AGRICULTURE see also Food

Addresses

Global Environment—Reassessing the Threat: Frazier Kellogg, 5111-5113 [21MR]

Agreements

Alar sales and uses: EPA and Uniroyal Chemical Co., 10884, 10886 [6JN]

Facilitation of contacts between private businesses, foundations, and organizations of Poland and the U.S., 25194 [19OC]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883), 16584, 16585, 16721 [27JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, 29370 [16NO]

Banks and banking: good faith requirement relative to restructuring certain loans (S. 1894), 31271, 31607 [21NO]

CCC: dairy product stock balance (S. 553), 4186 [15MR]

Corn: remove certain contaminated products corn from food chain and provide indemnification to its producers (H.R. 2641), 14695 [13JY]

Disasters: avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage (S. 1792), 26201 [26OC]

———relief to farmers (S. 1429), 18018, 18019, 18074, 18081 [2AU]

Food Security Act: clarify (H.R. 3620), 30482, 30572 [20NO]

Futures Trading Practices Act: enact (S. 1729), 27674 [7NO], 28125 [9NO]

Programs: technical corrections in certain (S. 1793), 28274 [9NO]

———technical corrections in certain (S. 1793), 31196 [21NO], 31391, 31394, 31641 [21NO]

Real property: limit a previous owner's right of first refusal relative to certain resale of farm property (H.R. 2469), 31396, 31641 [21NO]

Analyses

Allow Nonexempt Farmer Cooperatives To Elect Patronage-Sourced Treatment for Certain Gains and Losses (H.R. 2353), 9421 [16MY]

Exemption of Multifamily Loan Foreclosures and Related Actions From the Bankruptcy Code, 27127 [3NO]

Export Program Eligibility (S. 1561), 18975 [4AU]

Farm Debt Tax Reform Act (S. 1041), 9837 [18MY]

Management of Nitrogen on Ground Water and Surface Water (H.R. 2258), 8413 [4MY]

National Institute for Agricultural Product Technology (H.R. 2691), 12491 [20JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2883, appropriations, 19508 [6SE]

Articles and editorials

As Farms Falter, Rural Homelessness Grows, 7951 [3MY]

Calf Cruelty Is Not Necessary, 16209 [25JY]

Cattle Association to Honor Three Generations of Lackaffs, 10181 [24MY]

Challenge of World Hunger, 21446 [25SE]

Cows To Milk, Committees To Meet, Modern Farmer's Life Is No Longer Simple, 3536 [6MR]

Crops Stressed by Heat, 14156 [11JY]

Cyanide Mystery—In Chilean Grape Case, New Data Raise Doubt as to What Happened, 29363-29365 [16NO]

EPA Proposes To Revoke Food Tolerances of Daminozide (Alar) in Phases, 20601 [15SE]

Farm Fiasco—Crop-Insurance Fraud and Bungling Cost U.S. Taxpayers Billions, 9518 [17MY]

Federal Agriculture Swamp, 30046 [17NO]

Governments Payments Account for 9.2% of Farm Income, 14501 [12JY]

Heat, Lack of Rain Threaten To Cut Crop Yields, 14156 [11JY]

Henry Wallace Tops Agriculture Honor Roll Unveiled at USDA Center, 10883 [6JN]

John and Mary Schmidt Tree Farmers of the Year, 2351 [21FE]

Make the World Safe, 14764 [14JY]

MERC Fights for Self-Regulation, 7840 [2MY], 7997 [3MY]

Next Water War—Cities Versus Agriculture, 1704 [6FE]

1990 Farm Bill—Preferences of Indiana Farmers, 24515, 24517 [12OC]

Our Water Agencies' Historic Growth Agenda Needs a New Mission, 20705 [18SE]

Poland—Farming Fiasco, 26002 [25OC]

Solomon Torres—How Far Is La Feria From Success?, 5176 [22MR]

Sour Milk, 29273 [16NO]

Standing Tall in Hormone War, 1078 [25JA]

Winners and Losers in the U.S. Sugar Program, 6615-6617 [13AP]

Word Games for Farmers, 224 [4JA]

Bills and resolutions

Advanced Technology and Emergency Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1023)

Advertising: agricultural commodities (see H.R. 899)

———farmer-to-consumer billboards (see H.R. 2932)

Agricultural Competitiveness and Planting Flexibility Act: enact (see S. 1926)

Agricultural Industrial Materials Corp.: establish (see H.R. 47)

Agricultural Program Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Service Center Improvement Act: enact (see S. 773)

Agricultural Research Commercialization Act: enact (see S. 621)

Agriculture Nitrogen Education and Management Act: enact (see S. 779)

Alternative Agricultural Products Research Act: enact (see S. 1387)

Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act: enact (see S. 1695, 1699)

American Mushroom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 404)

Animal Welfare Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 425)

Animals: eliminate the disease of scrapie in sheep and goats (see S. 723; H.R. 799)

———regulate use of genetically engineered species (see H.R. 1557)

Bankruptcy: regulation of first refusal rights of individuals forced off their land (see S. 1988)

Banks and banking: good faith requirement relative to restructuring certain loans (see S. 1894)

———marketing loan program crops of wheat, feed grains, soybeans, and sunflowers (see H.R. 2016)

Barley: exclude malting price from national weighted market price in determining rate used to calculate deficiency payments (see S. 1000)

———payment rate (see S. 1348)

CCC: dairy product stock balance (see S. 553)

Center for Noxious Weed Management and Data Collection: establish (see S. 1159)

Clay Center, NE: designate Virginia D. Smith Animal Health Research Laboratory (see H.R. 3048)

Commodities: establish research, promotion, and consumer education programs for certain (see S. 1838)

Comprehensive Food Safety Inspection Act: enact (see H.R. 3071)

Conservation Enhancement and Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1063)

Conservation Reserve Adjustment Act: enact (see S. 1411)

Conservation Reserve Program: extend (see H.R. 3829)

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: amend (see H.R. 2113)

Corn: remove certain contaminated products from food chain and provide indemnification to its producers (see H.R. 2641)

Cotton Research and Promotion Act: amend (see S. 1313)

County committee: actual yields for 1989 and subsequent crops (see H.R. 2042)

Crop acreage bases: flexibility (see H.R. 873, 2294)

Crop Quality Reduction Disaster Payments Act: enact (see H.R. 2509)

Crop yield data: submission to county committees (see S. 1357)

Dairy Equity Act: enact (see S. 1776)

Dept. of Agriculture: enforcing loan rules relative to borrowers (see H.R. 3680)

Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development: designate (see H.R. 831)

Disaster Assistance Act: amend (see S. 1012, 1044, 1583; H.R. 3222)

Disaster Assistance Extension Act: enact (see S. 1282, 1283; H.R. 2467)

Disaster Assistance Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 3216)

Disasters: assistance guidelines (see S. 1586; H.R. 2394)

———assistance to agricultural producers suffering from earthquakes (see S. 2000)

———avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage (see S. 1792)

———payments for nonprogram crops on acres in areas affected by Hurricane Hugo (see H.R. 3540)

———protect winter wheat producers from yield losses on their crops (see H.R. 1736)

———treatment of crop producers (see H.R. 3635)

Drought: disaster assistance (see S. 1429)

