DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE see also Secretary of Agriculture

Addresses

Agriculture Day, President Reagan, 7536 [5AP]

Deficits Matter, Senator Chiles, 21124 [27JY]

World Food Day Observance: Sec. of Agriculture Block, 28511 [19OC]

Amendments

Agricultural Act: amend (H.R. 3392), 19059 [13JY]

Agricultural commodities: expand markets for exports (S. 822), 7232 [24MR]

Agricultural price supports: establish (S. 1529), 26899 [3OC]

Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 3223), 17919-17922, 17924, 17933, 17937, 17940, 17941, 17942, 17946, 17950, 17953, 17957, 18035 [29JN]

Commodities: payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296), 4341, 4344 [8MR]

Commodity programs: expand authority for use abroad (S. 822), 12138 [16MY]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act: enact (H.R. 2733), 21159 [27JY], 21369 [28JY], 21631 [29JY], 26898 [3OC]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1529), 27240 [5OC], 27465, 27482, 27488-27491, 27500, 27502, 27503-27514, 27565-27568 [6OC], 27775, 27777, 27780, 27784, 27786-27792, 27851-27853 [7OC]

Dairy price supports: stabilize (S. 1529), 21369 [28JY]

———temporarily suspend (S.J. Res. 149), 23029, 23101 [4AU]

Dairy Product Stabilization Act: enact (S. 1529), 23027 [4AU]

Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31741, 31748, 31750, 31753, 31761, 31782 [9NO]

Farmers: credit assistance (S. 24), 12137 [12MY], 26899 [3OC]

Guayule rubber program: extend and improve (H.R. 2733), 20006 [20JY]

Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act: enact (S. 663), 34403 [18NO]

Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act: enact (H.R. 1296), 4633 [9MR]

South Carolina State Commission of Forestry: release of reversionary interest (S. 566), 23818 [13SE], 34367 [18NO]

Target Prices and Wheat Program Act: enact, 25553 [23SE]

Tobacco: freeze price support levels (H.R. 3392), 18943 [13JY], 19328 [14JY]

Analyses

Food Safety Modernization Act, 27917-27919 [7OC]

H.R. 1590, Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act, 2830 [23FE]

H.R. 2023, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 4641 [9MR]

H.R. 3190, Extra Long Staple Cotton Act, 23103-23105 [4AU]

Proposed Changes in EEC Agricultural Policy, 33494 [17NO]

S. 17, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 5293 [15MR]

S. 663, Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act, 34406, 34407 [18NO]

S. 684, Authorize Water Resources Research, 3838 [3MR]

S. 1084, Designating Components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 8985 [19AP]

S. 1193, Treat Certain Heating of Phosphate Rock as Mining, 10717-10719 [3MY]

S. 1209, Child Nutrition Program Proposals, 10994 [4MY]

S. 1529, Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act, 27471 [6OC]

S. 1938, Food Safety Modernization Act, 27552-27555 [6OC]

S. 2005, Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act, 29357 [26OC]

S. 2052, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendment, 31037 [4NO]

S. 2057, Consolidated Agricultural Adjustment Loan Act, 31044 [4NO]

Announcements

1984 Wheat Program, 27805 [7OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3223, making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs, 29407 [26OC]

———H.R. 4196, Dairy Production Stabilization Act, 31787 [9NO]

Articles and editorials

Again, the Fear of Foreclosure, 1319 [1FE]

Agribusiness Windfall—Conglomerates To Reap Millions From PIK, 21515 [28JY]

America's Real Farm Problem—It Can Be Solved, 10367 [28AP]

Audit Says Farmers Home Administration Is Too Lenient, Borrowers Say It's Too Harsh, 9769 [26AP], 10502 [28AP]

Blight Upon the Farmland, 34411 [18NO]

Block Proposes an Extension of Wheat Payment Program, 16759 [22JN]

But Will It Work?, 7449 [24MR]

Cavalier Politics Gets in Way of Drouth Relief, 30390 [2NO]

Conglomerates To Reap Millions From PIK, 23447 [4AU]

Congress at a Cattle Crossing, 27471 [6OC]

Conservation Tillage Catching On, 20511 [22JY]

Court Order Halts Commandeering of Cotton, 19563 [18JY]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733) (sundry), 21123 [27JY], 21810-21816, 21820 [1AU]

Crop Research Faces Cutbacks for Being Too Successful, 6678 [22MR]

Cycle Times of Information, 28771-28773 [20OC]

Dept. of Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 3223) (sundry), 17951, 17954 [29JN]

Economics of Erosion—How Farm Policy Destroys the Range, 2339 [16FE]

Facts About Welfare Fraud, 17240 [23JN]

Farmers Shouldn't Have To Compete With Foreign Subsidies, Senator Biden, 22182 [2AU]

Feeding Everybody—How Federal Food Programs Grew and Grew, 28881-28886 [21OC]

FmHA Loan Policies Questioned, 9845 [27AP]

Food for the Table, Not the Warehouse, 21545 [28JY]

Forgotten Farmers, 7631 [6AP]

Forming a Shipper Association May Save Local Rail Service, 10802 [3MY]

Getting the Food to the Poor, 15315 [9JN]

Good Grain Deal, 22374 [2AU]

High-Energy Food Fight, 7483 [24MR]

Honey Imports Produce Sticky Situation for Beekeepers and Government, 14627 [6JN]

How PIK Is Poisoning Farm Policy (excerpt), 22315 [2AU]

In Farm Belt, Fear of Foreclosure Rises, 1318 [1FE]

Investigation Sought of Possible ``Political Favoritism'' in Drouth Aid, 30391 [2NO]

Let's Sign That Grain Agreement, 13906 [25MY]

Lost Exports—Long U.S. Dominance in World Grain Trade Is Diminishing, 13517 [24MY]

Lower Approval Rate for Drouth Aid Found in Democratic States, 30391 [2NO]

Many Object to Milk Tax, 2314 [16FE]

Missourian, Kansan Among FFA Officers, 33902 [17NO]

More Aid for Farms, 1325 [1FE]

More Bang for the Bushel, 9629 [25AP]

Not by Cheese Alone, 32220 [10NO]

Our National Wood Factories, 7443 [24MR]

Pigs in the Parlor, Mr. Secretary, 6707 [22MR]

PIK Delivery Fouled Up by Reagan People, 31072 [4NO]

PIK Program To Reduce Wheat Surplus Yields Another Product—Wheat Need, 15090 [8JN]

Plowout Poor, 34411 [18NO]

President's Perplexity, 22779 [4AU]

Productivity Not Enough for Farmers, 7449 [24MR]

Reflections of a Century of Service, 2731 [23FE]

Solicitation for Auctioneer Services, 26781 [30SE]

South Dakota's Final Plan, 1753-1754 [3FE]

Strength of Dollar Lowers Ag Exports, 26693 [30SE]

Top PIK Official Has Farm in Program, 21559 [28JY], 23448 [4AU]

U.S. Hunger on Rise Despite Swelling of Food Surpluses, 19777 [21JY]

What PIK Participants Need To Know About Appealing ASCS Committee Decisions, 18664 [12JY]

Will Farm Programs Be Gutted?, 27756 [6OC]

Your Fertilizer Association—A Century of Progress, 15292 [9JN]

Bills and resolutions

Acreage limitation or set-aside programs: require earlier announcement (see S. 1687)

Agricultural commodities: distribution programs (see H.R. 1299, 1300)

———require exporters to file certain information (see H.R. 4570)

Agricultural communities: loans to establish (see H.R. 3410)

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service: disapprove deferral of funds (see H. Res. 90)

