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United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Adjusts under the Agricultural Act of 1949 the target prices, loan levels and purchase levels for the 1975 crops of upland cotton, corn, and wheat.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 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.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 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.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements used in the distribution or sale of a trademarked soft drink product or a trademarked private label food product shall not be deemed unlawful per se and may be judged on any basis other than a per se basis.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1975
Extends for an additonal twelve months (through June 30, 1976) the eligibility of supplemental security income recipients qualified under the Social Security Act to participate in the food stamp program.
United States · United States Congress · 8 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.
United States · United States Congress · 8 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: (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.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1975
Provides for 30-day certification for participation in the Food Stamp Program if eligibility is shown on the face of the application, with supporting documentation to be presented during the following 30 days. Provides for a minimum certification period of three months. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish outreach guidelines to insure participation by all eligible persons. Creates a food stamp advisory board to be consulted prior to regulation changes.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1975
Authorizes elderly and disabled individuals to use food coupons to purchase prepared meals from a political subdivision or nonprofit private organization which is recognized as a tax-exempt organization by the Internal Revenue Service.
United States · United States Congress · 7 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.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to accept and administer on behalf of the United States gifts or devises of real and personal property for the benefit of the National Arboretum. States that, for purposes of the Federal income, estate, and gift tax laws, property accepted under the authority of this Act shall be considered as a gift, bequest, or devise to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Provides that the eligibility of recipients of supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act to receive food stamps and federally donated agricultural commodities shall be determined by regulations in effect on May 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Rice Act - Title I: Rice - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, to establish for each of the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice a national acreage allotment which shall be the number of acres which will produce an amount of rice equal to the estimated domestic comsumption and exports (less imports) of rice for the marketing year beginning in the year in which the crop is to be produced, adjusted to maintain agequate supplies or to prevent excessive carryover stocks. Requires that the national acreage allotment shall not be less than two million acres. Directs the Secretary to allocate the national acreage allotment on the basis of the rice allotments established for the preceding crops, as equitably adjusted. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing the rice allotment. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or 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 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 State, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him if in the same State. 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 1976 and 1977 crops of rice, a cooperator shall be a producer on a farm on which a farm acreage allotment has been has been established or to which a producer on a farm on which a farm acreage allotment allocated, who has set aside the acreage required under such Act and who complies with the conditions of eligibility prescribed by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Redefines the purposes of the Food for Peace Program established by the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act to require that agricultural assistance under such program, if used to promote the foreign policy of the United States, not interfere with the humanitarian purposes of the program. Prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation from financing the sale and export of agricultural commodities for any exporter or to any country if the sale and export of such commodities would, in any way, be inimical to the interests of the United States. Requires the President to take precautions to avoid disrupting the agricultural production of countries receiving assistance under such Act. Requires the President to assure that free and open competition is maintained in contracting for goods and services under such Act. Increases from 5 percent to 10 percent the amount of the purchase price of agricultural commodities sold under such Act which must be payable in dollars. Directs the President to obtain commitments from countries purchasing commodities that appropriate steps will be taken to assure that the neediest individuals in such countries will have reasonable access to all or part of the agricultural commodities made available to such countries under such Act. Repeals the authority of the President to utilize foreign currencies acquired through the sale of commodities under such Act to procure equipment and services for the common defense including internal security. Repeals the present requirement that countries be engaged in self-help measures designed to increase agricultural production before they can receive assistance under the Food for Peace Program. States that the criteria for designating a country for an agricultural assistance program under such Act shall be determined solely on the basis of specified factors, including: (1) the humanitarian need for external resources to improve the marketing, distribution, and storage system of such country and the need to increase the access of the neediest individuals of such country to available food supplies and to increase the productivity of the small farmer of such country; and (2) the overall level of the economic development of each country. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, not later than March 31, 1976, to announce an annual volume of food commodities to be made available for humanitarian food assistance under such Act for each of the five fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the announcement is made. Stipulates that the volume for each such fiscal year shall be not less than 60 percent of the average annual volume of food assistance made available under such Act for the previous five years. Prohibits a commodity from being made available under the Food for Peace Program if such disposition would reduce the domestic supply of such commodity below that needed to meet domestic requirements, adequate carryover, and anticipated exports for dollars as determined by tthe Secretary of Agriculture at the time of exportation of such commodity, except that if the President determines that any part of the exportable supply should be used to carry out the humanitarian objectives of such program, he may allocate any such portion of such supply for distribution. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit annual reports to the Congress on estimated grain shortages around the world and a projection of the value and type of commodities to be provided under the Food for Peace Program in order to meet such shortages. Establishes a Food Assistance Advisory Group. Adds a new title to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act. Establishes under this title a Foreign Emergency and Disaster Relief Reserve to be composed of at least one million metric tons of cereals equivalent. Directs that dispersal of stocks from such reserve shall be made only when the Secretary of Agriculture determines that a catastrophe reduces the availability of food supplies in a country to a level insufficient to meet the minimal requirements necessary to avoid widespread starvation and human suffering.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to assess a single, uniform license fee for all commodity brokers or to assess a graduated fee per applicant based upon the amount and type of business conducted by the firm. Deletes the current restriction that the fee not exceed $100.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Increases from $250,000 to $1,000,000 the Farmers Home Administration loan limitations for loans made under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act for resource conservation and development projects conducted with the assistance of the Soil Conservation Service.
