FOOD see also Agriculture

Addresses

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization: Edouard Saouma, 17105 [23JN]

Amendments

Commodity Distribution Reform Act: enact (S. 305), 22410 [5AU]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program: funding (H.J. Res. 102), 2303, 2304, 2339, 2343 [29JA], 2685 [4FE]

National Food Bank Week: designate (H.J. Res. 368), 30632 [3NO]

National School Lunch Act: administration of commodity distribution program (S. 305), 22447, 22448 [5AU]

Analyses

Dept. of HHS Monitoring of Pesticide Tolerance in Food Products (H.R. 3504), 28358-28360 [19OC]

Food Stamp Family Welfare Reform Act (H.R. 3337), 24946-24950 [23SE]

Safe Food Standards Act (S. 1813), 29158-29160 [23OC]

Safety of Imported Commodities Produced With Pesticides (H.R. 1778), 6724 [25MR]

Articles and editorials

Agricultural Credit, 4155 [26FE]

Agricultural Surpluses, 4665 [3MR]

America's Bounty Keeps Food Banks Busy, 29747 [28OC]

As Food Imports Rise, Consumers Face Peril From Use of Pesticides, 23424 [7AU]

Balancing Blue Jeans and Pinstripes, 26737 [6OC]

Big Crop Tests Almond Seller, 24686 [21SE]

Bringing the Bounty Into the Bank, 26737 [6OC]

But Do They Serve Chicken? Seeking Out the Best Kentucky-Fried in the Hills of Kentucky, 2150 [28JA]

Cranberries—Agricultural Free Market at Work—Growers Aren't Bogged Down in USDA Regulations, Subsidies and Allocations, 30257 [29OC]

Facing the Issue of Pesticide Residues—How Can Consumers Bring About Change, 23425 [7AU]

Family Ties, 35930 [16DE]

Famine Next Time, 838-840 [7JA]

FDA Admits Laxity in Testing Food Imports, 23425 [7AU]

Federation Promotes U.S. Meats in Japan, 13844 [27MY]

Feisty Mrs. Fenwick Faces Congress With a New Cause, 30480 [2NO]

Food Aid in Angola, 26494 [6OC]

Food Service—Alternative to Commodities, 8093 [7AP]

For 80's Eating, It's Goat Cheese, 15234 [10JN]

Foreign Pull Is Unlikely To Uproot Policy on Food, 31898 [13NO]

From Castroville to King City—Montereyan Brings Christmas to Many Families, 31402 [9NO]

Lawmaker Urges Better Inspection of Imported Food, 23423 [7AU]

Matter of Imports—Controversy Over Labeling the Origins of Foods, 23426 [7AU]

Mock Mozzarella, 22145 [3AU]

Needy Get Help, Then Pass It On—Private Agency Hands Out Food and Clothing, No Questions Asked, 29515 [27OC]

Neglected Resource—Women in the Developing World, 8537 [8AP]

Pesticides in 15 Common Foods May Cause 20,000 Cancers a Year, 14299 [2JN]

Plea to Business—Don't Dump, Donate, 26736 [6OC]

Rice Plot, 2945-2947 [4FE]

Second Harvest Grew Into a National Effort, 29747 [28OC]

Steve Bogart, Worcester, Vermont, 18211 [30JN]

Taking Food and Friendship to Farmworker Camps, 31402 [9NO]

U.S. May Bar Grapes of Mexico, 23423 [7AU]

USA's Food Banks Face Belt-Tightening, 29747 [28OC]

Virginia Woman Turns House Into Shelter for Homeless, 2376 [29JA]

What's New in Food Banks, 26736 [6OC]

WIC Mothers and Children, 13000 [19MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: acreage base for oats (see S. 480)

———administration of commodity distribution program (see S. 305)

———advance deficiency payments for certain crops (see S. 1713)

———correct inequity in Conservative Reserve Program (see S. 671)

———country-of-origin labeling on imported commodities (see H.R. 1246)

———distribution of excess cheese held by CCC (see H.R. 607)

———emergency assistance for certain producers (see H.R. 1080)

———financial protection to poultry growers and sellers (see S. 1836)

———import requirements on ginger root (see S. 130)

———improve safety of imported raw commodities produced with pesticides (see H.R. 1778)

———labeling of consumer commodities to indicate foreign and domestic content (see H.R. 1382)

