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Bill· HRH.R. 12071 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the procurement and operation of air tanker facilities for the protection and management of the national forests and other lands administered by the Forest Service. States that contracts for such services shall be entered into solely on the basis of capability to perform the required services.
Bill· HRH.R. 12072 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Authorizes, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, that the Secretary of Agriculture make loans to farmers, ranchers, and oyster planters to refinance their debts secured by liens on their real property not to exceed the lesser of the market value of the property or $1,000,000.
Bill· SS. 2831 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
Food Bank Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a separate reserve of inventories of corn, grain sorghum, barley, and oats, wheat, and soybeans. Declares that such reserve inventories shall include not more than the following quantities: (1) three hundred million bushels of wheat, (2) twenty-five million tons of feed grains, (of which not less than 80 percent shall be in corn) and (3) one hundred million bushels of soybeans. Provides for the maximum price the Secretary shall pay for the commodities and the net additional quantity procured under this Act. Prescribes the priorities by which the acquisition shall be made to increase the reserve of stocks or to rotate the stocks of any commodity. Specifies the circumstances under which the Secretary is also authorized to dispose of commodities in such reserve, including: (1) for use in relieving distress in any State, declared by the President to be an acute distress area because of unemployment or other economic cause, and in connection with any major disaster; (2) for use in connection with a state of civil defense emergency; (3) for use in the preservation and maintenance of foundation herds of cattle, sheep, and goats; and (4) for use by the President to meet famine or other urgent or extraordinary relief requirements in friendly foreign countries. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 12000 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1973
Egg Research and Consumer Information Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to authorize and enable the establishment of an orderly procedure to the development and financing of an effective and continuous coordinated program of research, consumer and producer education, and promotion designed to strengthen the egg industry's position in the marketplace, and maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders applicable to persons engaged in the hatching and/or sale of egg-type baby chicks and started pullets, the production and marketing of commercial eggs, the processing and distribution of commercial eggs, and the purchase, sale, or processing of spent fowl. Provides that a hearing shall be held on a proposed order before it is issued. Directs that orders issued pursuant to this Act shall contain one or more of the following terms and conditions, and no others: (1) providing for the establishment, issuance, effectuation, and administration of appropriate plans or projects for the advertising of, sales promotion of, and consumer education with respect to the use of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl, and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; (2) providing for, establishing, and carrying on research, marketing and development projects, and studies with respect to sale, distribution, marketing, utilization, or production of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl, and the creation of new products thereof; (3) providing that hatchery operators, persons engaged in the sale of egg-type baby chicks and started pullet dealers, egg producers, breakers, processors, persons marketing commercial eggs and persons engaged in the purchase, sale, or processing of spent fowl, maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by any order issued pursuant to this Act, or (4) terms and conditions incidental to and not inconsistent with the terms and conditions specified in this Act and necessary to effectuate the other provisions of such order. Requires that orders issued pursuant to this Act shall contain the conditions set forth in this Act. Provides for the establishment and appointment, by the Secretary of Agriculture, of an Egg Board and defines its specified powers and duties. Requires the Egg Board to develop and submit to the Secretary for his approval any advertising or sales promotion or research and development plans or projects, and that any such plan or project must be approved by the Secretary before becoming effective. Provides that each egg producer shall pay, to the first processor of such producer's eggs, an assessment based upon the number of cases of commercial eggs processed for the account of such producer, in the manner as prescribed by the order, for such expenses and expenditures as the Secretary finds are reasonable and likely to be incurred by the Egg Board under the order during any period specified by him. Provides that the Secretary shall conduct a referendum among egg producers to ascertain whether the issuance of an order is approved by such producers. Provides that no such order issued pursuant to this Act is effective unless the Secretary determines that it is approved by the egg producers. Exempts from this Act: (1) any egg producer whose aggregate number of laying hens at any time during three months prior to assessment has not exceeded three thousand laying hens; (2) any flock of breeding hens whose production of eggs is primarily utilized for the hatching of baby chicks; or (3) commercial eggs of foreign origin not exceeding one hundred cases in any one entry into the United States. Provides that any egg producer against whose commercial eggs any assessment is made under this Act and who is not in favor of supporting the research and promotion program as provided for by this Act shall have the right to demand and recieve form the Egg Board a refund of such assessment. Provides for petition and review of any order issued pursuant to this Act. Provides penalties for willful violation of orders issued pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make such investigations as he deems necessary for the effective administration of this Act or to determine if violations of this Act have occurred. Provides the Secretary with the power of subpoena. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12001 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1973
