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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 27, folder \"7/25/75 S435 Wheat Marketing Year\nChange\" of the White House Records Office: Legislation Case Files at the Gerald R. Ford\nPresidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nExact duplicates within this folder were not digitized.\nDigitized from Box 27 of the White House Records Office Legislation Case Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nAPPROVED JUL25 25\nACTION\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nLast Day: August 4\nJuly 25, 1975\nPoster 7/26/75\nTONRCHIVES MEMORANDUM FOR\nTHE PRESIDENT\n7/28\nFROM:\nSUBJECT:\nJIM CANNON June\nS. 435 + Wheat Marketing Year Change\nAttached for your consideration is S. 435, sponsored by\nSenators Young, Bellmon and Dole, which changes the\nmarketing year for wheat to the period June 1 through\nMay 31 from the current period of July 1 through June\n30. The bill would enable the Department of Agriculture\nto make a more accurate analysis of the wheat situation,\nparticularly in the case of year-end wheat carryover stocks.\nOMB, Max Friedersdorf, Counsel's Office (Lazarus) and I\nrecommend approval of the enrolled bill.\nRECOMMENDATION\nThat you sign S. 435 at Tab A.\nFORD VIBRARY\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nUNITED\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\nVENIIVE\nSTATE\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20503\nJUL 25 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nSubject: Enrolled Bill S. 435 - Wheat marketing year change\nSponsor - Sen. Young (R) North Dakota, Sen. Bellmon (R)\nOklahoma, and Sen. Dole (R) Kansas\nLast Day for Action\nAugust 4, 1974 - Monday\nPurpose\nChanges the marketing year for wheat to the period June 1\nthrough May 31 from the current period of July 1 through\nJune 30.\nAgency Recommendations\nOffice of Management and Budget\nApproval\nDepartment of Agriculture\nApproval\nDiscussion\nS. 435 would change the marketing year for wheat to the period\nJune 1 through May 31 from the current period of July 1 through\nJune 30. This marketing year change reflects the growing trend\nof early wheat production made possible by technological advances.\nIt would enable Agriculture to make a more accurate analysis of\nthe wheat situation, particularly in the case of year-end wheat\ncarryover stocks.\nJames F. e. Hyde, Jr.\nActing Assistant Directo\nfor Legislative Reference\nEnclosures\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20503\nJUL 25 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nSubject: Enrolled Bill S. 435 - Wheat marketing year change\nSponsor - Sen. Young (R) North Dakota, Sen. Bellmon (R)\nOklahoma, and Sen. Dole (R) Kansas\nLast Day for Action\nAugust 4, 1974 - Monday\nPurpose\n:\nChanges the marketing year for wheat to the period June 1\nthrough May 31 from the current period of July 1 through\nJune 30.\nAgency Recommendations\nOffice of Management and Budget\nApproval\nDepartment of Agriculture\nApproval\nDiscussion\nS. 435 would change the marketing year for wheat to the period\nJune 1 through May 31 from the current period of July 1 through\nJune 30. This marketing year change reflects the growing trend\nof early wheat production made possible by technological advances.\nIt would enable Agriculture to make a more accurate analysis of\nthe wheat situation, particularly in the case of year-end wheat\ncarryover stocks.\nJames F. e. Hyde, Jr.\nActing Assistant Director\nfor Legislative Reference\n:\nEnclosures\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nACTION MEMORANDUM\nWASHINGTON\nLOG NO.:\nDate:\nTime:\nJuly 25\nnoon\nFOR ACTION: Paul Leach\nCC (for information):\nJim Cavanaugh\nMax Friedersdorf\nJack Marsh\nKen Lazarus\nFROM THE STAFF SECRETARY\nDUE: Date:\nTime: 2000m\nJuly 25\n300pm\nSUBJECT:\nS. 435 Wheat marketing year change\nACTION REQUESTED:\nFor Necessary Action\nX For Your Recommendations\nPrepare Agenda and Brief\nDraft Reply\nX\nFor Your Comments\nDraft Remarks\nREMARKS:\nPlease return to Judy Johnston, Ground Floor West Wing\nOK Pall Col\nBEAL R. FORD UBRART\nPLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED.\nIf you have any questions or if you anticipate a\ndelay in submitting the required material, please\ntelephone the Staff Secretary immediately.\nFor LOB Preside\nORDON\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nACTION MEMORANDUM\nWASHINGTON\nLOG NO.:\nDate:\nTime:\nJuly 25\nnoon\nFOR ACTION: Paul Leach\nCC (for information):\nJim Cavanaugh\nMax Friedersdorf\nJack Marsh\nKen Lazarus\nFROM THE STAFF SECRETARY\nDUE: Date:\nTime: 2000m\nJuly 25\n300pm\nSUBJECT:\nS. 435 Wheat marketing year change\nACTION REQUESTED:\nFor Necessary Action\nX\nFor Your Recommendations\nPrepare Agenda and Brief\nDraft Reply\nX\nFor Your Comments\nDraft Remarks\nREMARKS:\nPlease return to Judy Johnston, Ground Floor West Wing\nNo objection. -- Ken Lazarus 7/25/75\nGERALD LIBRARY . FORD\nPLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED.\nIf you have any questions or if you anticipate a\ndelay in submitting the required material, please\ntelephone the Staff Secretary immediately.\nfor 100 Preside\nUnton,\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nACTION MEMORANDUM\nWASHINGTON\nLOG NO.:\nDate:\nTime:\nJuly 25\nnoon\nFOR ACTION: Jaul Leach oh\nCC (for information):\nJim Cavanaugh\nMax Friedersdorf\nJack Marsh\nKen Lazarus on\nFROM THE STAFF SECRETARY\nDUE: Date: July 25\nTime: 200\n300pm\nSUBJECT:\nS. 435 Wheat marketing year change\nACTION REQUESTED:\nFor Necessary Action\nX For Your Recommendations\nPrepare Agenda and Brief\nDraft Reply\n-\nX\nFor Your Comments\nDraft Remarks\nREMARKS:\nPlease return to Judy Johnston, Ground Floor West Wing\nFORD 1\nPLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED.\nIf you have any questions or if you anticipate a\ndelay in submitting the required material, please\nK. R. COLE, JR.\ntelephone the Staff Secretary immediately.\nFor the President\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJuly 25, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE STAFF SECRETARY\nFROM:\nMAX L. FRIEDERSDORF m.v.\nSUBJECT:\nS. 345 - Wheat Marketing year change\nThe Office of Legislative Affairs concurs in the\nattached.\nSTATES DEPARTMENTOR THE DEPARTMENT GROUNTURE\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY\nWASHINGTON, D. C. 20250\nJuly 24, 1975\nHonorable James T. Lynn\nDirector, Office of Management\nand Budget\nWashington, D. C. 20503\nDear Mr. Lynn:\nIn reply to the request of your office, the following\nreport is submitted on the enrolled enactment S. 435\n\"To amend Section 301(b)(7) of the Agricultural Adjust-\nment Act of 1938, as amended, to change the marketing\nyear for wheat from July 1-June 30, to June 1-May 31.\"\nThis Department recommends that the President approve\nthe bill.\nTechnology associated with wheat production has greatly\nadvanced the time of wheat harvest; in some years as\nmuch as 40 percent of the winter wheat crop is harvested\nprior to July 1. The shift of the marketing year to\nbegin June 1 is a rational change which has the active\nsupport of the Department's data users. Upon enactment\nof this bill, the Department plans to shift the date of\nits summer quarter grain stocks survey to June 1 from\nJuly 1 for all commodities, beginning in 1976.\nSincerely,\nGarl L Britz\nFarl L. Butz\nSecretary\n94TH CONGRESS\nHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nREPORT\n1st Session\nNo. 94-354\nWHEAT MARKETING YEAR CHANGE\nJULY 14, 1975.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of\nthe Union and ordered to be printed\nMr. FOLEY, from the Committee on Agriculture,\nsubmitted the following\nREPORT\n[To accompany S. 435]\nThe Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill\n(S. 435), to amend section 301 (b) (7) of the Agricultural Adjustment\nAct of 1938, as amended, to change the marketing year for wheat\nfrom July 1-June 30, to June 1-May 31, having considered the same,\nreport favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that\nthe bill do pass.\nPURPOSE\nS. 435 changes the marketing year for wheat to the period June 1\nthrough May 31 from July 1 through June 30, as currently provided\nfor in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.\nNEED FOR THE LEGISLATION\nThe marketing year for wheat is changed in the bill to reflect changes\nthat have occurred in wheat production over the course of the last\nnumber of years. Technology associated with wheat production has\ngreatly advanced the time of wheat harvest with as much as 40 percent\nof the winter wheat crop harvested in some years prior to July 1.\nThe marketing year is used by the Department in relating wheat\nstatistics to the harvesting and marketing of the annual crop and in\nmaking supply and demand estimates for wheat. The change in the\nbeginning of the marketing year would make the U.S. Department\nof Agriculture's statistical summary of the wheat situation more\n57-006\n2\n3\naccurate, particularly it would make its estimates of year-end wheat\ncarryover stocks. more representative of actual market conditions.\nADMINISTRATION POSITION\nUnder the existing July-June marketing year, the statistical summary\noften presents an inaccurate statement of the supply availability\nOn May 19, 1975, Richard A. Ashworth, Deputy Under Secretary\nsince a significant amount of the new crop is processed and exported\nof Agriculture, submitted the following letter in support of S. 435:\nprior to July 1.