———labeling of perishable commodities with country of origin (see H.R. 692)

———price support (see H.R. 454)

———milk price support activities reduction in expenditures (see H.R. 3344)

———nationwide marketing order for milk (see H.R. 456)

———pesticide standards on imported meat and produce (see H.R. 1877)

———production and food processing systems (see H.R. 3735)

———promote export of commodities (see S. 488)

———protection of poultry growers and sellers (see H.R. 3457)

———raising of calves for veal (see H.R. 2859)

———reduction of surplus commodities (see S. 781)

———require milk handlers to make prompt payment to producers for fluid milk (see H.R. 188)

———rice exports (see S. 500)

———technologies in food safety and animal health (see S. 1561)

———treatment of certain fresh vegetables (see H.R. 350)

———wheat and feed grains programs (see H.R. 259)

Agriculture and Food Act: extend to 1992 the national donated commodity processing program (see S. 902)

Australia: prohibit importation of kangaroos and products made therefrom (see H.R. 779)

Beef Research and Information Act: definition of producer (see H.R. 358)

———definition of term producer (see S. 674)

Business: cash method of accounting for certain processing concerns (see H.R. 466)

Chemicals: prohibit use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline in animal feed (see S. 680)

Child Nutrition Act: State agency food purchases (see H.R. 3453)

Child Nutrition Amendments: extend to 1992 the national donated commodity processing program (see S. 902)

Chile: designate as official food of U.S. (see H.J. Res. 223; H.R. 1870)

Commodities: joint study of market volatility (see H.R. 3594), 30390 [2NO]

Cuba: sale of U.S. agricultural products (see H. Res. 77)

Dept. of Agriculture: administration of the commodity distribution activities (see H.R. 1265)

———pay interest on overdue payments to producers under milk production termination contracts (see H.R. 2853)

———price payments for 1988 crop of a commodity (see S. 1712)

Dept. of Defense: commissary and exchange benefits to certain former spouses of members of uniformed services (see H.R. 3622)

———purchase of packaged food (see H.R. 319)

Dept. of HHS: regulating food as drugs (see H.R. 633)

Drift nets: improve efforts to monitor, assess, and reduce adverse impact (see S. 62)

EEC: meat inspection and certification directive (see H. Con. Res. 153)

Emergency Food and Shelter Program: funding (see H.J. Res. 102)

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (see S. 1325)

Federal aid programs: executive impoundment of appropriated funds (see H.R. 796)

———payment limitations under annual farm programs (see H.R. 980)

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require that label state certain information on contents (see H.R. 1902)

Federal Meat Inspection Act: impose reciprocal inspection requirements for imported meat (see H.R. 2847)

———labeling of products with imitation or alternate cheese (see H.R. 3502)

———require pizza products containing imitation cheese or meat to be labeled to reflect that fact (see H.R. 3232)

Fish and fisheries: improve research regarding commercial fisheries of U.S. (see H.R. 1887)

Food additives: balance sources of supply for sweeteners (see H.R. 3646)

Food bank nutrition projects: establish (see H.R. 3057)

Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act: enact (see S. 461)

Food relief: executive impoundment of appropriated funds (see H.R. 929)

Food Science and Technology Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 149)

Food Security Act: amend (see H.R. 3494)

———exemption from ban on agricultural production on converted wetland (see S. 733)

———extend eligibility of certain school districts to receive alternative forms of assistance for school lunch programs (see S. 902)

———modify export incentive program (see H.R. 1236)

Food stamp plan: equitable treatment for State and local governments (see H.R. 657)

———reform (see H.R. 3337)

Food stamps: improve nutrition of homeless (see S. 812)

Foreign trade: country-of-origin labeling on imported commodities (see H.R. 1176)

———define industry in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations in agricultural products (see S. 399)

———duty-free entry for certain mixtures of hot red peppers and salt (see H.R. 305)

———labeling of perishable commodities with country of origin (see H.R. 692)

———limit quantity of imported milk protein products (see H.R. 1436)

Hawaii: authorize sale of certain fish (see S. 158)

Health: comprehensive nutrition program (see S. 1081; H.R. 2151)

Homeless: emergency funding (see S. 436)

Hunger: allow contribution of tax refunds for domestic and international relief (see H.R. 81)

———emergency assistance program (see S. 424)