Egg Research and Consumer Information Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to authorize and enable the establishment of an orderly procedure to the development and financing of an effective and continuous coordinated program of research, consumer and producer education, and promotion designed to strengthen the egg industry's position in the marketplace, and maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders applicable to persons engaged in the hatching and/or sale of egg-type baby chicks and started pullets, the production and marketing of commercial eggs, the processing and distribution of commercial eggs, and the purchase, sale, or processing of spent fowl. Provides that a hearing shall be held on a proposed order before it is issued. Directs that orders issued pursuant to this Act shall contain one or more of the following terms and conditions, and no others: (1) providing for the establishment, issuance, effectuation, and administration of appropriate plans or projects for the advertising of, sales promotion of, and consumer education with respect to the use of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl, and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes; (2) providing for, establishing, and carrying on research, marketing and development projects, and studies with respect to sale, distribution, marketing, utilization, or production of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl, and the creation of new products thereof; (3) providing that hatchery operators, persons engaged in the sale of egg-type baby chicks and started pullet dealers, egg producers, breakers, processors, persons marketing commercial eggs and persons engaged in the purchase, sale, or processing of spent fowl, maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by any order issued pursuant to this Act, or (4) terms and conditions incidental to and not inconsistent with the terms and conditions specified in this Act and necessary to effectuate the other provisions of such order. Requires that orders issued pursuant to this Act shall contain the conditions set forth in this Act. Provides for the establishment and appointment, by the Secretary of Agriculture, of an Egg Board and defines its specified powers and duties. Requires the Egg Board to develop and submit to the Secretary for his approval any advertising or sales promotion or research and development plans or projects, and that any such plan or project must be approved by the Secretary before becoming effective. Provides that each egg producer shall pay, to the first processor of such producer's eggs, an assessment based upon the number of cases of commercial eggs processed for the account of such producer, in the manner as prescribed by the order, for such expenses and expenditures as the Secretary finds are reasonable and likely to be incurred by the Egg Board under the order during any period specified by him. Provides that the Secretary shall conduct a referendum among egg producers to ascertain whether the issuance of an order is approved by such producers. Provides that no such order issued pursuant to this Act is effective unless the Secretary determines that it is approved by the egg producers. Exempts from this Act: (1) any egg producer whose aggregate number of laying hens at any time during three months prior to assessment has not exceeded three thousand laying hens; (2) any flock of breeding hens whose production of eggs is primarily utilized for the hatching of baby chicks; or (3) commercial eggs of foreign origin not exceeding one hundred cases in any one entry into the United States. Provides that any egg producer against whose commercial eggs any assessment is made under this Act and who is not in favor of supporting the research and promotion program as provided for by this Act shall have the right to demand and recieve form the Egg Board a refund of such assessment. Provides for petition and review of any order issued pursuant to this Act. Provides penalties for willful violation of orders issued pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make such investigations as he deems necessary for the effective administration of this Act or to determine if violations of this Act have occurred. Provides the Secretary with the power of subpoena. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11908 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve registration applications filed with him by the Department of Agriculture for the application of DDT to forest or other agricultural lands as is, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, required for the control of and the protection against insect infestations of such lands.
Bill· SS. 2792 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 1973
Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to make available a portion of exportable supplies of agricultural commodities to be used to carry out the humanitarian objectives of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11805 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1973
Revises the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act by adjusting the method of computation of price support payments for the 1974 through 1977 crops of wheat and feed grains to reflect changes in farm production costs.
