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Bill· SS. 2840 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Deletes, under the Food Stamp Act, the prohibition against students receiving food stamps and makes them eligible under specified circumstances. Lowers the work registration age limit from 65 to 60. Revises the provisions related to employer housing, standard deductions, and Government vendor payments. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and administer the food stamp program so that eligible households are furnished with a coupon allotment sufficient to provide them with a nutritionally adequate diet, with the amount of such allotments adjusted semi-annually to reflect changes in the price of food. Provides that, where the Secretary determines that there has been gross negligence or fraud on the part of the State agency in the certification of applicant households, the State shall, upon request of the Secretary, deposit into a separate account of the Federal Treasury a sum equal to the face value of any coupon issued as a result of negligence or fraud, such funds to be available without fiscal year limitation for the redemption of coupons. Directs the Secretary to institute procedures whereby Federal, State, and local officials meet monthly to reconcile all records related to the disbursement of food stamp coupons. Requires the Secretary and State agencies to carry out an effective program of nutrition education and directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on progress in this area. Makes provision for retroactive benefits where food coupons are wrongfully denied and for bilingual assistance in areas where there are numerous potentially eligible, non-English speaking persons. Requires the issuance of food stamps at all Postal Service facilities where postage stamps are sold. Expands program notification requirements and opportunities to use food stamps for "meals on wheals" where members of eligible households are elderly or disabled. Grants the Secretary authority to carry out experimental projects designed to increase the program's efficiency. States that the amount of assets households may own and still be eligible for the program shall be adjusted annually to reflect cost changes in the Consumer Price Index. Provides for prompt certification of eligible applicant households.
Bill· HRH.R. 11339 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
National Agricultural Research Policy Act - Declares the purposes of this Act to emphasize agricultural research as a distinct mission of the Department of Agriculture, to be certain such research is effectively coordinated, and to provide a mechanism for identifying the Nation's highest priority problems for agricultural research. Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the National Agricultural Research Policy Committee. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint the Executive Secretary of such committee to coordinate agricultural research and keep abreast of the Nation's needs for such research. States that the committee's responsibilities shall include: (1) reviewing programs, policies and goals of agricultural research agencies; (2) providing a forum for research sponsoring agencies to exchange information on agricultural plans and programs; and (3) making recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture regarding applications for funding of mission-oriented basic agricultural research. Defines "mission-oriented basic agricultural research" as research on fundamental science topics with regard to which there is a basic need in existence for new knowledge that would be generated by such research and which deals with more than an unproven concept. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to land grant colleges and universities eligible for assistance under the First Morrill Act and the State agricultural experiment stations eligible for assistance under the Hatch Act to carry out mission-oriented basic research. Allows the Secretary to make grants on a competitive basis to Federal agencies, research institutions, organizations and individuals for agricultural research. Authorizes appropriations of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1979. Declares it to be the sense of Congress that Federal funding for existing agricultural research programs should be increased by $250,000,000 annually.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 765 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Designates the fourth Monday in March of each year as "National Agriculture Day".
Bill· SS. 2823 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Provides that the small farm extension, research and development programs established pursuant to the Rural Development Act shall be conducted by the Federal-State Cooperative Extension Services. States that the duties of the Extension Services shall be expanded to include a study to identify small farmers in each State and to determine their resources, abilities, education and willingness to upgrade their farm operation through improved farm management practices (presently the research is limited to new approaches for small farms in management, agricultural production, techniques, new products, and marketing). Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Federal-State Cooperative Extension Services to implement a program to improve operations of small farmers, to establish procedures for evaluating the social and economic consequences of such program, and to submit an annual report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate regarding the extent to which the objectives of the program provided for in this subsection are being achieved. Defines "small farmer" as any person who depends on farming as his primary source of income, whose gross annual sales from farming operations are less than $20,000, and whose income from nonfarm sources is less than $5,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 11245 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Allows the payment of overtime to personnel employed in the Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service if: (1) their duties are critical to the inspection services provided by the Department of Agriculture to assure wholesome food products, humane treatment of animals, and to control and eradicate animal and plant diseases; and (2) they are in positions in which overtime work may be required by emergency needs created by disease outbreaks or in which operating requirements cannot be met without substantial work. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5542 (a))
Bill· SS. 2802 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Food Industry Antitrust Reports Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Agriculture to submit to the appropriate House and Senate committees a report on actions with respect to the enforcement of the antitrust laws in the various sectors of the food industry. Requires that such report be made not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, and yearly thereafter. Provides that no later than five years after the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Congress a comprehensive report on the market structure and State of competition in the food industries. Requires the Commission and the Department of Justice to provide to the Congress an analysis of the adequacy of available data on which any study is based. Authorizes the appropriation to the Commission of $1,000,000 for each of the next five fiscal years.
