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Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995

Public Law 103-330 · H.R. 4554 · 103rd Congress · began in the House

Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Sep 30, 1994 · Economics and Public Finance

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 287 yea, 107 nay287–107
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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Agricultural Programs

Title II: Conservation Programs

Title III: Farmers Home and Rural Development Programs

Title IV: Domestic Food Programs

Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs

Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration

Title VII: General Provisions

Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 1995 for the following programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (3) Chief Financial Officer; (4) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (5) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations; (6) Office of Communications; (7) Office of the Inspector General; (8) Office of the General Counsel; (9) Economic Research Service; (10) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (11) World Agricultural Outlook Board; (12) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education; (13) Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Revolving Fund; (14) Agricultural Research Service; (15) Cooperative State Research Service; (16) Extension Service; (17) National Agricultural Library; (18) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services; (19) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (20) Food Safety and Inspection Service; (21) Federal Grain Inspection Service; (22) Agricultural Marketing Service; (23) Packers and Stockyards Administration; (24) Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs; (25) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; (26) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; (27) Commodity Credit Corporation Fund; (28) Departmental Administration; (29) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economics; and (30) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services.

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) Rural Development Administration and Farmers Home Administration; and (3) Rural Electrification Administration.

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

Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Foreign Agricultural Service; and (2) Public Law 480 Program Accounts.

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.

Appropriates additional funds for: (1) emergency community water assistance grants; (2) very low-income housing repair grants; and (3) the agricultural credit insurance fund program account.

States that repayment of deficiency assistance for 1993 crops (including aquaculture) substantially affected by a disaster or emergency shall not be required prior to March 1, 1995.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 103rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 287 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

287 yea107 nay40 present or did not vote

Dimension 2

Economic left–right

More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(226)

Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35
Rep. Barbara-Rose CollinsD-MI-15
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-11
Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-16
Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-11
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12
Rep. Earl HilliardD-AL-7
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1
Rep. Cynthia McKinneyD-GA-11
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-30
Rep. Carrie MeekD-FL-17
Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Daniel HamburgD-CA-1
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-16
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-33
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. William FordD-MI-13
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3
Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-29
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-50
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-15
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. Cleo FieldsD-LA-4
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-32
Rep. Eva ClaytonD-NC-1
Rep. George BrownD-CA-42
Rep. Mel ReynoldsD-IL-2
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Corrine BrownD-FL-3
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4
Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-3
Rep. Walter TuckerD-CA-37
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-2
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Elizabeth FurseD-OR-1
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-24
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14
Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
Rep. Thomas AndrewsD-ME-1
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-5
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18
Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-19
Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-9
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14
Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-11
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-9
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-31
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-2
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-2
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Ted StricklandD-OH-6
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-29
Rep. Thomas BarlowD-KY-1
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Karan EnglishD-AZ-6
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Mike KreidlerD-WA-9
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
Rep. Thomas BarrettD-WI-5
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Herbert KleinD-NJ-8
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21
Rep. Peter DeutschD-FL-20
Rep. Frank TejedaD-TX-28
Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
Rep. Ron KlinkD-PA-4
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Lynn SchenkD-CA-49
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. James BacchusD-FL-15
Rep. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Maria CantwellD-WA-1
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-11
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Karen ShepherdD-UT-2
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36
Rep. Samuel CoppersmithD-AZ-1
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
Rep. Karen ThurmanD-FL-5
Rep. Marjorie Margolies-MezvinskyD-PA-13
Rep. Pat DannerD-MO-6
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. David MannD-OH-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-4
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD
Rep. Paul McHaleD-PA-15
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
Rep. Scotty BaeslerD-KY-6
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-19
Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
Rep. Blanche LincolnD-AR-1
Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
Rep. Peter BarcaD-WI-1
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-6
Rep. Don JohnsonD-GA-10
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-12
Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
Rep. Richard SwettD-NH-2
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
Rep. James BarciaD-MI-5
Rep. William BrewsterD-OK-3
Rep. David MingeD-MN-2
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-19
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
Rep. Nathan DealD-GA-9
Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-18
Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
Rep. William OrtonD-UT-3
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5

Republicans who voted yea(61)

Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-20
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-23
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-19
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-31
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Stephen HornR-CA-38
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Peter BluteR-MA-3
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-25
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Gary FranksR-CT-5
Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
Rep. Rick SantorumR-PA-18
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-40
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-5
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-21
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10
Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4
Rep. James LightfootR-IA-3
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-7
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2
Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
Rep. Thomas EwingR-IL-15
Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-6
Rep. Craig ThomasR-WY
Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-16
Rep. Jim NussleR-IA-2
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Mac CollinsR-GA-3
Rep. John LinderR-GA-4
Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-52
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1027 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 bySubcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 132 actions.

Sep 30, 1994Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-330.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Sep 29, 1994PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Sep 27, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendments numbered 11, 15, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34, 37, 41, 42, 57, 70, 75, 76, 84, 89, 91, 94, 98, 100 and 102 by Voice Vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk in Senate.
Sep 23, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 102 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. 100 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Durbin moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 102.
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 · Mr. Durbin moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 100.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 94 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Durbin 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. 91 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Durbin moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 94.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 89 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Durbin moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 91.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 84 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Durbin moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 89.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 76 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Durbin moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 84.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 75 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Durbin moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 76.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 70 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Durbin moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 75.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 57 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Durbin moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 70.

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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.