AGRICULTURE related term(s) Agriculture; Food; Rural Areas

Addresses

Fast-Track's Impact on U.S. Environment: Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen (consumer organization), E1770 [15MY]

Search for a Modern Russian Identity, James H. Billington, S5848-S5851 [15MY]

Agreements

Soviet Union: agricultural export credit guarantees from the U.S. (S. Res. 117), unanimous-consent, S5743 [14MY]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), S11206, S11248 [29JY], S11270, S11278, S11280, S11281, S11283, S11290, S11379, S11380 [30JY], H5176, H5178, H5179, H5181, H5187, H5190 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, S14763 [16OC]

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), S17718, S17747, S17773 [22NO]

Price support programs: milk (H.R. 2837), E3780 [8NO]

Analyses

Farm Debt Tax Reform Act (S. 900), S4872 [23AP]

Fruit and Vegetable Producers Emergency Assistance Act (S. 1555), S10788 [24JY]

Tax Treatment of Gains or Losses From Sale of Assets by Farmer Cooperatives (S. 1522), S10570 [22JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2698, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, S11298 [30JY], H6730 [24SE]

Articles and editorials

Ag Lab Veteran Cited for Work, E3033 [12SE]

Agriculture's Big Thirst Is No Longer a Sacred Cow, E369 [31JA]

Aid Sought to Secure Soviet Arsenal, S17455 [21NO]

At Tokyo Fair, U.S. Booth Sparks Rift Over Rice, S3896 [21MR]

Bankers—Grazing Fee Hikes Could Hurt Every State Bank, S13130 [17SE]

Bull Market—Beef Prices Stay Lofty As Ranchers Avoid Usual Overexpansion, S13154 [17SE]

Bush Fails To Budge G-7 Leaders on Farm Subsidy Issue, S10646 [23JY]

Can Democrats Take Back the West?, S13131 [17SE]

Canadian Durum Situation Is Intolerable, E2902 [2AU]

Capital Gains Treatment Absolutely Essential for Agriculture, E1393 [23AP]

Care in Cooking Reduces Possibility of Food Poisoning, S8159 [19JN]

Change Tax Code, Stop Hurting Farmers, S9413 [10JY]

Chicken—At What Cost?, S8148 [19JN]

Chicken—How Safe?, S8144 [19JN]

Consumers Have Bone To Pick on Product Safety, S8152-S8155 [19JN]

Criticism of Tobacco Challenges a Way of Life, S14095 [1OC]

Dangers of Foul Fowl—As Poultry's Popularity Grows, the Scourge of Salmonella Spreads, S8165 [19JN]

Day 2—Risk to Health—Poultry Blamed for Health Problems, S8157-S8159 [19JN]

Day 4—Risk to Farmers—Farmers Describe Barely Scratching Out a Living, S8163 [19JN]

Day To Forget—Most Sick I Have Ever Been, S8146 [19JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Eases Up on Plants Six Times in 15 Years, S8146 [19JN]

Diplomacy's Orphans—New Issues in Human Rights, S14553 [8OC]

Eduard Shevardnadze's Bloody Past, S5852 [15MY]

Europe's Latest Farming Muddle, E789 [6MR]

Farm Bureau Survey Shows Crop Damage, H10822 [21NO]

Faster Market Adjustment Needed in N. American Trade, Canada Says, S17248 [20NO]

Faster Processing—More Contaminated Birds?, S8156 [19JN]

Fear of Losing Contracts Keeps Farmers Quiet, S8164 [19JN]

Few Companies Control Large Agricultural Shares, H2808 [7MY]

14 Years After Ban, DBCP in Florida, California Ground Water, S6612 [23MY]

Fowl Process—Faster Slaughter Lines Are Contaminating Much U.S. Poultry, S8166 [19JN]

Fraction of Produce Coming Into Florida Inspected, S6611 [23MY]

Free the Peanuts, S5455 [8MY], E1707 [9MY]

Full Menu for Farmers Is Best, E938 [14MR]

Grass Grab, S10816 [25JY]

Great Tokyo Food Fight, S3895 [21MR]

Green Mountain Muddle, S17570 [22NO]

Gumbo Makings From Carolina, S10805 [24JY]

Hawaiian Islands Face Extensive Ecological Peril, S16325 [7NO]

Higher Costs Spell Disaster in West, S13136 [17SE]

High-Tec Plants Churn Out Birds, but Add to Risk, S8146 [19JN]

``I Keep Thinking, That She Will Come Walking in the Door'', S8149 [19JN]

Japan Bids U.S. Remove Rice From Trade Display, S3897 [21MR]

Japan Makes Federal Case of U.S. Rice Display, S3896 [21MR]

Japan Moves Angers Rice Council Member—U.S. Forced To Pull Entry From Food Exhibition, S3895 [21MR]

Japan Objects to U.S. Rice, S3897 [21MR]

Japan Shuts U.S. Rice Exhibition, S3896 [21MR]

Kralicek Raises Buffalo To Enjoy, S13630 [25SE]

Long-Lived Farms Honored at Fair, S13729 [25SE]

Low-Cost Changes in the Line Help Workers, Company, S8150 [19JN]

Lunch Without Peanut Butter, S5454 [8MY], E1707 [9MY]

Meaner Than Hornets, ``Killer Bees'' Hit Texas, S5099 [25AP]

Mexican Workers Take Up the Slack in Poultry Plants, S8150 [19JN]

Milking Poor Families, S17569 [22NO]

``My Hands Just Do Not Work No More'', S8152 [19JN]

Nebraska Scores First in Fed Cattle, E1014 [20MR]

Nuts to Whom?, S5455 [8MY], E1707 [9MY]

1% of 1 Million Food Shipments Into United States Tested for Pesticides, S6610 [23MY]

Pesticides a Preferred Suicide Tool—Paraquat Often Used, Costa Rica Doctor Says, S6612 [23MY]

Pesticides Taking Toll on Workers, Animals in Mexico, S6613 [23MY]

Pesticides—Circle of Poison—Texas Lawmakers Could Quash Pesticide Suits, S6612 [23MY]

Plastics From Potato Waste, S8373 [20JN]

Poultry Industry—Success at a Price, S8155 [19JN]

Processing Tasks Take Painful Toll, S8160-S8163 [19JN]

Proposals for Ensuring Clean Carcasses Vary, S8157 [19JN]

Public Health—Dirty Chicken, S8167-S8171 [19JN]

Rains Too Late To Water Down Crop Damage, H10822 [21NO]

Raisin Wars, E2832 [1AU]

Ranchers Turn a Profit by Subletting U.S. Land, S13153 [17SE]

Representatives Bite the Hand That Feeds, S10825 [25JY]

Salmonella Strikes U.S. Wallets, S8160 [19JN]

Senate—Wrong on Milk, S17569 [22NO]

``Silent Extinctions'' Befalls Hawaii's Flora, Fauna, S16325 [7NO]

Silent Harvest, S18402 [26NO]

Southwestern Wyoming Ranches Lose Most Value if Fees Hiked, S13129 [17SE]

Soviet Butchery Unmasked, S15109 [24OC]

Soviet Deal May Snag U.S. Credits, S5852 [15MY]

Soviets Accused of `Dumping' Uranium on U.S., S17451 [21NO]

Success Stories From Small-Town Illinois, S10463 [18JY]

There Is a Catch To Catching Birds—It Is Hazardous to the Health, S8150 [19JN]

They Give Them Home Where Buffalo Roam, S13630 [25SE]

Thousands Cope With Sterility, S6609 [23MY]

Time To Rethink the CVP?, E3340 [9OC]

Today, if You Blow the Whistle, You Are in Trouble, S8145 [19JN]

Total Cost of Grazing Public Lands, H5002 [25JN]

Trading U.S. Aid for Soviet Oil, S7701 [12JN]

Two Inspectors Test Produce From 800 Trucks a Day, S6611 [23MY]

U.S., EC End Major Impasse Over Agricultural Subsidies, S16792 [15NO]

U.S. Food Credits Called Vital to Soviets, S5821 [15MY]

U.S. ``Selling Death'' for Food Imports, S6608 [23MY]

U.S. Softening on Farm Aid Spurs GATT Hopes, S16791 [15NO]

Undoing the Mistakes of Past, E3340 [9OC]

