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A bill to amend section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, and for other purposes.

Public Law 100-277 · S. 2151 · 100th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Apr 4, 1988 · Agriculture and Food

Sponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

Cosponsors (3): Sen. Richard Lugar,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 360 yea, 39 nay360–39
  • SenateVoice vote
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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #32 (360-39))

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to specify wheat, rice, and feed grains acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) through price support operations as eligible commodities for agricultural assistance under title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (P.L. 480).

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make available to nonprofit and voluntary agencies and cooperatives in any country the same commodities available to it as a country friendly to the United States.

Directs the Secretary, upon request, to make multiyear commodity distribution or sale agreements.

Increases: (1) the scope of nonprofit and voluntary agency or cooperative foreign currency programs; and (2) the aggregate value of commodities available for such activities.

Directs the Secretary, no later than 45 days after submission, to take final action on a proposal submitted by a nonprofit and voluntary agency or cooperative, with the concurrence of the field mission, for the delivery of commodities requested. Directs the Secretary, no later than 30 days prior to the issuance of a final guideline issued to carry out the Act, to provide notice of the proposed guideline to participating nonprofit agencies and cooperatives and to make such guideline available for review and comment. Directs that such commodity purchase or supply orders be transmitted to the CCC within 15 days of receipt of a qualifying field mission request.

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the farmer to farmer program through FY 1990.

Makes the Federal Advisory Committee Act inapplicable to the activities of an agricultural and trade mission (as established by P.L. 100-202).

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 100th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 362 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

362 yea39 nay31 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(237)

  • Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
  • Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
  • Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
  • Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
  • Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
  • Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
  • Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
  • Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
  • Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
  • Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
  • Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
  • Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
  • Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
  • Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
  • Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
  • Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
  • Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
  • Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
  • Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
  • Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5
  • Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
  • Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
  • Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
  • Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
  • Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
  • Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
  • Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-18
  • Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
  • Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
  • Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
  • Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
  • Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
  • Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
  • Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
  • Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
  • Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
  • Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
  • Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
  • Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
  • Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
  • Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
  • Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
  • Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
  • Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
  • Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
  • Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
  • Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
  • Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
  • Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
  • Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
  • Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
  • Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
  • Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
  • Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
  • Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
  • Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
  • Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
  • Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
  • Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
  • Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
  • Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
  • Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
  • Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
  • Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
  • Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
  • Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
  • Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
  • Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
  • Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
  • Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
  • Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
  • Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
  • Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
  • Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
  • Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
  • Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
  • Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
  • Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
  • Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
  • Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
  • Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
  • Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
  • Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
  • Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
  • Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
  • Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
  • Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
  • Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
  • Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
  • Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
  • Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
  • Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-18
  • Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
  • Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
  • Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
  • Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
  • Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
  • Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
  • Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
  • Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
  • Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
  • Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
  • Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
  • Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
  • Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
  • Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
  • Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
  • Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
  • Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
  • Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
  • Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
  • Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
  • Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
  • Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
  • Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
  • Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
  • Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
  • Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
  • Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
  • Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
  • Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
  • Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
  • Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
  • Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
  • Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
  • Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
  • Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
  • Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
  • Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
  • Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
  • Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
  • Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
  • Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
  • Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
  • Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
  • Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
  • Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
  • Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
  • Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
  • Rep. Joseph BrennanD-ME-1
  • Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
  • Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
  • Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
  • Rep. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
  • Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
  • Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
  • Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
  • Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
  • Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-8
  • Rep. Jim BatesD-CA-44
  • Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
  • Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
  • Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
  • Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
  • Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
  • Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
  • Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
  • Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
  • Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
  • Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
  • Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
  • Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30
  • Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
  • Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
  • Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
  • Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
  • Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
  • Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
  • Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
  • Rep. James GrantD-FL-2
  • Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
  • Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
  • Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. James ClarkeD-NC-11
  • Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
  • Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
  • Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
  • Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
  • Rep. Buddy MacKayD-FL-6
  • Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
  • Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
  • Rep. Ben CampbellD-CO-3
  • Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
  • Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
  • Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
  • Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
  • Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
  • Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
  • Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
  • Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
  • Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1
  • Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
  • Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
  • Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
  • Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
  • Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
  • Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
  • Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
  • Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
  • Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
  • Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
  • Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
  • Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
  • Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
  • Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
  • Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
  • Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
  • Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
  • Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
  • Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
  • Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
  • Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
  • Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
  • Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
  • Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
  • Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
  • Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
  • Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
  • Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
  • Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
  • Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
  • Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
  • Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
  • Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
  • Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
  • Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
  • Rep. Tommy RobinsonD-AR-2
  • Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
  • Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
  • Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
  • Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
  • Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
  • Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
  • Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17

Republicans who voted yea(125)

  • Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
  • Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
  • Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
  • Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
  • Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
  • Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
  • Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
  • Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
  • Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
  • Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
  • Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
  • Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
  • Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
  • Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
  • Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
  • Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
  • Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
  • Rep. Patricia SaikiR-HI-1
  • Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
  • Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
  • Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
  • Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
  • Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
  • Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
  • Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
  • Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
  • Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
  • Rep. John RowlandR-CT-5
  • Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
  • Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
  • Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
  • Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
  • Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
  • Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
  • Rep. Don YoungR-AK
  • Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
  • Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
  • Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
  • Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
  • Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
  • Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
  • Rep. Bill SchuetteR-MI-10
  • Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
  • Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
  • Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
  • Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
  • Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
  • Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
  • Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
  • Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
  • Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
  • Rep. Joseph DioGuardiR-NY-20
  • Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
  • Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
  • Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
  • Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
  • Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
  • Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
  • Rep. Paul HenryR-MI-5
  • Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
  • Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
  • Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
  • Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4
  • Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
  • Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
  • Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
  • Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
  • Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
  • Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
  • Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
  • Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
  • Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
  • Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
  • Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
  • Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
  • Rep. Jack BuechnerR-MO-2
  • Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
  • Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
  • Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
  • Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
  • Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
  • Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
  • Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
  • Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
  • Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4
  • Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
  • Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
  • Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
  • Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
  • Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1
  • Rep. Ernest KonnyuR-CA-12
  • Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
  • Rep. Mac SweeneyR-TX-14
  • Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
  • Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
  • Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
  • Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
  • Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
  • Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
  • Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
  • Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
  • Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
  • Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
  • Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
  • Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
  • Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
  • Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
  • Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
  • Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
  • Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
  • Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
  • Rep. Clyde HollowayR-LA-8
  • Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21
  • Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3
  • Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
  • Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
  • Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4
  • Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
  • Rep. Jim InhofeR-OK-1
  • Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1
  • Rep. Patrick SwindallR-GA-4
  • Rep. Donald LukensR-OH-8
  • Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-42
  • Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
  • Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 518 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 7 actions.

  1. Apr 4, 1988Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-277.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Mar 24, 1988PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. Mar 23, 1988Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
  5. Mar 16, 1988FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 360 - 39 (Record Vote No: 32).House roll call 32
  6. Mar 4, 1988FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
  7. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.