FOOD related term(s) Agriculture

Addresses

Agriculture and the 1990 Farm Bill: Clayton Yeutter, Sec. of Agriculture, 24693-24695 [17SE]

Food and Agricultural Resources Act: Keith W. Eckel, 4302 [13MR]

World Food Day: Representative de la Garza, 35944 [26OC]

Advertisements

Food labeling legislation, Phil Sokolof, Washington (DC) Times, 18884 [24JY]

Urgent message to Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, 24026 [12SE]

Amendments

Agriculture: acreage limitation program for wheat crops (S. 3024), 23774, 23778 [11SE]

FDA Revitalization Act: enact (S. 845), 33545, 33566 [24OC]

Fish Safety Act: enact (S. 2924), 20119 [27JY], 24088 [12SE], 33663 [24OC]

Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 17964 [18JY], 18381, 18382 [19JY], 18548, 18549, 18550, 18553, 18558, 18559, 18560, 18565, 18566, 18568, 18569, 18571, 18572, 18573, 18574, 18576, 18577, 18578, 18579, 18580 [20JY], 18589 [20JY], 18789-18807 [23JY], 18833, 18837, 18850, 18856, 18859, 18873, 18924 [24JY], 19143, 19150, 19160, 19166, 19175, 19181, 19188, 19189, 19218, 19220, 19233, 19253, 19254 [25JY], 20192, 20197, 20198, 20203, 20210, 20211 [27JY], 21422, 21424, 21426, 21427, 21429, 21437, 21446, 21447, 21448, 21479, 21483, 21486, 21504, 21505, 21520, 21522, 21523, 21532, 21544, 21547, 21548, 21549, 21559, 21572, 21573, 21576, 21583, 21586, 21587 [1AU]

Nutrition: prescribe labeling (H.R. 3562), 33425, 33429, 33541, 33542 [24OC], 35093 [26OC]

Poverty: reallocation of funds from State food programs for WIC (H.R. 5149), 16156 [28JN]

Safe Food Transportation Act: enact (S. 2393), 25254, 25266 [20SE]

Analyses

Alaska Seafood Inspection Program, 24113 [12SE]

Hunger Prevention Act (S. 2310), 4912 [21MR]

Pesticide Safety Improvement Act (S. 2490), 7824 [20AP]

Sugar Equity and Reform Act (S. 2316), 4924 [21MR]

Articles and editorials

America's Trade Curbs Are Unfair, Too, 18434 [20JY]

Asides—Sweet Relief, 18429 [20JY]

Balance Sugar Quotas, 18432 [20JY]

Basque in It, 2610 [26FE]

Before and After of Pesticides, 3423 [5MR]

Best Barbeque in the World—Murphysboro Team of Cooks Can Rightfully Claim That Title Now, 13445 [7JN]

Bipartisan Support Is on the Rise in Congress To Bring Perestroika to U.S. Agriculture Policy, 19301 [25JY]

Bitter Sugar, 18431 [20JY]

Bitter Sweets, 18430 [20JY]

Blue Skies, Blue Corn—Golden Opportunity?, 3588 [6MR]

Congress Should Cut Aid to Exploitive Sugar Barons, 18428 [20JY]

Coordinating Services in Creative Ways-Damiano Center Helps Peolple Help Themselves, 7169 [5AP]

Costly Sugar Quotas About To Expire, 18436 [20JY]

Crop Props—Sugar Supports Blatant Protectionism, 18430 [20JY]

Dairy Program Hurts Hay Men, 8664 [27AP]

Dairy Program Will Cut Volume by One-Third for Georgia Mill, 8665 [27AP]

Darke No. 1—Leads State Agriculture in Receipts, 30244 [17OC]

Drop Sugar Quotas, 18435 [20JY]

Farm Lobby Versus What's Best for America—Blind to the National Interest, Commodity Profiteers Would Destroy American Fleet, 10659 [16MY]

Folly of Mouse Hysteria, 15357 [22JN]

Fox Guarding the Hen House, 24107, 24109 [12SE]

Great Sugar Bowl, 18435 [20JY]

How Sweet It Isn't, 18429, 18433, 18434 [20JY]

Hysteria on Food, Chemicals Blown Away by Good News, 3424 [5MR]

Inside Washington, 8665 [27AP]

Japan's an Unfair Trader? We Have Quotas, Too, 18433 [20JY]

Nuts to the Peanut Law, 19303 [25JY]

One Man With a Purpose Takes on Heart Disease, 18884 [24JY]

One That Got Away, 24074 [12SE]

Peorian Invents Fat Substitute, 8559 [27AP]

Serious Threat to Shellfish Aquaculture, 19364-19367 [25JY]

Shell Game—Peanut Quota System Comes Under Attack for Distorting Market, 19302 [25JY]

Stop the Subsidies for Big Sugar, 18431 [20JY]

Stop the Sugar Quota, 18437 [20JY]

Sugar Disaster, 18436 [20JY]