Bill· HRH.R. 11598 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1973
Extra Long Staple Cotton Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish for each of the 1974 through 1977 crops of extra long staple cotton a national base acreage allotment in the amount of 81,400 acres. Establishes the criteria for apportionment to States, counties, and farms. Directs the Secretary to make available to producers on each of the 1974 through 1977 crops of cotton at the same rates and on the same terms and conditions as are provided under the upland cotton program and sets forth the criteria for establishment of payment yields. Sets forth the conditions for eligibility for payments under this Act. Sets forth the procedure for determining the minimum sales price for sales of extra long staple cotton by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Bill· SS. 2728 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1973
Federal Noxious Weed Act - States that the importation or distribution in interstate commerce of noxious weeds, except under controlled conditions, allows the growth and spread of such weeds which interfere with the growth of useful plants, clog waterways and interfere with navigation, cause disease or have other adverse effects upon man or his environment, and therefore is detrimental to the agriculture and commerce of the United States and to the public health. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate as noxious weeds kinds of plants that he determines are new to, or not known to be widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the United States, and are directly or indirectly injurious to crops or other useful plants, livestock, or poultry, or other interest of agriculture, including irrigation, or to navigation or public health. Permits the Secretary to promulgate such quarantines and regulations requiring inspection of products and articles of any character whatsoever as he deems necessary to prevent the dissemination into the United States, or interstate, of any noxious weeds. Prohibits the movement or sale of any noxious weed into or through the United States unless authorized under permit from the Secretary. Allows the Secretary, in order to prevent the dissemination of any noxious weed, to destroy, or otherwise dispose of, any product or article of any character whatsoever which he has reason to believe is infested by or contains any such noxious weed, if there is no less drastic action which would be adequate to prevent the dissemination of noxious weeds into the United States or interstate. Enables the owner of any article destroyed to bring an action against the United States in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia within one year after such destruction. Permits any authorized inspector, without a warrant, to stop any persons or means of conveyance moving into or through the United States, and to inspect any noxious weeds and any products and articles of any character to determine whether such persons or means of conveyance are moving any noxious weed contrary to this Act. Allows the entry with a warrant into any premises in the United States for inspections or other actions necessary under this Act. Provides a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both, for violation of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with the Governments of Canada or Mexico, and with State and Federal agencies to control the spread of any noxious weed.
Bill· SS. 2704 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Authorizes the guarantee of loans, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to farmers, associations of farmers, or commercial warehouse operators for the purpose of financing up to 90 percent of the cost of constructing facilities and purchasing, handling, and conditioning equipment (other than refrigerated cold storage facilities) for the storage of agricultural commodities.
Bill· HRH.R. 11486 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Foreign Dairy Quality Act - States that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading and other standards comparable to domestic standards that are prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Provides for a certificate issued by the exporting country assuring compliance with prescribed standards as to the quality of the milk form, plant facilities, equipment, and procedures used in the production and transportation of milk, and the production, manufacture, and processing of all imported dairy products. Requires all imported dairy products, after entry into the United States, to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and other dairy product inspection Acts. Provides for cooperation between the Secretary and foreign governments as well as other executive departments in carrying out this Act, and authorizes necessary inspections and investigations. Prescribes a fine of not more than $1000 and imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for violation of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11402 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer specified lands in the State of Colorado to the Department of Agriculture for consolidation and to facilitate better management of the Arapaho National Forest.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 170 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
Emergency Export Administration Act Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to initiate a one hundred percent validated export licensing system with respect to any article, material, or supply whenever the President determines the initiation of such system with respect to such article, material or supply is necessary to protect the United States against a future shortage thereof or to protect the economy. States that no action taken by the Secretary of Commerce with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture under this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the President to sell or otherwise dispose of any agricultural commodity under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 if such sale or other disposition is made to a friendly foreign country and is determined by the President to be necessary to further significantly the foreign policy of the United States and to fulfill its international responsiblities. (Amends 50 U.S.C. 2403)
Bill· HRH.R. 11363 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Authorizes and directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide for the control of imported fire ants by permitting the use of Mirex in coastal counties.
Law· HRH.R. 11273 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Federal Noxious Weed Act - Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate such quarantines and regulations requiring inspection of products and articles of any character whatsoever as he deems necessary to prevent the dissemination into the United States of any noxious weeds. Prohibits the movement or sale of any noxious weed into or through the United States unless authorized under permit from the Secretary. Allows the Secretary, in order to prevent the dissemination of any noxious weed, to destroy, or otherwise dispose of, any product or article of any character whatsoever which he has reason to believe is infested by or contains any such noxious weed, if there is no less drastic action which would be adequate to prevent the dissemination of noxious weeds into the United States or interstate commerce. Enables the owner of any article destroyed to bring an action against the United States in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia within one year after such destruction. Permits any authorized inspector, without a warrant, to stop any person or means of conveyance moving into or through the United States, and to inspect any noxious weeds and any products and articles of any character whatsoever carried thereby, to determine whether such persons or means of conveyance are moving any noxious weeds contrary to this Act. Allows the entry with a warrant into any premises in the United States for inspections or other actions necessary under this Act. Provides a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both, for violation of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with the Governments of Canada and Mexico, and with State and Federal agencies to control the spread of any noxious weed. Authorizes appropriations of sums by Congress from time to time as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11279 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Provides, under the Economic Stabilization Act, that any order or regulation which stabilizes the price of fertilizer shall apply to export sales of fertilizer, except that in applying any price ceiling to the price of a fertilizer export, there shall be excluded the additional cost of transportation and handling caused by the fact that the fertilizer is being exported. Authorizes the President or his delegate to exempt from such provisions any export sale which is determined to be necessary to meet fertilizer needs of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 11222 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1973
Strategic Storable Agricultural Commodities Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain reserve inventories of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans, to include not more than: (1) 300,000,000 bushels of wheat; (2) 25,000,000 tons of feed grains; and (3) 100,000,000 bushels of soybeans. Permits reserves to be withdrawn for: (1) relieving distress because of unemployment or major disasters; (2) use in a state of civil defense emergency; and (3) preserving and maintaining foundation herds of livestock and providing emergency feed for livestock.