———emergency water assistance grants (see H.R. 2409)

Earthquakes: assistance to agricultural producers suffering losses (see H.R. 3589)

Economic assistance: program payment fairness relative to married couples (see H.R. 2973)

EEC: opposing ban on imports of U.S. meat products (see S. Res. 14; H. Con. Res. 26)

Emergency Water Assistance Act: enact (see S. 862)

Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270)

Farm Animal Facilities Protection Act: enact (see S. 1330)

Farm credit banks: tax treatment of bad debts (see H.R. 1565)

Farm Credit System: tax deduction for bad debt reserves (see S. 955)

Farm Debt Tax Reform Act: enact (see S. 1041)

Farm Safety Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 19)

Farms: estate tax valuation (see H.R. 2336)

FCIC: encourage the sale of crop insurance to producers of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1388)

Federal aid progams: delay repayment of advance deficiency payments on certain crops (see S. 1916)

———eligibility requirements for commodity support programs relative to irrigation water (see H.R. 2386)

Federal Crop Insurance Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 739)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (see H.R. 3153)

Food: distribution of certain meats to charity and public agencies (see H.R. 2134)

———promote the production of organically produced foods (see S. 1896)

———raising of calves for veal (see H.R. 84)

———regulating cheese and meat products (see S. 1266)

———require imported papaya to meet domestic requirements (see S. 1267)

———target price for oats and clarify the feed grain crop acreage base provisions (see H.R. 1245)

Food Safety Assurance Act: enact (see H.R. 3292)

Food Science and Technology Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 76)

Food Security Act: clarify (see H.R. 3620)

———establish strategic forage reserve (see H.R. 281)

Foreign investments: prohibit payment to foreigners of any type production adjustment payments (see H.R. 3824)

Foreign trade: chemical testing of exported products (see S. Res. 179)

———export program eligibility (see S. 1561)

———initiate certain actions relative to trade barriers and enhancement of exports (see S. 1746)

———limit quantity of milk protein products that may be imported (see H.R. 1619)

———limitations by the President on the export of agricultural commodities to certain countries (see H.R. 3351)

———Presidential action relative to access to European markets for certain U.S. meat products (see H.J. Res. 80)

———prohibit the import of certain fruits (see H.R. 2026)

———public disclosure of certain information relative to sales of commodities for export (see H.R. 602)

———standards for imported kiwi fruit, peaches, pears, nectarines, and plums (see S. 992)

Fresh Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: enact (see S. 1194)

Fresh Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act: enact (see S. 918)

Fruit: maintain grade, size, and quality standards for fresh papaya (see H.R. 3567)

Futures Trading Practices Act: enact (see S. 1729)

Global Ban on Dangerous Pesticides Act: enact (see S. 1989)

Global Climate Change Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1610)

Grain: improve the domestic and international competitiveness (see H.R. 3822)

Grain elevators: require certain structures to participate in grain indemnity funds (see H.R. 768)

Grain Quality Incentives Act: enact (see S. 1977)

Great Lakes: preserve percentage of agricultural commodities exported from port facilities (see H.R. 1520, 3002)

———repeal cargo preference and allocation of export requirements (see H.R. 597)

Great Plains conservation program: contracts (see S. 172)

Health: national nutrition monitoring program (see H.R. 677)

Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: amend (see S. 1314)

Housing: loans and grants for farm laborers legally admitted to United States (see H.R. 750)

Hunger: international programs financed by Japan (see H. Con. Res. 91)

Indians: clarify the application of certain payment limitations to certain leases of tribal land (see S. 1871)

International Agricultural Conservation Reserve Treaty: start negotiations (see S. Con. Res. 8)

Irradiated food: prohibit implementation of certain regulations (see H.R. 2405)

Irrigation Subsidy Reform Act: enact (see S. 1032)

Labeling: perishable agricultural commodities with the name of the country of origin of such commodities (see H.R. 1450)

Labor: adjust the maximum hour exemption for agricultural employees (see S. 1889)

Land use: devote conservation acreage to water storage (see H.R. 764)

———planting of alternate crops on permitted acreage (see H.R. 2799)

———planting of supplemental and alternative income-producing crops (see S. 606)

———program ineligibility for production on highly erodible land (see H.R. 294)

———wheat and feed grain programs (see H.R. 1541)

Limes: coordinated program for domestic and foreign expansion of markets (see H.R. 1776)

Livestock: grazing fees (see H.R. 775)

Malting barley: price (see H.R. 2565)

Merchant marine: food assistance cargo level (see S. 1879)

Mexico: free trade of livestock (see H. Res. 238)

———investigation of actions prohibiting free trade of livestock with the U.S. (see S. Res. 168)

Migrant workers: legal representation (see H.R. 2905)

Milk: marketing order applicable to milk and milk products (see H.R. 1139)

———modification of price support system (see H.R. 1137, 1138, 2228)

———repeal minimum adjustments to prices of fluid milk under marketing orders (see S. 1639)

———repeal minimum adjustments to prices under Federal marketing orders and establish basing points in geographical areas (see H.R. 501)

———treat reconstituted as a fluid product under marketing orders (see S. 1640)

Milk Marketing Order Equity Act: enact (see S. 1777)

Milk protein products: import limitations (see H.R. 389)

Motor vehicles: safety standards on farm vehicles (see H.R. 2414)

Mushrooms: development of a promotion, research, and consumer information program (see H.R. 2187)

National Advisory Committee on Rural Health: establish (see S. 817)

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 117)

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 66; H.J. Res. 166)

National Duckling Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 107)

National Farm Safety Day for Kids: designate (see H.J. Res. 168)

National 4-H Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 185; H.J. Res. 381)

National Institute for Agricultural Product Technology: establish (see H.R. 2691)

New Mexico: transfer certain rights-of-way to the Elephant Butte Irrigation District (see H.R. 3196)

Noxious Weed Control Act: enact (see S. 1200)

Oats: crop acreage limitation (see S. 1013)

———encourage production (see S. 571, 1246)

Office of Agricultural Weather and Climatology: establish (see H.R. 1880)

Office of Integrated Pest Management: establish (see H.R. 3514)

Office of Rural Health Policy: appropriations (see S. 817)

Omnibus Agricultural Commodity Promotion and Research Act: enact (see H.R. 3664)

Onions: penalties for sale of certain Vidalia variety (see H.R. 3313)

Orchard Disaster Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1087)

Patents: amend provisions relative to animals (see H.R. 1556)

Payment-in-kind certificates: redemption (see H.R. 1246)

Pecan industry: strengthen and promote (see S. 962; H.R. 3387)

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: require clear country of origin labeling on imported perishable products (see H.R. 858)

Pesticides: regulate chemical residues in food (see S. 722)

———terminate tolerance for daminozide (see S. 1061; H.R. 1508)

Poland: food assistance (see H.R. 3160)

Potato Research and Promotion Act: amend (see S. 836; H.R. 2257)

Poultry industry: reestablish minimum inspection and processing standards (see H.R. 604)

Price support program: amend provisions (see S. 1220)

Programs: technical corrections and changes in certain (see S. 1793)

Public lands: permanent formula for determining grazing fees (see H.R. 1670)

Real property: estate tax increases impact on family-owned farms (see H. Res. 139)

