DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE related term(s) Secretary of Agriculture

Addresses

Agricultural Export—Problems and a Solution: Roger J. Baccigaluppi, 11899-11901 [14MY]

Environmentalists and Agricultural Chemical Industry Agreement to Changes in the Pesticide Regulatory Program: Louis Fernandez, 23449 [11SE]

State of Agriculture: Representative Hamilton, 34802 [5DE]

Sugar Production and EEC Policies: Daniel B. Amstutz (excerpt), 12183 [15MY]

Amendments

Agricultural Productivity Act: enact (H.R. 1383), 18139 [9JY]

Agriculture: extend dairy price support program (S. 1691), 25292 [30SE]

———extend time for conducting referendum on marketing quota for wheat (S. 822), 17498 [26JN], 17616, 17682 [27JN], 17883 [27JN]

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29186-29191 [25OC], 29280-29282 [28OC], 29497-29514 [29OC], 29754-29758 [30OC], 30056-30082, 30087 [31OC], 32246, 32247, 32255-32257 [18NO], 32360 [19NO], 33408-33427 [22NO]

Appropriations: making (H.R. 3011), 30011, 30013, 30014, 30020, 30031 [31OC]

———making (H.R. 3037), 25308 [30SE], 27462, 27463, 27464, 27559 [15OC], 27661, 27663, 27669, 27673, 27684, 27704 [16OC]

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 25951, 25967, 25969, 25970, 25971, 25972, 25973, 25974, 25983, 26002, 26004, 26006, 26007, 26008, 26009, 26010, 26011, 26013, 26022, 26024, 26029, 26030, 26031, 26032, 26033, 26034 [3OC], 26435, 26436, 26437, 26438, 26439, 26442, 26443, 26444, 26449, 26450, 26452, 26454, 26460 [7OC], 26529, 26533, 26547, 26548, 26559, 26561-26574, 26581-26655, 26661 [8OC], 33495-33572 [23NO]

Puerto Rico: suspend certain benefit requirements of the nutrition assistance program (S. 1691), 25292, 25308 [30SE]

Tobacco Program Improvement Act: enact (S. 1418), 18382 [10JY]

Analyses

Agricultural Adjustment Act (S. 501), 3175-3185 [22FE]

Agricultural Fair Trade Act (S. 1049), 11581 [9MY]

Dept. of Commerce and Trade (H.R. 3265), 23485 [11SE]

Economics of Farm Bureau's Farm Program Proposal: Ross Korves, 13673 [23MY]

Establish a Dept. of Commerce and Trade (H.R. 3265), 23485 [11SE]

Farm Credit Assistance Programs Consolidation (S. 435), 2170 [7FE]

Farm Credit Private Ownership Restoration Act (H.R. 1217), 3089 [21FE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendment (H.R. 2482), 12396-12399 [16MY]

Federal Pesticide Reform Act (H.R. 2580), 13348 [22MY]

Packers and Stockyards Act amendment (H.R. 2970), 23674 [12SE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2100, to extend and revise certain agriculture programs, 34511 [5DE]

———H.R. 3037, making appropriations, 27699 [16OC], 35174 [9DE]

Articles and editorials

America's Farmers Down the Tubes?, 1729 [5FE]

As Farms Grow Few, Towns Go To Seed, 36115 [11DE]

Axing Farm Exports, 8131 [17AP]

Banned Pesticides Find Markets Abroad, 8316 [17AP]

Battle To Keep Their Land—State Farmers Harvest Bitter Financial Woes, 1344 [30JA]

Beef Products With Sex Appeal, 25509 [1OC], 25781 [2OC]

Boschwitz Emerges as Major Figure in Drafting of 1985 Farm Legislation, 23925 [17SE]

Cargo Preference Requirements (excerpt), 29438, 29459 [29OC]

Catch-22 in the Farm Belt, 1730 [5FE]

Churches Report Numbers of Hungry on Increase, 28705 [23OC]

Comparative Trends in World Wheat Prices—1980 to 1984, 22733 [1AU]

Complex Problems and Simple Solutions, 29061 [24OC]

Congress Tiptoes Toward Plan That Could Cost Alabama Its Entire Food Stamp Program, 32728 [20NO]

Could Life Be So Sweet, 25653 [2OC]

Crops May Change but Not the Conditions, 15774 [13JN]

Dangerous Sugar Quotas, 25654 [2OC]

Decline and Fall of the American Republic, 29539 [29OC]

Dirty Decision by OSHA on Agricultural Workers, 10587 [6MY]

Disappearing Farm Crisis, 15990 [17JN]

E.C. Enlargement Seen Hurting U.S. Exports—Grain Shipments Face Principal Threat When Spain, Portugal Join, 25227 [26SE]

Easing by Fed Called at an End, 3364 [25FE]

Endangered Species, 17555 [26JN]

Everybody Has a Stake in Nation's Farm System, 5663 [19MR]

Ex-Official Raps Loan Standards on Farm Credit, 25782 [2OC]

Fair Warning to Agriculture, 29062 [24OC]

Farm Aid (excerpt), 25246 [26SE]

Farm Crisis—Twaddle and Truth, 7862 [15AP]

Farm Failures Threaten To Reshape Rural U.S., 1189 [29JA]

Farm Politics, 5109 [7MR]

Farmbelt Crisis, 9367 [24AP]

Farmers' Market Contributes Over 1,000 Pounds of Produce to Needy, 25240 [26SE]

Farms Can't Wait, 6645 [28MR]

Fed Stops Easing Monetary Policy, 3364 [25FE]

Fields of Fears, 14198 [4JN]

Food for Thought—And for the Future, 1161 [28JA]

Food Irradiation, 19708, 19740-19742 [18JY]

Food Stamp Allotment Inadequate Group Charges—Survey Finds Costs for ``Thrifty'' Plan Much Higher Than Estimated by USDA, 28705 [23OC]

Food Stamp Tax Ban Would Cost State $23 Million, 32873 [20NO]

For Full Production on the Farm, 24695 [24SE]

Forest Service Center Belongs in Missoula, 16667 [20JN]

Great Farm-Belt Bank Crisis, 515 [3JA]

Gunboat Economics, 3362 [25FE]

Hands of Anger, Frustration, Humiliation, 37857 [18DE]

Harvest of Harm—Farm-Health Crisis (series), 15779-15789 [13JN]

Harvest of Shame, 1980 Style, 8320 [17AP]

Iowa, National Menace, 14200 [4JN]

Market-Oriented Policy—Most of These Farmers Say No, 33279 [22NO]

Migrant Poor—Working Without the Basics, 15773 [13JN]

Misdirected U.S. Crusade, 15238 [11JN]

More Mid-Size Farms Facing Bankruptcy, 6167 [26MR]

More Than Honey at Stake, 33234 [22NO]

New Way To Market Hay, 24017 [17SE]

``Nightmare'' Seen if Congress OK's Food Stamp Bill, 32727 [20NO]

Once and Future Desert, 18929 [11JY]

150 Years of Sugar in Hawaii, 12301 [16MY]

Only 61 Farmers Aided by Loan Guarantees, 6167 [26MR]

Only 73 Farmers Aided by Federal Loan Program, 8817 [23AP]

Proper Role for Government in Agriculture, 25777 [2OC]

Relevant Facts for David Stockman, 3960 [27FE]

Rural Charm Blown Away by Farm Crisis, 36365 [12DE]

Selling a Farm Bill of Goods, 24694 [24SE], 27183 [10OC]

Sinking Maritime Lobby (sundry excerpts), 20835 [26JY]

Somma's Echevarria Says Look for a Niche, 2041 [6FE]

Sour Play of the Sugar Lobby, 35821 [10DE]

State Will Spend $703,000 To Save 200 Farming Acres, 33087 [21NO]

Step Back From Reality, 11924 [14MY]

Struggling Family Farmer Will Be the Victim, 29135 [25OC]

Sugar's Sure Danger—Price, 25653 [2OC]

That Farm Bill, 24693 [24SE]

Thatcher Leaves Her Woes Behind, 3366 [25FE]

U.S. Losing Share of Asian Wheat Market, 3471 [25FE]

U.S. Sugar Policy Rots Neighboring Economies, 25653 [2OC]

USDA Official Made $1.2 Million Off PIK, but Won't Be Prosecuted, 15048 [10JN]

Vogel and Kohl Clip Off Political Wings of West German Parties, 3363 [25FE]

Warehouseman's Effort Has Kept Burley From ``Pool'', 38681 [19DE]

We Shell Out a Peck for This Nutty Program, 22762 [1AU]

Without Conservation, Washington and Oregon Will End Up With Idaho's Best Soil, 11916 [14MY]

Women, Children and Cruel Thrift, 11442 [9MY]

Wright Hits Reagan, Denies Congress Culpable on Deficit, 1190 [29JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Marketing Act: nutritional content (see H.R. 3488)

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service: county and local committee selection procedures (see H.R. 542)

