FOOD related term(s) Agriculture

Addresses

Federal Soil and Water Conservation Policy—Current Situation and Directions: Charles M. Benbrook, 32598-32600 [16OC]

Amendments

Aged: amend Older Americans Act to increase authorizations for commodity distribution (S. 1858), 1708 [5FE]

Agricultural Energy Bank Incentive Act: enact (S. 2231), 7410-7412 [14AP]

Food Security Act: amend (S. 2036), 2071 [7FE]

Food Security Improvements Act: enact (S. 2143), 3299 [28FE], 3697, 3701, 3702, 3729, 3730 [5MR]

FRS: make credit available for agricultural purposes (S. 2116), 4170 [10MR]

National Food Bank Week: designate (H.J. Res. 234), 7355, 7356 [14AP]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact (H.R. 2436), 15605 [25JN], 15711, 15712, 15716, 15720, 15722, 15725 [26JN]

Poland: U.S. shipment of dried milk (S. Res. 394), 9610, 9673 [6MY]

Analyses

Agricultural Energy Bank Incentive Act (S. 2231), 6315 [26MR]

Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 2512), 12488-12491 [4JN]

Food Security Improvements Act (S. 2143), 3160 [27FE], 3312-3315 [28FE], 3529 [4MR], 3699 [5MR]

Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Amendments (S. 2567), 14432-14436 [18JN]

Grain Marketing Act (S. 2847), 25099 [22SE]

Improve Administration of Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (S. 2279), 7019 [9AP]

Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Improvement Act (S. 2622), 15882 [26JN]

Articles and editorials

Americans Resuming Dormant Love Affair With a Glass of Milk, 16636 [16JY]

Ann Miller Retires From Food Bank—But Not Activism, 7055 [9AP]

Arrests in Oregon Food Poisoning Incident (excerpt), 5896 [21MR]

City Councilman Gets Different Picture of South Africa, 27661 [1OC]

Clifford Hesseltine's Experience as U.S. Government Scientist (excerpt), 29334 [7OC]

Don't Betray a Fair Competitor, 21753 [14AU]

Ethiopia, 30873 [14OC]

Exalting in Ice Cream, Exotic and Plain, 16007 [26JN]

Exports—Be Patient or Panic?, 33551 [17OC]

Farm-Fund Debate Gets Earthy, 3308 [28FE]

Fast Fries Fried in What?, 16539 [16JY]

Feds Should Chew on Fast-Food Standards, 13164 [10JN]

Fish Story—Why Are We Hearing So Much About Fish Oil, 5961 [21MR]

Goya—It's More Than Just a Hill of Beans, 28698 [3OC]

Heartland Said Critically Short of Corn Storage Space, 17671 [24JY]

Heifer Project International Organization (sundry), 33608-33610 [17OC]

Hunger Pains, 32630 [16OC]

Inverse Relation Between Fish Consumption and 20-Year Mortality From Coronary Heart Disease, 22002-22004 [15AU]

Japanese Flavor for Campbell Soup, 16640 [16JY]

Let People Know What They're Eating, 10424 [13MY]

Looking Abroad To Fill Our Bellies, 21422 [13AU]

Lower Dairy Price Supports (excerpt), 14450 [18JN]

Lure of Leveraged Buyouts, 26082 [24SE]

Many Farmers May Face Loan Cutoffs—Expected Farm Credit Move Could Fuel Crisis, 2869 [26FE]

Maryland Beaten Biscuits—Still Baking Them, Still Selling Them After All These Years, 33170 [17OC]

Meal Card Program—Use of Vouchers That Can Be Redeemed for Meals at Local Restaurant, 3765 [5MR]

Milk Bath for the Taxpayers?, 14450 [18JN]

No Numbers on Hungry People, 517 [23JA]

Nutrition, 13889 [16JN]

Nutritional Breakthrough of the 80's—Omega-3, 22004 [15AU]

100,000-Year Hunt, 5685-5689 [20MR]

Risk Seen in Saturated Fat Used In Fast Foods, 10422 [13MY]

RSVVP, 32631 [16OC]

Runaway Farm Spending, 14450 [18JN]

S. Africa Likely To Become Major Mart for U.S. Wheat, 27662 [1OC]

Some Growers to Harvest Millions of Subsidy Dollars Under New Law, 17671 [24JY]

There Is a Free Lunch—And It's Important, 15998 [26JN]

Unionization Wins a Round in South, 32702 [16OC]