Appropriations: making (see H.R. 3223)

———supplemental (see H.R. 3069)

Arizona: land conveyance (see S. 613)

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Md.: restrict disposal of property (see S. 423)

Commodities: barter for materials produced by foreign countries (see H. Con. Res. 56)

Commodity Credit Corp.: reimbursement for warehouse insolvency losses (see S. 1726; H.R. 1886)

Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development: rename (see H.R. 2043)

Disaster emergency loan program: base on single enterprise production loss (see S. 2064)

Farm loan repayments (see H. Con. Res. 74)

Farmers: emergency credit assistance (see H.R. 1190)

Farmers Home Administration: agriculture loans (see H.R. 1024)

———deferral of payment on loans (see H.R. 1335)

———loan programs (see S. 2057)

———permit use of property by farmers (see H.R. 136)

———review loans (see S. 1639)

———water and waste disposal loan and grant programs (see S. 1789)

Federal agricultural policy: opinion survey (see H.R. 4023)

Feed grain program: announcement of 1984 crop (see H.R. 3564)

Foreign countries: report on export subsidies (see S. 251)

Forest Service: prohibit land sales (see H. Res. 174)

———tax exemption for grants to businesses in Boundary Waters Canoe Area (see S. 1556; H.R. 3436)

Loan programs: consolidate (see S. 2057)

Loans: guarantee or insurance authority (see S. 1317)

Milk: limit authority to make deductions from sale (see H.R. 88)

———repeal authority to make deductions from sale (see S.J. Res. 149; H.R. 1704, 2264, 4084, 4128)

National Forest System: receipts (see H.R. 2801, 2802)

National forests: oppose land sales (see S. Res. 93)

Payson, Ariz.: land conveyance (see S. 598)

Phenoxy herbicides: conditions for use on Federal lands (see H.R. 2799)

Plant and animal quarantine laws: collect fees to cover costs of enforcement (see S. 1918)

School lunch program: alternative means of providing assistance (see S. 1273)

Soil and water conservation districts: reduced postage rates (see H.R. 3337)

Soil Conservation Service: acquire lands (see H.R. 456)

South Carolina: release reversionary interest in certain land (see H.R. 3148)

Surplus food: release to needy (see H. Con. Res. 141)

Texas: land conveyance (see H.R. 3150)

Tree seedlings: volunteer plantings (see H.R. 2838)

Trees: encourage citizen contributions for public lands (see H.R. 2838)

Water resources: non-Federal share of costs of feasibility studies (see H.R. 4397)

Books

``Sweet Truths About Sugar'', 29141 [25OC]

Essays

State of the Nation's Agriculture, Ted Schwinden, Governor of Montana, 4117 [7MR]

Explanations

S. 690, Agricultural Land Diversion Tax Treatment Act, 4069-4072 [7MR]

Letters

Adjusting support of price of milk, John C. Datt, 21627 [29JY]

Administrative sites proposed for disposal, Forest Service, 17239 [23JN]

Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act (S. 2005): National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, 29357 [26OC]

Agricultural legislation, 11823-11826 [11MY]

———Dept. of Agriculture, 11823-11826 [11MY]

Agricultural marketing orders, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 29619 [27OC]

Agricultural marketing orders (H.J. Res. 413): Senator Bentsen to Director of the OMB Stockman, 32038 [10NO]

Agricultural payment-in-kind program: Danny and Rose Ann Cook, 34927 [18NO]

Agricultural trade with the Soviet Union, Daniel E. Shaughnessy, 13906 [25MY]

Appropriations, continuing (H.J. Res. 413), 31971, 31974 [10NO]

Arkansas drought disaster areas: Senator Bumpers, 30390 [2NO]

Authorize intrastate quarantines under extraordinary emergency conditions (S. 1070), Sec. Block, 8817 [18AP]

Beef exports to Japan: Senator Baucus, 22827 [4AU]

Budget authority for the dairy indemnity program: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, 743 [26JA]

Bulk postal rate application for soil and water conservation districts: Milton E. Mekelburg, National Association of Conservation Districts, 16294 [16JN]

———Sec. of Agriculture Block, 16294 [16JN]

Child nutrition program (S. 1209), 10994 [4MY]

Commodities' payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296): sundry Senators, 4340 [8MR]

Common agricultural policy: Clifford M. Hardin (1971), 20399 [21JY]

———Senator Helms for Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (sundry), 20400 [21JY]

Conveyance of certain South Carolina lands (S. 566), 34368 [18NO]

Cotton classing services to producers, 32269 [11NO]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733): American Agriculture Movement, Inc., 21130 [27JY]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 21119 [27JY]

———Interreligious Task Force on U.S. Food Policy, 21130 [27JY]

———National Association of Wheat Growers, 21130 [27JY]

———National Farmers Organization, 21129 [27JY]

———National Farmers Union, 21130 [27JY]

———National Grange, 21129 [27JY]

———Sec. of Agriculture Block, 21119 [27JY]

———Senator Zorinsky, 21118 [27JY]

———(sundry), 21117, 21129-21131 [27JY]

———sundry Senators, 21119 [27JY]

Crop feed grain program, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 24773 [20SE]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act (S. 1529), 27484 [6OC]

Dairy compromise, Sec. of Agriculture Block (excerpt), 30355 [1NO]

Dairy price support program inequities, Senators Garn and Hatch (sundry), 1064, 1065 [27JA]

Dairy price support proposals: Andrew M. Novakovic, 31765 [9NO]

———Sec. of Agriculture Block, 30166 [31OC]

Declaration of Southeastern Forest Station Forest Resources Laboratory as excess property: Eldon W. Ross, 22093 [1AU]

———J. Lamar Beasley, 22092 [1AU]

Designating components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 8986 [19AP]

Drought relief: sundry, 27755, 27756 [6OC]

Emergency Agriculture Credit Act (S. 24): sundry organizations, 14136 [26MY]

Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act (H.R. 1590), 15518 [13JN]

Emergency funds for Hawaii dairy farmers (sundry), 4697 [10MR]

Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act (H.R. 3190), 23103 [4AU]

Farm loans, 9523 [21AP]

Farmers Home Administration Hawaii office relocation funds, 15886 [15JN]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act reauthorization: EPA, 11827 [11MY]

Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act (S. 593), 2931 [24FE]

Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act (S. 663): American Farmland Trust, 34410 [18NO]

———National Wildlife Federation, 34410 [18NO]

———Sierra Club, 34409 [18NO]

———Soil Conservation Society of America, 34410 [18NO]

Legislation to extend certain loan programs, John R. Block, 6172 [18MR]

Loans to farmers, Senators Pryor and Bumpers, 11318 [5MY]

Long-term grain sales agreement (several Senators), 9229 [20AP]

Mandatory honey price support program, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 22745 [3AU]

Marketing research and promotion projects, 33648 [17NO]

Meat, poultry, and egg products inspection (S. 1681), 20822 [26JY]

Modify the dairy price support program (S. 498), 2314 [16FE]

Noncash benefit requirement for nutrition assistance programs, 33631 [17NO]

Oregon Wilderness Act, 6338 [21MR]

Payment-in-kind program: CBO, 4196 [8MR]

———Thomas N. Tomlinson, Agricultural Machinery Rentals, 4192 [8MR]

Plight of American farmers, 7066 [23MR]

Poultry and egg industry foreign export subsidies, 1748 [3FE]

Program for extra long staple cotton, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 17419 [27JN]

Request for disaster relief in Mississippi, Representative Skelton, 23943 [13SE]

Sale of Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Senator Mathias, 1643 [3FE]

Stabilization of supply of dairy products: OMB, 31313 [7NO]