———limit a previous owner's right of first refusal relative to certain resale of farm property (see H.R. 2469)

Research: competitive grants for agricultural, food, and environmental (see H.R. 3806)

———financial assistance for commercialization (see H.R. 1505)

Rural Business Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1029)

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies programs: appropriations (see H.R. 2883)

Rural Investment Fund Act: enact (see S. 1008)

Rural Monitoring and Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1024)

Sec. of Agriculture: settlement of certain loans (see H.R. 2706)

Soil conservation: alfalfa (see S. 545)

Soybeans: producers nationally coordinated program (see H.R. 2209)

———promotion (see S. 919)

State Cooperative Extension Service: anniversary establishment (see S.J. Res. 47; H.J. Res. 124)

State Grain Fund Protection Act: enact (see S. 329)

Stock Raising Homestead Act: amend (see S. 1908; H.R. 737)

Sugar: repeal the price support program (see H.R. 2389)

———trade balance among sources (see H.R. 1055)

Sugar Supply Stabilization Act: enact (see S. 552)

Sustainable agricultural system: develop (see H.R. 3552)

Tariff: brussels sprouts (see H.R. 1924)

———cantaloupes (see H.R. 1897)

———crude feathers and down (see H.R. 1779)

———frozen carrots (see S. 1106)

———frozen vegetables (see H.R. 3780)

Tax Reform Reform Act: enact (see S. 1516)

Taxation: allow farmers to income average (see S. 610, 1753; H.R. 547, 549)

———allow nonexempt farmer cooperatives to elect patronage-sourced treatment for certain gains and losses (see H.R. 2353)

———capital gains on transfer of farm property to satisfy indebtedness (see H.R. 3167)

———deferment of income from the sale of livestock (see H.R. 2923)

———exclude from gross income gain on sale of farmland bound by covenant to restrict use to farming (see H.R. 405)

———extend the exemption from the termination of small issue bonds for certain rural properties (see H.R. 2804)

———estate tax increases impact on family-owned farms (see H. Res. 139)

———extend the retroactive period during which farm insolvency transactions are exempt from the prior law alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1849)

———extension for the issuance of first-time farmer bonds (see S. 1221)

———income tax withholding for employees (see H.R. 2859)

———installment payments of taxes on sales of farms and other businesses (see H.R. 2526)

———passive loss in farming (see H.R. 1086)

———repeal application of the uniform capitalization rules to certain farming businesses (see H.R. 548)

———restore certain provisions for farmers, ranchers, and small businessmen (see H.R. 369)

———treatment of certain rents relative to all qualified heirs (see S. 460)

———unemployment compensation law relative to small family farms (see S. 662)

Tobacco: Government study on commodities and products that may be produced in conjunction with tobacco (see S. 422)

Water: grants to States for water and waste facilities (see S. 1331)

———impact of nitrogen on ground and surface water (see S. 1596; H.R. 2258)

Wheat acreage: modify restrictions on haying and grazing on certain (see S. 40)

White House Conference on Rural Development and Agriculture: convene (see H.R. 365)

Wildlife: permanent authority under Temporary Emergency Wildlife Suppression Act (see H.R. 829)

World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 138)

Comparisons

Committee on Agriculture legislation with alternative, 16750 [27JY]

Explanations

Cotton Research and Promotion Act amendments (S. 1313), 14594 [13JY]

Rural Capital Access Program (S. 973), 8965 [11MY]

Guidelines

Primary loan servicing options for farmers: Dept. of Agriculture, 31273 [21NO]

History

Clayton Yeutter—Employment History, 1917 [8FE]

Letters

Agricultural export programs: National Oilseed Processors Association, 18975 [4AU]

Agricultural Research Commercialization Act: Bruce Abbe, Communications for Agriculture, 4590 [16MR]

———Charles L. Frazier, National Farmers Organization, 4590 [16MR]

———George F. Alford, National Association of Development Organizations, 4590 [16MR]

———H. Roald Lund, 4590 [16MR]

———Harvey J. Sanner, American Agriculture Movement, 4590 [16MR]

———Jim Hightower, 4590 [16MR]

———Jim Nichols, 4590 [16MR]

———Larry Kleingartner, National Sunflower Association, 4590 [16MR]

———Leland H. Swenson, National Farmers Union, 4590 [16MR]

———Robert Amato, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, 4589 [16MR]

Ban use of daminozide: EPA, 20602 [15SE]

———Senators Warner, Reid, and Lieberman, 20601 [15SE]

Cargo preference: several agricultural organizations, 12863 [22JN]

Cherry industry: Stan Stephens, Governor of Montana, 10346 [31MY]

Condition of drought-affected crops: Clayton Yeutter, Sec. of Agriculture, 8291 [4MY]

Conservation reserve program: Senator Bond, 29750 [17NO]

Debt restructuring and loan servicing for farmers: Dept. of Agriculture, 31275 [21NO]

Dept. of Agriculture study of the classification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas: Senator Dole, 1008 [25JA]

Disaster assistance for various crop losses: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 18080 [2AU]

———John C. Datt, American Farm Bureau Federation, 13533 [27JN]

———National Corn Growers Association, 18078 [2AU]

———National Wheat Growers Association, 18079 [2AU]

Exports: National Association of Wheat Growers, 23854 [6OC]

Farm Animal Facilities Protection Act: American Feed Industry Association, 14821 [17JY]

———American Veal Association, Inc., 14822 [17JY]

———Idaho Cattle Association, 14822 [17JY]

———Livestock Marketing Association, 14821 [17JY]

———National Board of Fur Farm Organizations, 14822 [17JY]

———National Broiler Council, 14821 [17JY]

———National Cattlemen's Association, 14821 [17JY]

———National Grange, 14821 [17JY]

———National Live Stock Producers Association, 14822 [17JY]

———National Turkey Federation, 14821 [17JY]

———Pacific Egg & Poultry Association, 14822 [17JY]

———PennAg Industries Association, 14822 [17JY]

———Purdue University's Commission of Farm Animal Care, Inc., 14822 [17JY]

Farm Debt Tax Reform Act: Save the Family Farm Coalition, 9838 [18MY]

International Coffee Agreement: Virgilio Barco, 21060 [20SE]

Irrigation Subsidy Reform Act: Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, 9559 [17MY]

———National Resources Defense Council, 9559 [17MY]

———National Wildlife Federation, 9559 [17MY]

LSC and agricultural labor issues, 26272 [26OC]

———Terrance J. Wear, 26277 [26OC]

Mexico's livestock import regulations: Senators Domenici and Gramm, 22454 [28SE]

Minimum wage: American Farm Bureau Federation, 27866 [8NO]

Mothers against dangerous pesticides campaign: National Health Research Foundation, 21414 [25SE]

OPIC activities in the People's Republic of China: Fred M. Zeder, 23100 [3OC]

Organizations opposing cargo preference provisions of H.R. 2665, International Cooperation Act, 12863 [22JN]

Primary loan servicing options for farmers: Dept. of Agriculture, 31273 [21NO]

REA liability requirements: Bob Bergland, 14878 [17JY]

Rural development: Senator Conrad, 9828 [18MY]

———several organizations, 5767 [6AP]