Up to 5,000 Farmers May Call It Quits in '86, 2869 [26FE]

What's the Beef?, 10424 [13MY]

Wheat Growers Rip Hayden's South African Embargo Stance, 27662 [1OC]

Wheat—Aust's Free Ride Ends, 24706 [18SE]

Work With Us, Not the Soviet Union, 21752 [14AU]

Bills and resolutions

African Famine, Recovery, and Development Fund: establish (see S. 2208)

Agriculture: increase acreage placed in conservation reserve program (see S. 2937)

Animal Drug Amendments and Patent Term Restoration Act: enact (see S. 2407)

Apple juice: duty (see H.R. 5505)

Bovine growth hormone: condition for approval (see H.R. 5122)

Cantaloups: suspension of tariff (see S. 2511)

Cheese: availability of CCC excess stocks to State agencies (see H.R. 5145)

Child Nutrition Act: amend (see H.R. 4880)

———improve availability of benefits (see H.R. 4990)

Chinese gooseberries (kiwi): tariff treatment (see H.R. 5359)

Chocolate: Japanese import duty (see S. Res. 465)

———tariff (see H. Res. 556, 567)

Community food and nutrition programs: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421)

———consideration of H.R. 4421, authorize appropriations (see H. Res. 428)

———waiving certain points of order against conference report on H.R. 4421, appropriations (see H. Res. 543)

Crime and criminals: penalties for intentional poisoning or adulteration of food and drugs (see H.R. 4481)

EEC: implement trade agreement on citrus and pasta (see S. 2856)

———trade agreement on citrus and pasta (see H. Res. 550)

Ethiopia: resettlement program (see H. Con. Res. 285)

Fast food restaurants: labeling requirements for packaged foods (see S. 2446; H.R. 4935)

Fish and fisheries: establish National Marketing Council (see S. 2138)

Food Safety Modernization Act: enact (see S. 2512)

Food Security Act: amend (see H.R. 5527)

———technical corrections of amendments under H.R. 2100 (see S. 2036; H.R. 4084)

Food Security Improvements Act: enact (see S. 2143)

Food stamp plan: improve availability (see H.R. 4880)

———reduce cost and improve administration (see S. 2567)

———remove from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act's sequestration orders (see S. 2239)

Foreign trade: improve quality of exported grain (see S. 2682)

———perishable commodity label requirement for commission merchants, dealers, and brokers (see H.R. 5088)

———revise terms of certain export assistance programs (see H.R. 4284, 4291)

Grain: quality standards (see H.R. 5403, 5407)

Homeless: FEMA's food and shelter program (see H.R. 5710)

Hunger: commitment to domestic problem (see S. Res. 385)

———tax treatment of contributions to trust fund established for relief (see H.R. 5656)

Hunger Relief Act: enact (see S. 2533; H.R. 4990)

Irradiated food: labeling (see H.R. 4762)

———prohibit implementation of certain regulations (see H.R. 4762)

Japan: duty on imported chocolate (see S. Res. 465)

Kiwi (Chinese gooseberries): tariff treatment (see H.R. 5359)

Lite drink and food: labeling (see H.R. 4269)

Livestock: prohibit use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline in animal feed (see S. 2935)

Meat: encourage consumption (see S. Res. 370)

———tariff on certain products processed abroad (see H.R. 4744)

Meat Import Act: amend tariff for meat processed abroad from U.S. cattle (see S. 2478)

Meat inspection: recommendations of President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (see S. 2622; H.R. 5105)

Meat packaging industry: determine manner and frequency of inspection (see S. 2675)

Meat packing industry: inspection (see H.R. 4683)

National Agricultural Export Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 310)

National Congregate and Meals on Wheels Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 556)

National Food Bank Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 301, 333)

National School Lunch Act: amend (see H.R. 4880)

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: require merchants to label perishable goods with name of the country of origin (see H.R. 4950)

Poland: authorize shipment of dry milk (see S. Res. 394)

Poultry industry: remedy burdens on commerce (see H.R. 5061)

Radioactive pollution: prohibit imports from countries contaminated by Soviet power plant accident (see H.J. Res. 622)

Safeway Stores, Inc.: job security (see S. Res. 483; H. Res. 535)

Soviet Union: assistance to replenish contaminated agricultural commodities (see H. Res. 449)

Surimi: duty (see H.R. 4771)

Taxation: charitable deduction to farmers who donate products (see S. 2680)