Bill· SS. 2808 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Revises the Agricultural Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make available to producers, loans and purchases on the 1975 through 1977 crops of soybeans at such levels as reflect the historical average relationship of soybean support levels to corn support levels during the three years preceding the establishment of the support level for soybeans.
Bill· HRH.R. 11223 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Food Stamp Reform Act - Eliminates the requirement, under the Food Stamp Act, that individuals receiving supplemental security income benefits under title XVI (grantss to States for the Aged, Blind or Disabled) of the Social Security Act shall not be considered eligible for food stamps if the supplemental income payments include the bonus value of food stamps. States that households in which a member is eligible to participate in the nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act, or is authorized to use coupons for meals on wheels, shall not be required to have cooking facilities. Modifies the eligibility standards for students. Lowers the work registration age limit for eligibility purposes from 65 to 60. States that the actual value of employer-provided housing (up to $25 per month) shall be taken into account for eligibility purposes. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in computing eligibility, to allow a standard deduction of $125 plus $25 for each elderly person, after deductions for disaster or casualty losses, taxes, and other mandatory deductions. Eliminates the purchase price requirement and establishes an income formula for determining eligibility. Requires the Secretary to carry out a nutrition education program for recipients, including distribution of printed materials designed to teach recipients how to buy and prepare nutritious and economical meals. States that wrongfully denied food coupons shall be restored through a lump sum cash payment. Requires bilingual assistance to be made available in areas where numerous potentially eligible persons speak a language other than English. Directs the Secretary to conduct a survey and report to Congress on the average and distribution of assets held by participants in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out pilot experiments for purposes of increasing the program's efficiency and improving the delivery of benefits to eligible households.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 516 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States recognizes its duty to share its resources and technology with less developed nations. Establishes this duty as a prime consideration in the domestic and foreign policies of the United States and on all matters which relate to hunger.
Bill· HRH.R. 11145 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1975
Dairy Import Sanitation Act - Provides for the inspection of imported dairy products in order to protect the public health and welfare. Requires that such products comply with minimum standards for sanitation established by the Secretary of Agriculture and that the dairy farms on which milk is produced and the plants in which such products are produced meet minimum standards of sanitation. States that such standards shall be comparable to the standards of purity, wholesomeness, and sanitation recommended by the Secretary for domestic dairy products. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11136 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1975
American Agriculture Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever any member of the executive branch has directly or indirectly caused the suspension of export sales of any grain commodity, to set the loan level for that commodity, under the Agriculture Act, if a loan program is in effect for the commodity. Directs that the loan level be established at 100 percent of the parity price on the day of the suspension and remain in effect as long as the suspension.
Bill· HRH.R. 11130 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1975
Makes changes, under the Agriculture Act, as amended by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act, in the price supports for the 1975, 1976, and 1977 crops of corn, wheat, cotton, and soybeans. Stipulates conditions under which the Commodity Credit Corporation may dispose of commodities for which loan levels are established pursuant to this Act. Provides that the obligator under a warehouse receipt held by the Commodity Credit Corporation representing ownership of any commodity shall be required at all times to have the grade stated on the warehouse receipt or a better grade available for delivery.
Bill· SS. 2765 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1975
Repeals the authority, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, for provisional listings of commercially established colors.
