DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE see also Secretary of Agriculture

Amendments

Appropriations: making (H.R. 4784), 14743 [15JN], 14812, 14832 [16JN], 18629 [25JY], 19383, 19385, 19387, 19389, 19425 [28JY], 19590, 19592, 19596, 19597, 19598, 19612, 19613, 19619, 19621, 19623, 19624, 19626, 19627, 19629, 19632, 19635, 19636, 19637, 19648-19650 [29JY], 26701 [29SE], 26944, 26945 [30SE]

Children: improve nutrition and food stamp programs (S. 2560), 18676, 18677, 18679, 18684, 18773, 18783, 18784 [26JY], 22066-22076 [11AU]

Lubbock, TX: plant stress and water conservation research laboratory (S. 1652), 13032 [27MY]

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act: enact (S. 2751), 31254, 31258, 31260, 31261, 31315, 31317, 31554, 31555 [18OC]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: amend (S. 2337), 25893, 25894 [28SE]

Wildfire Protection Assistance Act: enact (S. 2641), 22882, 22914 [8SE]

Analyses

Objectional Provisions of Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations: White House, 14796 [16JN]

Articles and editorials

Agriculture Department's Image Polisher, 3408 [4MR]

Farm Belt Gamble, 14811 [16JN]

Farm Spending To Be Slashed—Cuts Smaller Than Gramm-Rudman Law Would Have Required, 26947 [30SE]

Farmer, GOP Activist John O. Hill Dies, 14606 [15JN]

FmHA Bailout, 14810 [16JN]

Forgiveness on the Farm, 14811 [16JN]

Hill Clout Reaps Research Programs, 26947 [30SE]

Panel Kicks Up Some Dust at Agriculture Department, 26947 [30SE]

Phenomena, Comment and Notes, 14498 [14JN]

Planting an Idea and Seeing It Grow, 4880 [23MR]

Seed Money, Congress Comes to the Rescue of the Failing Farm Credit System, 14811 [16JN]

``Sodbuster'' Law Is Good, so Why Is USDA Fixing It?, 3950 [15MR]

Two Mercedes for Each Farmer? Farm Subsidies Stifle Agriculture, 14809 [16JN]

White House Proposes Sugar Price Support Cut, 19620 [29JY]

Wind, Lack of Rain Has Farmers Scared, 11895 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 3956)

Agricultural Equity Act: enact (see S. 2332)

Agriculture: planting of alternative crops on acreage planted to a program crop (see S. 2495)

———poundage carryovers (see H.R. 5071)

———procedure for establishing farm program payment yields (see H.R. 5403)

———regulate the use of genetically engineered animals (see H.R. 4971)

American Egg Board: limit certain costs (see S. 2850; H.R. 5318)

Appropriations: making (see H.R. 4784)

Arizona: transfer of public lands (see H.R. 4565)

CCC: schedule for forfeited premiums for certain grain (see H.R. 3940)

Children: improve nutrition and food stamp programs (see S. 2560)

Conservation of natural resources: entry of windbreaks and shelterbelts into the conservation reserve program (see S. 2440)

Cotton: establishing crops as an optional acreage diversion program (see S. 2460)

Dairy Farm Maintenance Act: enact (see S. 2612)

Disasters: payments for 1988 crops of wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 4878)

———drought relief (see S. 2591, 2603)

Emergency Agricultural Relief Act: enact (see S. 2555)

Export Enhancement Program: continue administering (see S. Res. 512)

Farmers: waive collection and refund of advance deficiency payments relative to natural disaster (see H.R. 4823)

———waive collection and refund of advance deficiency payments for the 1987 crop of corn and sorghum (see H.R. 4877)

———waive collection and refund of advance deficiency payments for the 1988 crop of wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 4876)

FCIC: establish a national commission to study (see H.R. 5072)

Federal crop insurance program: review commission (see S. 2830)

Federal employees: pay scale of new employees (see H.R. 4633)

Forage: strategic reserve comprised of multiyear set-aside acreage (see H.R. 5238)

Grain Quality Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2377)

Great Lakes Set-Aside: extending for the duration of the increase in the cargo preference (see S. 2333)