Washington Sinks Key Anti-Drought Bill—Water Watch—But Tide Is Running Toward Reform, E4038 [25NO]

Watershed, E4038 [25NO]

Well-Bred Bird Begins in the Lab, S8147 [19JN]

Why Help the Soviet Union?, S5841 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 980, H1077 [20FE])

———clarify status of certain refunds (see H.R. 2189, H2685 [1MY])

Agricultural Reconciliation Act: improve effectiveness (see H.R. 3330, H6538 [12SE])

Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act: amend relative to the farmer to farmer program (see H.R. 3948, H11885 [26NO])

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2698, H4866 [20JN])

Appropriations: authorizing to distribute milk to needy persons (see H.R. 2576, H4098 [6JN])

Aquaculture: establish national policy (see H.R. 2798, H5210 [26JN])

Arkansas: agricultural water supply, ground water management, and conservation project (see H.R. 3646, H8661 [29OC])

Armed Forces: treatment of farmers and ranchers serving in the Persian Gulf (see S. 393, S1789 [7FE])

CCC: purchase of additional commodities under certain emergency food assistance and hunger programs (see S. 1910, S15801 [1NO])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see S. 715, S3712 [20MR]; H.R. 1516, H1913 [20MR])

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: cash flow rules for borrowers (see H.R. 4071, H11890 [26NO])

Cranberry producers: emergency crop loss assistance (see H.R. 2791, H5210 [26JN])

Credit: assistance to qualified beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 2401, H3279 [20MY])

Crime: prohibit insider trading of commodities (see H.R. 221, H60 [3JA])

Crimes: prevention of offenses against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

Dairy products: import standards (see H.R. 2058, H2535 [24AP])

Dept. of Agriculture: acreage reduction program (see H.R. 2895, H5513 [16JY])

———collection of fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection services (see S. 885, S4836 [23AP])

———lamb price and supply reporting services (see S. 1935, S16213 [7NO]; H.R. 3906, H11114 [23NO])

———modify haying and grazing provisions (see H.R. 2754, H5049 [25JN])

Disasters: assistance for producers (see H.R. 2494, H3738 [30MY])

———assistance to farmers who suffered crop losses due to damaging weather (see S. 1422, S9115 [28JN]; S. 1695, S12663 [10SE])

———assistance to producers (see S. 1441, S9490 [10JY])

———assistance to producers of all crops affected by damaging weather (see S. 1251, S7291 [6JN])

———crop acreage base shifting between farms in the case of natural disasters (see S. 1180, S6857 [24MY])

———donation of agricultural commodities for international hunger relief programs financed by Japan (see H. Con. Res. 179, H5432 [11JY])

———extension of emergency crop loss assistance (see S. 1771, S13926 [27SE])

———prepare and implement drought contingency plans (see H.R. 920, H991 [6FE])

———reduce impact of drought conditions (see S. 711, S3712 [20MR])

———reduce the impact of drought conditions (see S. 586, S2926 [7MR]; H.R. 1247, H1414 [5MR])

———relieve economic hardships to producers suffering from drought conditions (see H.R. 1550, H2013 [21MR])

———shifting of crop acreage bases between farms in the case of natural disasters (see H.R. 2477, H3709 [29MY])

———time period for Sec. of Agriculture determination of natural disaster (see H.R. 3408, H6878 [25SE])

EEC: GATT oilseeds panel ruling (see H. Res. 257, H8335 [23OC])

Eggs: inspection of products (see S. 1465, S9839 [11JY])

Export Enhancement Program: limitation on bonus awards (see S. Res. 57, S1907 [19FE])

Fair Labor Standards Act: maximum hour exemption for employees (see S. 1735, S13409 [20SE])

Farm Credit System: financial safety and soundness (see S. 1709, S12983 [13SE]; H.R. 3298, H6455 [11SE])

Farmers: eliminate abuses of the farm program payment limitations rule (see H.R. 4019, H11888 [26NO])

———extend retroactive period during which farm insolvency transactions are exempt from the prior law alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 84, H56 [3JA])

———loan origination fees charged a producer of oilseed crops (see H.R. 3887, H10930 [22NO])

———protection from severe financial losses resulting from failure of a grain warehouse facility (see S. 460, S2146 [21FE])

———target wheat and feed grain deficiency payments to family-sized farms (see H.R. 3436, H7107 [30SE])

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.: financial safety and soundness (see H.R. 3300, H6455 [11SE]; H.R. 3339, H6601 [16SE])

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation: supervision and regulation (see H.R. 3214, H6381 [2AU])

Federal aid programs: credit assistance to qualified beginning farmers or ranchers (see S. 1835, S14839 [16OC])

———disaster assistance (see H.R. 2893, H5513 [16JY]; H.R. 3029, H5908 [25JY])

———disaster assistance for fruit and vegetable producers (see S. 1555, S10769 [24JY])

———extend and remove certain limitations on emergency crop loss and livestock feed assistance (see H.R. 1451, H1774 [14MR])

———paperwork required in signing up (see S. 1573, S11056 [26JY])

Federal programs: combined corn and grain sorghum base (see H.R. 2275, H2901 [8MY])

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: exempt from certain requirements (see H.R. 2564, H4097 [6JN])

Feed grains: discretion in the establishment of acreage bases (see S. 1293, S7809 [13JN])

Food: assist developing democracies with foreign aid programs (see S. 1710, S12983 [13SE])

———definition of light butter (see H.R. 2596, H4186 [7JN])

———domestic inspection of imported meat and poultry products (see S. 828, S4456 [16AP])

———milk standards (see S. 1110, S6210 [21MY])

———papaya import standards (see H.R. 3028, H5818 [24JY])

———prohibit import of meat products from European Community until certain trade barriers are removed (see S. 1738, S13409 [20SE])

———public health safety standards for poultry (see S. 1324, S8136 [19JN])

———remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6381 [2AU])

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), concur in Senate amendment (see H. Res. 305, H11890 [26NO])

Foreign policy: authority of U.S. to enforce and strengthen environmental, labor, agricultural, and public health and safety standards (see H. Con. Res. 247, H11114 [23NO])

Foreign trade: domestic uses of certain foreign grain after importation (see H.R. 3549, H7800 [10OC])

———exchange of U.S. agricultural commodities for petroleum products produced by Soviet Republics (see H.R. 3308, H6455 [11SE])

———export of nonfat dry milk and butter (see S. 1011, S5502 [8MY])

———fair treatment of rice (see H.R. 1610, H2083 [22MR])

———import limitations on milk protein products (see H.R. 937, H991 [6FE])

———monitoring of the domestic uses made of certain foreign grain after importation (see S. 1993, S17245 [20NO])

———require public disclosure of information relating to sales of commodities for export (see H.R. 223, H60 [3JA])

Fruit: import requirements on fresh papaya (see S. 568, S2771 [6MR])

GATT: enforcement of oilseeds panel ruling against EEC (see S. Res. 201, S14976 [22OC])

———reforms relative to negotiations on agricultural subsidies (see S. Res. 227, S17245 [20NO])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2014 [21MR])

Grazing permits: prohibit obstruction of activities (see H.R. 473, H195 [10JA])

Hawaii: collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services (see H.R. 2054, H2535 [24AP])

———collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services in Puerto Rico and Hawaii (see H.R. 2110, H2564 [25AP])

Herbicides: development of nonchemical weed control systems (see S. 1916, S15970 [5NO]; H.R. 3714, H9392 [5NO])

Interstate commerce: shipping and marketing agreements on State inspected meats and poultry (see S. 465, S2146 [21FE])

Japan: treatment of U.S. rice (see H.R. 2002, H2468 [23AP])

Labeling: milk (see H.R. 2397, H3279 [20MY])

Land use: calculating crop acreage for feed grains (see S. 390, S1789 [7FE])

Lower Mississippi Delta Development Center: authorizing grants (see H.R. 2572, H4097 [6JN])

Milk: inventory management programs (see S. 782, S4229 [9AP]; H.R. 1606, H2083 [22MR])

———limit price support and inventory management programs (see S. 858, S4736 [18AP])

———long-term supply management system that is controlled by producers (see S. 1340, S8310 [20JN])

———price support program (see H.R. 2417, H3370 [21MY])

———supply management, content regulation, price support, and enhance consumption (see H.R. 2609, H4283 [11JN])