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: improve administration (see S. 2279)

World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 296; H.J. Res. 595)

Book reviews

``Vanishing Land,'' Robert W. Howard, 2117 [18FE]

Essays

Good Food From Indiana—From Our Farms to Our Tables: Amber Shoultz, 7789 [16AP]

———Brian Stwalley, 7789 [16AP]

Explanations

Agricultural credit availability (S. 2116), 4171 [10MR]

Letters

Dairy farmers: Senator Kasten, 1720 [5FE]

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: American Diabetes Association, Inc., 13164 [10JN]

Food safety standards: AMA, 12483 [4JN]

FRS credit for agricultural purposes: excerpt, 3174 [27FE]

Health effects of aspartame use: Epilepsy Institute, 14862 [20JN]

Impact of Tax Reform Act on agriculture: National Cattlemen's Association, 4079 [7MR]

———National Wheat Growers Association, 4079 [7MR]

Infant formula: Formula (organization), 26776 [27SE]

Infant formula regulations: Carol Laskin and Lynne Pilot (excerpt), 10334 [12MY]

———Senator Metzenbaum (excerpt), 10380 [13MY]

———(sundry excerpts), 10380 [13MY]

Marketing Loan Program: several agricultural associations, 25098 [22SE]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: several Members of Congress, 33478 [17OC]

Projected savings of the Food Security Improvements Act: Dept. of Agriculture, 3536 [4MR]

Letters of transmittal

Food stamp and commodity distribution amendments: Dept. of Agriculture, 14436 [18JN]

Lists

Baltimore, MD, restaurants participating in RSVVP Program to end hunger, 30707 [14OC]

Organizational endorsers of National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act, 33478 [17OC]

Organizational endorsers of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act, 15702 [26JN]

Organizations supporting the Hunger Relief Act, 11607 [21MY]

Problems with infant formulas since 1982: Formula (organization), 10334 [12MY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 16370 [14JY], 18227 [30JY], 18769 [1AU], 27265 [30SE], 27551 [1OC]

Hawaii, 12478 [4JN]

Kentucky, 8887 [29AP]

Louisiana, 16504 [15JY], 16844 [17JY], 17235 [22JY]

Maine, 11313 [20MY]

Oklahoma, 11948 [22MY]

South Carolina, 4472 [12MR], 5157 [18MR]

Messages

Implementation of Stable Food Production Plans: President Reagan, 12070 [2JN]

Petitions

Food Security Act: National Association of Secretaries of State, 11949 [22MY], 12076 [2JN]

Irradiation: New York, NY, City Council, 13527 [12JN]

Press releases

Dairy Board reports biggest gain in commercial dairy products use in more than 20 years: National Dairy Promotion and Research Board, 16400 [14JY]

Remarks in House

Agricultural commodities: application of antidumping and countervailing duty statutes relative to raw products, 7252 [10AP]

Agricultural Export Enhancement Program: expand, 15739 [26JN]

Agriculture: assistance programs (H.R. 2100), 13765-13768 [17JN]

———cargo preference requirements, 4198 [11MR]

———diverting acreage in return for payments-in-kind provisions (H. Con. Res. 360), 14871 [20JN]

———experimental use of Frostban, 3838 [6MR]

———Export Enhancement Program, 24706 [18SE]

———funds for commodity storage facilities, 17670 [24JY]

———impact of Dairy Termination Program on U.S. cattle industry, 9007 [29AP]

———minimize adverse economic effects from dairy herd buy-out (H. Res. 414), 6830 [9AP], 7248 [10AP]

———modify basis for determination of wheat and feed grain deficiency payments (H.R. 4456), 5585 [19MR]

———regulate experimentation, 3838 [6MR]

———surplus of cows, 3594 [5MR]

———uniform chemical tolerance levels, 24753 [19SE]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: appropriations, 17670 [24JY]

Aspartame: health effects of use, 14862 [20JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: impact, 491 [23JA]

Canada: importation of certain beef products (H.R. 4591), 7562 [15AP], 9007 [29AP]

Chemicals: uniform food additive regulations, 24754 [19SE]

Coco-Cola Co.: anniversary, 10244 [9MY]

Commodity Supplemental Food Program: appropriations, 15241 [24JN]

Community food and nutrition programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4421), appointment of conferees, 17644 [24JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4421), conference report, 23421 [16SE], 23427 [23SE]-23428 [16SE]

