An act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to authorize marketing research and promotion projects, including paid advertizing, for filberts, and to amend the Potato Research and Promotion Act.
Public Law 98-171 · H.R. 2590 · 98th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Nov 29, 1983 · Agriculture and Food
Sponsor: Rep. Les AuCoin (D-OR-1)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to authorize marketing research and promotion projects, including paid advertising, for filberts (hazelnuts).
Amends the Potato Research and Promotion Act to state that provisions for public representatives on the National Potato Promotion Board and for payment to the Department of Agriculture for any referendum and administrative costs so incurred shall not be subject to approval in a producer referendum.
Provides for an assessment rate of not more than one cent per hundred pounds of potatoes. Stipulates that if approved by a producer referendum such rate may not exceed one-half of one percent of the immediate past ten-year average potato price.
States that the failure of potato producers in December 1982 to approve certain amendments to a marketing plan is not deemed to invalidate such plan.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Agriculture Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition Subcommittee
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.
- Nov 29, 1983Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 98-171.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 18, 1983PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Nov 17, 1983FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Nov 15, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Aug 1, 1983FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Jul 29, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Agriculture Committee
- Jul 26, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Agriculture Committee
- Jul 19, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee
- Apr 21, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee
- Apr 19, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Agriculture Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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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.