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Bill· SS. 100 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Agricultural Free and Fair Trade Act of 1983 - Title I: - Demand Maintenance - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to determine the existence of an excess carryover condition for any commodity. Defines an excess carryover condition as existing when the estimated total supply of a commodity exceeds by a specified percentage the amount of such commodity which will be utilized domestically and for export within a marketing year. Provides that an excess carryover condition exists only where the Secretary has determined that all or part of such condition has resulted from actions of a foreign country. Directs the Secretary to implement a program to offset the effect of actions taken by foreign countries which adversely affect domestic agricultural exports or which cause or make worse an excess carryover condition. Directs the Secretary to take precautions to safeguard usual U.S. marketings and to avoid displacing cash sales of U.S. agricultural commodities. Requires the Commodity Credit Corporation to make Corporation stocks available to domestic exporters, domestic processors or foreign importers where an excess carryover condition is found to exist. Provides that such stocks be made available in sufficient quantities to eliminate such condition. Authorizes the availability of such stocks for: (1) export sale for dollars; (2) export sale for foreign currency; and (3) donation for humanitarian purposes. Requires the Secretary, under certain circumstances, to make purchases of excess commodities available to producers in sufficient quantity in order to enable the Corporation to make such commodities available for export so as to eliminate a carryover condition. Directs the Corporation to reduce interest rates on export credits where an excess carryover condition is found to exist or the Secretary determines such interest rates are excessive and detrimental. Directs the Secretary to offset any excess carryover condition caused or made worse by the appreciation of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies. Requires the Secretary to implement a program to offset the effect of a foreign country's export subsidies which causes or makes worse an excess carryover condition or which adversely affects the U.S. farm sector. Provides for a six month delay in implementing such program. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: - Demand Enhancement - Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to request the Secretary, when an excess carryover condition exists, to emphasize greater funding levels for both: (1) the market development and cooperator programs; and (2) the export market development program for value added farm products and processed foods. Requires the Secretary to increase the number of U.S. Agricultural Trade Offices to the level necessary to accommodate the increased market development efforts described in this Act. Makes October 1, 1983, the effective date of this title.
Bill· SS. 18 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 1983 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and carry out a program under which agricultural commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation are made available, for export without charge, to domestic exporters, domestic processors (for export), and foreign purchasers. Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that equal treatment is provided to domestic exporters and foreign purchasers and to domestic processors in cases where the importation of a manufactured product made from agricultural commodities, made available for export under this Act, would place domestic processors of such commodity at a competitive disadvantage; (2) give priority among foreign purchasers who have purchased U.S. agricultural commodities in the past and who continue to do so in increased quanities; (3) ensure that agricultural commodities, made available for export under this Act, are used to encourage increased use of such commodities and to avoid unnecessary market displacement of domestic agricultural commodities; and (4) take reasonable precautions to prevent resale, transshipment or any use of such commodities other than domestic use in the importing country. Authorizes the Secretary to make supplemental distributions of commodities to a foreign purchaser who uses funds realized from the sale of commodities made available under this Act to construct or rehabilitate facilities in the importing country for specified purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to determine the intervals and quantities of such supplemental distributions. Requires the Secretary to carry out such program through the Commodity Credit Corporation. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to include specified agricultural commodities (currently only dairy products) acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation as donations for distributions to needy persons outside the United States. Provides for direct distribution, sale or barter of such commodities. Requires the proceeds realized from the sale or barter of such commodities to be used exclusively for assistance to needy persons. Prohibits the use of such proceeds to defray operating costs or overhead expenses. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary to adjust the established price for wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice in a specified manner. Directs the Secretary to estimate, for FY 1984-1986, the annual savings realized from such adjustment. Requires the Secretary to use an amount of funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation equal to the amount of annual savings to: (1) ensure that the cooperator programs of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture are funded at a level ten percent higher than FY 1983 funding level; and (2) provide any remaining funds for the Agricultural Export Promotion Revolving Fund established by this Act. Establishes the Agricultural Export Promotion Revolving Fund in the Treasury, to be used by the Commodity Credit Corporation (without fiscal year limitation) to finance: (1) commercial export sales of U.S. agricultural commodities, private or Corporation owned or controlled stock, on credit terms not to exceed three years; (2) export sales of specified U.S. breeding animals, including cost of freight; and (3) the establishment of facilities in importing countries to improve their capabilities to import U.S. agricultural commodities. Requires the Corporation to use the Fund only to extend credit for market development and expansion and only where there is a substantial potential for developing markets for U.S. agricultural goods. Requires the Secretary to use the Fund to finance sales to the greatest feasible number of countries. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires all money received by the Corporation in payment for the extension of credit for financing export sales using the Fund to be added back into the Fund. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress concerning the use of the Fund. Requires the Secretary to carry out such program through the Commodity Credit Corporation. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to use not less than 20 percent of funds appropriated for economic support programs to purchase domestic agricultural commodities, including one-half of such amount to purchase processed or value-added commodity products. Requires the Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress describing all programs administered by the Secretary under which surplus agricultural commodities could be distributed. Requires the President to submit a written report to Congress by March 31, 1983, describing the negotiation of a long-term grain sales agreement with the U.S.S.R., providing a higher minimum purchase requirement than the present agreement. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report to Congress describing the growth of and prospects for bilateral agricultural trade agreements and the potential impact of such agreements on trade.