Imported Food Labeling Act: enact (see S. 1218)

International Coffee Agreement Act: extension (see H.R. 3795)

Irradiated foods: labeling (see H.R. 956)

Labeling: requirement for products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148)

Meat: encourage consumption (see H. Con. Res. 198)

Meat and poultry: permit distribution of State-inspected products (see S. 138)

Meat Import Act: lamb (see S. 964)

Medical care: instructions for removing food lodged in a person's throat (see H.R. 501)

National Asparagus Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 137)

National Catfish Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 164)

National Commission on Dairy Policy: submission of report (see S. 410; H.R. 1123)

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see S. 1913; S.J. Res. 14; H.J. Res. 17)

National Family Bread Baking Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 163; H.J. Res. 297)

National Food Bank Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 200; H.J. Res. 368)

National Frozen Foods Month: recognize (see S. Res. 171)

National Know Your Cholesterol Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 65)

National School Act: administration of commodity distribution program (see S. 305)

National School Lunch Act: amend to establish imported food products certification program (see H.R. 2477)

———extend eligibility of certain school districts to receive alternative forms of assistance for school lunch programs (see S. 902)

———improve distribution procedures for commodities donated for assistance (see H.R. 2496)

National School Lunch Program: extend (see H.R. 1728)

Pesticides: seizure and destruction of certain imported foods (see H.R. 711)

———tolerance in food products (see H.R. 3504)

Pizza: labeling standards (see H.R. 2891)

Price supports: repeal, for sugar beets and sugarcane (see H. Res. 117)

Prices: prohibit certain practices relative to marking of consumer products by retailers (see H.R. 547)

Restaurants: labeling requirements for packaged foods (see H.R. 915)

Safe Food Standards Act: enact (see S. 1813), 29156 [23OC]

School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments: extend to 1992 the national donated commodity processing program (see S. 902)

School lunch program: administration of commodity distribution (see S. 236)

Social Security: include nutritional counseling as home health service (see H.R. 428)

Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act: prohibit unfair competition (see S. 1773)

Sugar Supply Stabilization Act: enact (see S. 1877)

Tariff: apple juice (see H.R. 1415)

———caffeine (see H.R. 2431)

———cantaloupes (see S. 340)

———Chinese gooseberries (see H.R. 1262)

———duty-free entry for certain mixtures of hot red peppers and salt (see H.R. 305)

———loganberries and raspberries (see H.R. 2512)

———menthol feedstocks (see S. 378)

———plums (see S. 551)

———raw cane sugar (see H.R. 992)

———salted and dried plums (see H.R. 1426)

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: executive impoundment of appropriated funds (see H.J. Res. 124)

Tropical Oils Labeling Act: enact (see S. 1109)

Truth in Frozen Pizza Labeling Act: enact (see S. 1433)

WIC: increase appropriations (see S.J. Res. 99)

World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 110; H.J. Res. 186, 194)

Documents

Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Dept. of Agriculture, 22415 [5AU]

National School Lunch Act, 22415 [5AU]

Safe Handling Practices, 21525 [29JY]

Essays

Good Foods From Indiana—From Our Farms to Our Tables: Shannon Barr, 11808 [8MY]

———Toanh Nguyen, 11807 [8MY]

Examples

Depts. of Agriculture and HHS efforts to update and coordinate their nutrition monitoring activities, 9673 [23AP]

Factsheets

Effects of a Sequester on Rural Programs, 27809 [14OC]

Hearings

Committee on Agriculture: agricultural exports, D166 [18MR]

———agricultural trade and food assistance programs (testimony), D157 [17MR]

———commodity program decoupling concept (testimony from Senator Boschwitz and Representative Bruce), D146 [12MR]

———Dept. of Agriculture recommendations and a GAO report on farm program payment limitations (testimony), D269 [22AP]

———Food Security Act amendments (testimony), D255 [9AP]

———implementation of marketing loan concept to commodity programs (testimony), D174 [19MR]

———improve administration of Dept. of Agriculture commodity distribution activities (testimony), D166 [18MR]

———meat inspection programs (testimony), D247 [8AP]

———Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendments (H.R. 692, 1176 and 1246) (testimony), D208 [30MR]

———review EPA's pesticide regulation programs (testimony), D239 [7AP]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: agricultural exports (testimony from Allan I. Mendelowitz, Orville Freeman, Dean Kleckner, Bart C. Fisher, C. Manly Molpus, and William K. Quarles), D143 [12MR]