Sugar Import Quotas Not Very Sweet at All, 18431 [20JY]

Sugar Industry Aid Enough to Raise Cane, 18432 [20JY]

Sugar Producers, Users Could Gain a Fairer Marketplace, 360 [24JA]

Sugar Quota Needs To Be Attacked, 18428 [20JY]

Sugar Quotas Leave Sour Taste, 18437 [20JY]

Sugar Scandal, 18429 [20JY]

Sugar Subsidies Add to Family Food Bills, 18432 [20JY]

Sugar Tax, 18428 [20JY]

Sugar-Coated Market, 18432 [20JY]

Sugar-Coated Truth, 18437 [20JY]

Sweet Quicksand, 18435 [20JY]

Sweetheart Deal Imperils Jobs Here, 18429 [20JY]

Sweets for Consumers, 18435 [20JY]

$3 Billion Overcharge for Sugar, 18433 [20JY]

Time for a Farm Bill, 17437 [13JY]

Toward a Cheaper, Fairer Farm Program, 19296 [25JY]

U.S. Consumers, and the Caribbean Are Getting a Sour Deal on Sugar, 18436 [20JY]

U.S. Is Guilty of Sugar Protectionism, 18434 [20JY]

U.S. Plan for Dairy Market Puts Beef Industry in a Vise, 8664 [27AP]

U.S. Sugar Quotas Make Sweet Tooth Not So Sweet, 18437 [20JY]

Uncle Sugar, Uncle Milk, 18434 [20JY]

Uncle Sugar Daddy, 18430 [20JY]

Uncle Sugar Is Sweeter, 18435 [20JY]

Uncle Sugardaddy's Sour Deal, 18430 [20JY]

Uncle Sugar's Sugar Deal, 18434 [20JY]

Uncle's Sugar, 18438 [20JY]

USDA Is Sued—Where's the Beef Report?, 19335 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions

Aged: improve nutrition (see S. 2509)

Agricultural Adjustment Act: amend the farm poundage quota provisions (see H.R. 5871)

Agricultural Conservation Reserve and Enhancement Act: enact (see S. 2302)

Agricultural Export Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 2401)

Agricultural Recovery Act: enact (see S. 2372)

Agriculture: acreage limitation program for wheat crops (see S. 3018, 3024; H.R. 5583)

———determination of prevented planting credit relative to the verified planting intentions of soybean producers (see H.R. 4114)

———develop and promote environmentally sound practices (see H.R. 4663)

———disaster assistance for producers (see S. 3030, 3143; H.R. 5783)

———domestic fruit and vegetable industry (see S. 2525)

———domestic livestock grazing fees for public rangelands (see H.R. 5788)

———emergency crop loss assistance for certain producers (see H.R. 5151)

———establish disaster assistance programs for producers of commodities (see H.R. 4679)

———establish research, promotion, and consumer education programs for certain commodities (S. 1838), correcting the enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 89)

———expand markets for export of U.S. commodities (see H.R. 4363)

———improve research programs (see S. 2386)

———increase exports of certain products (see H.R. 4394)

———increase Federal crop insurance coverage for producers (see H.R. 4642)

———multiple-peril crop insurance (see H.R. 4592)

———price support program for peanuts (see H.R. 4845)

———prohibit the importation of certain fruit that do not comply with certain quality and size provisions (see H.R. 4291)

———prohibit the sale of milk produced by cows injected with bovine growth hormone (see H.R. 4004)

———provide soybean producers with freedom of planting choice and fair income support (see H.R. 4288)

———recognizing the importance of domestic fruit and vegetable industry (see H.R. 4342)

———repayment requirements for producers who received advanced deficiency pay for certain crops (see H.R. 5404)

———storage of excess wheat (see S. 3098)

———support program for producers of certain seeds (see H.R. 4339)

———targeting of Export Enhancement Program funds relative to commodity planting reductions (see S. 3023; H.R. 5617)

———U.S. policy to improve trade practices, domestic economic security, research programs, resource conservation, and food supply (see S. 2292)

American Mushroom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623)

Children: extend eligibility for reimbursement for meal supplements for afterschool care (see S. 2055)

Chili: designate as official U.S. food (see H.J. Res. 465)

Conservation Promotion Act: enact (see S. 2409)

Conservation Reserve Program: establish a bid-back program for lands enrolled (see H.R. 4963)

Dairy Stabilization Act: enact (see S. 2314)

Domestic Hunger Relief Act: enact (see S. 2489)

EEC: compliance with U.S. standards and requirements established by the FDA for food and medical devices (see H.R. 4473)

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 342)

Farm Income and Flexibility Act: enact (see S. 2394)

Farms for the Future Act: enact (see S. 2431)

Federal Crop Insurance Program: restoring confidence (see H. Con. Res. 295)

Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 4360)

Fish and fisheries: ensure quality and safety of products (see H.R. 4588)

Fish and Seafood Promotion Act: reauthorizing (see S. 2991; H.R. 5820)