Interstate commerce: make certain plants, fruits, or vegetables nonmailable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (see H.R. 5199)

Kansas State University: plant science research and education facility (see S. 2107)

Land use: rotate program crop acreage bases to substitute crops (see H.R. 5404)

Law enforcement: permit employees enforcing control of plant diseases and pests to carry firearms (see H.R. 4663)

Loans: extend certain (see H.R. 4147)

Milk: price support levels (see H.R. 4995, 4996, 5004)

———consumer-sized packages (see H.R. 4764)

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act: enact (see S. 2751)

National Agricultural Library: consolidate and expand statutory authority in Dept. of Agriculture (see S. 2138)

National Commission on Rural Development: establish (see H.R. 4245)

National Forest System Drug Enforcement and Protection Act: enact (see S. 2482)

National Gleaning Clearinghouse Act: enact (see H.R. 4721)

Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act: enact (see S. 2486)

Older Americans Act: meal assistance (see H.R. 5118)

Price support programs: use funds for drought assistance (see S. 2483; H.R. 4761)

Pro Competition Cargo Allocation Act: enact (see S. 2334)

Producer Payment Relief Act: enact (see S. 2526)

Public lands: authorize exchange of certain (see H.R. 5536)

———increase in fees for lands used for electronic communication purposes (see H.R. 5285)

Rice: move forward date of announcement of program (see H.R. 4831)

Soybeans: price support (see S. 2135)

Targhee National Forest: exchange of forest service lands (see S. 2285)

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: effective means of distributing surplus commodities to needy (see S. Res. 413)

Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act: extend authority permanently (see S. 2826)

U.S. Grain Standards Act: amend (see S. 2337)

Wheat: restrictions on haying and grazing on idled acreage (see S. 2040)

Wildfire Protection Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2641)

Wildlife: use multiyear set-asides to establish habitats and feeding areas (see H.R. 4536)

Wildlife refuges: multiyear set-asides to establish (see S. 2106)

Chronologies

Drought-related actions (1988), 19356-19358 [28JY]

Critiques

Midsession review, drought relief bill, and budget resolution, 19367-19368 [28JY]

Letters

Appropriations: Richard E. Lyng, Sec. of Agriculture, 26946 [30SE]

Authorization for Federal grain inspection services: Richard E. Lyng, Sec. of Agriculture, 6239 [31MR]

Binational agricultural research and development, 19631 [29JY]

———James R. Welsh, 19629 [29JY]

———Moshe Arad, 19630 [29JY]

Commission to review the Federal crop insurance program: Peter C. Myers, 25328 [26SE]

Consulting services: Peter Myers, Dept. of Agriculture, 19387 [28JY]

Dept. of Agriculture research grants: Irwin Rubenstein, 19634 [29JY]

———Jonathan Walton, 19634 [29JY]

———Max Lennon, 19633 [29JY]

———R. Michael Roberts, 19634 [29JY]

———Thomas D. Sharkey, 19634 [29JY]

———William F. Thompson, 19634 [29JY]

Des Plaines River Wetlands demonstration project: Donald L. Hey, Wetlands Research, Inc., 3439 [4MR]

Family Farm Act and Food Security Act comparison: Ewen M. Wilson, 4421 [18MR]

Farm Credit System: James L. Blum, CBO, 26950 [30SE]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: F. Dale Robertson, 30127[12OC]

Producer Payment Relief Act: Senator Durenberger, 14983 [16JN]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: Representative William H. Gray III, 15805 [23JN]

Tennessee drought: Senator Sasser, 11895 [20MY]

Umatilla Basin project: by, 5410 [28MR]

WIC supplemental food program, 19611 [29JY]

———American Dietetic Association, 19601 [29JY]

———American Medical Student Association/Foundation, 19601 [29JY]

———Food Research and Action Center, 19601 [29JY]

———Generating Political Will To End Hunger (organization), 19601 [29JY]

———March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 19602 [29JY]

———National Association of Women, Infants, and Children Directors, 19601 [29JY]

———Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, 19602 [29JY]

———Senator DeConcini, 19599 [29JY]

Lists

Cosponsors of S. 2560, Hunger Prevention Act, 18668 [26JY]

