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Bill· HRH.R. 1065 (99th)open

Wheat Export Incentive Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985

Wheat Export Incentive Act of 1985 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize loan and purchase price supports, target prices at $4.25 per bushel, program acreages, and payments for the 1986 through 1991 wheat crops. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture through the Commodity Credit Corporation to establish a wheat export certificate program to provide monetary incentives for the export of wheat from private stocks.

Bill· HRH.R. 1034 (99th)open

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee (75 percent of the principal) agricultural production loans made in 1985. Limits such aggregate guaranteed principal to $3,000,000,000. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary to make production loans through 1987 (at a reduced interest rate).

Bill· HRH.R. 1087 (99th)referred

Food Stamp Optional Block Grant Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985

Food Stamp Optional Block Grant Act of 1985 - Amends the Food Stamp Act to permit States to choose a nutritional assistance block grant option in place of the existing food stamp program. Sets forth program provisions, including direct grants to Indian tribes or tribal organizations.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 137 (99th)open

A joint resolution to proclaim March 20, 1985, as "National Agriculture Day".

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985

Proclaims March 20, 1985, as National Agriculture Day.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 67 (99th)referred

A resolution urging the President to provide emergency credit for the Nation's farmers.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should act to make additional agricultural credit available, through measures including additional loans, supplemental appropriations, reduced interest rates, and revised agricultural credit administrative procedures.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 65 (99th)referred

A resolution commending the Soil Conservation Service.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Expresses the Senate's commendation of the Soil Conservation Service on its 50th anniversary, and the Senate's commitment to vigorous soil and water conservation efforts. Expresses the Senate's commendation of the Soil Conservation Service on its 50th anniversary, and the Senate's commitment to vigorous soil and water conservation efforts.

Bill· HRH.R. 999 (99th)open

Fair Trade in Agriculture Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Fair Trade in Agriculture Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to spend a specified amount of Commodity Credit Corporation funds to subsidize the export sale of domestic agricultural commodities when necessary to reciprocate a foreign government's subsidies of exports of competing commodities.

Bill· HRH.R. 968 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize federally insured credit unions to redeem coupons issued under such Act.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize federally insured credit unions to redeem food stamp coupons.

Bill· HRH.R. 1000 (99th)open

Farm Debt Restructure and Conservation Set-Aside Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Farm Debt Restructure and Conservation Set-Aside Act of 1985 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, in exchange for partial cancellation of the debt involved, to acquire long-term (at least 50-year) easements for conservation, recreational, and wildlife purposes in wetlands, upland, and highly erodible land securing delinquent Farmers Home Administration loans. Sets forth a formula for calculating the borrower debt reduction.

Bill· HRH.R. 987 (99th)open

Credit Disaster Emergency Relief Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Credit Disaster Emergency Relief Act of 1985 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a credit-disaster emergency loan program for family farmers and ranchers to: (1) refinance restructure existing loans; (2) reorganize operations on a more economically sound basis; (3) provide financing where lending institutions have ceased operating; and (4) purchase essential equipment and supplies. Permits the Secretary to defer loan payments or foreclosure for up to five years.

Bill· HRH.R. 977 (99th)referred

Food Stamp Act Amendments of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Food Stamp Act Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit State agencies to use a retrospective accounting system for determining food stamp benefits. Permits State agencies to supplement allotments for households with a significant income loss.

Bill· HRH.R. 946 (99th)referred

Emergency Agricultural Credit Appropriations Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Emergency Agricultural Credit Appropriations Act - Appropriates additional funds to: (1) the Farmers Home Administration for farm loan foreclosure deferral and salaries and expenses of personnel to review farm loans for loan and foreclosure deferral purposes; and (2) the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture to determine damages caused by embargoes on the sale and delivery of U.S. agricultural commodities.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 51 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution urging the President to implement a Modified Debt Recovery Program.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Declares that the President direct the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a modified debt recovery program to make structural changes in the agricultural loan programs designed to benefit family farmers.

Bill· SS. 388 (99th)referred

Homestead Protection Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1985

Homestead Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an agricultural debt adjustment program which: (1) permits lenders to secure Federal guarantees (up to 90 percent) on loans in exchange for reduced interest rates on such loans; (2) permits farmers on a "break-even" basis to participate; (3) reduces the guarantee percentage over the loan's life; (4) provides for expedited loan processing; and (5) shall not consider such loans as "problem" loans.