Fish Safety Act: enact (see S. 2924)

———enact (S. 2924), consideration (see H. Res. 511)

Food, Drug, and Device Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2683)

Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (see H.R. 3950)

Food Program Evaluation Integrity Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 4479)

Food Science and Technology Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 573)

Food stamp plan: establish measures to prevent trafficking (see S. 2445)

Foreign trade: inspection of imported meat and poultry products by U.S. personnel (see S. 3213; H.R. 5854)

———revise certain authorities on overseas distribution of U.S. commodities (see H.R. 5175)

Grown in the United States Food Labeling Act: enact (see S. 2642)

Health: promote the production and labeling of organically produced foods (see H.R. 4156)

Housing: Federal assistance relative to food donations for homeless individuals (see H.R. 4706)

Hunger: distribution of milk through soup kitchens by the Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 4432)

———eradication (see S.J. Res. 370)

———expand certain local commodity supplemental feeding programs to include the elderly (see S. 2289)

Hunger Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2310)

Inventory Grain Protection Act: enact (see S. 2330)

Labeling: define the term light or reduced butter fat (see S. 2284)

———filing of certain consumer information relative to religious dietary certification on labels (see H.R. 5447)

———permit certain dairy products to be called reduced fat butter (see H.R. 4083)

Labor: contracts for processed food (see H.R. 4500)

Maui onions: maintain grade, size, and quality standards (see S. 2833)

Milk: price support (see H.R. 4254)

Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act: encourage States to enact (see H.R. 5126)

Motor vehicles: prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), consideration of the Senate amendment (see H. Res. 508)

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 273; H.J. Res. 526)

National Rice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 633, 637)

National School Lunch Program: study (see S. 2471)

National Seafood Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 659)

Nutrition: definition of light butter (see H.R. 4723)

Organic Food Standards Development Act: enact (see H.R. 5291)

Organic Foods Production Act: enact (see S. 2108)

Pesticide Safety Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2490)

Safe Food Transportation Act: enact (see S. 2393)

Safety: development of new technologies (see S. 2422)

Sec. of HHS: define authority relative to regulation of certain foods used as though they were drugs (see S. 2272)

Southeast Food Sciences Nutrition Research Center: establish (see S. 2589)

Soybean Graduated Equity Loan Program Act: enact (see S. 2315)

Sugar Equity and Reform Act: enact (see S. 2316)

Target Price Adjustment Act: enact (see S. 2336)

Tariff: canned corned mutton (see H.R. 5524)

———frozen vegetables (see S. 2065)

Taxation: treatment of certain travel expenses of members of the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserves (see H.R. 5684)

U.S. Commission on Obesity: establish (see H.R. 5173)

WIC: reallocation of funds from State food programs (see H.R. 5149)

———revision in the special supplemental food program (see H.R. 5488)

Youth: child food programs relative to day care services (see H.R. 5250)

Court documents

Affidavit regarding Dept. of Agriculture food inspection: David Carney, 24104-24107 [12SE]

Affidavit regarding Dept. of Agriculture poultry regulation: Gerald Kuester, 24101-24104 [12SE]

Essays

Your Meal Tonight: Karah Simmons, 6170 [30MR]

———Marc Hill, 6170 [30MR]

Factsheets

Fish Safety Act (S. 2924), 24080 [12SE]

Guidelines

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System, 33650 [24OC]

Letters

Agriculture products import standards: Doreen L. Brown, Consumers for World Trade, 19390 [25JY]

Bob veal certification program: Dept. of Agriculture, 19876 [27JY]

Dairy-herd buyout milks ranchers, Don Butler, 8663 [27AP]

Federal crop insurance program: several State Farm Bureau presidents, 19524 [26JY]

Fish Safety Act: Bob Jones, Southeastern Fisheries Association, Inc., 24096 [12SE]

———Dept. of Agriculture food inspectors, 24099 [12SE]

———I. John Iani, Pacific Seafood Processors Association, 24113 [12SE]

———Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, 24096 [12SE]

———several consumer organizations, 24096 [12SE]

———several heads of executive departments, 24097 [12SE]

Good Faith Food Donors Act: National Restaurant Association, 3122 [1MR]

———Second Harvest (organization), 3122 [1MR]

Hazardous materials transportation: Bruce Swonger, Chemical Waste Transportation Institute, 34927 [26OC]

———Clifford J. Harvison, National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc., 34928 [26OC]

———David A. Sweeney, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 34927 [26OC]

———Dewey R. Stokes, Fraternal Order of Police, 34926 [26OC]

———Frederick H. Nesbitt, International Association of Fire Fighters, 34926 [26OC]

———James E. Bartley, National Industrial Transportation League, 34928 [26OC]

———James J. Kennedy, Jr., Railway Labor Executives Association, 34927 [26OC]

———Jeffrey Schiff, National Association of Towns and Townships, 34927 [26OC]

———Richard G. Weiss, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 34928 [26OC]