Dairy products: health benefits, 3026 [27FE]

Dept. of Defense: preference for U.S. agricultural products in commissary food purchases (H.R. 4428), 21422 [13AU]

EEC: traiff agreement regarding certain products, 21422 [13AU]

Elderly Feeding Program: Dept. of Agriculture nutrition data, 21452 [13AU]

Fast food restaurants: labeling requirements for packaged foods (H.R. 4935), 12536 [4JN]

FDA: approval of irradiation treatment, 8852 [29AP]

Federal Food Assistance Programs: funding, 22149 [15AU]

Fish and fisheries: evaluation of health effects of fish containing certain levels of pesticides, 24748 [19SE]

Florida Dept. of Citrus: promotion of National Diet Month, 22748 [10SE]

Food and Drug Act: amend, 24761 [19SE]

Food Security Act: amend (S. 2036), technical corrections, 1451 [4FE]

Food Security Improvements Act: enact (H.R. 1614), enrollment corrections (S. Con. Res. 114), 4240 [11MR]

Foreign trade: ban imports of food from countries affected by radioactive contamination from Soviet power plant accident (H.J. Res. 622), 9489 [6MY]

Hands Across America Day: designate (H.J. Res. 462), 1972 [6FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 246), 10965 [15MY]

Health: food poisoning, 5895 [21MR]

Homeless Persons Survival Act: enact (H.R. 5139), 16302 [26JN]

Hunger: research, 3021 [27FE]

Hunger Relief Act: enact, 18834 [1AU]

———enact (H.R. 4880), 11606 [21MY]

———enact (H.R. 4990), 13415 [11JN], 13658 [12JN]

Indianola, MS: Delta Catfish Processors, Inc. vote for United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, 32702 [16OC]

Irradiation: curb expansion of program until safety is established, 11111 [15MY]

June Dairy Month: observance, 16400 [14JY]

Kandiyohi County, MN: tribute to Heifer Project International Organization, 33607 [17OC]

Lite Food Labeling Act: enact (H.R. 4269), 3071 [27FE]

Meat: nutritional value, 5775, 5777 [20MR]

Milk: price adjustments (H.R. 4232), 2672 [25FE], 13899 [17JN]

———regional price differential, 2109 [18FE]

———require Dept. of Agriculture analysis of effect of bovine growth hormone on price support program and industry (H.R. 5563), 25091 [19SE]

———use of bovine growth hormone to achieve increased production, 15659 [26JN]

Milk Marketing Control Act: enact (H.R. 4148), 2021 [6FE], 3593 [5MR]

National Agricultural Export Week: designate (S.J. Res. 310), 13250 [11JN]

National Agriculture Day: observance, 5776, 5818 [20MR]

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: anniversary, 16400 [14JY]

National Food Bank Week: designate (H.J. Res. 234), 7355 [14AP], 7822 [16AP]

National Ice Cream Day: observance, 14640 [19JN]

National Ice Cream Month: observance, 14640 [19JN]

National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (H.J. Res. 511), 1661 [4FE]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact (H.R. 2436), 516 [23JA], 13888 [16JN], 15687, 15698, 15720-15722-15727 [26JN]

National Raisin Week: observance, 10555 [13MY]

Nutrition: program for monitoring and research (H.R. 4880), 11606 [21MY]

Nutritional Information Labeling Act: enact (H.R. 3751), 3267 [27FE]

Older American Act Nutrition Program: appropriations, 15241 [24JN]

Packers and Stockyards Act: amend, 8562 [23AP]

Processed Products Inspection Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4683), 8575 [23AP]

Radioactive pollution: ban food or drink imports from countries contaminated by Soviet power plant accident (H.J. Res. 622), 9489 [6MY]

Safeway: address concerns of workers as part of takeover plan (H. Res. 535), 26082 [24SE]

Safeway Stores, Inc.: address concerns of workers as part of takeover plan (H. Res. 535), 21755 [14AU]

Secaucus, NJ: Goya Foods, Inc., 28698 [3OC]

Soviet Union: administration offer to subsidize grain sales, 21451 [13AU]

———donation of surplus dairy cows and beef to people of countries contaminated by nuclear accident (H. Con. Res. 333), 10122 [8MY]

———U.S. subsidy for wheat exported, 21752 [14AU]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act: amend (H.R. 5145), 19629 [6AU]

U.S.-EEC: trade agreement, 20574 [11AU]