Bill· SS. 382 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act relating to the standard of eligibility for water and waste facility grants.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1985

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act regarding water and waste facility grant eligibility standards to establish the nonmetropolitan median household income threshold at no lower than the national poverty level (as established by the Office of Management and Budget). Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive such requirement to avoid a serious groundwater contamination.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 41 (99th)referred

A joint resolution to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from using his discretionary authority to reduce the support price of milk on July 1, 1985.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1985

Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from using his discretionary authority to reduce the support price of milk on July 1, 1985.

Bill· SS. 360 (99th)open

A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, approximately 160 acres of land within the Nebraska National Forest to be used for the purposes of expanding the Chadron State Park, Nebraska.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission all Federal rights to specified lands within the Nebraska National Forest in Dawes County, Nebraska. Reserves to the United States any U.S.-owned subsurface rights in such lands and a right of reversion should the land not be used as part of Chadron State Park, Nebraska.

Bill· SS. 371 (99th)referred

Emergency Farm Credit Assistance Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985

Emergency Farm Credit Assistance Act of 1985 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to include "circumstances beyond the borrower's control" (such as income reduction due to death, unemployment, or disaster, or unplanned farm and home operating expenses) as a basis for loan or mortgage foreclosure deferral. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release to borrowers from normal income security (as defined by this Act) amounts sufficient to assure living and farm operating expenses.

Bill· SS. 355 (99th)referred

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act of 1985 - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to permit a county committee, by majority vote, to petition the Secretary of Agriculture to change the number of local areas in a county. Directs the Secretary to make such change, except that the number of such areas (from which agricultural stabilization and conservation committees are elected) shall not be fewer than existed as of of December 31, 1980. Requires with regard to such committees that: (1) all members, as of January 1, 1986, be elected to three-year terms; and (2) they meet at least four times a year. Sets forth committee duties and makes them effective as of January 1, 1986. Provides that if there is an increase in a county's local areas and local committees as a result of this Act, any member of a local committee elected before January 1, 1986, shall reserve the unexpired portion of his or her term of the committee for the area in which he or she resides. Expands the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to use local and county committees. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to require the Secretary to pay: (1) travel expenses for members of State, county, and local committees; and (2) hourly compensation for work actually performed by county members (at GS-11 rate) and by local members (at GS-9 rate).

Bill· HRH.R. 891 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude from household income the actual and reasonable expenses incurred by household members for books and transportation incidental to attending school.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985

Amends the Food Stamp Act to allow a deduction from household income for expenses incurred by household members for books and transportation incidental to attending school.

Bill· HRH.R. 874 (99th)referred

A bill to amend subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to add a family farm requirement to the emergency disaster loan program.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to restrict the disaster emergency loan program to family farms.

Bill· HRH.R. 824 (99th)referred

Alcoholic Beverage Advertising Study Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985

Alcoholic Beverage Advertising Study Act - Directs the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the Department of the Treasury to study the extent to which the advertising and promotion of alcoholic beverages encourages alcohol consumption and the extent to which other forms of public information can neutralize or reduce such adverse effects. Directs the Bureau to report to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act on such study as well as on findings by other Federal agencies on the effects of alcohol consumption on health.

Bill· HRH.R. 791 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act to extend for three years the period during which the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not prohibit or restrict the sale or distribution of saccharin or products containing saccharin.

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985

Amends the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act to extend until May 1, 1988, the period during which the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not take certain actions to restrict the continued use of saccharin or of any food, drug, or cosmetic containing saccharin.

Bill· HRH.R. 774 (99th)referred

A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot project involving the redemption of food stamp coupons through uninsured financial institutions.

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot project under which five financial institutions not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation are permitted to redeem food stamp coupons. Requires a report on the results to specified congressional committees.

