A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.

Summary

Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY 1983 Department of Agriculture (USDA), rural affairs, and related program funds for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) standard level user fees; (3) advisory committees; (4) administrative expenses; (5) the Office of Governmental and Public Affairs; (6) the Office of Congressional Affairs; (7) the Office of the Inspector General; (8) the Office of the General Counsel; (9) the Federal Grain Inspection Service; (10) inspection and weighing services; (11) the Agricultural Research Service (ARS); (12) ARS buildings and facilities; (13) overseas scientific activities (foreign currency program); (14) the Cooperative State Research Service; (15) the Extension Service; (16) the National Agricultural Library; (17) the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (18) buildings and facilities, generally; (19) the Food Safety and Inspection Service; (20) the Economic Research Service; (21) the Statistical Reporting Service; (22) the Agricultural Cooperative Service; (23) the World Agricultural Outlook Board; (24) the Agricultural Marketing Service (marketing services, administrative expenses, market strengthening, transportation office, and payments to States and possessions); (25) the Packers and Stockyards Administration; (26) the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (salaries and expenses and the dairy indemnity program); (27) the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (administrative expenses, capital stock subscription, and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund); and (28) the Commodity Credit Corporation (net losses reimbursement and direct loan levels). Title II: Rural Development Programs - Appropriates FY 1983 funds for: (1) the Office of Rural Development Policy; (2) the Farmers Home Administration (Rural Housing Insurance Fund, Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, Rural Development Insurance Fund, Rural Water and Waste Disposal Grants, Very-Low Income Housing Repair Grants, Rural Housing for Domestic Farm Labor, Mutual and Self-Help Housing, Rural Community Fire Protection Grants, construction defects compensation, and salaries); (3) Rural Electrification Administration (Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund, Rural Telephone Bank, Rural Communication Development Fund, and salaries and expenses); (4) Soil Conservation Service (operations, river basin surveys, watershed planning and flood prevention, resource conservation, and Great Plains Conservation Program); and (5) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (agricultural conservation, forestry incentive program, and water bank program). Title III: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates FY 1983 funds for: (1) the Food and Nutrition Service (child nutrition programs, special milk program, WIC (women, infants, and children) feeding program, commodity supplemental food program, food stamps, nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico, food donation programs, and administrative expenses); and (2) the Human Nutrition Information Service. Title IV: International Programs - Appropriates FY 1983 funds for: (1) the Foreign Agricultural Service (including the general sales manager); (2) Public Law 480; and (3) the Office of International Cooperation and Development. Title V: Related Agencies - Appropriates FY 1983 funds for: (1) the Food and Drug Administration (salaries, and standard level user charges); (2) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and (3) the Farm Credit Administration. Title VI: General Provisions - Requires consulting contracts to be available for public inspection unless otherwise provided for. Makes funds available for: (1) vehicle purchases; (2) uniforms and allowances; (3) research and service contracts; (4) Working Capital Fund transfers; and (5) publications translation, orientation, and language training. Prohibits funds to be paid to any person who harvests marihuana or drug-producing plants for illegal use. Prohibits appropriations remaining available beyond FY 1983 unless expressly provided for. Authorizes the use of USDA employees as needed on an intermittent basis among the various agencies of the USDA. Excludes overtime and disaster periods from consideration with respect to ceilings on full-time equivalent staff years. States that specified beneficial home ownership certificates sold by the Farmers Home Administration shall not be less than 75 percent of the value of the loans closed during FY 1983. Prohibits funds from being used to: (1) phase out the Resource Conservation and Development Program; and (2) pay more than ten percent of the indirect cost rates of specified cooperative agreements between the USDA and nonprofit institutions. Exempts specified watershed projects from the requirements of Executive Orders 12113 and 12141. Authorizes the distribution of surplus agricultural commodities to needy persons. Prohibits Federal funds from being paid in FY 1983 on any form of U.S. loan guarantee with respect to credits on loans made to Poland unless: (1) Poland has been declared in default to the particular creditor; or (2) the President has provided Congress with a monthly written report explaining how U.S. national interest has been served by payments made on such Polish loans in the absence of a declaration of default. Prohibits standard level user charge reimbursements to the General Services Administration in excess of 1982 levels.

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Timeline

1. 8 February 1982

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies.

   Source: Committee

2. 8 February 1982

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 February 1982

   Committee

   First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

   Source: Committee

4. 1 April 1982

   Committee

   Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

   Source: Committee

5. 4 August 1982

   Committee

   First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.

   Source: Committee

6. 9 September 1982

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 490.

   Source: Calendars

7. 9 September 1982

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 97-800.

   Source: Committee

8. 9 September 1982

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 97-800.

   Source: Committee

9. 9 September 1982

   Committee

   First Day of Committee Mark-Up.

   Source: Committee

10. 9 September 1982

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

11. 9 September 1982

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

12. 21 September 1982

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 264 - 105 (Record Vote No: 348).

    Source: Floor

13. 21 September 1982

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 264 - 105 (Record Vote No: 348).

    Source: Floor

14. 21 September 1982

    Floor

    Called up by House as Privileged Matter.

    Source: Floor

15. 22 September 1982

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 833.

    Source: Calendars

16. 22 September 1982

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Cochran with amendments. With written report No. 97-566.

    Source: Committee

17. 22 September 1982

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

    Source: Committee

18. 22 September 1982

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations by unanimous consent.

    Source: IntroReferral

19. 28 September 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Cochran; McClure; Andrews; Abdnor; Kasten; Mattingly; Specter; Hatfield; Eagleton; Stennis; Byrd, of WV; Chiles; Burdick; Sasser; Proxmire.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

20. 28 September 1982

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 84-14. Record Vote No: 364.

    Source: Floor

21. 28 September 1982

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate.

    Source: Floor

22. 30 November 1982

    Passed

    House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Whitten, Traxler, Alexander, McHugh, Natcher, Hightower, Akaka, Watkins, Smith (NE), Robinson, Myers, Lewis, Conte.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

23. 30 November 1982

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

24. 30 November 1982

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

25. 2 December 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

26. 2 December 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference committee actions: Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

27. 7 December 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

28. 7 December 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference committee actions: Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

29. 10 December 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 97-957 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

30. 10 December 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 97-957 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

31. 10 December 1982

    Passed

    Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

32. 10 December 1982

    Passed

    Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

33. 15 December 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report considered in Senate.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

34. 15 December 1982

    NotUsed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments Nos.14, 37, and 70 by Voice Vote.

    Source: NotUsed

35. 15 December 1982

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

36. 15 December 1982

    NotUsed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 019, 034, 045, 055, 056, 060, 067.

    Source: NotUsed

37. 15 December 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 019, 034, 045, 055, 056, 060, 067.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

38. 15 December 1982

    Vote

    House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 324 - 73 (Record Vote No: 456).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

39. 15 December 1982

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 324 - 73 (Record Vote No: 456).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

40. 17 December 1982

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

41. 17 December 1982

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

42. 17 December 1982

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

43. 18 December 1982

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 97-370.

    Source: President

44. 18 December 1982

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

45. 18 December 1982

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

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• House receded and concurred with amendment

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

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• Introduced in House

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Sponsors

• Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] · D · Sponsor
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