Agriculture: consolidation of farm credit assistance programs (see S. 435)

———extend milk support program (see S. 211)

———provide price support (see S. 250)

———wheat export incentive program (see H.R. 1065)

Aiken, SC: transfer certain lands to Dept. of Energy (see S. 1577; H.R. 3332)

Appropriations: authorize (see H.R. 3037)

———supplemental (see H.J. Res. 338)

Commodities: price support for certain (see H.R. 2595)

———reduction of costs of Government program (see H.R. 2821)

Credit: crop loans (see S. 433)

———emergency agricultural loans for those affected by natural disasters (see H.R. 543)

———emergency assistance (see S. Res. 67)

Dairy farms: milk marketing and subsidy (see H.R. 2616)

Drainage: eliminate requirement of decennial censuses (see H.R. 2722)

Economic conditions: acquisition of easements in land that secures certain delinquent loans owed to Farmers Home Administration (see S. 626)

Erodible lands: acquisition of certain easements for conservation, recreational, and wildlife purposes (see H.R. 1000)

Ethanol: establish strategic reserve (see H.R. 3299)

Family Farm Homestead Protection Act: enact (see S. 1196)

Famine: humanitarian assistance appropriations (see S. 423)

Farm Credit Administration: authority over cease and desist orders (see S. 466)

Farmers Home Administration: designate as Farm Administration (see S. 1243; H.R. 1842, 2803)

———escrow procedures requiring borrowers to make periodic tax payments with mortgage loan payments (see H.R. 2584)

———improve disposition of acquired farmland (see S. 1844)

———interest rates on loans (see H.R. 31)

———transfer certain conservation programs to Soil Conservation Service (see S. 1243; H.R. 1842, 2803)

———transfer certain rural housing programs to Rural Development Administration (see S. 1243; H.R. 1842, 2803)

Farmland: devote certain to conservation uses (see H.R. 2719)

———exclude from gross income gain on sale or exchange of certain (see H.R. 475)

Feed grains: acreage limitation program and land diversion program (see H.R. 244)

Food stamp plan: quality control standards (see H.R. 2621)

Foreign trade: bonus paid in the form of commodities for grain destined for export (see H.R. 3955)

Grace Commission: implement user fee recommendations (see H.R. 1827)

Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation: establish (see S. 288)

Loan guarantee authority: preclude impoundment (see S. 648)

Loans: alternatives for lower interest rates (see S. 1565)

Milk protein products: impose limitations on amount imported (see H.R. 431)

Muskegon County, MI: GSA conveyance of real property (see H.R. 1329)

Nutrition: strengthen research program (see H.R. 2137)

Pest control: study methods to accelerate use of integrated pest management (see H.R. 2339)

Rural areas: grants for centers for technology development (see H.R. 1841)

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act: extend certain benefits to former employees of county committees (see H.R. 3883)

Soil Conservation Service: benefits for former employees of county committees (see H.R. 3509)

———commend (see H. Res. 188)

———commendation (see S. Res. 65)

———easements (see H.R. 3557)

———transfer certain Farmers Home Administration's conservation programs (see S. 1243; H.R. 1842, 2803)

Surplus commodities: reduce production (see H.R. 466)

Taxation: exclusion of certain interest from sale of agricultural land (see H.R. 544)

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 2669)

U.S. agricultural exports: cargo preference requirements (see S. 664)

Water: Farmers Home Administration's standards of eligibility for certain system construction grants (see S. 382)

Wetlands: acquisition of certain easements for conservation, recreational, and wildlife purposes (see H.R. 1000)

Biographies

Vance L. Clark, 30643 [6NO]

Booklets

Prelude to the Crash of '87, 29268 [28OC]

Books

``Unsettling of American Culture and Agriculture,'' Wendell Berry (excerpt), 3389 [25FE]

Briefs

Cargo Preference Requirements: Milwaukee, WI, 29442 [29OC]

Cables

U.S. wheat programs: Dept. of State, 11773 [14MY]

Comparisons

Food Security Act: Bedell and Harkin/Alexander amendments, H.R. 2100, 25894 [3OC]

Documents

Farm Program Talking Points, 25287-25290 [30SE]

Essays

Family Stress and the Farm Crisis: Kim Spiczka, 23448 [11SE]

Sentimental Journey: Representative Blaz, 16894 [21JN]

Explanations

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714)—Lugar/Dole compromise, 30088 [31OC]

Letters

Achievement in Voluntarism Program award recipient, Keith A. Marshall: Patricia S. Qualls, 23791 [13SE]

Achievement in Voluntarism Program award recipient Keith A. Marshall: Patricia S. Qualls, 23791 [13SE]

Advance recourse farm loans: Charles L. Frazier, 3750 [27FE]

———Robert J. Mullins, 3750 [27FE]

Agricultural assistance programs: sundry, 29052, 29053 [24OC]

Agricultural assistance programs (H.R. 2100): Kenneth R. Rennison, 27045 [9OC]

Agricultural Policy: Nebraska Soybean Program, 9751 [29AP]

Agriculture reform: President Reagan, 24696 [24SE]

BLM-Forest Service interchange proposal: Robert F. Burford and F. Dale Robertson, 16669 [20JN]

Cargo preference requirement for agricultural exports: sundry farm and export organizations, 5099 [7MR]

Cargo preference requirements: agricultural coalition (excerpt), 29441 [29OC]

———Daniel E. Shaughnessy, 29443 [29OC]

———several organizations, 29434 [29OC]

———William T. Duke, 29734 [30OC]

Congressional hearings on the economic crisis in agriculture: Delmar K. Banner, 28034 [18OC]

———Frank W. Naylor, Jr., 28034 [18OC]

Continuance of credit to farmers: Al Brubaker, 23660 [12SE]

Control of insect infestation: sundry, 21448 [30JY]

Delinquent borrowing in the Farmers Home Administration: Ralph W. Perlone, 2500 [19FE]

Designation of Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Trail as component of National Trails System: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 21737 [31JY]

Effect of interest rate increase on farmers: John W. Adams, 17253 [25JN]

Egg Products Inspection Act amendment (sundry excerpts), 26456 [7OC]

Emergency farm credit assistance: sundry, 3356-3360 [25FE]

Emergency farm credit assistance program: Committee on Agriculture, 1737 [5FE]

———Senator Ford, 1740 [5FE]

———Senators Boren and Exon, 1728 [5FE]

Enforcement of antitrust laws relative to the tobacco industry: J. Paul McGrath, 31938 [14NO]

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Reform Act: Cindia L. Baltz, 16181 [18JN]

———Harold and Mary Sand, 15990 [17JN]

———Hickory Hill Farm, Inc., 15796 [13JN]

Farm credit crisis: Federal Land Bank Association, 26785 [8OC]

Farm economic crisis: sundry, 33093 [21NO]

Farm program: Calvin O. Hultman and Delwyn Stromer, 28384 [22OC]

Farmers Home Administration collection of delinquent loans, 34161 [4DE]

Financial crisis in farming: Senator Boren, 3389 [25FE]

Food stamp fees for grocers: Representative Feighan, 7734 [4AP]

Food stamp plan error rates: Senator Domenici, 29166 [25OC]

Food stamp plan low-income nutrition assistance program: National Governors' Association, 32683 [20NO]

———Senator Durenberger, 32684 [20NO]

———sundry Governors, 32679, 32686 [20NO]

Foreclosure notice: Farmers Home Administration, 36067 [11DE]

Foreign Aid authorization and family planning programs (H.R. 1555), 12691 [20MY]

Forest Service equipment development center: John A. Miles, 16667 [20JN]

———Senator Baucus, 16667, 16668 [20JN]

Forest Service management plan for the Cherokee National Forest, TN: Senator Sasser, 35447 [10DE]

Funding for CCC: Senator Zorinsky, 19777 [19JY]

Future of agriculture: Nancy Ekroth, 37509 [17DE]

Grain reserve program: Rudolph G. Penner, 33293 [22NO]

Guidelines for farm legislation: President Reagan, 29152 [25OC]

Honey price support program, 11045 [8MY]

———Basil Furgala, 11045 [8MY]

———Dale K. Pollet, 11045 [8MY]

Implementation of emergency farm credit assistance legislation: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 4594 [6MR]

———M.B. Oglesby, Jr., 4594 [6MR]

———Senator Boren, 4594 [6MR]

———several Members of Congress, 4597 [6MR]

Milk price support program: Albert D. Bourland, 32335, 32337 [19NO]

———Andrew Novakovic, 32332 [19NO]

———Donald A. Randall, 32335 [19NO]

———Ellen Haas, 32335 [19NO]

———Fred Douma, 32336 [19NO]

———JoAnn Smith, 32334 [19NO]

———Robert B. Delano, 32335 [19NO]

Netting procedures by agriculture cooperatives: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture (excerpt), 16675 [20JN]

OSHA field sanitation standards for farm workers: Representative William D. Ford, 15773 [13JN]