Bill· SS. 309 (99th)open

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1985

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Reform Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to expand the definition of "active ingredient" to include any ingredient of a pesticide which will endanger human beings. Revises Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) information requirements for pesticide registration. Provides that waivers and variation in data requirements may be granted only if the advisability of the waiver or variation is clearly established. Requires the Administrator of EPA to make the data submitted in support of registration applications and petitions to establish tolerances publicly available. Specifies the procedures and provisions governing the joint development and sharing of defensive data as required by the Administrator to fill a data gap. Extends the application comment period from 30 to 90 days. Requires the Administrator, when registering a pesticide, to make a written determination of active and inert ingredients. Requires the Administrator to consider potential chronic health effects in determining whether a pesticide will endanger human beings. Eliminates the Administrator's authority to waive efficiency data requirements. Requires the Administrator to publish in the Federal Register a summary of the factual basis supporting registration actions. Requires, rather than allows, the Administrator to deny registrations when certain requirements are not met. Prohibits the Administrator from granting a conditional registration for a previously canceled or suspended pesticide. Requires the Administrator to make the data submitted in support of a conditional registration publicly available. Repeals provisions specifying the conditions which must be met before initiating an interim administrative review. Directs the Administrator, in all decisions pertaining to classification, to consider the potential contamination of groundwater in determining whether a pesticide should be classified for restricted use. Provides that registration of a pesticide constitutes prima facie evidence that such pesticide is in compliance only if the active ingredient has been registered after enactment of this Act or re-registered since October 21, 1972, and provided that a cancellation proceeding is not in progress and that no required studies are outstanding. Requires the Administrator to publish in the Federal Register a list of pesticide active ingredients not re-registered since September 31, 1978, in order of their priority for re-registration, and a list of active ingredients and data gaps. Requires the Administrator to issue a notice of intent to suspend a pesticide's registration if there are outstanding data gaps on the pesticide and the Administrator has failed to include the ingredient on the re-registration priority list. Provides that a registrant must conduct studies to fill data gaps and report the results of the studies to the Administrator within three years of the publication of the list and data gaps. Requires the Administrator to issue regulations specifying what tests shall be undertaken on inert ingredients. Allows information on inert ingredients to be disclosed under specified circumstances. Revises requirements for restricted use certification. Eliminates provisions that prohibit a State from requiring a written examination as part of the certification process. Prohibits the Administrator from granting an experimental use permit if the use has previously been canceled, suspended, or voluntarily withdrawn for health or environmental reasons. Requires the Administrator to revoke an experimental use permit if such permit will not yield certain registration data. Authorizes the Administrator to immediately issue a notice of intent to cancel a pesticide's registrations, or revoke tolerances, if it appears that false, misleading, or inaccurate supporting information has been submitted. Requires, rather than allows, the Administrator to issue a notice of intent to hold a hearing or cancel a pesticide's registration if it may reasonably be expected to endanger human beings (including children permitted to work in areas treated with pesticides). Restricts the scope of a hearing held to consider data not available to the Administrator either when the hearing for registration of a previously canceled use of a pesticide was terminated or upon issuance of a cancellation decision. Provides that when a use or uses of a pesticide have been canceled, suspended, or voluntarily withdrawn because of health or environmental concerns, such use or uses shall not be eligible for registration unless there are no alternatives to control new or expanding pest infestation. Authorizes the Administrator to issue commercial applicators' recordkeeping regulations. Repeals certain EPA indemnification provisions. Establishes a private right of action against any person (including the United States or any other governmental instrumentality or agency), or against the Administrator for violations under this Act. Specifies time limits and conditions for such an action. Revises the foreign government notification requirement to include cases where a pesticide's registration has been voluntarily withdrawn. Authorizes the Administrator to grant a public health danger exemption to a State or Federal agency when no other pesticide alternatives are available. Provides that such an exemption may not be issued for more than one year or renewed more than twice. Revises requirements regarding the comprehensive national plan for monitoring pesticides. Provides that the plan shall be proposed by rule not later than June 1, 1984, and be effective not later than October 1, 1984. Transfers responsibility for regulating occupational exposure to pesticides to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Authorizes States to impose or continue in effect requirements for pesticide labelling or packaging in order to enforce a prohibition on the use of a federally registered pesticide or device in the State. Eliminates the Administrator's discretion to disapprove a special local need registration that is inconsistent with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Allows a rebuttable presumption that a special local need for a pesticide does not exist if five or more States seek the same pesticide for the same local need. Revises provisions pertaining to the appointment of members of the Scientific Advisory Panel. Directs the Administrator to appoint members from specified scientific disciplines. Requires the Administrator to promulgate safe use regulations within one year. Allows States to impose enforcement provisions and regulations more stringent than required by Federal law. Allows States two years to adopt an enforcement program responsive to the new requirements and regulations established pursuant to the National Pesticide Hazard Prevention Act. Directs the Administrator to collect registration fees. Provides certain protections for employees who have commenced actions, testified, or otherwise participated in an enforcement action or complaint. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and enforce standards for indoor human exposure to pesticides. Makes certain technical and conforming amendments.

Bill· SS. 265 (99th)open

A bill to amend section 412 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, relating to requirements for infant formulas.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise infant formula manufacturer distribution recordkeeping requirements. Revises regulatory authority to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe quality control regulations (under current law such prescription is discretionary); and (2) require regular independent audits and predistribution testing of each batch of formula. Requires the application notifying the Secretary of changes in formulation or processing to be made before distribution (rather than before processing as provided under current law) and to include full testing reports and records. Requires a manufacturer to notify the Secretary of nutritional inadequacy, adulteration, or misbranding of formula whether or not such discrepancies present a risk to human health and to immediately start a recall.