Scrapie eradication program: Senator Harkin (sundry), 5841 [7AP]

Sugar Supply Stabilization Act: Ewen M. Wilson, 3963 [9MR]

Sugar trade: Carla Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, 11212 [7JN]

———John C. Kingerly, 11431 [9JN]

Testing of cattle for brucellosis: F. Eugene Hester, Dept. of the Interior, 24994 [18OC]

Use of domestic meat in U.S. military installation commissary stores and dining facilities in Europe: Donald W. Jones, 17445 [1AU]

Wildlife Suppression Assistance Act: Representative Fascell, 4068 [14MR]

Lists

Clayton Yeutter—honorary society memberships, degrees, and awards, 1918 [8FE]

Memorials of legislature

Arkansas, 19782 [7SE]

California, 15619 [20JY], 17487 [1AU], 20519 [14SE], 23739 [6OC], 27662 [7NO]

Massachusetts, 15618 [20JY]

Nevada, 9482 [17MY], 10960 [6JN]

Messages

CCC Report: President Bush, 6966 [18AP], 21323 [21SE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, 29523-29525 [16NO]

Petitions

Central Utah project, 30036 [17NO]

Proclamations

North Carolina Poultry Month: James G. Martin, Governor of North Carolina, 5952 [11AP]

Questionnaires

Options in denial of requests for primary agriculture loan service programs: Dept. of Agriculture, 31273 [21NO]

Remarks in House

Advertising: farmer-to-consumer billboards (H.R. 2932), 15332 [19JY]

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883), 14931-14966 [18JY], 15425 [20JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), appointment of conferees, 19508 [6SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, 29036 [15NO], 29513 [16NO], 29523, 29526 [16NO], 30082 [17NO]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), permission to file conference report, 24200 [12OC]

American Agricultural Movement: helping influence farm policies, 2030 [9FE]

American Mushroom Week: designate (H.J. Res. 404), 20421 [13SE]

Animal Welfare Protection Act: enact (H.R. 425), 141 [3JA]

Animals: regulate use of genetically engineered species (H.R. 1557), 5165 [22MR]

Arizona State Cowbelles and National Cattlewomen organizations: anniversary, 22468 [28SE]

BLM: public land grazing allotments, 14879-14882 [17JY]

Budget: programs, 21575, 21576 [26SE]

Business: enforcing commodity futures laws, 18537 [3AU]

———reduce paperwork for producers (H.R. 802), 1376, 1377 [2FE], 3033 [28FE]

CCC: dairy product stock balance (S. 553), 4186, 4187 [15MR]

Central Valley project: authorize construction of Mid-Valley Canal as integrated unit, 1356 [31JA]

———sale of Sly Park Unit to El Dorado County Irrigation District (H.R. 1440), 4118 [14MR]

CFTC: reauthorizing, 233 [4JA]

Chemicals: reclassification of anhydrous ammonia, 2501 [22FE]

Chesapeake Bay: pollution from agricultural pesticide, 16436 [26JY]

Chile: FDA ban on imported fruits, 4482 [16MR]

China, Republic of: restrictions on U.S. citrus products, 14500 [12JY]

Clay Center, NE: designate Virginia D. Smith Animal Health Research Laboratory (H.R. 3048), 16775 [28JY]

Coastal Plains Soil and Water Conservation Research Center: anniversary, 30070 [17NO]

College Assistant Migrant Program: tribute, 5176 [22MR]

Comprehensive Food Safety Inspection Act: enact (H.R. 3071), 17578 [1AU]

Conservation Reserve Program: extend (H.R. 3829), 31814 [21NO]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: amend (H.R. 2113), 8909 [11MY]

Cooperative Extension Service: anniversary, 11262 [7JN]

County committees: provide with actual yields for 1989 and subsequent crop years (H.R. 2042), 11564-11567 [13JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: budget implications, 5062-5063 [21MR]

———redemption of payment-in-kind certificates (H.R. 1246), 3410 [2MR]

Disaster Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 2232), 8195 [4MY]

Disaster Assistance Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2467), 10189 [24MY], 13272 [23JN], 13526-13541 [27JN], 19078, 19086 [4AU], 19476, 19500 [4AU]

Disaster Assistance Improvements Act: enact (H.R. 3216), 19512 [6SE]

Disasters: avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage (S. 1792), 26199-26201 [26OC]

———flooding of farm crops, 13496 [27JN]

———payments for nonprogram crops on acres in areas affected by Hugo (H.R. 3540), 26358 [26OC]

———protect winter wheat producers from yield losses on their crops (H.R. 1736), 5676 [6AP]

Earthquakes: assistance to agricultural producers suffering losses (H.R. 3589), 27085 [3NO], 28498 [13NO]

EEC: agreement on canned peach and pear subsidies, 14243 [11JY]

Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3270), 20922 [19SE]

Farm credit banks: tax treatment of bad debts (H.R. 1565), 5177 [22MR]

Farm Crop Acreage Base Flexibility Act: enact (H.R. 2294), 8603 [9MY], 8734 [9MY]

Farm legislation: national objectives, 13991 [29JN]

Farms: estate tax valuation (H.R. 2336), 8885 [11MY]

FCIC: encourage the sale of crop insurance to producers of agricultural commodities (H.R. 1388), 5264 [23MR], 7463 [25AP]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 3292), 20723 [19SE]

———amend to review pesticide risks (H.R. 3153), 19160 [4AU]

Florida: sugar industry, 5797 [6AP]

Foard, Samuel: Harford County Farm Bureau's Farmer of the Year Award recipient, 31806 [21NO]

Food: aflatoxin prevention, 13272 [23JN]

———distribution of certain meats to charity and public agencies (H.R. 2134), 28499-28502 [13NO]

———improve safety laws and programs, 26366 [27OC]

———target price for oats and clarify the feed grain crop acreage base provisions (H.R. 1245), 3415 [2MR]

———U.S. grain reserve, 24716 [16OC]

Food Safety Assurance Act: enact, 20930 [19SE]

Food Security Act: clarify (H.R. 3620), 28799 [14NO], 30737 [21NO]

Foreign investments: prohibit payment to foreigners of any type of production adjustment payments (H.R. 3824), 30684 [21NO]

Foreign trade: barriers to farm trade, 224 [4JA]

———Export Enhancement Program, 8065 [3MY]

———prohibit the import of certain fruits (H.R. 2026), 7045 [18AP]

———repeal cargo preference and allocation of export requirements relative to Great Lakes ports (H.R. 597), 337 [20JA]

———sale of wheat to the Soviet Union, 8009, 8011, 8014, 8015 [3MY], 8099 [3MY]

———sugar program, 20416 [13SE]

———U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, 19961 [11SE]

Forests and forestry: oak wilt disease, 13997 [29JN]

4-H clubs: anniversary in California, 15975 [24JY]

———tribute, 23645 [5OC]

Fulton County, IN: tribute to Farm Progress Show, 21525 [26SE]

Future Farmers of America: decline of vocational education programs, 1666 [2FE]

———tribute, 4006 [9MR]

GATT: Geneva meeting's agriculture framework, 6667 [13AP]

George West, TX: donations of hay to drought-stricken farmers, 23094 [3OC]

