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1. H.R.1139 : An Act to amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 in order to revise and extend the summer food program, to revise the special milk program, to revise the school breakfast program, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program of nutrition information and education as part of food service programs for children conducted under such Acts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Perkins, Carl Dewey [KY-7]
(introduced 1/4/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and Labor; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
House Reports:
095-281;
Latest Conference Report: 095-708
Latest Major Action: 11/10/1977
Public Law 95-166.
2. H.R.2521 : A bill to provide for the mandatory inspection of domesticated rabbits slaughtered for human food.
Sponsor: Rep Sebelius, Keith G. [KS-1]
(introduced 1/26/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
House Reports:
095-125; Senate Reports:
095-355
Latest Major Action: 11/9/1977
Vetoed by President, H. Doc. 95-261.
3. H.R.3416 : An Act to amend section 316(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to provide that leasing of flue-cured tobacco acreage-poundage marketing quotas after June 15 of any year be permitted only between farms on which at least 80 per centum of the farm acreage allotment was planted for such year.
Sponsor: Rep Jones, Walter B. [NC-1]
(introduced 2/9/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
House Reports:
095-126; Senate Reports:
095-240
Latest Major Action: 6/25/1977
Public Law 95-54.
4. H.R.6782 : An Act to provide emergency assistance to producers of wheat, feed grains, and upland cotton, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Krebs, John H. [CA-17]
(introduced 4/29/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Agriculture; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Appropriations
House Reports:
095-641; Senate Reports:
095-699, 095-705;
Latest Conference Report: 095-1103
Latest Major Action: 5/15/1978
Public Law 95-279.
5. H.R.11779 : A bill to provide for an expanded and comprehensive extension program for forest and rangeland renewable resources.
Sponsor: Rep Weaver, James H. [OR-4]
(introduced 3/22/1978) Cosponsors (21)
Committees: House Agriculture; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
House Reports:
095-1184
Latest Major Action: 6/30/1978
Public Law 95-306.
6. S.RES.47 : A resolution relating to world food.
Sponsor: Sen McGovern, George [SD]
(introduced 1/19/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/19/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
7. S.RES.107 : An original resolution reported relating to the consideration of S.650.
Sponsor: Sen Bellmon, Henry L. [OK]
(introduced 3/8/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Senate Reports:
095-52
Latest Major Action: 3/17/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
8. S.RES.115 : An original resolution reported relating to the consideration of S. 650.
Sponsor: Sen Bellmon, Henry L. [OK]
(introduced 3/15/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Senate Reports:
095-55
Latest Major Action: 3/17/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
9. S.RES.130 : A resolution relating to rural fire protection.
Sponsor: Sen Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [KY]
(introduced 3/31/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/31/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
10. S.RES.144 : An original resolution reported authorizing additional committee expenditures.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(introduced 4/22/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Rules and Administration
Senate Reports:
095-242
Latest Major Action: 6/14/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate, amended.
11. S.RES.193 : Resolution relating to the need to increase the loan levels for the 1977 crops of wheat and feed grains.
Sponsor: Sen Zorinsky, Edward [NE]
(introduced 6/14/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Senate Reports:
095-266
Latest Major Action: 6/22/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
12. S.RES.197 : An original resolution reported relating to the consideration of S. 1420.
Sponsor: Sen McGovern, George [SD]
(introduced 6/16/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Senate Reports:
095-306
Latest Major Action: 6/29/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
13. S.RES.218 : A resolution to waive section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S.1678.
Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]
(introduced 7/6/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Senate Reports:
095-345
Latest Major Action: 7/15/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
14. S.RES.271 : A resolution to establish a commission on domestic and international hunger and malnutrition.
Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]
(introduced 9/27/1977) Cosponsors (55)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Senate Reports:
095-503
Latest Major Action: 10/27/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate, amended.
