COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (House)

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations (see H. Res. 355)

Chronologies

Dept. of Agriculture's 1988 drought-related actions, 19356-19358 [28JY]

Hearings

Agricultural Credit Act (testimony), D230 [20AP]

Agricultural Research Act (H.R. 5056) (testimony), D577 [10AU]

Authorizing the Sec. of Agriculture and other agency heads to enter into agreements with foreign organizations for assistance in wildfire protection (H.R. 4936) (testimony), D453 [29JN]

Biotechnology and the human genome (S. 1966) (testimony), D577 [10AU]

CFTC and President's Working Group on Financial Markets (testimony), D396 [14JN]

Changing structure of the fruit and vegetable industry (testimony), D287 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture change in procedures on sale of commodities through Export Credit Guarantee Program and Intermediate Export Credit Guarantee Program (testimony), D727 [6OC]

Dept. of Agriculture exchange of certain National Forest lands in Targhee National Forest (H.R. 4028) (testimony), D253 [27AP]

Dept. of Agriculture water quality programs (testimony), D337 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture's targeted export assistance program (testimony), D521 [27JY]

Effects of drought on government supplies of grain and review of June 30 Dept. of Agriculture grain stocks report (testimony), D460 [6JY]

EPA pesticide program (testimony), D236 [21AP]

Forest Service budget (testimony), D71 [1MR]

Forest Service's drug law enforcement activities (testimony), D482 [12JY]

Grain standards (H.R. 4345) (testimony), D209 [14AP]

Ground water quality (testimony), D171 [29MR]

Hunger emergency (testimony), D57 [24FE]

Implementation of soil and water conservation provisions of the Food Security Act (testimony), D202 [13AP]

Import of sugar-containing products and their impact on the U.S. sugar program (testimony), D425 [22JN], D445 [28JN]

Imported tobacco (testimony), D344 [25MY]

Include Ohio in the Middle Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact (H.R. 2756), D276 [4MY]

Liability for breach of milk production termination program contracts (H.R. 3870) (testimony), D77 [2MR]

National Academy of Sciences report on designing foods (testimony), D396 [14JN]

Omnibus Public Lands Act (H.R. 3680) (testimony), D482 [12JY]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendment to increase statutory ceilings on license fees (H.R. 4694) (testimony), D469 [7JY]

Pesticide Food Safety Act (H.R. 4937) (testimony), D526 [28JY]

Proposals to stimulate rural economic development (testimony), D149 [23MR]

Renew the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (testimony), D468 [7JY]

Research program to examine and enhance agricultural production and food processing systems (H.R. 3735) (testimony), D158 [24MR]

Review disposition of CCC grain stocks and effects on grain markets (testimony), D149 [23MR]

Role of ethanol in 1990's (testimony), D294 [11MY]

Rural economic development (testimony), D178 [30MR]

Selling U.S. agriculture products worldwide—exchanging export market strategies, D445 [28JN]

Soil conservation (testimony), D567 [9AU]

Soybean situation (testimony), D19 [2FE]

Stock index futures, D491 [13JY]

Tax Code changes on agriculture (testimony), D127 [17MR]

Technology and public policy to enhance grain quality in international Trade (testimony), D263 [28AP]

Timber sale appeals and fire salvage efforts in Oregon (testimony), D202 [13AP]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement (testimony), D60 [25FE]

Wheat supply-demand outlook and announcement of 1989 wheat program (testimony), D325 [19MY]

Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act (H.R. 4354) (testimony), D453 [29JN]

Letters

Deferring consideration of Quinault Indian Nation legislation by Committee on Agriculture: Representative de la Garza, 27950 [3OC]

Resignation: Representative Evans, 13843 [8JN]

Meetings

Allow producers to devote conservation reserve acreage to water storage for irrigation (H.R. 5203), D727 [6OC]

Authorizing the Sec. of Agriculture and other agency heads to enter into agreements with foreign organizations for assistance in wildfire protection (H.R. 4936)

Cross compliance requirements under the Extra-Long Staple Cotton Program (H.R. 4556), D319 [18MY]

Dept. of Agriculture exchange of certain National Forest lands in Targhee National Forest (H.R. 4028), D279 [5MY]

Export of tobacco (testimony), D400 [15JN]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendments (H.R. 2463), D491 [13JY]

Food Stamp Act amendment for technical corrections in the family independence demonstration project (H.R. 4998), D482 [12JY]

Grain standards (H.R. 4345), D279 [5MY]

Include Ohio in the Middle Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact (H.R. 2756), D279 [5MY]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (H.R. 4164), D727 [6OC]

Optional acreage diversion program for crops of upland cotton (H.R. 4615), D319 [18MY]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendment to increase statutory ceilings on license fees (H.R. 4694), D482 [12JY]

Report to the Committee on the Budget, D101 [10MR]

Rural development issues (testimony), D400 [15JN]

Rural Economy Act (S. 1729), D399 [15JN]

U.S. Grain Standards Act amendments (H.R. 4345), D319 [18MY]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 5090), D319 [18MY], D546 [3AU]

Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act (H.R. 4354), D546 [3AU]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: permission to file report on H.R. 5056, 25129 [23SE]

Congressional Drought Task Force: establish, 14782 [16JN]

Reports: permission to file, 6968 [11AU], 18907 [26JY], 20506 [4AU]

Remarks in Senate

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

Reports

Agricultural Economic Assistance and Trade Missions (S. 659), 24662, 24664 [20SE]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 20323 [3AU]

Reports filed

Agricultural Aid and Trade Missions To Assist Foreign Countries To Participate in U.S. Programs (S. 659) (H. Rept. 100-939), 24714 [20SE]

Alabama Sipsey River Wild and Scenic River Designation, Sipsey and Cheaha Wilderness Areas Expansion and Bankhead National Forest Preservation (H.R. 5395) (H. Rept. 100-1057), 28655 [5OC]

Authorize Agricultural Research Programs and Improve Operations of the National Agricultural Library (H.R. 5056) (H. Rept. 100-978), 25169 [23SE]

Hunger Relief (H.R. 4060) (H. Rept. 100-828), 21028 [8AU]

Implement the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 5090) (H. Rept. 100-816), 21028 [8AU]

Increase Statutory Ceilings on License Fees Under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (H.R. 4694) (H. Rept. 100-794), 18468 [26JY]

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

Oklahoma Wilderness (H.R. 4354) (H. Rept. 100-792), 21028 [8AU]

Releasing Reversionary Interest of the U.S. in Certain Land in Oktibbeha County, MS (H.R. 4724) (H. Rept. 100-1025), 27328 [30SE]

Research on Biotechnology and the Human Genome (S. 1966) (H. Rept. 100-992), 30598 [13OC]

Revoke Certain Orders for and Transfer of Public Lands (H.R. 3680) (H. Rept. 100-717), 22304 [11AU]

Technical Corrections in the Family Independence Demonstration Project (H.R. 4998) (H. Rept. 100-840), 21028 [8AU]

Resignations

Evans, Representative, 13843 [8JN]