Agriculture

Ground Water Safety Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989

Ground Water Safety Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require a pesticide registrant or reregistrant to submit information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the pesticide's potential for groundwater leaching. Directs the Administrator, upon such registration, to determine a pesticide's leaching potential. Requires registrants, in the case of a positive leaching potential, to: (1) develop management practices to minimize such leaching; (2) disseminate such management information to applicators; and (3) conduct groundwater monitoring. Requires a registrant, upon detection of groundwater contamination, to notify EPA, the State, the owner of the property, and any other person(s) relying on the underground source for drinking water or household needs. States that if such contamination reaches or is likely to reach 25 percent of the EPA-established groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall amend the registration to impose further restrictions on the pesticide's use. States that if contamination reaches 50 percent of the groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall notify and provide relevant information to the affected State(s). Directs the Administrator, if an affected State fails to act, to prohibit the pesticide's use in the vicinity of the underground source of drinking water. Directs the Administrator to: (1) collect and make available to the public information on groundwater pesticide contamination; (2) provide technical assistance to States for groundwater protection programs; (3) conduct research activities to monitor the presence of pesticides in the unsaturated zone; and (4) enter into agreements with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to develop information systems for State and local officials, farmers, and applicators regarding soil, climate, and hydrology at specific pesticide use sites. Authorizes FY 1990 through 1994 appropriations. Requires States to develop and submit for EPA approval pesticide water pollution prevention programs. Authorizes: (1) the Administrator to provide financial assistance; and (2) FY 1990 through 1994 appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Administrator to issue groundwater residue guidance levels for FIFRA-registered pesticides. Amends the Clean Water Act to authorize FY 1990 through 1994 appropriations for EPA research in developing management practices to control pesticide contamination of surface and groundwaters.

Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989

Designates minority party membership on the following committees of the House of Representatives: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; (5) Budget; (6) District of Columbia; (7) Education and Labor; (8) Energy and Commerce; (9) Foreign Affairs; (10) Government Operations; (11) House Administration; (12) Interior and Insular Affairs; (13) Judiciary; (14) Merchant Marine and Fisheries; (15) Post Office and Civil Service; (16) Public Works and Transportation; (17) Rules; (18) Science, Space, and Technology; (19) Small Business; (20) Veterans' Affairs; and (21) Ways and Means.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow farmers to income average.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989

Repeals specified provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 that eliminated income averaging. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the use of income averaging by any person: (1) actively engaged in the trade or business of farming, including aquaculture; and (2) whose average annual gross income for the three preceding taxable years is at least 50 percent attributable to farming.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow farmers to income average.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989

Repeals specified provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 that eliminated income averaging. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the use of income averaging by any person: (1) actively engaged in the trade or business of farming; (2) whose gross income for the three preceding taxable years is at least 50 percent attributable to farming; (3) whose farming business or trade either has needed emergency livestock or crop loss assistance or has been substantially affected in the first preceding taxable year by a natural disaster in the United States or by a major disaster or emergency so designated by the President; and (4) whose farming enterprise has sustained, as a result of the disaster, at least a 30 percent loss of normal per acre or per animal production, based on specified criteria.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the application of the uniform capitalization rules to certain farming businesses.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the required application of uniform inventory cost capitalization rules any sod and ornamental or crop-producing trees produced by the taxpayer in a farming business.

Designating membership on certain standing committees of the House.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989

Designates majority party membership on the following committees of the House of Representatives: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; (4) Budget; (5) District of Columbia; (6) Education and Labor; (7) Energy and Commerce; (8) Foreign Affairs; (9) Government Operations; (10) House Administration; (11) Interior and Insular Affairs; (12) Judiciary; (13) Merchant Marine and Fisheries; (14) Post Office and Civil Service; (15) Public Works and Transportation; (16) Science, Space, and Technology; (17) Small Business; and (18) Veterans' Affairs.

To amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include Columbiana County, Ohio, as part of the Appalachian region.

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1989

Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include Columbiana County, Ohio, as part of the Appalachian region.