United States · United States Congress · 6 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 separate fund for the use of the Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Redefines the purposes of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Food for Peace Program) to emphasize that the purpose of such Act is to provide food for the needy rather than to develop U.S. agricultural exports. Excludes nonfood commodities from shipment under such Act. Directs the President to take reasonable precautions to safeguard usual marketings of countries receiving assistance under such Act. Repeals the prohibition in such Act against aid to countries that trade with North Vietnam or Cuba. Removes the restriction in such Act on sales to the United Arab Republic. States that no agricultural commodities may be made available to any foreign country under such Act which is not, at the time, a country designated by the United Nations as "most seriously affected" by economic crisis unless, at the time such commodities are made available, food needs of all countries designated as "most seriously affected" have been adequately met.
United States · United States Congress · 6 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 sciences related thereto. Authorizes to be appropriated for allocation to eligible institutions for purposes of making such grants such sums as the Congress deems advisable. Sets forth procedures for allocating funds among eligible institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Extends to specified officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture assigned to perform investigative, inspection, or law enforcement functions, the protection afforded officers or employees of the United States by imposing criminal penalties on any person killing such an officer or employee. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1114)
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 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.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 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.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 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.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1975
Requires that food stamps be allotted in an amount equal to 90 percent of the cost of the low cost diet plan as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. Provides that housing representing payment of income in kind shall be counted as income of up to $25 per month. Makes any household having an individual 18 years of age or older and claimed as a dependent by an individual outside of the household ineligible to receive food stamps. Authorizes elderly and disabled individuals to use food stamps to purchase meals prepared and delivered by a political subdivision or private nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code. Revises procedures for certification and informing potential recipients. Provides for the creation of a Food Stamp Advisory Board to be consulted prior to regulation changes.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1975
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements used in the distribution or sale of a trademarked soft drink product or a trademarked private label food product shall not be deemed unlawful per se and may be judged on any basis other than a per se basis.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to permit any person, association, partnership, or corporation to use and occupy areas within the forest reserves which are needed to provide commercial recreational facilities and services for the use and enjoyment of the general public. Provides that the Secretary shall determine the area of land to be covered by a permit within guidelines provided by this Act. States that the permittee shall be deemed to be to the owner of any structure, fixture, or improvement which is not owned by the United States and which is covered by a permit. Requires that each permission shall keep such records as the Secretary may prescribe in the permit to enable the Secretary to determine that all the terms of the permit have been and are being faithfully performed. Provides that this Act shall be construed as supplemental to, and not in derogation of any other Act authorizing special use permits. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, all types of utility services to concessioners, contractors, permittees or other users of such services, within the National Forest System.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture either independently or in cooperation with States or farmers organizations to carry out operations to detect and eradicate plant pests. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Governments of Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, or the local authorities thereof, in carrying out necessary surveys and control operations in those countries in connection with the eradication, suppression, control and prevention or retardation of the spread of plant pests. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as the Congress may annually determine to be necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that unless otherwise specifically authorized, or provided for in appropriations, no part of such sums shall be used to pay the cost or value of property injured or destroyed. Repeals the provisions of law which limits the Secretary's pest control authority to the Mexican pink bollworm. (Repeals 7 U.S.C. 145)
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
Levies a variable import duty fee, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act upon all milk of dairy cattle, or products of such milk, which may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption. Requires a monthly adjustment in the variable import duty fee.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