15. S.RES.291 : A resolution reported authorizing supplemental expenditures.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(introduced 10/11/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Rules and Administration
Senate Reports:
095-489, 095-618
Latest Major Action: 1/27/1978
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
16. S.RES.299 : A resolution commending the Future Farmers of America.
Sponsor: Sen Tower, John G. [TX]
(introduced 10/25/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 11/3/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
17. S.RES.308 : An original resolution reported relating to the consideration of S. 2230.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(introduced 10/27/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Senate Reports:
095-581
Latest Major Action: 11/2/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
18. S.RES.384 : A resolution authorizing additional expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, for inquiries and investigations.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(introduced 2/1/1978) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Rules and Administration
Senate Reports:
095-644
Latest Major Action: 3/6/1978
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
19. S.RES.393 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that emergency action should be taken by the President and the Secretary of Agriculture to bolster the farm economy.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(introduced 2/7/1978) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Senate Reports:
095-634
Latest Major Action: 2/9/1978
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
20. S.RES.407 : A resolution relating to the importance of a strong and independent Department of Agriculture.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(introduced 2/28/1978) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Senate Reports:
095-641
Latest Major Action: 3/28/1978
Placed on calendar in Senate.
21. S.RES.415 : A resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R. 6782.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(introduced 3/13/1978) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Senate Reports:
095-707
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1978
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
22. S.RES.417 : A resolution waiving section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S.2481.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 3/17/1978) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Latest Major Action: 3/17/1978
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on the Budget.
23. S.RES.418 : A resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S.2481.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 3/17/1978) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Senate Reports:
095-708
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1978
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
24. S.RES.443 : A resolution waiving section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of the Conference Report on H.R. 6782.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(introduced 4/27/1978) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Senate Reports:
095-772
Latest Major Action: 5/2/1978
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
25. S.RES.515 : A resolution relating to the transportation crisis for farmers and shippers of agricultural commodities.
Sponsor: Sen Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [KY]
(introduced 7/13/1978) Cosponsors (16)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Reports:
095-987
Latest Major Action: 7/13/1978
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
26. S.RES.522 : A resolution waiving section 303(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 3085, a bill to extend and amend the special supplemental food program and the child care food program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen McGovern, George [SD]
(introduced 7/19/1978) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Budget
Senate Reports:
095-1026
Latest Major Action: 7/20/1978
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
27. S.J.RES.94 : A joint resolution ordering the President of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and other officials to develop and implement a comprehensive program for foreign sales of American Agricultural commodities, in order to protect the welfare of American farmers.
Sponsor: Sen Helms, Jesse [NC]
(introduced 10/20/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 10/20/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
28. S.J.RES.155 : A joint resolution to increase the price for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to not less than 90 per centum of the respective parity therefor, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Zorinsky, Edward [NE]
(introduced 8/21/1978) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 8/21/1978
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
29. S.6 : A bill to provide for the price support of milk at 85 percent of the parity price thereof.
Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]
(introduced 1/10/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/10/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
30. S.8 : A bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/10/1977) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/21/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Rereferred jointly to Senate Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Formerly: Agriculture and Forestry).
31. S.12 : A bill to extend the rural community fire protection program.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/10/1977) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/10/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
32. S.90 : A bill to provide price support for milk at not less than 90 percent of the parity price therefor.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, Gaylord [WI]
(introduced 1/10/1977) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/10/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
33. S.91 : A bill to amend section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject imported tomatoes to restrictions comparable to those applicable to domestic tomatoes.
Sponsor: Sen Chiles, Lawton [FL]
(introduced 1/10/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Senate Reports:
095-356
Latest Major Action: 7/25/1977
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Measure passed Senate.
34. S.102 : A bill directing the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the property comprising the Lee Canyon Youth Camp, Toiyabe National Forest, Nev., to Clark County, Nev.
Sponsor: Sen Cannon, Howard W. [NV]
(introduced 1/10/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/10/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
35. S.106 : An Act to provide for furthering the conservation, protection, and enhancement of the Nation's soil, water, and related resources for sustained use, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [KY]
(introduced 1/10/1977) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; House Agriculture
Senate Reports:
095-59
Latest Major Action: 11/18/1977
Public Law 95-192.
36. S.163 : A bill to amend the National Forest Management Act of 1976 to classify the State of Alaska as all other States are classified with respect to the building of certain roads by the Secretary of Agriculture for purchasers of timber qualifying as "small business concerns."
Sponsor: Sen Stevens, Ted [AK]
(introduced 1/11/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/11/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
37. S.178 : A bill to assure low-income households the opportunity to participate in the food stamp program by eliminating the requirement that eligible households be charged for their food stamp allotment.
