84 STAT. 1634 Ante, p. 1620. 82 Stat. 791. 21 USC 451 note. 81 Stat. 584. 21 USC 601 note. 72 Stat. 387; 75 Stat. 167. 15 USC 636. 80 Stat. 132; 83 Stat. 802. 15 USC 633. "(5) to make such loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) as the Administrator may determine to be necessary or appropriate to assist any small business concern in effecting additions to or alterations in its plant, facilities, or methods of operation to meet requirements imposed by the Egg Products Inspection Act, the Wholesome Poultry Products Act, and the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967 or State laws enacted in conformity therewith, if the Administration determines that such concern is likely to suffer substantial economic injury without assistance under this paragraph." (b) The third sentence of section 7(b) of such Act is amended by inserting "or (5)" after "paragraph (3)". (c) Section 4(c)(1) of the Small Business Act is amended by inserting "7(b) (5)", after “7(b) (4),”. ANNUAL REPORT SEC. 26. (a) Not later than March 1 of each year following the enactment of this Act the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate a comprehensive and detailed written report with respect to (1) the processing, storage, handling, and distribution of eggs and egg products subject to the provisions of this title; the inspection of establishments operated in connection therewith; the effectiveness of the operation of the inspection, including the effectiveness of the operations of State egg inspection programs; and recommendations for legislation to improve such program; and (2) the administration of section 17 of this Act (relating to imports) during the immediately preceding calendar year, including but not limited to (A) a certification by the Secretary that foreign plants exporting eggs or egg products to the United States have complied with requirements of this Act and regulations issued thereunder; (B) the names and locations of plants authorized or permitted to export eggs or egg products to the United States; (C) the number of inspectors employed by the Department of Agriculture in the calendar year concerned who were assigned to inspect plants referred to in paragraph (B) hereof and the frequency with which each such plant was inspected by such inspectors; (D) the number of inspectors that were licensed by each country from which any imports were received and that were assigned, during the calendar year concerned, to inspect such imports and the facilities in which such imports were handled; and the frequency and effectiveness of such inspections; (E) the total volume of eggs and egg products which was imported into the United States during the calendar year concerned from each country, including a separate itemization of the volume of each major category of such imports from each country during such year, and a detailed report of rejections of plants and products because of failure to meet appropriate standards prescribed by this title; and (F) recommendations for legislation to improve such program. APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 27. Such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act are hereby authorized to be appropriated. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS SEC. 28. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. EFFECTIVE DAY SEC. 29. The provisions of this Act with respect to egg products shall take effect six months after enactment. Otherwise, this Act shall take effect eighteen months after enactment. Approved December 29, 1970. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 91-1670 (Comm. on Agriculture). Deo. 11, considered and passed House. 55-000 O-71-54 84 STAT. 1635 91st Congress, H. R. 15979 An Act To provide that the interest on certain insured loans sold out of the Agricultural Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 306 (a)(1) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926 (a) (1)), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "When any loan made for a purpose specified in this paragraph is sold out of the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund as an insured loan, the interest or other income thereon paid to an insured holder shall be included in gross income for purposes of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954." (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to the insured loans sold out of the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved December 31, 1970. 84 STAT. 1855 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund. Insured loans, interest; tax treatment. 79 Stat. 931. 68A Stat. 3; 83 Stat. 678. 26 USC 1. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 91-1112 (Comm. on Ways and Means). July 6, considered and passed House. 91st Congress, H. R. 18582 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended. 84 STAT. 2048 Act of 1964, amendments. 7 USC 2011. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of Food Stamp the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress, in order 78 Stat. 703. to promote the general welfare, that the Nation's abundance of food should be utilized cooperatively by the States, the Federal Government, local governmental units, and other agencies to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nations population and raise levels of nutrition among low-income households. The Congress hereby finds that the limited food purchasing power of low-income households contributes to hunger and malnutrition among members of such households. The Congress further finds that increased utilization of food in establishing and maintaining adequate national levels of nutrition will promote the distribution in a beneficial manner of our agricultural abundances and will strengthen our agricultural economy, as well as result in more orderly marketing and distribution of food. To alleviate such hunger and malnutrition, a food stamp program is herein authorized which will permit low-income households to purchase a nutritionally adequate diet through normal channels of trade." SEC. 2. (a) Section 3 (e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, Definitions. is amended to read as follows: 7 USC 2012. "Household." "(e) The term 'household' shall mean a group of related individuals (including legally adopted children and legally assigned foster children) or non-related individuals over age 60 who are not residents of an institution or boarding house, but are living as one economic unit sharing common cooking facilities and for whom food is customarily purchased in common. The term 'household' shall also mean (1) a single individual living alone who has cooking facilities and who purchases and prepares food for home consumption, or (2) an elderly person who meets the requirements of section 10(h) of Post, p. 2051. this Act." (b) Add the following sentence at the end of subsection 3(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: "It shall also mean a political subdivision or a private nonprofit organization that meets the requirements of section 10(h) of this Act." (c) Subsection (j) of section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 66 "(j) The term 'State' means the fifty States and the District of "State." Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.". (d) Add the following new subsection at the end of section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: person."' "(1) The term 'elderly person' shall mean a person sixty years of "Elderly age or over who is not a resident of an institution or boarding house, and who is living alone, or with spouse, whether or not he has cooking facilities in his home." 84 STAT. 2049 78 Stat. 703. Coupon allotment program. 7 USC 2013. Redemption. Emergenoy distribution. Eligibility (e) Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is amended by adding the following new subsection: "(m) The term 'authorization to purchase card' means any document issued by the State agency to an eligible household which shows the face value of the coupon allotment the household is entitled to be issued on presentment of such document and the amount to be paid by such household for such allotment." SEC. 3. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 4 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, are amended to read as follows: "(a) The Secretary is authorized to formulate and administer a food stamp program under which, at the request of the State agency, eligible households within the State shall be provided with an opportunity to obtain a nutritionally adequate diet through the issuance to them of a coupon allotment which shall have a greater monetary value than the charge to be paid for such allotment by eligible households. The coupons so received by such households shall be used only to purchase food from retail food stores which have been approved for participation in the food stamp program. Coupons issued and used as provided in this Act shall be redeemable at face value by the Secretary through the facilities of the Treasury of the United States. "(b) In areas where the food stamp program is in operation, there shall be no distribution of federally donated foods to households under the authority of any other law except that distribution thereunder may be made: (1) during temporary emergency situations when the Secretary determines that commercial channels of food distribution have been disrupted; (2) for such period of time as the Secretary determines necessary, to effect an orderly transition in an area in which the distribution of federally donated foods to households is being replaced by a food stamp program; or (3) on request of the State agency: Provided. That the Secretary shall not approve any plan established under this Act which permits any household to simultaneously participate in both the food stamp program and the distribution of federally donated foods under this clause (3). SEC. 4. Section 5 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. (a) Except for the temporary participation of households that are victims of a disaster as provided in subsection (b) of this section, participation in the food stamp program shall be limited to those households whose income and other financial resources are determined to be substantial limiting factors in permitting them to purchase a nutritionally adequate diet. "(b) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program and no plan of operation submitted by a State agency shall be approved unless the standards of eligibility meet those established by the Secretary. The standards established by the Secretary, at a minimum, shall prescribe the amounts of household income and other financial resources, including both liquid and nonliquid assets, to be used as criteria of eligibility. Any household which includes a member who has reached his eighteenth birthday and who is claimed as a dependent child for Federal income tax purposes by a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household, shall be ineligible to participate in any food stamp program established pursuant to this Act during the tax period such dependency is claimed and for a period of one year after expiration of such tax period. The Secretary may also establish temporary emergency standards of eligibility, without regard to income |