SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE see also Agriculture; Department of Agriculture

Analyses

Draft Legislative Proposal To Increase Authority To Refuse To Provide or To Withdraw Inspection Service, 20886 [25JY]

Meat and Poultry Inspection Act (S. 2860), 20887 [25JY]

Articles and editorials

Block Partnerships, 13483 [23MY]

Exon Wants Investigation of Ag Secretary's Finances, 13483 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions

Craig County, VA: land conveyance (see H.R. 5183)

Credit: guarantee of certain outstanding loans modified by private lenders (see S. 2765; H.R. 5854)

Feed grains: acreage limitation and land diversion programs for 1985 crop (see H.R. 6413)

Loans: 60-day approval/disapproval notification to applicants (see H.R. 4817)

———forgo foreclosure of certain, and adjust repayment terms consistent with borrower's perspective cash flow (see H.R. 6386)

Meat and poultry: authority to refuse to provide or withdraw inspection service at processing plants (see S. 2860)

Operating loans: temporary program to reduce effective interest rates paid by farmers and ranchers (see S. 3002)

Communications from

Administrative control: report, 116, 117 (EC2370, EC2371) [23JA], 408 (EC2227) [25JA]

Animal welfare enforcement report: transmittal, 9870 (EC3068) [25AP], 9981 (EC3208) [25AP]

Annual report: transmittal, 25362 (EC3784) [13SE]

Biomass energy and alcoholic fuels: report, 119 (EC2439) [23JA]

Cave Run Lake, KY: interchange of jurisdiction of civil works and Forest Service acquired lands, 20549 (EC3773) [23JY], 21166 (EC3587) [26JY]

Commodity and country allocation table: programing plans for food assistance, 32516 (EC3882) [14NO]

———transmittal, 9026 (EC3147) [11AP], 9251 (EC3042) [12AP], 20476 (EC3502) [23JY], 20549 (EC3772) [23JY], 31087 (EC4152) [9OC]

Cost reduction and improvement of food stamp program: legislation, 10321 (EC3232) [30AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: accounting systems during 1983, 408 (EC2235) [25JA]

Development of Alternative Technologies for Quarantine Treatment of Fruits and Vegetables: report, 3017 (EC2625) [22FE], 3148 (EC2570) [23FE]

Efficient marketing of tobacco: proposed legislation, 3426 (EC2589) [27FE]

Ensure financial integrity of Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund: legislation, 9870 (EC3069) [25AP]

Exchange jurisdiction of lands in Colorado: report, 24389 (EC3658) [6SE]

Federal Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Products Inspection Act: amend to increase authority to refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service, 13047 (EC3377) [21MY], 13524 (EC3249) [23MY]

Food assistance allocation plans, 119 (EC2440) [23JA], 1031 (EC2408) [31JA]

Food for Peace Program: report, 25272 (EC4035) [13SE]

Food Stamp Act: legislation, 10458 (EC3123) [1MY]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 4346 (EC2736) [5MR], 4696 (EC2813) [6MR]

Housing Act: amend, 6997 (EC3020) [29MR]

Human nutrition research information management system: report, 23609 (EC3865) [9AU], 24389 (EC3656) [6SE]

Inspector General: report, 114 (EC2289) [23JA], 579 (EC2319) [26JA], 14688 (EC3431) [31MY], 15340 (EC3315) [7JN]

Jurisdiction over master meter gas operators: report, 8521 (EC3140) [10AP]

Minority recruitment in Foreign Service: report, 3019 (EC2679) [22FE], 3148 (EC2572) [23FE]

National Forest lands timber yields: report, 2114 (EC2509) [7FE]

National Forest Recreation Use Fee Act: legislation, 17066 (EC3593) [19JN], 18592 (EC3433) [25JN], 19641 (EC3452) [28JN]

National Forest Service: report, 3426 (EC2591) [27FE]

Nation's agricultural research, extension, and teaching activities: annual report, 20476 (EC3501) [23JY], 20546 (EC3672) [23JY]

Needs Assessment for Food and Agricultural Sciences: report, 3017 (EC2622) [22FE], 3148 (EC2571) [23FE]

Operation of programs under National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act: legislation, 9756 (EC3203) [24AP], 9870 (EC3070) [25AP]

Professional and scientific positions: report, 315 (EC2476) [24JA]

Proposed legislation: transmittal, 24667 (EC3997) [10SE], 24681 (EC3734) [10SE]

Renewable resources: report, 3019 (EC2677) [22FE]

Report: transmittal, 22121 (EC3609) [2AU], 22279 (EC3829) [2AU]

Rural development strategy report: copy, 20477 (EC3539) [23JY], 20546 (EC3673) [23JY]

———transmittal, 9755 (EC3158) [24AP], 9870 (EC3071) [25AP]

Rural Electrification Act: amend to ensure financial integrity, 9537 (EC3149) [12AP]

Skagit River National Wild and Scenic River Plan: transmittal, 24319 (EC3946) [5SE], 24681 (EC3720) [10SE]

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act: amend, 3017 (EC2621) [22FE], 3426 (EC2590) [27FE]

Soil Conservation Service: report on Turkey Creek Watershed Plan, OK, 18592 (EC3442) [25JN], 18977 (EC3635) [26JN]

Surplus crops production: report, 3587 (EC2740) [28FE], 4159 (EC2657) [1MR]

Tobacco Inspection Act: amend, 3017 (EC2620) [22FE]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend expiration date, 6291 (EC2955) [21MR], 6418 (EC2862) [22MR]

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act: amend, 8521 (EC3139) [10AP], 8583 (EC3023) [10AP]

Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act: report, 20476 (EC3492) [23JY], 20547 (EC3720) [23JY], 21056 (EC3791) [25JY]

World food production and needs: report, 24318 (EC3923) [5SE], 24389 (EC3672) [6SE]

Youth Conservation Corps program: annual report, 13524 (EC3253) [23MY]

Letters

Food stamp amendments, 22955-22958 [8AU]

Payment-in-kind program acreage in disaster loan determinations: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 6390 [22MR]

———Committee on Appropriations, 6391 [22MR]

———Dept. of Agriculture, 6147 [21MR], 6390 [22MR]

———(sundry), 9171, 9172 [12AP]

Trade Remedies Reform Act, 21290 [26JY]

Press releases

Block extends farm programs sign-up, 4079 [1MR]

Remarks in House

Agricultural acreage: feed grain land diversion program (H.R. 6413), 30746 [5OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: policy, 13480 [23MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: release of reversionary interest on certain lands (S. 2225), 596 [26JA]

———release of reversionary interest on certain lands (S. 2586), 9665 [24AP]

Developing a Comprehensive Dialog and Review of Agriculture and Food Programs, 10826-10828 [3MY]

Meat and Poultry Inspection Act: introduction (S. 2860), 20885 [25JY]

Payment-in-kind program: disaster loan determination, 6146-6147 [21MR], 6388-6391 [22MR]

Public lands: release reversionary interest on certain (S. 2225), 596 [26JA]

———release reversionary interest on certain (S. 2586), 9665 [24AP]

Reports

Assist Organizations Volunteering To Plant Trees: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 2838) (S. Rept. 98-596), 24252 [5SE]

Statements

Agricultural Policy Forecast, 13480-13483 [23MY]

Food for Peace Program Anniversary, 22332 [3AU]

Texts of

H.R. 6413, feed grain land diversion program (H.R. 6413), 30747 [5OC]

S. 2586, release by Dept. of Agriculture of reversionary interest on certain lands in Oklahoma, 9665 [24AP]

S. 2860, Meat and Poultry Inspection Act, 20886 [25JY]