———trade deficit and policy, 20575 [11AU]

``Vanishing Land'': depiction of food supply chain, 2117 [18FE]

World Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 595), 7256 [10AP], 7810 [16AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 296), 8333 [22AP]

———observance, 32157 [15OC], 32695 [16OC], 33591, 33602 [17OC]

Yam Day: observance, 11438 [20MY]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: provide terms and conditions relative to aid provided, 28379-28381 [3OC]

African Famine, Recovery, and Development Fund: establish (S. 2208), 5424 [19MR], 5956 [21MR]

Aged: amend Older Americans Act to increase authorizations for commodity distribution (H.R. 2453), S. 1858 language passed in lieu, 1708 [5FE]

———amend Older Americans Act to increase authorizations for commodity distribution (S. 1858), 1707, 1740 [5FE], 4501 [12MR], 4835 [13MR]

Agricultural Energy Bank Incentive Act: enact (S. 2231), 6313-6315-6317 [26MR], 6526 [27MR]

Agriculture: adjust basis of determination of wheat deficiency payments, 18745 [1AU]

———casein and other milk protein imports effect on dairy farmers, 17728 [25JY]

———Dairy Price Support Program, 12988 [9JN]

———dairy product consumption, 9566 [6MY]

———exports, 33550 [17OC]

———extend financial protection to dairy and egg farmers similar to those provided to livestock, fresh fruit, and vegetable industries (S. 2550), 13536 [12JN]

———impact of Tax Reform Act, 4077-4079 [7MR]

———increase acreage placed in conservation reserve program (S. 2937), 32595 [16OC]

———innovative ways of marketing products, 25102 [22SE]

———lower dairy price supports, 14449 [18JN]

———reverse milk production termination program's impact on red meat market (S. Con. Res. 124), 7033 [9AP]

AID: require plan for use of reserve funds for African famine relief, 3701 [5MR]

Animal Drug Amendments and Patent Term Restoration Act: enact (S. 2407), 9652 [6MY]

Antibiotic Safety Act: enact (S. 2935), 32593 [16OC]

Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Workers International Union: anniversary, 9984 [8MY]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: impact on agricultural programs, 3735 [5MR]

Baltimore, MD: commend restaurants participating in program to end hunger, 30707 [14OC], 32630 [16OC]

Campbell Soup Co.: adoption of Japanese production techniques, 16640 [16JY]

Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 7), 20566 [11AU], 32547 [16OC]

———extend and improve, 27917-27922 [2OC]

Children: infant formula regulations, 10333-10336 [12MY], 10378-10382 [13MY]

———reauthorize nutrition programs, 27575 [1OC]

Chocolate: Japanese import duty (S. Res. 465), 20542 [11AU], 21627 [14AU]

Community food and nutrition programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4421), conference report, 23887-23891 [18SE]

Cooperative Extension Service: funding, 4174 [10MR]

Dairy industry: price support program (S. 2252), 6538-6540 [27MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: authority for transfer of grain during extraordinary circumstances, 3701 [5MR]

———authority to make advance recourse loans, 3697-3700 [5MR]

———foreign market development programs, 12798 [5JN]

———make State or regional dairy assessments proportional to sales to the CCC, 3702 [5MR]

———provide for announcement of availability of surplus commodities, 3702 [5MR]

Distribution, 12852, 12853, 12858 [6JN]

Farm Emergency Credit Act: enact (S. 2113), 2868 [26FE]

Farmers: equitable farm program payment yields (S. 2042), 1582 [4FE]

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (S. 2446), 10420 [13MY], 13164 [10JN]

FDA: disclosure of ingredients in restaurant foods, 6588 [27MR]

———establish by law (S. 2154), 4044 [7MR]

Fishery products: beneficial diet, 22001 [15AU]

Food for Peace Program: ensure funds shall be expended for intended purposes, 24899 [19SE]

Food industry: labeling requirements for fast food restaurant items (S. 2446), 16538 [16JY]

———regulate manufacturing practices of infant formula, 26773-26778 [27SE]

Food Safety Modernization Act: enact (S. 2512), 12482 [4JN]

Food Security Act: amend, 28342 [3OC]

———amend (S. 2036), 1703, 1744 [5FE], 2071 [7FE]

———minimum quantities for section 416 donations, 33838 [18OC]

Food Security Improvements Act: enact (H.R. 1614), 4041-4044 [7MR], 4135-4140 [10MR], 4286-4289 [11MR]