Overview of economic conditions in the Upper Minnesota Valley region: Otto Schmid, 33098 [21NO]

Payment-in-Kind Program: Gary D. Myers, 32315 [19NO]

Pork market promotion programs: Farm Bureau, 32713 [20NO]

———National Pork Producers Council, 32714 [20NO]

Reduction of principal and interest on restructured farm loans: Kansas Bankers Association, 3598 [26FE]

Referendum on national marketing quota for wheat: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 13970, 13972 [4JN]

Requirement to report release of certain chemicals, 35655 [10DE]

Resale of timber by Forest Service: F. Dale Robertson, 16643 [20JN]

Retraining our farmers: several Representatives, 11182 [8MY]

Sales tax collection on food stamps: Alabama Dept. of Finance, 32727 [20NO]

———Alabama Retail Association, 32727 [20NO]

———Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 33035 [20NO]

———George C. Wallace, Governor of Alabama, 32727 [20NO]

SBA program authorization (S. 408): John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 19089 [16JY]

Study of use of unleaded fuel in farm equipment: Lee M. Thomas, 32736 [20NO]

———Senators Stafford and Durenberger, 32738 [20NO]

Sugar price support program: George P. Shultz, Sec. of State, 33244 [22NO]

T.C. Lee farm: Collier Lee, Jr., 15280 [12JN]

Taxable income of farm cooperatives: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 17309 [26JN]

———several Members of Congress, 17310 [26JN]

Tobacco program: OMB (excerpt), 31930, 31935 [14NO]

Letters of transmittal

Transfer of certain lands in Aiken, SC (sundry), 22340 [1AU]

Lists

Action by the Committee on Appropriations on the Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3011), 30012 [31OC]

Cosponsors of the Cochran amendment to the Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714), 29429 [29OC]

Organizations supporting Orphan Drug Program, 27461 [15OC]

Organizations supporting the Cochran amendment to the Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714), 29430 [29OC]

Wilderness areas threatened by commercial activities, 35465 [10DE]

Memorandums

Alaska Lumber & Pulp Co.—Appeal of Redetermined Rates: R. Max Peterson, 27910 [17OC]

Cargo Preference Compromise: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 29286 [28OC]

Farm Program: Everett G. Rank, 25287 [30SE]

Memorials of legislature

Arkansas, 4811 [7MR], 7025 [2AP]

California, 3425 [25FE], 16122 [18JN], 17629 [27JN], 17916 [27JN], 19936 [22JY], 29478 [29OC]

Federated States of Micronesia, Kolonia, Ponape, Eastern Caroline Islands, 10696 [7MY]

Hawaii, 5815 [20MR], 10695 [7MY], 11497 [9MY], 12010 [15MY]

Idaho, 5584 [19MR]

Iowa, 15710 [13JN]

Kansas, 8057 [16AP]

Louisiana, 17629 [27JN]

Michigan, 5814 [20MR]

Micronesia, Federated States of, 11499 [9MY]

Minnesota, 14738 [6JN]

Nevada, 14738 [6JN], 16252 [19JN]

North Dakota, 6688 [28MR]

Oregon, 11497 [9MY], 15710 [13JN]

Pennsylvania, 10695 [7MY]

Wyoming, 5728 [20MR]

Messages

Deferral of Budget Authority: President Reagan, 4449 [5MR]

Deferral of Budget Authority, President Reagan, 25362 [1OC]

Deferral of Certain Budget Authority: President Reagan, 16715 [20JN]

Motion

Agriculture: emergency farm credit assistance (H.R. 1189), recommit, 4146 [28FE]

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), recommit with instructions, 30087 [31OC]

Pamphlets

Merging the Art and Science of Fire Control, 16731 [20JN]

Papers

Conservationist's View of Why ADC Should Be in the USDA—The Problems of Interior's ADC Program, 27459 [15OC]

Farm Costs and Returns Survey, 29411 [29OC]

Long-Term Agricultural Policy, 3193-3201 [22FE]

Petitions

Soil Conservation Service: Florence, SC, County Council, 20476 [25JY]

———Hilo, HI, City Council, 14740 [6JN]

———Hilo, HI, County Council, 13890 [3JN]

Poems

``What Is a Farmer?'' Ted Meyer, 20153 [23JY]

Polls of opinion

Agriculture questionnaire, 1985, 14777 [6JN]

Farm Forum Opinion Survey: Higginsville, MO, Results, 3967 [27FE]

Press releases

Pork market promotion programs: United Press International, 32718 [20NO]

State ASC committee cites need for sound 1985 farm bill, 25287 [30SE]

USDA permits haying, grazing, of 1985 acreage conservation reserve acres: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 4437 [5MR]

Questions and answers

Agricultural Adjustment Act (S. 501), 3185-3193 [22FE]

Agricultural marketing loans, 9832 [30AP]

Remarks in House

Aged: exempt from paying fees for firewood from National Forest System lands (H.R. 3445), 25216 [26SE]

Aged nutrition: program funding, 12202 [15MY]

Agricultural Act: amend (H.R. 2017), 7862 [15AP]

Agricultural commodities: application of antidumping and counterveiling duty statutes relative to raw products (H.R. 3328), 24213 [18SE]

Agricultural Conservation Easement Act: enact (H.R. 3557), 32902 [20NO]

Agricultural Credit and Rural Development Act: enact (H.R. 2107), 8475 [18AP]

Agricultural Export Expansion Act: enact (H.R. 1517), 5924 [20MR], 7111 [2AP], 11947 [15MY]

Agricultural exports: cargo preference requirements (H.R. 1612), 5913 [20MR]

———establish credit revolving fund (H.R. 2105), 8330 [17AP]

Agricultural loans: proposals, 9330-9332 [24AP]

Agricultural markets: establish a market to develop, maintain, and expand (H.R. 2104), 8330 [17AP]

Agricultural Productivity Act: enact (H.R. 1383), 4242 [28FE], 18672, 18694 [11JY]

Agricultural products: consider nutritional content of food in grading system (H.R. 3488), 25775 [2OC]

Agricultural workers: OSHA health standards, 10586 [6MY]

Agriculture: assistance programs (H.R. 2100), 25726-25736 [2OC], 25889 [3OC], 25965 [7OC], 26028 [8OC], 26030 [7OC], 26035 [4OC]-26096 [3OC], 26143 [3OC], 26425-26465 [7OC], 26529 [8OC], 26532, 26546 [9OC]-26581, 26655 [8OC], 26665 [10OC]-26668 [8OC], 27032, 27038, 27045 [9OC], 27340 [10OC], 35821 [10DE], 38725 [19DE]

———cargo preference requirements, 5080, 5099 [7MR]

———commodities price support program, 4104 [28FE]

———continuance of credit by certain banks, 23660 [12SE]

———economic crisis, 1275 [30JA], 3356-3360 [25FE], 29052, 29061 [24OC]

———effects of financial crisis on communities, 36115 [11DE]

———emergency farm credit assistance, 3356-3360 [25FE], 29076 [24OC]

———emergency farm credit assistance (H.R. 1035), 3476 [25FE]

———emergency farm credit assistance (H.R. 1189), 4111-4113, 4133-4147 [28FE], 7130 [2AP]

———emergency farm credit assistance (H.R. 1189), recommit, 4146 [28FE]

———employment retraining of farmers, 11181 [8MY]

———erosion of local control and participation in farmer-and rancher-owned farm credit system (H. Con. Res. 177), 19988 [23JY]

———extend time for conducting referendum on marketing quota for wheat (S. 822), 17497 [26JN], 17882 [27JN]

———farm products title system, 28720 [23OC]

———improve quality of grain exports by eliminating dockage at port location (H.R. 1206), 3072 [21FE]

———loan availability, 10613 [7MY]

———price support reductions, 7109 [2AP]

———provide for emergency credit, 2815 [20FE], 2878 [21FE], 4328 [5MR], 14802-14804 [6JN]

———provide for emergency credit (H.R. 1397), 9383 [24AP]

———study economic impact of import barriers on exports, 26008 [3OC]

———vocational educational programs, 23465 [11SE]

Agriculture Export Trade Equity Act: enact (H.R. 201), 8519 [18AP]

Aiken, SC: transfer of certain land at the Savannah River Plant, 24204 [18SE]

Animal Welfare Act: funding issues, 3958 [27FE]

Appropriations: making, 20707 [25JY]

———making (H.R. 3037), 20219-20242 [24JY], 20833-20836 [26JY], 22048 [31JY]

———making (H.R. 3037), appointment of conferees, 35174 [9DE]

———making (H.R. 3037), permission to file conference report, 36175 [12DE]

———making (H.R. 3037), waiving certain points of order against consideration (H. Res. 232), 20217 [24JY]

———making supplemental (H.J. Res. 342), 19670-19674 [18JY]

———supplemental, 14600 [6JN]

Beef Promotion and Research Act: enact, 38806 [20DE]

