A resolution to authorize investigations by the Committee on Agriculture.

Summary

Authorizes investigations by the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, including studies into the following matters: (1) the restoration, expansion, and development of foreign markets for American agricultural products and of international trade in agricultural products, the use of agriculttural commodities purusant to Public Law 480, Eighty-third Congress, as amended and the use of the foreign currencies accruing therefrom, and the effect of the European Common Market and other regional economic agreements and commodity marketing and pricing systems upon United States agriculture; (2) all matters relating to the establishment and development of an effective Foreign Agricultural Service pursuant to title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954; (3) price spreads between producers and consumers; (4) the formulation and development of improved programs for agricultural commodities, matters relating to the inspection, grading, and marketing of such commodities, and the effect of trading in future contracts for such commodities; (5) the administration and operation of agricultural programs through State and county agricultural stabilization and conservation committees and the administrative policies and procedures relating to the selection, election, and operation of such committees; and (6) the development of upstream watershed projects authorized by Public Law 156, Eighty-third Congress and the administration and development of watershed programs pursuant to Public Law 566 Eighty-third Congress, as amended and, the development of land use programs pursuant to the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962 and the Agricultural Act of 1970.

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 28 February 1973

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 January 1973

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