———Food Security Act (testimony), D162 [18MR]

Committee on Appropriations (House): FCIC (testimony from Kathleen Lawrence and E. Ray Fosse), D117 [5MR]

———Food Safety and Inspection Service (testimony), D194 [25MR]

———Human Nutrition Information Service and Food and Nutrition Service (testimony from John Bode, Laura Sims, and Robert Leard), D140 [11MR]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): CFTC and FDA budgets (testimony), D216 [1AP]

Committee on Education and Labor: Older Americans Act reauthorization (testimony), D235 [6AP]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: pesticide residues in food (testimony), D305 [30AP]

Committee on Government Operations: import meat inspection service (testimony), D229 [2AP]

History

All About Our Bean Soup, 1765 [21JA]

Letters

Adult care program participants: Jack Ossofsky, Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, 22867 [6AU]

Budget Act waiver for consideration of H.J. Res. 102: Senator Helms, 2302 [29JA]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program: James C. Miller III, Director of OMB, 1978 [27JA]

Food aid to Lebanon: Dept. of State, 24042 [15SE]

———Representative Hamilton, 24042 [15SE]

Mozambique: Senator Dole, 10874 [1MY]

Sugar program: Enrique J.A. Candioti and several other foreign ambassadors, 20841 [22JY]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: Kathryn Grafsgaard, North Dakota Dept. of Public Instruction, 2374 [29JA]

———William A. Armstrong, Iowa Dept. of Human Services, 2270 [29JA]

Lists

National School Lunch Program, 8091 [7AP]

Winners of Senator Lugar's essay contest, 11807 [8MY]

Meetings

Committee on Agriculture: approved for full committee action amended H.R. 177, Food Assistance for the Homeless Act, D79 [24FE]

———Food Security Act (H.R. 625), D278 [23AP]

———H.R. 177, amend Food Assistance to the Homeless Act, D84 [25FE]

———H.R. 1123, amend Food Security Act, D84 [25FE]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: disaster payments to certain wheat producers (S. 341), D22 [21JA]

———Emergency Food for the Homeless Act (S. 728), D232 [3AP]

———establish agricultural assistance and trade missions (S. 659), D191 [25MR]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): making emergency additional funds for Emergency Food and Shelter Program, D37 [29JA]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (H.R. 1226), D248 [8AP]

———Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act amendment to limit dispensing of certain drugs (H.R. 2168), D322 [6MY]

———health service programs (H.R. 1207, 1226, 1327, 1444, 1746, 1855 and 1861), D214 [31MR]

Memorials of legislature

California, 26154 [1OC], 30764 [4NO]

Illinois, 22018 [3AU]

Louisiana, 22915 [6AU]

Wyoming, 8669 [9AP]

Messages

World Food Needs, Production and Agricultural Trade Report: President Reagan, 25183 [24SE]

Press releases

Tropical Oils Labeling Act, 10349 [29AP]

Programs

Distinguished service award ceremony for James N. Moore, 20599 [21JY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: assistance to wheat producers (H.R. 814), 2030 [28JA]

———consumption of meat and meat products (H. Res. 198), 16549 [17JN]

———cranberry industry, 30257 [29OC]

———effect of Federal aid programs, 4154, 4156 [26FE]

———farm bill, 36475-36476 [18DE]

———import of sugar-containing products, 30954 [5NO]

———improve safety of imported raw commodities produced with pesticides (H.R. 1778), 6724 [25MR]

———labeling of consumer commodities to indicate foreign and domestic content (H.R. 1382), 4698 [3MR]

———limit the quantity of milk protein products that may be imported into the U.S. (H.R. 1436), 4951 [5MR], 7085 [26MR]

———loans for beekeepers producing honey, 18306 [30JN]

———milk price support, 25433 [29SE]

———milk price support activities reduction in expenditures (H.R. 3344), 25346 [25SE], 37620 [21DE]

———national sugar policy, 5278 [10MR]

———pesticide standards on imported meat and produce (H.R. 1877), 7590 [31MR], 23419 [7AU]

———production and food processing systems (H.R. 3735), 35007 [10DE]

———production of corn sweetener and sugar, 33197 [20NO]