Sponsor: Sen Brooke, Edward W. [MA]
(introduced 1/11/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/11/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
38. S.203 : A bill to amend and extend the Agricultural Act of 1970.
Sponsor: Sen Bellmon, Henry L. [OK]
(introduced 1/12/1977) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/12/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
39. S.207 : A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, to provide authority for the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration to guarantee loans for the furnishing of electric energy for certain municipal electric systems.
Sponsor: Sen Bartlett, Dewey F. [OK]
(introduced 1/12/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/12/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
40. S.240 : A bill to amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to provide an updated national direction to the conditions under which the Federal Government will provide financial assistance to agricultural producers for needed soil, water, wood, and wildlife conservation on agricultural lands.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/14/1977) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/14/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
41. S.248 : A bill to establish a National Agricultural Research Policy Advisory Committee.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/14/1977) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/14/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
42. S.264 : A bill to increase the maximum Federal contribution to the cost of any State meat or poultry inspection system from 50 to 80 percent.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/14/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/14/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
43. S.267 : A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/14/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/14/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
44. S.268 : A bill to create within the Department of Agriculture an office specifically charged with the responsibility of assessing the fuel and energy needs of rural residents as such needs pertain to home heating and cooling, transportation, agricultural production, electrical generation, conservation, and research and development.
Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]
(introduced 1/14/1977) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/14/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Subsequently: Energy and Natural Resources).
45. S.269 : A bill to provide additional emergency credit for farmers and ranchers and to expand existing credit, and emergency credit authority available to farmers and ranchers under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Sponsor: Sen Pearson, James B. [KS]
(introduced 1/14/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/14/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
46. S.275 : An Act to provide price and income protection for farmers and assure consumers of an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(introduced 1/18/1977) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Senate Reports:
095-180, 095-418;
Latest Conference Report: 095-599
Latest Major Action: 9/29/1977
Public Law 95-113.
47. S.286 : An Act to repeal certain requirements relating to notice of animal and plant quarantines, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/18/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; House Agriculture
Senate Reports:
095-804 House Reports:
095-1606
Latest Major Action: 10/10/1978
Public Law 95-439.
48. S.297 : A bill to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be subjected to certain tests and that such meat or meat products be identified as having been imported; to require the inspection of imported dairy products and that such products comply with certain minimum standards of sanitation; to require that the cost of conducting such tests, inspections, and identification procedures on imported meat and meat food products and on dairy products, as the case may be, be borne by the exporters of such articles.
Sponsor: Sen Packwood, Bob [OR]
(introduced 1/18/1977) Cosponsors (38)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/18/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
49. S.312 : A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Sponsor: Sen Bellmon, Henry L. [OK]
(introduced 1/18/1977) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/18/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
50. S.319 : A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide for a new special crop insurance program.
Sponsor: Sen McGovern, George [SD]
(introduced 1/18/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/18/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
51. S.322 : A bill to authorize, under certain circumstances, payments to producers of certain agricultural commodities who are unable to plant all or a portion of their allotment for such commodities or who are unable to harvest more than one-third of their allotments for such commodities, because of a natural disaster or condition beyond the control of such producers.
Sponsor: Sen Abourezk, James [SD]
(introduced 1/18/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/18/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
52. S.323 : A bill to amend subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reduce the rate of interest on emergency loans made under such subtitle, to increase the term of such loans.
Sponsor: Sen Abourezk, James [SD]
(introduced 1/18/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/18/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
53. S.371 : A bill to establish a farm training adjustment program for farmers whose farming operations are adversely affected by a natural disaster.
Sponsor: Sen Abourezk, James [SD]
(introduced 1/19/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/19/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
54. S.372 : A bill to assist farmers and ranchers to replace foundation herds of cattle such farmers and ranchers are forced to sell as the result of natural disasters.
Sponsor: Sen Abourezk, James [SD]
(introduced 1/19/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/19/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
55. S.380 : A bill to amend section 111 of the Agriculture Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to modify the so-called "75/25" food assistance requirement provided for in such section.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/19/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/19/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
56. S.409 : A bill to designate the Meat Animal Research Center located near Clay Center, Nebr., as the Roman L. Hruska Meat Animal Research Center.
Sponsor: Sen Curtis, Carl T. [NE]
(introduced 1/24/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; House Agriculture
Senate Reports:
095-321 House Reports:
095-1547
Latest Major Action: 10/10/1978
Public Law 95-436.
57. S.441 : A bill to amend Public Law 566, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended, to raise the limitation of any single loan or advancement for watershed works of improvement.
