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Bill· HRH.R. 6189 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 6181 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975
Increases to $7,500 the amount of outside earnings which (subject to further increases under the automatic adjustment provisions) is permitted each year without any deductions from benefits under the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program of the Social Security Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6188 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 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.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 408 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975
Provides that not less than 50 percent of the food commodities budgeted for Cambodia shall be made available in Cambodia for humanitarian purposes. Directs that such food be administered by voluntary agencies already established in Cambodia.
Bill· HRH.R. 6160 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1975
Authorizes the making of loans under the Small Business Act to establishments primarily engaged in production of cow's milk to assist them in meeting the requirements established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Bill· SS. 1463 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture through the Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase cows, claves, hogs, sheep, or other food animals and animal food products and processed and packaged meat from such animals. Directs that such products shall be contributed to domestic food programs for relief of starvation and serious malnutrition. Specifies that such products shall be grown and produced in the United States. Directs that such food assistance shall be provided whenever requested by the Governor of a State or by a town, city, or governing body. States that the purpose of such assistance is to alleviate the effects of high unemployment or to otherwise improve the economic condition of any city or county within a State. Directs the Secretary to expend not less than $1,000,000,000 or more than $2,000,000,000 during fiscal year 1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6153 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Food Research and Development Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to fund new research for the purpose of assisting the development and utilization, in the United States and other countries, of (1) new low-cost foods of high nutritional value, and (2) improved, low-cost methods of food and animal feed production, fertilizer production, and irrigation which make maximum efficient use of energy, land, water, and protein resources and promote the preservation of environmental quality. Establishes a Food Research Advisory Committee within the Department of Agriculture. Sets forth the membership of the Committee. Directs the Committee, in accordance with this Act, to (1) determine specialized research areas; (2) accept evaluations for research grants from review boards appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (3) make recommendations to the Secretary. Establishes within the Committee a review board for each specialized research area with regard to which the Committee makes recommendations for the purpose of awarding grants under this Act. Requires each review board to recommend to the Committee applications on the basis of the scientific merit, feasibility, and significance of the research project proposed in the application and on the basis of the competency and facilities of the applicant to perform the project. Provides that grants shall be made to approved applicants for the purpose of financing research projects which are designed to develop new, low-cost foods of high nutritional value and to improve methods of food and fertilizer production through making maximum efficient use of energy, land, water, and protein resources while promoting environmental quality. Stipulates that not less than 10 percent of the sums available for grants shall be served for applicants from agriculturally underdeveloped nations. Establishes a Special Food Research and Development Fund, to make research grants under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act, and such sums as may be necessary thereafter. Specifies that at least 85 percent of such appropriations must be appropriated to the Special Food Research and Development Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 6149 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain a program by which the Department of Agriculture collects, prepares, makes available, and distributes information regarding the establishment and operation of farmers' markets and the potential of such markets for increasing the income of small farmers. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make available horticultural and marketing materials to small farmers; (2) obtain existing materials concerning farmers' markets, prepare new materials, and make available such materials to interested parties; and (3) conduct, or contract for, specified research. Defines "farmers' market" as any marketplace where at least 10 farmers congregate for the purpose of selling their agricultural commodities directly to consumers in a manner designed to lower the cost of food for the consumers while providing an increased income to the farmers. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6133 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Clarifies the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to require reasonable bonds from packers in connection with their livestock purchasing operations. Sets forth provisions governing appeals from adverse orders entered by the Secretary. Permits the Secretary to apply for a temporary restraining order or in junction in cases where persons subject to this Act fail to act in a financially responsible manner.