Bellville Wesleyan Church, Caneadea, NY: conveyance of land (H.R. 2976), 35181 [9DE]

Bureau of Land Management: history of efforts to merge with the U.S. Forest Service, 19857-19861 [22JY]

Butter: distribution of surplus, 36541 [16DE]

California Mid-Valley Unit Act: enact (H.R. 3182), 22722 [1AU]

Cargo preference: impact on agricultural exports and the Federal budget, 20833-20836 [26JY]

———proposals to eliminate, 20397 [24JY]

Cargo preference laws: application, 12710 [21MY]

CCC: clarify loan provisions, 3878 [27FE]

Citrus Freeze Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 3377), 24415 [19SE]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: amend (H.R. 967), 2060 [6FE]

Dairy Farm Efficiency Promotion Act: enact (H.R. 2616), 13696 [23MY]

Dairy industry: diversion program, 16447 [19JN]

———price support program, 24037 [17SE], 24194 [18SE], 24513 [20SE]

———proposed diversion program, 24597 [20SE]

———proposed import quotas, 24877 [24SE]

Dairy Price Support Program: establish commission to study future provisions (H.J. Res. 303), 14233 [4JN]

Dairy price supports: proposals, 23479 [11SE]

Dairy supports: proposals, 24037 [17SE]

Dairy Unity Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 26035 [4OC]

Dept. of Agriculture Reorganization Act: enact, 17955 [27JN]

Dept. of Commerce and Trade: establish (H.R. 3265), 23484 [11SE]

Disaster Emergency Loan Program: restrict to family farms (H.R. 874), 1645 [31JA]

Economic conditions: foreclosure notices, 36067 [11DE]

Egg-breaking practices: regulations, 26454-26460 [7OC]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1034), 2334 [7FE]

Emergency Farm Bank Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1191), 3065 [21FE]

European Community: projected effects of enlargement on agricultural exports, 25226 [26SE]

Fair Trade in Agriculture Act: enact, 2040 [6FE]

Family Farm Bankruptcy Act: enact, 19249 [16JY]

Family Farm Survival Act: enact (H.R. 2330), 10375 [2MY]

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 1399), 4562, 4564 [5MR], 5076 [7MR], 9383 [24AP], 9773 [29AP], 10199 [1MY], 10581 [6MY], 15796 [13JN], 21650 [30JY]

———enact (H.R. 2211), 15746 [13JN], 15990 [17JN], 16923 [24JN], 16929 [25JN]-16930 [24JN], 32483 [19NO]

Family Farmer Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2318), 10394 [2MY]

Family farms: economic condition, 32503 [19NO]

———report on status, 26030 [3OC]

Family planning services: reauthorization (H.R. 2369), 15836 [18JN]

Farm Aid: tribute to fundraising project, 25246 [26SE]

Farm Aid Concert: tribute, 24182 [18SE]

Farm Credit Private Ownership Restoration Act: enact (H.R. 1217), 3088 [21FE]

Farm Debt Restructure and Conservation Set-Aside Act: enact, 2043 [6FE]

Farm Emergency Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1035), Senate amendment (H. Res. 92), 4347-4361 [5MR]

———enact (H.R. 1035), veto, 4394-4397 [5MR], 4654 [6MR], 4954, 4957-4959, 4960-4984, 5010, 5037 [7MR]

———enact (H.R. 1814), 6574 [28MR]

Farm policy: Federal role, 14777 [6JN]

———investigate credit system, 18907 [11JY]

———solution of problems, 19992 [23JY]

Farm workers: OSHA field sanitation standards, 8320 [17AP], 15772 [13JN]

Farmers: continuance of credit by certain banks, 23660 [12SE]

———economic conditions, 36365 [12DE]

———Federal assistance programs, 1140 [28JA]

Farmers Home Administration: eligibility criteria, 26030 [3OC]

———foreclosure notices, 36067 [11DE]

———interest rates on loans (H.R. 31), 415 [3JA]

———making certain administrative changes, 26024 [3OC]

———processing loan applications, 3882 [27FE]

Farmland Conservation Acreage Reserve Act: enact (H.R. 1777), 6546 [28MR]

Farmland Protection Policy Act: amend, 27032 [9OC]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 12392 [16MY]

Federal Meat Inspection Act: amend, 10392 [2MY]

Federal Pesticide Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2580), 13347 [22MY]

Federal Reserve Board: small business and agriculture representation, 23468 [11SE]

Florida citrus industry: provide loans to members impacted by canker disease (H.R. 113), 514, 529 [3JA]

Food: ensure continuous supply (H.R. 1420), 4659 [6MR]

Food, Trade and Development Act: enact, 7543 [3AP]

Food and Agriculture Organization: anniversary, 28709 [23OC]

Food irradiation: funding for a Dept. of Energy civilian byproducts and beneficial uses program, 19708 [18JY]

———safety, 17966 [27JN]

Food Security Act: enact, 7577 [4AP]

———enact (H.R. 2100), 25726-25736 [2OC], 25782 [2OC], 25889 [3OC], 25965 [7OC], 26028 [8OC], 26030 [7OC], 26035 [4OC]-26096 [3OC], 26143 [3OC], 26425-26465 [7OC], 26529 [8OC], 26532, 26546 [9OC]-26581, 26655 [8OC], 26665 [10OC]-26668 [8OC], 27032, 27038, 27045 [9OC], 27340 [10OC], 35821 [10DE], 38725 [19DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), appointment of conferees, 34511 [5DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37773-37803 [18DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), consideration of conference report, 36754 [16DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), correcting enrollment (H. Con. Res. 264), 38107 [19DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), technical corrections, 26668 [8OC]

Food stamp plan: accountability, 26032 [3OC]

———improve quality control standards and procedures (H.R. 2621), 13699 [23MY]

Food trade: Codex Alimentarius Commission, 27761 [16OC]

Foreign trade: agriculture sales agreements, 26010 [3OC]

———develop a program to counteract foreign export subsidies, 25969 [3OC]

———establish a barter program, 26007 [3OC]

———report on trade barriers, 26006 [3OC]

———study economic impact of import barriers on exports, 26008 [3OC]

Fresh Vegetable and Potato Trade Act: enact (H.R. 110), 524 [3JA]

Funds: withholding allocation, 2358 [19FE]

Future Farmers of America: tribute, 20701 [25JY]

Gleaning: collection of unharvested crops and distribution to needy, 22024 [31JY]

Grapes: United Farm Workers of America boycott of California, 22055 [31JY]

Grasshoppers: emergency prevention, suppression, control, or eradication on public lands (H.R. 3134), 22056 [31JY]

Grocers: food stamp fees, 7734 [4AP]

Handicapped: exempt from paying fees for firewood from National Forest System lands (H.R. 3445), 25216 [26SE]

Hunger: surveys on rate, 28705 [23OC]

Imported meat products: inspection and labeling (H.R. 2103), 8330 [17AP]

Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act: enact (H.R. 2653), 14250 [4JN]

Japan: enhance competitiveness of U.S. agricultural exports, 20858 [26JY]

Michigan Farmers' Hall of Fame: tribute, 22817 [1AU]

Milk diversion program: extend, 572 [3JA]

Milk Producers Prompt Payment Act: enact, 553 [3JA]

Muller, John: tribute, 5601 [19MR]

National Agriculture Day: designate, 2323, 2344, 2348 [7FE]

———observance, 6021 [21MR]

National Aquaculture Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1544), 21000 [29JY]

National Commission on Agricultural Trade and Export Policy: policy, 11636 [9MY]

National Future Farmers of America Week: observance, 2820 [20FE]

National Holstein Day: designate, 11175 [8MY]

National Meat Week: observance, 1355 [30JA]

National school lunch program: funding, 19935 [22JY]

National Watermelon Day: observance, 22026 [31JY]

Older Americans Act: commodity reimbursement (H.R. 2453), 24801-24803 [24SE]

Packers and Stockyards Act: amend (H.R. 2970), 23674 [12SE]

Pan-American Games: allow duty-free entry of equipment and members of the delegations (H.R. 2723), 22055 [31JY]

Patton, James G.: tribute, 14530 [5JN]

Peanuts: authorize price support program (H.R. 3186), 22666 [1AU]

———proposed elimination of export quotas, 22783 [1AU]

Pesticide Regulatory Program: environmentalists and agricultural chemical industry agreement to changes, 23449 [11SE]

Pesticides: assure that residues in food are safe for human consumption (H.R. 2924), 17970 [27JN]

———prohibit sales unless proven safe, 7503 [3AP]

Poultry farmers: disaster compensation for bankruptcy, 19617 [18JY]

Public lands: make permanent the formula for determining fees for grazing of livestock (H.R. 2790), 16181 [18JN]

Reagan, President: agricultural policy, 2238 [7FE]

———agriculture policy, 6026, 6027, 6028 [25MR], 6473 [27MR], 6909 [1AP], 7110 [2AP]