Grain elevators: require certain structures to participate in grain indemnity funds (H.R. 768), 1653 [2FE]

Great Lakes: repeal cargo preference and allocation of export requirements (H.R. 597), 2568 [22FE]

Hunger: donations to international programs financed by Japan (H. Con. Res. 91), 6874 [18AP]

Irradiated food: prohibit implementation of certain regulations (H.R. 2405), 9977 [18MY]

Irrigation: reclamation water from BLM projects in programs for farmers, 13658 [27JN]

Irrigation Subsidies Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2386), 9579 [17MY]

Korea, Republic of: restrictions on U.S. citrus products, 14500 [12JY]

Land use: open space and farmland preservation, 11028 [6JN]

———planting of alternate crops on permitted acreage (H.R. 2799), 14883-14886 [17JY]

———planting of specified industrial and oilseed crops, 14951 [19JY]

———wheat and feed grain programs (H.R. 1541), 5063 [21MR]

Malting barley: price (H.R. 2565), 11030 [6JN]

Memphis, TN: tribute to Roundtable on International Agriculture Policy, 15700 [20JY]

Merchant marine: preserve percentage of agricultural commodities exported from Great Lake ports (H.R. 1520), 5099 [21MR]

Mexico: agricultural trade barriers, 20949 [20SE]

———free trade of livestock (H. Res. 238), 20234 [12SE]

Michigan: importance of agriculture, 9638 [18MY]

Migrant workers: legal representation (H.R. 2905), 14919 [17JY]

Milk: applicability of marketing orders (H.R. 1139), 3045 [28FE]

———marketing system, 152 [3JA]

———modification of price support system (H.R. 1137), 3045 [28FE]

———price support program, 29273 [16NO]

Mushrooms: development of a promotion, research, and consumer information program (H.R. 2187), 7877 [2MY]

———production, 4977 [20MR]

National 4-H Week: observance, 25153 [18OC]

National Agriculture Day: designate (H.J. Res. 117), 4085 [14MR]

———observance, 4976 [20MR], 5002, 5004 [20MR]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 166), 11569 [13JN]

National Farm Safety Day for Kids: designate (H.J. Res. 168), 3189 [1MR]

National Farm Safety Week: observance, 20325 [13SE]

National Institute for Agricultural Product Technology: establish (H.R. 2691), 12490 [20JN]

New Mexico: transfer certain rights-of-way to the Elephant Butte Irrigation District (H.R. 3196), 19471 [4AU]

Oregon Farm Bureau: opposition to migrant workers, 2028 [9FE]

Patents: amend provisions relative to animals (H.R. 1556), 5165 [22MR]

Pesticides: Alar controversy, 7089 [19AP]

Potato Research and Promotion Act: amend (H.R. 2257), 8403 [4MY]

Programs: technical corrections in certain (S. 1793), 28273 [9NO], 28948 [14NO], 31196 [21NO]

Public lands: permanent formula for determining grazing fees (H.R. 1670), 5649 [5AP]

REA: liability requirements, 14877, 14878 [17JY]

Real property: limit a previous owner's right of first refusal relative to certain resale of farm property (H.R. 2469), 11567-11569 [13JN]

Research: financial assistance for commercialization (H.R. 1505), 5004 [20MR]

Satellite Technology and World Food Security: release of committee report, 25319 [19OC]

Selinsgrove, PA: Living Heritage Tree Museum dedication, 10186 [24MY]

Soviet Union: soybean oil sale, 9327 [16MY]

———wheat sale, 8604 [9MY]

Soybeans: investigation of certain trading in futures, 20353 [13SE]

———producers nationally coordinated program (H.R. 2209), 8197 [4MY]

State Cooperative Extension Service: anniversary (H.J. Res. 124), 4058-4067 [14MR], 4704 [16MR], 8090 [3MY]

State Extension Service: anniversary, 8736 [9MY]

Stock Raising Homestead Act: amend (H.R. 737), 1361 [31JA], 20122-20125 [12SE]

Sugar: program reform, 25150 [18OC]

———trade policy impact on domestic industry, 11212 [7JN]

———U.S. quota, 13651 [27JN], 21524 [26SE]

Sugar Supply Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 1055), 2562, 2566 [22FE]

Sustainable agricultural system: develop (H.R. 3552), 26515 [31OC]

Tariff: frozen vegetables (H.R. 3780), 30688 [21NO]

———sugar, 9578 [17MY]

Taxation: allow nonexempt farmer cooperatives to elect patronage-sourced treatment for certain gains and losses (H.R. 2353), 9421 [16MY]

———capital gains on transfer of farm property to satisfy indebtedness (H.R. 3167), 19461-19463 [4AU]

———extend the exemption from the termination of small issue bonds for certain rural properties (H.R. 2804), 14002 [29JN]

———income tax withholding for employees (H.R. 2859), 14066 [11JY]

———passive loss in farming (H.R. 1086), 2577 [22FE]

Texas-Israel Exchange Program: tribute (H. Con. Res. 119), 9026 [11MY]

Tobacco industry: beneficial exports, 5114 [21MR]

Traverse City, MI: tribute to Cherry Growers, Inc., 5174 [22MR]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: impact, 14929 [18JY]

University of North Dakota: Center for Aerospace Sciences' agricultural weather research, 19543 [7SE]

Water: impact of nitrogen on ground and surface water (H.R. 2258), 8412 [4MY]

Water quality and conservation: provisions of H.R. 2883, 14951 [26JY]

Water storage: quality and availability, 1880 [7FE]

White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health: anniversary, 27924 [8NO]

World Food Day: designate (S.J. Res. 138), 22273, 22274 [28SE]

———observance, 24715 [16OC]

Yolo County, CA: Farm Bureau anniversary, 221 [4JA]

Remarks in Senate

Advanced Technology and Emergency Assistance Act: enact (S. 1023), 9549 [17MY]

Agricultural Competitiveness and Planting Flexibility Act: enact (S. 1926), 30188-30191 [19NO]

Agricultural Nitrogen Education and Management Act: enact (S. 779), 6561, 6562 [13AP]

Agricultural Program Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Service Center Improvement Act: enact (S. 773), 6557 [13AP]

Agricultural Research Commercialization Act: enact (S. 621), 4585, 4592 [16MR]

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883), 16592 [27JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, 29367-29370 [16NO]

AID: feasibility of establishing a joint U.S.-Caribbean Center for Agricultural Research, 21090 [20SE]

Alternative Agricultural Products Research Act: enact (S. 1387), 15917-15920 [24JY]

Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act: enact (S. 1695), 22422 [28SE]

———enact (S. 1699), 22435, 22436 [28SE]

Animals: eradicate disease of scrapie in sheep and goats (S. 723), 5841 [7AP]

Apples: stabilize market, 10744 [2JN]

———use of pesticides, 9486 [17MY]

Bankruptcy: regulation of first refusal rights of individuals forced off their land (S. 1988), 31577 [21NO]

———tax relief from bankruptcy, 8752 [10MY]

Banks and banking: good faith requirement relative to restructuring certain loans (S. 1894), 29410 [16NO], 31271-31276 [21NO]

Barley: exclude malting price from national weighted market price for barley in determining rate used to calculate deficiency payments (S. 1000), 9251 [16MY]