Timber contracts in the Tongass National Forest, 16661 [21JN]

Tobacco price support freeze (H.R. 3392): Lester W. LeCompte, CCC, 18944 [13JY]

———Senator Helms, 18945 [13JY]

———(sundry), 18944 [13JY]

U.S. participation in the IMF, 20636 [25JY], 20866 [26JY]

Uniform grain storage rates, Loran Schmit, 5965 [17MR]

User fees for costs associated with plant and animal quarantine, Sec. of Agriculture, 23452 [4AU]

Wheat and feed grains programs: National Fertilizer Solutions Association, 22828 [4AU]

Williamsburg Summit—ideal opportunity for agricultural trade: Representative Corcoran, 14195 [26MY]

Letters of transmittal

Food Stamp Act amendments (S. 1208), 10986 [4MY]

Lists

Cosponsors of S. 663, Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act, 34404 [18NO]

Major drought relief programs, 26200 [28SE]

Organizations endorsing the Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act (S. 663), 34404 [18NO]

Organizations in opposition to the target price freeze, 17897 [29JN]

Organizations supporting amending the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act to create a trust protection plan, 31036 [4NO]

Organizations supporting the Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act (S. 2005), 29352 [26OC]

Recommended budget reductions in community and regional development projects, 20246 [21JY]

Memorials of legislature

Agricultural land tax incentives: North Dakota, 8635 [14AP]

Agricultural trade barriers: Tennessee, 11622 [10MY]

Boll weevil eradication: California, 25044 [21SE]

Dairy price support program: Minnesota, 7604 [5AP], 7741 [7AP], 8634 [14AP], 9489 [21AP]

———New York, 5250 [15MR], 7159 [24MR]

———South Carolina, 9489 [21AP]

———Utah, 12105 [12MY], 13619 [24MY]

Farmers Home Administration interest credit programs: Georgia, 8634 [14AP]

Forest Service land sales: Missouri, 18798 [12JY]

Grain reserve program: North Dakota, 7604 [5AP], 8634 [14AP]

Milk production tax: Utah, 27467 [6OC]

National Aquaculture Act: Hawaii, 13480 [24MY]

National Small Grains Collection Facility: Idaho, 11106 [4MY], 13480 [24MY]

Reclamation funds for high unemployment areas: Pennsylvania, 13482 [24MY]

Salinity: California, 25045 [21SE]

Messages

Budget Authority Deferrals, President Reagan, 119 [6JA]

CCC Report: President Reagan (PM 49), 13109 [19MY]

International Wheat Agreement, President Reagan, 18550 [11JY]

Milk Price Support Program Veto, President Reagan (PM 73), 23541 [12SE]

Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program Extension (H.R. 4252): House of Representatives, 34363 [18NO]

Vetoes: H.R. 3564, Announcement Date of 1984 Feed Grain Program, President Reagan (H. Doc. 98-95), 23701 [12SE]

Papers

Deficits and Interest Rates, Garry J. Schinasi, 21125-21128 [27JY]

Petitions

Nitrites content in bacon: American Meat Institute, 24837 [20SE]

Stonewall Jackson Lake project: Marion County, W. Va. Chamber of Commerce, 17973 [29JN]

Sugar price support program: Maui, Hawaii, County Council, 8454 [13AP]

———Maui County, Hawaii, 9489 [21AP]

Surplus commodities storage funding: Plainfield, N.J., City Council, 11275 [5MY]

Press releases

Credit for farmers (excerpt), 9839 [27AP]

States share in national forest system receipts (excerpt), 6337 [21MR]

Remarks in House

Agricultural commodities: export exemptions (H.R. 2321), 7506 [24MR]

———export exemptions (H.R. 2322), 7506 [24MR]

Agricultural Efficiency and Equity Act: introduction (H.R. 4565), 34926 [18NO]

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act: amend, 14201 [26MY]

Agricultural marketing orders: authority, 29607, 29612-29623 [27OC]

———implementation (H. Con. Res. 117), 9812 [27AP]

Agricultural research: adequacy of present funding, 20431 [21JY]

———funding, 6678 [22MR], 8209 [12AP]

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: introduction (H.R. 3746), 22363 [2AU]

Agriculture: dairy program (H.R. 3385), 28200, 28513 [19OC]

———national policy, 23758 [12SE]

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3223), 14832 [9JN]

Agriculture productivity: establish a research and extension program (H.R. 2714), 9398 [21AP]

Appropriations: making continuing, 26180 [28SE]

———making (H.R. 3223), 14808-14835, 14879 [8JN]

———making (H.R. 3223), appointment of conferees, 29407 [26OC]

———making (H.R. 3223), filing conference report, 29407 [26OC]

Automatic production controls: provide (H.R. 2765), 10112 [27AP]

Barter authority: expand (H.R. 3991), 25974 [27SE]

Bartering with foreign countries: proposal (H. Con. Res. 56), 2005 [10FE]

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Md.: proposed sale as excess land, 7441 [24MR]

Budget deferral: disapprove (H. Res. 90), 4696 [10MR]

Cargo preference: expansion, 17671 [28JN]

———expansion (H. Con. Res. 136), 17800 [28JN]

CCC: donate surplus agricultural commodities to needy foreign countries, 2005 [10FE]

Child nutrition programs: impact of budget cuts, 29052 [28OC]

Colorado River Basin: develop conservation program (H.R. 3903), 24507 [15SE]

Commodities: payment-in-kind program, 9602 [21AP]

Commodity surtax measure: provisions (H.R. 3193), 14399 [2JN]

Cotton: payment-in-kind program (H.R. 3385), 19557 [19JY]

———payment-in-kind program (H.R. 3385), filing conference report, 33093 [16NO]

Crop feed grain program: announcement date (H.R. 3914), 24772-24775 [20SE]

Cynthia B. Carlson Nature Preserve, East Haddam, Conn.: dedication of Chapman Pond, 909 [26JA]

Dairy price support program: modify (H.R. 3292), 30166 [31OC]

Dairy production: repeal assessment, 7431 [24MR]

Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 30319, 30337 [1NO], 30355 [1NO], 30763 [3NO], 30924, 30937 [4NO], 31103-31122 [7NO], 31313 [7NO], 31729, 31735-31787 [9NO]

———enact (H.R. 4196), appointment of conferees, 31787 [9NO]

———enact (H.R. 4196), Conable amendment, 31735, 31761-31781 [9NO]

Dairy products: price support (H.R. 1604), 2838 [23FE]

———price support program, 31427, 31428 [8NO]

———promotion programs, 31748 [9NO]

———stabilize supply and demand imbalance (H.R. 4196), 30319, 30337 [1NO], 30355 [1NO], 30763 [3NO], 30924, 30937 [4NO], 31103-31122 [7NO], 31313 [7NO], 31729, 31735-31787 [9NO]

———stabilize supply and demand imbalance (H.R. 4196), Conable amendment, 31735, 31761-31781 [9NO]

———stabilize supply and demand imbalance (H.R. 4196), appointment of conferees, 31787 [9NO]

———stabilize supply and demand imbalance (H.R. 4196), printing of amendments, 30319 [1NO]

Dairy program: termination date, 31753 [9NO]

Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 2023), 4641 [9MR]

Drought: economic relief, 27755 [6OC]

Economic injury disaster loans: clarify eligibility (H.R. 2988), 12020 [11MY]

Elderly nutrition program, 10542 [28AP]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 9833 [5MY], 10859 [3MY], 11135 [4MY]

———introduction, 1446 [2FE]