\nThe Committee does not believe that the change in the marketing\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,\nyear would have an adverse effect on deficiency and disaster payments\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,\nfor wheat under the Agricultural Act of 1949. Payments are related\nWashington, D.C., May 19, 1975.\nto the difference between the target price for wheat of $2.05 per bushel\nHon. THOMAS S. FOLEY,\n(as adjusted for the 1976 and 1977 crops) and the market prices\nChairman, Committee on Agriculture,\nduring the first 5 months of the marketing year-July thru November\nHouse of Representatives,\nunder the current law, June thru October under S. 435. The bill would\nWashington, D.C.\nhave the effect of substituting the month of June for the month of\nDEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This will reply to your request of May 2,\nNovember in the formula. The price of wheat has been lower more\n1975 for a report on S. 435, a bill \"To amend section (b) (7) of the\nfrequently in June in the past than in November. However, it is\nAgricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, to change the\nbelieved in the future the price could go either way depending on\nmarketing year for wheat from July 1-June 30, to-June 1-May 31.\"\nsupply and demand situations.\nThe Department supports the passage of the bill.\nThe proposed change has a great deal of merit. Technology asso-\nCOMMITTEE CONSIDERATION\nciated with wheat production has greatly advanced the time of\nwheat harvest with as much as 40 percent of the winter wheat crop\nThe Subcommittee on Livestock and Grains met to consider S. 435\nharvested in some years prior to July 1. In most years, a significant\non May 20 and June 13, 1975. Testimony was received in support of\namount of new crop wheat is processed or exported prior to July 1,\nthe bill from a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\nand this creates serious unknowns as to the utilization of the grain\nStatements were also submitted in support of the bill by the American\nfor individual crop years. The shift of the marketing year to begin\nFarm Bureau Federation and the National Association of Wheat\nJune 1 would minimize the utilization unknowns associated with\nGrowers. In its consideration of the bill a question was raised concern-\nindividual crop years. The harvest of durum wheat and other spring\ning the effect that the change in the marketing year would have on the\nwheat does not present similar problems because of the timing of\nrate of payments which may be received by wheat producers as\nspring wheat harvest.\ndeficiency payments under the wheat program. A compilation was\nThe designation of June 1 as the beginning of the marketing year\nobtained of the average prices received by farmers for wheat for the\nfor wheat would require the conduct of a wheat stocks survey as of\n20-year period, 1955 through 1974. During this period the November\nJune 1. This survey is now conducted as of July 1 as an integral part\nprice was higher than the June price in 16 years and the June price\nof the stocks survey for the other grain and oilseed commodities for\nwas higher than the November price in only 4 of the years involved.\nwhich stocks data are provided. As soon as feasible after enactment of\nThus, if the market price for wheat should fall below the target price\nthe bill, it is proposed to shift the date of the stocks survey for all\nof $2.05 per bushel (as adjusted for 1976 and 1977), it appears un-\ncommodities concerned to June 1. A shift to June 1 should present no\nlikely that the deficiency payments would be reduced as a result of the\nadditional problems in the collection of farm and off-farm stocks, as\nchange in the marketing year, as provided for in S. 435.\nthe same basic survey procedures followed on July 1 would also be\nThe Committee considered making the bill effective on June 1, 1976,\nused for a June 1 survey. The shift of all commodities would not in-\nbut decided to report the bill without amendment, since it was deter-\nvolve additional costs to the Department.\nmined that it would not cause any difficulties in administration of the\nIt will not be practical at this date to shift all commodities to the\nwheat program if S. 435 were to become effective with the marketing\nJune 1 date in 1975. If the legislation is passed, it is proposed to main-\nyear beginning June 1, 1975.\ntain the July 1 stocks survey date for wheat and all other commodities\nThe bill was ordered favorably reported by the Subcommittee by a\nin 1975 and to shift all commodities to a June 1 date in 1976 at no\nunanimous vote and similarly was ordered reported by the full Com-\nadditional cost.\nmittee on June 26 by a unanimous voice vote, both actions having been\nThe Office of Management and Budget advises that there is no\ntaken in the presence of a quorum.\nobjection to the presentation of this report from the standpoint of the\nAdministration's program.