Bill· HRH.R. 11087 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1975
Grants temporary authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to sell timber from United States Forest Service lands, consistent with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 506 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1975
Recognizes the right to a nutritionally adequate diet as a cornerstone of United States policy in areas such as trade, assistance, monetary reform and military spending. Seeks to improve food assistance programs in the United States. Calls for an increase in this nation's assistance for self-help development among the worlds' poorest people. Sets a target of one percent of our total national production to be spent for such assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 11057 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Grants temporary authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to sell timber from United States Forest Service lands, consistent with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11075 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Allows, pursuant to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act, representatives of the domestic alcohol beverage industry (previously wine industry) to participate in overseas trade fairs and market promotion activities sponsored by the Department of Agriculture.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 916 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority (D76-74) relating to the Department of Agriculture, Resource Conservation and Development, which is proposed by the President in his message of November 29, 1975, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 912 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority (D76-70) relating to the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Conservation Program, which is proposed by the President in his message of November 29, 1975, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 914 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority (D76-72) relating to the Department of Agriculture, Rural Water and Waste Disposal Grants, which is proposed by the President in his message of November 29, 1975, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 910 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority (D76-68) relating to the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, which is proposed by the President in his message of November 29, 1975, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 915 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority (D76- 73) relating to the Department of Agriculture, Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations, which is proposed by the President in his message of November 29, 1975, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 911 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority (D76- 68) relating to the Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, which is proposed by the President in his message of November 29, 1975, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 913 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority (D76-71) relating to the Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation, which is proposed by the President in his message of November 29, 1975, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 909 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Disapproves the recission of specified budget authority (R76-15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25) relating to the Department of Agriculture including recission of $225,000 for construction by the Agricultural Research Service; $12,500,000 for the Water Bank Act program; $18,750,000 for the Forestry Incentive Program; $2,000,000 for payments to States and possessions under the Agricultural Marketing Service; with the remainder of the recissions made in specified programs of the Farmers Home Administration. States that the recissions were proposed by the President in his message of November 29, 1975, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11048 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1975
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to use sampling methods in taking agricultural censuses, except that he may substitute another method where he determines that sampling methods would be inappropriate. (Amends 13 U.S.C. 142(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 11028 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1975
National Aquaculture Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for a national program for aquaculture development in order to increase sources of marine protein for the consumer; to increase the availability and quality level of consumer fishery products; to develop new resources; to improve or maintain recreational fisheries; and to initiate new business, industry, and employment. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with interested Federal agencies and other public and private organizations and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to establish national objectives for aquaculture development. Requires the Secretary to act as the interagency coordinator for all Federal programs and activities in aquaculture. Sets forth activities regarding aquaculture development which the Secretary may, as he deems appropriate, carry out pursuant to this Act, including: (1) development of specified areas of aquaculture research and implementation; (2) investigation of legal and regulatory constraints on aquaculture; (3) preparation of an inventory of public and private aquaculture; and (4) provision for the training of individuals, including public and private organizations and educational institutions, in the principles and techniques of aquaculture. Permits the Secretary to make grants to individuals, State and local government agencies, private nonprofit organizations and educational institutions for the furtherance of aquaculture research and development. Prohibits the Secretary from granting money for the acquisition of real property in connection with aquacultural projects and limits grants to 75 percent of a project's cost. Directs the Secretary to research the nature and extent of pollution created by various types of aquaculture. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980 as well as $2,500,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976 and ending September 30, 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 10988 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments - Includes frozen potato products within the definition of "perishable agriculture commodity" for purposes of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. Makes it unlawful for a commission merchant, broker, or dealer to extend to a grower or other person undue, unjust, or unreasonable preferance or advantage in any respect whatsoever; or to subject or cause to be subjected any grower or other person to any undue, unjust, or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever. Prohibits the disclosure of any identifying information about one complaining of any violation of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect the accounts of anyone determined to have violated such Act to assure that such violator is paying all reparations required by, and is otherwise complying with, such Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 743 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Free Market and Food Protection Resolution - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to any farmowner or operator whenever the executive branch of the Federal Government suspends the export sales of corn, wheat, soybeans, or grain sorghum. Requires the farmowners and operators, in order to be eligible for payment, to have in storage at the beginning of the suspension any amount of the commodity for which export sales have been suspended. Specifies that payment shall be at a rate of 7.5 percent of the parity price per bushel of the commodity concerned for the first 20,000 bushels with 5 percent of parity per bushel to be paid for any amount in excess thereof. Directs that such payment be made at the initiation of the suspension of export sales. Provides that payment of 3 percent of parity for the first 20,000 bushels and 2 percent of parity for each bushel in excess thereof, shall be paid for each 30 day period (after the initial payment) during which the suspension is in effect.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 502 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Recognizes the right to a nutritionally adequate diet as a cornerstone of United States policy in areas such as trade, assistance, monetary reform and military spending. Seeks to improve food assistance programs in the United States. Calls for an increase in this nation's assistance for self-help development among the worlds' poorest people. Sets a target of one percent of our total national production to be spent for such assistance.