———enact (H.R. 1614), enrollment corrections (S. Con. Res. 113), 4132 [10MR]

———enact (H.R. 1614), enrollment corrections (S. Con. Res. 114), 4289 [11MR]

———enact (H.R. 1614), S. 2134 language passed in lieu, 3877 [6MR]

———enact (S. 2143), 3116-3122, 3160, 3163 [27FE], 3299-3316 [28FE], 3516, 3523-3538 [4MR], 3678, 3679, 3681-3688, 3689 [5MR]

Food Stamp Cost Avoidance Act: enact (S. 2239), 6336 [26MR]

Food stamp plan: reduce cost and improve administration (S. 2567), 14428 [18JN]

FRS: make credit available for agricultural purposes (S. 2116), 3174 [27FE], 4170 [10MR]

Grain Marketing Act: enact (S. 2847), 25097-25100 [22SE]

Hands Across America Day: designate (S.J. Res. 246), 1933 [6FE], 2760 [25FE], 3539 [4MR]

Hollings, Senator: leadership in school lunch program, 15998 [26JN]

Hunger: commitment to domestic problem (S. Con. Res. 385), 8143 [21AP]

———increase domestic commodities assistance and dispose of surplus commodities to certain countries, 28456 [3OC]

Hunger Relief Act: enact (S. 2495), 11743 [21MY]

Indiana Farm Bureau: award recipients, 7789 [16AP]

Industry: establish National Fisheries Marketing Council, 5960 [21MR]

Japan: duty on imported chocolate (S. Res. 465), 20542 [11AU], 21627 [14AU]

Livestock industry: CCC funds for red meat purchase program, 15828 [26JN]

Meat: encourage consumption (S. Res. 370), 5684-5689 [20MR]

Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Improvement Act: enact (S. 2622), 15873-15898 [26JN]

Meat packaging industry: determine manner and frequency of inspection (S. 2675), 17241-17243 [22JY]

Milk: production termination program, 7131 [10AP]

———production termination program (S. 2284), 7193-7194 [10AP]

———repeal of increases in class I differentials (S. 2047), 1720 [5FE]

National Agricultural Export Week: designate (S.J. Res. 310), 6356 [26MR]

———observance, 13781 [16JN], 14448 [18JN], 14833 [20JN]

National Agriculture Day: observance, 5605, 5611, 5612, 5614, 5707 [20MR], 5953 [21MR]

National Dairy Month: observance, 12963 [6JN], 13867 [16JN]

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: promotion of dairy products, 16636 [16JY]

National Fisheries Marketing and Promotion Act: enact (S. 2138), 3715 [5MR]

National Food Bank Week: designate (H.J. Res. 234), 10888 [15MY]

———designate (S.J. 333), 8944 [29AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 301), 5682 [20MR]

National Ice Cream Month: observance, 14628 [19JN]

National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (S.J. Res. 263), 5968 [21MR]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact (H.R. 2436), 33477 [17OC]

National Nutrition Month: observance, 5612 [20MR]

National School Lunch Act: amend (H.R. 7), 20566 [11AU], 32547 [16OC]

———extend and improve, 27917-27922 [2OC]

National Watermelon Association: Watermelon Feast on Capitol Hill, 17407 [23JY]

Orrell, Ruth: tribute, 33170 [17OC]

Philippines: humanitarian assistance, 2186 [18FE]

———provide food assistance, 23886 [18SE]

Poland: authorize shipment of dried milk (S. Res. 394), 9419 [5MY], 9609 [6MY], 9925 [7MY]

Reagan, President: call on to seek to achieve a resolution with the Soviet Union on 1983 wheat agreement sales, 27952 [2OC]

Safeway Stores, Inc.: job security (S. Res. 483), 21972 [15AU]

Santa Monica Bay, CA: study health effects of toxic contamination of fish (S. 2126), 3188 [27FE]

Shoultz, Amber: Indiana Farm Bureau award recipient, 7789 [16AP]

South Africa: economic sanctions, 21798-21801 [15AU]

Stwalley, Brian: Indiana Farm Bureau award recipient, 7789 [16AP]

Sullivan, Elbrege: tribute, 5439 [19MR]

Tariff: extend suspension applicable to certain imported cantaloups (S. 2511), 12481 [4JN]