Bill· SS. 14 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Agricultural Market Expansion Act of 1983 - Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to give away excess Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) stocks to U.S. processors and exporters and to foreign nations to encourage U.S. commodity exports. Directs the Secretary to: (1) aid domestic industries hurt by imports made in whole or in part from such commodities; (2) use such commodities to increase use and to avoid displacing existing U.S. overseas markets; and (3) prevent the resale or transshipment of such commodities. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the donation abroad of CCC commodity and dairy stocks through foreign governments and humanitarian organizations. Coordinates such donations through the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (P.L. 480). Permits the use of such stocks to expand foreign exports under such Act. Directs the Secretary to donate abroad at least 50,000 metric tons of CCC dairy stocks during each of the fiscal years 1983 through 1985. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress semiannually during such period. Permits the Secretary to sell CCC stocks of long staple cotton for unrestricted use at appropriate price levels. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to provide that whenever a commodity is made available without charge or credit, the Secretary shall encourage its consumption through agreements with private companies under which the commodity is processed into end products for use by eligible recipients, with the expense to be borne by the recipients.
Bill· SS. 36 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Agricultural Act of 1983 - Title I: Special Payment-In-Kind Land Conservation Program - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a payment-in-kind land conservation program for 1983 and 1984. Uses Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) stocks to compensate participating farmers. Requires that not more than 50 percent of a county's acreage be diverted in order to minimize the adverse effect on local economies. Requires that all producers of a particular crop have an equal opportunity to participate in 1983. Authorizes future participation through bids or otherwise as the Secretary determines. Permits base acreage consolidation to encourage program participation. Sets forth payment provisions, including a requirement that the value of a commodity received by a producer be at least 75 percent of the basic county loan rate for such commodity. Requires safeguards to protect affected tenants and sharecroppers. Title II: Expansion of Markets For United States Agricultural Commodities - Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to authorize the Secretary to give excess CCC stocks free to U.S. processors and exporters, and to foreign nations to encourage U.S. commodity exports. Directs the Secretary to: (1) aid domestic industries hurt by imports made in whole or in part from such commodities; (2) use such commodities to increase use and to avoid displacing existing U.S. overseas markets; and (3) prevent the resale or transshipment of such commodities. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit CCC commodity and dairy stock to be donated abroad through foreign governments and humanitarian organizations. Coordinates such donations through the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (P.L. 480). Permits the use of such stocks to expand the foreign exports under such Act. Directs the Secretary to donate abroad at least 50,000 metric tons of CCC dairy stocks during each of FY 1983 through 1985. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress semiannually during such period. Permits the Secretary to sell CCC stocks of long staple cotton for unrestricted use at appropriate price levels. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to provide that whenever a commodity is made available without charge or credit, the Secretary shall encourage its consumption through agreements with private companies under which the commodity is processed into end products for use by eligible recipients, with the expense to be borne by the recipients.