Mining: procedures for entry on to livestock grazing lands (see S. 1187, S6858 [24MY])

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H4612 [18JN])

National Mushroom Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297, H5432 [11JY])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 176, S9490 [10JY]; H.J. Res. 293, H5340 [10JY])

Natural resources: tree planting programs (see H.R. 2015, H2468 [23AP]; H.R. 2016, H2468 [23AP]

New York: tribute to agriculture industry (see S. Res. 200, S14907 [17OC])

Pesticides: coordinate and synchronize data requirements (see H.R. 3882, H10930 [22NO])

———improve safety (see H.R. 3742, H9580 [7NO])

———prevent contamination of ground water (see H.R. 170, H58 [3JA])

———regulation of use (see S. 2085, S18335 [26NO])

———remove hazardous substances from the market (see S. 1353, S8459 [21JN])

———safety of exports (see S. 898, S4837 [23AP])

Poultry: reestablish minimum inspection and processing standards (see H.R. 222, H60 [3JA])

Power resources: encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (see H.R. 1418, H1757 [13MR])

Price support programs: milk (see S. 470, S2146 [21FE]; S. 520, S2507 [28FE]; S. 1090, S6034 [16MY]; S. 1098, S6107 [17MY]; S. 1478, S10135 [16JY]; S. 1527, S10675 [23JY]; H.R. 1075, H1136 [21FE]; H.R. 1890, H2373 [17AP]; H.R. 2247, H2811 [7MY]; H.R. 2403, H3279 [20MY]; H.R. 2628, H4437 [12JN]; H.R. 2837, H5299 [9JY]; H.R. 3108, H6137 [30JY]; H.R. 3131, H6192 [31JY])

———peanuts (see H.R. 32, H54 [3JA])

Prices: computation of class I milk prices (see S. 671, S3386 [14MR]; H.R. 1088, H1136 [21FE]; H.R. 1494, H1849 [19MR])

———increase the minimum established prices used to calculate deficiency payments for certain crops (see S. 97, S436 [14JA])

Printing: use of ink pigments made with soybean oil in Federal products (see H.R. 1736, H2177 [11AP])

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 944, H992 [6FE]; H.R. 1292, H1455 [6MR])

———establish grazing fees for domestic livestock on public rangelands (see H.R. 481, H385 [11JA])

Public welfare: entitlement commodities for school lunch programs relative to cash payments (see H.R. 2933, H5595 [17JY])

Puerto Rico: collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services (see H.R. 2054, H2535 [24AP])

———collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services in Puerto Rico and Hawaii (see H.R. 2110, H2564 [25AP])

Real property: special estate tax valuation rules (see H.R. 3577, H8101 [17OC])

———taxation of sale of farmland with principal residence (see H.R. 1711, H2135 [10AP])

———valuation of family farm estates (see S. 1045, S5752 [14MY]; S. 1061, S5753 [14MY])

Reconstruction Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 1462, H1847 [19MR])

SBA: assist, protect, and preserve small businesses in meat production and marketing (see H.R. 228, H60 [3JA])

Skagit County, WA: construct facilities on public land for plant materials (see S. 375, S1699 [6FE]; H.R. 1437, H1758 [13MR])

Soviet Union: agricultural credit guarantee request (see H. Res. 154, H3149 [15MY])

———agricultural export credit guarantees from the U.S. (see S. Res. 117, S5137 [25AP])

———economic assistance (see S. 1714, S13056 [16SE]; H.R. 3377, H6797 [24SE]; H.R. 3546, H7800 [10OC]; H.R. 3687, H8919 [31OC])

———provide agricultural assistance in exchange for fissile materials (see S. 2011, S17433 [21NO])

———review of agricultural credit guarantees (see H. Res. 150, H2953 [9MY])

———sell agricultural commodities to promote local food distribution and production (see S. 2081, S18335 [26NO])

Stock Raising Homestead Act: amend relative to subsurface estates (see H.R. 450, H83 [4JA])

Student aid programs: impact of the value of a farm family's principal residence and farm on eligibility (see S. 712, S3712 [20MR])

Sweet potatoes: production and marketing (see H.R. 3971, H11886 [26NO])

Tariff: interim processors within industries producing processed agricultural products (see H.R. 4050, H11889 [26NO])

Taxation: capital gain on transfer of farm property (see S. 900, S4837 [23AP])

———credit for agricultural byproduct fuel production (see H.R. 1198, H1324 [28FE])

———encourage parity giving to increase prices to farmers and assist the hungry (see H.R. 3944, H11885 [26NO])

———exempt certain agricultural workers from the withholding of income taxes from wages (see H.R. 2879, H5432 [11JY])

———fairness for farmers, ranchers, and small businesses (see H.R. 91, H56 [3JA])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])

———increase prices to farmers while assisting in feeding the hungry (see S. 1826, S14588 [8OC])

———modify the application of the passive loss limitations to farming activities (see H.R. 835, H891 [5FE])

———permanent extension for the issuance of first-time farmer bonds (see S. 710, S3712 [20MR])

———repeal Revenue Reconciliation Act provisions which require withholding of income taxes from wages paid to agricultural labor (see H.R. 1562, H2014 [21MR])

———rollover of gain from sale of farm assets into individual retirement account (see S. 1130, S6355 [22MY]; H.R. 2470, H3623 [23MY])

———rollover proceeds from sale of farm to an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2333, H3036 [14MY])

———sale of farm property by certain farmers who have attained age 65 or by farm corporations (see H.R. 2326, H3035 [14MY])

———treatment gains or losses from sale of assets by farmer cooperatives (see S. 1522, S10554 [22JY])

———treatment of contributions to no net cost tobacco fund or no net cost tobacco account (see H.R. 164, H58 [3JA])

———treatment of sale or exchange of certain farmland (see H.R. 236, H60 [3JA])

———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H991 [6FE])

Texas: San Angelo Federal reclamation project irrigable acreage increase (see H.R. 3593, H8120 [21OC])

Veal calves: protection (see H.R. 252, H77 [4JA])

Wheat: calculation of certain deficiency payments (see H.R. 523, H487 [12JA])

Wheat and feed grains: loan levels and target prices (see H.R. 3727, H9493 [6NO])

Wisconsin Cheese Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 171, S8953 [27JN])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H2469 [23AP])

Books

Carpenter Family—Farming Vegetables and Fruit Keeps Their Dream Alive, Department of Agriculture Yearbook of Agriculture (excerpt), S5810 [14MY]

Comparisons

Public lands grazing fees and private leases, S13128 [17SE]

Descriptions

Milk Supply Management Act (H.R. 2609), H4279 [11JN]

Overview, legislative history, and impact of Circle of Poison Prevention Act (S. 898), S4866-S4868 [23AP]

Price supports for milk (S. 520), S2509 [28FE]

Documents

Canadian Government Explanation and Form for Countries Importing Canadian Grain, S17248, S17249 [20NO]

Compromise Offer Regarding Public Land Grazing Fees: Oregon State University, S13142 [17SE]

Farms for the Future Program: Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, S18276 [26NO]

Essays

Walpole Town Forest, E1746 [14MY]

Examples

Food for Freedom Program form of assistance, S12987 [13SE]

Explanations

How the EEC harms U.S. agriculture, S15019 [22OC]

Factsheets

Agricultural Credit Guarantees for the Soviet Union, S7449 [11JN]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2698): Committee on Appropriations (House), H5165 [26JN]

Conference Report to H.R. 2698, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations, H7587 [8OC]

Domestic Hunger, H7274 [2OC]

International Hunger, H7274 [2OC]

Soviet Agriculture, S12986 [13SE]

U.S.-Soviet Agricultural Trade, S12987 [13SE]

Letters

Agricultural credit for the Soviet Union: Senator Exon, S5492 [8MY]

Agricultural trade barriers: Food Processors, Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Retailers for Extending Fast Track Trade Negotiating Authority, S6811 [24MY]

———U.S. Agriculture for Trade Negotiations, S6810, S6816 [24MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations: Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, H5157 [26JN]

———several organizations concerned with rural economic development, S14760 [16OC]

———several rural housing organizations, H5158 [26JN]

Agriculture export credit guarantees to the Soviet Union: Senator Dole, S5313 [25AP]

Agriculture policy and world market shares: Senator Dole, S13223 [18SE]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service move to Hoboken, NJ: Dept. of Agriculture, S14762 [16OC]