Bill· HRH.R. 6136 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 6131 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Declares the finding of Congress that the activities of brokers who engage in forward contracting for agricultural crops in connection with agricultural producers significantly affect the marketing of such crops and thereby affect interstate commerce and are of national public interest. Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to prescribe regulations with respect to brokers who engage in forward contracting. States provisions such regulations shall embody, including: (1) the registering of such brokers, with re-registration every two years; and (2) requiring such brokers, as a condition of their registration, to maintain books and records and to file reports in the form and manner designated by the Commission. Makes it unlawful for a broker to knowingly engage, after one year following the effective date of regulations promulgated by the Commission, in forward contracting without being registered. States that it also shall be unlawful to knowingly misrepresent or falsely represent to the Commission any information required to be submitted. Prescribes a penalty for violation of this Act of a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, with respect to each violation. Defines the terms used in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6101 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Authorizes emergency loans to farmers, ranchers, and oyster producers who are unable to obtain sufficent credit elsewhere, to cover losses arising from natural disasters. States that such loans may be made in amounts exceeding actual losses, but that the interest on such excess shall increase from five percent to the prevailing market rate. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to delegate such loan-making to the State directors of the Farmers' Home Administration. Allows such loans to be made on an annual basis for five additional years, at prevailing market rates.
Bill· HRH.R. 6134 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Transfers all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on foods that should be approved for participation in the food stamp program. Requires such transfer to be implemented in accordance with such procedures and regulations as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe.
Bill· HRH.R. 6118 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Reduces the appregate amount of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle, goat, and sheep meat which may be imported into the United States in any given year (beginning after December 31, 1974) to 750,000,000 pounds. Provides for the quarterly adjustment of such poundage limitation.
Bill· HRH.R. 6104 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Provides that nothing in the Federal Trade Commission Act or in any of the antitrust laws shall render unlawful per se the inclusion and enforcement in any contract, providing for the distribution or sale of a trademarked private label food product, of provisions granting a party to such contract the exclusive right to sell or distribute such product in a defined geographical area. States that nothing in this Act shall impair the Federal Trade Commission Act or any of the antitrust Acts from being applied to such provisions under the rule of reason. Defines "trade-marked private label food product."
Bill· HRH.R. 6084 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Provides that in addition to existing appropriations to the special fishery fund under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce, there are authorized to be appropriated to such fund 70 percent of the gross receipts from duties collected annually under the customs laws on fishery products. States that such funds shall be used for the following purposes: (1) 25 percent for consumer education programs designed to provide consumers with information on the handling, purchasing, and preparation of fish and shellfish products; (2) 25 percent to promote the free flow of domestically produced fishery products into normal trade channels; and (3) 50 percent to be placed in a special reserve for the direct purchasing of fish and shellfish products when it is determined that a market glut exists which deters the free flow of fishery products into normal trade channels. Sets forth provisions regulating such direct purchasing when the Secretary of Commerce determines that it is in the best interests of the fishing industry, the general economy, and consumers.
Bill· HRH.R. 6076 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Freestone Peach Research and Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders applicable to persons engaged in the handling of freestone peaches. Authorizes the Secretary to collect assessments on freestone peaches handled under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the use of such funds for research and education for freestone peaches in a manner prescribed in this Act. Directs the Secretary to issue a plan to effectuate the policy of this Act, after notice and opportunity for a hearing. Requires to be in any such plan promulgated by the Secretary: (1) the establishment by the Secretary of a National Freestone Peach Research and Education Board; (2) that the board shall be made up of producers; (3) that the board members shall serve without compensation; (4) that the board shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a budget on a fiscal period basis; (5) that the board shall develop and submit to the Secretary for his approval any research or education programs, or projects; (6) that the board shall be provided with authority to enter into contracts or agreements, for the carrying out of research or education programs; and (7) that the board shall maintain books and records, and submit to the Secretary such reports as are necessary for appropriate accounting. Makes it the responsibility of each handler designated by the board to collect assessments levied on freestone peaches to make such payments to the board. Permits any person aggrieved by any such plan issued by the Secretary to file a written petition with the Secretary stating his objections thereto. Grants to the district courts of the United States the jurisdiction to specifically enforce, and to restrain any person from violating any plan or regulation issued pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make such investigations as he deems necessary for the effectuation of his responsibilities under this Act, or to determine whether a handler or any other person has engaged or is engaging in any acts or practices which constitute a violation of any provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct a referendum among producers to determine whether the issuance of a plan is approved or favored by producers. Requires the Secretary, whenever he finds that a plan or any provision obstructs the declared policy of this Act, to terminate or suspend the operation of such plan or provision thereof. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6029 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Authorizes the Attorney General to litigate a claim that prices are unduly enhanced by reason of monopoly or attempt to monopolize by labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations. Authorizes a court of competent jurisdiction to grant injunctive or other appropriate relief.
