Food Security Act of 1985

Food Security Act of 1985

Other short titles	Food for Progress Act of 1985 National Agricultural Policy Commission Act of 1985 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1985 National Aquaculture Improvement Act of 1985 Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985 Watermelon Research and Promotion Act U.S. Farm Bill of 1985
Long title	An Act to extend and revise agricultural price support and related programs, to provide for agricultural export, resource conservation, farm credit, and agricultural research and related programs, to continue food assistance to low-income persons, to ensure consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	FSA, BPRA
Nicknames	Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985
Enacted by	the 99th United States Congress
Effective	December 23, 1985
Citations
Public law	99–198
Statutes at Large	99 Stat. 1354
Codification
Titles amended	7 U.S.C.: Agriculture
U.S.C. sections amended	7 U.S.C. ch. 35 § 1281 et seq. 7 U.S.C. ch. 35A, subch. I § 1421 et seq. 7 U.S.C. ch. 35A, subch. III § 1446 et seq. 7 U.S.C. ch. 26, subch. III § 608c 7 U.S.C. ch. 62 § 2901 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on December 23, 1985
Major amendments
Technical Corrections to Food Security Act of 1985 Amendments

The Food Security Act of 1985 (P.L. 99–198, also known as the 1985 U.S. Farm Bill), a five-year omnibus farm bill, allowed lower commodity price, income supports, and established a dairy herd buyout program. This 1985 farm bill made changes in a variety of other USDA programs. Several enduring conservation programs were created, including sodbuster, swampbuster, and the Conservation Reserve Program.