Brown County, SD: tribute to Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, 10878 [6JN]

Budget: cutting of capital gains tax to reduce deficit, 16067 [25JY]

California: anniversary of table grape industry, 14361 [12JY]

CCC: dairy product stock balance (S. 553), 3991-3993 [9MR], 4966 [17MR]

Center for Noxious Weed Management and Data Collection: establish (S. 1159), 11428 [9JN]

Chemicals: withdrawal of a fungicide EBDC from the market, 19790 [7SE]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange: regulatory changes, 7840 [2MY]

Chilton County, AL: tribute to peach pickers, 14086 [11JY]

Commodities: establish research, promotion, and consumer education programs for certain (S. 1838), 27169 [3NO], 27567-27571 [6NO], 28729 [14NO]

Congressional Arbor Day: observance, 7700 [1MY]

Conservation Enhancement and Improvement Act: enact (S. 1063), 9875 [18MY]

Conservation Reserve Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1411), 16326 [26JY]

Cooperative Extension Services: anniversary of establishing (S.J. Res. 47), 1561 [2FE], 11019 [6JN]

Cotton Research and Promotion Act: amend (S. 1313), 14594 [13JY]

Crop yield data: submission to county committees (S. 1357), 15281 [19JY]

Crops: insurance coverage, 9517-9519 [17MY]

Dairy Equity Act: enact (S. 1776), 25364 [20OC]

Dept. of Defense: use of U.S. meat in U.S. military installations in Europe, 17375, 17443 [1AU]

Disaster Assistance Act: amend (S. 1012), 9540 [17MY]

———amend (S. 1044), 9841-9843 [18MY], 16749, 16750 [27JY], 18227, 18229, 18232, 18234, 18239, 18241, 18242, 18244, 18245 [3AU]

Disaster Assistance Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2467), 18245 [3AU], 18807, 19030, 19031, 19048 [4AU]

———enact (S. 1282), 14148 [11JY]

———enact (S. 1283), 14149, 14156-14159 [11JY]

Disasters: advance deficiency paybacks, 10567 [1JN]

———assistance guidelines (S. 1583), 19614 [6SE]

———avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage (S. 1792), 25937 [25OC], 26184 [26OC]

———extend assistance to agricultural losses due to adverse weather conditions, 8290-8293 [4MY]

———relief, 15981-15989 [25JY], 16593 [27JY]

———relief (S. 1429), 16343 [26JY], 17436 [1AU], 18072-18085 [2AU], 18236, 18388 [3AU], 18780 [4AU]

Drought: assistance, 10950 [6JN], 14759 [14JY], 14778 [17JY], 25439 [23OC], 31304 [21NO]

Earthquakes: assistance to agricultural producers suffering losses (H.R. 3589), unanimous-consent agreement, 30159 [19NO]

Economic conditions: policies, 27830 [8NO]

———promote low-input production systems (S. 970), 8953 [11MY]

EEC: ban on U.S. beef, 1587 [2FE]

Emergency Water Assistance Act: enact (S. 862), 7310 [19AP]

Farm Animal Facilities Protection Act: enact (S. 1330), 14821 [17JY]

Farm Credit System: tax deduction for bad debt reserves (S. 955), 8780 [10MY]

Farm Debt Tax Reform Act: enact (S. 1041), 9835 [18MY]

Farm income: statistics, 27830 [8NO], 31322 [21NO]

FDA: responsibility relative to alleged cyanide tampering of grapes, 29362 [16NO]

Federal aid programs: delay repayment of advance deficiency payments on certain crops (S. 1916), 29773 [17NO]

———reduce deficiency payments, 31728 [11DE]

Federal Crop Insurance Revitalization Act: enact (S. 739), 5999 [11AP]

Food: promote the production of organically produced foods (S. 1896), 29411 [16NO]

———regulating cheese and meat products (S. 1266), 13417 [23JN]

———require imported papaya to meet domestic requirements (S. 1267), 13417 [23JN]

———use of chemicals and pesticides, 30429 [20NO]

Food industry: Dept. of Agriculture's processing inspection regulations, 9163 [16MY]

Food Science and Technology Week: designate (S.J. Res. 76), 3981 [9MR]

Food Security Act: clarify (H.R. 3620), 30481 [20NO]

Foreign trade: export program eligibility (S. 1561), 18974 [4AU]

———initiate certain actions relative to trade barriers and enhancement of exports (S. 1746), 23853, 23854 [6OC], 24900 [17OC]

———standards for imported kiwi fruit, peaches, pears, nectarines, and plums (S. 992), 9242 [16MY]

Fresh Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: enact (S. 1194), 11916 [15JN]

Fresh Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act: enact (S. 918), 7978 [3MY]

Futures Trading Practices Act: enact (S. 1729), 23586-23588 [5OC], 27706 [7NO]

Global Ban on Dangerous Pesticides Act: enact (S. 1989), 31577 [21NO]

Global Climate Change Prevention Act: enact (S. 1610), 20073 [12SE]

Grain Quality Incentives Act: enact (S. 1977), 31547-31554 [21NO]

Great Plains conservation program: contracts (S. 172), 456, 824 [25JA]

GSA: development and use of plastics for executive departments (S. 244), 989-991 [25JA]

Health: public information about carcinogens, 14763 [14JY]

Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: amend (S. 1314), 14595 [13JY]

Hurricanes: assistance for losses in Hugo, 26388 [27OC]

Indians: clarify the application of certain payment limitations to certain leases of tribal land (S. 1871), 28117 [9NO]

International Agricultural Conservation Reserve Treaty: start negotiations (S. Con. Res. 8), 456, 1073 [25JA]

International Coffee Agreement: renewal, 21060 [20SE]

Irrigation Subsidy Reform Act: enact (S. 1032), 9558-9560 [17MY]

Kansas Agricultural Research Station: funding, 10600 [1JN]

Korea, Republic of: claim of alar in U.S. exported grapefruit (S. Res. 179), 20694 [18SE]

Labor: adjust the maximum hour exemption for agricultural employees (S. 1889), 29404 [16NO]

Land use: planting of alternate crops on permitted acreage (H.R. 2799), 18034 [2AU]

———planting of supplemental and alternative income-producing crops (S. 606), 4573 [16MR]

Leland, Mickey: agricultural project in areas of Africa subject to famine, 31248 [21NO]

Merchant marine: food assistance cargo level (S. 1879), 29190 [15NO]

Mexico: investigation of actions prohibiting free trade of livestock with the U.S., 18075 [2AU], 22454 [28SE]

———investigation of actions prohibiting free trade of livestock with the U.S. (S. Res. 168), 19016 [4AU]

Midwest: impact of drought, 13331 [23JN]

Milk: repeal minimum adjustments to prices of fluid milk under marketing orders (S. 1639), 20882 [19SE], 22306 [28SE]

———treat reconstituted as a fluid product under marketing orders (S. 1640), 22306 [28SE]

Milk Marketing Order Equity Act: enact (S. 1777), 25364 [20OC]

Montana: economic development, 31733-31735 [11DE]

National Advisory Committee on Rural Health: establish (S. 817), 6990 [18AP]