———Richard M. Patterson, Dow Chemical, U.S.A., 34929 [26OC]

———Robert A. Roland, Chemical Manufacturers Association, 34927 [26OC]

———Robert W. Barrie, General Electric Co., 34928 [26OC]

———T.D. Finnigan, Union Carbide Corp., 34927 [26OC]

———Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Inc., 34928 [26OC]

———W.D. Hilton, International Association of Fire Chiefs, 34926 [26OC]

———William H. Dempsey, Association of American Railroads, 34926 [26OC]

Inspection of imported potatoes: Dept. of Agriculture, 19869 [27JY]

Milk price: Jerome Blumhagen, 2891 [28FE]

National nutrition plan: several organizations, 27853 [5OC]

Peanut price support: Anne W. Bloom, Public Citizen (organization), 19301 [25JY]

———David Bacon, American Peanut Product Manufacturers, Inc., 19305 [25JY]

———M. Kristen Rand, Consumers Union, 19301 [25JY]

Seafood inspection: Boston Fisheries Association, Inc, 19370 [25JY]

———John H. Sununu, 19363 [25JY]

———Ken B. Moore, Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, 19333 [25JY]

———L. John Iani, Pacific Seafood Processors Association, 19334 [25JY]

———Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, 19363 [25JY]

———National Fisheries Institute, Inc., 19369 [25JY]

———North Carolina Fisheries Association, Inc., 19369 [25JY]

———Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, 19369 [25JY]

———Shellfish Institute of North America, 19369 [25JY]

———Texas Shrimp Association, 33649 [24OC]

———Virginia Seafood Council, 19370 [25JY]

———Wisconsin Commercial Fisheries, 19369 [25JY]

Seafood inspection program: AFL-CIO, 24081 [12SE]

———Ellen Haas, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, 24078, 24079 [12SE]

———Frances W. Porter, Virginia Seafood Council, 24080 [12SE]

———Gail L. Johnson, Blue Water Fishermen's Association, 24081 [12SE]

———Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin Commercial Fisheries, 24081 [12SE]

———J. Richard Pace, UniSea, Inc., 24081 [12SE]

———Jerry Schill, North Carolina Fisheries Association, Inc., 24081 [12SE]

———Joe Easley, Oregon Trawl Commission, 24081 [12SE]

———Ken B. Moore, Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, 24075 [12SE]

———Lee J. Weddig, National Fisheries Institute, 24080 [12SE]

———Lucy L. Gibbs, Texas Shrimp Association, 24083 [12SE]

———Ludy Sloan, Point Judith's Fishermen's Cooperative Association, Inc., 24081 [12SE]

———Mark Gorman, National Restaurant Association, 24080 [12SE]

———Michael Vitale, Boston Fisheries Association, Inc., 24080 [12SE]

———Roy E. Martin, Shellfish Institute of North America, 24081 [12SE]

———several organizations, 24082 [12SE]

Sugar price support: Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, 18840 [24JY]

Sugar support program: Julio Herrera, CBI Sugar Group, 18426 [20JY]

———sundry organizations, 18427 [20JY]

Lists

California agriculture production, 18907 [24JY]

California Environmental Protection Act banned chemical possibilities, 18907 [24JY]

Fishery organizations supporting S. 2924, Fish Safety Act, 33650 [24OC]

Organizations opposing to seafood inspection provisions of S. 2830, 19363 [25JY]

Supporters of seafood inspection program, 24083 [12SE]

Your Meal Tonight contest winners, 6171 [30MR]

Memorandums

Pond and Closed-System Aquaculture: Larry Nielson, 19391 [25JY]

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Food Safety Initiative: several executive departments, 24069 [12SE]

Memorials of legislature

Louisiana, 19769 [26JY], 22830 [3AU]

Michigan, 16896 [11JY]

West Virginia, 16896 [11JY]

Motions

Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 21593 [1AU]

Outlines

Safe food handling practices, 7043 [5AP]

Papers

Let's Take a Good Look Before We Leap Important Perspectives on the Pesticide Issue: Terry L. Lavy, 30935-30937 [18OC]

Poems

``In Balance With Nature,'' John Carew, 29026 [15OC]

Press releases

States to receive more money for WIC program: Dept. of Agriculture, 16574 [28JN]

Remarks in House

Agricultural Adjustment Act: amend the farm poundage quota provisions (H.R. 5871), 31541 [20OC]

Agriculture: blue corn tortillas, 3588 [6MR]

———competitive production of wheat and feed grains, 19166-19174, 19175, 19181 [25JY]

———crop insurance, 21586 [1AU]

———economic policy, 6176 [2AP]

———emergency crop loss assistance for certain producers (H.R. 5151), 15463 [25JN]

———establish disaster assistance programs for producers of commodities (H.R. 4679), 8711 [30AP]

———Federal Crop Insurance Program, 21242 [1AU]

———honey program, 21422-21426 [1AU]