Agricultural College Extension, Research, and Cooperation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Smith-Lever Act, to provide financial assistance to agricultural colleges to enable them to: (1) strengthen their capabilities in teaching, research, and extension work relating to food production, processing, distribution, and consumption; (2) develop a proposal for an agreement with any similar university in any country, to carry out one or more specified programs; and (3) enter into and carry out cooperative agreements with similar universities in any nation for the conduct of one or more specified programs designed to aid in the development of such universities. Specifies procedures by which such financial assistance program shall be administered. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, but not to exceed $150,000,000 in a fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Directs the President to appoint a Commission on Fertilizer Availability: (1) to review and recommend specific conservation steps and other measures which could be taken to increase the short-term availability of fertilizer for food production; and (2) to encourage increased production of fertilizer to meet the medium- and long-term fertilizer needs such as investment incentives and machinery to increase production capacity. Limits the amounts of chemical fertilizer used by any Department or agency of the Federal Government for one year following the enactment of this Act for ornamental or decorative growing purposes. Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to growing aimed at preventing soil erosion.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Increases from $2,000 to $10,000 the authorization of the Secretary of Agriculture to sell without advertisement, in his discretion, at a fair, appraisement, timber and cordwood and other forest products.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a tobacco acreage allotment is established to lease all or any part of such allotment or quota to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same county for use in such county.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 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.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Revises the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to provide that the Corporation shall be the seller marketing agent for all export sales of wheat, corn, grain, soybeans, sorgham, barley, oats and rye in raw form. Allows exporters to enter into sales for export of such commodities at prices and terms approved by the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to acquire commodities on the domestic market at prices established by the Agricultural Act of 1948. Provides that the Corporation may act upon the request of a producer or any other person as the exclusive marketing agent for the export sale of any agricultural commodity covered by this Act. Requires that records of all items and conditions of each export sale shall be made available for public inspection. States that the provisions of this Act shall take effect September 1, 1975. Specifies that any contract of sale for export entered into prior to September 1, 1975, shall not be affected by these provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Revises under the Housing Act the period of time to 60 days when the Secretary of the Treasury adjusts the interest rate to a level below which the Secretary of Agriculture may not charge on loans made under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance to land- grant-type universities to enable such universities to assist and cooperate in developing and improving land-grant-type universitites in agriculturally developing nations. Lists programs designed to effectuate this assistance including: (1) cooperation in developing capacity in the university in the cooperating nation for classroom teaching, and (2) cooperation in agricultural research to promote efficiency in the production of food. Establishes an International Land-Grant University Advisory Board to assist in the administration of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that such sums shall not exceed $150,000,000 in a fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, that the national acreage allotment of rice for the 1976 and subsequent crops of rice shall be 2,000,000 acres, unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the difference between the total supply of rice for the marketing year beginning in the calendar year preceding such crop year and the normal supply of rice for such marketing year is greater than 20 percent of such normal supply. Specifies that if the Secretary makes such determination, the national acreage allotment of rice for the crop year shall be established at a level adjusting the supply of rice so that a quantity of marketable rice will be on hand in the United States at the end of the marketing year beginning August 1 of the calendar year in which the rice for which the acreage allotment is being determined is to be produced (not including rice produced in the calendar year in which such marketing year ends) which is less than 20 percent of the estimated amount of rice which will be utilized in exports and domestic consumption during such marketing year. Stipulates that the national acreage allotment for rice for any crop of rice may not be less than 1, 652,596 acres. Permits the selling or leasing of farm acreage allotments to other persons in the same state. Provides that whenever marketing quotas are in effect with respect to any crop of rice, the producer shall be subject to a penalty on the farm marketing excess at a rate per pound which is equal to the cost of production per pound of rice for the crop with regard to which the penalty is imposed. Directs the Secretary to make available nonrecourse loans and purchases for the 1976 and subsequent crops of rice. Stipulates that such loans and purchases shall be available only to persons producting rice on allocated acres. Specifies the formula by which the amounts of such loans and purchases shall be determined.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Expresses the sense of the House that the prevention of widespread famine requires immediate and substantial public investments in agricultural research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production which would: (1) insure a ready supply of food at reasonable consumer food costs; (2) aid in the maintenance of a favorable United States trade balance; and (3) reduce the risk of food shortages in years of adverse weather.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance to land- grant-type universities to enable such universities to assist and cooperate in developing and improving land-grant-type universitites in agriculturally developing nations. Lists programs designed to effectuate this assistance including: (1) cooperation in developing capacity in the university in the cooperating nation for classroom teaching, and (2) cooperation in agricultural research to promote efficiency in the production of food. Establishes an International Land-Grant University Advisory Board to assist in the administration of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that such sums shall not exceed $150,000,000 in a fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Provides that nothing contained in the Federal Trade Commission 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 (including manufacture by a sublicensee, agent, or subcontractor), 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. Sets forth the factors to be considered in determining the legality of such trademark licensing agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, because of natural disaster to a farm or portion thereof, to transfer land allocated to peanut acreage to another farm in the county when each crop cannot be timely planted or replanted in such year.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1975