———treatment of meat products processed abroad from U.S. cattle (S. 2478), 11715 [21MY]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act: funding, 32505 [16OC]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: improve administration of and establish food bank projects (S. 2279), 7019 [9AP]

Wheat: determination of deficiency payments (S. 2193), 4811 [13MR]

———referendum on national marketing quota, 15315 [25JN]

World Food Day: designate (S.J. Res. 296), 4812 [13MR]

———observance, 30707 [14OC]

Yam Day: observance, 11353 [20MY]

Reports

Implementing the Conservation Reserve Program: Michael Dicks and Katherine Reichelderfer, 32596-32598 [16OC]

Infant Formula Regulations: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (excerpt), 10379 [13MY]

Minimum Quantities (excerpt), 33838 [18OC]

Reports filed

Animal Drug Amendments and Patent Term Restoration Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2407) (S. Rept. 99-448), 23819 [17SE]

Commodity Exchange Act Appropriations: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 4613) (H. Rept. 99-624), 12982 [9JN]

Dept. of Agriculture's Sugar Sales Operation: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-889), 26369 [25SE]

Designate Hands Across America Day: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 462), 8683 [24AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 246), 3411 [3MR]

Designate National Independent Retail Grocer Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 263), 5664 [20MR]

Designate World Food Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 296), 5664 [20MR]

Establish National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program: Committee on Science and Technology (H.R. 2436) (H. Rept. 99-481), 3480 [4MR]

Establishment of Seafood Marketing Councils: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 2935) (S. Rept. 99-430), 22264 [8SE]

Futures Trading Act: committee of conference (H.R. 4613) (H. Rept. 99-995), 31219 [14OC]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 4613; H. Res. 590) (H. Rept. 99-996), 31219 [14OC]

Head Start, Follow Through, Community Services Block Grant, Dependent Care, and Community Food and Nutrition Programs Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 4421), 23244 [12SE]

Human Food Safety and Regulation of Animal Drugs: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-461), 47 [21JA]

Implementation of the Dairy Cow Termination Program: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-890), 26369 [25SE]

Increased Appropriations for Commodity Distribution: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1858) (S. Rept. 99-232), 1397 [3FE]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (H.R. 2436) (S. Rept. 99-521), 27994 [2OC], 28511 [3OC]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2436) (H. Rept. 99-481), 14741 [19JN]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2436; H. Res. 484) (H. Rept. 99-656), 15286 [24JN]

Policy of Providing Grain of High Quality to Domestic and Foreign Buyers, Standards on Grain, Regulate Foreign Material in Grain (H.R. 5407) (H. Rept. 99-858), 25373 [22SE]

Reduction in Expenditures of Milk Price Support Activities: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 4188) (H. Rept. 99-475), 2976 [26FE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 4188; H. Res. 381) (H. Rept. 99-477), 2977 [26FE]

Tariff on Chocolate: Committee on Ways and Means (H. Res. 567) (H. Rept. 99-925), 27116 [29SE]

Statements

Extent of U.S. Hunger: several Harvard physicians, 11743 [21MY]

Food Poisoning in Oregon: sundry excerpts, 5895 [21MR]

Food Safety Standards: AMA, 12483-12486 [4JN]

Foreign Market Development, 12799 [5JN]

Infant Formula Regulations: FDA, 10379 [13MY]

Nutritional Information Labeling Act: Virgil Brown (excerpts), 3267 [27FE]

Support for Fast Food Labeling: American College of Allergists, 10422 [13MY]

———American Heart Association, 10422 [13MY]

———Center for Science in the Public Interest, 10421 [13MY]

Tax Codes for Development of Surplus Crops: Center for Rural Affairs, 4077 [7MR]

Wyeth Laboratories' Production of Infant Formula Without Vitamin B6: FDA, 26776 [27SE]

Summaries

Food Security Improvements Act—major provisions (H.R. 1614), 4240 [11MR]

Food Stamp Cost Avoidance Act (S. 2239), 6337 [26MR]

Hunger Relief Act (H.R. 4880), 11607 [21MY]

Hunger Relief Act (H.R. 4990), 13415 [11JN]

Hunger Relief Act (S. 2495), 11744 [21MY]

Tables

CBO cost estimates for Food Security Improvements Act (S. 2143), 3160 [27FE]

CBO farm bill estimates—CCC-ACIF outlays, fiscal year 1986-88, 3696 [5MR]

Food Stamp Cost Avoidance Act: CBO, 6336 [26MR]