Law· HRH.R. 10930 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1975
Provides for an additional assessment and for reimbursement of specified expenses incurred by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the Cotton Research and Promotion Act. Repeals that section of such Act which allows the use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for cotton research and promotion.
Bill· HRH.R. 10941 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1975
Provides that any individual who is eighteen years of age or older and who is receiving half of his income from any member of another household which, because of its income and other financial resources, is not eligible to receive food stamps shall not be considered as a member of household for purposes of the Food Stamp Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10956 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines "household" under the Food Stamp Act as meaning a group of individuals who are sharing common living quarters, but who are not residents of an institution or boarding house, and who have access to cooking facilities and for whom food is customarily purchased in common. Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may not approve any plan which permits any household to simultaneously participate in both the food stamp program and the distribution of federally donated foods. Requires the Secretary to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program. States that the income standards of eligibility shall be the income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget adjusted pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act. Directs the Secretary to prescribe additional standards of eligibility which shall include, but not be limited to, the amounts of liquid and nonliquid assets. Provides that household income for purposes of the food stamp program shall be the gross income of the household less: (1) a standard deduction of $100 a month applicable to all households; (2) an additional deduction of $25 a month for any household in which there at least one member who is age sixty-five or older. Limits eligibility to participate in the food stamp program to citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residency. States that no individual shall be considered eligible for the food stamp program as a member of a household if he is: (1) over 18; (2) is enrolled at an institution of higher education; and (3) is a dependent child for income tax purposes of a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household. Prohibits households which transfer liquid or nonliquid assets for the purpose of qualifying for the food stamp program from becoming eligible for at least a ninety-day period. Requires the Secretary to issue photo identification cards to households certified eligible to participate in the program. States that households shall be charged thirty percent of their income for the coupon allotment issued to them. Provides that if a State agency does not comply with the provisions of the Food Stamp Act, the Secretary may refer the matter to the Attorney General with a request for an injunction, or he may direct that there be no further inssuance of coupons in the political subdivisions where such failure has occurred until such time as satisfactory corrective action has been taken. Directs the Secretary to pay to each State agency out of funds appropriated by Congress an amount equal to 75 percent of all direct costs of State food stamp program investigations, prosecutions, and State activities related to recovering losses sustained in the food stamp program. Provides for a civil money penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation of the Food Stamp Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10890 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1975
Rice Production Act - Title I: Rice Allotments and Price Support - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, to establish for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops a national acreage allotment of 1,800,000 acres. States that the national acreage allotment shall be apportioned, for each crop of rice, by the Secretary to farms and producers on the basis of allotments established for the 1975 crop. