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H.R. 3950 (101st)

Food and Agricultural Resources Act of 1990

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

5 February 1990

Last action

4 August 1990 · Floor

Status

Laid on the table. See S. 2830 for further action.

Sponsors

Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15], Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-15]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

21 July 2025

Agriculture

Summary

Food and Agricultural Resources Act of 1990 - Title I: Dairy - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend milk price support and price reduction authorities through 1995. Extends authority through 1995 for: (1) the transfer of dairy products to the military and veterans' hospitals; and (2) the dairy indemnity program. Title II: Wool and Mohair - Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to extend wool price support authority through 1995. Title III: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend wheat loan rate, target price, disaster payment, acreage limitation, and land diversion authorities through 1995. Title IV: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend feed grain loan rate, target price, disaster payment, acreage limitation, and land diversion authorities through 1995. Title V: Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend cotton loan rate, target price, disaster payment, acreage limitation, land diversion, and skiprow authorities through 1995. Title VI: Rice - Amends the Agricultural Act of 149 to extend rice loan rate, target price, disaster payment, acreage limitation, and land diversion authorities through 1995. Title VII: Peanuts - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend through the 1995 peanut crop year authorities for suspension of marketing quotas and acreage allotments, national and farm poundage quotas, sale or transfer of farm poundage quotas, marketing penalties, and disposition of additional peanuts. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend peanut price support authority through 1995. Title VIII: Soybeans - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend soybean price support authority through 1995. Title IX: Sugar - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend sugar price support authority through 1995. Title X: General Commodity Provisions - Subtitle A: Miscellaneous Commodity Provisions - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend agricultural payment limitation authority through 1995. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend authorities through 1995 for: (1) deficiency and diversion payments; (2) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) sales price restrictions; (3) supplemental set-aside and acreage limitations; and (4) advance program announcements. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend authorities through 1995 for: (1) disaster payments for peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, and sugarcane; (2) multiyear set-aside contracts; and (3) normal supply determinations. Amends the Food Security Wheat Reserve Act of 1980 to extend authority for the wheat reserve through 1995. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to extend authority for the National Agricultural Cost of Production Standards Review Board through 1995. Subtitle B: Uniform Base Acreage and Yield Provisions - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish the acreage bases and program yields for the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. Subtitle C: Honey - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend honey price support authority through 1995. Title XI: Trade - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to extend authorities through 1995 for: (1) local currency sales; (2) private enterprise promotion; and (3) sales and assistance agreements. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend authority for furnishing agricultural commodities to developing and friendly countries through 1995. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend authorities through 1995 for: (1) the farmer-to-farmer program; (2) the food for progress program; (3) the targeted export assistance program; and (4) the short-term export credit program. Directs the CCC to provide commodity export enhancement assistance through FY 1995. Title XII: Conservation - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend authority for the conservation reserve program through 1995. Title XIII: Research - Amends Federal law to authorize appropriations through FY 1995 for agricultural research facilities grants and competitive research grants. Amends the Rural Development Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations through FY 1995 for grants to financially stressed farmers, dislocated farmers, and rural families. Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations through FY 1995 for: (1) grants to support higher education in the food and agricultural sciences; (2) animal health and disease research; (3) animal health and disease national or regional research; (4) agricultural research; (5) extension education; (6) aquaculture; (7) rangeland research; and (8) dairy goat research. Authorizes expenditures for agricultural technology research through 1995. Extends authority through FY 1995 for supplemental and alternative crops research and pilot programs. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations through FY 1995 for: (1) grants to upgrade 1890 land-grant college extension facilities; (2) acquisition, construction, and repair of Federal agricultural research facilities; and (3) market expansion research. Title XIV: Food Stamp and Related Provisions - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to allocate funds for employment training through 1995. Extends pilot project authority through 1995. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1995 for: (1) the food stamp program; and (2) block grants to Puerto Rico. Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act to extend authorities for the commodity distribution and supplemental food programs through FY 1995. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to extend authority through 1995 for surplus commodities to nutrition projects program reprocessing agreements. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to reauthorize and extend the termination for such Act through FY 1995. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations for nutrition education through FY 1995.

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Timeline

  1. 5 February 1990

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 5 February 1990

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 5 February 1990

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 6 February 1990

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.

    Source: Committee

  5. 2 May 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 10 May 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  7. 16 May 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  8. 17 May 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  9. 22 May 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  10. 23 May 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  11. 24 May 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  12. 13 June 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  13. 13 June 1990

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

  14. 28 June 1990

    Passed

    Mr. de la Garza asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture have until 6:00 p.m. on July 3 to file a report on H.R. 3950. Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Committee

  15. 3 July 1990

    Introduced

    Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Education and Labor for a period ending not later than July 18, 1990 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee pursuant to clause 1 (g) of rule X.

    Source: IntroReferral

  16. 3 July 1990

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 101-569, Part I.

    Source: Committee

  17. 3 July 1990

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 101-569, Part I.

    Source: Committee

  18. 11 July 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  19. 11 July 1990

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

  20. 12 July 1990

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

  21. 12 July 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  22. 13 July 1990

    Passed

    Mr. Roybal asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Affairs have until midnight on July 16 to file a report on H.R. 3950. Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Committee

  23. 16 July 1990

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 101-569, Part II.

    Source: Committee

  24. 16 July 1990

    Introduced

    Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries for a period ending not later than July 18, 1990 for consideration of such provisions of the amendment recommended by the Comittee on Foreign Affairs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries pursuant to clause 1(n), Rule X.

