Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

enactedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

6 July 1990

Last action

31 October 1990 · Floor

Status

Became Public Law No: 101-624.

Summary

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 - Title I: Dairy - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the dairy program for 1991 through 1995, including milk price supports. Fluid Milk Promotion Act of 1990 - Provides for establishment of a processor-funded milk promotion program under certain circumstances, including a National Processor Advertising and Promotion Board. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Wool and Mohair - Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to extend the wool and mohair price support program through 1995. Title III: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support and acreage reduction programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat. Title IV: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support and acreage reduction programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of feed grains. Title V: Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support and acreage reduction programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of upland cotton. Title VI: Rice - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support and acreage reduction programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of rice. Title VII: Peanuts - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to set forth the program for the 1991 through 1995 crops of peanuts, including price supports. Title VIII: Oilseeds - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support program for oilseeds for the 1991 through 1995 marketing years. Title IX: Sugar - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support program for the 1991 through 1995 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane. Title X: General Commodity Provisions - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to the acreage base and yield system and the 1991 through 1995 honey price support program. Amends various specified Acts with respect to commodity programs. Title XI: Trade - Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 with respect to food and development assistance, emergency and price assistance programs, Food for Freedom, and general authorities and requirements. Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 with respect to agricultural trade policy, agricultural export programs, response to unfair trade practices, the Foreign Agricultural Service, and related matters. Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 with respect to cottonseed oil and sunflower oil exports. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a fellowship program ("Cochran Fellowship Program") for individuals from middle-income countries and emerging democracies who specialize in agriculture for study in the United States. Sets U.S. goals for the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. Title XII: Conservation - Conservation Stewardship Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to establish a conservation stewardship program. Amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to authorize the Secretary to provide cost-share assistance to enable project sponsors to acquire perpetual wetland or flood plain conservation easements for certain purposes. Farms for the Future Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, to establish an Agricultural Resource Conservation Demonstration Program to provide Federal guarantees and interest rate assistance for loans by lending institutions to State trust funds to finance farmland protection and preservation activities. Directs the Secretary to establish a voluntary Integrated Crop Management Program Option to assist commodity producers in adopting site-specific integrated crop management plans. Title XIII: Credit - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act with respect to specified Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) loans. Declares the sense of the Congress regarding: (1) assistance for qualified beginning farmers or ranchers; and (2) FmHA loan application review and loan servicing. Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 with respect to specified Farm Credit System activities. Title XIV: Research - National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1990 - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 with respect to specified research, extension, and teaching programs. Agriculture and Ground Water Policy Research and Education Coordination Act - Sets forth groundwater policy of the Department of Agriculture, including creation of an Office of Ground Water Policy Coordination and a Committee on Ground Water Policy. Provides for coordination of Federal and State groundwater programs. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service: (1) a National Chemical Education Program; (2) a National Education Program for the Management of Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizers; and (3) a National Education Program for the Management of Water Resources. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act with respect to groundwater policy activities of the Soil Conservation Service. Directs the Secretary to conduct research of issues addressed by this title. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Agricultural Library, to establish at the Library an agriculture and groundwater quality planning information repository or clearinghouse. Authorizes appropriations. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide for a low-input sustainable agriculture research and education program. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a National Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Council; and (2) four Regional Administrative Councils. Provides for matching grants to States to assist in the creation or enhancement of State programs. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Training Program in Sustainable Agriculture for Extension Service agents and other professionals, including two National Training Centers. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes an Extension Service pesticide application advisory program. Requires the Secretary to establish a grant program within the Cooperative State Research Service and the Agricultural Research Service to provide assistance for environmental assessment research concerning the introduction of genetically engineered organisms into the environment. Authorizes appropriations. Pet Theft Act of 1990 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to make it unlawful for class B licensees (dealers) to obtain live random source dogs and cats except from specified sources. Requires the dealers to have valid certification to do so. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) reservation extension agents to provide extension services to Indian Reservations and tribal jurisdictions; and (2) a National Community Development Award for land grant complexes that demonstrate outstanding commitment to mission-based integrated research and extension programs that interact with and contribute to local communities. Declares the sense of the Congress that a specified competitive grant program should not derive its funding from a reduction in formula funding of agricultural research and extension programs. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of technical and financial assistance to eligible institutions that participate in a telecommunications network distributing information consistent with certain objectives. Directs the Secretary to establish an Agriculture Research Facilities Planning and Closure Study Commission to study and recommend the closure, modification, or modernization of currently operating and planned agricultural research facilities. Directs the Secretary to study and recommend the closure, modification, or modernization of currently operating and planned agricultural research facilities. Rural Health and Safety Education Act of 1990 - Amends the Rural Development Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary to make grants for the establishment of individual and family health and farm safety education programs. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make demonstration grants to enable private nonprofit disability organizations to initiate or expand community-based direct service programs that provide on-site rural rehabilitation and assistive technology for individuals with physical disabilities (and their families) who are engaged in farming or farm-related occupations. Requires the Secretary to award a grant to a national organization of the same sort to enable it to provide technical assistance, training, information dissemination, and other activities to support such community-based direct service programs. Title XV: Forestry - Forest Stewardship Act of 1990 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary, acting through Federal, State, and local agencies and the private sector, to establish and expand programs providing educational and technical assistance to meet the goals of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to assist State foresters to develop and distribute tree seeds and trees to reforest or afforest non-Federal land suitable for timber production. Requires the Secretary to establish a Forest Stewardship Program to assist landowners to manage more actively their nonindustrial private forest and related resources. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Forest Service a Forest Stewardship Incentives Program which shall provide cost-share assistance to private landowners for certain activities. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a Forest Legacy Program to protect environmentally sensitive forest lands threatened by conversion to an alternative use. Permits the Secretary to purchase interests in land and water or to use conservation easements to implement such program. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to protect trees, forests, and related resources and products in the National Forest System or on non-Federal lands in order to prevent, retard, control, or suppress insects and diseases affecting them. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for forest fire fighting activities. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Extension Service and the Cooperative Extension System, to establish education programs and provide technical assistance for an economic development and global marketing program. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) an interdepartmental Forest Resource Coordinating Committee; and (2) State Forest Stewardship Advisory Committees. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress to reaffirm the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive forestry, natural resources, and environmental grant program to award grants for specified branches of forest research. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to a State to establish a Southern Forest Regeneration Center to study forest regeneration problems and forest productivity in the southern United States. Requires a report to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive grant program within the Southern Forest Productivity Program to make grants for research focused on protecting and increasing the productivity of southern forest lands. Amends the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 to require the Secretary, acting through the Extension Service and the State Cooperative Extension Services, to expand forestry and natural resources education programs for private forest owners and managers, public officials, youth, and the general public, including guidelines for the transfer of technology. Amends the Forest Rangeland and Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to establish a Forestry Student Grant Program to provide assistance to expand the professional education of forestry, natural resources, and environmental scientists. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a Center for Semiarid Agroforestry Research, Development, and Demonstration in Lincoln, Nebraska. Specifies topics for Center research. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the promotion and participation of wood and wood products in programs conducted under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Authorizes the Secretary to develop within the Forest Service an emergency reforestation program to encourage (through cost-sharing assistance) the development, management, and protection of timber lands damaged by natural disasters. Authorizes appropriations. Title XVI: Organic Certification Program - Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary to establish an organic certification program for producers and handlers of organically grown agricultural products. Requires the Secretary to permit States to set up similar programs. Directs the Secretary to establish a label for agricultural products from organically certified farms and handlers. Specifies crop production practices and materials prohibited on organically certified farms. Sets forth requirements for livestock, poultry, and wild or domestic game raised and slaughtered under this title. Requires producers and handlers seeking certification to submit organic plans for approval. Provides for accreditation and peer review of certifying agents. Establishes minimum standards for organic production. Requires the Secretary to publish a National List of approved and prohibited substances as part of such standards. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Organic Standards Board to assist in the development of standards for organic production. Requires the Board: (1) to convene advisory panels to help it; and (2) to review all botanical pesticides used in agricultural production to consider whether any of them belong on the prohibited list. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this title. Requires the Secretary to establish an expedited administrative appeals procedure for persons adversely affected by administrative actions under this title. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Organic Promotion Advisory Committee. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Transition Label Demonstration Program which shall make grants to at least four States to explore the ramifications of setting up a transition label for agricultural products. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of research on the production and marketing of organic agricultural products. Authorizes appropriations. Title XVII: Fruits and Vegetables - Fruits and Vegetables Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the state of the fruit and vegetable industry; and (2) Federal programs that provide market enhancement assistance to producers of fruits and vegetables. Grown in the United States Food Labeling Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary to establish a Grown in the United States Food Labeling Program for prescribing conditions under which food producers, processors, and sellers may label food products as grown in the United States. Declares the sense of Congress about the use of U.S. grown fruits and vegetable in Federal programs. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to require imported kiwifruit, nectarines, plums, or pistachios to meet all standards and requirements which apply to their domestically produced counterparts. Agricultural Marketing Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1937, with respect to grading standards and marketing orders, to increase emphasis on organically grown commodities and reduce emphasis on cosmetic quality. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Laboratory Accreditation Program for laboratories that test chemical residue in agricultural products. Authorizes appropriations. Pesticide Export Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act with respect to pesticide exports and imports. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to tolerances for pesticide residues in agricultural products. Title XVIII: Grain Quality - Grain Quality Incentives Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary to establish a Department of Agriculture Committee on Grain Quality, chaired by a Grain Quality Coordinator. Amends the United States Grain Standards Act with respect to grain cleanliness, soundness, and purity. Prohibits the export of grain without aflatoxin testing. Declares the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) mycotoxin and pesticide residue testing; and (2) enforcement of grain standards by Federal agencies together with the Federal Grain Inspection Service. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to quality incentives in Commodity Credit Corporation programs and activities. Declares the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) grain variety evaluation and the development of objective tests for the end-use properties of grains; and (2) cooperation in such testing by the Federal Grain Inspection Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and land-grant universities. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) give technical assistance to grain producers and elevator operators with respect to grain cleaning, drying, or storage equipment; and (2) work with specified entities in establishing commercial performance criteria for grain inspection instruments. Requires the Secretary to develop cost-effective procedures for conducting commercial grain inspections at the first point of delivery where the inspections result in price adjustments related to premiums and discounts for grain quality factors. Title XIX: Related and Miscellaneous Matters - Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation to fund projects for research into development of new industrial products. Requires the Corporation to set up between four and nine Regional Centers in the United States to promote new nonfood, nonfeed uses of agricultural and forestry products. Authorizes the Corporation to provide financial assistance to projects for the commercialization of such new uses. Establishes a revolving fund for such purposes. Authorizes appropriations. Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990 - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture an Office of Climate Change to provide competitive grants for climate research. Directs the Secretary to study and report to appropriate congressional committees on the implications of global climate change for agriculture and forestry. Domestic Research on Global Warming, Forests, and Agriculture Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the effects of global warming on rice production; (2) the effects of global warming on major U.S. crop production; (3) methane emissions from U.S. and Asian irrigated rice production; and (4) emissions from nitrogen intensive crops. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a Methane Emissions Program to evaluate: (1) methane emissions from agriculture-related activities around the world; and (2) the feasibility and costs of options to reduce such emissions from animal management activities. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on emissions of methane, nitrous oxide, and hydrocarbons from tropical and temperate forests, the manner in which global change may affect them, and the manner in which they may be reduced through management practices. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to set up a technical advisory committee with respect to major study areas under this Act. International Forestry Cooperation Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary to engage in specified international forestry activities, especially with respect to certain industrializing, middle- and low-income countries where forestry policy and resource conservation and development could have a substantial impact on emissions of greenhouse gases related to global warming. Authorizes the Secretary to take certain actions supporting the Tropical Forestry Action Plan of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, especially with respect to tropical deforestation and degradation. Specifies activities the Secretary may engage in to support tropical forestry training within and outside the United States. Directs the Secretary to expand the capabilities and facilities of the Caribbean National Forest and Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a tropical forestry plan for the expansion and construction of additional facilities at the Institute. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish an urban forestry energy conservation program. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out biomass energy demonstration projects. Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 with respect to forestry research and global warming. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreement with the Secretary of Defense to: (1) study reforestation and improved management of Department of Defense military installations and lands; and (2) develop a program to manage such forests and lands so as to maximize their potential for biomass growth and sequestering carbon dioxide. Authorizes appropriations.