Bill· SS. 2614 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1973
Provides, under the Economic Stabilization Act, that any order or regulation which stabilizes the price of fertilizer shall apply to export sales of fertilizer, except that in applying any price ceiling to the price of a fertilizer export, there shall be excluded the additional cost of transportation and handling caused by the fact that the fertilizer is being exported. Authorizes the President or his delegate to exempt from such provisions any export sale which is determined to be necessary to meet fertilizer needs of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 11116 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
States that the provisions of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 shall not be exercised to stabilize the price of fertilizer.
Bill· HRH.R. 11074 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1973
Export Priorities Act - Title I: General Provisions - Makes technical amendments to the Export Administration Act of 1969. Title II: Agricultural Export Controls - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with thirty days after the beginning of the crop year for any agricultural commodity, to determine the quantity of the crop of such commodity, if any, that will be available for export and inform the Secretary of commerce thereof, who shall publicly announce such determination. States that no agricultural commodity may be exported to any foreign country unless the person exporting has been issued a license or unless the commodity has been exempted. States that the quantity of any commodity available for export shall be allocated among foreign countries by the Secretary. Specifies the basis for determining such allocation. Provides that the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of a commodity for export in order to meet unexpected foreign demand resulting from natural disaster, crop failure, and changes in existing trading patterns in that commodity. Prescribes the procedures for: (1) issuance of export licenses; (2) administrative revision of quantities available for export; and (3) exports to developing countries. Confers authority on the Secretary to issue such rules or regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provision of this Act. States that fees collected by the Secretary on export licenses shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall be available to carry out the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Food Stamp Act and the commondity distribution program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, with specified exceptions.
Bill· HRH.R. 11039 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Authorizes and directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide for the control of imported fire ants by permitting the use of Mirex in coastal counties.
Bill· HRH.R. 11023 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to extend loans to persons who make a desertland entry on public land. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 1006(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 10907 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture in emergency situations to control the export of domestic fertilizer.
Bill· SS. 2559 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Domestic Food Price Impact Statement - States that no agricultural commodity may be exported to any foreign country unless: (1) the person exporting has submitted a registration statement to the Secretary; and (2) the Secretary has approved such statement. Provides that the Secretary may not approve an export registration statement for a quantity of a commodity which, when added to the quantity of such commodity already approved, exceeds 20 per cent of the level of domestic production. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a limitation lower than 20 percent under specified circumstances. States that this Act applies to agricultural commodities planted for harvest in 1974 and subsequent years.
Bill· HRH.R. 10839 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
States that the provisions of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 shall not be exercised to stabilize the price of fertilizer.
Bill· HRH.R. 10831 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Export Priorities Act - Title I: General Provisions - Makes technical amendments to the Export Administration Act of 1969. Title II: Agricultural Export Controls - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with thirty days after the beginning of the crop year for any agricultural commodity, to determine the quantity of the crop of such commodity, if any, that will be available for export and inform the Secretary of commerce thereof, who shall publicly announce such determination. States that no agricultural commodity may be exported to any foreign country unless the person exporting has been issued a license or unless the commodity has been exempted. States that the quantity of any commodity available for export shall be allocated among foreign countries by the Secretary. Specifies the basis for determining such allocation. Provides that the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of a commodity for export in order to meet unexpected foreign demand resulting from natural disaster, crop failure, and changes in existing trading patterns in that commodity. Prescribes the procedures for: (1) issuance of export licenses; (2) administrative revision of quantities available for export; and (3) exports to developing countries. Confers authority on the Secretary to issue such rules or regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provision of this Act. States that fees collected by the Secretary on export licenses shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall be available to carry out the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Food Stamp Act and the commondity distribution program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, with specified exceptions.