Nutrition program for the elderly—1985 payments: Dept. of Agriculture, 21453 [13AU]

Omega-3 in fish, 22005 [15AU]

Testimonies

FDA Appropriations for Fast Food Labeling, 10423 [13MY]

Food Safety Standards: Arthur H. Haves, 12482 [4JN]

———Donald Kennedy, 12482 [4JN]

———Fred Robbins, 12482 [4JN]

———Gerald Wogan, 12482 [4JN]

———Jere Govan, 12482 [4JN]

———Kenneth D. Fisher, 12482 [4JN]

———Paul Newberne, 12482 [4JN]

———Vincent DeVita, 12482 [4JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 535, address concerns of Safeway Stores, Inc., workers as part of takeover plan, 21756 [14AU]

H.J. Res. 234, National Food Bank Week, 7355 [14AP]

H.J. Res. 462, Hands Across America Day, 1973 [6FE]

H.J. Res. 595, World Food Day, 7810 [16AP]

H.R. 2436, National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act, 15687, 15709 [26JN]

H.R. 2453, increase authorizations for commodity distribution under the Older Americans Act, 1708 [5FE]

H.R. 4990, Hunger Relief Act, 13416-13420 [11JN]

H.R. 5145, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act, 19630 [6AU]

Packers and Stockyards Act amendments, 8563-8564 [23AP]

S. 2036, Food Security Act amendments, 1219 [30JA]

S. 2036, technical corrections to Food Security Act amendments, 1451 [4FE]

S. 2042, equitable farm program payment yields for crops, 1582 [4FE]

S. 2047, repeal of increases in class I differentials for milk, 1720 [5FE]

S. 2113, Farm Emergency Credit Act, 2868 [26FE]

S. 2143, Food Security Improvements Act, 3309-3312 [28FE], 3526-3528 [4MR], 3687, 3707-3710 [5MR]

S. 2154, establish FDA by law, 4045 [7MR]

S. 2193, determination of deficiency wheat payments, 4812 [13MR]

S. 2208, African Famine, Recovery, and Development Fund, 5956 [21MR]

S. 2239, Food Stamp Cost Avoidance Act, 6336 [26MR]

S. 2252, dairy industry price support program, 6539 [27MR]

S. 2279, improve administration of Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program and establish food bank projects, 7019 [9AP]

S. 2284, milk production termination program, 7193 [10AP]

S. 2407, Animal Drug Amendments and Patent Term Restoration Act, 9652-9656 [6MY]

S. 2446, Fast Food Ingredient Information Act, 10421 [13MY]

S. 2478, Meat Import Act amendment, 11715 [21MY]

S. 2495, Hunger Relief Act, 11744-11748 [21MY]

S. 2511, extend tariff suspension applicable to certain imported cantaloups, 12481 [4JN]

S. 2512, Food Safety Modernization Act, 12487 [4JN]

S. 2550, extend financial protection to dairy and egg farmers, 13537 [12JN]

S. 2567, reduce cost and improve administration of the food stamp plan, 14429-14432 [18JN]

S. 2622, Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Improvement Act, 15881 [26JN]

S. 2847, Grain Marketing Act, 25099 [22SE]

S. 2935, Antibiotic Safety Act, 32594 [16OC]

S. Con. Res. 113, Food Security Improvements Act enrollment corrections, 4133, 4176 [10MR]

S. Con. Res. 114, Food Security Improvements Act enrollment corrections, 4289 [11MR]

S. Con. Res. 124, reverse milk production termination program's impact on red meat market, 7032 [9AP]

S. Con. Res. 385, commitment to constructive measures on domestic crisis of hunger, 8142 [21AP]

S. Res. 368, Cooperative Extension Service Programs funding, 5175 [18MR]

S. Res. 370, U.S. consumption of meat, 5684 [20MR]

S. Res. 394, authorize shipment of dried milk to Poland, 9419 [5MY], 9610 [6MY]

S. Res. 465, Japanese import duty on imported chocolate, 20542, 20559 [11AU]

S. Res. 483, job security at Safeway stores, 21971 [15AU]

S.J. Res. 246, Hands Across America Day, 3539 [4MR], 10966 [15MY]

S.J. Res. 263, National Independent Retail Grocer Week, 5968 [21MR]

S.J. Res. 296, World Food Day, 5970 [21MR], 8335 [22AP]

S.J. Res. 310, National Agricultural Export Week, 8278 [22AP], 13251 [11JN]