Sponsor: Sen Packwood, Bob [OR]
(introduced 1/25/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/25/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
58. S.442 : A bill to amend title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, to increase the amount of any loan for which funds may be appropriated without prior approval of such loan by congressional committees.
Sponsor: Sen Packwood, Bob [OR]
(introduced 1/25/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/25/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
59. S.463 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and assist the several States in carrying out a program of animal health research.
Sponsor: Sen Melcher, John [MT]
(introduced 1/26/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/26/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
60. S.496 : A bill to provide for the mandatory inspection of domesticated rabbits slaughtered for human food.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/28/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
61. S.497 : A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 1/28/1977) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
62. S.505 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans made to producers for the purpose of constructing grain storage facilities on the farms of such producers.
Sponsor: Sen Bellmon, Henry L. [OK]
(introduced 1/28/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
63. S.508 : A bill to prohibit trading in potato futures on commodity exchanges.
Sponsor: Sen Church, Frank [ID]
(introduced 1/28/1977) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
64. S.529 : A bill to provide for quarterly adjustments in the support price of milk.
Sponsor: Sen Humphrey, Hubert H. [MN]
(introduced 1/31/1977) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 1/31/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
65. S.567 : A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 in order to prohibit the distribution of food stamps to any household where the head of the household is engaged in a labor strike.
Sponsor: Sen Thurmond, Strom [SC]
(introduced 2/1/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/1/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
66. S.569 : A bill to authorize a study by the Department of Agriculture of anaerobic digestion technology, to direct the issuance of certain reports thereon.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, Gaylord [WI]
(introduced 2/1/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/1/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
67. S.570 : A bill to amend the Disaster Relief Act of 1974.
Sponsor: Sen Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [MD]
(introduced 2/1/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Senate Small Business (Select); Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 2/11/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred jointly to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
68. S.592 : A bill to establish an advisory committee to provide consultation and advice to the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service and to amend the U.S. Grain Standards Act with respect to supervision fees and recordkeeping requirements.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 2/2/1977) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/2/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
69. S.593 : A bill to amend the U.S. Grain Standards Act with respect to recordkeeping requirements, and to establish an advisory committee to provide consultation and advice to the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service.
Sponsor: Sen Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [KY]
(introduced 2/2/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/2/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
70. S.598 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans and to make payment adjustments on behalf of individuals who wish to purchase farmland for the purpose of engaging in farming but who are unable to purchase such land without Federal assistance.
Sponsor: Sen Humphrey, Hubert H. [MN]
(introduced 2/3/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/3/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
71. S.645 : A bill to amend subtitle B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit the consolidation of operating loans under such subtitle.
Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]
(introduced 2/4/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/4/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
72. S.650 : A bill to provide temporary emergency assistance to wheat producers by permitting such producers to utilize a portion of their farm wheat acreage allotments for grazing purposes or for hay rather than for commercial production.
Sponsor: Sen Bellmon, Henry L. [OK]
(introduced 2/4/1977) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; House Agriculture
Senate Reports:
095-39
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1977
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
73. S.720 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program of nutrition information and education as part of food service programs for children conducted under the School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts.
Sponsor: Sen Humphrey, Hubert H. [MN]
(introduced 2/11/1977) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/11/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
74. S.727 : A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to permit States to impose inspection, marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredient requirements that are more stringent than Federal standards.
Sponsor: Sen Griffin, Robert P. [MI]
(introduced 2/11/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/11/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
75. S.746 : A bill to provide emergency price and income protection for farmers for the 1977 crops, to assure consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices.
Sponsor: Sen McGovern, George [SD]
(introduced 2/21/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/21/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
76. S.751 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock contaminated by toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health, or whose agricultural commodities or livestock have been contaminated so as to adversely affect the economic viability of the farming operation.
Sponsor: Sen Griffin, Robert P. [MI]
(introduced 2/21/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/21/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
77. S.752 : A bill to foster and continue the family farm in the United States by providing young farmers with the necessary assistance to purchase family farm units.