Central Valley project: Pete Wilson, Governor of California, H10335 [18NO]

Dairy prices: American Farm Bureau Federation, S3503 [19MR]

———Dairymen's Creamery Association, Inc., S3516 [19MR]

———Darigold Farms, S3516 [19MR]

———Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, S3516 [19MR]

———Land O'Lakes, Inc., S3515 [19MR]

———Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of New York, S3510 [19MR]

———Michigan Milk Producers Association, S3516 [19MR]

———Milk Marketing, Inc., S3516 [19MR]

———National Milk Producers Federation, S3507, S3515 [19MR]

———Shenandoah's Pride Dairy Products, S3516 [19MR]

Dept. of Agriculture's streamlined inspection system for cattle: Senators Leahy and Metzenbaum, S8143 [19JN]

Drought assistance: Dept. of Interior, S3694 [20MR]

Enforcement of GATT oilseeds panel ruling against EEC: Frane Andriessen and Ray MacSharry, S15018 [22OC]

———Senators Pryor and Danforth, S15018 [22OC]

———several Senators, S15018 [22OC]

Extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority: Farmers and Ranchers for Fast Track, S6797 [24MY]

———Montana Stockgrowers Association, Inc., S6798 [24MY]

———National Association of Wheat Growers, S6797 [24MY]

———National Potato Council, S6635 [23MY]

Farm Credit Administration's regulatory authority over Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.: Brown & Wood (law firm), H6422 [11SE]

———Congressional Research Service, H6422 [11SE]

Farmers Home Administration emergency loan program: Edward Madigan, Sec. of Agriculture, S5612 [9MY]

Farmers Home Administration's guaranteed loan interest assistance program: Committee on Small Business (Senate), S11279 [30JY]

———Farmers Home Administration, S11279 [30JY]

GATT negotiations: Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, E2009 [4JN]

Grazing fees on public lands, S13032 [16SE]

———1st Security Bank of Craig, S12980 [13SE]

———Alan C. Raul, S13156 [17SE]

———Baca State Bank, S12980 [13SE]

———BLM, S13128, S13129, S13145 [17SE]

———Dept. of Agriculture, S13167 [17SE]

———Ed Oliver, S12980 [13SE]

———Federal Land Bank Association of Southwest Colorado, S12980 [13SE]

———Forest Service, S13128, S13144 [17SE]

———GAO, S13155 [17SE]

———Gus Halendros, S12979 [13SE]

———Harvey and Susan Barnes, S13033 [16SE]

———Independent Cattlemen's Association of Texas, Inc., S13145 [17SE]

———League of Conservation Voters, S13146 [17SE]

———National Taxpayers Union, S13146 [17SE]

———Pleasantview Livestock & Grazing Association, S13136 [17SE]

———Senator Jeffords, S13129 [17SE]

———Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, S13145 [17SE]

———Wilderness Society, S13146 [17SE]

———Wyoming Realtors Land Institute, S13129 [17SE]

———Wyoming Wool Growers Association, S13127 [17SE]

Inspection of imports of Canadian meat and poultry: Senator Baucus, S4481 [16AP]

International Coffee Organization funding: Asociacion Nacional del Cafe (Guatemalan organization), S13529 [24SE]

———Citizens for a Sound Economy (organization), S13529 [24SE]

———Consumers for World Trade (organization), S13529 [24SE]

———Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S13529 [24SE]

———National Taxpayers Union, S13529 [24SE]

Latin American indigenous people cultural and human rights protection and assistance: Agency for International Development, S14552 [8OC]

———National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, S14553 [8OC]

———National Endowment for Democracy, S14552 [8OC]

Marketing promotion program: Coalition To Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports, S11274 [30JY]

Milk price support and inventory management programs: Rafael Hernanadez-Colon, Governor of Puerto Rico, S4747 [18AP]

———Resident Commissioner Fuster, S4747 [18AP]

Monitoring of domestic uses of certain imported foreign grain: several national grain growers associations, S17248 [20NO]

Negotiation of trade agreements: Dept. of Agriculture, E1957 [29MY]

North American Free-Trade Agreement: several Representatives, E2009 [4JN]

Nuclear Warheads Security and Plowshares Act: Federation of American Scientists Fund, S17449 [21NO]

———Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S17449 [21NO]

Polish economy: Thomas W. Simons, Jr., E2514 [11JY]

Public lands grazing fees: Senator Wallop, S10816 [25JY]

———Utah Bankers Association, H5698 [23JY]

Reduction of European agricultural subsidies: U.S. Trade Representative, S18199 [26NO]

Tax treatment of gains or losses from sale of assets by farmer cooperatives: Wayne A. Boutwell, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, S10571 [22JY]

Taxation: Viola Hovdenes, E1287 [17AP]

U.S. agricultural export credit guarantees for the Soviet Union: I. Silaev, S5821 [15MY]

———Robert N. Ruzanov, S5822 [15MY]

———Senator Bradley, S5833 [15MY]

Uruguay Round negotiations: Carla A. Hills, S6798 [24MY]

Use of sodium nitrate to cure buffalo meat: American Association of Meat Processors, S10766 [24JY]

———Bruce W. Anderson and Judson R. Seaman, R.C. Western Meats, Inc., S10766 [24JY]

———Dept. of Agriculture, S10765 [24JY]

———Elmer Hochhalter, S10766 [24JY]

———several Members of Congress, S10765 [24JY]

Wetlands reservation program: Dept. of Agriculture, S11283 [30JY]

Lists

Agriculture groups opposing fast track trade legislation, E1523 [1MY]

Coalition for Sensible Pesticide Policy, S18402 [26NO]

U.S. farm leaders who support fast-track authority and a North American Free Trade Agreement, S5714 [14MY]

Memorandums

Dairy Prices: Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc., S3516 [19MR]

Dept. of Agriculture Authority To Collect Fees for Quarantine and Inspection Services: Kevin B. Greely, Congressional Research Service, S4846-S4848 [23AP]

Grazing Fees on Public Lands: Sierra Club, S13146 [17SE]

Memorials of legislature

California, H5910 [25JY], H8188 [22OC]

———integrated management of lygus hesperus pest control in the San Joaquin Valley, S16842 [15NO]

Colorado, S12979 [13SE]

Idaho, S6146 [20MY], H2136 [10AP]

Illinois, H8787 [30OC]

Iowa, S5499 [8MY], H2108 [9AP], H2602 [30AP]

Louisiana, S10947 [25JY]

Minnesota, S8733 [26JN], S9362 [9JY], S10677 [23JY], H4944 [24JN], H5267 [27JN]

Nebraska, H5299 [9JY]

Nevada, S8589 [25JN]

North Dakota, S5496 [8MY], S6920 [3JN]

Pennsylvania, H2901 [8MY]

Messages

Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act: President Bush, S2305 [26FE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7590, H7591, H7592, H7593, H7594, H7595 [8OC]

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), H6167 [31JY]

Papers

Grazing Fees on Public Lands: BLM, S13144 [17SE]

———Forest Service, S13144 [17SE]

Kuwaiti Economy: Jennifer Mansour, E2095 [7JN]

Sugar and GATT—A Contradiction, E4012 [22NO]

Petitions

Chile, H1082 [20FE]

Poems

``Future of the Common People,'' Rodney Nelson, E143 [12JA]

Press releases

Agricultural credit guarantees for the Soviet Union, S7450 [11JN]

Consumers give peanut butter sandwiches to every Member of Congress to protest skyrocketing peanut butter prices: Consumer Alert Advocate, S5455 [8MY]

Profile

Carmen Jorgensen—Goodwill Ambassador for U.S. Agriculture, S2550 [28FE]

Questions and answers

Agricultural products: Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, H3555-H3558 [23MY]

Nuclear Warheads Security and Plowshares Act, S17449 [21NO]

Remarks in House

Agricultural Act: amend (H.R. 980), H1583 [12MR], E558 [21FE]

Agricultural Hall of Fame: inductee, E3350 [9OC]

Agricultural Reconciliation Act: improve effectiveness (H.R. 3330), H6510 [12SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), H5153, H5171-H5191 [26JN], E2455 [9JY], E2489 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conferees appointed, H6730 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, H7572-H7590 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7590-H7595 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), permission to file reports, H7373 [3OC]

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: anniversary, E1363 [22AP]