Minnesota-based projects for consideration under the Dept. of Agriculture, 19622 [29JY]

Organizations supporting WIC supplemental food program, 19602 [29JY]

Memorandums

Administration Objections to Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. Amendment and Response, 26952 [30SE]

Memorials of legislature

Idaho, 9155 [27AP], 9522 [29AP]

Motions

Appropriations: making (H.R. 4784), conference report, 26701-26709 [29SE]

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act: enact (S. 2751), 31249 [18OC]

Press releases

55 arrested for food stamp fraud in North Carolina, 21157 [9AU]

Remarks in House

American Egg Board: limit certain costs (H.R. 5318), 24125 [15SE], 27929-27931 [3OC]

Appropriations: making (H.R. 4784), 14785-14834 [16JN]

———making (H.R. 4784), appointment of conferees, 23335 [9SE]

———making (H.R. 4784), conference report, 26687 [29SE]

———making (H.R. 4784), permission to file conference report, 25720 [27SE]

———making (H.R. 4784), deadline for filing conference report, 25121 [23SE]

———making (H.R. 4784), waive certain points of order against certain conference reports (H. Res. 548), 26034-26036 [28SE]

Arizona: transfer of public lands (H.R. 4565), 10363 [10MY]

CCC: crop loans, 4739 [22MR]

———losses on honey program, 10404 [10MY]

———schedule for forfeited premiums for certain grain (H.R. 3940), 1225 [9FE]

Children: improve nutrition and food stamp programs (S. 2560), 22058 [11AU], 22084 [7SE]

Colorado: Forest Service land exchange with South Dakota, 32388 [20OC]

Drought: effect on market prices, 22601 [7SE]

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: anniversary, 28240 [4OC]

FCIC: anniversary, 1459, 1465 [16FE]

Foreign trade: Export Enhancement Program, 8866 [26AP]

Forest Service: congressional oversight, 22601 [7SE]

———emergency forest fire fund, 32397 [20OC]

Henderson, TN: release restrictions on certain land (H.R. 2835), 10339-10340 [10MY]

Interstate commerce: make certain plants, fruits, or vegetables nonmailable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (H.R. 5199), 27856-27859 [3OC]

Lubbock, TX: plant stress and water conservation research laboratory (S. 1652), 13100 [1JN]

Milk: price adjustments (H.R. 5402), 29598 [7OC]

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act: enact (S. 2751), 32233-32248 [20OC]

———enact (S. 2751), consideration (H. Res. 591), 32215-32218 [20OC]

Mount Graham, AZ: telescope site, 14498 [14JN]

National Commission on Rural Development: establish (H.R. 4245), 5064 [23MR]

National Gleaning Clearinghouse Act: enact (H.R. 4721), 13188 [1JN]

Older Americans Act: meal assistance (H.R. 5118), 19560 [28JY]

South Dakota: Forest Service land exchange with Colorado, 32388 [20OC]

Wetlands Conservation Act: amend Swampbuster Program (H.R. 4043), 2773 [1MR]

Wildfire Protection Assistance Act: enact (S. 2641), 23017 [8SE]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Equity Act: enact (S. 2332), 9358 [28AP]

Agricultural Research Service: sale of property, 19389 [28JY]

Agriculture: farm planting and marketing policy, 32611 [21OC]

———planting of alternative crops on acreage planted to a program crop (S. 2495), 14130 [10JN], 14223 [13JN]

———prohibition from purchases of feed grains when determining eligibility for emergency programs, 19330 [28JY]

Alcohol: limit on disbursement of CCC feed grain in drought emergency areas, 19334 [28JY]

———substitution of other feed grains on an equitable basis in production of ethanol, 19321 [28JY]

American Egg Board: limit certain costs (H.R. 5318), 29845 [11OC], 29962 [12OC]

———limit certain costs (S. 2850), 27041 [30SE]

Appropriations: making (H.R. 4784), 19369-19390 [28JY], 19590-19638 [29JY]

———making (H.R. 4784), conference report, 26939, 26943-26956 [30SE]

———making (H.R. 4784), unanimous-consent agreement, 26893 [30SE]