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing or withdrawing entirely the rice allotment of a farm or producer which plants to rice less than the total acreage allotted to it for that crop. Defines exceptions to such criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or a part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same administrative area, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him in the same. Provides for the apportionment among the heirs of a rice producer of a farm rice acreage allotment of such producer in States in which the allotment is based on past production of rice. Provides for apportionment of acreage upon dissolution of a partnership in such States. Provides for the voluntary surrender to the county committee of a portion of a farm's rice acreage allotment. States that any acreage planted to rice in excess of the farm or producer acreage allotment in the crop years 1975 and 1977 shall not be taken into account in establishing farm or producer acreage allotments in any year following such period. Establishes, under the Agricultural Act, the price to be used in making payments on rice under the price support program. Sets the price for the 1976 crop at $8 per hundredweight, adjusted for economic and agricultural factors. Directs the Secretary to make loans and purchases on the 1976 rice crop available to producers who are in cooperation with the rice acreage allotment at a rate of $6 per hundredweight, as adjusted for economic and agricultural factors. Bases 1977 loans and purchases on the price paid in 1976 as adjusted. Directs the Secretary to make payments available to cooperators for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops. Sets forth criteria for determining the rate of such payments and the total amount of such payments to a cooperator. Directs the Secretary to provide for a set-aside of cropland for a rice crop if an excessive supply of rice for the marketing year under consideration is predicted. Authorizes the raising of specified crops other than rice on set-aside acreage. Limits to $55,000 the total amount of payments which a person shall be entitled to receive during a crop year under this rice program. Makes inapplicable to the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice those provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act which regulate the apportionment of the national acreage allotment and marketing quotas with respect to rice. Title II: Rice Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regional and national research programs with respect to rice for specified purposes, including: (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of production needs; (2) to develop varieties of rice utilization; and (3) to improve the resistance of rice plants to disease and to enhance their conservation and environmental qualities. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to carry out such research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Provides, under the Agricultural Act, that for the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice, a cooperator shall be a person who has a rice acreage allotment, and, if a set-aside is in effect, who has set aside the acreage required.
Bill· SS. 2714 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Expands the emergency authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to search for, transport, and medically treat persons who are lost, seriously ill, injured, or who die within the National Forest System. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10865 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Food Stamp Reform Act - Eliminates the requirement, under the Food Stamp Act, that individuals receiving supplemental security income benefits under title XVI (grantss to States for the Aged, Blind or Disabled) of the Social Security Act shall not be considered eligible for food stamps if the supplemental income payments include the bonus value of food stamps. States that households in which a member is eligible to participate in the nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act, or is authorized to use coupons for meals on wheels, shall not be required to have cooking facilities. Modifies the eligibility standards for students. Lowers the work registration age limit for eligibility purposes from 65 to 60. States that the actual value of employer-provided housing (up to $25 per month) shall be taken into account for eligibility purposes. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in computing eligibility, to allow a standard deduction of $125 plus $25 for each elderly person, after deductions for disaster or casualty losses, taxes, and other mandatory deductions. Eliminates the purchase price requirement and establishes an income formula for determining eligibility. Requires the Secretary to carry out a nutrition education program for recipients, including distribution of printed materials designed to teach recipients how to buy and prepare nutritious and economical meals. States that wrongfully denied food coupons shall be restored through a lump sum cash payment. Requires bilingual assistance to be made available in areas where numerous potentially eligible persons speak a language other than English. Directs the Secretary to conduct a survey and report to Congress on the average and distribution of assets held by participants in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out pilot experiments for purposes of increasing the program's efficiency and improving the delivery of benefits to eligible households.