Research: funding for renovation and modernization of university and college laboratories (H.R. 2823), 16878 [21JN]

Rural areas: establish centers for rural technology development, 17560 [26JN]

Rural Development Reorganization Act: enact (H.R. 1842), 6860 [28MR]

San Joaquin Valley, CA: effect of farm irrigation techniques, 18929 [11JY]

Senior nutrition: program funding, 12414 [16MY]

Small Farmer Training and Technical Assistance Program: continue, 26024 [3OC]

Smokeless tobacco: restore Federal excise tax, 20707 [25JY]

Soil and water conservation programs: anniversary of implementation, 9721 [29AP]

Soil Conservation Service: anniversary, 9952 [30AP]

Soil conservation Service: anniversry, 9353 [24AP]

Soviet Union: grain embargo claims, 36792 [16DE]

Sugar: eliminate import quota (H.R. 1991), 7721, 7738 [4AP]

Surplus food: tax credit for contributing to charitable organizations for the poor (H.R. 3059), 20149 [23JY]

Sweet Potato Affair: observance, 9557 [25AP]

Tehachapi, CA: flood control project, 9775 [29AP]

Tobacco: Federal price supports, 38680 [19DE]

Tobacco Deregulation Act: enact (H.R. 1324), 3975 [27FE]

Tobacco Import Relief Act: enact (H.R. 1137), 2832 [20FE]

Trade Emergency Act: enact, 21646 [30JY]

U.N.: anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization, 27641 [17OC]

U.S. exports: proposed initiatives, 15802 [13JN]

U.S. Forest Service: history of efforts to merge with the Bureau of Land Management, 19857-19861 [22JY]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: amend (H.R. 1206), 3072 [21FE]

UAW: anniversary, 23470 [11SE]

University Research Facilities Revitalization Act: enact (H.R. 2823), 16878 [21JN]

Wheat: marketing certificate program regulating feed grain base, 25450 [1OC]

———program announcement date, 25444 [1OC]

———referendum on national marketing quota (H.R. 1614), 13969 [4JN]

Wheat and feed grain: provide for producer approved referenda (H.R. 3805), 32896 [20NO]

Wheat Export Enhancement Act: enact (H.R. 2077), 8327 [17AP]

World Food Day: observance, 27761 [16OC], 28709 [23OC]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: famine relief (S. 370), 1566 [31JA]

Aged: surplus commodities program, 27460 [15OC]

Agricultural: program eligibility prohibition against individuals growing illegal drug-producing plants (S. 1624), 23332 [11SE]

Agricultural Act: amend (S. 1886), 33633 [2DE]

Agricultural Adjustment Act: enact (S. 501), 3103 [22FE], 3579 [26FE]

Agricultural Fair Trade Act: enact (S. 1049), 11580 [9MY]

Agricultural Research Service: land grant colleges agreements, 32712 [20NO]

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service: employee activities in support of the administration farm program, 25286 [30SE]

———leasing authority, 16671 [20JN]

———prohibitions on closing of State and local offices, 27459 [15OC]

Agriculture: amend wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice provisions of the farm program, 33302-33310 [22NO]

———assistance programs, 33362-33374 [22NO]

———authorize project to promote the development of critical materials, 33273 [22NO]

———consolidation of farm credit assistance programs (S. 435), 2165-2166 [7FE]

———control infestation (S. 1528), 21447-21449 [30JY]

———cotton loan program, 32246 [18NO]

———credit, 31967 [14NO]

———credit crisis, 919 [24JA]

———dairy price support program, 24419 [20SE]

———deficiency payment limit, 33313 [22NO]

———delay announcement of loan level and the national program acreage of staple cotton, 25292 [30SE]

———development of nonfood uses for commodities (S. 1366), 17316 [26JN]

———distribution of commodities to nonprofit voluntary organizations, 33332-33333 [22NO]

———economic crisis, 1188 [29JA], 2075, 2212 [7FE], 3223, 3241 [22FE], 3380, 3388-3391, 3402-3415, 3471 [25FE], 4950 [7MR], 5736-5746 [20MR], 6167 [26MR], 6645 [28MR], 11460 [9MY], 12017 [15MY], 12352 [16MY], 13444 [23MY], 14198 [4JN], 20305 [24JY], 20742 [26JY], 23068 [9SE], 23167 [10SE], 23645 [12SE], 23915 [17SE], 24501 [20SE], 24955 [25SE], 26785 [8OC], 27183 [10OC], 29738-29741 [30OC], 29981 [31OC], 32865 [20NO], 36217 [12DE], 38565 [19DE]

———economic crisis in dairy industry, 22233 [1AU]

———effects of Payment-In-Kind Program, 32315 [19NO]

———emergency farm credit assistance, 3411-3415 [25FE], 4836 [7MR], 33611 [2DE]

———emergency feed assistance, 33274 [22NO]

———establish crop prices, 33370-33374 [22NO]

———establish debt adjustment program (S. 388), 1778 [5FE]

———extend dairy price support program (H.R. 3454), S. 1691 indefinitely postponed, 25301 [30SE]

———extend dairy price support program (S. 1691), 25292-25301 [30SE]

———extend milk support program (S. 211), 673 [21JA]

———extend time for conducting referendum on marketing quota for wheat (S. 822), 17616 [27JN]

———extension of dairy price supports (H.R. 3919), 36267 [12DE]

———farm legislation, 24693 [24SE], 27712 [16OC]

———farm program, 27183 [10OC], 28384 [22OC]

———foreign applications for U.S. wheat, 11773 [14MY]

———freeze bases and yields for certain crops, 33241 [22NO]

———freeze target prices on certain commodities, 32723-32725 [20NO]

———funding of State associations, 33361 [22NO]

———grain classification procedures, 29150 [25OC]

———grazing and haying regulations, 4436 [5MR]

———honey price support program, 11043 [8MY]

———improve crop insurance, 33289 [22NO]

———increase required acreage reduction program for wheat and feed grains, 32739-32742, 32747 [20NO]

———intermediate export credits, 30087 [31OC], 32237 [18NO], 32668 [20NO]

———loans, 33311-33313 [22NO]

———marketing loans for soybeans, 33223, 33237 [22NO]

———modify crop diversion program, 33105 [21NO]

———modify price support program, 7877 [16AP]

———pay levels of Farm Credit System officials, 30499 [5NO]

———permit redepositing of grain in licensed warehouses, 29138 [25OC]

———postponement of hearings on economic crisis, 28033 [18OC]

———program, 20774-20777 [26JY]

———prohibitions on importation of livestock or meat administered certain chemicals, 29136 [25OC]

———proposed program, 19066 [16JY], 19292, 19362 [17JY]

———provide a diversion program and a mandatory dairy sales program, 32739-32742, 32747 [20NO]

———provide advance recourse loans, 3737-3746, 3749 [27FE]

———provide advance recourse loans (S. 776), 6665 [28MR], 8817 [23AP]

———provide credit (S. 1598), 22397 [1AU]

———provide marketing loans, 9831 [30AP]

———provide price support (S. 250), 767 [22JA]

———provide relief to farmers impacted by late announcement of a farm program, 33350 [22NO]

———reform price support system, 4825-4831 [7MR]

———reform tobacco program, 18744 [11JY], 20750 [26JY]

———reinstate farmer-owned grain reserve, 32739-32742, 32747 [20NO]

———requirements for certain reductions in price support programs, 27209-27213 [10OC]

———research and development program for forest and farm products, 32752-32754 [20NO]

———restore producer reserve for wheat and feed grains, 33291-33293 [22NO]

———restrict U.S. assistance to foreign producers of commodities competing in U.S. market, 33222, 33239 [22NO]

———shipment requirements for exports, 29416-29454 [29OC]

———status of guaranteed loan program, 8817 [23AP]

———study alternative price support programs, 33335 [22NO]

———study on farm credit system, 29263 [28OC]

———study use of unleaded fuel in farm equipment, 27941 [17OC], 32726, 32734-32739, 32747 [20NO]

———study use of unleaded fuel in farm equipment (S. 1393), 17654 [27JN], 23081 [9SE]

———sugar price support program, 5761 [20MR]

———sugar price support proposals, 3579 [26FE]

———targeted export assistance, 33333 [22NO]

———targeting of wheat payments to family farmers, 33238 [22NO]

———water conservation plan, 33314 [22NO]

———wheat and grain referenda, 33275-33288 [22NO]

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29284-29286 [28OC], 30087, 30088 [31OC], 31015-31018 [7NO], 38544-38547 [19DE], 38774 [20DE]

———enact (S. 1714), motion to recommit, 30087 [31OC]

———enact (S. 616), 4819 [7MR], 20928 [29JY]

Agriculture Act: enact (S. 908), 7877-7894 [16AP], 13672 [23MY]

Aiken, SC: transfer certain public lands (S. 1577), 22340 [1AU]

Andrews, Pat: award recipient, 16730 [20JN]