\nSincerely,\nRICHARD A. ASHWORTH,\nDeputy Under Secretary.\nH.R. 354\nH.R. 354\n4\n5\nCURRENT AND FIVE SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR COST ESTIMATE\nAGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938\nPursuant to clause 7 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Rep-\n*\n*\n*\n*\n*\nresentatives, the Committee estimates that there should not be any\nSEC. 301 (b) DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO ONE OR MORE COM-\nadditional cost incurred by the Federal Government during the cur-\nMODITIES-For the purposes of this title.\nrent and the five subsequent fiscal years as a result of the enactment of\n(7) \"Marketing year\" means, in the case of the following com-\nS. 435. A shift in the date for the beginning of the marketing year\nmodities, the period beginning on the first and ending with the second\nshould not result in additional costs in the collection of statistics for\ndate specified below:\nthe computation needed to make supply and demand estimates. The\nCommittee is unable to determine whether the bill will result in any in-\nCorn, October 1-September 30;\ncrease in deficiency payments since market prices are currently above\nCotton, August 1-July 31;\nthe level of target prices and it is not clear to what extent, if any,\nRice, August 1-July 31;\nmarket prices might fall below target prices, in the future and if SO\nTobacco (flue-cured), July 1-June 30;\nwhether the price of wheat in June would be different than the price of\nTobacco (other than flue-cured), October 1-September 30;\nwheat in November.\n[Wheat, July 1-June 30.]\nThe same cost estimate was submitted to the Committee by the\nWheat, June 1-May 31.\nDepartment of Agriculture.\nINFLATIONARY IMPACT STATEMENT\nPursuant to clause 2(1) (4), Rule XI of the Rules of the House of\nRepresentatives, the Committee estimates that enactment of S. 435\nwill have no inflationary impact on the national economy.\nBUDGET ACT COMPLIANCE (SECTION 208 AND SECTION 403)\nThe provisions of clause 1(3) (B) and clause 1(3) (C) of Rule XI of\nthe House of Representatives and section 308(a) and section 403 of\nthe Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (relating to estimates of new\nbudget authority or new or increased tax expenditures and the esti-\nmate and comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional\nBudget Office), are not considered applicable because the bill should\nhave no effect on existing spending estimates for fiscal year 1976.\nOVERSIGHT STATEMENT\nNo summary of oversight findings and recommendations made by\nthe Committee on Government Operations under clause 2(b) (2) of\nRule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives was available\nto the Committee with reference to the subject matter specifically\naddressed by S. 435.\nNo specific oversight activities, other than the hearings accompany-\ning the Committee's consideration of S. 435 and related bills, were\nmade by the Committee, within the definition of Rule XI of the House\nof Representatives.\nCHANGES IN EXISTING LAW\nIn compliance with clause 3 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House\nof Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill are\nshown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in\nblack brackets, new matter is printed in italic, and existing law in\nwhich no change is proposed is shown in roman):\nH.R. 354\nH.R. 354\nCORRECTED\nS. 435\nFORD\nAinety-fourth Congress of the United States of America\nAT THE FIRST SESSION\nBegun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of January,\none thousand nine hundred and seventy-five\nAn Act\nTo amend section 301 (b) (7) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as\namended, to change the marketing year for wheat from July 1-June 30, to\nJune 1-May 31.\nBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the\nUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That section 301 (b)\n(7) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is\namended by striking out \"Wheat, July 1-June 30\" and inserting in\nlieu thereof \"Wheat, June 1-May 31\".\nSEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall\nbecome effective June 1, 1975.\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives.\nVice President of the United States and\nPresident of the Senate.\nJuly 23, 1975\nDear Mr. Director:\nThe following bills were received at the White\nHouse on July 23rd:\nS.J. Res. 41\nS.J. Res. 42\n8. 435\nPlease let the President have reports and\nrecommendations as to the approval of these\nbills as soon as possible.\nSincerely,\nRobert D. Linder\nChief Executive Clerk\nThe Honorable James T. Lynn\nDirector\nOffice of Management and Budget\nWashington, D.C."
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