———oilseed crop production, 19147-19150 [25JY]

———price support program for peanuts (H.R. 4845), 10919 [17MY]

———prohibit the importation of certain fruits that do not comply with quality and size provisions (H.R. 4291), 4472 [15MR]

———prohibit the sale of milk produced by cows injected with bovine growth hormone (H.R. 4004), 1494 [7FE]

———repayment requirements for producers who received advanced deficiency pay for certain crops (H.R. 5404), 22124 [3AU]

———revise certain authorities relative to the overseas distribution of U.S. commodities (H.R. 5175), 16094 [27JN]

———status of farm programs-741 [30JA]

———sugar program, 18838-18852 [24JY]

———support program for producers of certain seeds (H.R. 4339), 4980 [22MR]

American Mushroom Week: designate (H.J. Res. 623), 17859 [17JY]

Bush, President: broccoli issue, 5445 [27MR], 5698 [28MR]

———policy on pesticides and food safety legislation, 7403 [19AP]

California: broccoli crop, 5445 [27MR]

Children: food program allotments, 14877 [20JN]

Clearfield County, PA: tribute to Blizard Box program, 13292 [7JN]

Container industry: refund value for certain beverage containers (H.R. 586), 7401 [19AP]

Darke County, OH: agricultural production, 30244 [17OC]

FDA Revitalization Act: enact (S. 845), 35152-35154 [26OC], 36848 [27OC]

Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4360), 5225 [22MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the definition of light butter (H.R. 4723), 9289 [2MY]

Fish and fisheries: increased catfish consumption, 19122 [25JY]

Fish Safety Act: enact (S. 2924), 33636, 33644-33679-33802 [24OC]

———enact (S. 2924), consideration (H. Res. 511), 33628-33636 [24OC]

Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 15065 [21JN], 17437 [13JY], 18473, 18474 [20JY], 18589 [20JY], 18729-18766 [23JY], 18818, 18819, 18821, 18822, 18826-18882 [24JY], 19121, 19143-19263 [25JY]-20219 [27JY], 20256 [27JY], 21240 [1AU], 21516, 21517 [3AU], 21592 [5SE], 21595 [1AU], 22129 [3AU]

———enact (H.R. 3950), consideration (H. Res. 439), 18721-18729 [23JY]

———enact (H.R. 3950), consideration (H. Res. 444), 21420-21422 [1AU]

———enact (H.R. 3950), engrossment corrections, 21595 [1AU]

———enact (H.R. 3950), permission to submit amendments, 18535 [20JY]

Food Program Evaluation Integrity Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4479), 6872 [4AP]

Food Stamp Plan: modify, 21559-21567 [1AU]

Foreign countries: inspection of imported meat and poultry products by U.S. personnel (H.R. 5854), 30470 [18OC], 31089 [19OC]

Foreign trade: Canadian import ban on U.S. frozen french fries, 11714 [23MY]

Fruits and vegetables: special reports, 21516 [3AU]

Hazardous substances: pesticide export reform, 32704 [23OC]

Health: promote the production and labeling of organically produced foods (H.R. 4156), 3078 [1MR]

Housing: Federal assistance relative to food donations for homeless individuals (H.R. 4706), 9280 [2MY]

Hunger: distribution of milk through soup kitchens by the Dept. of Agriculture (H.R. 4432), 6082, 6088 [29MR]

———media coverage of the situation in Africa, 6176 [2AP]

———response to emergency afflicting U.S. families (H.R. 4110), 2699-2702 [27FE], 32704 [23OC]

Infant formula: price, 22133 [3AU]

June Is Turkey Lovers' Month: observance, 14306 [14JN]

———turkey use promotion camapign, 14301 [14JN]

Labeling: country of origin on perishable produce, 21520-21523 [1AU]

———permit certain dairy products to be called reduced fat butter (H.R. 4083), 2480 [22FE]

Labor: contracts for processed food (H.R. 4500), 6664 [4AP]

Little Neck, NY: opening of Food Allergy Center, 25549 [25SE]

Milk: price support, 2891 [28FE]

Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act: encourage States to enact (H.R. 5126), 15344 [21JN]

Motor vehicles: prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), 5499-5506 [27MR], 29454 [17OC]

———prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), consideration of the Senate amendment (H. Res. 508), 29449-29455 [15OC]

Murphysboro, IL: tribute to Memphis in May barbeque cookoff winners, 13445 [7JN]

National Grocers Week: observance, 27864 [5OC]

National Rice Month: designate (H.J. Res. 633), 21687 [1AU]

National Seafood Month: designate (H.J. Res. 659), 26655 [28SE]

New York, NY: opening of world's largest Ronald McDonald House, 30093 [16OC]

Nutrition: ``Oatrim'' fat substitute, 8559 [27AP]

———prescribe labeling (H.R. 3562), 18883 [24JY], 20414-20423 [30JY], 20701 [31JY], 24026 [12SE], 35093-35097 [26OC]

