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CRS-S FY86 (1985-1986) COLA ACTIONS The ReaganAdministration's FY86 DoD budget proposed to eliminatethe military retired pay COLA scheduled for January 1, 1986; there would thus have been no COLA between that paid on January 1, 1985, and January 1, 1987. The final Concurrent Resolution on the Budget (S; Con. Res. 32; approved by both the House and the Senate on August 1, 1985) rejected
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Reconciliation Act of 1983 (P.L. 98~270; April 18, 1934) enacted these proposals into law, and therefore for practical purposes repealed comparable provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1982. The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-369; July 18; 1984) repealed the provisions of the 1982 Act which required most military retirees working for the Federal Government to forfeit their military retired
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L.<: nu! 19/33f __ SE“ /0387 Report‘ No. 86-1038 F $x'*o,; ' Congressional Research Service Q 0- . . . 3:’ 2 The Library of Congress .11’) 3; " S‘ g :3‘ . , > . Washington, 0.0. 20540 D Government Pubiications D Unfl AUG 16 wa4 Washmgton umuecggty ubya,-3&3 St. Louis. Mo: 63139 sum-may or coucnsssxomu. AND sxacurlvi-: amncu ACTION AFFECTING HDILITARY nzrxnmmrr 008&apos
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; systems, and new concepts like electronic marketing. CONTACT:_ AMS at above address. Who1esale Market Development Program AMS also administers a program that tests new methods for increasing the productivity of agricultural marketing firms. Funded at $1.6 million in FY86, this program also is intended to assist urban areas develop more efficient wholesaling facilities. CONTACT: AMS at above address
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CR3-2 beyond production problems into the marketing area. In the early l900s, it also had become a policeman, operating under a number of laws to help enforce fair trading practices and assure a safe food supply ford consumers. By the 1930s USDA was intervening directly in agricultural markets through price support and supply control activities, many of which continue today. In some respects
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CRS-12 Farmereowned Grain Reserve The farmer-owned grain reserve also serves a similar but longer-term marketing function. It can isolate wheat and feed grains from the marketi for multi-year periods, thereby tending to reduce the market supply and force prices up. When grain is removed from the reserve, rising prices can be tempered. The overall effect, when the reserve functions as intended
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: Cooperative Extension Service, USDA, Washington, DC 20250; telephonef (202) 447-3029, for general information. Each State also has an extension director who is usually affiliated with the land grant university as well as offices located in each county. These offices are listed in local telephone directories, or write to the Washington office above. Agricultural Research Producers can benefit indirectly from
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to EDA officials, although such a proposal would have been competing for a share of the $4 million available nationally in FY86. Other EDA grants and loans might also be available to encourage commercialdevelopment in depressed areas. CONTACT: EDA, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230{ telephone: (202) 377-5113, for general information and location of § nearest EDA regional office. 1985 FARM
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if applicable. Also, the agency is authorized this year to guarantee up to $3 billion in private bank loans for small business enterprises. Farm-related businesses grossing less than $100,000 yearly can qualify. CONTACT: SBA, 1441 L St. N.W., Washington, DC 20416; telephone: (800) 368-5855. 1/ 1/ States also have SBA offices, generally located in the capital cities.
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th Congress, lst session, Rept. No. 99-447) ~ Department of Agriculture. 1986 fact book of U.S. agriculture. (Washington) revised Nov. 1985 (Misc. Publ. No. 1063). 131 p. Agricultural Marketing Service. Compilation of statutes relating to the Agricultural Marketing Service and closely related activities. (Washington) revised Oct. 1983 (Agriculture Handbook )0ffice of Rural Development Policy. Rural
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cas-zoo supplemental crops for farmers whose livelihoods are threatened by declining demand for their current products. CONTACT: Assistant Secretary, Science and Education Administration,. USDA, Washington, DC 20250; telephone: (202) 447-5923 for information on how these programs will be implemented. Pilot Futures Program Another-pilot program in the farm bill requires USDA to assist farmers
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’CRS-ix of 1979. This National Agricultural Lands Study (NALS) examined the rate, causes, and consequences of farmland conversions. Additionally, the NALS recommended various administrative and legislative actions to reduce farmland conversions. The first bills specifically focused on farmland retention were introduced in the 95th Congress. Each branch of Congress held hearings on these bills
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CRS-51 governmental efforts. Fiscal austerity undoubtedly was responsible in part for this omission, but the controversy regarding this provision in previous legislation was probably the main reason for its deletion. Oddly enough, subtitle D of section XV in the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 authorizes matching grants for noncapital expenditures to local and State governments that have adopted
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