Animals: minimize farm and ranch losses due to predators, 32711 [20NO]

Appropriations: making (H.R. 3011), 29998, 30012-30047 [31OC], 34075, 34118-34120 [4DE]

———making (H.R. 3011), motion to reconsider, 34120 [4DE]

———making (H.R. 3037), 25308 [30SE], 27447-27467 [15OC], 27660-27676, 27680-27686, 27696-27699 [16OC]

———making (H.R. 3037), appointment of conferees, 27699 [16OC]

———making (H.R. 3037), unanimous-consent agreement, 27672 [16OC]

———reduce amounts authorized in H.R. 3037, 27663-27670 [16OC]

Arkansas: award to certain employees, 13736 [13JN]

Baldwin, Ikey L.: tribute, 9694 [29AP]

Banks and banking: sale of Federal loan assets, 19097 [16JY]

Beef products: market promotion programs, 33070 [20NO], 33106 [21NO], 33227 [22NO]

Bellville Wesleyan Church, Caneadea, NY: conveyance of land (H.R. 2976), 35522 [10DE], 35923 [11DE]

Bode, John W.: nomination confirmed, 19393 [17JY]

Boschwitz, Senator: efforts on drafting farm legislation, 23925 [17SE]

Budget: funding for research, 10795-10798 [7MY]

———include CCC loans in sequester order, 27218, 27223 [10OC]

Burgan, Bob: award recipient, 16730 [20JN]

Business: require loan guarantees and grants to nonprofit national rural development and finance corporations, 33088 [21NO]

Cargo preference laws: exempt commercial programs, 29286 [28OC]

CCC: direct payment to producers if processors enter bankruptcy, 33224 [22NO]

———making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 342), 19777 [19JY]

———repeal cargo preference requirements on agricultural exports (S. 930), 8131 [17AP], 8610 [22AP]

———repeal cargo preference requirements on certain export activities (S. 721), 5841 [20MR], 6271 [26MR], 13578 [23MY], 15328 [12JN]

———use of stocks for processing into fuels, 33224 [22NO]

Clark, Vance L.: nomination confirmed, 30642 [6NO]

Commodities: cargo preference, 38774 [20DE]

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (S. 1730), 27676-27680 [16OC]

Contracts: requirements for commodity purchases and procurement of transportation services, 25308 [30SE]

Corn silage: price supports, 33064 [20NO]

Coston, Tom: tribute, 18901 [11JY]

Cottonseed: provide equitable treatment for producers, 33350 [22NO]

Credit: crop loans (S. 433), 2080 [7FE]

———improve administration of loan program (S. 1243), 14412 [5JN]

Dairy products: prohibit reduction of price supports (S.J. Res. 41), 1791 [5FE]

Debt Adjustment Program: additional funds, 18305 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: amend wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice provisions of the farm program, 33302-33310 [22NO]

Dept. of Defense: incur cost for shipment of certain commodities, 29460-29463, 29467-29469 [29OC]

Dept. of the Interior: transfer of Animal Damage Control Program, 27459 [15OC]

Diseases: funding for the Orphan Drug Program, 27461-27463 [15OC]

Drugs: make persons convicted of growing controlled substances ineligible for agricultural programs, 32751 [20NO]

Extension service: importance, 19610 [18JY]

Family Farm Homestead Protection Act: enact (S. 1196), 13260 [22MY]

Famine: humanitarian assistance appropriations (S. 423), 2111, 2112 [7FE]

———use of surplus agriculture commodities for relief, 5801 [20MR]

Farm credit: emergency assistance program, 1728-1742 [5FE]

Farm Credit Partnership Act: enact (S. 1854), 32224 [18NO]

Farm Credit Relief Act: enact (S. 1151), 12295 [16MY], 20342 [24JY]

Farm Credit System: prevent consolidation of local boards, 31943-31946 [14NO]

Farm programs: strengthen stabilization and conservation committee system (S. 355), 1542 [31JA]

Farmers Home Administration: authorize overtime for employees, 33109 [21NO]

———expedite loan processing, 3576 [26FE], 3725 [27FE]

———grant land rights to Irwin County, GA, Board of Education, 32755 [20NO]

———improve disposition of acquired farmland (S. 1844), 31178 [7NO]

———loans, 33311-33313 [22NO]

———permit sale of development rights to certain land, 33086 [21NO]

———requirements for reduction of principal and interest on restructured farm loans, 3581 [26FE], 3717-3730 [27FE]

———waive eligibility standards for water and waste facility grants (S. 382), 1775 [5FE]

Farmland Protection Policy Act: improve, 33336 [22NO]

FCIC: establish regional office in Arkansas (S. 81), 183 [3JA]

Federal aid programs: extend certain school nutrition programs (S. 983), 8940 [23AP]

———extend study of cash and commodity letters of credit assistance under the school lunch program, 33108 [21NO]

Federal Crop Insurance Corp.: funding, 33294 [22NO]

Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act: enact (S. 288), 1036 [24JA]

Food: labeling requirements, 33081 [21NO]

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 33611 [2DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), engrossment of Senate amendment (S. 1714), 33478 [23NO]

———enact (H.R. 2100), proceed to consideration, 33362-33374 [22NO]

Food stamp plan: deductibility of energy expenses, 29164 [25OC]

———emergency food assistance matching funds, 33045-33050 [20NO]

———error rate liability, 31731-31733 [13NO], 33055-33063 [20NO]

———error rates, 29164 [25OC]

———extend authority for cash payments to elderly, 25292 [30SE]

———improve use of data processing systems, 33240 [22NO]

———job training benefits, 31736 [13NO], 33044 [20NO]

———low-income energy assistance, 33038-33044 [20NO]

———low-income nutrition assistance program, 32678, 32708 [20NO]

———sales tax collection, 32726-33037 [20NO]

———standard income deduction, 33052-33054 [20NO]

Foreign relations: require use of available funds to study impact on agricultural sector, 16243 [19JN]

Foreign trade: intermediate export credits, 32344-32351 [19NO]

———labeling and sanitation standards of imported agricultural commodities, 33065 [20NO]

———provide targeted export assistance, 33104 [21NO]

———surtax on certain vegetables (S. 101), 199 [3JA]

———U.S. agricultural policy, 15605 [13JN]

Forest and forestry: management policies, 35446 [10DE]

Forest Service: continue operation of equipment development centers, 16666 [20JN]

———resale of timber land, 16641-16643 [20JN]

Ginger root: import requirements (S. 191), 287 [3JA]

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway Advisory Council: establish, 29697-29701 [30OC]

Health: undertake study with Dept. of HHS, 29151 [25OC]

Honey: phase out agricultural price support program (S. 1680), 24484 [20SE]

———price support program, 33229-33235 [22NO]

Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act: enact (H.R. 2653), 22257 [1AU]

———enact (S. 1233), 22257 [1AU]

Insects: funding for eradication of Africanized honey bees, 32725 [20NO]

———funding for eradication of grasshoppers and mormon crickets, 33106-33108 [21NO]

Joint Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences: appointment of members, 29266 [28OC]

Loans: full amount provided by law (S. 648), 4891 [7MR]

———study of alternatives for lower interest rates (S. 1565), 22327 [1AU]

Marshall, Keith A.: award recipient in Achievement in Voluntarism Program, 23791 [13SE]

Melcher, Senator: clarification of statement on farm program, 19593 [18JY]

Milk: minimize impact of price supports on beef and pork producers, 33223 [22NO]

———modify price support program, 32320-32344 [19NO]

———production, price, and sales, 33337-33340 [22NO]

Myers, Peter C.: nomination confirmed, 12126 [15MY]

National Agricultural Research and Extension Users' Advisory Board: appointment of members, 29266 [28OC]

National Farm Crisis Week: designate (S.J. Res. 26), 1049 [24JA]

National Tree Seed Laboratory: retain fees received for testing, 32755 [20NO]

Nebraska National Forest: convey land (S. 360), 1549 [31JA]

Norton, John: qualifications to serve as Deputy Secretary, 12347 [16MY]

Pork products: market promotion programs, 32713-32725, 32755, 32758 [20NO], 33106 [21NO]

Poultry products: market promotion programs, 33106 [21NO]

Public lands: convey (S. 565), 4457 [5MR]

———convey (S. 567), 4458 [5MR]

———criterion for evaluation contract bids for the conservation reserve, 33359 [22NO]

Puerto Rico: suspend certain benefit requirements of the nutrition assistance program (H.R. 3454), S. 1691 indefinitely postponed, 25301 [30SE]

———suspend certain benefit requirements of the nutrition assistance program (S. 1691), 25292-25301 [30SE]

REA: commemorating anniversary (S. Res. 148), 9677 [29AP], 20773 [26JY]

———exemptions from certain financing restrictions, 29147-29149 [25OC]

Reimbursement for use of firefighting personnel of foreign countries: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 19120 [16JY]

Research: enhance farming and pest control programs (S. 878), 7376 [3AP]