Bill· HRH.R. 10845 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Young Farmers' Homestead Act - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Agriculture the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. Authorizies the Corporation to purchase farm land in value of up to $250,000 per unit. Provides that the Corporation shall make such farms available for lease and subsequently for sale. Directs that the farms may be leased to an eligible applicant for a period of not less than two years nor more than ten years with specified restrictions upon the use of such land. Provides that the lessee may at any time within six months prior to the expiration of his lease make application to the board for purchase of such unit upon the expiration of such lease. States that the board shall approve such application if it determines that the lessee can successfully manage and operate such farm unit. Specifies a formula to be used in determining the selling price of each farm. Provides that a buyer may obtain financing through any available source, but if private financing is not available, the Farmers Home Administration shall furnish the financing at a specified rate. Requires the Corporation to file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture a complete report as to the business of the Corporation. Provides that the financial transactions of the Corporation shall be audited at least once each year by the General Accounting Office. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint an advisory council to advise the board regarding the administration of this Act. Provides that the Council's advice shall include recommendations on what the eligibility requirements should be for leasing farm units and what experience should be required for leasing a farm. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Specifies criminal provisions applicable to the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 657, 658, 1006, and 1014)
Bill· HRH.R. 10842 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1975
Dairy and Meat Import Inspection and Identification Act - Establishes labeling and sanitation requirements for imported meat and dairy products. Title I: Dairy Products - Defines terms as used in this title. Directs that no dairy products shall be imported into the United States unless the Secretary of Agriculture first certifies that such products are wholesome and pure. Requires the Secretary to establish standards comparable to standards imposed upon domestic dairy products. Provides that such imports must comply with United States packaging and labeling requirements. Requires that the package or container of any food product made in whole or in part of imported dairy product shall be labeled "imported" or "imported in part". Establishes criminal penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act. Title II: Meat and Meat Products - Imposes the same labeling requirements on imported meats as are imposed upon dairy products by Title I of this Act. Requires that such products meet the same health standards as imposed upon domestically produced meats. Requires that inspectors employed by the Department of Agriculture supervise the testing of imported meats. Directs that periodic tests of imported meats shall be conducted in the United States by the Department of Agriculture.
Bill· HRH.R. 10818 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1975
Rice Production Act - Title I: Rice Allotments and Price Support - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, to establish for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops a national acreage allotment of 1,800,000 acres. States that the national acreage allotment shall be apportioned, for each crop of rice, by the Secretary to farms and producers on the basis of allotments established for the 1975 crop. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing or withdrawing entirely the rice allotment of a farm or producer which plants to rice less than the total acreage allotted to it for that crop. Defines exceptions to such criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or a part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same administrative area, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him in the same. Provides for the apportionment among the heirs of a rice producer of a farm rice acreage allotment of such producer in States in which the allotment is based on past production of rice. Provides for apportionment of acreage upon dissolution of a partnership in such States. Provides for the voluntary surrender to the county committee of a portion of a farm's rice acreage allotment. States that any acreage planted to rice in excess of the farm or producer acreage allotment in the crop years 1975 and 1977 shall not be taken into account in establishing farm or producer acreage allotments in any year following such period. Establishes, under the Agricultural Act, the price to be used in making payments on rice under the price support program. Sets the price for the 1976 crop at $8 per hundredweight, adjusted for economic and agricultural factors. Directs the Secretary to make loans and purchases on the 1976 rice crop available to producers who are in cooperation with the rice acreage allotment at a rate of $6 per hundredweight, as adjusted for economic and agricultural factors. Bases 1977 loans and purchases on the price paid in 1976 as adjusted. Directs the Secretary to make payments available to cooperators for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops. Sets forth criteria for determining the rate of such payments and the total amount of such payments to a cooperator. Directs the Secretary to provide for a set-aside of cropland for a rice crop if an excessive supply of rice for the marketing year under consideration is predicted. Authorizes the raising of specified crops other than rice on set-aside acreage. Limits to $55,000 the total amount of payments which a person shall be entitled to receive during a crop year under this rice program. Makes inapplicable to the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice those provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act which regulate the apportionment of the national acreage allotment and marketing quotas with respect to rice. Title II: Rice Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regional and national research programs with respect to rice for specified purposes, including: (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of production needs; (2) to develop varieties of rice utilization; and (3) to improve the resistance of rice plants to disease and to enhance their conservation and environmental qualities. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to carry out such research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Provides, under the Agricultural Act, that for the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice, a cooperator shall be a person who has a rice acreage allotment, and, if a set-aside is in effect, who has set aside the acreage required.