———introduction (H.R. 1190), 1537-1538 [2FE]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Assistance Act: introduction (H.R. 1402), 2087 [10FE]

Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1590), 7432 [24MR], 16040 [21JN], 16267, 16297 [16JN]

Farm loans: defer payments on certain, 1446 [2FE]

Farm policy, 22314 [2AU]

Farm productivity: importance of agricultural research, 8209 [12AP]

Farm programs: alternatives, 34886 [18NO]

———require Sec. of Agriculture to make earlier announcements (H.R. 3914), 24775 [22SE]

Farmers' Equity Act: enact (H.R. 3154), 14204 [26MY]

Farmers Home Administration: advertisement for auctioneers to sell farms, 26781 [30SE]

———cutoff of operating loans, 8097 [12AP]

———impact of budget proposals on programs, 6210 [18MR]

———proposed loan deferral (H.R. 1024), 916 [27JA], 1077 [27JA]

Farmland Protection Policy Act: impact, 11734-11736 [10MY]

Feed grain program: announcement date of 1984 (H.R. 3564), 21970 [1AU]

Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1590)—de la Garza amendment provisions, 13414 [23MY]

Food safety: improve (H.R. 4121), 27916-27919, 27934 [7OC]

Food stamp and commmodity distribution amendments: introduction (H.R. 3089), 13414 [23MY]

Food stamp plan: elimination of certain benefits, 20143 [20JY]

Foreign agricultural trade: negotiations, 22708 [3AU]

Forest programs: funding (H.R. 566), 137 [6JA]

Future Farmers of America: awards, 14249 [1JN]

Gasohol: encourage production (H.R. 3101), 14143 [26MY]

Grain companies: disclosure of food sales information, 32456 [14NO]

Hawaii: emergency relief appropriations for dairy farmers, 4696 [10MR]

Hunger: getting food to the poor, 15315 [9JN]

Interbasin water: requirements for sale or transfer (H.R. 1749), 23973 [13SE]

Interbasin water transfer: study impact (H.R. 1749), 21545 [28JY]

Interbasin water transfers: study effects (H.R. 1749), 3447 [1MR]

Irradiation: proposed use for preservation of food, 7483 [24MR]

Livestock: investigate mass production, 14206 [26MY]

Loans: policies, 10501 [28AP]

Milk: assessment on production, 31762, 31782 [9NO]

———exemption from production assessment of producer-handlers, 31750 [9NO]

———price support (H.R. 1604), 2838 [23FE]

Milk Producers Equity Act: introduction (H.R. 2812), 10520 [28AP]

Milk products: repeal assessment (H.R. 1875), 21533 [28JY]

Mississippi: request for disaster relief, 23943 [13SE]

National Agricultural Research Fair, 10752, 10754 [3MY]

National Cheese Institute: position on cheese disposal program, 14204 [26MY]

National Farm Women's Month: observance, 34875 [18NO]

Nutrition programs: impact of funding reductions, 23404 [4AU]

OMB: marketing orders authority, 11146 [4MY]

Payment-in-kind acreage diversion program: improve (H.R. 1541), 2405 [17FE]

Payment-in-kind program, 30173 [31OC], 30573 [2NO]

———administrative problems, 31072 [4NO]

———assessment, 14832, 15358 [9JN]

———benefits to conglomerates, 21558 [28JY]

———diversion payments in cash option (H.R. 2634), 9314 [20AP]

———economic impact, 21408, 21515 [28JY]

———expand limitations (H.R. 4368), 32373 [12NO]

———impact, 19089 [13JY]

———reform policy, 17673 [28JN]

Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act: enact (H.R. 1296), 4189 [8MR]

———enact (H.R. 1296), House amendment to Senate amendment, 4633 [9MR]

Payson, Ariz.: land conveyance (H.R. 3940), 24946 [20SE]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: amend (H.R. 3867), 32721-32723 [15NO]

Puerto Rico: repeal noncash benefit requirement for nutrition assistance program (H.R. 4252), 32713-32719 [15NO]

School Lunch Pilot Project Act: introduction (H.R. 4161), 28255 [19OC]

School lunch program: evaluation of alternatives to the donation of commodities (H.R. 4161), 28255 [19OC], 28495 [19OC]

———improve operation (H.R. 4091), 29052 [25OC], 29053 [28OC]

———provide relief for school districts affected by certain policy changes (H.R. 4161), 28255 [19OC], 28495 [19OC]

School Lunch Program Eligibility Requirements (excerpt), 7492 [24MR]

Sec. of Agriculture: extend authority to collect fees (H.R. 3830), 23452 [4AU]

Soil and water conservation districts: qualification for bulk postal rate (H.R. 3337), 16294 [16JN]

Southeastern Forest Station Forest Resources Laboratory: declare excess property, 22092 [1AU]

Storage space: utilize unused agricultural, 17673 [28JN]

Sugar: eliminate import quotas (H.R. 3727), 22085, 22088 [1AU]

Surplus agricultural commodities: distribution (H.R. 1590), 16268, 16297 [16JN]

Surplus commodities: distribution (H.R. 1590), 2829-2832 [23FE]

———expand distribution program to neeedy foreign countries, 2005 [10FE]

Surplus Dairy Products Exchange Act: introduction (H.R. 3295), 15760 [14JN]

Surplus food: distribution, 21545 [28JY]

———distribution (H.R. 1162), 1776 [3FE]

———distribution (H.R. 1299), 1969 [8FE]

———distribution (H.R. 1300), 1969 [8FE]

———distribution (H.R. 1590), 19777 [21JY]

———distribution to needy people, 17669 [28JN], 18254 [29JN], 18304 [30JN], 18813 [12JY]

———U.S. distribution policy, 2384 [17FE]

Wheat: establish incentive program (H.R. 4082), 27437 [5OC]

———payment-in-kind program, 15089 [8JN]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 33113-33116 [16NO]

Williams, Kenneth L.: tribute, 13227 [19MY]

World Food Day: observance, 28511 [19OC]

Remarks in Senate

Acreage set-aside program: improve feed grain program (S. 2179), 34512 [18NO]

Agribusiness Loan Act: introduction (S. 1813), 22978 [4AU]

Agricultural Act: introduction (S. 36), 564-569 [26JA]

Agricultural Adjustment Act: amend (H.R. 2590), discharge from committee, 32647 [15NO]

Agricultural commodities: taxation of certain income derived from (S. 1807), 22972 [4AU]

Agricultural Credit Improvement Act, 792 [26JA]

Agricultural Disaster Payment-in-Kind Act: introduction (S. 1439), 15278 [9JN]

Agricultural Export Expansion Act: introduction (S. 18), 509 [26JA]

Agricultural Export Market Recovery Act: introduction (S. 398), 1408 [2FE]

Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act: introduction (S. 2005), 29352-29355 [26OC]

Agricultural exports (S. Res. 115), 14505 [6JN]

Agricultural Free and Fair Trade Act: introduction (S. 100), 656 [26JA]

Agricultural imports: financing (S. 510), 2444 [17FE]

Agricultural Land Diversion Tax Treatment Act: enact (S. 690), 4068 [7MR]

Agricultural Market Expansion Act: enact (S. 14), 1752 [3FE]

———introduction (S. 14), 504-506 [26JA]

Agricultural marketing orders: further continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 413), 32037 [10NO]

———maintain integrity (S. Con. Res. 64), 23007 [4AU]

Agricultural prices and production: improve programs (S. 1258), 11822 [11MY]

Agricultural production: financing, 9768 [26AP]

Agricultural products: proposal to freeze target prices, 20726 [26JY]

Agricultural programs: earlier announcement on certain (S. 1687), 21139 [27JY]