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Timeline

21 June 1990
Reported
Committee on Agriculture ordered to be reported an original measure.
Source: Committee
6 July 1990
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 676.
Source: Calendars
6 July 1990
Reported
Committee on Agriculture. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Leahy under the authority of the order of Jun 26, 90. With written report No. 101-357. Additional and minority views filed.
Source: Committee
6 July 1990
Reported
Committee on Agriculture. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Leahy under the authority of the order of Jun 26, 90. With written report No. 101-357. Additional and minority views filed.
Source: Committee
6 July 1990
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
16 July 1990
Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
Source: Floor
18 July 1990
Floor
Cloture vote vitiated by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
20 July 1990
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
23 July 1990
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
24 July 1990
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
25 July 1990
Floor
Considered by Senate.
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26 July 1990
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
27 July 1990
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
27 July 1990
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 70-21. Record Vote No: 187.
Source: Floor
1 August 1990
Floor
Held at the desk.
Source: Floor
1 August 1990
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
1 August 1990
Floor
Received in the House.
Source: Floor
4 August 1990
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Source: Floor
4 August 1990
Floor
Considered pursuant to H.Res. 444.
Source: Floor
4 August 1990
Floor
Consideration initiated pursuant to H.Res. 444.
Source: Floor
4 August 1990
Passed
The title of the measure was amended to that of similar measure H.R. 3950. Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
4 August 1990
Floor
A similar measure H.R. 3950 was laid on the table without objection.
Source: Floor
4 August 1990
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
4 August 1990
Passed
On passage Passed without objection.
Source: Floor
4 August 1990
Passed
The House struck all after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H.R. 3950. Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
11 September 1990
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Source: Floor
14 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Leahy; Pryor; Boren; Kerrey; Lugar; Dole; Cochran.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 September 1990
Passed
Senate disagreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
14 September 1990
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
17 September 1990
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
19 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 September 1990
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Agriculture: de la Garza, Brown (CA), Rose, English, Huckaby, Glickman, Stenholm, Volkmer, Hatcher, Madigan, Coleman (MO), Marlenee, Stangeland, Hopkins, and Roberts.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 September 1990
Passed
On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Dreier moved that the House instruct conferees.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 September 1990
Floor
Mr. Dreier moved that the conferees on the part of the House be instructed to agree to Senate amendment #2389, which prohibits domestic financial institutions which are insured by any entity of the U.S. Government from making or participating in an extension of credit to the government of the Soviet Union, or any entity owned or controlled by the government of the Soviet Union, unless the extension of credit is for the sole purpose of purchasing U.S.-produced agricultural products or commodities, or bears interest at a rate equal to or in excess of the interest rate generally extended by financial institutions to American farmers.
Source: Floor
19 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. de la Garza asked unanimous consent that the House insist upon its amendments, and agree to a conference.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
27 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
27 September 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
2 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of titles XI (except secs. 1124, 1125, 1134, 1137, and subtitle E), XXIII (except sec. 2306), secs. 114, 1423, 1551, 1751-60, 1763, and 1765 of the Senate bill, and title XII (except secs. 1241 and 1243-46) and secs. 415, 1312(a), and 1833 of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Fascell, Hamilton, Yatron, Solarz, Wolpe, Crockett, Gejdenson, Dymally, Kostmayer, Levine (CA), Broomfield, Gilman, Lagomarsino, Leach (IA), Roth, and Bereuter.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
2 October 1990
Floor
FURTHER APPOINTMENTS OF CONFEREES - Pursuant to the authority granted on September 19, the Chair appointed additional conferees and made modifications in the appointments previously made.
Source: Floor
4 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
5 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
5 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 October 1990
Floor
NOTICATION OF MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XXVIII, Mr. Durbin announced his intention to instruct the managers on the part of the House at the conference with the Senate to insist upon the provisions contained in section 1399 of the House amendment.
Source: Floor
11 October 1990
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 October 1990
Vote
On motion that the House Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 162 - 248 (Roll no. 450).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 October 1990
Vote
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 162 - 248 (Roll no. 450).
Source: NotUsed
11 October 1990
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the House amendment to the bill to insist upon at a minimum the provisions contained in subtitle G of title XIV of the House amendment relating to pesticide export reform and to accept the provisions contained in sections 1761 and 1762 of the Senate bill relating to revocation of food tolerances for banned pesticides.
Source: Floor
11 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Synar moved that the House instruct conferees.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
15 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
15 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
16 October 1990
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
16 October 1990
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 October 1990
Passed
Mr. Rose asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until 12:00 p.m. on Oct. 20 to file a conference report on S. 2830. Agreed to without objection.
Source: Committee
22 October 1990
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 520 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. 2830. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider the conference report on S. 2830. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report is considered read when called up for consideration.
Source: Floor
22 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report H. Rept. 101-916 filed.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 101-916 filed.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
23 October 1990
Passed
Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
23 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
23 October 1990
Vote
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 318 - 102 (Roll no. 508).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
23 October 1990
Passed
Rule H. Res. 520 passed House.
Source: Floor
23 October 1990
Vote
Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 318 - 102 (Roll no. 508).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
23 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
23 October 1990
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
Source: Floor
23 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. de la Garza brought up conference report H.Rept. 101-916 for consideration as a privileged matter.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report considered in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 October 1990
Vote
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 60-36. Record Vote No: 317.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
26 October 1990
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
31 October 1990
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor

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Votes

25 October 1990 · Conference Report Agreed to · On the Conference Report S. 2830 · Conference Report Agreed to · Official source

Yes 60 · No 36 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 3

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27 July 1990 · Bill Passed · On Passage of the Bill S. 2830 · Bill Passed · Official source

Yes 70 · No 21 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 9

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Versions

Engrossed Amendment House · undated · Official file
Enrolled Bill · undated · Official file
Engrossed in Senate · undated · Official file
Placed on Calendar Senate · undated · Official file

Documents

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Placed on Calendar Senate (text)
Placed on Calendar Senate · EN
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Engrossed in Senate (text)
Engrossed in Senate · EN
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Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
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Engrossed Amendment House (text)
Engrossed Amendment House · EN
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 29 November 1990
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Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 22 October 1990
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 6 July 1990
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