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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993

Public Law 102-341 · H.R. 5487 · 102nd Congress · began in the House

Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Aug 14, 1992 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-MS-1)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 299 yea, 100 nay299–100
SenateVoice vote

Data notes

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.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 1993 for the following programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) Office of the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; (3) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (4) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (5) Departmental Administration; (6) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations; (7) Office of Public Affairs; (8) Office of the Inspector General; (9) Office of the General Counsel; (10) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economics; (11) Economic Research Service; (12) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (13) World Agricultural Outlook Board; (14) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education; (15) Agricultural Research Service; (16) Cooperative State Research Service; (17) Extension Service; (18) National Agricultural Library; (19) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services; (20) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (21) Food Safety and Inspection Service; (22) Federal Grain Inspection Service; (23) Agricultural Cooperative Service; (24) Agricultural Marketing Service; (25) Packers and Stockyards Administration; (26) Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs; (27) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; (28) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; and (29) Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.

Title II: Conservation Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment; (2) Soil Conservation Service; and (3) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.

Title III: Farmers Home and Rural Development Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development; (2) Farmers Home Administration; (3) Rural Electrification Administration; and (4) Rural Development Administration.

Title IV: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services; (2) Food and Nutrition Service, including the Food Stamp Program; and (3) Human Nutrition Information Service.

Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Foreign Agricultural Service; (2) Public Law 480 Program Account; and (3) Office of International Cooperation and Development.

Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration - Appropriates funds for: (1) Food and Drug Administration; (2) Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation; (3) Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and (4) Farm Credit Administration.

Title VII: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to carry out: (1) a Market Promotion Program in excess of specified limits; or (2) the Agricultural Resource Conservation Demonstration Program.

Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to enroll additional Wetlands Reserve Program or Conservation Reserve Program acres.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 102nd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 299 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

299 yea100 nay35 present or did not vote

Dimension 2

Economic left–right

More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(218)

Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-29
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. Barbara-Rose CollinsD-MI-13
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. Lucien BlackwellD-PA-2
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-20
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Thomas AndrewsD-ME-1
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-2
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-2
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. John CoxD-IL-16
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Joan HornD-MO-2
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-4
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. James BacchusD-FL-11
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11
Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-21
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-17
Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-22
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
Rep. William BrewsterD-OK-3
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
Rep. Charles LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-15
Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4

Republicans who voted yea(81)

Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-27
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Gary FranksR-CT-5
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-10
Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Thomas EwingR-IL-15
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. William PaxonR-NY-31
Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Clyde HollowayR-LA-8
Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 794 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

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

Appropriations Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported original measureSubcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Appropriations Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 106 actions.

Aug 14, 1992Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-341.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Aug 12, 1992PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Aug 11, 1992Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate amendments number 2, 4, 7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 35, 47, 67, 69, 74, 80, 98, 99, 101, 106, 119, and 120 by Voice Vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 120 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 119 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 120.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 106 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 119.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 101 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 106.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 99 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 101.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 99.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 98 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 80 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 98.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 74 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 80.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 74.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 73 Agreed to by voice vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 69 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 73.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 67 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McHugh moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 69.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 47 Agreed to without objection.

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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.