———protection of poultry growers and sellers (H.R. 3457), 26950 [7OC], 27154 [8OC], 29242-29245 [27OC]

———raising of calves for veal (H.R. 2859), 18686 [1JY]

———tax increase on wine, 22151 [3AU]

———U.S. sugar program, 20841 [22JY], 31283 [9NO], 31725 [10NO]

Boy Scouts: food collection for the poor in Wisconsin, 33208 [20NO]

California: almond industry, 24686 [21SE]

Candies: import from Communist country, 36262 [18DE]

Committee on Hunger (Select): reauthorizing (H. Res. 26), 1053 [21JA]

Dept. of Defense: commissary and exchange benefits to certain former spouses of members of uniformed services (H.R. 3622), 31455 [9NO]

Dept. of HHS: pesticide tolerance in food products (H.R. 3504), 28503 [20OC]

Developing countries: providing credit for the poor, 34753 [10DE]

EEC: implement agreement on citrus and pasta (H.R. 1165), 3891 [19FE]

———implement agreement on citrus and pasta (H.R. 1263), 4128 [25FE]

———meat inspection and certification directive (H. Con. Res. 153), 18720 [1JY]

———violations of GATT, 21548 [29JY]

Electronics: network to improve the delivery of services to homeless and hungry, 29758 [28OC]

Emergency Aid to Homeless Families Act: enact (H.R. 437), 5740 [16MR]

Ethiopia: famine, 837 [7JA]

FDA: Fair Pizza Labeling Committee, 22145 [3AU]

———inspection of imported food, 10220 [28AP]

Federal aid programs: increased funding for WIC Special Supplemental Food Program (H.J. Res. 192), 6215 [18MR]

Federal Meat Inspection Act: require pizza products containing imitation cheese or meat to be labeled to reflect that fact (H.R. 3232), 23488 [7AU]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program: filing of report, 1827 [22JA]

———funding (H.J. Res. 102), 1977 [27JA], 1988 [29JA]-1989 [27JA], 2380 [29JA], 2517 [3FE], 2685-2692 [4FE]

Fish and fisheries: improve research regarding commercial fisheries of U.S. (H.R. 1887), 7597 [31MR]

Food additives: balance sources of supply for sweeteners (H.R. 3646), 34576 [9DE], 32692, 32709 [18NO], 33546 [1DE], 35939 [16DE]

Food irradiation: independent safety study (H.R. 956), 3186 [5FE]

Food Stamp Plan: reform (H.R. 3337), 24946 [23SE]

Foreign countries: assistance to countries receiving supersonic fighter aircraft from Soviet Union, 34763 [10DE]

Foreign trade: limit quantity of imported milk protein products (H.R. 1436), 4946 [5MR]

Health: anemia among children enrolled in WIC Special Supplemental Food Program, 27738 [13OC]

———comprehensive nutrition program (H.R. 2151), 9662, 9668, 9685 [23AP]

———salmonella contamination, 21062 [23JY]

Hunger: efforts to alleviate, 23673 [9SE]

———establish food bank nutrition projects (H.R. 3057), 21580 [30JY]

———tribute to World Runners, 20820 [22JY]

Imported Food Safety Act: enact (H.R. 711), 1824 [21JA]

India: unfair trade practices, 16312, 16333 [16JN]

International Coffee Agreement Act: extension (H.R. 3795), 36511 [18DE]

Japan: U.S. trade imbalance, 2945 [4FE]

Labeling: requirement for products containing tropical fats (H.R. 2148), 9618 [23AP]

Lebanon: humanitarian assistance, 24042 [15SE]

Lucky Stores, Inc., Buena Park, CA: distribution to the poor, 12749 [18MY]

Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula, Inc.: relief (H.R. 1539), 5218 [10MR]

Michigan navy bean soup: Capitol tradition, 1765 [21JA]

Milk Protein Fair Trade Act: enact (H.R. 243), 810 [6JA]

Mobile Meal Service of Spartanburg County, SC: anniversary, 27847 [14OC]

National Commission on Dairy Policy: submission of report (H.R. 1123), 4488-4489 [3MR]

———submission of report (H.R. 1123), Senate amendments, 8636 [9AP]

National Family Bread-Baking Month: designate (H.J. Res. 297), 14088 [28MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 163), 28497 [20OC]