Bill· HRH.R. 922 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to make non-recourse loans available to producers on payment-in-kind commodities for 1983 through 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 839 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Voluntary Food Supplement Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from the definition of food additive the food itself, a combination of foods, or foods for special dietary use or the ingredients thereof, unless being used as preservatives or flavors for a food. Excludes from the definition of "drug" foods for special dietary use or for preservation or treatment of dietary deficiency conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 691 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish 1983 wheat and feed grain acreage bases for farms having a zero 1982 base.
Bill· HRH.R. 696 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, to establish a two-tier dairy price support program for FY 1983 through 1985. Sets the price of milk for domestic needs: (1) at $13.10 per hundredweight for FY 1983; and (2) at the percentage of parity for FY 1984 and 1985 which $13.10 represented as of October 1, 1982. Sets the price of milk in excess of domestic needs at the higher support level uniformly reduced to cover the annual costs of acquiring, managing, and disposing of surplus milk. Provides that the funds from such reduction shall be remitted to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) by the first milk handlers, including producers who market their own milk. Limits CCC annual milk purchases to 5,000,000,000 pounds, with producers responsible for costs in excess of such amount. States that the price of milk shall be supported through milk and milk products purchases. Authorizes payments to producers who reduce their production. Establishes a National Dairy Board consisting of the Secretary of Agriculture and 15 presidentially- appointed members. Directs the Board to: (1) determine the relative proportions of milk to which the price support levels will apply and the producer responsibility for dairy product purchases; (2) establish the price support level and a uniform price support reduction rate for milk in excess of domestic commercial market needs and announce such rate before October 1 of each year; (3) dispose of dairy products acquired by the CCC through authorized price support operations; and (4) remit proceeds from price support operations to the CCC. Sets forth enforcement provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 716 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, to repeal the 50-cent milk producer assessment provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 664 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to deem as individual households any persons 60 years of age or older or recipients of disability benefits under the Social Security Act who reside in certain kinds of group living arrangements.
Bill· HRH.R. 589 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit emergency disaster loans of up to $5,000 to be made and insured on the basis of estimated losses. Limits interest rates on such loans to a maximum of five percent. Allows an increase in such rates to prevailing market rates if actual disaster losses fall short of estimated losses after a loan is made or guaranteed. Requires cancellation of a loan guarantee in such an event.
Bill· HRH.R. 590 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reduce interest rate limits on certain emergency disaster loans made or insured after September 30, 1981: (1) from eight percent to five percent, where the loan applicant cannot obtain sufficient credit elsewhere; and (2) from the prevailing private market rate to the current average yield on certain U.S. Treasury obligations (plus a one percent additional charge), where the applicant can obtain such credit elsewhere.
Bill· HRH.R. 684 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Directs the President to limit milk protein product imports through 1987.
Bill· HRH.R. 568 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Fragile Agricultural Lands Act of 1982 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to require farmers to implement certain soil and water conservation measures in order to qualify for specified land acquisition loans under such Acts.
Bill· HRH.R. 479 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Arid Lands Renewable Resources Corporation Act of 1983 - Title I: General Provisions - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to encourage private investment in developing domestic oil and rubber producing plants. Title II: Establishment of Corporation - Creates the Arid Lands Renewable Resources Corporation. Vests the Corporation's powers in a Board of Directors. Provides for the appointment of an Inspector General and an Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors. Title III: Production Goal of the Corporation - Requires the Board to develop and submit a comprehensive strategy plan to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act. Directs the Corporation to periodically solicit proposals for projects to develop domestic oil and rubber producing plants (including guayule, jojoba, gopher plant, and buffalo gourd). Sets forth congressional oversight provisions. Title IV: Financial Assistance - Authorizes the Corporation to provide financial assistance through price guarantees, loans, and joint ventures. Title V: Corporation Construction Projects - Authorizes the Corporation to own arid lands resources projects, including construction projects. Title VI: Capitalization and Finance - Authorizes the Corporation to issue obligations solely to the United States. Grants it tax free status. Title VII: Unlawful Acts, Penalties, and Suits Against the Corporation - Sets forth penalty and related provisions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Requires the Corporation to: (1) submit quarterly and annual reports to the President and the Congress; and (2) conduct a study of supplemental financial protection for lenders. Authorizes Western Hemisphere projects. Title IX: Disposal of Assets - Authorizes the Corporation to dispose of assets. Title X: Termination of Corporation - Sets forth termination provisions. Title XI: Department of the Treasury Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 455 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Suspends all restrictions which prevent the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) from selling farm commodities competitively in world trade. Prohibits the application of any restriction or limitation on any farm producer under the 1983 program until such producers are fully compensated for estimated damages caused by Government imposed embargoes or the failure of the CCC to offer surplus U.S. farm commodities for sale in world trade at competitive prices. Prohibits any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture, except the Secretary of Agriculture, from serving as a member of the Board of Directors or as an officer of the Commodity Credit Corporation after July 1, 1983, if the CCC fails to offer U.S. surplus farm commodities for sale in world trade at competitive prices. Suspends all payment limitations in the Agricultural Act of 1949 and the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, in order to restore agricultural income.