———early announcements (H.R. 3564), 22180 [2AU]

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: introduction (S. 1643), 19854 [20JY]

Agricultural trade: policy, 27536 [6OC]

———U.S. policy, 7144 [24MR]

Agricultural trade with the Soviet Union (S. Res. 95), 13905-13910 [25MY]

Agriculture: cargo preference, 11426 [6MY]

———payment-in-kind program, 30983 [4NO]

———target price freeze, 17897 [29JN]

Agriculture Day: observance, 6559 [22MR]

Agriculture Free and Fair Trade Act: enact (S. 100), 2230 [15FE]

Agriculture Productivity Act: introduction (S. 1128), 9505 [21AP]

Alabama: commend the Dept. of Agriculture and Industries (S. Res. 203), 22863 [4AU]

Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station: 100th anniversary observance, 2731 [23FE]

Alcohol fuel: sale of grain for conversion (S. 494), 2311 [16FE]

Alternative trade reorganization plan: proposed (S. 1723), 22106 [2AU]

American Feed Manufacturers Association: 75th anniversary, 10637 [2MY]

Amstutz, Daniel G.: nomination, 12931 [18MY]

———nomination confirmed, 12394 [16MY], 21647 [29JY]

Animal Agriculture Week: observance, 21644 [29JY]

Apple and pear juice: duty (S. 453), 1722 [3FE]

Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 3223), 17919-17925, 17933-17947, 17949-17962 [29JN]

———authorizing (H.R. 3223), unanimous-consent agreement, 17919 [29JN]

Aquatic plant control program: increase annual funding authority (S. 1073), 8821 [18AP]

ASCS county and community committee system: require the continuation, 20473 [22JY]

Bacon: nitrites content, 24837 [20SE]

Barter Promotion Act: introduction (S. 1683), 20825-20827 [26JY]

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: sale (S. 423), 1643 [3FE]

Bureau of Land Management: remove the expiration date of the Grazing Advisory Boards (S. 920), 7104 [24MR]

CCC: use of grain stocks for alcohol fuels (S. 1298), 12616 [17MY]

Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 4091), 29142 [25OC]

Child nutrition programs: improvements (S. 1913), 26701 [30SE]

———proposals (S. 1209), 10992 [4MY]

———proposed budget cuts, 7686 [6AP]

Cigarette Safety Act: introduction (S. 51), 596-598 [26JA]

Commodities: payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296), 4339-4351 [8MR]

Conservation practices: reimbursement for application to acreage diversion program crops (S. 843), 5968, 5969 [17MR]

Consolidated Agricultural Adjustment Loan Act: introduction (S. 2057), 31038 [4NO]

Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act: amend (S. 2085), 32269 [11NO]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act: enact (H.R. 2733), 21113-21131 [27JY], 21309-21316 [28JY], 21808-21826 [1AU], 22452-22454 [3AU], 22811-22814, 22850 [4AU], 27802-27806 [7OC]

Dairy Adjustment and Stabilization Act: introduction (S. 1712), 21626 [29JY]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1529), 27221-27241 [5OC], 27465-27516 [6OC], 27775-27802 [7OC]

———enact (S. 1529), unanimous-consent agreement, 27229 [5OC]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act (H.R. 3385): conference report, 33920-33926 [17NO]

Dairy Farmer Protection Act: introduction (S. 1929), 27540 [6OC]

Dairy indemnity program: budget authority (S. Res. 18), 742 [26JA]

Dairy Price Amendments Act: introduction (S. 491), 2306 [16FE]

Dairy price support program: inequities, 1064 [27JA]

———issues, 14135 [26MY]

———modify (S. 498), 2313 [16FE]

———proposals, 400 [26JA]

Dairy price support programs: delay certain assessments (S. Res. 113), 8732 [15AP]

Dairy price supports: proposals (S. 1529), 32094 [10NO]

———temporarily suspend (S.J. Res. 149), 22515 [3AU], 23100 [4AU]

Dairy Production Act: enact (S. 1045), 10088 [27AP], 10365 [28AP]

———introduction (S. 1045), 8323-8325 [13AP]

Dairy products: inequitable assessment, 23066 [4AU]

Dairy Surplus Reduction Act: introduction (S. 509), 2441-2444 [17FE]

Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act: enact (S. 17), 3434 [1MR]

———introduction (S. 17), 508 [26JA]

Drought: economic relief, 30389, 30392 [2NO]

———emergency assistance (S. Res. 220), 24467 [15SE]

———relief (S. 1895), 25874 [27SE]

Drought Relief Act: enact (S. 1949), 31324 [8NO]

———introduction (S. 1949), 27840-27845 [7OC]

———introduction (S. 1974), 28454 [19OC]

Eggs: regulations for handling (S. 1368), 13828 [25MY]

Egypt: sale of surplus dairy products, 22538 [3AU]

Emergency Agricultural Adjustment Act: introduction (S. 575), 2776 [23FE]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (S. 24), 15290 [9JN]

———introduction (S. 24), 522-525 [26JA]

Emergency Farm Relief Act: introduction (S. 124), 779 [26JA]

Emergency Farm Stabilization Act: enact (S. 99), 1318 [1FE]

———introduction (S. 99), 655 [26JA]

Emergency jobs appropriations (H.R. 1718): conference report, 6622 [24MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3132), conference report, 17962-17977 [29JN]

Erodible land: prohibiting payments for commodities produced on (S. 663), 3793-3795 [3MR]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 979), 29583 [27OC]

Extra Long Staple Cotton Act: enact (H.R. 3190), 23102-23106 [4AU]

———introduction (S. 1548), 17418 [27JN]

Farm acreage base standards: modify (S. 682), 3834 [3MR]

Farm disaster emergency loan program: amend (S. 2064), 31293 [7NO]

Farm disaster lending: provide for (S. 628), 3308 [1MR]

Farm Employer Rights Act: introduction (S. 458), 1725 [3FE]

Farm income: declining, 397 [26JA]

Farm legislation: floor management, 23108 [4AU]

———policy development process, 34650 [18NO]

———proposed, 34360 [18NO]

Farm loans: credit crisis, 8630 [14AP]

Farm policy and farm profits, 13516 [24MY]

Farm Truck Tax Exemption Act: introduction (S. 1596), 18497 [11JY]

Farmers: battle against inflation, 7251 [24MR]

———protect from warehouse bankruptcies (S. 1726), 22150 [2AU]

Farmers Home Administration: loan program, 11318 [5MY]

Farmland Preservation Act: introduction (S. 1773), 22926 [4AU]

Farmland Protection Policy Act: amend (S. 2004), 29346-29351 [26OC]

Farms programs: announcement policy (S. 1865), 24914 [20SE]

Federal agricultural marketing agreements: recover costs (S. 1259), 11822 [11MY]

Federal Crop Insurance Prompt Payments Act: introduction (S. 1376), 13832 [25MY]

Federal Grain Storage Insurance Act: introduction (S. 550), 2650, 2653 [22FE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2785), 34366 [18NO]

———reauthorization (S. 1263), 11827 [11MY]

Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act: introduction (S. 593), 2931-2935 [24FE]

Food Safety Modernization Act: introduction (S. 1938), 27550 [6OC]

Food Stamp Act amendments: introduction (S. 1208), 10982 [4MY]

Food Stamp Integrity and Accountability Act: introduction (S. 1993), 29116-29121 [25OC]

Food Stamp Reform Act: introduction (S. 1727), 22158-22162 [2AU]

Foreign fire fighters: permit reimbursement (S. 1261), 11822 [11MY]