    Source: IntroReferral

  25. 16 July 1990

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 101-569, Part II.

    Source: Committee

  26. 17 July 1990

    Committee

    Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Agriculture, H. Rept. 101-569, Part III.

    Source: Committee

  27. 17 July 1990

    Committee

    Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Agriculture, H. Rept. 101-569, Part III.

    Source: Committee

  28. 18 July 1990

    Discharge

    Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries discharged.

    Source: Discharge

  29. 18 July 1990

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 101-569, Part IV.

    Source: Committee

  30. 18 July 1990

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 101-569, Part IV.

    Source: Committee

  31. 18 July 1990

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.

    Source: Calendars

  32. 18 July 1990

    Committee

    Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries discharged.

    Source: Committee

  33. 18 July 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  34. 18 July 1990

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

  35. 18 July 1990

    Passed

    Mr. Rostenkowski asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Ways and Means have until midnight on July 18 to file a report on H.R. 3950. Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Committee

  36. 20 July 1990

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 439 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3950 with 3 hours and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Agriculture now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendments printed in section one of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments. No amendments shall be in order unless they have been printed in the "Amendments" section of the Congressional Record of July 20, 1990. Certain specified amendments are also made in order by the provisions of this resolution, but they may only be offered in the manner specified in the report...

    Source: Floor

  37. 20 July 1990

    Passed

    SUBMITTING OF AMENDMENTS FOR PRINTING - Mr. Hall of Ohio asked unanimous consent that Members have until 5 p.m. on today, July 20, 1990, to submit amendments on H.R. 3950 for printing in the Congressional Record of today, July 20, 1990. Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  38. 23 July 1990

    Floor

    Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3950 as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

  39. 23 July 1990

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable David E. Bonior to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

  40. 23 July 1990

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 439 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

  41. 23 July 1990

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3950 with 3 hours and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Agriculture now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendments printed in section one of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments. No amendments shall be in order unless they have been printed in the "Amendments" section of the Congressional Record of July 20, 1990. Certain specified amendments are also made in order by the provisions of this resolution, but they may only be offered in the manner specified in the report...

    Source: Floor

  42. 23 July 1990

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 439.

    Source: Floor

  43. 23 July 1990

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 439 passed House.

    Source: Floor

  44. 24 July 1990

    Floor

    Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3950 as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

  45. 24 July 1990

    Passed

    PERMISSION TO OFFER MODIFIED AMENDMENT - Mr. Synar asked unanimous consent that, during consideration of H.R. 3950 pursuant to House Resolution 439, he may be permitted to offer his amendment printed in House Report 101-609 in the modified form that he had submitted at the desk. Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  46. 24 July 1990

    Floor

    The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

    Source: Floor

  47. 24 July 1990

    Floor

    Considered as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

  48. 25 July 1990

    Floor

    Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3950 as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

  49. 25 July 1990

    Passed

    On motion that the Committe rise Agreed to by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

  50. 25 July 1990

    Floor

    Mr. de la Garza moved that the Committe rise.

    Source: Floor

  51. 25 July 1990

    Passed

    LIMITATION OF DEBATE - Mr. de la Garza asked unanimous consent that further debate on the Glickman amendment be limited to not to exceed ten minutes, equally divided as follows: Messers. Penny, Williams, Madigan, Armey, Lehman (Ca), and de la Garza. Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  52. 25 July 1990

    Floor

    The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

    Source: Floor

  53. 25 July 1990

    Floor

    Considered as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

  54. 27 July 1990

    Floor

    Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3950 as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

  55. 27 July 1990

    Floor

    DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent request by Mr. de la Garza, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Glickman amendment.

    Source: Floor

  56. 27 July 1990

    Floor

    The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

    Source: Floor

  57. 27 July 1990

    Floor

    Considered as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

  58. 31 July 1990

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 444 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3950. During the further consideration of H.R. 3950 under the five-minute rule, debate on the following amendments is limited as follows: an amendment to title VI by Mr. Conte, 20 minutes; an amendment to title XI by Mr. Conte, 60 minutes and a substitute thereto by Mr. Huckaby, 60 minutes; an amendment to title XIV by Mr. Stenholm, 20 minutes and a substitute thereto by Mr. DeFazio, 20 minutes; the amendments en bloc to title XVII by Mr. Frenzel, 40 minutes. Protected amendments will be debated for 10 minutes each. Measure will be read by title. Specified amendments are in order.

    Source: Floor

  59. 1 August 1990

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

    Source: Floor

  60. 1 August 1990

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

  61. 1 August 1990

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3950.

    Source: Floor

  62. 1 August 1990

    Floor

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 444, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Conte amendment.

    Source: Floor

  63. 1 August 1990

    Floor

    The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

    Source: Floor

  64. 1 August 1990

    Floor

    Considered as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

  65. 1 August 1990

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  66. 1 August 1990

    Vote

    On passage Passed by recorded vote: 327 - 91 (Roll No. 299).

    Source: Floor

  67. 1 August 1990

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 327 - 91 (Roll No. 299).

    Source: Floor

  68. 1 August 1990

    Failed

    On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by Division vote: 38 - 92.

    Source: Floor

  69. 1 August 1990

    Floor

    Mr. Madigan moved to recommit with instructions to Agriculture.

    Source: Floor

  70. 1 August 1990

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 444 passed House.

    Source: Floor

  71. 4 August 1990

    Floor

    Laid on the table. See S. 2830 for further action.

    Source: Floor

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