Recyclable Materials Science and Technology Development Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1989

Recyclable Materials Science and Technology Development Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study and report to the Congress concerning: (1) means to increase the use of degradable materials in manufactured goods; (2) technologies for recycling nondurable consumer products; and (3) ways to expand the marketing of recycled products. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of recycling nondegradable medical supplies and of substituting degradable for nondegradable materials in medical equipment and supplies. Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to the Congress on the national defense and security implications of requiring the use of degradable materials in defense items. Instructs the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate a pilot project to develop and demonstrate viable technology for composting municipal waste and sewage sludge. Requires the Secretary to report project results to the Congress. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a Director of Recycling Research and Information to make grants to support research into innovative recycling technology. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1990. Prohibits, effective five years after this Act's enactment, the production, manufacture, distribution, sale, or delivery of nonrecycled consumer goods, fast food in nondegradable containers, and packaging for specified purposes that contains any material that is not naturally degradable. Establishes both civil and criminal penalties for violations. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce jointly to issue regulations to govern the designation of goods and materials for noncompliance purposes. Directs the Secretary to publish and periodically update lists of items and materials affected by the prohibition on activities involving nonrecyclable items.

Milk Marketing Order Reform Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1989

Milk Marketing Order Reform Act of 1989 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to replace the existing minimum price adjustments of fluid milk under Federal marketing orders with a geographic-based adjustment.

To enhance the prospects for economic development in rural areas by allowing municipal corporations to acquire through eminent domain utility facilities of rural water supply or sewer service corporations.

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1989

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit a municipal corporation or utility to use eminent domain to acquire the property, or to be the exclusive provider of services, of rural water or sewer associations under specified conditions.

To reauthorize appropriations to carry out the Commodity Exchange Act.

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1989

Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to authorize FY 1990 through 1994 appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act.

Ewen M. Wilson, an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank for a term of three years, vice Robert L. Thompson, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 3 January 1989

To direct a study by the Secretary of Agriculture of the classification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas for purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of the classification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas for purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from implementing the classification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas for purposes of such Act until the Secretary of Agriculture has reported to the Congress.

Animal Welfare Protection Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Animal Welfare Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to empower the Secretary of Agriculture to request the Attorney General to obtain a temporary restraining order for violations of such Act or of regulations promulgated under such Act.

White House Conference on Rural Development and Agriculture Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

White House Conference on Rural Development and Agriculture Act - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Rural Development and Agriculture, bringing together State, regional, and Federal representatives for the purpose of preserving and stimulating economic and cultural vitality in rural communities. Authorizes States to hold State or regional conferences. Requires a report to the President and the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.

To direct the President to impose certain limitations on the amount of milk protein products that may be imported into the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Limits annual imports of milk protein products (casein) to 50 percent of the average annual amount imported during the period 1983 through 1987.

Tax Fairness for Farmers, Ranchers, and Small Businessmen Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Tax Fairness for Farmers, Ranchers, and Small Businessmen Act of 1989 - Amends estate tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from recapture any use valuation benefits of a qualified heir who rents the property to another qualified heir on a net cash basis. Applies this provision retroactively in connection with the estates of decedents dying after 1976. Repeals provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 that eliminated income averaging. Increases from 25 percent to 50 percent the allowable income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and makes the deduction permanent (under current law it will expire after tax year 1989). Allows a one-time exclusion from gross income of up to $125,000 of gain realized by a farmer from the sale or exchange of land used for farming or ranching during the ten-year period preceding the sale. Permits a full investment tax credit carryforward to certain farmers (current law requires a 35 percent reduction).

To direct the Office of Technology Assessment to conduct a study of the effects of the reclassification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to take any action regarding such reclassification until after completion of such study, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Directs the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to study the effects of the reclassification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas on U.S. agriculture, transportation of hazardous materials, industrial uses (including commercial refrigeration), and U.S. industry (including meat and poultry packing). Directs OTA to report on such study, with recommendations, to the Congress within 18 months. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from taking any action with respect to implementing any rule or regulation reclassifying anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas until after 90 days following transmittal of such report to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to take the OTA study results and recommendations into consideration in issuing any such rule or regulation.

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 · 3 January 1989

Directs the Secretary of Commerce, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to approve instructions specifying first aid techniques (especially the Heimlich Maneuver) for removing food which has become lodged in a person's throat and to distribute such instructions to food service operations. Prohibits any U.S. court from entering any judgment against any person for acting in accordance with such instructions.