Bill· HRH.R. 10844 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Export Priorities Act - Title I: General Provisions - Makes technical amendments to the Export Administration Act of 1969. Title II: Agricultural Export Controls - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with thirty days after the beginning of the crop year for any agricultural commodity, to determine the quantity of the crop of such commodity, if any, that will be available for export and inform the Secretary of commerce thereof, who shall publicly announce such determination. States that no agricultural commodity may be exported to any foreign country unless the person exporting has been issued a license or unless the commodity has been exempted. States that the quantity of any commodity available for export shall be allocated among foreign countries by the Secretary. Specifies the basis for determining such allocation. Provides that the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of a commodity for export in order to meet unexpected foreign demand resulting from natural disaster, crop failure, and changes in existing trading patterns in that commodity. Prescribes the procedures for: (1) issuance of export licenses; (2) administrative revision of quantities available for export; and (3) exports to developing countries. Confers authority on the Secretary to issue such rules or regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provision of this Act. States that fees collected by the Secretary on export licenses shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall be available to carry out the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Food Stamp Act and the commondity distribution program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, with specified exceptions.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 163 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Authorizes the President to proclaim the last full week in March of each year as "National Agriculture Week".
Bill· HRH.R. 10796 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve registration applications filed with him by the Department of Agriculture for the application of DDT to forest or other agricultural lands as is, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, required for the control of and the protection against insect infestations of such lands.
Bill· HRH.R. 10758 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
States that the provisions of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 shall not be exercised to stabilize the price of fertilizer.
Bill· HRH.R. 10678 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Prohibits, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, use of food stamps to purchase imported food. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2012(6))
Bill· HRH.R. 10605 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Authorizes Florida Indian River grapefruit marketing orders under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, which provides for an assessment against handlers for the purpose of financing a marketing promotion program. Provides for a credit against such assessment in the case of handlers who expend directly for marketing promotion. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 608c(6) (I))
Bill· HRH.R. 10624 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study with respect to the feasibility of establishing the Desert Trail as a national scenic trail.
Law· SS. 2491 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Repeals those provisions of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 which provide for payments to farmers in the event of crop failures with respect to crops planted in lieu of wheat or feed grain.
Bill· HRH.R. 10547 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Defines, under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, the term eggs to including eggs produced by chickens , turkeys, and all other domestic fowl including ducks and geese, and the products thereof. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 182)
Bill· SS. 2440 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to promote development of rural areas by assisting in the improvement of transportation services and facilities and in obtaining experimental transportation rates from or to rural areas by the initiation of actions before the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Maritime Commission, the Civil Aeronautics Board, or other Federal or State transportation regulatory body, or by working directly with individual carriers. Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit the establishment of special freight and passenger rates to and from rural areas.
Bill· HRH.R. 10402 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Authorizes grazing permits, under the Taylor Grazing Act, for a period of ten years. States that the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time specify the numbers of stock and seasons of use for each permit if the lands covered by such permit remain within a grazing district and if the permittee has complied with the terms and conditions of the permit and with the rules and regulations of the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to pay to the holder of a grazing permit compensation for the loss of such permit if such permit is canceled (in whole or in part) before the expiration of its term because all or part of the lands covered by such permits are no longer within grazing district.
Bill· HRH.R. 10380 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Removes the qualification for exemptions under the waters carriers part of the Interstate Commerce Act, that applies to bulk commodities shipped in vessels carrying not more than three such commodities, and that states that the exemption shall not be lost by the concurrent transportation in the same vessel of other commodities. Repeals the amendment requiring that the Secretary of Transportation study the economic regulation of dry bulk commodity transportation.
Bill· SS. 2434 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
Directs the Department of Transportation, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Department of Agriculture jointly and in full cooperation to conduct a pilot investigation to determine the impact of de facto transportation factors (such as rates, ratings, routings, availability of equipment financing, scheduling, damaged and lost claims, lack of service, restrictions such as interlinings, and so forth) on economic opportunities, living patterns, and the cost of doing business in South Texas.
Bill· HRH.R. 10347 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve registration applications filed with him by the Department of Agriculture for the application of DDT to forest or other agricultural lands as is, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, required for the control of and the protection against insect infestations of such lands.
