| Shorttitle: | Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980 |
| Othershorttitles: | Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1979 |
| Longtitle: | An Act to adjust target prices for the 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains; to extend the disaster payment programs for the 1980 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice; and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to require that producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice not exceed the normal crop acreage for the 1980 and 1981 crops. |
| Enacted By: | 96th |
| Effective Date: | March 18, 1980 |
| Public Law Url: | http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-94/pdf/STATUTE-94-Pg119.pdf |
| Cite Public Law: | 96-213 |
| Title Amended: | 7 U.S.C.: Agriculture |
| Sections Amended: | § 1421 |
| Leghisturl: | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d096:HR03398:@@@R |
| Introducedin: | House |
| Introducedby: | Glenn English (D–OK) |
| Introduceddate: | April 3, 1979 |
| Committees: | House Agriculture, House Appropriations, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
| Passedbody1: | House |
| Passeddate1: | November 8, 1979 |
| Passedvote1: | passed/agreed |
| Passedbody2: | Senate |
| Passeddate2: | December 20, 1979 |
| Passedvote2: | passed/agreed |
| Conferencedate: | February 28, 1980 |
| Passedbody3: | House |
| Passeddate3: | March 4, 1980 |
| Passedvote3: | agreed |
| Passedbody4: | Senate |
| Passeddate4: | March 4, 1980 |
| Passedvote4: | agreed |
| Signedpresident: | Jimmy Carter |
| Signeddate: | March 18, 1980 |
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-213) amended the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (P.L. 95–113), primarily to raise the target prices for wheat and corn.
The H.R. 3398 legislation was passed by the 96th U.S. Congressional session and signed into law by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter on March 18, 1980.[1]