A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and for other purposes.
Public Law 95-448 · H.R. 13125 · 95th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Oct 11, 1978 · Agriculture and Food
Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-MS-1)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 328 yea, 31 nay328–31
- SenateMethod not stated
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.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
=Title I: Agricultural Programs= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1979 for programs of the Department of Agriculture relating to production, processing and marketing, and to farm income stabilization.
Specifies sums for contracts and grants for research; (1) on the production and marketing of alcohols, industrial hydrocarbons, agricultural chemicals, and other products from coal derivatives; (2) on animal health and disease problems; and (3) on rural development.
=Title II: Rural Development Programs= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1979 for programs of the Department of Agriculture relating to rural development assistance and to conservation.
States that specified appropriations from the Rural Housing Insurance Fund shall not limit the amount of advances from such Fund for unsubsidized interest guaranteed loans of less than $500,000,000 for repairs of construction defects.
Appropriates a specified sum for direct loans and related advances from the Self-help Housing Land Development Fund.
Provides two authorizations for grant agreements and technical assistance through the Soil Conservation Service.
Limits any participant in the agricultural conservation program to $3,500, except where the participants from two or more farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices. Directs that appropriated funds be made available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other conservation material, or any soil-terracing services, and for grants to agricultural producers to aid in carrying out enduring conservation and environmental enhancement measures and practices. Prohibits the use of such Funds for primarily production oriented measures and practices, or those that have little or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits.
Merges with the 1979 appropriation unexpended funds previously appropriated to liquidate outstanding obligations for 1975 through 1978.
=Title III: Domestic Food Programs= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1979 for the food and Nutrition Service Programs of the Department of Agriculture.
=Title IV: International Programs= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1979 for the Foreign Agricultural Service and the Public Law 480 (Food for Peace) programs of the Department of Agriculture.
=Title V: RRelated Agencies= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1979 for specified programs of the Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Farm Credit Administration.
=Title VI: General Provisions= - States limitations and prohibitions on the use of appropriations for specified purposes.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 95th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 331 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
331 yea32 nay69 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(232)
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
- Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
- Rep. James CormanD-CA-21
- Rep. Frederick RichmondD-NY-14
- Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
- Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
- Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
- Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
- Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
- Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
- Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
- Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
- Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
- Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
- Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6- Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
- Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
- Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
- Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
- Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
- Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
- Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
- Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2- Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
- Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
- Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-11
- Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
- Rep. Ozzie MyersD-PA-1
- Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
- Rep. John FaryD-IL-5
- Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
- Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
- Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
- Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
- Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3- Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
- Rep. Raymond LedererD-PA-3
- Rep. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
- Rep. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
- Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
- Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
- Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- Rep. Joseph LeFanteD-NJ-14
- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7- Rep. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
- Rep. Helen MeynerD-NJ-13
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
- Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
- Rep. Gene MaguireD-NJ-7
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
- Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
- Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
- Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
- Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
- Rep. John JenretteD-SC-6
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4- Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
- Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
- Rep. Paul TsongasD-MA-5
- Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
- Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
- Rep. John DentD-PA-21
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
- Rep. Toby MoffettD-CT-6
- Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-15
Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2- Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. James DelaneyD-NY-9
- Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
- Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
- Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
- Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
- Rep. James TuckerD-AR-2
- Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
- Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
- Rep. Edward PattisonD-NY-29
- Rep. James BlanchardD-MI-18
- Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
- Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
- Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7- Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
- Rep. Robert CornellD-WI-8
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Cecil HeftelD-HI-1
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
- Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
- Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
- Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
- Rep. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
- Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
- Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
- Rep. Mark HannafordD-CA-34
- Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
- Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
- Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
- Rep. John KrebsD-CA-17
- Rep. Michael BlouinD-IA-2
- Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-4
- Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
- Rep. Adam BenjaminD-IN-1
- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
- Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
- Rep. Leo ZeferettiD-NY-15
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- Rep. David CornwellD-IN-8
- Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
- Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
- Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
- Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
- Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
- Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
Rep. Max BaucusD-MT-1- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
- Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
- Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
- Rep. John CavanaughD-NE-2
- Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
- Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
- Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
- Rep. Martha KeysD-KS-2
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
- Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
- Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
- Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
- Rep. Jack HightowerD-TX-13
- Rep. Theodore RisenhooverD-OK-2
- Rep. James MattoxD-TX-5
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
- Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
- Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
- Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
- Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
- Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
- Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
- Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
- Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
- Rep. Vonno GudgerD-NC-11
- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Allen ErtelD-PA-17
- Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
- Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
- Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
- Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- Rep. James SantiniD-NV
- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-2
- Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
- Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
- Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
- Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
- Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
- Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
- Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
- Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
- Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
- Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
- Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
- Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
- Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
- Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
- Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
- Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
- Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
Republicans who voted yea(99)
- Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
- Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
- Rep. Newton SteersR-MD-8
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Marc MarksR-PA-24
- Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
- Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
- Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
- Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
- Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
- Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
- Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
- Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
- Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
- Rep. Larry PresslerR-SD-1
- Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
- Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
- Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
- Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
- Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
- Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
- Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
- Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
- Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
- Rep. Shirley PettisR-CA-37
- Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
- Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
- Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
- Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
- Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
- Rep. Paul TribleR-VA-1
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. Herbert BurkeR-FL-12
- Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
- Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
- Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
- Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
- Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5- Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
- Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
- Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-15
- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
- Rep. Thomas HagedornR-MN-2
- Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
- Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
- Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
- Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
- Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
- Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
- Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
- Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
- Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
- Rep. John CunninghamR-WA-7
- Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Chuck GrassleyR-IA-3- Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
- Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
- Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. David StockmanR-MI-4
- Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
- Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
- Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
- Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-27
- Rep. Robert BadhamR-CA-40
- Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1446 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.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 25 actions.
- Oct 11, 1978Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public Law 95-448.
- Sep 29, 1978PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Sep 27, 1978Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Sep 26, 1978Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in Senate amendments with amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #839 (328-31).House roll call 839
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #839 (328-31).House roll call 839
- Sep 18, 1978Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1579.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1579.
- Sep 8, 1978Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Aug 10, 1978Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #312 (90-8).Senate roll call 312
- Aug 9, 1978FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Aug 1, 1978CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- Jun 23, 1978CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Jun 22, 1978FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #485 (326-59).House roll call 485
- FloorFloor · Motion to recommit to Committee on Appropriations rejected in House.
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
- Jun 13, 1978CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.