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food and drug manufacturers to maintain a toll-free telephone line for inquiries respecting foods containing vitamins or minerals, herbal foods, foods for special dietary uses and over-the-counter drugs and to require the labels and advertising of such products to contain a reference to such line.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to declare a food which contains vitamins or minerals, an herbal food, or a food which is for special dietary use or otherwise makes a health or nutrition claim to be misbranded, unless its label and advertising includes a listing of a toll-free telephone line maintained by its manufacturer to provide information respecting its ingredients. Declares a drug which is not subject to certain exemptions misbranded unless its labeling and advertising includes a reference to a toll-free telephone line maintained by its manufacturer to provide information on the drug.

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a strategic forage reserve comprised of multiyear set-aside acreage.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an eight-million acre strategic forage (grass and legumes) reserve comprised of set-aside acreage.

Sodbuster Reform and Moratorium Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Sodbuster Reform and Moratorium Act of 1989 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide an exemption to agricultural program ineligibility for production on highly erodible land for land continuously owned by a person who was and still is an active agricultural producer, and who was at least 60 years old at the time of enactment of such Act. Extends for two years the current program ineligibility exemptions. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress regarding the highly erodible land conservation program.

National Ground Water Research Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Title I: Water Resources Authority of the Geological Survey - Geological Survey Water Resources Organic Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Geological Survey, to undertake research, investigations, appraisals, surveys, and related activities regarding the Nation's water resources. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with other government agencies and to perform such activities on a reimbursable basis, as specified. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title II: Ground Water Research - National Ground Water Research Act of 1989 - Directs the President to coordinate groundwater related activities conducted by Federal agencies. Requires the President to assist States in the conduct of such activities, including disseminating information. Directs the President to establish an Interagency Ground Water Research Committee to coordinate research, development, demonstration, technology transfer, training, and information dissemination activities related to groundwater conducted by the Federal agencies, including establishing priorities. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a report assessing groundwater quality and quantity information systems and data collection and monitoring. Requires the Secretary to submit such report to the Congress with biennial updates. Directs the Secretary to conduct a national groundwater assessment program to assist State and local governments in managing groundwater resources and designing monitoring programs, including recommending protocols to assist such governments in meeting their data collection responsibilities under specified Federal environmental statutes. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and coordinate a research, development, and demonstration program for the protection and management of groundwater resources, including surveys, the development of cost-effective prevention, detection, and mitigation techniques, and the provision of technical assistance. Sets forth demonstration project selection criteria and procedures, based upon the seriousness of the contaminant addressed and a project's applicability to other locations and circumstances. Requires that such project be monitored and evaluated by the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to pay the costs of such evaluation, but limits Federal cost sharing for the project in general. Directs the Administrator to conduct and publish a risk assessment analysis for significant groundwater contaminants according to a standard format and prescribed schedule. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator each to establish a technical assistance program to serve other Federal and governmental agencies, including conducting research, surveys, training, and technology transfer. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a National Groundwater Information Clearinghouse. Directs the Administrator to establish a media-specific research committee for groundwater resources. Directs the Science Advisory Board established by the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978 to review and report to the Congress on EPA's groundwater research programs. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and maintain research fellowships. Directs the Administrator to make grants for groundwater research institutes which are to be located in areas making significant use of groundwater. Requires that funds be equitably distributed throughout the United States and that one of the institutes be the National Center for Ground Water Research, a consortium between Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Rice Universities. Limits the Federal share to 50 percent of costs and earmarks funds for technology transfer. Requires the Administrator to review and evaluate such institutes and subjects the institute's research to peer review. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army to consider the impact on groundwater when evaluating new water resource projects. Authorizes modifications in existing projects to protect groundwater. Requires the Administrator, in cooperation with New Jersey and relevant local governments, to study and report on: (1) the feasibility of removing volatile groundwater contaminants in the New Jersey coastal plain by induced air phase transport; and (2) the problem of trace metal leaching by corrosive groundwater in such coastal plain. Directs the Administrator, in cooperation with California and relevant local agencies, to study and report on the feasibility of groundwater replenishment with treated wastewater and of the potential of groundwater contamination through exfiltration of sewage from sewer systems of publicly owned treatment works. Directs the Administrator, in cooperation with New York State and relevant local governments, to study and report on the pollution of the Buffalo River by contaminated groundwater in Erie County. Directs the Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army, to conduct a research and demonstration program at the Lake Okeechobee ecosystem, Florida, on the relationship between ground and surface water quality and the management and control of aquatic plants. Requires that methods developed be adaptable to other circumstances and be made available to State and local governments. Requires the solicitation of information from other sources, such as scientists and management personnel. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary each to report to the Congress on such program and demonstration project, authorizing other Federal agencies to utilize such report. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on groundwater generally and groundwater programs conducted pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title III: Agricultural Production and Water Use - Agricultural Ground Water Management Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report to the Congress on the relationship between agricultural practices and water use and quality, including current and projected status and efforts. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary to conduct a joint study of the impact on groundwater and agricultural interests of proposals to dredge from the Hudson River sediments which contain PCBs and dispose of such sediments on land. Directs the Secretary to establish an Agricultural Nitrogen Best Management Practices Task Force to report to the Secretary and the Congress on agricultural best management practices, systems, and technologies for reducing or mitigating any negative effects of agricultural nitrogen on water quality. Authorizes appropriations for three fiscal years. Title IV: Ground Water Radium Contamination - Authorizes the Administrator to assist local governments in demonstrating mitigation of radium contamination in groundwater where such groundwater is used as a source of public drinking water in small communities and the contamination exceeds the level established under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for such program.

