Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

United States federal law

1981 U.S. Farm Bill
Agricultural Land Resources Policy Act

Enacted bythe 97th United States CongressEffectiveDecember 22, 1981CitationsPublic law97–98Statutes at Large95 Stat. 1213Legislative history

Introduced in the Senate as S. 884 by Jesse Helms (R–NC) on April 7, 1981
Committee consideration by Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Passed the Senate on September 18, 1981 (49–32)
Passed the House of Representatives on October 22, 1981 (192–160)
Reported by the joint conference committee on December 9, 1981; agreed to by the Senate on December 10, 1981 (68-31) and by the House of Representatives on December 16, 1981 (205–203)
Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on December 22, 1981

Major amendments

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982

The Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 97–98, also known as the 1981 U.S. Farm Bill) was the 4-year omnibus farm bill that continued and modified commodity programs through 1985. It set specific target prices for 4 years, eliminated rice allotments and marketing quotas, lowered dairy supports, and made other changes affecting a wide range of USDA activities. The next year this farm bill was amended to freeze the dairy price support level and mandate loan rates and acreage reserve provisions for the 1983 crops (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 97–253). Again in 1984, amendments were adopted to freeze target prices, authorize paid land diversion for feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, and provide a wheat payment-in-kind program for 1984 (Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act of 1984, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 98–258).

References

This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.

Ronald Reagan

40th President of the United States (1981–1989)
33rd Governor of California (1967–1975)

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Domestic policy	Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 Office of National Drug Control Policy Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act Cannabis policy Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 Coastal Barrier Resources Act Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 Armed Career Criminal Act Sentencing Reform Act United States Sentencing Commission Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 Emergency Food Assistance and Soup Kitchen-Food Bank Program Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Toxics Release Inventory Emergency Wetlands Resources Act Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988 Grace Commission Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Medical Waste Tracking Act Minerals Management Service National Appliance Energy Conservation Act National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 Nuclear Waste Policy Act Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act 1982 VRA Amendments Water Quality Act of 1987 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 Water Resources Development Act of 1988
Economic policy	Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 Agriculture Mediation Program Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 Expedited Funds Availability Act Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act of 1983 Food Security Act of 1985 Conservation Reserve Program Dairy Export Incentive Program Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act Interest and Dividend Tax Compliance Act of 1983 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waivers Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 Reagan tax cuts Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 Katie Beckett Medicaid waiver Tax Reform Act of 1986 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit MACRS Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act Surface Transportation Assistance Act Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act

Speeches

Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine (1961)
"A Time for Choosing" (1964)
States' rights speech (1980)
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"Evil empire" (1983)
"Tear down this wall!" (1987)
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- Let Them Eat Jellybeans! (1981)
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Ed the Happy Clown (1983 comic series)
Spitting Image (TV series) (1984)
A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985 game)
The Dark Knight Returns (1986)
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The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001 film)
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Killing Reagan (2015 book)
Killing Reagan (2016 film)
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020 game)
The Reagans (2020 miniseries)
Reagan (2024 film)
"What would Reagan do?"

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- U.S. Capitol statue
- USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
- Ronald Reagan Day
- Reagan Day Dinner
Accolades

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v t e United States federal agriculture legislation
Farm bills	Federal Farm Loan Act (1916) Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933) Agricultural Adjustment Act Amendment of 1935 Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 Agricultural Act of 1948 Agricultural Act of 1949 Agricultural Act of 1954 Agricultural Act of 1956 Agricultural Act of 1961 Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 Agricultural Act of 1970 Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 Food Security Act of 1985 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 Agricultural Act of 2014 Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Other agricultural legislation	Hatch Act of 1887 Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887 Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1905 Agricultural Appropriations Act of 1922 Cotton Futures Act (1914) Cotton Futures Act (1916) Grain Standards Act (1916) Wheat Price Guarantee Act (1919) Future Trading Act (1921) Grain Futures Act (1922) Capper–Volstead Act (1922) Agricultural Marketing Act (1929) Farm Credit Act of 1933 Frazier–Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act (1934) Bankhead–Jones Act of 1935 Commodity Exchange Act (1936) Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (1937) Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 Federal Seed Act of 1939 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 National Wool Act of 1954 Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957 Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 Farm Credit Act of 1971 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980 National Aquaculture Act of 1980 Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983 Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act of 1983 Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 Alien Species Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1992 National Wool Act Amendments of 1993 Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000

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