Authorizes R. Edward Bellamy, doctor of philosophy, a retired officer of the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Services, to accept employment by the Canadian Department of Agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 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.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture either independently or in cooperation with States or farmers organizations to carry out operations to detect and eradicate plant pests. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Governments of Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, or the local authorities thereof, in carrying out necessary surveys and control operations in those countries in connection with the eradication, suppression, control and prevention or retardation of the spread of plant pests. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as the Congress may annually determine to be necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that unless otherwise specifically authorized, or provided for in appropriations, no part of such sums shall be used to pay the cost or value of property injured or destroyed. Repeals the provisions of present law which limits the Secretary's pest control authority to the Mexican pink bollworm. (Repeals 7 U.S.C. 145)
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 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 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 where incurred, the bankrupt was a packer, market agency, or dealer subject to such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Prohibits the inspection of any Federal income tax return by the Department of Agriculture. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish to the Department of Agriculture, for use only for statistical purposes, the following data: (1) names and addresses of taxpayers having farming operations; (2) the range of each such taxpayer's gross income from farming operations; and (3) each such taxpayer's type or category of farming operation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Makes it unlawful under the Agricultural Fair Practices Act to refuse to bargain in good faith with an association of producers producing under a contract which has been certified by the Secretary of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary to issue a certificate to any association of producers, provided they desire to bargain, and they meet specified criteria. Grants to the district courts of the United States jurisdiction of proceedings instituted by an aggrieved person when any handler has engaged, or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any handler is about to engage, in any act or practice prohibited by such Act. Empowers the Secretary of Agriculture to prevent any handler from engaging in any trade practice prohibited by such Act. Permits the Secretary whenever he believes such violation has occured to serve upon such handler a complaint. Requires the Secretary after proper notice and hearing to issue a finding of fact, and to issue a cease and desist order, or to dismiss the complaint. Empowers the Secretary to petition any court of appeals of the United States for an enforcement order. Stipulates the findings of the Secretary if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole shall be conclusive. Permits any handler aggrieved to obtain review of a final order of the Secretary in any United States court of appeals. Authorizes the Secretary to petition a United States district court for appropriate temporary relief or restraining order whenever any person is engaging in a prohibited practice under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make such rules and regulations and hold such hearings as he may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act. Imposes fines of not less than $500 or more than $1,000 upon conviction on any handler who violates a cease and desist order. Imposes a fine of not more than $1,000 and $100 per each day of violation on any person who violates an order issued pursuant to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1975
Authorizes to be appropriated, under the Rural Development Act of 1972, a sum not to exceed $20,000,000 for each fiscal year after 1976 for purposes of rural development and small farm extension programs and research. Authorizes $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976 transitional period, July a to September 30.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1975
Rice Production Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to remove restraints on the production of rice. Title I: Rice - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish for each of the 1976 through 1980 crops of rice a national acreage allotment in the amount of $1,600,00 acres. Directs the Secretary to allocate the national acreage allotment on the basis of the rice allotments established for the preceding crops, as equitably adjusted. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing the rice allotment. 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, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him. Title II: Miscellaneous - Provides, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, that for the 1976 through 1980 crops of rice, a cooperator shall be a producer on a farm on which a farm acreage allotment has been established or to which a producer acreage allotment has been allocated, who has set aside the acreage required under such Act and who complies with the conditions of eligibility prescribed by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1975
Summer Food Corps Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and carry out a summer farm job program for eligible youth. Defines "eligible youth" to mean anyone who: (1) is a citizen of the United States and who has attained age 16 but not attained age 21 at the time of selection for the program authorized by this Act; and (2) resides in an urban community. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out the program, to establish procedures to: (1) identify, recruit, and select eligible youth; (2) identify, screen, and qualify reputable farm and ranch operators to serve as employers of such youth; (3) assure that such youth are paid a minimum of $30 per week; (4) provide appropriate training; and (5) provide for the transportation of such youth to and from their place of employment. Authorizes $20,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 1975 to carry out this Act.