———ensure humane treatment of laboratory animals, 29153-29156 [25OC], 29270-29274 [28OC], 29475 [29OC]

Sec. of Agriculture: authorize acquisition of easements on land that secures delinquent loans owed to Farmers Home Administration (S. 626), 4873 [7MR]

———use of commodities to make disaster payments to agricultural producers (S. 31), 95 [3JA]

Shipping industry: cargo preference requirements, 29980 [31OC]

———cost efficiency in shipment of Government cargoes, 29697-29701 [30OC]

———criteria for determination of availability of U.S.-flag vessels relative to cargo preference requirements, 29703-29705 [30OC]

———criteria for determination of rates for purposes of cargo preference requirements, 29454-29459 [29OC]

———exemption of certain agricultural commodities from cargo preference requirements, 29469-29475 [29OC]

———limit applicability of cargo preference requirements to vessels certified as necessary for national defense, 29464 [29OC]

———provide direction in the administration of the cargo preference requirements, 29732-29736 [30OC]

———rates relative to cargo preference requirements, 29694 [30OC]

Soil Conservation Service: commendation (S. Res. 65), 1987 [6FE]

———efforts to control sources of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, 27696 [16OC]

Soybeans: price support program, 33263-33267 [22NO]

Special Cropland Conservation Act: enact (S. 296), 1044 [24JA]

States: funding for nutrition programs, 32759 [20NO]

Strategic materials: barter surplus agricultural commodities, 33066-33067 [20NO]

Sugar: extend price support (S. 884), 12300 [16MY]

———extend price supports (S. 884), 7380, 7381 [3AP]

———price support program, 12183 [15MY], 25652 [2OC], 33242-33262 [22NO]

———reform program (S. 1222), 13799 [24MY], 14769-14770 [6JN]

———reform program (S. 1419), 18859 [11JY]

Thompson, Robert L.: nomination confirmed, 12126 [15MY]

Tobacco: reform program, 18744 [11JY]

Tobacco industry: agricultural support program, 31930-31935 [14NO]

———exemptions from antitrust laws, 31936-31939 [14NO]

Tobacco Program Improvement Act: enact (S. 1418), 18369-18378 [10JY]

WIC: funding, 11441-11442 [9MY]

Wilderness areas: permits for commercial activities, 35464 [10DE]

Reports

Agricultural Price Support, Export, Conservation, Credit, Research, Food Assistance: Committee on Rules (H.R. 2100; H. Res. 267) (H. Rept. 99-284), 24287 [19SE]

Agricultural Price Support, Export, Conservation, Credit, Research, and Food Assistance Programs: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2100) (H. Rept. 99-271), 24177 [18SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2100; H. Res. 267) (H. Rept. 99-284), 24287 [19SE]

Agriculture Assistance Programs: committee of conference (H.R. 2100) (H. Rept. 99-447), 37486 [17DE]

Allocation of Totals: Committee on Agriculture (H. Rept. 99-4), 3377 [25FE]

Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 3037) (H. Rept. 99-439), 36202-36208, 36209 [12DE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3037; H. Res. 232) (H. Rept. 99-218), 20137 [23JY]

Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 3037) (S. Rept. 99-137), 24757 [24SE]

Appropriations for the Dept. of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies (H.R. 3037): Committee on Appropriations (excerpt), 27460 [15OC], 27673, 27674 [16OC]

Bankruptcy Proceedings Involving Debtors Who Are Family Farmers: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2211) (H. Rept. 99-178), 16580 [20JN]

Budget Waiver for S. 1776, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Appropriations (S. Res. 241): Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 28185 [21OC]

Cargo Preference: National Commission on Agricultural Trade and Export Policy, 11636 [9MY]

Cargo Preference Requirements: OTA (excerpt), 29431 [29OC]

Cargo Preference Requirements on Agricultural Commodity Exports: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 721) (S. Rept. 99-89), 16962 [24JN]

Conservation and Development of Water and Related Resources: Committee on Rules (H.R. 6; H. Res. 305) (H. Rept. 99-352), 30198 [1NO]

Dept. of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 3037) (H. Rept. 99-211), 19670, 19700 [18JY]

Emergency Farm Credit Assistance Program Proposal: Senator Zorinsky, 1738 [5FE]

Erosion Reduction Within Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 934) (H. Rept. 99-83), 11685 [13MY]

Expand Export Markets for Agricultural Commodities, Provide Price and Income Protection for Farmers, and Continue Food Assistance: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1714; S. Res. 235) (S. Rept. 99-145), 25306 [30SE]

Extend Dairy Price Support Program and Suspend Noncash Benefit Requirement for Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1691), 24659 [23SE]

Farm Debt Restructuring, 3728 [27FE]

Farm Debt Restructuring—Modified Debt Recovery Program: Communicating for Agriculture, 2060-2062 [6FE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Appropriations: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1776) (S. Rept. 99-160), 28185 [21OC]

Food Stamp Plan Low-Income Nutrition Assistance Program: President's Task Force on Food Assistance (excerpt), 32678, 32679 [20NO]

Forest Ecosystem Atmospheric Pollution Research: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2963) (H. Rept. 99-344), 29684 [30OC]

Improve Productivity of American Farmers: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 1383) (H. Rept. 99-126), 12009 [15MY]

Improve U.S. Farm Output Under Agricultural Productivity Act: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1383; H. Res. 201) (H. Rept. 99-173), 16121 [18JN]

National School Lunch and Nutrition Program Improvement: Committee on Rules (H.R. 7; H. Res. 262) (H. Rept. 99-263), 23442 [11SE]

Nomination: John W. Bode, 17632 [27JN]

———Peter C. Myers, 10832 [7MY]

———Robert L. Thompson, 10832 [7MY]

———Vance L. Clark, 24467 [20SE]

OSHA Health Standards for Agricultural Workers (excerpts): Eugene Gangarosa, 10586 [6MY]

Tobacco Program: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (excerpt), 31930 [14NO]

———OMB (excerpt), 31938 [14NO]

WIC Program: GAO (excerpt), 33326, 33330 [22NO]

Reports to constituents

Simon, Senator: Credit for Farmers Needed, 3216 [22FE]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture: emergency farm credit assistance (H.R. 1189), 4146 [28FE]

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 25971, 26021 [3OC], 26549 [8OC]

Statements

Administration Policy Relative to the Farm Credit System, 35577 [10DE]

Administration's Sugar Policy and Effects On the Economies of Latin America: Representative Solarz, 7736 [4AP]

Agricultural Act (H.R. 2017): Representative Rose, 7755-7757 [4AP]

Agricultural Policies: John F. Kennedy, 29720 [30OC]

———Richard M. Nixon, 29720 [30OC]

Agricultural Policy: Orville Freeman, Clifford Hardin, Earl Butz, and Bob S. Bergland, 19363 [17JY]

Authorize Price Support Program for Peanuts (H.R. 3186): Merrill J. Bateman (excerpt), 22666 [1AU]

Barter of Surplus Agricultural Commodities for Strategic Materials, 33067 [20NO]

Cargo Preference Requirements: Seafarers International Union, 29734 [30OC]

Codex Alimentarius System, 27761 [16OC]

Conditions for Sale of U.S. Commodities to Foreign Countries: George P. Shultz, Sec. of State, 29415 [29OC]

———Representative of Government of Kenya, 29415 [29OC]

Efforts To Merge the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management: (excerpt), 19858 [22JY]

———Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (excerpt), 19859 [22JY]

———Senator Byrd (excerpt), 19860 [22JY]

Emergency Farm Credit Assistance: Senator Johnston, 4142-4144 [28FE]

Emergency Farm Credit Assistance Program: Reagan administration, 1735 [5FE]

Farm Aid: Jim Altemus (excerpt), 25246 [26SE]

Farm Economic Crisis: sundry, 33091 [21NO]

Food Stamp Plan Low-Income Nutrition Assistance Program: Theo M. Murdock, 32679 [20NO]

Import Restrictions, 34154 [4DE]

Importance of Farming to Civilization: William Jennings Bryan, 5747 [20MR]

Joint Statement on Agricultural Policy by Former Secretaries of Agriculture, 19246 [16JY]

Philippine Sugar Industry: R.S. Benedicto, 6389-6390 [26MR]

Repeal of Cargo Preference Requirements on CCC Agricultural Exports (S. 930): Senator Nickles, 8610 [22AP]

Sugar Price Support Program: Economists' Committee on Public Policy, 33243 [22NO]

———spokesman for the Dominican Republic, 33261 [22NO]

Target prices for farm products (excerpt), 10375 [2MY]

Temporary Farm Assistance Program: Bank of America, 3410 [25FE]

Tobacco Program: Senator Helms, 31932 [14NO]

U.S. Agricultural Policy Analysis Issues and an Alternative Price Support and Supply Management Program: Raymond Daniel, 5741-5743 [20MR]

WIC Program: Alice Lenihna, 33326 [22NO]