Bill· SS. 296 (99th)open

Special Cropland Conservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Special Cropland Conservation Act - Authorizes a special soil and water conservation program (payments to be made to participants in cash or in kind) on erosion-prone land. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish implementing regulations in the Federal Register within 60 days.

Bill· SS. 288 (99th)open

Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to delete "sources of radiation" from the definition of "food additive". Defines "food irradiation treatment" as a food process. Applies specified food additive regulatory provisions to food irradiation treatments. Declares it to be the express intent of the Congress to require national uniformity in the regulation of food irradiation treatment. Prohibits States or their political subdivisions from establishing food irradiation requirements different from, or in addition to, Federal requirements. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to state that the Department of Energy may lease at fair market rates nuclear byproduct material for commercial food irradiation purposes. Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation Treatment. Includes within such Commission's functions: (1) research and information exchange coordination; (2) encouragement of private enterprise in the development of food irradiation treatment; and (3) an annual report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 280 (99th)open

Food Stamp Redemption Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Food Stamp Redemption Act - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to prohibit financial institutions from charging retail food stores service charges for the redemption of food stamp coupons.

Bill· SS. 278 (99th)referred

Milk Diversion Program Extension Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Milk Diversion Program Extension Act of 1985 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend the 50-cent milk price support reduction through the end of FY 1985. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to offer milk diversion program participants a six-month extension through the end of FY 1985.

Bill· SS. 264 (99th)referred

Dietary Information Labeling Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Dietary Information Labeling Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food labels to show: (1) sodium and potassium content; and (2) fat or oil sources. Exempts specified small manufacturers from such salt labeling requirements and provides for "display notice" in cases of unreasonable burden. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to propose implementing regulations within 240 days.

Bill· HRH.R. 696 (99th)open

Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Bill· HRH.R. 685 (99th)referred

Dairy Farmers' Self Help Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Dairy Farmers' Self Help Act of 1985 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to reduce the milk price support rates, as of April 1 and July 1, 1985. Extends the milk production reduction program through March 31, 1986.

Bill· SS. 250 (99th)reported

Agricultural Price Support Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985

Agricultural Price Support Act of 1985 - Title I: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set loan and purchase rates at $3.30 per bushel for the 1986 through 1990 wheat crops. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to reduce such levels, but not by more than ten percent nor below $3.00 per bushel. Limits total loan and purchase amounts available to any one producer. Sets target prices at between $4.48 and $4.18 per bushel depending on the number of bushels. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust such prices. Directs the Secretary to: (1) increase target prices if he adjusts loan and purchase rates in order to provide the same total return; (2) make reduced yield or prevented planting disaster payments as necessary; (3) proclaim a national program acreage by July 1 of each year (for 1986 as soon as practicable after passage of this Act); and (4) determine a program allocation factor (between 100 percent and 80 percent) for each wheat crop. Makes producers who have Federal crop insurance available to them ineligible for disaster payments. Stipulates that the Secretary may make such payments to alleviate an economic emergency or when crop insurance indemnity payments are insufficient. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for either an acreage limitation or a set-aside program. Provides that such land shall be used for conservation purposes, including grazing and growing specified commodities. Authorizes the Secretary to make land diversion payments whether or not an acreage limitation or set-aside program is in effect, in order to adjust the total national acreage. Makes specified certificate requirements and section 107 (wheat price support levels) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 inapplicable to the 1986 through 1990 wheat crops. Suspends specified quota, marketing quota, and producer certificate provisions for such crops. Title II: Feed Grains - Sets loan and purchase rates at $2.55 per bushel for the 1986 through 1990 corn crops. Authorizes the Secretary to reduce such levels, but not by more than ten percent nor below $2.00 per bushel. Directs the Secretary to make loans and purchases for the 1986 through 1990 crops of grain sorghum, barley, oats, and rye in relation to corn. Sets forth target prices based on bushels: (1) for corn at between $3.13 and $2.83 per bushel; (2) for barley at between $2.70 and $2.40 per bushel; and (3) for oats at between $1.70 and $1.40 per bushel. Sets forth provisions parallel to those in title I (wheat) of this Act regarding: (1) individual loan and purchase limits; (2) target price adjustments; (3) disaster payments; (4) national program acreage (November 15 proclamation date); (5) program allocation factor; (6) acreage limitation or set-aside programs; and (7) land diversion payments. Makes section 105 (feed grains) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 inapplicable to the 1986 through 1990 feed grain crops. Title III: Soil Conservation - Makes persons producing agricultural commodities on highly erodible land ineligible for price supports, crop insurance, storage facility construction loans, disaster payments, or other specified agricultural loans. Provides exceptions for: (1) crops produced using approved conservation methods; and (2) certain previously cultivated land. Directs the Secretary to: (1) use the agricultural stabilization and conservation committees to help administer this Act; (2) establish a land classification appeal procedure; and (3) complete specified soil capability class surveys. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts of at least five years to remove acreage from crop production and place such acreage in specified conservation uses, including protective vegetative cover. Directs the Secretary to pay the producer: (1) an annual payment; and (2) a part of the costs in establishing and maintaining such conservation uses. Sets forth contract modification and termination provisions, including judicial review. Provides civil penalties for grazing or harvesting crops from land under such contract. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Agricultural Export Promotion - Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of Agriculture should take specified actions to promote U.S. agricultural exports. Title V: Wool and Mohair - Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to extend wool and mohair price supports through 1990. Title VI: Payment Limitations for Wheat and Feed Grains - Sets forth payment limitations (including a separate disaster payment limitation) for the 1986 through 1990 wheat and feed grain crops.