Bill· HRH.R. 10325 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
Federal Noxious Weed Act - States that the importation or distribution in interstate commerce of noxious weeds, except under controlled conditions, allows the growth and spread of such weeds which interfere with the growth of useful plants, clog waterways and interfere with navigation, cause disease, or have other adverse effects upon man or his environment, and therefore is determined to be injurious to the agriculture and commerce of the United States and to the public health. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate as noxious weeds kinds of plants that he determines are new to, or not known to be widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the United States, and are directly or indirectly injurious to crops or other useful plants, livestock, or poultry, or other interests of agriculture, including irrigation, or to navigation or public health. Permits the Secretary to promulgate such quarantines and regulations requiring inspection of products and articles of any character whatsoever as he deems necessary to prevent the dissemination into the United States, or interstate, of any noxious weeds. Prohibits the movement or sale of any noxious weed into or through the United States unless authorized under permit from the Secretary. Allows the Secretary, in order to prevent the dissemination of any noxious weed, to destroy, or otherwise dispose of, any product or article of any character whatsover which he has reason to believe is infested by or contains any such noxious weed, if there is no less drastic action which would be adequate to prevent the dissemination of noxious weeds into the United States or interstate. Enables the owner of any article or noxious weed destroyed to bring an action against the United States in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia within one year after such destruction. Permits any authorized inspector, without a warrant, to stop any persons or means of conveyance moving into or through the United States, and to inspect any noxious weeds and any products and articles of any character whatsoever carried thereby, to determine whether such persons or means of conveyance are moving any noxious weeds contrary to this Act. Allows the entry with a warrant into any premises in the United States for inspections or other actions necessary under this Act. Provides a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both, for violation of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with the Governments of Canada or Mexico, and with State and Federal agencies to control the spread of any noxious weed.
Bill· HRH.R. 10058 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1973
Foreign Dairy Quality Act - States that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading and other standards comparable to domestic standards that are prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Provides for a certificate issued by the exporting country assuring compliance with prescribed standards as to the quality of the milk form, plant facilities, equipment, and procedures used in the production and transportation of milk, and the production, manufacture, and processing of all imported dairy products. Requires all imported dairy products, after entry into the United States, to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and other dairy product inspection Acts. Provides for cooperation between the Secretary and foreign governments as well as other executive departments in carrying out this Act, and authorizes necessary inspections and investigations. Prescribes a fine of not more than $1000 and imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for violation of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10053 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1973
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve registration applications filed with him by the Department of Agriculture for the application of DDT to forest or other agricultural lands as is, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, required for the control of and the protection against insect infestations of such lands.
Bill· SS. 2369 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire specified lands in the county of San Diego, California, to be administered as national forest lands. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 157 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate: (1) that the United States shall cooperate to the fullest possible extent with appropriate international agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in efforts to establish world reserves of basic food commodities; (2) that the President of the United States should immediately initiate a study to determine proper levels of appropriate rules and regulations for the effective management of domestic reserves of basic food commodities, accounting for domestic and foreign demands in both commercial and concessional markets; and (3) that at the beginning of the Second Session of the 93d Congress, the President should recommend to the Congress a plan for the establishment of domestic food reserves, and that he should report to the Congress at the same time on progress toward the establishment of world food reserves.
Bill· HRH.R. 9807 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Foreign Dairy Quality Act - States that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading and other standards comparable to domestic standards that are prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Provides for a certificate issued by the exporting country assuring compliance with prescribed standards as to the quality of the milk form, plant facilities, equipment, and procedures used in the production and transportation of milk, and the production, manufacture, and processing of all imported dairy products. Requires all imported dairy products, after entry into the United States, to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and other dairy product inspection Acts. Provides for cooperation between the Secretary and foreign governments as well as other executive departments in carrying out this Act, and authorizes necessary inspections and investigations. Prescribes a fine of not more than $1000 and imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for violation of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9744 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
Provides that States may not have less strict standards with respect to marketing, labeling, packaging, and ingredient requirements than those made under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 678)
Bill· HRH.R. 9663 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Quality Dairy Imports Act - States that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading and other standards comparable to domestic standards that are prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Provide for a certificate issued by the exporting country assuring compliance with prescribed standards as to the quality of the milk farm, plant facilities, equipment, and procedures used in the production and transportation of milk, and the production, manufacture, and processing of all imported dairy products. Requires all imported dairy products, after entry into the United States, to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and other dairy product inspection Acts. Provides for cooperation between the Secretary and foreign governments as well as other executive departments in carrying out this Act, and authorizes necessary inspections and investigations. Prescribes a fine of not more than $5,000 and imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, for violation of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9514 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to, beginning in 1978 and every fifth year thereafter, take a census of agriculture which shall relate to the year immediately preceding the taking thereof. States that the Secretary shall, in conjunction with the census of agriculture directed to be taken in 1978 and each tenth year thereafter, take a census of irrigation and drainage.