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act of 1989 - Title I: Housing and Community Development Provisions - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to require each Federal agency that provides special assistance to enterprise zones or that waives or modifies rules within such zones to report to the Congress and to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development identifying its actions. Broadens the scope of funding sources for State and local government actions required in connection with tax relief and regulatory simplification in enterprise zones. Directs Federal agencies to seek to provide special assistance to enterprise zones, including expedited processing, priority funding, program set-asides, and technical assistance. Authorizes all Federal agencies to waive or modify rules within enterprise zones. (Under current law, only the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and, in some cases, the Secretary of Agriculture may do so.) Adds the promotion of affordable housing and law enforcement as objectives justifying waiver or modification of Federal agency rules in an enterprise zone. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Subtitle A: Credits for Employers and Employees - Allows employers located in enterprise zones a nonrefundable income tax credit for qualified increased employment expenditures and employment of the disadvantaged. Sets the credit amount at ten percent of the increase in payroll plus a specified percentage of wages paid to certain disadvantaged workers through the first 20 years of the enterprise zone designation. Allows a nonrefundable income tax credit to enterprise zone employees for five percent of wages earned. Phases out both credits in the last four years of the enterprise zone designation. Subtitle B: Credits for Investment in Tangible Property in Enterprise Zones - Allows businesses an additional investment tax credit for investments made in certain enterprise zone construction property. Limits the credit to ten percent for new property, including rental property. Requires the recapture of credit amounts upon the early disposition of the property. Subtitle C: Nonrecognition of Qualified Enterprise Zone Capital Gain Where Acquisition of Enterprise Zone Business Property - Provides for the nonrecognition of capital gain on the sale of enterprise zone property if, within one year after the sale, the taxpayer acquires qualified replacement property (generally defined as property related to an enterprise zone or to a business within a zone). Subtitle D: Deduction for Purchase of Enterprise Stock - Allows a taxpayer to deduct up to $100,000 of the aggregate amount paid for the purchase of enterprise stock on its original issue by a qualified issuer. Treats any gain from the disposition of the stock as ordinary income. Subtitle E: Rules Relating to Private Activity Bonds - Declares that: (1) limitations on the cost recovery deductions for property financed with tax-exempt bonds shall not apply to enterprise zone property; and (2) the termination of the small issue exemption shall not apply to bonds whose proceeds are used to finance facilities in enterprise zones. Subtitle F: Ordinary Loss Deduction for Securities of Enterprise Zone Business Which Become Worthless - Permits an ordinary loss deduction for securities of enterprise zone business that become worthless during the taxable year. Subtitle G: Increase in Research Credit for Research Conducted in Enterprise Zones - Increases from 20 percent to 37 1/2 percent the tax credit for increasing research conducted in enterprise zones. Subtitle H: Sense of the Congress with Respect to Tax Simplification - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury should simplify the administration and enforcement of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code affected by this Act. Subtitle I: Regulations - Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act not later than six months after enactment. Title III: Establishment of Foreign-Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Zone Board to consider on a priority basis and to expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to, and expedite applications for, the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones.