Bill· HRH.R. 6036 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Prohibits changes in the grade designations in the standards for slaughter cattle or carcass beef which has the effect of allowing beef to be graded higher than it would be under the standards in effect at the time such change is promulgated.
Bill· HRH.R. 5982 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975
Small Business Meat Producer and Marketer Protection Act - Authorizes Government loans to small businesses if financial assistance is not available on reasonable terms from private sources. Makes it unlawful for meat packers or meat marketers to slaughter, to sell, or to purchase more than a specified number of livestock during a week if such livestock was owned by such meat packer or meat marketer, or by a large shareholder thereof. Specifies the penalties for violation of this Act. Provides that this Act shall be considered an antitrust law for purposes of the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5864 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 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.
Bill· SS. 1397 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Provides, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, that persons within the jurisdiction of such Act shall be subject to specified penalties for offering gifts to Federal meat inspectors. Eliminates the requirement that such gifts be offered with the intent to influence such inspectors.
Bill· SS. 1382 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to include in cooperative agreements between the Forest Service and public or private organizations or persons, arrangements for reimbursement of such cooperators for reimbursement of such cooperators by the Forest Service for work which the Secretary deems beneficial to the advancement of Forest Service programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 5795 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Provides that nothing contained in the Federal Trade Commission Act, or in the antitrust Acts, shall render unlawful 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, or sell such product in a defined geographic area. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply only if: (1) such product is in substantial and effective competition with products of the same general class distributed or sold by others; (2) the licensee is in substantial and effective competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended.
Bill· HRH.R. 5756 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 5759 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
States that the liability of a broker who sells any agricultural commodity on behalf of his principal when that commodity serves as security for any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under a program administered by the Farmers Home Administration shall be limited to the extent of any commission received by the broker as a result of the sale.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 384 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating April 17, 1975, as "National Food Day".
Bill· HRH.R. 5739 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
Prohibits changes in the grade designations in the standards for slaughter cattle or carcass beef which has the effect of allowing beef to be graded higher than it would be under the standards in effect at the time such change is promulgated.
Bill· HRH.R. 5704 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
Prohibits changes in the grade designations in the standards for slaughter cattle or carcass beef which has the effect of allowing beef to be graded higher than it would be under the standards in effect at the time such change is promulgated.
Bill· HRH.R. 5695 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 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 consumption 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 adequate 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 equitablly 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 the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same 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 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 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 5675 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
Authorizes the making of loans under the Small Business Act to establishments primarily engaged in production of cow's milk to assist them in meeting the requirements established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 376 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 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.
Bill· SS. 1331 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to make loans to grain growers for financing the construction or purchase of suitable storage for dry or high moisture forage, silage, or grain.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 122 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture take steps to distribute potato stocks to needy persons at home and abroad under the food assistance program.
Bill· HRH.R. 5634 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to include in cooperative agreements between the Forest Service and public or private agencies, organizations, institutions, and persons, arrangements for reimbursement of such cooperators by the Forest Service for the performance of work by them for the benefit of programs and activities of the Forest Service.