Sponsor: Sen McGovern, George [SD]
(introduced 2/22/1977) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/22/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
78. S.761 : A bill to extend for 1 year the Rice Production Act of 1975.
Sponsor: Sen Johnston, J. Bennett [LA]
(introduced 2/22/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/22/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
79. S.788 : A bill to improve and strengthen disaster assistance programs for agricultural producers.
Sponsor: Sen Humphrey, Hubert H. [MN]
(introduced 2/24/1977) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
80. S.812 : A bill to improve the quality of unshelled filberts and shelled filberts for marketing in the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Packwood, Bob [OR]
(introduced 2/25/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/25/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
81. S.820 : A bill authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a demonstration program for the application of existing energy conserving and renewable energy technology to farms and agricultural communities.
Sponsor: Sen Humphrey, Hubert H. [MN]
(introduced 2/25/1977) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/25/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
82. S.821 : A bill to authorize the inclusion of solar energy research, development, and demonstration programs in certain agricultural programs.
Sponsor: Sen Humphrey, Hubert H. [MN]
(introduced 2/25/1977) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/25/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
83. S.845 : A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended.
Sponsor: Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS]
(introduced 3/1/1977) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/1/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
84. S.848 : A bill to improve the operations of the Soil Conservation Service.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM]
(introduced 3/1/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/1/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
85. S.883 : A bill to improve and strengthen disaster assistance programs for agricultural producers.
Sponsor: Sen McGovern, George [SD]
(introduced 3/3/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/3/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
86. S.896 : A bill to amend Public Law 91-118, the act of November 18, 1976 (83 Stat. 194), providing for a Great Plains Conservation Program.
Sponsor: Sen McGovern, George [SD]
(introduced 3/3/1977) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; House Agriculture
Senate Reports:
095-364
Latest Major Action: 8/4/1977
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
87. S.903 : A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964.
Sponsor: Sen Humphrey, Hubert H. [MN]
(introduced 3/4/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/4/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
88. S.908 : A bill to amend title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972.
Sponsor: Sen Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [KY]
(introduced 3/4/1977) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/4/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
89. S.928 : A bill to extend through fiscal year 1982 certain child nutrition programs under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
Sponsor: Sen Humphrey, Hubert H. [MN]
(introduced 2/21/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 2/21/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
90. S.938 : A bill to prohibit aerial spraying using the chemical dioxin in the national forests.
Sponsor: Sen Bumpers, Dale [AR]
(introduced 3/8/1977) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/8/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
91. S.943 : A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit deferrals of principal and interest on outstanding Farmers Home Administration loans in disaster areas.
Sponsor: Sen Eagleton, Thomas F. [MO]
(introduced 3/8/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/8/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
92. S.949 : A bill to provide additional emergency credit for farmers and ranchers and to expand existing credit, and emergency credit authority available to farmers and ranchers under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Sponsor: Sen Bellmon, Henry L. [OK]
(introduced 3/9/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/9/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
93. S.955 : A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
Sponsor: Sen Talmadge, Herman E. [GA]
(by request) (introduced 3/9/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; House Agriculture
Senate Reports:
095-98 House Reports:
095-293
Latest Major Action: 6/16/1977
Public Law 95-47.
94. S.976 : An Act to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Sponsor: Sen Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [KY]
(introduced 3/10/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Senate Reports:
095-1156
Latest Major Action: 11/1/1978
Public Law 95-562.
95. S.986 : A bill to make crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act available under certain emergency conditions.
Sponsor: Sen Humphrey, Hubert H. [MN]
(introduced 3/11/1977) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/11/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
96. S.999 : A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1972.
Sponsor: Sen Bartlett, Dewey F. [OK]
(introduced 3/15/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/15/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
97. S.1043 : A bill to provide for the development of aquaculture in the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Bentsen, Lloyd M. [TX]
(introduced 3/18/1977) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/18/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
98. S.1051 : An original bill to amend the U.S. Grain Standards Act with respect to recordkeeping requirements and supervision fees, and to establish an advisory committee to provide advice to the administration of the Federal Grain Inspection Service.
Sponsor: Sen Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [KY]
(introduced 3/18/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; House Agriculture
Senate Reports:
095-60
Latest Major Action: 3/31/1977
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
99. S.1073 : A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labeled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer.
Sponsor: Sen Hansen, Clifford P. [WY]
(introduced 3/22/1977) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/22/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
100. S.1094 : A bill to permit the States to consolidate and reorganize certain food programs administered by the Department of Agriculture for the benefit of needy persons.
Sponsor: Sen Bellmon, Henry L. [OK]
(introduced 3/23/1977) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/23/1977
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
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