Bill· HRH.R. 405 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Small Business Preservation and Protection Act of 1983 - Defines "packer" to mean any person engaged in the business of: (1) buying livestock in commerce for slaughter; (2) manufacturing or preparing meats for sale or shipment in commerce; (3) marketing meats or livestock products in unmanufactured form as a wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor; or (4) buying, slaughtering, or processing meats or livestock involving any activity affecting commerce. Prohibits any packer which has more than a five percent share of the national slaughter in three classifications (steers and heifers, cows and bulls, or hogs) from owning or operating any retail meat outlet. Prohibits any packer's total annual slaughter for any classification from exceeding 25 percent of the larger of the last two annual national slaughter totals. Prohibits any packer from discriminating in price between different purchasers of meat food products in any marketing area or selling below costs for the purpose of impairing the marketing ability of small business meatpacking concerns. Prohibits certain packers which are required to file reports under the Packers and Stockyards Act from engaging in livestock futures contracts. Vests authority to enforce such prohibitions in the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Establishes fines for violations and permits small business meatpacking concerns which are injured to sue in district court for treble damages.
Bill· HRH.R. 404 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Small Business Meat Producer and Marketer Protection Act of 1983 - Amends the Small Business Act to add to the definition of "credit elsewhere" the requirement that such credit be available at reasonable rates. Provides that loan assistance by the Small Business Administration shall not be considered duplication of activities of other Federal agencies (which is generally prohibited by such Act) if an agency has promulgated and is administering a loan program under which all qualified applicants are not being granted loans. Prohibits any meatpacker or meat marketer whose annual gross sales exceeded $250,000 in any of the preceding three years from selling, buying, or slaughtering, during any calendar week, more than 100 cattle, 300 swine, or 300 sheep which were owned prior to slaughter or sale for a period greater than 20 days by: (1) such meatpacker or meat marketer; (2) any person who owns or controls more than five percent of the stock, voting power, or control of such meatpacker or meat marketer; or (3) any subsidiary or affiliate in which such meatpacker or other person has more than five percent ownership or control. Provides that such prohibitions shall apply to livestock subject to control directly or indirectly by contract, purchase order, option or other arrangement. Provides that the prohibition on sale shall not apply to the execution of a commodity futures contract on a board of trade designated as a contract market by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Prohibits any contract which permits any such meatpacker or meat marketer to select the date of delivery of livestock for a period greater than 20 consecutive days from the making of such contract. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Enables this Act to be enforced through the provisions of the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 399 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to prohibit the owner or operator of an export elevator at an export port location from knowingly adding or mixing grain dust or any nongrain related material to grain shipped from such elevator. Permits fumigation of grain.
Bill· HRH.R. 374 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Act to designate the Commodity Credit Corporation as the seller or marketing agent for all export sales of wheat, feed grains, rice, and soybeans. Allows an exporter to enter into a sale for such commodity only if it is approved and purchased from the Corporation. Prohibits any contract for sale at less than the established price. Establishes a civil penalty for violations of this Act. Authorizes the Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting as the National Grain Board, to negotiate, barter, accept purchase bids from foreign purchasers, and offer selling bids in the world market for such commodities. Permits the Corporation to acquire commodities on the domestic market to meet the objectives of this Act, and to establish reserves to meet future export sales. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a revolving Export Sales Fund to receive revenues made by the Corporation. Allocates the moneys in such Fund for the making of deficiency payments under the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to the agricultural commodities concerned. Allocates ten percent of such Fund to establish and maintain a reserve to provide international famine relief assistance. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, at the beginning of each crop year, to increase the established price of an agricultural commodity, according to a specified formula, if any moneys in the Export Sales Fund are derived from such commodity. Directs the Secretary to establish a permanent advisory committee. Requires the Corporation to make statistics and other information concerning export sales available to the public on a quarterly basis.