National Agriculture Day: designate (H.J. Res. 117), 4429 [15MR], 4644, 4694 [16MR], 4782 [17MR]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 66), 2981 [28FE]

National Duckling Month: designate (S.J. Res. 107), 7322 [19AP]

National 4-H Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 185), 16930 [31JY]

National Health Research Foundation: mass mailings on harmful effects of pesticides on fresh fruit, 21414 [25SE]

National policies, 24514 [12OC]

North Carolina: observance of Poultry Month, 5952 [11AP]

Noxious Weed Control Act: enact (S. 1200), 12356 [19JN]

Oats: encourage production (S. 1246), 13143 [22JN]

———production and promotion (S. 571), 4330 [15MR]

Office of Rural Health Policy: authorizing appropriations (S. 817), 6990 [18AP]

OPIC: operations in Poland and Hungary, 21084 [20SE]

Orchard Disaster Assistance Act: enact (S. 1087), 10346 [31MY]

Pecan Promotion and Research Act: enact (S. 962), 8784 [10MY]

Pesticides: ban use of daminozide (S. 1061), 9872, 9873 [18MY], 20600 [15SE]

———food safety, 20082 [12SE], 26389 [27OC], 30416 [20NO]

———regulate chemical residues in food (S. 722), 5744 [6AP], 5754 [6AP]

———use of alar on apples, 4209 [15MR]

Potato Research and Promotion Act: amend (S. 836), 7263 [19AP]

Price support program: amend provisions (S. 1220), 12714 [21JN], 26017 [25OC]

Programs: technical corrections in certain (S. 1793), 25939 [25OC], 31391-31396 [21NO]

Real property: limit a previous owner's right of first refusal relative to certain resale of farm property (H.R. 2469), 31396 [21NO]

Reclamation Reform Act: implementation, 27149 [3NO]

Soil conservation: alfalfa (S. 545), 3778 [8MR]

Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act: enact (S. 919), 7981, 7982 [3MY]

State Cooperative Extension Service: anniversary (H.J. Res. 124), 7377 [19AP]

State Grain Fund Protection Act: enact (S. 329), 1519 [2FE]

Stock Raising Homestead Act: amend (S. 1908), 29759 [17NO]

Sugar program, 27844 [8NO]

———U.S. quota, 26068 [25OC]

Sugar Supply Stabilization Act: enact (S. 552), 3961-3963 [9MR], 6615 [13AP]

Tariff: frozen carrots (S. 1106), 10639 [1JN]

Tax Reform Reform Act: enact (S. 1516), 18414 [3AU]

Taxation: DISC loans (S. 206), 910 [25JA]

———extension for the issuance of first-time farmer bonds (S. 1221), 13061 [22JN]

———income averaging for certain farmers (S. 1753), 24511 [12OC]

———restore income averaging for farmers (S. 610), 4576 [16MR]

———treatment of certain rents relative to all qualified heirs (S. 460), 2969 [28FE]

———unemployment compensation law relative to small family farms (S. 662), 4862 [17MR]

Tobacco industry: Government study on commodities and products that may be produced in conjunction with tobacco (S. 422), 2447, 2448 [22FE]

Water: grants to States for waste facilities (S. 1331), 14823 [17JY]

———minimize impact of nitrogen on quality (S. 1596), 20059 [12SE]

Wheat: sale to Soviet Union, 8213 [4MY]

Wheat acreage: modify restrictions on haying and grazing (S. 40), 610 [25JA]

World Food Day: designate (S.J. Res. 138), 9916 [18MY]

Yeutter, Clayton: nomination as Sec. of Agriculture, 1750 [7FE]

Reports

Addressing Unfair Trade—Agricultural Cases Under Section 301 of the Trade Act: Donna U. Vogt, 24901-24909 [17OC]

Budget Reconciliation: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 24264-24305 [12OC]

How Nebraska Farmers View Agricultural and Food Policy Issues: Lynn H. Lutgen, 31805 [21NO]

World Food Day Teleconference, 7635, 7636 [27AP]

Reports by conference committees

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 2883), 29058-29068 [15NO]

Reports filed

Actual Crop Yields to Agricultural County Committees: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2042) (H. Rept. 101-80), 11452 [12JN]

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2883) (S. Rept. 101-84), 16041 [25JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2883) (H. Rept. 101-137), 14693 [13JY]

———committee of conference (H.R. 2883) (H. Rept. 101-361), 29070 [15NO]

Dept. of Agriculture Nominations: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 23579 [5OC]

Disaster Assistance Act Amendments: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3589) (H. Rept. 101-347), 28595 [13NO]

Disaster Assistance Extension Act: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2467) (H. Rept. 101-91), 12283 [19JN]

Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1429) (S. Rept. 101-93), 16672 [27JY]

EPA Regulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB): Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 101-118), 13959 [29JN]

Farm Credit Administration Nominations: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 23579 [5OC]

Federal Meat Inspection Act Amendments: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2134) (H. Rept. 101-348), 28595 [13NO]

Food Science and Technology Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 76), 11350 [8JN]

Food Security Act Amendment: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3620) (H. Rept. 101-358), 28845 [14NO]

Futures Trading Practices Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1729) (S. Rept. 101-191), 27205 [6NO]

Limit Right of First Refusal Relative to Certain Resale of Farm Property: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2469) (H. Rept. 100-81), 11452 [12JN]

Mineral Exploration and Problems Relative to Subsurface Estates: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H. R. 737) (H. Rept. 101-233), 19781 [7SE]

World Food Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 138), 11350 [8JN]

Response

Next Water War—Cities Versus Agriculture article, Representative Coelho, 9146 [15MY]

Statements

American Landscape in 21st Century: Representative Kostmayer, 11028 [6JN]

Congressman Gunderson Receives Distinguished Service Award: Farm Bureau Federation, 175 [3JA]

Farming Education Programs: Milt Smedsrud, 1666 [2FE]

Grain Quality Incentives Act: Senator Daschle, 31547 [21NO]

Role of County Extension Agents: Henry C. Wallace, 4064 [14MR]

Transgenic Animal Regulatory Reform Act: Senator Kastenmeier, 5165 [22MR]

Summaries

Agricultural Research Commercialization Act (S. 621), 4585 [16MR]

Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act (S. 1695), 22422 [28SE]

Disaster Assistance Act Amendments (S. 1044), 9842 [18MY]

Export Enhancement Program and the Soviet Union, 8065 [3MY]

Farm Credit Administration Provisions of Gonzalez Amendment to H.R. 1278, 12043 [15JN]

Futures Trading Practices Act (S. 1729), 23586, 23587 [5OC]

LSC Reform, 26272 [26OC]

Review Pesticide Risks Under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (H.R. 3153), 19161 [4AU]

Texas Cooperative Extension Service, 4064-4066 [14MR]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2883) conference report, 29513-29519 [16NO]

Agriculture disaster relief proposals, 15983, 15984, 15986 [25JY]

Labor requirements for burley tobacco production, 2448 [22FE]

Program allocations for Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 16749 [27JY]

Senator Lugar's disaster relief plan impact on various crops, 16344 [26JY]

Telegrams

Carcinogenic pesticides on fruits and vegetables, 21415 [25SE]