Bill· HRH.R. 5589 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to review as to its suitability for preservation as wilderness 37,000 acres commonly known as the Snow Mountain Area in the State of California. Requires the Secretary to report his findings to the President within two years after the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5565 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
National Aquaculture Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for a national program for aquaculture development in order to increase sources of marine protein for the consumer; to increase the availability and quality level of consumer fishery products; to develop new resources; to improve or maintain recreational fisheries; and to initiate new business, industry, and employment. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with interested Federal agencies and other public and private organizations and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to establish national objectives for aquaculture development. Requires the Secretary to act as the interagency coordinator for all Federal programs and activities in aquaculture. Sets forth activities regarding aquaculture development which the Secretary may, as he deems appropriate, carry out pursuant to this Act, including: (1) construction, operation, and maintenance of hatcheries or similar facilities and undertaking of natural habitat improvement activities; (2) assistance to public and private organizations and individuals interested or engaged in aquaculture through advisory and other services; (3) consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, and local governments, regional commissions, institutions of higher learning, and private industry; and (4) performance of basic and applied research to establish a sound information base for the development of aquaculture. Provides that the Secretary, in consultation with affected States, shall locate, construct, operate, and maintain such pilot aquaculture facilities as he deems appropriate in order to develop aquaculture technology relative to particular species of fish and shellfish. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such functions and duties authorized by this Act as he deems appropriate through grants to or contracts with the States, regional commissions, local governments, institutions of higher learning, private industry, and other public and private organizations. Authorizes an appropriation for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1975, equal to 30 percent of the gross receipts from duties collected under the customs laws on fishery products during the period January 1 to December 31, both inclusive, preceding the beginning of each such fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such other research as he deems appropriate in order to perform his functions and duties under this Act. Provides that the authority contained in this Act shall expire at the end of the fiscal year during which occurs the fifth anniversary of the date of enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 5553 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 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 such variable import duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 5571 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other nutritional substance or ingredient of any food for special dietary uses unless such articles is injurious to health in the recommended dosage.
Bill· HRH.R. 5506 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Authorizes emergency loans to farmers, ranchers, and oyster producers who are unable to obtain sufficent credit elsewhere, to cover losses arising from natural disasters. States that such loans may be made in amounts exceeding actual losses, but that the interest on such excess shall increase from five percent to the prevailing market rate. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to delegate such loan-making to the State directors of the Farmers' Home Administration. Allows such loans to be made on an annual basis for five additional years, at prevailing market rates.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 374 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Authorizes the President to designate the month of October 1975, and each succeeding October, as "National Fish and Seafood Month".
Bill· HRH.R. 5486 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1975
National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act Amendments - Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal years subsequent to that of 1975 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and carry out a program of assistance to the States to initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit breakfast programs in schools. States that as a national nutrition and health policy, it is the purpose and intent of the Congress that the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 be made available in all schools where it is needed to provide adequate nutrition for children in attendance. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with State educational agencies, to carry out a program of information to the schools in furtherance of this policy. Requires that within ninety days after the enactment of this legislation, the Secretary shall report to the committee of jurisdiction in the Congress his plans, and those of the cooperating State agencies, to bring about the needed expansion in the school breakfast program. Sets forth the schedule of income limitations for reduced price lunches. Provides for the disbursement of funds under this Act to nonprofit private schools. Provides for the inclusion of specified commodities, such as cereal and shortening, in the food donations to the school lunch program covered by this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and carry out a program to assist States through grants-in-aid and other means to initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit food service programs for needy children in institutions providing child care. Sets forth requirements for the apportionment of funds under this Act to the States. Authorizes the use of funds under the National School Lunch Act for nonfood assistance for the special food service program. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition. Provides for the membership of such Council. Makes it the function of the Council to make a continuing study of the operation of the special supplemental food program and any related Act under which diet supplementation is provided to women, infants, and children, with a view to determining how such programs may be improved. Directs the Council to submit to the President and the Congress annually a written report of the results of its study together with such recommendations for administrative and legislative changes as it deems appropriate.
Bill· HRH.R. 5444 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1975
Provides that the special food service program for children under the National School Lunch Act shall be continued through the summer until September 30, 1975. Specifies that reimbursement rates for meals served from May through September, 1975, in service institutions operating such summer food service programs shall be adjusted to reflect changes in the cost of operating such programs as indicated by the Consumer Price Index.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 364 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 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.