Appropriations: authorizing to distribute milk to needy persons (H.R. 2576), E2107 [7JN]

Bailey, Earl and Betty: Michigan Farmer's Hall of Fame inductees, E3008 [12SE]

Baxley, Roy: Cotton Farmer of the Year award recipient, E251 [23JA]

Bush, President: domestic policy, H5987 [30JY]

California: impact of drought, E870 [8MR]

———water contract reforms, E3339 [9OC]

———water policy, E369 [31JA]

Canada: export of durum wheat, E2902 [2AU]

Caneberry producers: emergency crop loss assistance (H.R. 2791), E2390 [27JN]

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (H.R. 1516), E1075 [22MR]

Congress: economic growth and domestic spending priorities, H9590-H9598 [8NO]

Corn and Grain Sorghum Base Clarification Act: enact (H.R. 980), E558 [21FE]

Credit: assistance to qualified beginning farmers and ranchers (H.R. 2401), E1849 [20MY]

Crimes: prevention of offenses against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (H.R. 2407), E1836 [20MY]

Dairy legislation, H6327 [2AU]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), E1100 [22MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), conference report, E1190 [10AP]

Dept. of the Interior: multiple-use grazing program, H6607 [17SE]

Disasters: assistance, H8469, H8470 [24OC]

———assistance for producers, H10821-H10826 [21NO]

———assistance to farmers who suffered crop losses due to damaging weather, H6200, H6202 [1AU]

———donation of agricultural commodities for international hunger relief programs financed by Japan (H. Con. Res. 179), E2520 [11JY]

———prepare and implement drought contingency plans (H.R. 920), H1152 [26FE], E475 [7FE]

———relieve economic hardships to producers suffering from drought conditions (H.R. 1550), H2008 [21MR]

———time period for Sec. of Agriculture determination of natural disaster (H.R. 3408), E3143 [25SE]

Earth Day: observance, E1471 [25AP]

Ecology and environment: tree planting funds (H.R. 2015), E1409 [23AP]

Economic assistance: require countries receiving cash aid to to be encouraged to purchase U.S. agricultural products and employ U.S. flag vessels, H4343-H4355 [12JN]

Economy: supply management system, H5671 [23JY]

EEC: farm system restructuring, E789 [6MR]

———GATT oilseeds panel ruling (H. Res. 257), H10206 [14NO]

EPA: regulation policy, H1852 [20MR]

———study of methane gas release by animals, H6884 [26SE]

Erskine, Richard and Arlene: Michigan Farmer's Hall of Fame induction, E2712 [25JY]

Farm credit, H9491 [6NO]

Farm Credit Administration: regulatory authority over Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., H6421-H6423 [11SE]

Farm Credit System: financial safety and soundness (H.R. 3298), H9136, H9139 [4NO], H9337, H9340-H9346 [5NO], E3728 [6NO]

Farmers: eliminate abuses of the farm program payment limitations rule (H.R. 4019), E4078 [26NO]

———target wheat and feed grain deficiency payments to family-sized farms (H.R. 3436), E3192 [30SE], E3342 [9OC]

Federal aid: community economic development programs, H5094 [26JN]

———disaster assistance, H5428 [11JY]

Federal aid programs: disaster assistance, H5986, H5987 [30JY], E2736 [26JY]

———disaster assistance (H.R. 2893), H5670, H5710-H5719 [23JY], H5748 [24JY], H5821 [25JY], E2676, E2684, E2686, E2690 [24JY], E2721 [25JY]

———drought assistance (H.R. 355), E1037 [21MR]

———drought assistance (H.R. 355), concurrence of the House with the Senate amendment (H. Res. 282), E4037 [25NO]

Federal Crop Insurance Program: reform, E938 [14MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: exempt from certain requirements (H.R. 2564), H4128 [6JN]

Florida: Grapefruit Month observance, E377 [31JA]

Food: papaya import standards (H.R. 3028), E2673 [24JY]

———remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (H.R. 3216), E2882, E2932 [2AU]

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), H6042-H6055 [30JY], H6145, H6167 [31JY], H11363-H11367 [26NO], E2804 [1AU], E4219 [26NO]

———agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 305), H11336 [26NO]

———agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 305), unanimous-consent agreement, H11367 [26NO]

Food industry: milk quality standards, H8795 [31OC]

Foreign policy: authority of U.S. to enforce and strengthen environmental, labor, agricultural, and public health and safety standards (H. Con. Res. 247), E4029 [23NO]

Foreign trade: Canadian grain imports, E2688 [24JY]

———GATT negotiations, H8183 [22OC]

———importation of peanuts, H5308 [10JY]

———peanut import quota, H2007 [21MR], H2127 [10AP], H2401 [23AP], E1707 [9MY]

———proposed relax of restrictions on cheese imported from Eastern Europe, H5750 [24JY]

———reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment, H2403 [23AP]

———sugar import quota, E1767 [15MY]

———wheat, H2403 [23AP]

———world grain prices, H5592 [17JY]

Future Farmers of America: recognize National FFA Week and Kentucky award winners, E556 [21FE]

GAO: recalculation of farmers disaster payments, E3305 [8OC]

GATT: Uruguay negotiations, H3909 [4JN]

Graham, Dale and Bernice: Michigan Farmer's Hall of Fame induction, E2704 [25JY]

Guerra, Frank S.: California walnut industry's Distinguished Service Award recipient, E425 [5FE]

Harvey County, KS: tribute to Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service employees, H4226 [11JN]

Hawaii: collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services (H.R. 2054), H2905 [9MY], E1486 [29AP]

———collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services in Puerto Rico and Hawaii (H.R. 2110), H2543 [25AP]

Herbicides: development of nonchemical weed control systems (H.R. 3714), E3715 [5NO]

History: link to development of languages, E1879 [22MY]

Imports: peanuts, H5398 [11JY]

Insurance: transfer of crop insurance due to severe damaging weather, H5190 [26JN]

Irrigation: definition of a farm for purposes of allocating Federal subsidy, H4847-H4849 [20JN]

Japan: treatment of U.S. rice, H1790, H1794 [19MR], H2145 [11AP], H2818 [8MY], E1220 [11AP]

———treatment of U.S. rice (H.R. 2002), E1410 [23AP]

Michigan: tribute to Farmer's Hall of Fame inductees, E2868 [2AU]

Milk: declining prices, E498 [7FE]

———supply management, content regulation, price support, and enhance consumption (H.R. 2609), H4279 [11JN]

National Farm Safety Week: observance, E3095 [19SE]

National Mushroom Month: designate (H.J. Res. 297), E2523 [11JY]

National parks: restoration of wolf population, H2969 [14MY]

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (H.J. Res. 293), H5306 [10JY]

Natural resources: tree planting programs (H.R. 2016), E1409 [23AP]

Nebraska: observance of Agriculture Day, E1014 [20MR]

Pennsylvania: drought conditions, E3542 [25OC]

Pennsylvania Grange Week: observance, E1332 [18AP]

Pesticides: coordinate and synchronize data requirements (H.R. 3882), E4020 [22NO]

———improve safety (H.R. 3742), E3751 [7NO]

Pierson, FL: tribute to Taylor High School students, E2504 [11JY]

Poultry Center of Excellence: funding, H7203 [2OC]

Power resources: encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (H.R. 1418), H1677 [13MR]

Price support programs: milk, H1920, H1922, H1957 [21MR], H2609 [1MY], E1190 [10AP], E2688 [24JY], E3914 [19NO]

———milk (H.R. 2247), H2796 [7MY], E1680 [9MY]

———milk (H.R. 2837), H5918, H5954 [29JY], H9584, H9598 [8NO], E2633 [22JY], E3780 [8NO], E3874 [15NO]

———milk (H.R. 3131), H6143, H6145, H6146 [31JY]

Prices: computation of class I milk prices (H.R. 1088), H1424 [6MR], E583 [22FE]

———computation of class I milk prices (H.R. 1494), E1039 [21MR]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (H.R. 944), E437 [6FE]

———domestic livestock grazing fees (H.R. 1292), H1420 [6MR]

———establish grazing fees for domestic livestock on public rangelands (H.R. 481), E136 [11JA]

———grazing fees, H4917 [24JN], H4988-H5002 [25JN], H5692-H5704 [23JY], H6914 [26SE]

