A bill to amend the Act of December 20, 1944, as amended.
Public Law 96-356 · S. 1625 · 96th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Sep 24, 1980 · Agriculture and Food
Sponsor: Sen. George McGovern (D-SD)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- 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.
Cancels the liability of any qualified recipient for excess payments made for the self-hauling of hay or other roughages under the hay transportation assistance program.
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. 13 actions.
- Sep 24, 1980Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public Law 96-356.
- Sep 16, 1980PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Sep 10, 1980PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- Sep 9, 1980PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Sep 8, 1980Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendment.
- Aug 19, 1980FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H R. 5208.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Agriculture Committee
- May 28, 1980CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Agriculture Committee
- May 22, 1980FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
- May 15, 1980CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Aug 1, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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.