Rural Industrial Assistance Act of 1986
Public Law 99-409 · H.R. 4331 · 99th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Aug 28, 1986 · Agriculture and Food
Sponsor: Rep. Wes Watkins (D-OK-3)
Cosponsors (2): Rep. Robin Tallon, Rep. Bill Alexander
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- 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.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Rural Industrial Assistance Act of 1986 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for rural technology development centers to promote the development of new products and processes in depressed rural areas.
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. 10 actions.
- Aug 28, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-409.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Aug 20, 1986PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Aug 16, 1986FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Aug 12, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Jul 16, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Mar 10, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Mar 6, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- 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.