Bill· HRH.R. 10786 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1975
Allows payment of overtime to personnel employed in the Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service if (1) their duties are critical to the inspection services provided by the Department of Agriculture to assure wholesome food products, humane treatment of animals, and to control and eradicate animal and plant diseases and (2) if they are in positions in which overtime work may be required by emergency needs created by disease outbreaks or in which operating requirements cannot be met without substantial work. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5542(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 10782 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1975
Provides, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, that the date on which applications for emergency assistance may be made shall be changed to include losses suffered during the 1974 year without being subject to the requirement that the applicant be unable to obtain credit elsewhere in order to be eligible for such assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 10759 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1975
Rice Production Act - Title I: Rice Allotments and Price Support - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, to establish for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops a national acreage allotment of 1,800,000 acres. States that the national acreage allotment shall be apportioned, for each crop of rice, by the Secretary to farms and producers on the basis of allotments established for the 1975 crop. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing or withdrawing entirely the rice allotment of a farm or producer which plants to rice less than the total acreage allotted to it for that crop. Defines exceptions to such criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or a part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same administrative area, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him in the same. Provides for the apportionment among the heirs of a rice producer of a farm rice acreage allotment of such producer in States in which the allotment is based on past production of rice. Provides for apportionment of acreage upon dissolution of a partnership in such States. Provides for the voluntary surrender to the county committee of a portion of a farm's rice acreage allotment. States that any acreage planted to rice in excess of the farm or producer acreage allotment in the crop years 1975 and 1977 shall not be taken into account in establishing farm or producer acreage allotments in any year following such period. Establishes, under the Agricultural Act, the price to be used in making payments on rice under the price support program. Sets the price for the 1976 crop at $8 per hundredweight, adjusted for economic and agricultural factors. Directs the Secretary to make loans and purchases on the 1976 rice crop available to producers who are in cooperation with the rice acreage allotment at a rate of $6 per hundredweight, as adjusted for economic and agricultural factors. Bases 1977 loans and purchases on the price paid in 1976 as adjusted. Directs the Secretary to make payments available to cooperators for each of the 1976 and 1977 rice crops. Sets forth criteria for determining the rate of such payments and the total amount of such payments to a cooperator. Directs the Secretary to provide for a set-aside of cropland for a rice crop if an excessive supply of rice for the marketing year under consideration is predicted. Authorizes the raising of specified crops other than rice on set-aside acreage. Limits to $55,000 the total amount of payments which a person shall be entitled to receive during a crop year under this rice program. Makes inapplicable to the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice those provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act which regulate the apportionment of the national acreage allotment and marketing quotas with respect to rice. Title II: Rice Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regional and national research programs with respect to rice for specified purposes, including: (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of production needs; (2) to develop varieties of rice utilization; and (3) to improve the resistance of rice plants to disease and to enhance their conservation and environmental qualities. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to carry out such research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Provides, under the Agricultural Act, that for the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice, a cooperator shall be a person who has a rice acreage allotment, and, if a set-aside is in effect, who has set aside the acreage required.
Bill· HRH.R. 10776 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1975
Consumer Beef-Grading Act - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Task Force on Beef-Grading Standards, to exist until terminated by the Congress. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, including to determine the needs and preferences of consumers with respect to beef-grading standards, and to make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to prescribing regulations establishing new beef-grading standards. Outlines factors which must be considered in making such recommendations. Provides that the task force shall be composed of 16 members appointed by the Secretary. Directs that the task force be headed by a Director appointed by the members. Authorizes the Director to appoint a staff. Directs the Secretary to establish new beef-grading standards which shall reflect the recommendations made by the task force. Requires the Secretary to prepare notices describing the beef-grading standards prescribed pursuant to this Act. Provides that such standards shall include amounts of marbling and leanness in each grade of beef, the nutritional qualities of each grade, cost-value information, and general instructions on preparation and cooking of each grade. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of consumer education with regard to the beef- grading standards. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums or may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10735 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines "household" under the Food Stamp Act as meaning a group of individuals who are sharing common living quarters, but who are not residents of an institution or boarding house, and who have access to cooking facilities and for whom food is customarily purchased in common. Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may not approve any plan which permits any household to simultaneously participate in both the food stamp program and the distribution of federally donated foods. Requires the Secretary to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program. States that the income standards of eligibility shall be the income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget adjusted pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act. Directs the Secretary to prescribe additional standards of eligibility which shall include, but not be limited to, the amounts of liquid and nonliquid assets. Provides that household income for purposes of the food stamp program shall be the gross income of the household less: (1) a standard deduction of $100 a month applicable to all households; (2) an additional deduction of $25 a month for any household in which there at least one member who is age sixty-five or older. Limits eligibility to participate in the food stamp program to citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residency. States that no individual shall be considered eligible for the food stamp program as a member of a household if he is: (1) over 18; (2) is enrolled at an institution of higher education; and (3) is a dependent child for income tax purposes of a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household. Prohibits households which transfer liquid or nonliquid assets for the purpose of qualifying for the food stamp program from becoming eligible for at least a ninety-day period. Requires the Secretary to issue photo identification cards to households certified eligible to participate in the program. States that households shall be charged thirty percent of their income for the coupon allotment issued to them. Provides that if a State agency does not comply with the provisions of the Food Stamp Act, the Secretary may refer the matter to the Attorney General with a request for an injunction, or he may direct that there be no further inssuance of coupons in the political subdivisions where such failure has occurred until such time as satisfactory corrective action has been taken. Directs the Secretary to pay to each State agency out of funds appropriated by Congress an amount equal to 75 percent of all direct costs of State food stamp program investigations, prosecutions, and State activities related to recovering losses sustained in the food stamp program. Provides for a civil money penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation of the Food Stamp Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10642 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. Directs that the amount of each such loan shall be limited to $100,000. Provides that such loans shall not be available to any producer who has been fully compensated for the loss for which the loan is requested. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10615 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
Dairy Import Sanitation Act - Provides for the inspection of imported dairy products in order to protect the public health and welfare. Requires that such products comply with minimum standards for sanitation established by the Secretary of Agriculture and that the dairy farms on which milk is produced and the plants in which such products are produced meet minimum standards of sanitation. States that such standards shall be comparable to the standards of purity, wholesomeness, and sanitation recommended by the Secretary for domestic dairy products. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10603 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
Expands the emergency authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to search for, transport, and medically treat persons who are lost, seriously ill, injured, or who die within the National Forest System. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· SS. 2610 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1975
Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to foster and promote, through appropriate means and on an economically sustainable basis, the development and expansion of both traditional and innovative approaches to direct marketing of agricultural commodities from farmers to consumers. States that for purposes of this Act, the term "direct marketing from farmers to consumers" means the marketing of agricultural commodities at any marketplace (including, but not limited to, roadside stands, city markets, and vehicles used for house-to-house marketing of agricultural commodities) established and maintained for the purpose of enabling farmers to sell their agricultural commodities directly to individual consumers, or organizations respresenting consumers. Directs the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture to conduct and facilitate activities designed to foster methods of direct marketing from farmers to consumers. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10549 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1975
Lowers the interest rate for recipients of guaranteed loans under the Emergency Livestock Credit Act to 4 percent. Provides that such recipients shall not have to repay any of the principal of such a loan for a period of three years upon a showing of severe financial hardship if there is reasonable cause to believe the loan will be repaid.
Bill· HRH.R. 10495 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1975
Young Farmers' Homestead Act - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Agriculture the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. Authorizies the Corporation to purchase farm land in value of up to $250,000 per unit. Provides that the Corporation shall make such farms available for lease and subsequently for sale. Directs that the farms may be leased to an eligible applicant for a period of not less than two years nor more than ten years with specified restrictions upon the use of such land. Provides that the lessee may at any time within six months prior to the expiration of his lease make application to the board for purchase of such unit upon the expiration of such lease. States that the board shall approve such application if it determines that the lessee can successfully manage and operate such farm unit. Specifies a formula to be used in determining the selling price of each farm. Provides that a buyer may obtain financing through any available source, but if private financing is not available, the Farmers Home Administration shall furnish the financing at a specified rate. Requires the Corporation to file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture a complete report as to the business of the Corporation. Provides that the financial transactions of the Corporation shall be audited at least once each year by the General Accounting Office. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint an advisory council to advise the board regarding the administration of this Act. Provides that the Council's advice shall include recommendations on what the eligibility requirements should be for leasing farm units and what experience should be required for leasing a farm. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Specifies criminal provisions applicable to the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 657, 658, 1006, and 1014)