Children: improve nutrition and food stamp programs (S. 2560), 15805 [23JN], 18092 [13JY], 18396 [14JY], 18668-18702 [26JY], 19701 [1AU], 22027 [11AU]

Commodities: report on content and progress of research conducted on new nonfood uses, 19383 [28JY]

Conservation of natural resources: entry of windbreaks and shelterbelts into the conservation reserve program (S. 2440), 12721 [26MY], 13033 [27MY]

Consulting services: funding, 19385, 19387 [28JY]

Dairy Farm Maintenance Act: enact (S. 2612), 16725 [6JY]

Disaster relief: ensure full payments to farmers, 19332 [28JY]

Drought: relief to farmers (S. 2591), 16366 [29JN]

———relief for farmers (S. 2603), 18382 [14JY]

Emergency Agricultural Relief Act: enact (S. 2555), 15566, 15568 [22JN]

Extension Service: drought information in certain counties, 19331 [28JY]

Family Farm Act: comparison with Food Security Act, 4421 [18MR]

Farmers: emergency drilling of temporary irrigation water delivery systems, 19315 [28JY]

———interconnections between agriculture, small business, local government and public services, 19332 [28JY]

———total payment limitation under Drought Assistance Act and other Farm Program payments, 19336 [28JY]

Federal aid programs: conduct study of food prices to determine the effects of drought on recipients of Federal nutritional and hunger benefits, 19314 [28JY]

Food Security Act: comparison with Family Farm Act, 4421 [18MR]

Food stamp plan: alleged corruption, 21156 [9AU]

Forest Service: Golden Fleece of the Month recipient, 6274 [11AP]

Golden Fleece of the Month: Forest Service, 6274 [11AP]

Grain Quality Improvement Act: enact (S. 2377), 10800 [12MY]

Great Lakes Set-Aside: extending for the duration of the increase in the cargo preference (S. 2333), 9358 [28AP]

Interstate commerce: make certain plants, fruits, or vegetables nonmailable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (H.R. 5199), 29938 [12OC]

Kansas State University: plant science research and education facility (S. 2107), 2673 [29FE]

Land erosion: final regulations on sodbuster law, 3949 [15MR]

Lubbock, TX: plant stress and water conservation research laboratory (S. 1652), 13052 [27MY]

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act: enact (S. 2751), 21938 [11AU], 31186-31188 [17OC], 31249-31267, 31314-31338 [18OC], 32142 [20OC]

National Agricultural Library: consolidate and expand statutory authority in Dept. of Agriculture (S. 2138), 3418 [4MR]

National Forest System Drug Enforcement and Protection Act: enact (S. 2482), 13760 [8JN]

Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act: enact (S. 2486), 13764 [8JN]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: amend, 21671 [10AU]

Pro Competition Cargo Allocation Act: enact (S. 2334), 9359 [28AP]

Producer Payment Relief Act: enact (S. 2526), 14982 [16JN]

Producers and grain marketers: report on impact of forward contracting and associated margin requirements for wheat, feed grains, and soybeans, 19321 [28JY]

Soybean: price supports (S. 2135), 3415-3417 [4MR]

Targhee National Forest: exchange of forest service lands (S. 2285), 6940 [14AP]

Technology: National Needs Fellowship Program, 8578 [25AP]

Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act: extend authority permanently (S. 2826), 25236 [23SE]

Tennessee: low rainfall, 11895 [20MY]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: amend (S. 2337), 9362 [28AP], 25889-25894, 25939 [28SE]

———amend (S. 2337), H.R. 4345 passed in lieu, 25894 [28SE]

Wheat: restrictions on haying and grazing on idled acreage (S. 2040), 1102 [4FE]

Wildfire Protection Assistance Act: enact (S. 2641), 18247 [13JY], 22914, 22915 [8SE]

Wildlife refuges: multiyear set-asides to establish (S. 2106), 2671 [29FE]

Reports

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center's honor roll, 30833 [14OC]

Economic Impacts of BARD Research on the U.S.: Richard E. Just, Mark Phillips, David Zilberman, and Douglas Parker, 19629 [29JY]

Federal Crop Insurance Program (correction), 21372 [9AU]

Plant Science Research and Educational Facility, 2673 [29FE]