Bill· HRH.R. 389 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Directs the President to limit milk protein product imports through 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 135 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set milk price support levels at: (1) $13.10 per hundredweight for FY 1983; (2) $14.00 per hundredweight for FY 1984; and (3) $14.60 per hundredweight for FY 1985. States that milk shall be supported: (1) for FY 1983 through 1985 at not less than 70 percent of parity if estimated Government purchases are less than $1,000,000,000; and (2) for FY 1984 and FY 1985 at not less than 75 percent of parity if estimated Government purchases are less than 3.5 billion pounds and 2.69 billion pounds, respectively.
Bill· HRH.R. 222 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Agricultural Export Subsidy Offset Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an export subsidy program under which agricultural commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation through price support operations are given to U.S. exporters, U.S. processors, or foreign countries to encourage additional export sales of such commodities. Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) export sales of such commodities and of products of such commodities do not displace usual U.S. marketings; (2) such commodities and products are not exported to any country which is not eligible for most-favored nation treatment; and (3) such commodities and products after export are not resold or transhipped to another nation or used for purposes other than domestic purposes of such country. Requires the Secretary, if the program places U.S. processors at a disadvantage, to give to such processors the agricultural commodities acquired by the Corporation through price support operations. Terminates the Secretary's authority under this Act after December 31, 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 136 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to permit farmers and ranchers to transfer, encumber, or lease property securing Farmers Home Administration loans made before September 30, 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 299 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Consumer Food Labeling Act - Title I: Truth in Food Labeling Act - Truth in Food Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that the labels on all foods disclose each of their ingredients in order of predominance and the percentage of each ingredient in the food. Title II: Nutritional Labeling Act - Nutritional Labeling Act - Requires the processor to label any packaged consumer food product with specified information, including an analysis of nutritional contents, and net and drained weight, where appropriate. Requires such label to state the nutritional value of the commodity, and to appear in conspicuous and easily legible type. Requires the conspicuous statement of any repackaging difference in weight or volume. Empowers the appropriate agencies to prescribe regulations and to petition for injunctive relief. Prescribes a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for willful violation of any provision of this Act. Title III: Open Dating of Perishable Food Act - Open Dating of Perishable Food Act - Amends the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to require the manufacturer or packager of a perishable or semiperishable food to state on its label the pull date for such food and the optimum temperature and humidity conditions for its storage by the ultimate consumer. Requires pull dates also on shipping containers or wrappings. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the display, offer for sale, or sale of any such food whose pull date has expired. Prohibits the change, alteration, defacement, or removal of any pull date before sale of such food to the ultimate consumer. Prescribes criminal penalties for such violations. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to Congress. Title IV: Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that labels on packaged foods contain the names and places of business of the manufacturer, the packer, and the distributor, (currently the name and place of business of only one of them is required). Title V: Consumer Food Grading Act - Consumer Food Grading Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a system of retail food quality grade designations expressed in a uniform nomenclature, giving consideration to nutritional quality, wholesomeness, and acceptability. Title VI: Unit and Item Pricing Act - Unit and Item Pricing Act - Amends the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to require retailers to mark plainly the total selling price of any packaged consumer commodity on its package, and the retail unit price on either the package or shelf. Exempts from the requirements of this Act certain small retail outlets, and any retail outlet in any State which has enacted mandatory unit pricing laws which are, in the judgment of the Federal promulgating authority, superior to the requirements of this Act. Title VII: New Ingredient Notification Act - New Ingredient Notification Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require any food product to carry a label setting forth in a conspicuous manner any change in its ingredients for six months after such change. Title VIII: Misleading Brand Names Act - Misleading Brand Names Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it an unfair or deceptive act or practice to advertise a brand name of a product which inherently misleads the public as to the product's value, quantity, quality of contents, or performance.