Pesticides: environmental impact, 18906-18915 [24JY]

———export regulation, 21580-21582 [1AU]

Poverty: reallocation of funds from State food programs for WIC (H.R. 5149), 16154-16156 [28JN]

Prices, 18673 [23JY]

Senior Citizen Nutrition Program: tribute, 13449 [7JN]

Solid waste: prohibit use of refrigerated motor vehicles for transportation (H.R. 3386), 29454 [17OC]

Tariff: canned corned mutton (H.R. 5524), 23087 [3AU]

Texas Chili Day: tribute, 27269 [3OC]

Turkey Lovers Month: observance, 16635 [28JN]

Veal calves: prevent abuse, 21572, 21573-21576 [1AU]

WIC: reallocation of funds from State food programs (H.R. 5149), 15519 [25JN]

World Food Day: observance, 11125 [18MY], 29504 [16OC], 30101 [17OC]

Remarks in Senate

Aged: improve nutrition (S. 2509), 8092 [24AP]

Agricultural Conservation Reserve and Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2302), 4672-4673 [20MR], 8521 [26AP]

Agricultural Export Revitalization Act: enact (S. 2401), 6520 [3AP]

Agricultural Recovery Act: enact (S. 2372), 6115 [30MR]

Agriculture: acreage limitation program for wheat crops (S. 3018), 23600 [10SE], 26944 [2OC]

———acreage limitation program for wheat crops (S. 3024), 23759, 23760, 23778-23781 [11SE]

———aquaculture programs, 19390, 19391 [25JY]

———barley deficiency payments, 19395 [25JY]

———disaster assistance for producers (S. 3143), 26528 [28SE]

———domestic fruit and vegetable industry (S. 2525), 8502 [26AP]

———establish research, promotion, and consumer education programs for certain commodities (S. 1838), correcting the enrollment (S. Con. Res. 89), 374 [24JA]

———honey program, 19817-19819 [27JY]

———import standards, 19384, 19389, 19392 [25JY]

———improve research programs (S. 2386), 6154 [30MR]

———Marketing Assistance Program funding, 19847, 19848 [27JY]

———oilseed program, 19393 [25JY]

———opposition to the use of the milk production termination program to control milk production (S. Res. 277), 8663-8665 [27AP]

———peanut price support-19322 [25JY]

———pesticide use and cosmetic standards, 19384 [25JY]

———removal of alar from marketplace, 2939 [28FE]

———storage of excess wheat (S. 3098), 25386 [24SE]

———sugar program, 18416-18438 [20JY], 18622 [23JY]

———targeting of Export Enhancement Program funds relative to commodity planting reductions (S. 3023), 23781 [11SE]

———U.S. policy to improve trade practices, domestic economic security, research programs, resource conservation, and food supply (S. 2292), 4182-4186 [9MR]

Apples: import marketing order, 19505 [26JY]

Children: extend eligibility for reimbursement for meal supplements for afterschool care (S. 2055), 1078 [1FE]

———health and welfare, 27503 [4OC]

Chile: grading program for imported fruits and vegetables, 19819-19822, 19826-19829 [27JY]

Conservation Promotion Act: enact (S. 2409), 6532-6537 [3AP]

Dairy Stabilization Act: enact (S. 2314), 4921 [21MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: border inspection of Canadian meat and poultry products, 25951 [26SE]

———supplemental food programs, 8885 [1MY]

Dept. of HHS: food labeling reform, 4207 [9MR]

Domestic Hunger Relief Act: enact (S. 2489), 7795-7797, 7805 [20AP], 14158 [14JN]

Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 214), 30410 [17OC]

Ending Hunger Month: designate (S.J. Res. 342), 16489 [28JN]

Farm Income and Flexibility Act: enact (S. 2394), 6503, 6515-6517 [3AP]

Farms for the Future Act: enact (S. 2431), 7078 [5AP]

FDA Revitalization Act: enact (S. 845), 33564-33568 [24OC]

Federal Crop Insurance Program: restoring confidence (S. Con. Res. 114), 6165 [30MR]

Federal Fish Inspection Act: enact (S. 1245), 15623 [26JN], 19356 [25JY]

Fish and Seafood Promotion Act: reauthorizing (S. 2991), 22870 [3AU]

Fish Safety Act: enact (S. 2924), 24063-24117 [12SE]

Food, Drug, and Device Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act: enact (S. 2683), 12387 [24MY]

Food stamp plan: clarifications relative to general assistance vendor payments (S. 2644), 10777 [16MY]

———establish measures to prevent trafficking (S. 2445), 7106 [5AP]

———improve, 19850-19853 [27JY]

Foreign trade: inspection of imported meat and poultry by U.S. personnel (S. 3213), 30365-30368 [17OC]

Grown in the United States Food Labeling Act: enact (S. 2642), 10776 [16MY]

Hawaii: tribute to macadamia nut industry, 25862 [26SE]

Health: national nutrition plan (H.R. 1608), 27851-27854 [5OC]