Bill· SS. 1309 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975
Provides, under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, that the sale of competitive food in food service facilities during the time of service of food under such Act or the National School Lunch Act may be prohibited even though proceeds from such sales will inure to the benefit of the schools. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make cash grants to the education department of each State for the purpose of providing funds to local school districts and private nonprofit school systems for the establishment of courses in nutrition education. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as the Congress considers necessary to carry out such purpose. Allows the Secretary to distribute funds directly to the school systems when the State education agency is unable to do so. Directs the Secretary to withhold not less than one percent of such funds in order to carry out research and development projects in nutritional information.
Bill· HRH.R. 5372 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975
Declares the finding of Congress that the activities of brokers who engage in forward contracting for agricultural crops in connection with agricultural producers significantly affect the marketing of such crops and thereby affect interstate commerce and are of national public interest. Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to prescribe regulations with respect to brokers who engage in forward contracting. States provisions such regulations shall embody, including: (1) the registering of such brokers, with re-registration every two years; and (2) requiring such brokers, as a condition of their registration, to maintain books and records and to file reports in the form and manner designated by the Commission. Makes it unlawful for a broker to knowingly engage, after one year following the effective date of regulations promulgated by the Commission, in forward contracting without being registered. States that it also shall be unlawful to knowingly misrepresent or falsely represent to the Commission any information required to be submitted. Prescribes a penalty for violation of this Act of a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, with respect to each violation. Defines the terms used in this Act.
Bill· SS. 1305 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Prohibits the disposition of food to foreign countries under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 in any fiscal year unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines and certifies that all domestic feeding programs, including those under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act, will be adequately provided with appropriate foods in such fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 5355 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act Amendments - Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal years subsequent to that of 1975 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and carry out a program of assistance to the States to initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit breakfast programs in schools. States that as a national nutrition and health policy, it is the purpose and intent of the Congress that the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 be made available in all schools where it is needed to provide adequate nutrition for children in attendance. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with State educational agencies, to carry out a program of information to the schools in furtherance of this policy. Requires that within ninety days after the enactment of this legislation, the Secretary shall report to the committee of jurisdiction in the Congress his plans, and those of the cooperating State agencies, to bring about the needed expansion in the school breakfast program. Sets forth the schedule of income limitations for reduced price lunches. Provides for the disbursement of funds under this Act to nonprofit private schools. Provides for the inclusion of specified commodities, such as cereal and shortening, in the food donations to the school lunch program covered by this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and carry out a program to assist States through grants-in-aid and other means to initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit food service programs for needy children in institutions providing child care. Sets forth requirements for the apportionment of funds under this Act to the States. Authorizes the use of funds under the National School Lunch Act for nonfood assistance for the special food service program. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition. Provides for the membership of such Council. Makes it the function of the Council to make a continuing study of the operation of the special supplemental food program and any related Act under which diet supplementation is provided to women, infants, and children, with a view to determining how such programs may be improved. Directs the Council to submit to the President and the Congress annually a written report of the results of its study together with such recommendations for administrative and legislative changes as it deems appropriate.
Bill· HRH.R. 5277 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act Amendments - Extends the authorization of appropriations for the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act for subsequent fiscal years after 1975. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a program of information, in cooperation with State educational agencies, to publicize the availability of the school breakfast program. Provides that State matching payments shall not be required for food assistance payments to State educational agencies under the National School Lunch Act. States that income quidelines for reduced price lunches may be set at up to 100 percent above the applicable family size income levels in the income poverty quidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Authorizes the Secretary to disburse funds available under the National School Lunch Act directly to nonprofit private schools which are prohibited from receiving such funds from State educational agencies. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 1976 to enable the Secretary to formulate and carry out a program to assist States through grants-in-aid and other means, to initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit food service programs for children in service institutions. Defines "service institutions" as meaning nonresidential public or private, nonprofit institutions that develop special summer programs providing food service similar to that available under the school lunch or breakfast programs. Authorizes appropriations of $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978 to carry out the program of cash grants to pregnant and lactating women and infants.
Bill· HRH.R. 5274 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide compensation for beef, swine, poultry, and egg producers and farmers, dairy farmers, and manufacturers of dairy products whose products could not be marketed because they contained residues of Polybrominated Biphenyl. Requires such producers to follow procedures specified by the United States Government with respect to such products.