Testimonies

Agricultural Research Commercialization Act: Scott Shearer, National Corn Growers Association, 4589, 4590 [16MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 91, donations to international hunger programs operated by Japan, 6874 [18AP]

H.J. Res. 117, National Agriculture Day, 4086 [14MR]

H.J. Res. 124, State Cooperative Extension Service anniversary, 4062 [14MR]

H.J. Res. 267, World Food Day, 9024 [11MY]

H.R. 737, amend Stock Raising Homestead Act, 20122 [12SE]

H.R. 738, authorize construction of Mid-Valley Canal as integrated unit of Central Valley project, 1356 [31JA]

H.R. 1505, financial assistance for agricultural research commercialization, 5005-5008 [20MR]

H.R. 1544, tax treatment of tobacco product promotion expenses, 5065 [21MR]

H.R. 2042, provide county committees with actual yields for 1989 and subsequent crop years, 11564 [13JN]

H.R. 2134, distribution of certain meats to charity and public agencies, 28500 [13NO]

H.R. 2467, Disaster Assistance Extension Act, 13526, 13531 [27JN], 18807-18814 [4AU], 19078-19086 [4AU]

H.R. 2469, limit a previous owner's right of first refusal relative to certain resale of farm property, 11567 [13JN]

H.R. 2799, planting of alternate crops on permitted acreage, 14883 [17JY]

H.R. 2804, extend the exemption from the termination of small issue bonds for certain farming properties, 14003 [29JN]

H.R. 2859, income tax withholding for agricultural employees, 14066 [11JY]

H.R. 2883, appropriations for agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs, 16567-16579 [27JY]

H.R. 3071, Comprehensive Food Safety Inspection Act, 17578 [1AU]

H.R. 3167, Farm Debt Tax Reform Act, 19462 [4AU]

H.R. 3270, Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act, 20923 [19SE]

H.R. 3589, assistance to agricultural producers suffering losses from earthquakes, 28498 [13NO], 27086 [3NO]

H.R. 3620, Food Security Act clarification amendments, 28799 [14NO]

S. 172, extension of Great Plains conservation program, 824 [25JA]

S. 206, taxation of DISC loans, 911 [25JA]

S. 244, GSA development and use of plastics for executive departments, 990 [25JA]

S. 329, State Grain Fund Protection Act, 1519 [2FE]

S. 552, Sugar Supply Stabilization Act, 3961 [9MR]

S. 553, CCC dairy product stock balance, 3993 [9MR], 4186 [15MR]

S. 606, planting of supplemental and alternative income-producing crops, 4573 [16MR]

S. 621, Agricultural Research Commercialization Act, 4585-4587 [16MR]

S. 662, unemployment compensation law relative to small family farms, 4862 [17MR]

S. 722, regulate pesticide chemical residues in food, 5745-5754 [6AP]

S. 739, Federal Crop Insurance Revitalization Act, 5999 [11AP]

S. 773, Agricultural Program Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Service Center Improvement Act, 6557 [13AP]

S. 779, Agricultural Nitrogen Education and Management Act, 6561 [13AP]

S. 836, Potato Research and Promotion Act, 7264 [19AP]

S. 862, Emergency Water Assistance Act, 7311 [19AP]

S. 918, Fresh Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act, 7979-7981 [3MY]

S. 955, Farm Credit System tax deduction for bad debt reserves, 8781 [10MY]

S. 992, standards for imported kiwi fruit, peaches, pears, nectarines, and plums, 9243 [16MY]

S. 1000, exclude malting barley price from national weighted market price for barley in determining rate used to calculate deficiency payments, 9252 [16MY]

S. 1012, Disaster Assistance Act amendments, 9540 [17MY]

S. 1023, Advanced Technology and Emergency Assistance Act, 9550 [17MY]

S. 1024, Rural Monitoring and Assistance Act, 9551 [17MY]

S. 1029, Rural Business Assistance Act, 9554 [17MY]

S. 1032, Irrigation Subsidy Reform Act, 9559 [17MY]

S. 1041, Farm Debt Tax Reform Act, 9836 [18MY]

S. 1044, Disaster Assistance Act amendments, 9842 [18MY]

S. 1063, Conservation Enhancement and Improvement Act, 9876-9883 [18MY]

S. 1106, tariff on frozen carrots, 10639 [1JN]

S. 1159, establish Center for Noxious Weed Management and Data Collection, 11429 [9JN]

S. 1194, Fresh Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act, 11916-11919 [15JN]

S. 1200, Noxious Weed Control Act, 12356 [19JN]

S. 1221, first-time farmer bonds issuance extension, 13061 [22JN]

S. 1246, encourage the production of oats, 13144 [22JN]

S. 1266, regulating cheese and meat products, 13417 [23JN]

S. 1267, require imported papaya to meet domestic requirements, 13418 [23JN]

S. 1283, Disaster Assistance Extension Act, 14150-14155 [11JY]

S. 1314, amend Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act, 14595 [13JY]

S. 1331, grants to States for water and waste facilities, 14824 [17JY]

S. 1387, Alternative Agricultural Products Research Act, 15919 [24JY]

S. 1411, Conservation Reserve Adjustment Act, 16327 [26JY]

S. 1516, Tax Reform Reform Act, 18415-18417 [3AU]

S. 1538, tariff on cantaloupes, 18942 [4AU]

S. 1561, export program eligibility, 18975 [4AU]

S. 1583, disaster assistance guidelines, 19614 [6SE]

S. 1699, Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act, 22436-22440 [28SE]

S. 1746, initiate certain actions relative to trade barriers and enhancement of exports, 23854 [6OC]

S. 1776, Dairy Equity Act, 25364-25366 [20OC]

S. 1777, Milk Marketing Order Equity Act, 25366 [20OC]

S. 1792, avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage, 25938 [25OC], 26201 [26OC]

S. 1793, technical corrections in certain programs, 25939 [25OC], 28273 [9NO]

S. 1838, establish research, promotion, and consumer education programs for certain agricultural commodities, 27677-27699 [7NO]

S. 1879, merchant marine's food assistance cargo levels, 29190 [15NO]

S. 1894, good faith requirement relative to restructuring certain agricultural loans, 29411 [16NO], 31276 [21NO]

S. 1916, delay repayment of advance deficiency payments on certain crops, 29773 [17NO]

S. 1926, Agricultural Competitiveness and Planting Flexibility Act, 30190 [19NO]

S. 1977, Grain Quality Incentives Act, 31548-31553 [21NO]

S. Con. Res. 8, International Agricultural Conservation Reserve Treaty, 1073 [25JA]

S. Res. 168, investigation of actions prohibiting free trade of livestock with the U.S., 19016 [4AU]

S. Res. 179, Republic of Korea claims of unsafe chemicals on U.S. agricultural products, 20694 [18SE]

S.J. Res. 47, anniversary of act establishing the cooperative extension services, 1561 [2FE]

S.J. Res. 66, National Dairy Goat Awareness Week, 2982 [28FE]

S.J. Res. 76, Food Science and Technology Week, 11438 [9JN]

S.J. Res. 107, National Duckling Month, 7322 [19AP]

S.J. Res. 138, World Food Day, 11443 [9JN], 22275 [28SE]

S.J. Res. 185, National 4-H Awareness Week, 16930 [31JY]