National Food Bank Week: designate (H.J. Res. 368), 26214 [1OC], 26736 [6OC], 29747 [28OC], 30631 [3NO], 31699 [10NO]

National Ice Cream Day: observance, 16800 [18JN]

National Ice Cream Month: observance, 16800 [18JN]

National School Lunch Act: improve distribution procedures for commodities donated for assistance (H.R. 2496), 13679 [21MY]

National School Lunch Program: extend (H.R. 1728), 8090-8094 [7AP]

Nutrition: importance of a healthy diet, 32718 [18NO]

Pass It On: food and clothing distribution to the poor, 29514 [27OC]

Pesticides: tolerance in food products (H.R. 3504), 28358 [19OC]

Pizza: labeling standards (H.R. 2891), 18845 [7JY], 23440 [7AU]

Self-Sufficiency for the Poor Act: enact (H.R. 910), 2501 [3FE]

South Africa: ban use of vessels for transportation of agricultural commodities (H.R. 1216), 4028 [24FE]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act: amend (H.R. 607), 1110 [8JA]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: executive impoundment of appropriated funds, 2663 [3FE]

———funding, 2373 [29JA]

Trade Act: amend (H.R. 1514), 5268 [10MR]

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization: tribute, 18698 [1JY]

WIC: funding, 9570-9573 [23AP], 25920 [30SE]

Women: role in developing countries, 8536 [8AP]

World Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 186), 5725 [16MR]

———designate (H.J. Res. 194), 6428 [19MR], 28156, 28162, 28174 [15OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 110), 25703 [30SE]

———observance, 26243 [1OC]

World Runners (organization): tribute, 20820 [22JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Emergency Assistance Act: enact (S. 341), 1513 [20JA]

Agriculture: administration of commodity distribution program (S. 305), 22404-22415, 22419 [5AU], 27451 [13OC]

———administration of commodity distribution program (S. 305), H.R. 1340 passed in lieu, 22415 [5AU]

———application of cross-compliance provisions to oats (S. 480), 3079 [5FE]

———Capitol Hill ice cream party, 16412 [17JN]

———define industry in antidumping and countervailing duty of products (S. 399), 2120, 2121 [28JA]

———establish aid and trade missions to assess food requirements of certain countries, 4175 [26FE]

———financial protection to poultry growers and sellers (S. 1836), 30349 [30OC]

———international policy, 4665 [3MR]

———milk price support (S. 1746), 26331 [2OC]

———oversupply problem, 3912 [23FE]

———poultry inspection procedures, 7171 [27MR]

———price payments for 1988 crop of a commodity (S. 1712), 25023 [23SE]

———protection of poultry growers and sellers (H.R. 3457), 30574 [3NO]

———rice exports (S. 500), 3087 [5FE]

———sugar, 27322 [9OC]

———technologies in food safety and animal health (S. 1561), 21524-21526 [29JY]

Agriculture and Food Act: extend commodity processing program (S. 902), 7665 [1AP]

Animal feed: prohibit use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline (S. 680), 5047 [6MR]

Blueberries: New Jersey cultivation, 21698, 21704 [30JY]

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (S. 1325), 14692 [4JN]

Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act: amend (S. 138), 579 [6JA]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program: funding (H.J. Res. 102), 2295-2313 [29JA]

Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act: enact (S. 461), 2896 [4FE], 6590 [23MR]

Food Science and Technology Week: designate (S.J. Res. 149), 14364 [2JN]

Food Security Act: amend (S. 671), 5025 [6MR]

———exemption from ban on agricultural production on converted wetland (S. 733), 5615 [12MR]

———extend eligibility of certain schools (S. 902), 7665 [1AP]

Foreign trade: labeling of imported food, 17923-17925 [27JN]

Ginger root: imported (S. 130), 572 [6JA]

Hawaii: authorize sale of certain fish (S. 158), 603 [6JA]

Health: comprehensive nutrition program (S. 1081), 9429 [23AP]

Imported Food Labeling Act: enact (S. 1218), 12591 [15MY]

Imported Meat Inspection Reciprocity Act: enact (S. 1122), 10909 [1MY]

Japan: rice imports (S. 500), 18581 [1JY]

Kentucky: homemade fried chicken, 2149 [28JA]

Labeling: ingredient labeling for fast food, 36580 [19DE]

Lugar, Senator: home district essay contest winners, 11807 [8MY]