Public welfare: entitlement commodities for school lunch programs relative to cash payments (H.R. 2933), E2598 [18JY]

Puerto Rico: collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services (H.R. 2054), H2905 [9MY], E1486 [29AP]

———collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services in Puerto Rico and Hawaii (H.R. 2110), H2543 [25AP]

———sale of frozen poultry products, E1834 [20MY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: sale of farm loans to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., H6607 [17SE]

Rural Development Administration: establish, H5187-H5189 [26JN]

South Carolina: presentation of peaches to Members of Congress, H5986 [30JY]

Soviet Union: agricultural credit guarantee, E2300 [20JN]

———agricultural credit guarantee request, E2347 [25JN]

———economic assistance, H9503 [7NO]

———economic assistance (H.R. 3377), H6773 [24SE]

———economic assistance (H.R. 3546), H9501, H9502 [7NO]

———extend credit for U.S grain sale, H2607 [1MY]

———foreign aid requests, E1690 [9MY]

———foreign trade credits, E2254 [19JN]

Steed, James and Agnes: Michigan Farmer's Hall of Fame induction, E2705 [25JY]

Sweet potatoes: production and marketing (H.R. 3971), E4091 [26NO]

Tax Reform Act: impact, H8129 [22OC]

Taxation: credit for agricultural byproduct fuel production (H.R. 1198), E747 [4MR]

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (H.R. 2361), E1779 [16MY]

———individual retirement accounts, E2688 [24JY]

———inheritance taxes on family farms, H7868 [16OC]

———require farmers to withhold income tax on workers, H4603 [18JN]

Texas: Baumgardner family farm anniversary, E2658 [23JY]

Texas A&M University: Texas Agricultural Extension Service FoodSafe program, H2116 [10AP]

Turkey Lovers' Month: observance, E2214 [13JN]

United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association: observance of National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, E2010 [4JN]

Walpole Town Forest: anniversary, E1746 [14MY]

Water: subsidization of surplus crop irrigation during drought, H1938-H1943 [21MR]

———use regulation, E3028 [12SE]

Water Quality Incentive Program: funding, H5178-H5181 [26JN]

Wetlands: regulatory program, E2819 [1AU]

World Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 230), H7274 [2OC], E1389 [23AP], E3420 [17OC]

Wyoming Leadership Education and Development Program: tribute, H1582 [12MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: relief for farmers seeking low interest emergency loans, S17623 [22NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), S11050 [26JY], S11193, S11205-S11207 [29JY], S11270, S11275, S11280-S11298, S11356 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, S14758-S14764 [16OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), unanimous-consent agreement, S11205, S11214 [29JY]

Arkansas: Poultry and Egg Week, S2237 [21FE]

Armed Forces: fair compensation of farmers and ranchers called to active reserve in the Middle East, S3475 [19MR]

———treatment of farmers and ranchers serving in Persian Gulf (S. 393), S1807 [7FE]

Budget proposal, S1853 [7FE]

CCC: purchase of additional commodities under certain emergency food assistance and hunger programs (S. 1910), S15808 [1NO]

Colorado: tribute to farming families, S13729 [25SE]

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (S. 715), S3803 [20MR], S7567 [12JN]

Commodities: intermarket coordination, S4605-S4611 [17AP]

Dairy program, S4108 [22MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: collection of fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection services (S. 885), S4845, S4846 [23AP]

———lamb price and supply reporting services (S. 1935), S16242 [7NO], S17777 [22NO]

———stabilization and conservation service appeals process, S3688 [20MR]

———tribute to award recipients from Arizona, S7678 [12JN]

Disasters: assistance (H.R. 2893), S17546 [22NO]

———assistance to farmers who suffered crop loss due to damaging weather (S. 1422), S9119 [28JN]

———assistance to farmers who suffered crop losses due to damaging weather (S. 1695), S12663 [10SE]

———assistance to producers of all crops affected by damaging weather (S. 1251), S7383 [6JN]

———assistance to producers (S. 1441), S9490, S9497 [10JY], S14608 [8OC]

———crop acreage base shifting between farms in the case of natural disasters (S. 1180), S6858 [24MY]

———extension of emergency crop loss assistance (S. 1771), S13931, S13937 [27SE]

———reduce impact of drought conditions (S. 711), S3737 [20MR]

Drought: relief for Western States, S3691, S3692, S3693 [20MR]

EEC: international trade and jobs, S15821-S15823 [4NO]

———prohibit import of meat products until certain trade barriers are removed, S17776 [22NO]

Eggs: inspection of products (S. 1465), S9881 [11JY]

EPA: disposal of agricultural chemicals, S10408 [18JY]

Export Enhancement Program, S3559 [19MR]

———limitation on bonus awards (S. Res. 57), S2053 [20FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: maximum hour exemption for employees (S. 1735), S13421 [20SE]

Farm Credit System: financial safety and soundness (S. 1709), S13000 [13SE]

Farmers: protection from severe financial losses resulting from failure of a grain warehouse facility (S. 460), S2177 [21FE]

———repeal certain provisions of law relative to withholding income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (S. 254), S1091 [23JA]

Farmers Home Administration: appropriations, S11050 [26JY]

———emergency loan program, S5612 [9MY]

———guaranteed loan interest assistance program funding, S11278-S11280, S11297 [30JY]

Federal aid programs: credit assistance to qualified beginning farmers or ranchers (S. 1835), S14842 [16OC]

———disaster assistance for fruit and vegetable producers (S. 1555), S10785, S10789 [24JY]

———disaster assistance (H.R. 2893), S16676 [14NO], S17561, S17562, S17564 [22NO]

———paperwork required in signing up (S. 1573), S11066 [26JY]

Federal and County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service: funding, S3513 [19MR]

Financial institutions: Federal regulation of commodity investments, S4604, S4605 [17AP]

———relief for farmers seeking low interest emergency loans, S17623 [22NO]

Florida: Grapefruit Month observance, S1746 [6FE]

Food: assist developing democracies with foreign aid programs (S. 1710), S12984, S12985 [13SE]

———commercial distribution of buffalo meat, S13629 [25SE]

———domestic inspection of imported meat and poultry products (S. 828), S4479-S4482 [16AP]

———meat and poultry inspection exemptions, S18328, S18329 [26NO]

———milk standards (S. 1110), S6216 [21MY]

———prohibit import of meat products from EEC until certain trade barriers are removed (S. 1738), S18520 [26NO]

———prohibit import of meat products from European Community until certain trade barriers are removed (S. 1738), S13425 [20SE]

———public health safety standards for poultry (S. 1324), S8141 [19JN]

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), S17747, S17773, S17774-S17778 [22NO], S18251-S18277, S18550 [26NO], S18561 [27NO]

———agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), technical corrections, S17890 [23NO]

Food additives: use of sodium nitrate to cure buffalo meat, S10765 [24JY]

Foreign trade: agricultural world trade, S11348 [30JY]

———deficit, S13516 [24SE]

———export of nonfat dry milk and butter (S. 1011), S5510 [8MY]

———marketing promotion program for U.S. competition in international marketplace, S11274, S11280, S11297 [30JY]

———monitoring of the domestic uses made of certain foreign grain after importation (S. 1993), S17247 [20NO]

———peanut import quota, S5454 [8MY]

———Republic of Korean trade barrier to Maine blueberries, S1766 [7FE]

GATT: congressional agenda, S16973 [19NO]

———enforcement of oilseeds panel ruling against EEC (S. Res. 201), S15017-S15020 [22OC]

———negotiations, S16973 [19NO], S18552 [26NO], S18561 [27NO]

———reforms relative to negotiations on agricultural subsidies (S. Res. 227), S17260 [20NO], S18198 [26NO]

———U.S. agricultural trade, S16791-S16793 [15NO]

Georgia: tribute to Mitchell County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, S7512, S7518 [11JN]

Hawaii: endangered species preservation efforts, S16324 [7NO]

Herbicides: development of nonchemical weed control systems (S. 1916), S15970 [5NO]

Illinois: small-town success stories, S10463 [18JY]

International Coffee Organization: funding, S11150 [29JY], S13528-S13530 [24SE]

Interstate commerce: shipping and marketing agreements on State inspected meats and poultry (S. 465), S2182 [21FE]

Japan: treatment of U.S. rice, S3895 [21MR]

———U.S. trade relations, S3863 [21MR]

