A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for other purposes.

Summary

Appropriates funds for agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs for fiscal year 1981. Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) departmental administration; (3) governmental and public affairs; (4) necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General; (5) Office of the General Counsel; (6) Federal Grain Inspection Service; (7) science and education administration; (8) scientific activities overseas (special foreign currency program); (9) cooperative research; (10) extension activities; (11) technical information systems; (12) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (13) buildings and facilities; (14) Food Safety and Quality Service; (15) funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply; (16) Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service; (17) World Food and Agricultural Outlook and Situation Board; (18) Agricultural Marketing Service; (19) Transportation Office; (20) payments to states and possessions; (21) for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; (22) Dairy and Beekeeper Indemnity Programs; (23) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; (24) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund; and (25) Commodity Credit Corporation. Title II: Rural Development Programs - Makes appropriations for: (1) Farmers Home Administration; (2) Rural Housing Insurance Fund; (3) Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund; (4) Rural Development Insurance Fund; (5) rural water and waste disposal grants; (6) very low-income housig repair grants; (7) rural housing for domestic farm labor; (8) Self-Help Housing Land Development Fund; (9) rural community fire protection grants; (10) rural development planning grants; (11) rural development grants; (12) Rural Electrification Administration; (13) Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund loan authorizations; (14) Rural Telephone Bank; (15 Rural Communication Development Fund; (16) Soil Conservation Service; (17) river basin surveys and investigations; (18) watershed planning; (19) resource conservation and development; (20) Great Plains conservation program; (21) Agricultural stabilization and conservation service; (22) agricultural conservation program; (23) rural clean water program; (24) forestry incentives program; (25) water bank program; and (26) emergency conservation program. Title III: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) child nutrition programs; (2) special milk program; (3) special supplemental food programs; (4) food stamp program; (5) food donations programs; and (6) food program administration. Title IV: International Programs - Makes appropriations for: (1) foreign agricultural service; (2) Office of International Cooperation and Development; and (3) Public Law 480 (under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954). Title V: Related Agencies Appropriates funds for the: (1) Food and Drug Administration; (2) Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and (3) Farm Credit Administration. Title VI: General Provisions - Makes funds authorized and appropriated to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 1981 available for: (1) the purchase of a specified number of passenger motor vehicles; (2) the hire of such vehicles; (3) uniforms or uniform allowances; and (4) certain research and service work contracts. Prohibits the use of such funds to make production or other payments to persons or corporations who harvest for illegal use, marihuana or other prohibited drug-producing plants. Permits advances of money to be made to chiefs of field parties. Limits the amount of obligations chargeable against the Working Capital Fund for fiscal year 1981. Limits the amount of the appropriations available for orientation and language training. Permits employees agencies within the Department to be utilized without reimbursement by other agencies within the Department.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 16 December 1980

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 2 December 1980

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 25 November 1980

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 24 November 1980

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 30 July 1980

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 June 1980

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