Meat: reciprocal inspection requirements for imports (S. 1122), 10909 [1MY]

Meat Import Act: lamb (S. 964), 8496 [8AP]

National Catfish Day: designate (S.J. Res. 164), 16666 [18JN]

National Commission on Dairy Policy: submission of report (H.R. 1123), 7936 [3AP]

———submission of report (S. 410), 9118 [21AP]

———submission of report (S. 410), unanimous-consent agreement, 7148 [27MR]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 17), 16194 [16JN]

———designate (S. 1913), 33949 [3DE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 14), 771 [6JA], 5066 [6MR]

National Family Bread Baking Month: designate (S.J. Res. 163), 16407 [17JN]

National Food Bank Week: designate (H.J. Res. 368), 30804 [4NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 200), 27445 [13OC]

National Frozen Foods Month: designate (S. Res. 171), 6495 [20MR]

National School Lunch Act: administration of commodity distribution program (S. 305), 22404-22415, 22419 [5AU], 27451 [13OC]

———administration of commodity distribution program (S. 305), H.R. 1340 passed in lieu, 22415 [5AU]

———extend eligibility of certain school districts to receive alternative forms of assistance for school lunch programs (S. 902), 7851 [2AP]

———extend eligibility of certain schools (S. 902), 7665 [1AP]

Nutrition: monitor Federal aid programs, 9750 [24AP]

Older Americans Act: adult care program participants, 22866 [6AU]

Pesticides: inspection of imported food, 301 [6JA]

Safe Food Standards Act: enact (S. 1813), 29157 [23OC]

Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act: prohibit unfair competition (S. 1773), 27101 [8OC]

Sugar Supply Stabilization Act: enact (S. 1877), 32046, 32047 [17NO]

Surplus commodities: administration of distribution program (S. 305), 1230 [13JA]

Tariff: cantaloupes, 1513 [20JA]

———citrus products (S. 545), 3729 [19FE]

———menthol feedstocks (S. 378), 1873 [22JA]

———plums (S. 551), 3733 [19FE]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: executive impoundment of appropriated funds (S. 405), 2127, 2154 [28JA], 2270 [29JA]

Treaties: agriculture land set-aside programs, 7245 [30MR]

Tropical Oils Labeling Act: enact (S. 1109), 10348 [29AP], 23812 [11SE]

Truth in Frozen Pizza Labeling Act: enact (S. 1433), 17825 [26JN]

Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act: enact (S. 809), 6914 [25MR]

WIC: increase appropriations (S.J. Res. 99), 6402 [19MR], 14372 [2JN]

———Special Supplemental Food Program funding, 13000 [19MY]

World Food Day: designate (S.J. Res. 110), 8499 [8AP]

———observance, 28293 [16OC]

Reports

Agricultural Marketing Orders: Representative Hamilton, 35932 [16DE]

Dairy Price Support Activities Reduction in Expenditures: Committee on Agriculture, 37621-37624 [21DE]

National Commission on Dairy Policy: submission of report (S. 410), 5012 [6MR]

Reports filed

Emergency Food for the Homeless Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 728), 7948 [3AP]

FDA Continues To Permit the Illegal Marketing of Carcinogenic Additives: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-361), 27174 [9OC]

Federal Programs Affecting Abused Children: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select) (H. Rept. 100-260), 22126 [3AU]

Federal Programs Affecting Children: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select) (H. Rept. 100-258), 22126 [3AU]

Federal Programs Affecting Children and Their Families: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select) (H. Rept. 100-259), 22126 [3AU]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program: Committee on Appropriations (H.J. Res. 102) (H. Rept. 100-4), 1835 [22JA], 1979 [27JA]

Food Security Act: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3494) (H. Rept. 100-497), 37626 [21DE]

Food Stamp Program Reform: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3337) (H. Rept. 100-396), 29209 [26OC]

Inspection of Meat Imports: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-180), 10023 [27AP]

Milk Price Support Activities Expenditure Reduction: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3344) (H. Rept. 100-496), 37626 [21DE]

National Family Bread Baking Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 163), 17007 [23JN]

National Food Bank Week Designation: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 200), 30529 [3NO]

National School Lunch Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 305) (S. Rept. 100-127), 21249 [28JY]

Protection of Poultry Growers and Sellers: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3457) (H. Rept. 100-397), 29306 [27OC]