Research and Commercialization of Alternative Agriculture Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Research and Commercialization of Alternative Agriculture Act of 1989 - Title I: National Alternative Agricultural Products Board - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the National Alternative Agricultural Products Board to: (1) supervise the National Institute for Alternative Agricultural Products; (2) determine priority research areas; and (3) review and approve Institute budgets and grants. Title II: National Institute for Alternative Agricultural Products - Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of a National Institute for Alternative Agricultural Products as an independent entity within the Department of Agriculture. Authorizes the Institute to: (1) make grants and enter into cooperative agreements or contracts for research and demonstration projects; (2) provide technology transfer, information collection, and information dissemination; (3) search for new industrial materials that may be produced from agricultural commodities and for processes to produce such materials; and (4) administer the Alternative Agricultural Products Technology Revolving Fund (established by this Act). States that all projects shall have at least 50 percent matching funds. Directs the Institute to select those projects that will create or improve economically viable commercial products or technologies that involve the use of agricultural commodities. Title III: Agricultural Industrial Materials Corporation - Establishes within the Institute an Agricultural Industrial Materials Corporation which shall: (1) establish between five and 13 regional centers for promoting the commercialization of new nonfood, nonfeed uses of agricultural commodities; and (2) appoint an advisory council for each center. Authorizes the Corporation to provide specified financial assistance for projects to commercialize new agricultural nonfood, nonfeed products. Directs the Corporation to establish a regional center discretionary fund. Requires each center to report biannually to the Corporation regarding its fund use. Gives priority to projects that: (1) create jobs in distressed rural areas; (2) have State or local financial participation; and (3) have private financial participation. Title IV: Funding and Miscellaneous Provisions - Establishes in the Treasury the Alternative Agricultural Products Technology Revolving Fund. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Amends the Critical Agricultural Materials Act to authorize FY 1989 and 1990 appropriations for critical agricultural materials activities of the Departments of Agriculture and of Commerce. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Commerce and the Joint Commission on Research and Development of Critical Agricultural Materials to limit their activities to critical agricultural materials other than native latex after FY 1990 (currently such requirement extends through FY 1988). Directs the Secretary, for the 1989 and 1990 crop years, to establish an alternative crop demonstration program for producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. Limits annual demonstration acreage to 25,000 acres. Prohibits price support or related benefits for such alternative crops. Requires the Secretary to submit a program report to the appropriate congressional committees by April 1, 1990. Defines "alternative crop" as commodities not produced domestically in substantial amounts and that: (1) are currently imported or likely to be imported; or (2) could yield industrial raw materials; or (3) are grown for experimental purposes. Authorizes appropriations.

Directing the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of the effectiveness of current laws and regulations in protecting dogs and puppies bred and raised for sale to retail pet stores from inhumane treatment and premature shipment.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report on the effectiveness of current laws, regulations, and licensing standards for commercial breeders of dogs and puppies in protecting such animals raised for sale in retail pet stores from inhumane treatment.

Designating October 1, 1989, as "Farm Safety Day".

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Designates October 1, 1989, as Farm Safety Day.

Designating chairmen of certain standing committees of the House.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Designates chairpersons of the Committees of the House of Representatives as follows: (1) E de la Garza, the Committee on Agriculture; (2) Les Aspin, the Committee on Armed Services; (3) Henry B. Gonzalez, the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; (4) Leon E. Panetta, the Committee on the Budget; (5) Ronald V. Dellums, the Committee on the District of Columbia; (6) Augustus F. Hawkins, the Committee on Education and Labor; (7) John D. Dingell, the Committee on Energy and Commerce; (8) Dante B. Fascell, the Committee on Foreign Affairs; (9) John Conyers, Jr., the Committee on Government Operations; (10) Frank Annunzio, the Committee on House Administration; (11) Morris K. Udall, the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; (12) Jack Brooks, the Committee on the Judiciary; (13) Walter B. Jones, the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; (14) William D. Ford, the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service; (15) Glenn M. Anderson, the Committee on Public Works and Transportation; (16) Robert A. Roe, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; (17) John J. LaFalce, the Committee on Small Business; and (18) G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that federally funded school lunches should provide optional meatless meals.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989

Expresses the sense of the Congress that federally funded school lunch programs should provide nutritious meatless meals for students who conscientiously believe such meals to be best for themselves.