteration, defacement, or removal of any pull date before sale of such food to the ultimate consumer. Prescribes criminal penalties for the violation of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to Congress on the enforcement of this Act. Title IV: Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that labels on packaged foods contain the names and places of business of the manufacturer, the packer, and the distributor, (currently the name and place of business of only one of them is required). Title V: Consumer Food Grading Act - Consumer Food Grading Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and promulgate a system of retail quality grade designations for consumer food products expressed in a uniform nomenclature, giving consideration to nutritional quality and wholesomeness of food products, as well as acceptability. Title VI: Unit and Item Pricing Act - Unit and Item Pricing Act - Amends the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to require retailers to mark plainly the total selling price of any packaged consumer commodity on its package, and the retail unit price on either the package or a point of display, like a shelf, in close proximity thereto. Exempts from the requirements of this Act certain small retail outlets, and any retail outlet in any State or political subdivision which has enacted mandatory unit pricing laws which are, in the judgment of the Federal promulgating authority, superior to the requirements of this Act. Title VII: New Ingredient Notification Act - New Ingredient Notification Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require any food product to carry a label setting forth in a conspicuous manner any change in its ingredients for six months after such change. Title VIII: Misleading Brand Names Act - Misleading Brand Names Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it an unfair or deceptive act or practice to advertise a brand name of a product which inherently misleads the public as to the product's value, quantity, quality of contents, or performance.

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to exclude from coverage under the Act households which have members who are on strike, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to exclude from eligibility for food stamps any household whose principal wage earner is on strike for the duration of such strike. Excepts a household from this exclusion if it was participating in the food stamp program immediately prior to the start of such strike, or if any member is subject to an employer's lockout.

A bill to amend section 6(d)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to deny eligibility for food stamps to any household including a person participating in a strike or labor dispute which the President determines is causing or substantially contributing to: (1) a critical shortage of any essential energy resource or strategic material; or (2) unemployment in an industry not directly involved in such strike or labor dispute.

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for the acceptance by pharmacies of food stamps in exchange for food supplements prescribed for consumption by cancer patients.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for the acceptance by pharmacies of food stamps in exchange for food or food supplements prescribed for cancer patients.

A bill to extend and amend title XIV of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 for five years; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Amends title XIV (National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, to extend such title for five years. Revises the findings and purposes of such title. Redefines "agricultural research" to mean research in the food and agricultural sciences, including the continuum of basic, applied and developmental research. Redefines "college" and "university", "cooperating forestry schools", and "teaching". Revises membership provisions and reporting requirements of the Joint Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences. Extends the tenure of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board for five years. Revises membership provisions. Changes the annual report date deadline. Revises certain staff and administrative provisions, including the creation of a new Assistant Secretary of Agriculture position to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1983-1987, and appropriate sums for subsequent fiscal years, for purposes of: (1) agricultural research; (2) grants to research institutions; (3) education in the food and agricultural services; (4) alcohol and industrial hydrocarbon research; (5) existing and certain new research programs; (6) State agricultural experimental stations; and (7) Department of Agriculture extension programs. Establishes within the Department an aquaculture research and extension program. Authorizes: (1) a matching grant program; and (2) assistance to States to create aquaculture development plans. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish several aquacultural research and development centers; (2) report annually to the President and the appropriate congressional committees; and (3) create an Aquaculture Advisory Board. Authorizes necessary appropriations not to exceed $7,500,0000 annually.

A joint resolution to proclaim March 20, 1981 as "National Agriculture Day".

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Requests the President to designate March 20, 1981, as "National Agriculture Day."