World Food Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 110), 14684 [4JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Hunger and malnutrition in the U.S.: American Public Health Association, 23673 [9SE]

Statements

Agricultural Credit: Dept. of Agriculture, 4155 [26FE]

Dairy Price Support Activities Reduction in Expenditures: Representative Jeffords, 37620 [21DE]

Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act: Representative Bosco, 2897 [4FE]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: Community Nutrition Institute, 2297 [29JA]

Tropical Oils Labeling: American Heart Association, 10349 [29AP]

WIC Funding: Ray Yip, 25921 [30SE]

Summaries

Agricultural Emergency Assistance Act (S. 341), 1514 [20JA]

FAO Activities of Direct Benefit to the U.S., 18698 [1JY]

Safe Food Standards Act (S. 1813), 29157 [23OC]

Tropical Oils Labeling Act (S. 1109), 10349 [29AP]

Tables

Cuban imports of certain agricultural products, 10490 [29AP]

Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program, 3309 [11FE]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program (H.J. Res. 102), 2297, 2298 [29JA]

Testimonies

Nutrition Programs for the Elderly: Jean Beatty, 22072 [3AU]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 17, National Dairy Goat Awareness Week, 15235 [10JN]

H.J. Res. 102, FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program funding, 1977 [27JA], 2295 [29JA]

H.J. Res. 189, World Food Day, 5725 [16MR]

H.J. Res. 194, World Food Day, 6428 [19MR]

H.J. Res. 297, National Family Bread Baking Month, 14088 [28MY]

H.J. Res. 368, National Food Bank Week, 30632 [3NO]

H.R. 607, amend Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act, 1110 [8JA]

H.R. 1123, Food Security Act amendments, 4488 [3MR]

H.R. 1263, implement agreement with EEC on citrus and pasta, 4128 [25FE]

H.R. 1436, limit quantity of imported milk protein products, 4952 [5MR]

H.R. 1539, relief for Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula, Inc., 5219 [10MR]

H.R. 1728, extend National School Lunch Program, 8090 [7AP]

H.R. 3232, Federal Meat Inspection Act requiring pizza products containing imitation cheese or meat to reflect that fact, 23489 [7AU]

H.R. 3344, reduction in milk price support expenditures, 25346 [25SE]

H.R. 3457, protection of poultry growers and sellers, 29242 [27OC]

H.R. 3735, Agricultural Production and Food Processing Systems Research Act, 35008 [10DE]

S. 130, imported fresh ginger root, 572 [6JA]

S. 158, authorize sale of certain fish in Hawaii, 603 [6JA]

S. 305, Commodity Distribution Program Reform Act, 1230 [13JA]

S. 340, tariff on certain cantaloupes, 1513 [20JA]

S. 341, Agricultural Emergency Assistance Act, 1514 [20JA]

S. 399, Tariff Act amendment, 2120 [28JA]

S. 545, classification and duty rate for certain imported citrus products, 3730 [19FE]

S. 680, prohibit use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline in animal feed, 5047 [6MR]

S. 723, Merchant Marine Act cargo preference requirements, 5364 [11MR]

S. 733, exemption from ban on agricultural production on converted wetland, 5615 [12MR]

S. 812, improve nutrition of homeless, 6559 [23MR]

S. 902, extend eligibility of certain school districts to receive alternative forms of assistance for school lunch programs (S. 902), 7851 [2AP]

S. 964, importation of lamb, 8497 [8AP]

S. 1122, Imported Meat Inspection Reciprocity Act, 10910 [1MY]

S. 1325, Fast Food Ingredient Information Act, 14692 [4JN]

S. 1433, Truth in Frozen Pizza Labeling Act, 17826 [26JN]

S. 1561, technologies in food safety and animal health, 21525 [29JY]

S. 1836, financial protection to poultry growers and sellers, 30349 [30OC]

S. 1877, Sugar Supply Stabilization Act, 32047 [17NO]

S. Res. 171, National Frozen Foods Month, 6495 [20MR]

S.J. Res. 110, World Food Day, 14833 [5JN], 25704 [30SE]

S.J. Res. 149, Food Science and Technology Week, 14364 [2JN]

S.J. Res. 163, National Family Bread Baking Month, 17448 [25JN], 28498 [20OC]

S.J. Res. 200, National Food Bank Week, 27446 [13OC], 30804 [4NO]