Bill· HRH.R. 616 (99th)referred

Antibiotic Protection Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985

Antibiotic Protection Act of 1985 - Prohibits: (1) any antibiotic drug certified for human use from being added in sub-therapeutic doses to animal feed or to feed ingredients; and (2) antibiotic drugs or agents not certified for human use from being so used in animal feed unless such drugs have been demonstrated not to increase antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans or animals.

Bill· HRH.R. 610 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to restore the food service equipment assistance program repealed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985

Amends the National School Lunch Act to reserve a specified amount of school lunch program appropriations for food service equipment. Bases State apportionment of such equipment funds on food distribution factors and standards.

Bill· SS. 211 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend the milk diversion program and to remove the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to modify the price support rate for milk.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1985

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal existing authority for April 1985 and July 1985 milk price support reductions. Establishes a 12-month paid milk diversion program (April 1, 1985, through March 31, 1986) available to all dairy producers.

Bill· HRH.R. 542 (99th)open

A bill to amend section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to improve procedures for the selection of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service county and local committees.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1985

Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to revise procedures for the election of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service county and local committees by establishing administrative areas within each county with each such area to have an elected community committee. Provides for a county committee consisting of a representative from each community. Establishes the method of election and tenure of office for such committee members. States that farmers who participate in conservation programs in their area are eligible to run for committee office and to vote in such area for their committee members.

Bill· HRH.R. 543 (99th)open

Consecutive-Disaster Emergency Loan Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1985

Consecutive-Disaster Emergency Loan Act of 1985 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make and insure disaster loans to persons engaged in aquaculture whose operations have been affected for at least three consecutive years by a designated natural disaster. Authorizes the Secretary to make such assistance available to aquaculture operators who have suffered production losses in adjacent counties. Directs the Secretary to conduct such loan program in a manner that will foster the family farms. Authorizes: (1) loan consolidation and refinancing; and (2) loan and foreclosure deferral for up to five years.

Bill· HRH.R. 532 (99th)referred

National Agricultural Soil Protection Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1985

National Agricultural Soil Protection Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into long-term contracts with producers to convert highly erodible land from crop use to soil conservation use (including haying, grazing, and wild living resource conservation). Provides producers with: (1) cash or in kind payments of between 50 and 80 percent of conservation conversion costs, limited to an annual maximum per-acre amount equal to the county's average per-acre land value; and (2) five to ten percent bonuses for conservation conversions in specially designated areas. Permits advance and installment payments. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance; and (2) ensure that the amount of converted acreage in any county shall not cause adverse economic effects in such county. Makes any producer who breaches such a contract ineligible for other price support benefits for three years. Redesignates the existing position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs as the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs. Places the Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of International Cooperation and Development under the direct supervision of such Assistant Secretary. Redesignates the existing position of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment as the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Commodity Programs, Natural Resources, and Extension. Places the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, the Soil Conservation Service, the Forest Service, and the Extension Service under the direct supervision of such Under Secretary. Makes conforming amendments to the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 and other Federal laws.

Bill· HRH.R. 515 (99th)referred

A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to approve and distribute to food service operations instructions for removing food which has become lodged in a person's throat.

United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1985

Directs the Secretary of Commerce, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to approve and distribute to food service operations instructions for removing food (especially the Heimlich Maneuver) which has become lodged in a person's throat.

Bill· SS. 192 (99th)open