Forests: construction of roads and trails (S. 1260), 11822 [11MY]

Fresh Vegetable and Potato Trade Act: introduction (S. 1836), 23813 [13SE]

Frozen cheese pizzas: labeling, 23052 [4AU]

Fruit and tree nuts: marketing orders, 24600 [19SE]

Grain agreements: long-term (S. Res. 175), 19422 [15JY]

Grain sales agreement: long term, 9228 [20AP]

Grain storage: uniform rates (S. 841), 5965 [17MR]

Grain Storage Compensation Act: introduction (S. 596), 2939 [24FE]

Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act: enact (S. 663), 34403-34412 [18NO]

Honey loan program: effects of imports, 23781 [13SE]

Illinois and Owyhee Rivers: designate (S. 416), 1636 [3FE]

Impro Products, Inc.: patent relief (S. 1711), 21625 [29JY]

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: enact (H.R. 2785), discharge of committee, 31061 [4NO]

International Coffee Agreement: implement (S. 1847), 24455 [15SE]

———ratification, 21084-21087 [27JY]

Intrastate quarantines: authorize under extraordinary emergency conditions (S. 1070), 8816 [18AP]

Japan: beef exports, 22827 [4AU]

Loan programs: extend certain (S. 857), 6171 [18MR]

Marketing research and promotion projects: authorize (H.R. 2590), 33647 [17NO]

Meat, poultry, and egg products: inspection (S. 1681), 20821 [26JY]

Milk Producers Equity Act: introduction (S. 1449), 15435 [13JN]

Milk protein products: limitation on imports (S. 1047), 8327 [13AP]

Mobile, Ala., Boy Scout Council: recipient of Gold Seal Award, 18930 [13JY]

National Agriculture Day: designate (H.J. Res. 311), 34296 [18NO]

National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (S.J. Res. 77), 7676 [6AP]

National Corn Week: designate (S.J. Res. 126), 18028 [29JN]

National Dairy Equity Act: introduction (S. 658), 3503 [2MR]

National forests: land sale proposal, 6088 [18MR]

———relative to sale of certain lands (S. Res. 93), 6188 [18MR]

National Meals-on-Wheels and Congregate Meal Week: designate (S.J. Res. 183), 29021 [24OC]

National Peanut Month: observance, 4468 [9MR]

National School Lunch Act: amend (H.R. 4091), 29142 [25OC]

National Wild and Scenic Rivers System: designate (S. 1084), 8983 [19AP]

New England: closing of agricultural cooperative service field office, 15928 [15JN]

Nontariff trade barriers: regarding beef (H.J. Res. 308), 30046-30047 [31OC]

Older Americans: surplus commodities, 25797 [26SE]

Operating loan funds: increase, 9227 [20AP]

Payment-in-Kind Amendments Act: introduction (S. 683), 3835 [3MR]

Payment-in-kind program: insure value of exchange, 1072 [27JA]

———issues and proposals, 22814 [4AU]

———proposals (S. 495), 2312 [16FE]

Payment-in-kind program (S. 274), 1115 [31JA]

Payment-in-Kind Tax Clarification Act: introduction (S. 527), 2464-2467 [17FE]

Payment-in-Kind Tax Exemption Act: introduction (S. 446), 1701 [3FE]

Payments in kind: legal rights of farmers, 18664 [12JY]

Payson, Ariz.: conveyance of certain lands (S. 598), 2940 [24FE]

Peach and Apple Disaster Payment Act: introduction (S. 1492), 16194 [16JN]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: amend (S. 2052), 31034-31037 [4NO]

Phosphate industry: treat certain heating of phosphate rock as mining (S. 1193), 10716 [3MY]

Poultry and egg industry: foreign export subsidies, 1747 [3FE]

Price support program: repeal mandatory (S. 1257), 11822 [11MY]

Puerto Rico: repeal noncash benefit requirement of nutrition assistance program (H.R. 4252), 34363-34364 [18NO]

Quarantine laws: enforcement authority (S. 1918), 27026 [4OC]

Reagan, President: position on hunger in America, 22778 [4AU]

Rice farmers: effects of foreign export subsidies, 18927 [13JY]

Roses: rates of duty (S. 1296), 12614 [17MY]

Rural Enterprise Zone Act: introduction (S. 1228), 11402 [6MY]

Rural water and waste disposal funds: shift to farm operating loan program, 10676 [3MY]

School Lunch Pilot Project Act: introduction (S. 1273), 12113 [12MY]

Shelterbelt Improvement Act: introduction (S. 1138), 9717 [26AP]

Show Low, Ariz.: conveyance of certain lands (S. 597), 2940 [24FE]

Small business: taxation of Boundary Waters Canoe Area grants (S. 1556), 17608 [28JN]

Small Business and Agricultural Trade Remedies Act: introduction (S. 50), 551-555 [26JA]

Soil and Water Conservation Incentives Act: introduction (S. 152), 837 [26JA]

Soil Stewardship Week: observance, 12163, 12164 [12MY]

Soil tilth center: establish (S. 94), 643 [26JA]

South Carolina: conveyance of certain lands (S. 566), 34367-34370 [18NO]

Soviet Union: long term grain deal, 18047 [29JN]

———negotiate a long-term grain agreement (S. Res. 95), 7824 [7AP]

———U.S. grain sale, 22408 [3AU]

Soybean farmers: self-help programs, 15304 [9JN]

Special Cropland Conservation Act: introduction (S. 998), 7790-7792 [7AP]

Supplemental conservation payment-in-kind program: create (S. 1053), 8644 [14AP]

Surplus dairy stocks: exchange needed strategic and critical materials (S. 1703), 21360 [28JY]

Surplus food: distribution program, 5282-5295 [15MR]

Target Prices and Wheat Program Act: enact, 25552-25555 [23SE]

Tobacco: price support freeze (H.R. 3392), 18942-18946, 19073 [13JY], 19328 [14JY]

———price support freeze (H.R. 3392), unanimous-consent agreement, 18938 [13JY]

Tobacco Deregulation Act: enact, 11035 [4MY]

———introduction (S. 1179), 10308 [28AP]

Tomatoes: import restrictions (S. 1577), 18004 [29JN]

TVA national fertilizer program: impact, 12803 [18MY]

2-methyl, 4-chlorophenol: suspension of duty (S. 1123), 9499 [21AP]

Water chestnuts and bamboo shoots: duty-free treatment (S. 1158), 10030 [27AP]

Water resources research: authorize (S. 684), 3836 [3MR]

Wheat and feed grains programs: proposals, 22828 [4AU]

Wheat program: payment-in-kind (H.R. 4072), 34659-34663 [18NO]

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: amend (S. 416), 1636 [3FE]

Wyoming-Nebraska border: irrigation (S. 1590), 18018 [29JN]

Reports

Agricultural Land Conversion (excerpt), 11736 [10MY]

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 3223), committee of conference, 29668-29673 [27OC]

Cheese Distribution (H. Rept. 98-445), 29674 [27OC]

Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act (S. 17), 5288-5292 [15MR]

Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act (H.R. 3190)—Cost Estimate, CBO, 23103 [4AU]

Farmland Protection Policy Act Amendment (S. 2004): sundry environmental groups, 29346-29350 [26OC]

Followup on Actions Needed To Protect Depositors at Federally Examined Grain Warehouses, GAO, 22150 [2AU]

National Evaluation of School Nutrition Programs, 11840-11842 [11MY]

No Net Cost Tobacco Program, Computation of Interest on CCC Loans, Ronald J. Points, GAO, 18944 [13JY]

Payment-in-Kind Equity for Cotton Producers: committee of conference (H.R. 3385), 33174-33187 [16NO]