Reports by conference committees

Appropriations (H.R. 4784), 26045-26098 [28SE]

Office of Inspector General (S. 908), 27276-27285 [30SE]

Reports filed

Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 4784) (H. Rept. 100-690), 14079 [10JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 4784) (S. Rept. 100-389), 15217 [20JN]

———(H.R. 4784) (H. Rept. 100-990), 26502 [28SE]

Child Nutrition and Food Stamp Program Improvements: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 2560) (S. Rept. 100-397), 15805 [23JN]

Limit Certain Costs by the American Egg Board: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 5318) (H. Rept. 100-1024), 27328 [30SE]

Plant Stress and Water Conservation Laboratory: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1652), 10797 [12MY]

Release Restriction on a Parcel of Land in Henderson, TN: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (H.R. 2835), 27464 [3OC]

Restrictions on Mailing of Certain Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 5199) (H. Rept. 100-954), 25021 [22SE]

U.S. Grain Standards Act Amendment: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 2337) (S. Rept. 100-455), 20708 [5AU]

Wildfire Protection Assistance Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 2641), 22869 [8SE]

Statements

Appropriations: White House, 14795 [16JN]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 5382 [28MR]

Theft of Pets, 21681 [10AU]

Summaries

Agricultural Trade and Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act, 8914 [27AP]

Family Farm Act—Comparison of Impacts and Objectives, 4421 [18MR]

Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act (S. 2486), 13767 [8JN]

Tables

Appropriations, 22932-22940 [8SE]

CCC loss reimbursements, 1978-88, 10404 [10MY]

Committee on the Budget scoring of H.R. 4784, agriculture spending totals, 19592 [29JY]

Comparative statement of new budget authority under H.R. 4867, 22848 [8SE]

Federal cost of Food and Nutrition Service programs, 18690 [26JY]

Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act conference report, 26693, 26695 [29SE]

WIC supplemental food program appropriations, 19611 [29JY]

Texts of

H. Res 548, waive certain points of order against certain appropriations conference reports, 26034 [28SE]

H.R. 2835, release restrictions on certain land in Henderson, TN, 10339 [10MY]

H.R. 4245, establish National Commission on Rural Development, 5065 [23MR]

H.R. 4721, National Gleaning Clearinghouse Act, 13188 [1JN]

H.R. 4724, releasing reversionary interest of the U.S. in certain lands located in Oktibbeha County, MS, 27931 [3OC]

H.R. 4784, Dept. of Agriculture appropriations, 14801-14805 [16JN], 19369-19380 [28JY]

H.R. 5199, make certain plants, fruits, or vegetables nonmailable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests, 27856 [3OC]

H.R. 5318, Egg Research and Consumer Information Act amendments, 24125 [15SE], 27929 [3OC]

S. 1652, Lubbock, TX plant stress and water conservation research laboratory, 13053 [27MY], 13100 [1JN]

S. 2040, agricultural restrictions on haying and grazing on idled wheat acreage, 1102 [4FE]

S. 2106, Dept. of Agriculture authorized multiyear set-asides to establish wildlife habitats, 2672 [29FE]

S. 2135, soybean price supports, 3416 [4MR]

S. 2332, Agricultural Equity Act, 9358 [28AP]

S. 2334, Pro Competition Cargo Allocation Act, 9359 [28AP]

S. 2337, U.S. Grain Standards Act, 9362 [28AP]

S. 2486, Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act, 13764-13767 [8JN]

S. 2555, Emergency Agricultural Relief Act, 15566 [22JN]

S. 2560, Hunger Prevention Act, 18691-18702 [26JY], 22059-22066 [11AU]

S. 2603, Emergency Agricultural Relief Act, 18383-18386 [14JY]

S. 2612, Dairy Farm Maintenance Act, 16726 [6JY]

S. 2641, Wildfire Protection Assistance Act, 18247 [13JY], 22915 [8SE], 23018 [8SE]

S. 2751, Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act, 31249-31254, 31332-31338 [18OC], 32233-32239 [20OC]

S. Res. 413, distribution of surplus commodities through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, 7267 [19AP]

S. Res. 512, administration of the Export Enhancement Program, 32558 [21OC]