Kansas State University: stored grain management project, S11285, S11286 [30JY]

Land use: calculating crop acreage for feed grains (S. 390), S1797 [7FE]

Madigan, Edward R.: confirmation as Sec. of Agriculture, S3015 [12MR]

Madison, WI: World Dairy Expo anniversary, S13428 [20SE]

Milk: inventory management programs (S. 782), S4234, S4262 [9AP]

———limit price support and inventory management programs (S. 858), S4747 [18AP]

———long-term supply management system that is controlled by producers (S. 1340), S8339-S8341 [20JN]

Mining: procedures for entry on to livestock grazing lands (S. 1187), S18279 [26NO]

———procedures for entry onto livestock grazing lands (S. 1187), S6862 [24MY]

National Agriculture Day: observance, S3920 [21MR]

National Grocers Week: observance, S8512 [24JN]

National Guard and Reserve: congressional consideration to civilian responsibilities, S3815 [20MR]

National objectives: Federal aid programs and world market shares, S13222 [18SE]

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (S.J. Res. 176), S9511 [10JY]

Native Americans: assistance to Latin American indigenous peoples and protection of cultural and human rights, S14551, S14552 [8OC]

New Jersey: impact of funding for agricultural programs and research, S11295 [30JY]

New York: tribute to agriculture industry (S. Res. 200), S14922 [17OC]

Northern Regional Agricultural Utilization Consortium: funding, S11294 [30JY]

Pesticides: regulation of use (S. 2085), S18401 [26NO]

———remove hazardous substances from the market (S. 1353), S8463, S8464 [21JN]

———safety of exports (S. 898), S4866, S4868 [23AP]

Price support programs: honey, S5075-S5078, S5098-S5101 [25AP]

———milk, S3498-S3517 [19MR], S4095 [22MR], S17547, S17550, S17554-S17574, S17578-S17580, S17626, S17632 [22NO]

———milk (S. 470), S2188 [21FE]

———milk (S. 520), S2509 [28FE]

———milk (S. 1090), S6055 [16MY]

———milk (S. 1098), S6108 [17MY]

———milk (S. 1478), S10138 [16JY]

———milk (S. 1527), S10676, S10677, S10678, S10679, S10680 [23JY]

Prices: computation of class I milk prices (S. 671), S3405 [14MR]

———increase the minimum established prices used to calculate deficiency payments for certain crops (S. 97), S743 [14JA]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees, S15646, S15664, S15666 [31OC]

———grazing fees, S10815, S10818-S10821, S10825, S10826 [25JY], S12969, S12974-S12981 [13SE], S13010-S13034, S13055 [16SE], S13122-S13159, S13166 [17SE]

Quaker Oats Co.: tribute to civic affairs program, S9775 [11JY]

Real property: valuation of family farm estates (S. 1045), S5758 [14MY]

———valuation of family farm estates (S. 1061), S5769 [14MY]

Recycling: plastic production from potato waste, S8373 [20JN]

Research: Center for Russian Wheat Aphid Research funding, S11280 [30JY]

———global climate change and the impact of ultraviolet rays on crops funding, S11280 [30JY]

Rice: producer regulations, S3499 [19MR]

Seeds of Hope project: tribute, S10805 [24JY]

Skagit County, WA: construct facilities on public land for plant materials (S. 375), S1715 [6FE]

Soviet Union: agricultural export credit guarantees from the U.S. (S. Res. 117), S5120, S5313 [25AP], S5361, S5369, S5372-S5376, S5378-S5400, S5405 [7MY], S5819-S5857 [15MY], S6080 [16MY], S7449, S7451 [11JN]

———agricultural export credit guarantees from the U.S. (S. Res. 117), unanimous-consent agreement, S5400 [7MY], S5743 [14MY]

———agricultural export credits, S7701 [12JN]

———credit for purchases of U.S. products, S18142 [25NO]

———economic assistance, S17097, S17098, S17099 [20NO]

———economic assistance (S. 1714), S13061 [16SE]

———export credits for poultry, S5405 [7MY]

———food production and public health problems, S15109 [24OC]

———grant agricultural credit, S5492 [8MY]

———provide agricultural assistance in exchange for fissile materials (S. 2011), S17446-S17448, S17457 [21NO]

———sell agricultural commodities to promote local food distribution and production (S. 2081), S18398 [26NO]

———social and political reform, S7285-S7289 [6JN]

St. Louis Agri-Business Club, MO: tribute, S4906 [23AP]

States: purchase of developmental rights on prime farmland, S18550 [26NO]

Student aid programs: impact of the value of a farm family's principal residence and farm on eligibility (S. 712), S3737, S3738 [20MR]

Taxation: capital gain on transfer of farm property (S. 900), S4870 [23AP]

———increase prices to farmers while assisting in feeding the hungry (S. 1826), S14596 [8OC]

———permanent extension for the issuance of first-time farmer bonds (S. 710), S3736 [20MR]

———rollover of gain from sale of farm assets into individual retirement account (S. 1130), S6374 [22MY], S9412 [10JY]

———treatment of gains or losses from sale of assets by farmer cooperatives (S. 1522), S10570-S10572 [22JY]

Technology: conversion of coal combustion by-products into fertilizer, S11206 [29JY]

———Piron-Peck process for making fertilizer, S11273, S11274 [30JY]

Tobacco products: historical significance, S14094 [1OC]

———reporting regulations, S11281 [30JY]

———research on health uses, S7064 [5JN]

Trees: planting programs, S6756 [23MY]

Turkey Lovers' Month: observance, S7722 [13JN], S7920 [17JN]

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: recirculating aquaculture systems research funding, S11296, S11297 [30JY]

Washington: impact of funding for agricultural programs and research, S11289 [30JY]

Water: Water Quality Incentives Program funding, S11280, S11281 [30JY]

Wetlands: duration of easements for landowners, S11270, S11271-S11273, S11275, S11283 [30JY]

———regulation by the Soil Conservation Service (S. 2018), S17527-S17530 [22NO]

Wisconsin Cheese Month: designate (S.J. Res. 171), S9006 [27JN]

World Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 230), S14572 [8OC]

Wyoming: environmental simulation facility at the University of Wyoming, S14863 [17OC]

Wyoming Leadership Education and Development Program: tribute, S3304 [13MR]

Reports

China's Most-Favored Nation Status—U.S. Wheat Exports: Congressional Research Service, S7440 [11JN]

Cost of Subleasing Federal Grazing Privileges: Colorado State University, S13149-S13153 [17SE]

Grazing Fees on Public Lands: Depts. of Interior and Agriculture, S13143, S13146-S13149, S13157 [17SE]

Impact of Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act (H.R. 355): CBO, S14735 [16OC]

Minnesota Trade With the Soviet Union, E1995-E1997 [3JN]

Seven Popular Myths About Livestock Grazing On Public Lands: University of Idaho, S13137, S13139 [17SE]

Using Water Better—Why California Needs a Water Market: Bay Area Economic Forum, E3029 [12SE]

Reports by conference committees

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2698), H7503-H7518 [3OC]

Reports filed

Agricultural Disaster Assistance: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (H.R. 2893) (S. Rept. 102-195), S15251 [25OC]

Agricultural Program Amendments to the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (H.R. 3029), S17433 [21NO]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies, Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2698) (H. Rept. 102-119), H4866 [20JN]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2698) (S. Rept. 102-116), S10675 [23JY]

———committee of conference (H.R. 2698) (H. Rept. 102-239), H7379 [3OC]

CFTC Appropriations: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 707) (H. Rept. 102-6), H1341 [4MR]

Enhancement of the Financial Safety and Soundness of the Banks and Associations of the Farm Credit System: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3298) (H. Rept. 102-277), H8661 [29OC]

Enhancement of the Financial Soundness of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 3300) (H. Rept. 102-210), H7647 [8OC]

Extension of Agricultural Disaster Assistance: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2893) (H. Rept. 102-158), H5743 [23JY]

Extension of Time Period for Drought Assistance: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 355) (S. Rept. 102-185), S14587 [8OC]

Fair Treatment of Farmers and Ranchers Serving in Desert Shield: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 393), S3020 [12MR]

Financial Safety and Soundness of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3300) (H. Rept. 102-210), H6720 [23SE]

Financial Safety and Soundness of the Farm Credit System: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1709), S12983 [13SE]