Revised Estimates of Effects of Legislation Enacted During 1981 Affecting the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition Programs, CBO, 10984 [4MY]

Soil Tilth Centers (excerpts), 644 [26JA]

Statements

Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 3223), conference report: OMB, 30980 [4NO]

Agriculture Appropriations—Administration Policy, 32311 [12NO]

Agriculture as a Working Model of Industrial Policy, Dale E. Hathaway, 23758 [12SE]

Alternative Farm Programs: Representative Neal Smith, 34886-34887 [18NO]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733) (sundry excerpts), 21117 [27JY], 21818, 21819-21823 [1AU]

Cuts in Child Nutrition Programs (sundry), 29053 [28OC]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act (S. 1529) (sundry excerpts), 27485, 27491, 27493, 27497 [6OC]

Dairy Production Act, Elwood Kirkpatrick, 10088 [27AP]

Decline of Black Farming in America—Report Assessment, Committee on Government Operations (supplemental views), 10859-10861 [3MY]

Definition of Highly Erodible Land (S. 663), 34408 [18NO]

Excessive payments in PIK program: unidentified Member of Congress, 30573 [2NO]

Farm Policy Proposal of Independent Bankers of America, 19535 [16JY]

Farmland Preservation Policy: Billie Bowles, 11735 [10MY]

———Frank Schnidman (excerpts), 11735 [10MY]

Grain Storage Elevator Bankruptcies: GAO (excerpt), 2650 [22FE]

Impact of the Armstrong Sodbuster Bill, 3794 [3MR]

Macomb County, Mich., Food and Nutrition Education Program (sundry), 18372-18373, 18376 [30JN]

Milk Producers Equity Act (S. 1449), Pennsylvania Farmers' Association, 15437 [13JN]

Payment-in-Kind Program, 4196 [8MR]

Proposed Budget Cuts in Child Nutrition Programs, Tennessee School Food Service Association, 7686 [6AP]

Reduce the Loan Rates for Sugarcane and Sugar Beets (S. 788): Senator Quayle, 5011 [15MR]

Today's Technology Has Changed World of Science, Orville Bentley (excerpt), 8209 [12AP]

Utilize Unused Storage Space to House the Homeless, 17673 [28JN]

Wheat Payment-In-Kind Program: Senator Dole (excerpts), 34660 [18NO]

Studies

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733): Bob Bergland (excerpt), 21313 [28JY]

Soup Lines and Food Baskets—A Survey of Increased Participation in Emergency Food Programs: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 13800-13802 [25MY]

Summaries

H.R. 3089, Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Amendments, 13414 [23MY]

H.R. 3190, Extra Long Staple Cotton Act, 23102 [4AU]

H.R. 3385, Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act, 33921 [17NO]

H.R. 3409, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act Amendments, 23557 [12SE]

H.R. 3746, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act, 22364 [2AU]

H.R. 4252, Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program Extension, 34364 [18NO]

S. 14, Agricultural Market Expansion Act, 507 [26JA]

S. 17, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 509 [26JA]

S. 24, Emergency Agricultural Credit Act, 523 [26JA]

S. 124, Emergency Farm Relief Act, 782 [26JA]

S. 575, Emergency Agricultural Adjustment Act, 2784 [23FE]

S. 1208, Food Stamp Act Amendments, 10988-10992 [4MY]

S. 1529, Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act, 27791 [7OC]

S. 1643, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act, 19855 [20JY]

S. 1913, Improvements in Child Nutrition Programs, 26701 [30SE]

S. 1949, Drought Relief Act, 27843 [7OC]

S. 2005, Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act, 29357 [26OC]

S. 2052, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendment, 31037 [4NO]

Tables

Advertising expenditures for dairy products and other foods, 27232 [5OC]

Agriculture appropriations—comparison of budget authority, 26181 [28SE], 32312 [12NO]

Arkansas counties not declared drought disaster areas, 30390 [2NO]

Average error in Dept. of Agriculture forecasts of annual feed grain crop over past 20 years, 21973 [1AU]

Child nutrition program expenditures by Federally income-tested versus non-income-tested programs, 10992 [4MY]

Commodity inventory activity (selected data), 5288 [15MR]

Cost analysis for commodities' payment-in-kind program, 4341 [8MR]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733), 27806 [7OC]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act (S. 1529), 27468, 27475 [6OC]

Dairy compliance program, 8323 [13AP]

Dairy program costs (sundry), 30355 [1NO]

Dairy surplus reduction (sundry), 2442 [17FE]

Dept. of Agriculture, authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3223) (sundry), 17953-17955 [29JN]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 3132), 17962, 17969 [29JN]

Export prices for wheat—June 1983, 21314 [28JY]

Extra long staple cotton: estimated loan rates and outlays (sundry), 17419 [27JN]

Food stamp error rates by State, 10984 [4MY]

Food stamp quality control reviews, 29116 [25OC]

Forest Service administrative site tracts (excess), 17239 [23JN]

GAO cost estimates of PIK, 30984 [4NO]

Highly erodible land (sundry), 34407 [18NO]

Payment-in-kind by crop, 33115 [16NO]

Percent farm value of retail food costs, 1982, 7251 [24MR]

Purchases of surplus dairy products, 27232 [5OC]

Revenue losses from repealing withholding—commodities payment-in-kind program, 4346 [8MR]

Selected consumer impact of alternative dairy price support policies, 31766 [9NO]

Soviet grain purchases under the long-term agreement (sundry), 13905 [25MY]

States affected by aquatic plants, 8821 [18AP]

Sugar support prices, 22088 [1AU]

Thrifty food plan amounts—48 States and the District of Columbia, 10982 [4MY]

U.S. textile imports from Communist China, 21315 [28JY]

Telegrams

Adjusting support of price of milk, Richard McGuire, 21627 [29JY]

Testimonies

1984 Feed Grains Program, William Lesher (excerpt), 21974 [1AU]

Texts of

H. Res. 90, disapproval of proposed budget deferral, 4696 [10MR]

H. Res. 220, waiving points of order against consideration of H.R. 3223, appropriations for agriculture, rural development and related agencies, 14808 [8JN]

H. Res. 322, EEC agricultural policy, 33495 [17NO]

H. Res. 355, consideration of H.R. 4196, Dairy Production Stabilization Act, 30925 [4NO]

H.R. 1024, defferal of certain Farmers Home Administration loans, 1077 [27JA]

H.R. 1190, Emergency Agricultural Credit Act, 1539 [2FE]

H.R. 1296, Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act, 4189 [8MR]

H.R. 1299, domestic commodity distribution, 1970 [8FE]

H.R. 1300, domestic commodity distribution, 1970 [8FE]

H.R. 1402, Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act, 2088 [10FE]

H.R. 1541, revise rules establishing the payment-in-kind acreage diversion program for soybean farmers, 2405 [17FE]

H.R. 1590, Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act, 2830 [23FE]

H.R. 1749, study effects of interbasin water transfers, 3448 [1MR]

H.R. 2023, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 4641 [9MR]

H.R. 2634, cash payments rather than payment-in-kind for crop diversion, 9315 [20AP]

H.R. 2765, provide automatic production controls, 10112 [27AP]

H.R. 3101, encourage production of gasohol, 14143 [26MY]

H.R. 3193, commodity surtax measure, 14399 [2JN]

H.R. 3564, announcement date of the 1984 crop feed grain program, 21970 [1AU]

H.R. 3867, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendments, 32721 [15NO]

H.R. 4072, Wheat Improvement Act, 33113 [16NO]

