Food Security Improvements Act of 1986

Summary

Food Security Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit specified nonprogram crops to be planted on underplanted acreage (under an acreage limitation program) for the 1986 through 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, rice, and upland cotton only if such production: (1) is not likely to increase price support program costs and will not adversely affect farm income; and (2) is necessary to provide adequate supply of the commodity, or to encourage domestic industrial use of a commodity not yet in use. Permits, at State option, hay and grazing on such acreage unless the Secretary determines they would have an adverse economic effect. Amends farm program yield provisions to provide that: (1) for the 1986 crop year, additional price support payments in the form of commodities shall be made available if farm payment yields are reduced by more than three percent of 1985 levels; (2) for the 1987 crop year, similar payments shall be made available if farm payment yields are reduced by more than five percent of 1985 levels; and (3) in establishing farm payment yields for 1988 and subsequent crop years, 1986 payment yields may not be reduced more than ten percent below 1985 levels. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to change the title of the Special Assistant for Agricultural Trade and Food Aid to the Special Assistant for Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance. Requires the President to make such appointment by May 1, 1986. Sets minimum salary levels. Authorizes the Secretary to use unspecified (currently specified) amounts of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for commodities for FY 1986 through 1988 targeted export assistance. Reduces the minimum value of agricultural commodities to be used for FY 1986 through 1988 foreign market development. Sets forth the conditions for permitted hay and grazing on diverted wheat and feed grain acreage. Includes within the factors making up a program crop's acreage base a specified percentage of nonprogram crop acreage (50 percent for 1986 and 1987; 35 percent for 1988; 20 percent for 1989; and zero percent for 1990). Directs the Secretary to hold hearings and implement a marketwide milk service payment program within a specified time. Directs the Secretary to increase milk assessments, rather than reduce milk payments, in order to meet deficit reduction requirements of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) during the period March 1, 1986, through September 30, 1986. Stipulates that such increases may not exceed 12 cents per hundredweight. Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to authorize the CCC to export up to $30,000,000 worth of surplus commodities in order to fund research and development of nonpetroleum-fueled external combustion engines. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary to implement the restructured food stamp quality control system six months after such studies have been reported. (Current law requires implementation two years after enactment of such Act.)

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Timeline

1. 5 March 1986

   Floor

   Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

   Source: Floor

2. 5 March 1986

   Passed

   Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.

   Source: Floor

3. 5 March 1986

   Introduced

   Introduced in the Senate, read twice.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 March 1986

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 6 March 1986

   Floor

   Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 1614 as an amendment.

   Source: Floor

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 5 March 1986

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 March 1986

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Sponsors

• Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI] · R · Sponsor

Related records

• related to → Food Security Improvements Act of 1986
• amends ← To provide for the announcement of availability during fiscal year 1986 of commodities under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949.
• amends ← Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture shall use authorities provided in the 1985 farm bill to make advance recourse loans to producers of wheat, feed grains, cotton and rice.
• amends ← Providing that if a warehouseman, because of temporary shortage, lacks sufficient space to store agricultural products of all depositors in a licensed warehouse, may transfer storage of agricultural products for which reciepts have been issued out of such warehouse to another licensed warehouse for continued storage.
• amends ← To permit the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust and apportion by State or region the amount of milk assessments on the basis of the amount of milk and milk products purchased in a State or region to support the price of milk.
• amends ← To require the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to submit a plan for the use of reserve funds for African famine relief and rehabilitation, and for other purposes.