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3029) (H. Rept. 102-175), H6136 [30JY]

Improvement of Milk Price Support Program and Establishment of Milk Inventory Management Program: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2837) (H. Rept. 102-173), H8100 [17OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2837) (H. Rept. 102-173), H8101 [17OC]

National Women in Agriculture Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 176), S15696 [31OC]

Price Support and Milk Inventory Management Programs: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2837) (H. Rept. 102-173), H6137 [30JY]

Procedures for Entry Onto Stock Raising Homestead Act Lands: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1187) (S. Rept. 102-218), S16847 [15NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Protection of animals: animal protection organizations and signatories, E1364 [22AP]

Silvio O. Conte: Sierra Club, E2029 [5JN]

Use of sodium nitrate to cure buffalo meat: National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection, S10765 [24JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), H5177 [26JN]

Federal aid programs: disaster assistance (H.R. 2893), H5719 [23JY]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2698): OMB, H5156 [26JN]

Extension of Presidential Fast-Track Negotiating Authority: John A. McGill, Jr., National Dry Bean Council, S6636 [23MY]

———U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Growers, S6635 [23MY]

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments: Senators Leahy and Lugar, S17891 [23NO]

Grazing Fees on Public Lands: Bill Bullard, S13032 [16SE]

———BLM, S13032 [16SE]

———Izaak Walton League of America, S13032 [16SE]

———Robert R. Wright, S13033 [16SE]

———Roger E. Porter, S13032 [16SE]

———Senator Wallop, S13126 [17SE]

———U.S. Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture, S13032 [16SE]

Meat Inspection Along the U.S.-Canadian Border: William J. Lehman, H5220 [27JN]

Milk Price Support Programs Impact on the Cattle Industry: National Cattlemen's Association, S17565 [22NO]

Public Lands Grazing Fees: Jeff Mosley, H5698 [23JY]

U.S. Agricultural Export Credit Guarantees for the Soviet Union: Dept. of State, S5848 [15MY]

———Latvian American Association, S5836 [15MY]

Summaries

Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act (S. 1441), S9496 [10JY]

Agricultural Reconciliation Act Effectiveness Improvement (H.R. 3330), H6511 [12SE]

Agricultural Technical Assistance for Central and Eastern Europe, S12984 [13SE]

Effect of Public Lands Grazing Fees on the Palm Livestock Co., S13127 [17SE]

Equity Analysis of 1990 Farm Legislation: Dept. of Agriculture, S8124-S8128 [19JN]

Extension of Emergency Crop Loss Assistance (S. 1771), S13937 [27SE]

Food for Freedom Program, S12986 [13SE]

Pesticide Health and Safety Act (S. 1353), S8469 [21JN]

Remove Certain Pesticides From Supply and Establish EPA Negligible Risk Standard (H.R. 3216), E2933 [2AU]

World Food Day Teleconference Report, E1390-E1392 [23AP]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, S14761 [16OC], H7573-H7579 [8OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies (H.R. 2698), S11274 [30JY]

Comparison of operating costs per animal unit month on public land ranch v. private land ranch units, S13168 [17SE]

Distribution of grain by Soviet Republics, S5822 [15MY]

Effects of public lands grazing fees amendment, S13033 [16SE], S13128, S13129, S13145 [17SE]

Farmers Home Administration loan and grant levels, H5158 [26JN]

Holstein Association—Dairy Cattle Export Incentive Program, S6110 [17MY]

Milk prices, 1986-1990, E2634 [22JY]

Total grazing costs on operations using Federal grazing permits & private leases, H4998 [25JN]

U.S. agricultural exports, S10647 [23JY]

Value of U.S. agricultural exports to People's Republic of China, S10638 [23JY]

Telegrams

Poultry trade with the Soviet Union: VVO Prodinatorg (company), S5405 [7MY]

U.S. agricultural trade under the GATT: by, S16792 [15NO]

Testimonies

Effects of National Guard and Reserve Service on Agricultural Life: Nancy Rader, S3815 [20MR]

Fast-Track Authorities Impact on Hawaii: John C. Roney, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, E1767 [15MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 179, donation of agricultural commodities for international hunger relief programs financed by Japan, E2520 [11JY]

H. Res. 305, concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 3029, amend agricultural programs of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act, H11336-H11361 [26NO]

H.J. Res. 230, World Food Day, H7275 [2OC], E1389 [23AP]

H.R. 1550, Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act, H2009 [21MR]

H.R. 2407, Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act, E1837 [20MY]

H.R. 2564, Agricultural Wetlands Exemption Act, H4128 [6JN]

H.R. 2698, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, S11193-S11205 [29JY]

H.R. 2893, disaster assistance, H5710-H5716 [23JY]

H.R. 3029, Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act agricultural program amendments, H6042-H6052 [30JY]

H.R. 3029, Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act program amendments, S17747 [22NO], S18251-S18276 [26NO]

H.R. 3298, Farm Credit System financial safety and soundness, H9337-H9340 [5NO]

H.R. 3408, time period for Sec. of Agriculture determination of natural disaster, E3143 [25SE]

H.R. 3436, target wheat and feed grain deficiency payments to family-sized farms, E3192 [30SE]

H.R. 4019, Farm Program Payment Limitations Reform Act, E4078 [26NO]

S. 97, increase the minimum established prices used to calculate deficiency payments for certain crops, S743 [14JA]

S. 390, calculating crop acreage for feed grains, S1797 [7FE]

S. 460, State Grain Fund Protection Act, S2178 [21FE]

S. 470, Fair Budget Treatment for Dairy Farmers Act, S2188 [21FE]

S. 710, permanent extension for the issuance of first-time farmer bonds, S3737 [20MR]

S. 712, impact of the value of a farm family's principal residence and farm on eligibility, S3738 [20MR]

S. 858, milk price support and inventory management programs, S4747 [18AP]

S. 885, collection of fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection services, S4846 [23AP]

S. 900, taxation of capital gain on transfer of farm property, S4870 [23AP]

S. 1098, price supports for milk, S6109 [17MY]

S. 1130, rollover of gain from sale of farm assets into individual retirement account, S6375 [22MY]

S. 1187, procedures for mineral entry on to livestock grazing lands, S18279-S18281 [26NO]

S. 1187, procedures for mineral entry onto livestock grazing lands, S6863 [24MY]

S. 1324, Poultry Consumer Protection Act, S8142 [19JN]

S. 1340, National Dairy Act, S8341-S8343 [20JN]

S. 1353, Pesticide Health and Safety Act, S8465-S8469 [21JN]

S. 1441, Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act, S9491-S9496 [10JY]

S. 1522, tax treatment of gains or losses from sale of assets by farmer cooperatives, S10570 [22JY]

S. 1555, Fruit and Vegetable Producers Emergency Assistance Act, S10786-S10788 [24JY]

S. 1695, assistance to farmers who suffered crop losses due to damaging weather, S12664 [10SE]

S. 1714, Support for Emerging Democracies Act, S13061 [16SE]

S. 1735, Fair Labor Standards Act maximum hour exemption for agriculture employees, S13421 [20SE]

S. 1771, extension of emergency crop loss assistance, S13932-S13937 [27SE]

S. 1826, Crop-Sharing Hunger Relief Act, S14597 [8OC]

S. 1993, monitoring of the domestic uses made of certain foreign grain after importation, S17247 [20NO]

S. 2011, Nuclear Warheads Security and Plowshares Act, S17448 [21NO]

S. 2018, Wetlands Simplification Act, S17528 [22NO]

S. 2081, sell Soviet Union agricultural commodities to promote local food distribution and production, S18399 [26NO]

S. Res. 57, limitation on Export Enhancement Program bonus awards, S1920 [19FE], S2053 [20FE]

S. Res. 117, U.S. agricultural export credit guarantees for the Soviet Union, S5819, S5857 [15MY]

S. Res. 117, U.S. agricultural export credit guarantees to the Soviet Union, S5313 [25AP]

S. Res. 200, tribute to agriculture industry in New York, S14921 [17OC]

S. Res. 201, enforcement of GATT oilseeds panel ruling against EEC, S15017 [22OC]

S. Res. 227, reforms relative to GATT negotiations on agricultural subsidies, S17260 [20NO], S18199 [26NO]

S.J. Res. 176, National Women in Agriculture Day, S15816 [1NO]