Bill· HRH.R. 19 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
National Topsoil Preservation Act of 1983 - Establishes a National Land Resources Protection Commission which shall establish standards for stockpiling and replacing topsoil on lands where federally assisted projects are carried out. Directs the Commission to establish minimum standards to assure that projects will not pollute existing streams, cause land slides or flooding, or substantially change the water volume carried by natural waterways adjoining the immediate construction area. Requires a license issued by the Commission for any project to move or cover topsoil in areas exceeding 100,000 feet. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 22 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, to set milk price support levels at: (1) $13.10 per hundredweight for FY 1983 and 1984; and (2) the percentage of parity which $13.10 represents as of October 1, 1984, for subsequent fiscal years. States that the price of milk shall be supported through milk and milk products purchases. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for a FY 1983 through 1985 one dollar per hundredweight proceeds deduction to be remitted to the Commodity Credit Cororation (CCC) to help offset milk support costs. Prohibits such offsets unless estimated fiscal year purchases would be more than 5,000,000,000 pounds. Divides the refunds of such offset between producers reducing their commercial marketings (85 percent) and dairy promotion programs (15 percent). Sets forth refund provisions. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction to enforce provisions and restrain violations of this Act. Provides civil penalties for such violations. Provides for domestic and foreign donations of dairy products. States the policy of Congress to be to carry out a coordinated program of dairy products promotion in order to strengthen and expand the industry's domestic and foreign positions. Authorizes the Secretary to issue, amend, or suspend dairy promotion orders (with due notice and hearing). Authorizes the Secretary, by dairy products promotion order, to establish a National Dairy Promotion Board made up of dairy farmers to promote dairy products. Requires approval of a proposed promotion order by a producer-referendum. Finances such Board through dairy producer assessments. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth permissive and required promotion order terms. Provides for certification of milk producer organizations (under this Act) by the Secretary. Sets forth certification requirements. Provides for cooperative association representation. Sets forth enforcement and related investigative provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 23 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Dairy Stabilization Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to reduce FY 1983 and 1984 minimum milk price supports from 75 to 70 percent of parity. States that for FY 1983 and 1984 the parity price of milk shall be determined as of October 1 of each such marketing year. Limits annual milk purchases to 3,500,000,000 pounds for each marketing year during FY 1983 and 1984. Sets forth: (1) various individual marketing bases; and (2) base assignment priorities. Allows an applicant to appeal a State committee's marketing base decision only to the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires the Secretary to determine a production percentage reduction if estimated milk production exceeds market requirements and Government purchases. Establishes two assessment rates (50% and 85%) for excess production. Makes any person producing milk commercially in the United States liable for such assessments. Sets forth collection and enforcement provisions. Establishes in the Treasury a Dairy Product Stabilization Fund. Terminates such Fund on February 1, 1985, (remaining funds to be transferred to the Commodity Credit Corporation). Establishes a National Dairy Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the milk price support program. Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress regarding Board recommendations. Authorizes domestic and foreign surplus dairy donations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) investigate the feasibility of changing fluid milk standards; and (2) study the dairy parity formula. Requires reports to Congress on both studies. Sets milk support levels at not less than 75 percent of parity beginning in FY 1985. Restores existing price support provisions beginning with FY 1985. Repeals specified provisions of this Act on specified dates. States the policy of Congress to be to carry out a coordinated dairy promotion program in order to strengthen and expand the industry's domestic and foreign positions. Authorizes the Secretary to issue, amend, or suspend dairy promotion orders (with due notice and hearing). Authorizes the Secretary, by dairy products promotion order, to establish a National Dairy Promotion Board made up of dairy farmers to promote dairy products. Requires promotion order approval by a producer-referendum. Finances such Board through producer assessments. Sets forth permissive and required promotion order terms. Provides for certification of milk producer organizations (under this Act) by the Secretary. Sets forth certification requirements. Provides for cooperative association representation. Sets forth enforcement and related investigative provisions. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 88 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to exclude Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of the United States from certain milk producer assessments.
Bill· HRH.R. 17 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to state that a food intended for human consumption shall be deemed misbranded unless it is labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium it contains when in excess of a certain number of milligrams. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt a food from such requirement by requiring the information to be prominently displayed near its place of display or sale. Exempts from such labeling requirements any manufacturer of such foods whose total annual sales are less than a specified amount.