H.R. 4196, Dairy Production Stabilization Act, 31736 [9NO]

H.R. 4252, extend nutrition assistance program for Puerto Rico, 32713 [15NO]

International Coffee Agreement, 21088 [27JY]

S. 14, Agricultural Market Expansion Act, 505 [26JA]

S. 17, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 508 [26JA]

S. 18, Agricultural Export Expansion Act, 510 [26JA]

S. 24, Emergency Agricultural Credit Act, 523 [26JA]

S. 36, Agricultural Act, 567-568 [26JA]

S. 50, Small Business and Agricultural Trade Remedies Act, 553-554 [26JA]

S. 51, Cigarette Safety Act, 597 [26JA]

S. 94, establish soil tilth center, 644 [26JA]

S. 99, Emergency Farm Stabilization Act, 656 [26JA]

S. 100, Agriculture Free and Fair Trade Act, 2230 [15FE]

S. 124, Emergency Farm Relief Act, 780-782 [26JA]

S. 130, Agricultural Credit Improvement Act, 793 [26JA]

S. 152, Soil and Water Conservation Incentives Act, 837 [26JA]

S. 274, payment-in-kind program, 1115 [31JA]

S. 416, Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 1636 [3FE]

S. 423, sale of Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, 1644 [3FE]

S. 458, Farm Employer Rights Act, 1726 [3FE]

S. 495, payment-in-kind program, 2312 [16FE]

S. 510, financing agricultural imports, 2445 [17FE]

S. 527, Payment-in-Kind Tax Clarification Act, 2466 [17FE]

S. 550, Federal Grain Storage Insurance Act, 2651-2653 [22FE]

S. 575, Emergency Agricultural Adjustment Act, 2777-2784 [23FE]

S. 593, Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act, 2932-2935 [24FE]

S. 597, conveyance of certain lands in Show Low, Ariz., 2940 [24FE]

S. 598, conveyance of certain lands in Payson, Ariz., 2940 [24FE]

S. 628, provide for farm disaster lending, 3309 [1MR]

S. 663, prohibiting payments for commodities produced on erodible land, 3794 [3MR]

S. 682, modify farm acreage base standards, 3835 [3MR]

S. 683, Payment-in-Kind Amendments Act, 3836 [3MR]

S. 684, authorize water resources research, 3836 [3MR]

S. 690, Agricultural Land Diversion Tax Treatment Act, 4068 [7MR]

S. 788, reduce the loan rates for sugarcane and sugar beets, 5013 [15MR]

S. 841, uniform grain storage rates, 5965 [17MR]

S. 843, reimbursement for application of conservation practices to acreage diversion program crops, 5969 [17MR]

S. 857, extend certain loan programs, 6171 [18MR]

S. 920, remove the expiration date of the Bureau of Land Management Grazing Advisory Boards, 7104 [24MR]

S. 998, Special Cropland Conservation Act, 7791 [7AP]

S. 1053, create a supplemental conservation payment-in-kind program, 8645 [14AP]

S. 1070, authorize intrastate quarantines under extraordinary emergency conditions, 8816 [18AP]

S. 1084, designating components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 8983 [19AP]

S. 1123, suspension of duty on 2-methyl, 4-chlorophenol, 9499 [21AP]

S. 1158, duty-free treatment of water chestnuts and bamboo shoots, 10030 [27AP]

S. 1179, Tobacco Deregulation Act, 10310 [28AP]

S. 1193, treat certain heating of phosphate rock as mining, 10717 [3MY]

S. 1208, Food Stamp Act amendments, 10986-10988 [4MY]

S. 1209, child nutrition program proposals, 10996-10998 [4MY]

S. 1228, Rural Enterprise Zone Act, 11403-11410 [6MY]

S. 1257, repeal mandatory price support program, 11822 [11MY]

S. 1258, improve programs for agricultural prices and production, 11823 [11MY]

S. 1259, recover costs of Federal agricultural marketing agreements, 11823 [11MY]

S. 1260, construction of roads and trails on forest lands, 11825 [11MY]

S. 1261, permit use and reimbursement of foreign fire fighters, 11826 [11MY]

S. 1263, reauthorize Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 11827 [11MY]

S. 1273, School Lunch Pilot Project Act, 12114 [12MY]

S. 1296, duty rates on roses, 12614 [17MY]

S. 1376, Federal Crop Insurance Prompt Payments Act, 13833 [25MY]

S. 1439, Agricultural Disaster Payment-in-Kind Act, 15279 [9JN]

S. 1449, Milk Producers Equity Act, 15436 [13JN]

S. 1529, Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act, 27794-27801 [7OC]

S. 1548, Extra Long Staple Cotton Act, 17418 [27JN]

S. 1556, taxation of Boundary Waters Canoe Area grants to small businesses, 17608 [28JN]

S. 1577, import restrictions on tomatoes, 18004 [29JN]

S. 1590, irrigation along the Wyoming-Nebraska border, 18018 [29JN]

S. 1596, Farm Truck Tax Exemption Act, 18497 [11JY]

S. 1643, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act, 19854 [20JY]

S. 1681, meat, poultry, and egg products inspection, 20821 [26JY]

S. 1687, earlier announcement on certain agricultural programs, 21139 [27JY]

S. 1703, exchange needed strategic and critical materials for surplus dairy stocks, 21361 [28JY]

S. 1711, patent relief for Impro Products, Inc., 21626 [29JY]

S. 1712, Dairy Adjustment and Stabilization Act, 21893 [1AU]

S. 1726, protect farmers from warehouse bankruptcies, 22151 [2AU]

S. 1727, Food Stamp Reform Act, 22159-22162 [2AU]

S. 1773, Farmland Preservation Act, 22926 [4AU]

S. 1813, Agribusiness Loan Act, 22979 [4AU]

S. 1836, Fresh Vegetable and Potato Trade Act, 23814 [13SE]

S. 1913, improvements in child nutrition programs, 26701 [30SE]

S. 1929, Dairy Farmer Protection Act, 27540 [6OC]

S. 1938, Food Safety Modernization Act, 27551 [6OC]

S. 1949, Drought Relief Act, 27841-27843 [7OC]

S. 1993, Food Stamp Integrity and Accountability Act, 29121-29125 [25OC]

S. 2004, Farmland Protection Policy Act amendment, 29350 [26OC]

S. 2005, Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act, 29356 [26OC]

S. 2052, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendment, 31036 [4NO]

S. 2057, Consolidated Agricultural Adjustment Loan Act, 31039-31043 [4NO]

S. 2085, Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act amendments, 32269 [11NO]

S. 2179, improve acreage set-aside program, 34512 [18NO]

S. Con. Res. 20, emergency funds for Hawaii dairy farmers, 4697 [10MR]

S. Con. Res. 64, maintain integrity of agricultural marketing orders, 23007 [4AU]

S. Res. 18, budget authority for the dairy indemnity program, 742 [26JA]

S. Res. 93, relative to sale of certain national forest lands, 6188 [18MR]

S. Res. 95, agricultural trade with the Soviet Union, 13910 [25MY]

S. Res. 113, delay certain assessments on dairy price support programs, 8732 [15AP]

S. Res. 175, long-term grain agreements, 19422 [15JY]

S. Res. 203, commend the Alabama Dept. of Agriculture and Industries, 22863 [4AU]

S. Res. 220, emergency assistance for drought losses, 24466 [15SE]

S.J. Res. 77, designate National Animal Agriculture Week, 7677 [6AP]

S.J. Res. 126, designate National Corn Week, 18028 [29JN]

S.J. Res. 149, temporary suspension of dairy price supports, 22515 [3AU], 23102 [4AU]