Heifer Project International: hunger alleviation efforts, 29620 [16OC]

Hunger: eradication (S.J. Res. 370), 25796 [25SE]

———expand certain local commodity supplemental feeding programs to include the elderly (S. 2289), 4178 [9MR]

Hunger Prevention Act: enact (S. 2310), 4906, 4912 [21MR], 5686 [28MR], 20095 [27JY]

Inventory Grain Protection Act: enact (S. 2330), 5189 [22MR]

Korea, Republic of: import restrictions against U.S. beef, 4585 [20MR]

Labeling: define the term light or reduced butter fat (S. 2284), 4171 [9MR]

Mankato, MN: Excellence in Child Nutrition Award recipients, 24608 [14SE]

Michigan Beekeepers Association: anniversary, 16569 [28JN]

Motor vehicles: prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), 31191 [19OC]

———prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), House amendment, 31188, 31191-31194 [19OC]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (S.J. Res. 273), 4686 [20MR]

National School Breakfast Week: observance, 4197 [9MR]

National School Lunch Program: study (S. 2471), 7612 [19AP]

Nutrition: prescribe labeling (H.R. 3562), 33425-33430 [24OC], 34033 [25OC]

Organic Foods Production Act: enact (S. 2108), 1796, 1811 [8FE]

Pesticide Safety Improvement Act: enact (S. 2490), 7805-7808 [20AP]

Pesticides: effects on food and farm workers, 30934 [18OC]

———regulation, 2505 [26FE]

———consumer protection from certain imported food products, 13463 [8JN]

Poverty: reallocation of funds from State food programs for WIC (H.R. 5149), 16574 [28JN]

Product safety: prohibit organically grown product storage in chemical containers, 18197 [19JY]

Safe Food Transportation Act: enact (S. 2393), 6232 [2AP], 25259-25267 [20SE]

Safe Transportation of Food Act: enact (S. 1751), 30941 [18OC]

Safety: development of new technologies (S. 2422), 7042 [5AP]

Sec. of HHS: define authority relative to regulation of certain foods used as though they were drugs (S. 2272), 4159 [9MR]

Soybean Graduated Equity Loan Program Act: enact (S. 2315), 4922 [21MR]

Sugar: world market, 360 [24JA]

Sugar Equity and Reform Act: enact (S. 2316), 4923 [21MR]

Target Price Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2336), 5309 [26MR]

Taste of the Nation charity benefit: tribute, 3021 [28FE]

WIC: reallocation of funds from State food programs (H.R. 5149), 16557 [28JN]

Reports

Assessing Human Health Risks From Chemically Contaminated Fish and Shellfish—A Guidance Manual: EPA, 19329 [25JY]

Contamination of Fish, Mollusks, and Crustaceans by Pathogenic Microorganisms, Chemical Toxins, and Sewage Waste: National Research Council, 19331 [25JY]

Food and Agricultural Resources Act: Iowa Public Policy Education Project, 4588 [20MR]

Hunger Prevention Act (S. 2310), 4908-4914 [21MR]

New Commodity Program Payment Limits: Michael R. Dicks and Daryll E. Ray, 19202-19204 [25JY]

Seafood Inspection Program: Jeanne J. Grimmett, Library of Congress, 24065-24069 [12SE]

Soybeans: Dept. of Agriculture and American Soybean Board (compromise), 19512 [26JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3950, Food and Agricultural Resources Act: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 439) (H. Rept. 101-609), 18546 [20JY]

———Committee on Rules (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 101-651), 20894, 20938 [31JY]

Consideration of S. 2924, Fish Safety Act: Committee on the Rules (H. Res. 511) (H. Rept. 101-891), 30089 [16OC]

FDA Revitalization Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 845) (S. Rept. 101-242), 1063 [1FE]

Food and Agricultural Resources Act: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3950) (H. Rept. 101-569), 16689 [10JY]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3950) (H. Rept. 101-569), 17962 [18JY]

———Committee on Foreign Affairs (H.R. 3950) (H. Rept. 101-569), 17588 [16JY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3950) (H. Rept. 101-569), 17962 [18JY]

National Health Care Food Service Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 273), 14230 [14JN]

National Rice Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate)(S.J. Res. 353), 26389 [27SE]

Nutrition Labeling for Foods: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3562) (H. Rept. 101-538), 14108 [14JN]

Omnibus Agricultural Commodity Promotion and Research Act: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3664) (H. Rept. 101-568), 16184 [28JN]

Prohibit Use of Refrigerated Motor Vehicles for Transportation of Solid Waste: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3386) (H. Rept. 101-390), 4459 [15MR]

Safe Food Transportation Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2393) (S. Rept. 101-332), 13873 [13JN]

Safety Program To Ensure Quality of Fish Products Intended for Human Consumption: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2511) (H. Rept. 101-874), 29470 [15OC]

Statements

Fish Safety Act: OMB, 24082 [12SE]