———Ann Rhode, 33326 [22NO]

———Audrey Koehn, 33326 [22NO]

———Brian Crowley, 33326 [22NO]

———sundry, 33326 [22NO]

Will a Decrease in the Support Price of Milk Result in Lower Retail Prices for Dairy Products?: Henry Kinnucan and Olan D. Forker, 32323 [19NO]

Studies

Evaluation of the Nutrition Assistance Program in Puerto Rico (excerpt), 25293 [30SE]

Impact of EEC Sweetener Policies on U.S. and World Producers: Economic Perspectives, Inc., 12183 [15MY]

———Economic Perspectives, Inc. (excerpt), 5762 [20MR]

Summaries

Agricultural Adjustment Act (S. 501), 3174 [22FE]

Agricultural and Food Assistance Act Amendment (S. 1119), 18877 [11JY]

Agricultural Credit and Rural Development Act (H.R. 2107), 8475 [18AP]

Agricultural Loan Guarantee and Debt Restructuring Act, 2376 [19FE]

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714), 38546 [19DE]

Agriculture Act (S. 908), 7878 [16AP]

Establish Commission To Study Future Provisions of the Dairy Price Support Program (H.J. Res. 303), 14233 [4JN]

Farm Emergency Credit Act (H.R. 1035), 4349 [5MR]

Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act (S. 288), 1038 [24JA]

Homestead Protection Act (S. 388), 1780 [5FE]

Improve Food Stamp Program Quality Control Standards and Procedures (H.R. 2621), 13699 [23MY]

Special Cropland Conservation Act (S. 296), 1046 [24JA]

Tobacco Program Improvement Act (S. 1418), 18376 [10JY]

Surveys

Agricultural Conditions (excerpt), 38545 [19DE]

Community Fighting an Economy—A Short Case Study of Current Rural and Agricultural Problems: Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission, 33095-33098 [21NO]

Tables

Agricultural debt-to-asset ratio, 4395 [5MR]

Agricultural loans, 3722 [27FE]

Cash and commodity letter of credit school sites, 8940 [23AP]

Cash payments to agricultural producers, 4830, 4831 [7MR]

Change in wheat prices for various currencies, 1980 to February 15, 1985, 3065 [21FE]

Comparison of recommendations in the agriculture appropriations (H.R. 3037), with budget authority authorized in the farm bill, 27669 [16OC]

Comparison of the agriculture appropriations (H.R. 3037), with the congressional budget, the House-passed bill, and the President's budget request, 27697 [16OC]

Effects of cargo preference requirements on farmers, 5081 [7MR]

Farm bill saving options, 25299 [30SE]

Food stamp benefit reductions for low-income energy assistance, 33040 [20NO]

Funding levels for primary food programs, 38432 [19DE]

General sales tax receipts on food stamps sales, 33037 [20NO]

Honey—colony numbers, yield, supply, disposition and program activity, 24486 [20SE]

Increase in the number of State and local farmland protection programs since 1980, 27032 [9OC]

Milk diversion program, 674 [21JA]

Net farm income v. total farm debt, 2076 [7FE]

Payments under the National Wool Act, 4826 [7MR]

Percentage of WIC Program caseloads by priority risk categories served, 33329 [22NO]

Research authorization, 16879 [21JN]

U.S.-flag vessel calls to port of Duluth 1980-85, 29443 [29OC]

Unspent WIC funds, 33324 [22NO]

Value of food stamp benefits issued, 32678 [20NO]

Who got the big diversion payment bucks in 1984, 32323 [19NO]

Testimonies

Impact of Farm Crisis: Bryce Luchterhand, 24588 [20SE]

Water Development Projects in South Dakota: Representative Daschle, 13305 [22MY]

Texts of

Code of Federal Regulations (excerpt relating to farm subsidy programs), 3587 [26FE]

Emergency farm credit assistance (excerpt), 3388 [25FE]

Fair Trade in Agriculture Act, 2041 [6FE]

Federal Meat Inspection Act amendment, 10392 [2MY]

H.J. Res. 342, making supplemental appropriations, 19674 [18JY]

H.R. 31, Family Farm and Ranch Opportunity Act, 416 [3JA]

H.R. 110, Fresh Vegetable and Potato Trade Act, 525 [3JA]

H.R. 1191, Emergency Farm Bank Assistance Act, 3065 [21FE]

H.R. 1517, Agricultural Export Expansion Act, 5924 [20MR]

H.R. 1544, authorizing appropriations to carry out the National Aquaculture Act, 21000 [29JY]

H.R. 1612, agricultural exports exemption from cargo preference requirements, 5914 [20MR]

H.R. 1614, referendum on national marketing quota for wheat, 13969 [4JN]

H.R. 1814, Farm Emergency Credit Act, 6574 [28MR]

H.R. 2100, Food Security Act, 26035-26095 [4OC]

H.R. 2107, Agricultural Credit and Rural Development Act, 8475-8477 [18AP]

H.R. 2482, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendment, 12392-12396 [16MY]

H.R. 2653, Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act, 14251-14253 [4JN]

H.R. 2976, conveyance of land to Bellville Wesleyan Church, Caneadea, NY, 35181 [9DE], 35923 [11DE]

H.R. 3011, making appropriations, 29998-30011 [31OC]

H.R. 3037, making appropriations, 20231 [24JY], 27447-27456 [15OC]

H.R. 3182, California Mid-Valley Unit Act, 22722 [1AU]

H.R. 3328, application of antidumping and counterveiling duty statutes relative to raw agricultural products, 24213 [18SE]

H.R. 3445, exempt aged and handicapped from paying fees for firewood from National Forest System lands, 25216 [26SE]

H.R. 6005, Agricultural Fair Trade Act, 11582-11585 [9MY]

S. 31, use of commodities to make disaster payments to agricultural producers, 95 [3JA]

S. 101, agricultural surtax on certain imported vegetables, 199 [3JA]

S. 191, ginger root import requirements, 287 [3JA]

S. 211, milk support program extension, 675 [21JA]

S. 250, provide agricultural price support, 768-775 [22JA]

S. 288, Federal Food Irradiation Development and Control Act, 1036-1038 [24JA]

S. 296, Special Cropland Conservation Act, 1046 [24JA]

S. 355, strengthen use of stabilization and conservation committee system to administer farm programs, 1542 [31JA]

S. 360, convey land to Nebraska National Forest, 1549 [31JA]

S. 370, African famine relief, 1567 [31JA]

S. 382, waive eligibility standards for water and waste facility grants, 1775 [5FE]

S. 388, Homestead Protection Act, 1779 [5FE]

S. 435, consolidation of farm credit assistance programs, 2166-2170 [7FE]

S. 501, Agricultural Adjustment Act, 3162-3174 [22FE]

S. 565, convey lands, 4457 [5MR]

S. 567, convey lands, 4457 [5MR]

S. 616, Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act, 4837-4867 [7MR]

S. 626, authorize Sec. of Agriculture to acquire easements on land that secures delinquent loans owed to Farmers Home Administration, 4873 [7MR]

S. 648, full amount of loans provided by law, 4893 [7MR]

S. 721, repeal cargo preference requirements on certain CCC export activities, 5842 [20MR]

S. 776, Farm Emergency Credit Act, 6666 [28MR]

S. 822, extend time for conducting referendum on wheat marketing quota, 17498 [26JN]

S. 884, extend sugar price support program, 7381 [3AP]

S. 908, Agriculture Act, 7879-7893 [16AP]

S. 930, repeal cargo preference requirements on CCC agricultural exports, 8131 [17AP]

S. 983, extend certain school nutrition programs, 8940 [23AP]

S. 1151, Farm Credit Relief Act, 12295 [16MY]

S. 1222, reform sugar program, 13801 [24MY]

S. 1366, Agricultural Commodity Uses Research Act, 17317 [26JN]

S. 1393, study use of unleaded fuel in farm equipment, 17655 [27JN]

S. 1418, Tobacco Program Improvement Act, 18371-18376 [10JY]

S. 1528, control insect infestation, 21448 [30JY]

S. 1565, study of alternatives for lower interest rates on agricultural loans, 22328 [1AU]

S. 1624, Controlled Substances Production Control Act, 23332 [11SE]

S. 1680, Honey Price Support Reform Act, 24486 [20SE]

S. 1844, improve disposition of farmland acquired by Farmer's Home Administration, 31179 [7NO]

S. Con. Res. 17, emergency farm credit, 2755 [20FE]

S. Res. 65, commending the Soil Conservation Service, 1986 [6FE]

S. Res. 148, commemorating anniversary of REA, 9677 [29AP], 20774 [26JY]

S. Res. 160, establish commission to study economic crisis in agriculture, 11537 [9MY]

S.J. Res. 26, designate National Farm Crisis Week, 1049 [24JA]

S.J. Res. 41, milk price supports, 1792 [5FE]

Support gleaning to collect unharvested crops and distribute to needy, 22024 [31JY]