———President Bush, 24097 [12SE]

Rice Program: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 19614 [26JY]

Studies

Economic Effects of Peanut Program on Consumers, Government Cost, Exports, Processors/Manufacturers, and Growers: Marshall A. Martin, 19307-19313 [25JY]

Summaries

California Environmental Protection Act, 18907 [24JY]

Domestic Hunger Relief Act (S. 2489), 7804 [20AP]

Farm Income and Flexibility Act (S. 2394), 6515 [3AP]

Farms for the Future Act (S. 2431), 7078 [5AP]

Fish Safety Act (S. 2924), 24076 [12SE], 33651 [24OC]

Food Security Act (S. 2292), 4186 [9MR]

Hunger Prevention Act (S. 2310), 4907 [21MR]

Issues Behind Mandatory Seafood Inspection: Michael R. Dicks and David Harvey, 19361 [25JY]

Pesticide Export Amendment to Food and Agricultural Resources Act, 21582 [1AU]

World Food Day Teleconference, 11125 [18MY]

Tables

Changes in dairy prices, 1985-89, 18747 [23JY]

Comparison between S. 2228 and S. 1245, 19358 [25JY]

EEC food subsidies, 20203 [27JY]

Federal spending for programs assisting low-income individuals, 4912 [21MR]

Special supplemental WIC food program, 8419 [26AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 439, consideration of H.R. 3950, Food and Agricultural Resources Act, 18721 [23JY]

H. Res. 444, consideration of H.R. 3950, Food and Agricultural Resources Act, 21420 [1AU]

H. Res. 508, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3386, prohibit use of refrigerated motor vehicles and cargo tanks for food for transportation of solid waste and hazardous materials, 29449-29452 [15OC]

H. Res. 511, consideration of S. 2924, Fish Safety Act, 33628 [24OC]

H.J. Res. 659, National Seafood Month, 26656 [28SE]

H.R. 1608, strengthen national nutrition plan, 27047-27050 [2OC]

H.R. 3386, prohibit use of refrigerated motor vehicles for transportation of solid waste and the use of cargo tanks for transportation of food and hazardous materials, 5499 [27MR]

H.R. 3386, Sanitary Food Transportation Act, 31188-31191 [19OC]

H.R. 4291, prohibit the importation of certain fruits that do not comply with quality and size provisions, 4472 [15MR]

H.R. 4432, Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Expansion Act, 6089 [29MR]

H.R. 5149, reallocation of funds from State food programs for WIC, 15519 [25JN], 16155 [28JN]

H.R. 5151, Emergency Crop Loss Assistance Act, 15463 [25JN]

H.R. 5871, Farm Poundage Quota Revisions Act, 31541 [20OC]

S. 845, FDA Revitalization Act, 33568 [24OC], 35153 [26OC]

S. 2108, Organic Foods Production Act, 1796-1811 [8FE]

S. 2284, define the term light or reduced butter fat, 4172 [9MR]

S. 2330, Inventory Grain Protection Act, 5189 [22MR]

S. 2336, Target Price Adjustment Act, 5310 [26MR]

S. 2372, Agricultural Recovery Act, 6116-6123 [30MR]

S. 2393, Safe Food Transportation Act, 25259-25263 [20SE]

S. 2394, Farm Income and Flexibility Act, 6504-6515 [3AP]

S. 2422, Food Safety Act, 7043 [5AP]

S. 2471, National School Lunch Program study, 7613 [19AP]

S. 2489, Domestic Hunger Relief Act, 7797-7804 [20AP]

S. 2490, Pesticide Safety Improvement Act, 7808-7824 [20AP]

S. 2525, domestic fruit and vegetable industry, 8503 [26AP]

S. 2642, Grown in the United States Food Labeling Act, 10777 [16MY]

S. 2644, food stamp plan clarifications relative to general assistance vendor payments, 10778 [16MY]

S. 2683, Food, Drug, and Device Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, 12388-12394 [24MY]

S. 2830, extend and revise Federal agricultural programs, 22301-22485 [3AU]

S. 2924, Fish Safety Act, 19683-19694 [26JY], 24117-24128 [12SE], 33652-33663 [24OC]

S. 3023, targeting of Export Enhancement Program funds relative to commodity planting reductions, 23782 [11SE]

S. 3024, acreage limitation program for wheat crops, 23781 [11SE]

S. Con. Res. 89, correcting enrollment of S. 1838, establishing research, promotion, and consumer education programs for certain agricultural commodities, 344, 374 [24JA]

S. Con. Res. 114, restoring confidence in the Federal Crop Insurance Program, 6165 [30MR]

S. Res. 277, milk production termination program, 8663 [27AP]

S.J. Res. 273, National Health Care Food Service Week, 4686 [20MR], 14470 [18JN]

S.J. Res. 342, Ending Hunger Month, 16489 [28JN], 26551 [28SE]

S.J. Res. 370, hunger eradication, 25797 [25SE]